The Murdoch Mysteries

@porco: Murdoch's eyes are beautiful 😍

Talented, observant and persistent detective William Murdock solves extremely complicated crimes in Toronto. Advanced scientific methods and a wonderful pathologist help him to expose the killer.

This miniseries is, in a way, the forerunner of the hugely successful Murdoch Mysteries series (https://www.mfbs.h1n.ru/zz-murd.html ). Talking about this one, it's hard not to compare it with that one, although, despite the common name, plot, characters, and even studio, the series themselves are completely different.

This series is made in all seriousness. The hour-and-a-half episode films are shot much more naturalistically, with dim surroundings and light, with unsympathetic everyday details and other unsightly details. The unkempt images of untidy rooms and dark streets should create a late Victorian atmosphere without TV decorations. The characters, costumes, action, and dialogues are all much more dramatic.

The stories are quite interesting, well-choreographed, and the acting is acceptable. However, I think it's no coincidence that the series ceased to exist in the genre of realistic retrodetective. The first pancake didn't turn out very well. It's mundane, bland and gloomy at the same time. An unremarkable run-of-the-mill TV production without a twist.

Language. It's quite difficult to understand. And the sound itself is not perfect, and they speak casually and not into the camera. Subtitles would be nice. Not only are the accents all sorts, but the diction is very so-so. Against this background, it is encouraging how well the Inspector (Colm Meaney) speaks.

An excellent "transitional link" between a literary source and a later and lighter series, I remember being perplexed because of their dissimilarity, but here is the similarity of the basis and atmosphere, and the later expanded sci-fi motifs that emerged just here.

@porco: 🤣

For those who watched the big TV series, this episode is a real creepy Halloween.: Murdoch, George, and Breckenried were replaced, and Julia turned into a heartless killer. The horror! It's creepy! It's a nightmare!