Murdoch Mysteries quotes

Dr. Ogden

And what sort of writer kills off his finest creation?

One which does not want to be shackled to his own creation.

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.

Grief is a private matter, detective. We all have our own methods of coping.

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.

Listen, I've met a few shirt-lifters over the years and they're a dodgy bunch. They combine the cunning vindictiveness of a woman scorned with the male tendency to get the job done.

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.

A man and his father might not always see eye to eye on certain matters. But with something as serious as this, you don't want to be left wondering if you should have done something differently.

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.

The language is archaic but that's only part of understanding Shakespeare, George.

The hard part, I hope.

It's more about opening your mind to the message in the words.

You'll have to make it quick, plaintiff. Leave 'em alone too long and they run.

I understand the impulse.

One person, I could understand. But four people with identical memories? It's almost as if they were...

...rehearsed.