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William is hot but George is my fav

posted 8 years ago by mysay-97-581086
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I found this show one late night on some off tv channel. Then I started to binge watch all the episodes. I started watching because of Detective Murdoch but throughout the seasons (I'm now on 6) it's Constable Crabtree that has captured my heart. His character is goofy yet strong. I love how the writers let him come up with forward thinking "ideas". My favorite characteristic is when he places his hand up to his forehead. I also love his stories about his aunts. George is definitely the comic character of the show. He always makes me chuckle.

[–] DreamerWill 8 years ago

I like William as well, but I'd wish there would be more episodes where he'd loosen up a bit, let his hair down so to speak..
George is awesome...love how he comes up with all those ideas that sound weird to everyone else but are actually things that exist today.

[–] bookwormdreamer 8 years ago

George is my favorite. I like all the characters but I'm most partial to George.

I love the episode when George and Julia discover each other at the "nature" camp.

[–] mysay-97-581086 8 years ago

So far my favorite is where George and William go to Newfoundland and meet George's "aunts". And then George goes to drink and dance with the locals. lol I about wet myself. Such a great show.

[–] BCBev-DVR 8 years ago

Yes, that's an especially good episode: very funny, but also very touching, I think. Adds another layer to the George character, and makes me like him even more.

[–] lalumiere 8 years ago

Murdoch is gorgeous and brilliant and Crabtree is hilarious tho also quite surprisingly intelligent. And I can't help but love them both. !:]

This is Me, just as I Am, Now & Forever... lalumiere

[–] myrtletorres 8 years ago

Even tho I'm much older than him, I am smitten with George Crabtree! I love his energy, imagination, enthusiasm. And he's adorable.

[–] mysay-97-581086 8 years ago

My feelings exactly. I watched a clip where he goes to a young girls house to visit her. Since I live in the US, it was the only one I could watch. He just seems like a really great guy.

[–] Julie-30 8 years ago

What does living in the US have to do with it? I live in the US and I watch Murdoch every Saturday night on Ovation (it's called Artful Detective) and on Saturday afternoons and Sunday nights on a local channel here in the Tampa Bay area. The local channel leaves the Murdoch Mysteries name intact.

It's also available via Netflix and Acorn here in the US.

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[–] mysay-97-581086 8 years ago

I guess not everyone can read.

I watched a clip...

The website that promotes MM is Canadian so you can't view all of their clips because of that.

[–] Julie-30 8 years ago

Sure I can.

And sure you can: http://www.ovationtv.com/series/artful-detective/

and: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=murdoch+mysteries

and https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=artful+detective

You're welcome. 

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[–] mysay-97-581086 8 years ago

If you live in the US try to access this site and let me know what happens?
http://watch.cbc.ca/

[–] Julie-30 8 years ago

I know. And that's why I supplied you with a slew of other ways to watch clips. I was trying to be helpful.

http://currentscene.wordpress.com

[–] BCBev-DVR 8 years ago

Some people just can't say "thank you." And your links *will* be helpful to lot of other people who read this thread. ME, for instance. Thank you! :)

[–] cathvin87 8 years ago

Check out the webisodes on the Ovation Channel site of 'The Murdoch Effect' - George is amazing in the story!!!

http://www.ovationtv.com/the-murdoch-effect-a-web-series/

[–] mysay-97-581086 8 years ago

Ha Ha I'll have to watch the rest of it. Pretty funny tho. Thanks for the link.

[–] rosew-75719 8 years ago

I totally agree that George is the comic of the bunch. I love his larger than life attitude and his crazy thoughts and opinions of murder scenes. I eagerly wait to hear what he has to say! I actually love all the characters. I love that William is always inventing new gadgets; that Julia is such a carefree coroner, and the colorfulness of Inspector Tommy!

[–] ladygreyheart 8 years ago

The entire cast is very good. I must confess that George is my favorite character. He has such a unique outlook on life. I am binge watching on Netflix on my days off.

[–] DrWhen 8 years ago

They cast him to be the funny character. The actor does standup and comedy writing.

[–] marta-vdz 8 years ago

I love all the characters, and they make a great team - each very different from the others but dependable and cooperative, no character is too annoying or selfish.

That's one of the reasons the show has managed to stay on air for 10 years 😉

But when it comes to hotness, Murdoch doesn't even come close to Dr. Garland 😳 Jonathan Watton is the hottest actor in all of North America IMHO. Such a shame he played a negative character and was written off.

[–] creatrix1 8 years ago

I love Jonny Harris -- it was his standup comedy that hooked me on him. So I was delighted to find Murdoch Mysteries (many seasons in).

[–] Vic_Hitler 7 years ago

George and the Chief Inspector are hilarious!

Yeah, Murdoch is a stiff, but his role is lantern jawed straight guy.