Movie: Home for the Holidays

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Yannick Bisson
Yannick Bisson

Detective William Murdoch

Helene Joy
Helene Joy

Dr. Julia Ogden

Thomas Craig
Thomas Craig

Inspector Thomas Brackenreid

Jonny Harris
Jonny Harris

Constable George Crabtree

Lachlan Murdoch
Lachlan Murdoch

Constable Henry Higgins

Arwen Humphreys
Arwen Humphreys

Margaret Brackenreid

Siobhan Murphy
Siobhan Murphy

Ruth Newsome

Erin Agostino
Erin Agostino

Nina Bloom

Bea Santos
Bea Santos

Louise Cherry

Aiden Bushey
Aiden Bushey

Bobby Brackenreid

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    "Home for the Holidays" is the third stand-alone two hour Christmas special of the "Murdoch Mysteries" that first aired on December 18, 2017 on CBC, followed by a second airing on December 25, 2017 in Canada. Murdoch and Ogden travel to Victoria, B.C. to visit Murdoch’s brother, RCMP officer Jasper Linney. There, they investigate a murder connected to an archaeologist Megan Byrne who has uncovered an ancient Indigenous settlement, leading to a trek through the rugged beauty of British Columbia and encounters with the Songhees and Haida nations. Meanwhile, the Brackenreids are offered a surefire investment opportunity that may not be all it seems. At the Station House, Crabtree and Higgins prepare for a ski-chalet holiday in Vermont with their girlfriends Nina and Ruth, but learn it may be more dangerous than expected.

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    2017-12-18

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