Murdoch Mysteries (2008)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

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.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (20,788 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 -0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 19
Streaming (US): Hulu
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 19 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

7.64 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 8.0 48 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Power	7.5	788
2	The Glass Ceiling	7.5	600
3	The Knockdown	7.5	549
4	Elementary, My Dear Murdoch	7.6	551
5	'Til Death Do Us Part	7.5	561
6	Let Loose the Dogs	7.6	486
7	Body Double	7.8	499
8	Still Waters	7.6	493
9	Belly Speaker	7.6	495
10	Child's Play	7.7	468
11	Bad Medicine	7.7	477
12	The Prince and the Rebel	7.7	467
13	The Annoying Red Planet	8.0	486

Season 2 (2009)

7.88 avg 13 episodes 7.6 → 8.1 48 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mild Mild West	7.6	486
2	Snakes and Ladders	8.0	470
3	Dinosaur Fever	7.7	445
4	Houdini Whodunit	8.2	474
5	The Green Muse	7.8	444
6	Shades of Grey	7.8	456
7	Big Murderer on Campus	8.1	458
8	I, Murdoch	7.8	437
9	Convalescence	7.9	432
10	Murdoch.com	7.9	424
11	Let Us Ask the Maiden	7.7	397
12	Werewolves	7.9	414
13	Anything You Can Do	8.1	453

Season 3 (2010)

8.05 avg 13 episodes 8.5 → 8.2 48 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Murdoch Identity	8.5	500
2	The Great Wall	8.3	439
3	Victor, Victorian	7.8	458
4	Rich Boy, Poor Boy	8.0	430
5	Me, Myself and Murdoch	8.4	462
6	This One Goes to Eleven	8.1	424
7	Blood and Circuses	7.5	412
8	Future Imperfect	7.7	406
9	Love and Human Remains	8.5	473
10	The Curse of Beaton Manor	8.0	426
11	Hangman	8.0	414
12	In the Altogether	7.7	406
13	The Tesla Effect	8.2	440

Season 4 (2011)

8.02 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 8.6 48 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Tattered and Torn	7.8	436
2	Kommando	7.7	405
3	Buffalo Shuffle	7.7	411
4	Downstairs, Upstairs	7.9	419
5	Monsieur Murdoch	8.1	439
6	Dead End Street	8.9	545
7	Confederate Treasure	7.9	404
8	Dial M for Murdoch	8.1	419
9	The Black Hand	7.9	399
10	Voices	7.9	416
11	Bloodlust	8.0	417
12	The Kissing Bandit	7.8	403
13	Murdoch in Wonderland	8.6	453

Season 5 (2012)

7.97 avg 13 episodes 8.0 → 8.6 48 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murdoch of the Klondike	8.0	466
2	Back and to the Left	7.8	401
3	Evil Eye of Egypt	7.8	434
4	War on Terror	7.5	415
5	Murdoch at the Opera	7.2	431
6	Who Killed the Electric Carriage?	8.1	407
7	Stroll on the Wild Side: Part 1	8.0	397
8	Stroll on the Wild Side: Part 2	8.3	402
9	Invention Convention	8.3	414
10	Staircase to Heaven	7.7	409
11	Murdoch in Toyland	8.6	443
12	Murdoch Night in Canada	7.7	389
13	Twentieth Century Murdoch	8.6	470

Season 6 (2013)

8.02 avg 13 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 44 min avg

Rebound

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murdoch Air	8.2	441
2	Winston's Lost Night	7.8	454
3	Murdoch on the Corner	8.2	398
4	A Study in Sherlock	8.4	455
5	Murdoch au Naturel	8.3	431
6	Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom	8.1	387
7	The Ghost of Queen's Park	7.8	385
8	Murdoch in Ladies Wear	8.0	400
9	Victoria Cross	7.6	370
10	Twisted Sisters	7.6	383
11	Lovers in a Murderous Time	7.6	387
12	Crime & Punishment	8.2	418
13	The Murdoch Trap	8.4	440

Season 7 (2013)

7.88 avg 18 episodes 8.0 → 8.3 44 min avg

Rebound

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murdoch Ahoy	8.0	458
2	Tour de Murdoch	7.9	425
3	The Filmed Adventures of Detective William Murdoch	8.1	475
4	Return of Sherlock Holmes	8.3	453
5	Murdoch of the Living Dead	7.8	411
6	Murdochophobia	7.6	411
7	Loch Ness Murdoch	8.0	423
8	Republic of Murdoch	8.2	434
9	A Midnight Train to Kingston	7.2	508
10	Murdoch in Ragtime	7.5	386
11	Journey to the Centre of Toronto	7.7	388
12	Unfinished Business	8.0	391
13	The Murdoch Sting	8.2	394
14	Friday the 13th, 1901	7.8	411
15	The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold	7.7	368
16	Kung Fu Crabtree	8.2	398
17	Blast of Silence	7.4	375
18	The Death of Dr. Ogden	8.3	406

Season 8 (2014)

7.94 avg 18 episodes 8.0 → 8.6 45 min avg

Rebound

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	On the Waterfront: Part 1	8.0	425
2	On the Waterfront: Part 2	8.3	414
3	Glory Days	7.6	402
4	Holy Matrimony, Murdoch!	8.4	441
5	Murdoch Takes Manhattan	8.1	400
6	The Murdoch Appreciation Society	8.2	417
7	What Lies Buried	8.6	441
8	High Voltage	7.5	360
9	The Keystone Constables	7.9	376
10	Murdoch and the Temple of Death	7.9	398
11	All That Glitters	7.8	363
12	The Devil Wears Whalebone	7.8	382
13	The Incurables	7.5	391
14	Toronto's Girl Problem	7.5	397
15	Shipwreck	7.7	375
16	Crabtree Mania	7.8	350
17	Election Day	7.8	361
18	Artful Detective	8.6	462

Season 9 (2015)

7.96 avg 19 episodes 7.9 → 7.4 44 min avg

Bad finale

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	A Merry Murdoch Christmas	7.9	457
1	Nolo Contendere	8.4	402
2	Marked Twain	7.7	380
3	Double Life	8.3	420
4	Barenaked Ladies	7.7	364
5	24 Hours Til Doomsday	7.8	365
6	The Local Option	7.7	342
7	Summer of '75	7.9	345
8	Pipe Dreamzzz	7.6	335
9	Raised on Robbery	8.3	356
10	The Big Chill	7.8	337
11	A Case of the Yips	7.9	337
12	Unlucky in Love	8.1	329
13	Colour Blinded	8.1	337
14	Wild Child	7.8	332
15	House of Industry	8.0	317
16	Bl*dy Hll	8.7	371
17	From Buffalo with Love	8.1	326
18	Cometh the Archer	7.4	384

Season 10 (2016)

7.84 avg 19 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 46 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Once Upon a Murdoch Christmas	8.2	325
1	Great Balls of Fire: Part 1	7.9	351
2	Great Balls of Fire: Part 2	8.1	332
3	A Study in Pink	7.7	325
4	Concocting a Killer	7.8	335
5	Jagged Little Pill	7.4	319
6	Bend It Like Brackenreid	7.7	318
7	Painted Ladies	7.9	323
8	Weekend at Murdoch's	8.2	365
9	Excitable Chap	7.5	328
10	The Devil Inside	7.8	390
11	A Murdog Mystery	8.1	339
12	The Missing	8.0	315
13	Mr. Murdoch's Neighbourhood	8.1	310
14	From Murdoch to Eternity	7.6	323
15	Hades Hath No Fury	7.5	310
16	Master Lovecraft	7.4	311
17	Hot Wheels of Thunder	7.7	305
18	Hell to Pay	8.4	398

Season 11 (2017)

8.06 avg 19 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 46 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Home for the Holidays	7.9	313
1	Up from Ashes	8.8	421
2	Merlot Mysteries	8.1	329
3	8 Footsteps	8.4	351
4	The Canadian Patient	7.9	309
5	Dr. Osler Regrets	7.9	307
6	21 Murdoch Street	8.1	319
7	The Accident	9.3	614
8	Brackenreid Boudoir	8.0	324
9	The Talking Dead	8.2	327
10	F.L.A.S.H.!	7.5	316
11	Biffers and Blockers	7.8	301
12	Mary Wept	7.7	298
13	Crabtree a la Carte	7.7	291
14	The Great White Moose	7.8	308
15	Murdoch Schmurdoch	7.7	308
16	Game of Kings	7.9	299
17	Shadows Are Falling	8.3	324
18	Free Falling	8.2	302

Season 12 (2018)

7.78 avg 18 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 44 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murdoch Mystery Mansion	7.7	398
2	Operation: Murder	7.8	342
3	My Big Fat Mimico Wedding	7.7	394
4	Murdoch Without Borders	7.3	342
5	The Spy Who Loved Murdoch	8.0	362
6	Sir. Sir? Sir!!!	6.1	782
7	Brother's Keeper	8.3	360
8	Drowning in Money	7.7	302
9	Secrets and Lies	7.8	348
10	Pirates of the Great Lakes	7.5	303
11	Annabella Cinderella	7.9	314
12	Six of the Best	7.9	295
13	Murdoch and the Undetectable Man	8.0	306
14	Sins of The Father	8.0	293
15	One Minute to Murder	7.7	290
16	Manual for Murder	8.0	305
17	Darkness Before the Dawn: Part 1	8.2	284
18	Darkness Before the Dawn: Part 2	8.5	290

Season 13 (2019)

7.68 avg 18 episodes 7.5 → 8.1 44 min avg

Rebound

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Troublemakers	7.5	324
2	Bad Pennies	7.7	298
3	Forever Young	7.9	300
4	Prodigal Father	8.0	299
5	Murdoch and the Cursed Caves	7.5	336
6	The Philately Fatality	7.4	407
7	Toronto the Bad	7.8	285
8	The Final Curtain	7.8	340
9	The Killing Dose	7.4	341
10	Parker in the Rye	7.7	287
11	Staring Blindly into the Future	7.9	327
12	Fox Hunt	7.5	276
13	Kill Thy Neighbour	8.2	292
14	Rigid Silence	7.7	267
15	The Trial of Terrance Meyers	7.0	286
16	In the Company of Women	8.0	298
17	Things Left Behind	7.1	305
18	The Future is Unwritten	8.1	311

Season 14 (2021)

7.37 avg 11 episodes 7.6 → 8.1 44 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murdoch and the Tramp	7.6	418
2	Rough and Rowdy Ways	7.4	298
3	Code M for Murdoch	7.3	300
4	Shock Value	7.3	264
5	Murder Checks In	7.2	275
6	The Ministry of Virtue	7.6	264
7	Murdoch Escape Room	7.9	297
8	The Dominion of New South Mimico	6.1	399
9	The .38 Murdoch Special	6.8	310
10	Everything is Broken: Part One	7.8	278
11	Everything is Broken: Part Two	8.1	289

Season 15 (2021)

7.57 avg 24 episodes 7.4 → 7.8 44 min avg

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Things We Do for Love: Part 1	7.4	277
2	The Things We Do for Love: Part 2	7.2	260
3	Manhunt	7.9	258
4	Blood on the Tracks	7.5	269
5	Love or Money	7.6	253
6	I Know What You Did Last Autumn	8.1	279
7	The Incorrigible Dr. Ogden	7.4	246
8	Murdoch Knows Best	8.0	285
9	The Lady Vanishes	7.5	266
10	Drawn in Blood	7.7	233
11	The Night Before Christmas	8.4	284
12	There's Something About Mary	7.5	237
13	Murdoch on the Couch	7.5	237
14	The Witches of East York	7.3	237
15	Rawhide Ralph	6.8	250
16	It's a Wonderful Game	7.3	241
17	Bloodlines	6.9	253
18	Patriot Games	7.9	233
19	Brother Can You Spare a Crime	7.8	214
20	Pendrick's Planetary Parlour	7.8	233
21	Devil Music	7.7	240
22	Sweet Amelia	6.8	222
23	Pay the Piper	7.8	204
24	Close Encounters	7.8	194

Season 16 (2022)

7.70 avg 24 episodes 7.4 → 8.0 44 min avg

Rebound

Season 16 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sometimes They Come Back Part 1	7.4	261
2	Sometimes They Come Back Part 2	7.6	243
3	The Write Stuff	7.9	250
4	Promising Young Ladies	7.7	241
5	Murdoch Rides Easy	8.0	251
6	Clean Hands	7.6	236
7	Murdoch and the Sonic Boom	7.7	225
8	I Still Know What You Did Last Autumn	7.8	228
9	Honeymoon in Hampshire	8.1	245
10	Dash to Death	7.5	225
11	D.O.A.	7.1	278
12	Porcelain Maiden	8.0	251
13	Vengeance Makes the Man	7.7	216
14	Murdoch at the End of the World	7.9	233
15	Breaking Ranks	7.6	200
16	An Avoidable Hinder	7.6	194
17	Ballad of Gentleman Jones	7.9	209
18	Virtue and Vice	7.2	227
19	Whatever Happened to Abigail Prescott	7.8	200
20	Just Desserts	7.0	211
21	Murder in F Major	7.9	206
22	Scents and Sensibility	7.8	181
23	The Long Goodbye - Part One	7.9	183
24	The Long Goodbye - Part Two	8.0	194

Season 17 (2023)

7.49 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 7.7 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 17 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Do the Right Thing Part 1	7.8	231
2	Do The Right Thing Part 2	7.7	202
3	Murdoch and the Mona Lisa	7.7	216
4	Bottom of the Barrel	7.5	191
5	Station House of Horror	5.9	280
6	Dying to be Enlightened	7.1	202
7	Cool Million	7.6	196
8	The Cottage in the Woods	7.1	204
9	The Christmas List	7.7	195
10	Mrs. Crabtree's Neighbourhood	8.1	210
11	A Heavy Event	7.3	179
12	Wheel of Bad Fortune	7.5	175
13	Train to Nowhere	7.4	183
14	The Smell of Alarm	7.7	188
15	Murdoch and the Treasure of Lima	7.7	211
16	Preacher Jimmy Wilde	6.7	205
17	The Fantastic Mr. Fawkes	7.7	177
18	Spirits in the Night	7.5	172
19	A Most Surprising Bond	7.8	191
20	Rhapsody in Blood	7.8	207
21	Engaged to be Murdered	7.6	173
22	Why is Everybody Singing?	7.0	415
23	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	8.1	159
24	For the Greater Good	7.7	169

Season 18 (2024)

7.45 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 44 min avg

Season 18 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The New Recruit	7.7	193
2	Only Murdoch in the Building	7.8	181
3	What the Dickens?!	6.9	186
4	Gimme Shelter	7.4	163
5	A Starlet is Born	7.3	171
6	The Murdoch Link	7.4	167
7	Measure of My Dreams	7.0	177
8	Welcome to Paradise	7.8	149
9	When Rubber Meets the Road	7.6	135
10	The Men Who Sold the World	7.6	163
11	Bombshells	7.3	161
12	The Star of Mandalay	7.6	146
13	The Wrong Man	7.5	139
14	A Murder Most Convenient	7.6	136
15	When Irish Eyes are Lying	7.6	141
16	Shakespeare's Beard	7.2	139
17	The Death of James Pendrick	6.6	166
18	The Incredible Astonishing Adventures of Constable George Crabtree	7.5	182
19	Heir of the Dog	7.6	115
20	Going Postal	7.2	140
21	The Body Electric	7.8	110
22	We Take Care of Our Own	7.8	123

Season 19 (2025)

7.71 avg 21 episodes 8.1 → 8.1 44 min avg

Shape drift

Season 19 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Boys Are Back in Town	8.1	140
2	Diamonds in the Sand	7.6	123
3	Toronto's Smartest Man	7.7	123
4	Unearthing the Past	7.3	115
5	The Borden Ultimatum	8.4	138
6	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	7.7	115
7	Murder, She Wrote	7.9	114
8	Fashion Crimes	7.8	98
9	Sugar Plum Murdoch	7.6	120
10	Devil in the Saddle	7.4	107
11	Strangers on Paper	7.6	89
12	Tow Tags	8.4	101
13	Murdoch in Hogtown	7.5	101
14	Game Set, Murdoch	7.4	99
15	The Fall of the House of Newsome	7.6	93
16	The Panic in High Park	7.5	87
17	The Hunting Lodge	7.7	86
18	Another Brick in the Wall	7.9	87
19	The Face of Evil	7.3	93
20	Fire in the Sky	7.5	80
21	Hell of a Woman	8.1	77

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