Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series)

The Filmed Adventures of Detective William Murdoch (2013)

Peter Stebbings: James Pendrick

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• Constable George Crabtree : 'The Filmed Adventures of Detective William Murdoch' hardly trips off the tongue, and it would make for a very long marquee.

  Detective William Murdoch : That's true.

  James Pendrick : What do you suggest?

  Constable George Crabtree : Just 'The Murdoch Mysteries'.

  James Pendrick : I like it.

• Detective William Murdoch : Mr. Pendrick, this latest venture of yours: are you sure it's going to work? Murder, crime, as entertainment?

  James Pendrick : We have mystery novels; I'm simply trying to create a visual narrative.

  Detective William Murdoch : Yes, I understand that, but... filmed depravity is something completely different.

  James Pendrick : See, I'm willing to bet that you're wrong. I believe that The Filmed Adventures of Detective William Murdoch will play to standing-room-only crowds from coast to coast. Moving pictures are this century's predominant form of entertainment; I'm willing to bet on it. For young and old.

  Detective William Murdoch : I highly doubt that.

• Thomas Edison : Mr. Pendrick, I and a group of others are considering going to California to launch the motion picture industry. You could be a part of it.

  James Pendrick : The motion picture industry will be here, in Toronto, Canada. I have no intention of going into business with a scoundrel such as you.

• James Pendrick : Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to be amazed!

  Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : Bugger always was full of himself.

• Alphonse : Murdoch can't be shot; it has to be Constable Tom.

  James Pendrick : Alphonse, I'm director, and what I say goes!

  Alphonse : But, if you do it like that, it doesn't make any sense. In the third act, Tom is the one who has to get shot.

  James Pendrick : The audience won't care about Tom; Murdoch is the star.

  Alphonse : But the ending won't make any sense at all.

  James Pendrick : It doesn't matter. There'll be a terrific chase scene.

  Alphonse : Idiot!

• James Pendrick : I have a moving picture to finish. If I don't, I'll be ruined. Yet again.

  Detective William Murdoch : But if you continue you may be killed.

  James Pendrick : Then I'll die for my art.

  Detective William Murdoch : Mr. Pendrick, art is a sculpture, a-a painting, poetry. You're making a moving picture starring Constable George Crabtree.

• James Pendrick : Acting is nothing more than standing around all day, reciting a few words.

• Charlotte : [to Dr. Julia Ogden]  Pardon me if I'm being indiscreet, but... what is Detective Murdoch to you?

  Dr. Julia Ogden : We're very good friends.

  Charlotte : Oh. Is that it? There's nothing... nothing more?

  James Pendrick : Charlotte, perhaps you're being a little too prying.

  Charlotte : I need to know who I'm playing, a modern woman or a church mouse.

  Dr. Julia Ogden : Well, if you're playing a modern woman, perhaps you shouldn't be trying to define her through her relationship with a man.

• Detective William Murdoch : Mr Pendrick! I don't suspect you of anything!

  James Pendrick : Oh. Oh, that's refreshing.