Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV episode 2013)

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Murdoch Mysteries
(fake) Sherlock Holmes (Andrew Gower) & Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson)

Return of Sherlock Holmes is the 4th episode of season 7 of the Canadian TV series Murdoch Mysteries produced by Shaftesbury Films / Granada International aired on 21 october 2013. 44 minutes.

About Sherlock Holmes in this fiction:

  • Sherlock Holmes returns because his first apperance in the serie was in previous season in episode A Study in Sherlock.
  • Sherlock Holmes is played by Andrew Gower, but he is in fact David Kingsley an insane young man pretending to be the detective, but with good observation/deduction skills.
  • The young Ben McQueen is the client of Sherlock Holmes and is a huge fan of the detective, wearing a deerstalker as well.
  • Ben McQueen uses the code of the villains in Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Gloria Scott (the message is to be read every 3rd words).
  • Ben McQueen contests the using of the word "swamp adder" in Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Speckled Band saying these doesn't exists under this name.



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Plot summary

Murdoch encounters David Kingsley/Sherlock Holmes again, who is investigating the murder of his young client's godfather and the disappearance of his nanny...


Cast

  • Detective William Murdoch : Yannick Bisson
  • Dr. Julia Ogden : Hélène Joy
  • Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : Thomas Craig
  • Constable George Crabtree : Jonny Harris
  • Dr. Emily Grace : Georgina Reilly
  • Sherlock Holmes / David Kingsley : Andrew Gower
  • Ben McQueen : Christian Distefano
  • Mr. McQueen : Kal Weber
  • Mrs. McQueen : Nicole St. Martin
  • Miss Nora Webb : Emily Klassen
  • Miss Ellie Naughton : Jessica Moss
  • Miss Ann Selby : Michelle Adams
  • Herbert Greaves : Michael Coady
  • Gregory Skinner : Gregg Lowe


  • Director : Gail Harvey
  • Screenplay : R. B. Carney, Cal Coons, Carol Hay, Alexandra Zarowny, Maureen Jennings (novel)
  • Producers : Julie Lacey, Stephen Montgomery
  • Co-Producers : Carol Hay, Shane Kinnear
  • Executive Producers : Scott Garvie, Christina Jennings, Peter Mitchell
  • Co-Executive Producer : Paul Aitken
  • Supervising Producer : Teresa M. Ho
  • Original Music : Robert Carli
  • Cinematography : Yuri Yakubiw
  • Film Editor : Vesna Svilanovic
  • Casting : Diane Kerbel
  • Production Design : Sandra Kybartas, Armando Sgrignuoli
  • Art Director : Vicky Peters
  • Set Decoration : Kent McIntyre