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* HiddenWire: The Victorian equivalent requires a 35-pound suitcase transmitter built by Nikola Tesla.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Quickly identified as a likely motive for the murder (given the victims pregnancy) and causing Murdoch to focus on two married, in attendance, Councilman Dodd and power company executive Daniel Pratt, who both had a lot to lose over a pregnant mistress. [[spoiler: while she was having an affair with Pratt, neither of them did it. The victim had a second lover, and Murdoch later realizes he should have considered single, engaged men as having motives as well]].

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* KickTheDog: The AC Generator was login to electrocute a dog to prove its strength (but electrocuted the victim instead), which drew the attention of quite a few animal rights protestors.
* MurderByMistake: Speculated when it's revealed that Councilman Dodd was the one who was originally going to flip the switch. [[spoiler: ultimately subverted]].



* YourCheatingHeart: Quickly identified as a likely motive for the murder (given the victims pregnancy) and causing Murdoch to focus on two married, in attendance, Councilman Dodd and power company executive Daniel Pratt, who both had a lot to lose over a pregnant mistress. [[spoiler: neither of them did it, and he later realizes he should have considered single, engaged men as well]].

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* StarCrossedLovers: George has a good deal of ShipTease with the head animal rights protestor, but has to investigate her as a possible suspect, which damages any chance of a relationship between them.
* YourCheatingHeart: Quickly identified as a likely motive for the murder (given the victims pregnancy) and causing Murdoch to focus on two married, in attendance, Councilman Dodd and power company executive Daniel Pratt, who both had a lot to lose over a pregnant mistress. [[spoiler: while she was having an affair with Pratt, neither of them did it, it. The victim had a second lover, and he Murdoch later realizes he should have considered single, engaged men as having motives as well]].
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* CorruptPolitician: Councilman Dodd took a bribe to deliver his vote on which power company got the lighting contract.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Allen Fawkes comes across as a rude and dismissive man for al to of the episode, but does help set a trap for [[spoiler: Councilman Dodd]], and does seem to make peace with Tesla at the end [[spoiler: only for it to be revealed that despite Dodd being guilty of a fair bit, Fawkes was the one who murdered the beauty queen to protect his engagement to a wealthy woman]].
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: [[spoiler: Allen Fawkes]] response to being presented strong evidence against him is to nervously ask to speak to his barrister.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Quickly identified as a likely motive for the murder (given the victims pregnancy) and causing Murdoch to focus on two married, in attendance, Councilman Dodd and power company executive Daniel Pratt, who both had a lot to lose over a pregnant mistress. [[spoiler: neither of them did it, and he later realizes he should have considered single, engaged men as well]].
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* MeanBoss: In these early episodes, Inspector Brackenreid has very little patient with Detective Murdoch and his methods.

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* MeanBoss: In these early episodes, Inspector Brackenreid has very little patient patience with Detective Murdoch and his methods.

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The city of Toronto is considering changing their power supply from DC to AC. When a beauty queen is killed by an AC generator at a public rally, Murdoch must determine whether her death was an accident or murder.

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Summary: The city of Toronto is considering changing their power supply from DC to AC. AC. When a beauty queen is killed by an AC generator at a public rally, Murdoch must determine whether her death was an accident or murder.murder.



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Murdoch is aided in his investigation by UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.
* MeanBoss: In these early episodes, Inspector Brackenreid has very little patient with Detective Murdoch and his methods.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: *HistoricalDomainCharacter: Murdoch is aided in his investigation by UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.
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In these early episodes, Inspector Brackenreid has very little patient with Detective Murdoch and his methods.
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The city of Toronto is considering changing their power supply from DC to AC. When a beauty queen is killed by an AC generator at a public rally, Murdoch must determine whether her death was an accident or murder.


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*HistoricalDomainCharacter: Murdoch is aided in his investigation by UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.
*MeanBoss: In these early episodes, Inspector Brackenreid has very little patient with Detective Murdoch and his methods.
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