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  • This sweet little exchange from "Dead End Street" reveals George's love for animals, complete with Big "YES!":
    Dr. Ogden: But the death of a cat... would be a sufficient motive for murder?
    Constable Crabtree: Yes! As a pet owner, Doctor, I'll vouch for that.
  • In "Dead End Street", we see Murdoch go to great lengths to understand and find a way to communicate with Lydia, an autistic woman who does not speak and who he believes witnessed a murder. While most other people are ready to write her off as insane, Murdoch has no trouble believing in Lydia's intelligence in spite of her lack of speech and difficulty interacting with people, and he makes the effort to look at the world the way that Lydia might see it. Lydia's brother and caretaker, Bert, also clearly accepts and understands her in a way that very few other people would; as Murdoch learns from one of the neighbors, Bert was once married, but the marriage broke up when his wife demanded that he have Lydia institutionalized and Bert refused.
  • When Murdoch goes to have a big show down with the Big Bad of season 3, he has a protective shield against the deadly rays. George worries about the horse because it's not protected. Murdoch promises to take care of it, and he does make sure the horse survives.
  • Crabtree reading to Higgins by his hospital bed in "War on Terror," and then again when he uses his good nature and sweetness to gather information to solve the case.
  • George and Emily's kiss in "Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom." There's even romantic music in the background.
  • From "Journey to the Centre of Toronto", an archaeologist named Elva Gordon has had her funding revoked due to her unconventional theory about the existence of mole people. Eventually, she's arrested on suspicion of diamond theft. Except, it turns out she was innocent- a geologist named Herbert has been in love with her for years, and he stole the diamonds in order to build a drill powerful enough to tunnel into the Earth. After breaking her out of jail, he offers to go exploring underneath the earth with her via the finished tunnelling machine, and she happily accepts. Ignoring the thievery and destruction of property aspects, it's a beautiful story. Everyone thinks they're both odd, but Elva's the one who suffers the most. Yet, Herbert truly admires and respects her for who she is, and instead of it being about trying to gain her romantic affections, he does all this because he knows what will make her happy: Having an opportunity to continue exploring her theory.
  • In episode "Raised on Robbery", Julia and William become parents! They adopt a baby boy named Roland, who is left orphaned after his bank-robbing parents are killed.
  • During Murdoch's "journey to the future" in "20th Century Murdoch," he sees that he has a son with Julia, which is heartwarming all on its own. However the boy mentions "Uncle George". The entire thing is actually a hallucination induced by a seizure and is at least partially informed by Murdoch's own thoughts. It's a subtle moment that betrays how highly he thinks of Crabtree.
  • From "Hell to Pay" and "Up from Ashes":
    • George and Nina's reconciliation, as he comes to realize that she was the right one all along.
    • Murdoch seeing for the first time that George survived the ambush at the end of "Hell to Pay." Brackenreid and Julia both note with amusement he's more overjoyed to see George alive than he was to learn they were safe.
    • Watts expressing his regard for Jackson, with whom he worked closely on one long-running investigation, as both a man and a copper after the latter's death.
    • Higgins, in shock from seeing his two colleagues die in front of him, still has faith in Murdoch's innocence he helped smuggle Julia to the cell to see him.
  • Julia and Murdoch playing on the beach at the end of "Loch Ness Murdoch". After all the Angst they have been through it's just great to see them having fun together.
  • Inspector Brackenreid learning the True Meaning of Christmas in "A Merry Murdoch Christmas", after spending the whole episode wishing the holiday would just disappear. By the end, he even helps with the police's toy drive. Crosses into A Moment of Awesome, when he uses what he's learned for a Shut Up, Hannibal! directed at the Villain of the Week.
    Brackenreid: You know what? I feel sorry for you. You'd feel better if you measured Christmas by what you can give, not what you get. At least you'll have a warm Christmas Eve in the cells. Be grateful for that.
  • Julia's interactions with Davey and Rosie Taylor, two pauper siblings, in "Once Upon a Murdoch Christmas". She treats them with gentleness, doesn't spoil their fantasy that she is the Snow Queen from a book of fairy tales, gives their older brother some much needed medicine, and delivers the first hot, hearty dinner they've had in a while, if ever. Even Murdoch lets them continue believing in the "Snow Queen" when he meets them.
  • The episode "Brother's Keeper" is mainly a tear jerker, but it reveals how much everyone in Station House 4 truly cares about Watts. Julia tends to his gunshot wound, and Brackenreid insists he keeps his job there even after finding out that he has tampered with evidence and lied to them about who killed a man in order to protect his brothers. Even Murdoch comforts him after Watts finds out his brother was murdered.
  • Father-son moments between Thomas and John Brackenreid. The way the inspector tells John he can pursue whatever interests he wants and that he will always be proud of him no matter what or when they chat after John got drunk for the first time... It's especially cute that they both love theatre and can bond over it. They're just adorable and the inspector is such a great father.
  • In "The Killing Dose," Watts gets drawn into helping Crabtree investigating a possible theft at Effie Newsome's apartment complex...because Watts' paramour also happens to live there and runs into Crabtree and Effie. Crabtree incorrectly assumes that Watts was with a woman, much like Crabtree and Effie had been sneaking around, but when their investigation leads to Watts' partner, Crabtree immediately puts two and two together. At the end of the episode Watts tries to pass it off as him staying with a friend because of money trouble. Crabtree accepts Watts' story, and then assures Watts that no one will ever hear about those "financial troubles" from him.

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