Big Murderer on Campus

"Big Murderer on Campus"
Season	2
Episode	7
Airdate	March 17, 2009
Writer	Carol Hay
Director	Laurie Lynd
Guests	Ted Atherton as Albert Godfrey
Recurring	Lachlan Murdoch as Henry Higgins Michael Seater as James Gillies Marc Bendavid as Robert Perry
Previous	"Shades of Grey"
Next	"I, Murdoch"

"Big Murderer on Campus" is the seventh episode of the second season of the Murdoch Mysteries and the twentieth episode of the series.

Summary

Detective Murdoch investigates the murder of university professor Samuel Bennett, who was shot through the head while looking through his telescope at his university residence. He becomes aware that another member of the faculty, physics professor Albert Godfrey, frequently argued with Bennett. Throughout the investigation, Murdoch is shadowed by two inquisitive students. Constable Crabtree puts an ad in the paper in an effort to locate his biological mother. As a baby, he was left on the church steps and was raised by the Minister and his family. His newspaper ad produces two women who claim to be his mother. When he is shot during the investigation, Murdoch takes the opportunity to identify which of the two is his mother. Murdoch's relationship with Dr. Julia Ogden is at a low ebb. With her recent revelations, a chill has descended on their budding romance and they have returned to being very formal with one another.

Character Revelations

• George Crabtree was a foundling. He searches for and finds his mother.

Continuity

• William and Julia remain at odds about her having had an abortion. At the end of the episode William asks her to accompany him to a battery exhibition. She declines since she has work to complete.
• This episode marks the first appearance of recurring villain James Gillies.

Errors

• The song playing at the beginning of the episode, "The Honeysuckle and the Bee", was not released until 1901.

Cast

Main Cast

Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch
Hélène Joy as Julia Ogden
Thomas Craig as Thomas Brackenreid
Jonny Harris as George Crabtree

Recurring Cast

Michael Seater as James Gillies
Marc Bendavid as Robert Perry
Lachlan Murdoch as Henry Higgins

Guest Starring

Ted Atherton as Professor Albert Godfrey
Paula Boudreau as Emily Richardson
Elizabeth Saunders as Gracie Saunders
Laura McLean as Harriet Burchill

Other Cast

Michael C. Newsome as Professor Samuel Bennett
Paul O'Sullivan as Man With Cart
Craig McDermott as Student #1
Tim Daughulis as Student #2

Gallery

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The Mothers' Fight

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Harriet's Room

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Mothers vs. Brackenreid

Julia and Gillies the first time