Murdoch Mysteries
Forensic sleuthing in the age of invention.
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
Wokeness: 60%
Overall Score: 60%
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will carlson
Going Downhill
The show started well with intriguing plots and a lead character with faith and morals. In the last several years we have LGBT characters, and plots (for a show set in the late 1800's) and a lead character who is increasingly immoral.
Created: 08-09-2022
Roberto
it's a gradual thing
Up until about season 13 it's quite bearable, even inoffensive. But starting with season 14 the viewer is subjected to the themes and topics he's trying to get away from in everyday contemporary life. It's supposed to be taking place between 1890 & 1910. I would like to see mystery solving and societal representations of that period.
Created: 06-03-2023
Think for yourself
Definitely woke
Set in Toronto in the late 19th century, it strains credulity to show a female physician and a black female medical assistant. And the physician demonstrates a lot of modern values. She seems like a feminist in fact. The first female physician in the USA was in 1848, so it did happen but must have been very rare. The show would have been more plausible had they stuck to the murder mystery protagonist, Murdoch, and not diverted the show with his feminist wife. That being said, it's not a bad show. There is some humour in it as well. It's a Canadian production. Former Canadian PM Stephen Harper even made a guest appearance on it once.
p.s. I am now reading the other reviews, about the increasing LBGTQ agenda on the show. I never watched it that far. Disappointing to hear of this.
Created: 08-30-2023
