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★ main plot ◆ subplot
essential viewing
14x02 Rough and Tumble
★ Bobby Brackenreid's reintroduction as a young man after disappearing from the show for so long, the spotlight instead favouring his older brother John. In this episode, it is revealed that Bobby is a very troubled person who has killed another boy his age.
15x08 Murdoch Knows Best
★ Junior's introduction and only episode ; where his father, recurring character Agent Terrence Meyers, is revealed to have a double life. (Murdoch Knows Best is my favourite episode of all time.)
more important bobby episodes
03x03 Rich Boy, Poor Boy
★ Bobby's first major episode, where he's kidnapped at seven years old. Shockingly never brought up again, but this is a remarkable part of his history.
08x12 The Devil Wears Whalebone
◆ Bobby, about twelve years old, gets into a fight with another boy, Simon Brooks, over a penny.
15x22 Sweet Amelia
◆ After getting into a fight and killing a man in prison, Bobby's been on the run for a year. His mother Margaret sets out to find him.
16x06 Clean Hands
◆ Bobby reveals that while in prison, he's converted to Catholicism.
17x12 Wheel of Bad Fortune
◆ this is literally one scene lmao but Margaret has a vision of Bobby fighting in the trenches. Which is really important To Me
family context
07x08 Republic of Murdoch
◆ John (Bobby's older brother) is suspected by their father of being gay, it's a whole thing.
09x06 24 Hours Til Doomsday
★ The Canadian government enlists Murdoch's help when a scheme involving a rocket threatens national and international security. Guess what happens to Terrence Meyers at the end of this episode.
10x06 Bend It Like Brackenreid
◆ More drama surrounding John chafing against his father's expectations. Delicious stuff
11x04 The Canadian Patient
◆ John joins the Constabulary, much to Margaret's dismay.
Season 12
a really good season for Brackenreid drama, centering around John and Nomi.
12x09 Secrets and Lies
★ Thomas Brackenreid reconnects with a former flame and learns he has a daughter : Nomi Johnston.
12x17 & 12x18 Darkness Before Dawn Parts 1 & 2
★ The Brackenreid drama comes to a head when John is severely injured during a botched opium den raid and suspected of murder, his future coming into question.
13x14 Rigid Silence
◆ Nomi moves to Toronto and meets Margaret.
14x01 Murdoch and the Tramp, 14x09 The .38 Murdoch Special, 14x10 & 14x11 Everything is Broken Parts 1 & 2
◆ An arc exploring the difficulty Nomi faces as a biracial Black woman who wants to get to know her father but her existence poses a threat to his status as a high-ranking white police officer.