8.5/10 Best Episode: Episode 5 – "The Phantom of the Roxy" (A genuinely creepy theater mystery). Watch it for: The Murdoch-Julia banter and Brackenreid’s mustache.
While some long-running shows get stale, Murdoch Mysteries continues to reinvent itself. Season 17 is lighter than Season 16 (which dealt with heavy grief) but darker than the early seasons. It strikes the perfect balance of "case of the week" and long-form serialized storytelling. murdoch mysteries season 17 libvpx