Det. Murdoch quotes from Murdoch Mysteries

How did you know about the stocks, sir?

Intuition.

Really?

Well, I can't bloody well retire on a copper's salary, can I?

Corn shards: A breakfast product made up of reconstituted corn pulp meant to be eaten with cold milk.

That sounds revolting.

Sir, you haven't told me why you think Mrs. Robinson is innocent.

Newton's Third Law of Motion, George.

I even had a nickname: Amos the Animal. My wife thought Untamed Beast was more provocative but I confess a weakness for alliteration.

Yes, that's quite a feat to reduce a man to a slogan.

Careful, sir! They're known to bite!

What?!!

Cut off access to your sensitive bits!

There is nothing that exonerates her.

Based on what? Logic? The compendium of evidence?! Well, booger that, Murdoch! You think she's innocent based on nothing but your own intuition!

But of what use is that? Intuition isn't a reliable basis upon which to form an opinion.

What kind of socks am I wearing?

Pardon?

Brown, black or argyle?

I don't know.

Well, guess!

Argyle. Sir, what kind of socks are you wearing?

[Pulls up his pant leg to reveal argyle socks] You should learn to trust your intuition, me ol' mucker!

Away you go.

Will there be much spatter, Sir?

That’s what we’re here to find out. Hurry up! Shoot! The blood is draining from the pig’s flanks.

George, the animal is dead. There’s no spirit left in the body.

NOW, GEORGE!!

Your world may consist of cold logic, detective, but I'm afraid I need something more.

I do have something more. My faith.

Oh? So you do believe in an afterlife yet you cut yourself off from the possibilities of communicating with it?

Common sense tells me that if we were indeed able to communicate with the afterlife, we wouldn't require the services of an intermediary.

Yet you make your confessions to a priest. That sort of an intermediary? Where is your common sense in that?

Confession is about earthly sin, not heavenly imaginings.

Well, last night, when Ms. Pensell that this Liza person may have a message for you, were you not the least bit hopeful?

What you are looking at is the future of policing and, dare I say, the future entertainment! Books, theatres, so on and so forth!

What, forensics? Too dull and gory, I should think.

Quite the opposite. I suspect the public has an endless appetite for this sort of tale.

You notice anything out of the ordinary?

Nothing that would pertain to-

Reverend, a man has been killed. Everything is pertinent.

He was a sodomite?

Dr. Ogden

William, I believe the term we use now is homosexual.

Dr. Ogden

Really, Murdoch! I'm surprised at your close-mindedness.

Leaving the Bible aside...

Dr. Ogden

Yes, could we?

...it goes against nature.

Dr. Ogden

Oh, rubbish! Nature is full of omnisexual behavior! Have you never seen male dogs at play?

But those are dogs.

Dr. Ogden

We're all animals, William! Behaving as nature intended. If God didn't want us to express our desires, why would He give us desires in the first place?

To test our resolve.

Dr. Ogden

At whose expense?

Father, I find myself questioning the basic tenets of my faith.

We all face challenges. Even Jesus did.

Two men are dead. By all standards, good men. But they are condemned to eternal damnation. How can this be God's will?

It's not for us to question the will of the Lord.

But that's just it, Father. I don't think I can follow blindly anymore.

Your faith must not waver.

I imagine a world that is more compassionate and enlightened and...

Someday it may be. Perhaps not in our lifetimes. In the meanwhile, trust in the guidance of the Lord.

Sir, I simply doubt I can be objective.

Then be professional.

Murdoch, I'm off to the theatre. Not even you can ruin it.

Oh, the theatre, sir? Then you'll love the kinethescope! It shows a moving picture of-

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, I've heard all about this nonsense. We have Shakespeare playing in The Grand and you'd rather watch a man with a head cold sneeze every ten seconds.