Murdoch Mysteries Season 6
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
I discovered Murdoch Mysteries on Ovation TV (under the name “The Artful Detective”), where I doubt it will get much promotion and it will be very difficult for the U.S. audience to discover in the “high numbers wasteland” of cable TV. This series is a terrific mix of slightly-steampunk Victorian costume drama, MacGyver-tech police procedural, X-Files-meets-Scooby-Doo unmasking of the supernatural, and clever mysteries and secret histories sprinkled with quirky comic moments and all the struggles of true love. Murdoch Mysteries has the addictive quality of genre TV even as it defies or transcends all categories. It crosses the intelligence of British TV with the pacing and eye candy of American TV, and produces a miraculous hybrid.Murdoch Mysteries is set in Toronto, which for most U.S. viewers will be the equivalent of another planet, but this isn’t “alienating” at all – the time period is familiar enough that the location could be Any City in the Victorian Era. Better yet, this series is Mom-safe: the humor doesn’t go near the toilet (though it often finds its way into the morgue) and the modernizing values are cloaked in old-fashioned courtesy. In fact, I bought this series for my Mom for Christmas, and I know she’s going to love it. Yet there’s plenty for younger demographics to enjoy, from clockpunk gadgets to shipping favorite couples. (Though I must admit that the show occasionally teeters into rather awkward fan service on the shipping front – I’d rather see the passionate kiss than Constable Crabtree musing on when those crazy kids will get together.) Also, there is enough “angst” and outright depressing turns of events to enthrall the moodiest of Millennials. What more can the sick-of-reality-TV jaded American TV watcher ask?-me
I love this show. All episodes and all seasons. It’s entertaining and funny. The shows follow the set structure of detective fiction, or “the whodunit”, which is what makes it fun to watch: there is a “puzzle” to be solved, there is always a wink and a nod to the viewer that the story is fiction, there will be clues for the viewer within the movement of the plot, the prime suspect is almost never the one whodunit, and the crime will be solved at the end of the story. It is generally a stress-less game between the detective and the viewer with the primary purpose of entertainment. The recurring game-play in “Murdoch Mysteries” is that Detective Murdoch has an invention that will help reveal the criminal and that Constable Crabtree will undoubtedly be confused through most of the story. The “Murdoch Mysteries” often play fast and loose with history, but the deviation from history is often tongue-in-cheek and amusing so that the viewer doesn’t mind the little inaccuracies. I haven’t read the books yet, so I don’t know how faithful the tv show is to the novels. However, the Mysteries are a lot of fun and I definitely recommend them.- Collin Lyle
One of the main strengths of this terrific Canadian detective series is, in my opinion, the reliance on brain power rather than gunpowder. Detective Murdoch doesn’t wade into the cases that come his way with two guns blazing; he and the people he works with use their minds to solve crimes and I like that very much.That said, there is an uncharacteristic level of violence in Season Six but it does not overshadow the ongoing struggles that Murdoch and the beautiful Dr. Ogden endure as they try to forge a lasting relationship nor does it detract from the quality of the storytelling that is also a mainstay of this series.- Mike Billington author of Murder in the Rainy Season
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris, Thomas Craig, Georgina Reilly
Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 1
Rated: Unrated-Not Rated
Studio: Acorn Media
DVD Release Date: November 26, 2013
Run Time: 572 minutes
ASIN: B00EV1YZD2
