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* TheWoobie: Detective Watts has had a number of horrible things happen to him over the years. His parents died when he was 12, his sister abandoned him, he moved in with a family and gained two brothers, but then one of his brothers was tortured and murdered by a neighbor who had been bullying them for years. He also became friends with Constable Jackson, [[spoiler:before the Constable ended up getting shot and killed.]]
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* TheWoobie: Detective Watts has had a number of horrible things happen to him over the years. His parents died when he was 12, his sister abandoned him, he moved in with a family and gained two brothers, but then one of his brothers was tortured and murdered by a neighbor who had been bullying them for years. He also became friends with Constable Jackson, [[spoiler:before the Constable ended up getting shot and killed.]]]] And that's not even getting into his struggles as a gay man in a homophobic society.
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** "On the Waterfront" [[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS8E1OnTheWaterfrontPart1 two]]-[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS8E2OnTheWaterfrontPart2 parter]]: [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Cecily McKinnon]] pretends to be a harmless businesswoman, but in reality, she ruthlessly controls Toronto's waterfront through her psychopathic [[CoDragons henchmen]], the O'Shea brothers. When Inspector Brackenreid investigates the extortion and violence on the docks, [=McKinnon=] has the brothers savagely beat him and leave him for dead. When a fellow businessperson uncovers [=McKinnon's=] HumanTrafficking business and tries to stop it, she has him beaten to death and tries to frame him for her own crimes, nearly succeeding in selling off seven innocent women into a life of slavery. When Brackenreid confronts [=McKinnon=], she is utterly shameless about her atrocities, making a final attempt to murder him before being subdued. Hiding her monstrous nature beneath a benign facade, [=McKinnon=] stands out as one of the most callous and heinous criminals ever faced by the police of Station House No. 4.
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** "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS4E2Kommando Kommando]]": [[SociopathicSoldier Major Gregory Cole]] is a British officer in charge of a squad of Canadian soldiers. Although seemingly a stern, but devoted commander, Cole is revealed to have experimented on his men, dosing them with methamphetamine to test the drug's effectiveness. On a training mission in South Africa, Cole, in an [[FalseFlagOperation attempt]] to justify British colonialism, drugged his troops and manipulated them into murdering innocent British families, then had them launch an equally brutal assault on a Boer militia camp, with Cole only revealing the truth to his men after the deed was done, forcing them to keep the atrocity secret. When one soldier, Corporal Matthew Larson, proves unable to cope with his actions, Cole [[HeKnowsTooMuch gives him an overdose of methamphetamine]], leaving Larson deranged and permanently damaged, then discards him, later having his troops hunt for Larson to silence him, caring nothing when several soldiers are killed in the attempt. When confronted for his crimes, Cole is unapologetic, coldly dismissing his actions as "preserving" the British Empire.
** "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS7E5MurdochOfTheLivingDead Murdoch of the Living Dead]]": [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Dr. Luther Bates]] is a vile and amoral [[PsychoPsychologist psychiatrist]] who [[https://www.cbc.ca/murdochmysteries/noqs/ lost his license]] due to his unethical practices. Later employed as a prison doctor, Bates uses the prisoners to test his theories about brain surgery, intending to [[ItsAllAboutMe gain fame and fortune]] by eliminating aggression and violence from humanity. Performing lobotomies on dozens of inmates, Bates' experiments leaves them, at best, barely conscious shells of their former selves, and at worst, psychotically violent, faking the deaths of his successes to release them back into society. After an abused woman {{blackmail}}s Bates into performing his procedure on her husband, leaving him nearly catatonic, Bates has the woman murdered by throwing her to his psychotic failed experiments to avoid the flaws in his procedure being exposed. When Detective Murdoch uncovers the extent of Bates's crimes, Bates, with a smug smile, tries to have him killed by one of the psychotic inmates as well before releasing the rest of them on the streets of Toronto to cover his own attempted escape, intending to resume his experiments elsewhere.
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*** [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Cecily McKinnon]]pretends is the seemingly benign Toronto harbormaster, but is later revealed to be a harmless businesswoman, but in reality, she ruthlessly controls Toronto's waterfront through her psychopathic [[CoDragons henchmen]], the equally vile O'Shea brothers. When brothers' cold and ruthless employer, profiting from the violence and fear they enact on the docks. Having Inspector Brackenreid investigates attacked by the extortion and violence on the docks, O'Sheas, [=McKinnon=] has turns up to watch the brothers savagely beat him beating for her own amusement and leave him leaves the Inspector to die for dead. investigating her criminal activities. When a fellow businessperson Richard Dawkins uncovers [=McKinnon's=] [=McKinnon=]'s HumanTrafficking business business, [=McKinnon=] has him brutally murdered and tries to stop it, she has him beaten to death and tries to [[FrameUp frame him Dawkins]] for her own crimes, nearly succeeding in avoiding justice and selling off seven several innocent women into a life of slavery. When Brackenreid confronts [=McKinnon=], fights back against the O'Sheas, [=McKinnon=] murders the brothers to try and frame Brackenreid, and when confronted herself, she is proves to be utterly shameless about her atrocities, making a final attempt to murder him Brackenreid before being subdued. Hiding her monstrous nature beneath finally being brought to justice.
*** [[CoDragons Mick and Tim O'Shea]], who debuted in "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS7E18TheDeathOfDrOgden The Death of Dr. Ogden]]", are abenign facade, [=McKinnon=] stands out pair of [[AxCrazy psychopathic]] Irish immigrants who control the Toronto waterfront for [=McKinnon=]. The O'Sheas control the docks through violence and extortion, keeping people too afraid to challenge them, smugly reveling in their power over others. When Inspector Brackenreid investigates the O'Sheas' crimes, the brothers savagely beat him and leave him for dead, later threatening the Inspector's family to force his silence. They are revealed to be involved in HumanTrafficking as well, selling women from Hungary into slavery. When businessman Richard Dawkins discovers the human trafficking and tries to save some of the women, the O'Sheas drown one of the most callous women who managed to escape before brutally beating Dawkins to death. When Detective Murdoch tries to arrest the O'Sheas, the brothers sic their gang on the police, staying out of the fray until they have a chance to try and heinous criminals ever faced by the police of Station House No. 4.beat Murdoch to death.
** "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS7E5MurdochOfTheLivingDead Murdoch of the Living Dead]]": [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Dr. Luther Bates]] is a vile and amoral [[PsychoPsychologist psychiatrist]] who [[https://www.cbc.ca/murdochmysteries/noqs/ lost his license]] due to his unethical practices. Later employed as a prison doctor, Bates uses the prisoners to test his theories about brain surgery, intending to [[ItsAllAboutMe gain fame and fortune]] by eliminating aggression and violence from humanity. Performing lobotomies on dozens of inmates, Bates' experiments leaves them, at best, barely conscious shells of their former selves, and at worst, psychotically violent, faking the deaths of his successes to release them back into society. After an abused woman {{blackmail}}s Bates into performing his procedure on her husband, leaving him nearly catatonic, Bates has the woman murdered by throwing her to his psychotic failed experiments to avoid the flaws in his procedure being exposed. When Detective Murdoch uncovers the extent of Bates's crimes, Bates, with a smug smile, tries to have him killed by one of the psychotic inmates as well before releasing the rest of them on the streets of Toronto to cover his own attempted escape, intending to resume his experiments elsewhere.
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** It's understandable that James Pendrick doesn't think much of Thomas Edison, given that the latter has been hounding him on suspicion that he's violating Edison's film technology patents. However, when you're an aspiring film director, it's probably not a good idea to turn down a job offer from the man who owns just about every movie screen in the United States, much less call him a "scoundrel" to his face.
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** There are many fans who are quite fond of Henry Higgins, and would very much like to see his character become part of the main cast. He and Constable Jackson have both been making more appearances since the beginning of season 8, often together with Crabtree, so it seems the writers have listened to some extent.
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** There are many fans who are quite fond of Henry Higgins, and would very much like to see his character become part of the main cast. He and Constable Jackson have both been making more appearances since the beginning of season 8, often together with Crabtree, so it seems the writers have listened to some extent. [[spoiler: At least before Constable Jackson was shot and killed at the end of season 10.]]
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** Murdoch displays some social anxiety and a number of characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder. His interests tend toward a specific type of scientific bookishness, coupled with a mechanical aptitude, as opposed to literature or sport (though [[HiddenDepths he has recognized quotations from Shakespeare and played sports well enough on occasion]]). At times, he is an adult version of the "little professor" [[MrExposition explaining things]] to [[TheWatson his boss Brackenreid and the various constables, among others]]. He often fails to understand the popularity of things like fads, fictional movies and spectator sports, and certain forms of humour leave him cold (making him an excellent [[StraightMan straight man]]). Some of his personal conversations (even those with his beloved Julia) end abruptly when he sees something that brings his mind back to his current case, and he hastily takes his leave to follow up an idea. All that said, his colleagues and friends seem to regard him as merely a bit unusual.
** Detective Watts also displays a number of traits that those around him view as odd. He speaks his thoughts out loud, without regard for social cues, often to the displeasure of those around him. He fidgets with and picks at various props and costume pieces, and he has difficulty with motor skills (like holding a fork or proper penmanship). Watts also has a very different way of solving crimes compared to the rest of Station House 4.
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** Murdoch displays some social anxiety and a number of characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder. His interests tend toward a specific type of scientific bookishness, coupled with a mechanical aptitude, as opposed to literature or sport (though [[HiddenDepths he has recognized quotations from Shakespeare and played sports well enough on occasion]]). At times, he is an adult version of the "little professor" [[MrExposition explaining things]] to [[TheWatson his boss Brackenreid and the various constables, among others]]. He often fails to understand the popularity of things like fads, fictional movies and spectator sports, and certain forms of humour leave him cold (making him an excellent [[StraightMan straight man]]). Some of his personal conversations (even those with his beloved Julia) end abruptly when he sees something that brings his mind back to his current case, and he hastily takes his leave to follow up an idea. All that said, his colleagues and friends seem to regard him as merely a bit unusual.
** Detective Watts also displays a number of traits that those around him view as odd. He speaks his thoughts out loud, without regard for social cues, often to the displeasure of those around him. He fidgets with and picks at various props and costume pieces, and he has difficulty with motor skills (like holding a fork or proper penmanship). Watts also has a very different way of solving crimes compared to the rest of Station House 4.
** Other occasional characters will show evidence of a variety of mental disorders which go unnamed, in this case justified by the relatively undeveloped state of psychiatry at the time.
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** Hall of Records administrator Dilton Dilbert is only in two episodes, but is very popular for the comic relief he provides in his first appearance and the emotional HiddenDepths he displays when he reappears two seasons later.
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* FoeYay: Some fangirls began to ship Murdoch and James Gillies together after the latter kisses the former on the mouth for a full three seconds in "Midnight Train to Kingston".
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** In "Artful Detective," the {{deadly game}}'s organizer confesses when confronted, gloating that all of the participants were willing and that he never killed anyone himself and thus can't be arrested. Murdoch reminds him that 1) offering a cash prize for people to kill each other counts as murder for hire, and 2) he told the contestants to try to kill a police detective.
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** [[FauxAffablyEvil James Gillies]] is Detective William Murdoch's ArchEnemy and one of the most dangerous men he's ever met. Initially coming into conflict with Murdoch after he murdered his professor as part of a way to [[ForScience test a theory of Applied Physics]], Gillies was defeated when Murdoch tricked his weak-willed partner, Robert into turning on him. After escaping the noose by bribing a dying man into taking his place, Gillies murders Robert by sawing his head off while he's still alive. He then initiates a [[CriminalMindGames twisted mind game]] with Murdoch that culminates in him [[BuriedAlive burying Julia alive]], with Murdoch only narrowly getting there in time to save her. Unfortunately, Gillies escapes and one year later [[FrameUp frames Julia]] for the murder of her husband, all as part of a plan to lure Murdoch into a SadisticChoice of either saving his own life or that of Julia. Fortunately Murdoch is able to alert his fellow officers, who arrive in time to save him before the [[DeadlyGas poisonous gas]] floods the room. Afterwards he arranged for several criminals to break onto the train transporting him into prison, causing chaos which he used to try to escape, all the while taunting both Murdoch and Julia that they "owe him" for killing Julia's husband and allowing them to be together. Finally he makes a final play for revenge on Murdoch that climaxed in him endangering a child Murdoch had come to care for. Sadistic and defined by pettiness, James Gillies is the worst that Detective Murdoch has ever faced.
** "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS8E1OnTheWaterfrontPart1 On]] the [[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS8E2OnTheWaterfrontPart2 Waterfront]]": [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Cecily McKinnon]] pretends to be a harmless businesswoman, but in reality, she ruthlessly controls Toronto's waterfront through her psychopathic [[CoDragons henchmen]], the O'Shea brothers. When Inspector Brackenreid investigates the extortion and violence on the docks, [=McKinnon=] has the brothers savagely beat him and leave him for dead. When a fellow businessperson uncovers [=McKinnon's=] HumanTrafficking business and tries to stop it, she has him beaten to death and tries to frame him for her own crimes, nearly succeeding in selling off seven innocent women into a life of slavery. When Brackenreid confronts [=McKinnon=], she is utterly shameless about her atrocities, making a final attempt to murder him before being subdued. Hiding her monstrous nature beneath a benign facade, [=McKinnon=] stands out as one of the most callous and heinous criminals ever faced by the police of Station House No. 4.
** "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS8E1OnTheWaterfrontPart1 On]] the [[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS8E2OnTheWaterfrontPart2 Waterfront]]": [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Cecily McKinnon]] pretends to be a harmless businesswoman, but in reality, she ruthlessly controls Toronto's waterfront through her psychopathic [[CoDragons henchmen]], the O'Shea brothers. When Inspector Brackenreid investigates the extortion and violence on the docks, [=McKinnon=] has the brothers savagely beat him and leave him for dead. When a fellow businessperson uncovers [=McKinnon's=] HumanTrafficking business and tries to stop it, she has him beaten to death and tries to frame him for her own crimes, nearly succeeding in selling off seven innocent women into a life of slavery. When Brackenreid confronts [=McKinnon=], she is utterly shameless about her atrocities, making a final attempt to murder him before being subdued. Hiding her monstrous nature beneath a benign facade, [=McKinnon=] stands out as one of the most callous and heinous criminals ever faced by the police of Station House No. 4.
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** [[FauxAffablyEvil James Gillies]] is Detective William Murdoch's ArchEnemy and one of the most dangerous men he's ever met. Initially coming into conflict with Murdoch after he murdered his ArchEnemy. Murdering a professor as part of a way to [[ForScience test a theory of Applied Physics]], Gillies was defeated when Murdoch tricked his weak-willed partner, Robert into turning on him. After before escaping the noose execution by bribing a dying man into taking his place, switching places with another man, Gillies murders Robert by sawing his savagely saws a man's head off while he's still alive. He then initiates a [[CriminalMindGames twisted mind game]] with Murdoch that culminates in him [[BuriedAlive burying Julia alive]], with Murdoch her only being narrowly getting there in time to save her. Unfortunately, rescued by Murdoch. Gillies escapes and one year later [[FrameUp frames Julia]] returns to frame her for the murder of her husband, all husband as part of a plan ploy to lure force Murdoch into a SadisticChoice of either saving to [[SadisticChoice choose between his own life or that of Julia. Fortunately Murdoch is able to alert his fellow officers, who arrive in time to save him before and Julia's]]. Arranging for the [[DeadlyGas poisonous gas]] floods the room. Afterwards he arranged for several escape of a group of violent criminals to break onto aboard a train, Gillies uses the train transporting him into prison, causing chaos which he used free murderers as a diversion for his own escape. Years after his supposed death, Gillies, now seeking to try end his own life, drives a man to escape, insanity, resulting in the man killing two innocents as well as himself, all the while taunting both just to draw out Murdoch and Julia that they "owe him" for killing Julia's husband and allowing them force his nemesis to be together. Finally he makes a final play for revenge on Murdoch that climaxed in him endangering a child Murdoch had come to care for. Sadistic and defined by pettiness, James Gillies is kill him.
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** "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS8E1OnTheWaterfrontPart1 On]] the [[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS8E2OnTheWaterfrontPart2 Waterfront]]":Waterfront" [[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS8E1OnTheWaterfrontPart1 two]]-[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS8E2OnTheWaterfrontPart2 parter]]: [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Cecily McKinnon]] pretends to be a harmless businesswoman, but in reality, she ruthlessly controls Toronto's waterfront through her psychopathic [[CoDragons henchmen]], the O'Shea brothers. When Inspector Brackenreid investigates the extortion and violence on the docks, [=McKinnon=] has the brothers savagely beat him and leave him for dead. When a fellow businessperson uncovers [=McKinnon's=] HumanTrafficking business and tries to stop it, she has him beaten to death and tries to frame him for her own crimes, nearly succeeding in selling off seven innocent women into a life of slavery. When Brackenreid confronts [=McKinnon=], she is utterly shameless about her atrocities, making a final attempt to murder him before being subdued. Hiding her monstrous nature beneath a benign facade, [=McKinnon=] stands out as one of the most callous and heinous criminals ever faced by the police of Station House No. 4.
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* MagnificentBastard: "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS6E6MurdochAndTheCloudOfDoom Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom]]": Russell Bowes is a chemical company employee whose fiancee Mary is sentenced to hang for killing her sexually abusive father. He plots to break her out of prison before her execution in the middle of a city-wide evacuation, posing as a masked extortionist with access to poisoned gas by faking receipts from his factory and discards dozens of gas bottles at the delivery address and sending a film that appears to demonstrate the lethal gas to the police. He leaves enough clues in the film for the police to find where he shot it, with Russell killing all of the grass in the area with bleach and suffocating several rats to make it appear that the gas is lethal to everything and far-reaching. In truth Russell has no desire to hurt anyone as part of his plan and takes his failure hard yet gracefully and wins the sympathy of the police with his story, causing them to work to get Mary a new trial.
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** "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS6E6MurdochAndTheCloudOfDoom Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom]]": Russell Bowes is a chemical company employee whose fiancee Mary is sentenced to hang for killing her sexually abusive father. He plots to break her out of prison before her execution in the middle of a city-wide evacuation, posing as a masked extortionist with access to poisoned gas by faking receipts from his factory and discards dozens of gas bottles at the delivery address and sending a film that appears to demonstrate the lethal gas to the police. He leaves enough clues in the film for the police to find where he shot it, with Russell killing all of the grass in the area with bleach and suffocating several rats to make it appear that the gas is lethal to everything and far-reaching. In truth Russell has no desire to hurt anyone as part of his plan and takes his failure hard yet gracefully and wins the sympathy of the police with his story, causing them to work to get Mary a newtrial.trial.
** "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesMurdochS12E13MurdochAndTheUndetectableMan Murdoch and the Undetectable Man]]": [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Fiona Rossini]] is the former [[LovelyAssistant landlady and lover]] of Professor Bosworth, a scientist trying to make an invisibility device. After Bosworth is robbed and murdered by his investors, a vengeful Fiona [[BestServedCold kills them one by one]] while pretending that Bosworth survived and has turned himself invisible to seek revenge. Fiona thoroughly convinces both the police and her targets that Bosworth is indeed invisible, and kills her final target while he's in police custody while still maintaining the illusion that an [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit invisible Bosworth did the deed]]. Fiona is resourceful, graceful, and unwilling to kill anyone besides her targets. Upon being caught, Fiona merely asks how Murdoch figured out her trick, showing [[GracefulLoser no animosity]] towards the detective.
** "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS6E6MurdochAndTheCloudOfDoom Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom]]": Russell Bowes is a chemical company employee whose fiancee Mary is sentenced to hang for killing her sexually abusive father. He plots to break her out of prison before her execution in the middle of a city-wide evacuation, posing as a masked extortionist with access to poisoned gas by faking receipts from his factory and discards dozens of gas bottles at the delivery address and sending a film that appears to demonstrate the lethal gas to the police. He leaves enough clues in the film for the police to find where he shot it, with Russell killing all of the grass in the area with bleach and suffocating several rats to make it appear that the gas is lethal to everything and far-reaching. In truth Russell has no desire to hurt anyone as part of his plan and takes his failure hard yet gracefully and wins the sympathy of the police with his story, causing them to work to get Mary a new
** "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesMurdochS12E13MurdochAndTheUndetectableMan Murdoch and the Undetectable Man]]": [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Fiona Rossini]] is the former [[LovelyAssistant landlady and lover]] of Professor Bosworth, a scientist trying to make an invisibility device. After Bosworth is robbed and murdered by his investors, a vengeful Fiona [[BestServedCold kills them one by one]] while pretending that Bosworth survived and has turned himself invisible to seek revenge. Fiona thoroughly convinces both the police and her targets that Bosworth is indeed invisible, and kills her final target while he's in police custody while still maintaining the illusion that an [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit invisible Bosworth did the deed]]. Fiona is resourceful, graceful, and unwilling to kill anyone besides her targets. Upon being caught, Fiona merely asks how Murdoch figured out her trick, showing [[GracefulLoser no animosity]] towards the detective.
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* MagnificentBastard: In [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MurdochMysteriesS6E6MurdochAndTheCloudOfDoom Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom]], Russell Bowes is a chemical company employee whose fiancee Mary is sentenced to hang for killing her sexually abusive father. He plots to break her out of prison before her execution in the middle of a city-wide evacuation. He poses as a masked extortionist with access to poison gas by faking receipts from his factory, discarding dozens of gas bottles at the delivery address and sending a film that appears to demonstrate the lethal gas to the police. He leaves enough clues in the film for the police to find where he shot it, kills all of the grass in the area with bleach and suffocates several rats to make it appear that the gas is lethal to everything and far-reaching. Russell has no desire to hurt anyone as part of his plan (as evidenced by having a dog on the film play dead rather than actually killing it). He takes the failure of his plan hard yet gracefully, and wins the sympathy of the police with his story, causing them to work to get Mary a new trial.
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* MagnificentBastard: In [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MurdochMysteriesS6E6MurdochAndTheCloudOfDoom "[[Recap/MurdochMysteriesS6E6MurdochAndTheCloudOfDoom Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom]], Doom]]": Russell Bowes is a chemical company employee whose fiancee Mary is sentenced to hang for killing her sexually abusive father. He plots to break her out of prison before her execution in the middle of a city-wide evacuation. He poses evacuation, posing as a masked extortionist with access to poison poisoned gas by faking receipts from his factory, discarding factory and discards dozens of gas bottles at the delivery address and sending a film that appears to demonstrate the lethal gas to the police. He leaves enough clues in the film for the police to find where he shot it, kills with Russell killing all of the grass in the area with bleach and suffocates suffocating several rats to make it appear that the gas is lethal to everything and far-reaching. In truth Russell has no desire to hurt anyone as part of his plan (as evidenced by having a dog on the film play dead rather than actually killing it). He and takes the his failure of his plan hard yet gracefully, gracefully and wins the sympathy of the police with his story, causing them to work to get Mary a new trial.
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* MagnificentBastard: In [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MurdochMysteriesS6E6MurdochAndTheCloudOfDoom Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom]], Russell Bowes is a chemical company employee whose fiancee Mary is sentenced to hang for killing her sexually abusive father. He plots to break her out of prison before her execution in the middle of a city-wide evacuation. He poses as a masked extortionist with access to poison gas by faking receipts from his factory, discarding dozens of gas bottles at the delivery address and sending a film that appears to demonstrate the lethal gas to the police. He leaves enough clues in the film for the police to find where he shot it, kills all of the grass in the area with bleach and suffocates several rats to make it appear that the gas is lethal to everything and far-reaching. Russell has no desire to hurt anyone as part of his plan (as evidenced by having a dog on the film play dead rather than actually killing it). He takes the failure of his plan hard yet gracefully, and wins the sympathy of the police with his story, causing them to work to get Mary a new trial.
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* WhatAnIdiot: It's understandable that James Pendrick doesn't think much of Thomas Edison, given that the latter has been hounding him on suspicion that he's violating Edison's film technology patents. However, when you're an aspiring film director, it's probably not a good idea to turn down a job offer from the man who owns just about every movie screen in the United States, much less call him a "scoundrel" to his face.
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** It's understandable that James Pendrick doesn't think much of Thomas Edison, given that the latter has been hounding him on suspicion that he's violating Edison's film technology patents. However, when you're an aspiring film director, it's probably not a good idea to turn down a job offer from the man who owns just about every movie screen in the United States, much less call him a "scoundrel" to his face.
** In "Artful Detective," the {{deadly game}}'s organizer confesses when confronted, gloating that all of the participants were willing and that he never killed anyone himself and thus can't be arrested. Murdoch reminds him that 1) offering a cash prize for people to kill each other counts as murder for hire, and 2) he told the contestants to try to kill a police detective.
** It's understandable that James Pendrick doesn't think much of Thomas Edison, given that the latter has been hounding him on suspicion that he's violating Edison's film technology patents. However, when you're an aspiring film director, it's probably not a good idea to turn down a job offer from the man who owns just about every movie screen in the United States, much less call him a "scoundrel" to his face.
** In "Artful Detective," the {{deadly game}}'s organizer confesses when confronted, gloating that all of the participants were willing and that he never killed anyone himself and thus can't be arrested. Murdoch reminds him that 1) offering a cash prize for people to kill each other counts as murder for hire, and 2) he told the contestants to try to kill a police detective.
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** Detective Watts is widely liked both for his BunnyEarsLawyer quirks, his poignant background and [[spoiler:living as a gay man in the very homophobic Edwardian era Toronto.]]
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** Creator/ArthurConanDoyle played by Stratford Festival veteran Creator/GeraintWynDavies is a favourite among Stratford Festival patrons.
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** Creator/ArthurConanDoyle played by Stratford Festival veteran Creator/GeraintWynDavies is a favourite among Stratford Festival patrons.patrons and Doyle fans.
