100 Best Dr. Julia Ogden Quotes

[first lines]
Detective: I'm merely stating that given that the film was based on a Jules Verne novel, it could pay at least cursory attention to scientific plausibility.
Dr. Julia Ogden: I believe it's meant for children, William.
Detective: Precisely. You wouldn't want them to go through life with a distorted understanding of physics.
Dr. Julia Ogden: So it's not possible to reach the moon by way of cannon?
Detective: Even if enough force could be summoned, the acceleration would crush you. I can't even begin to discuss the gravitational issues.
Dr. Julia Ogden: I thought you said you loved this book as a child.
Detective: Well, I know better now.

Inspector: So when are you marrying him?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Soon.
Inspector: Good. You know what's a shame? If he wasn't a bloody papist, they would have given him *my* job.

Inspector: Right, Doctor. We'll leave you to figure out how the girl died.
Dr. Julia Ogden: It could be natural causes, Inspector.
Inspector: I know. It's never murder till it's murder.

Inspector: Higgins saw her come sailing off the bell tower.
Violet: That would account for these injuries, wouldn't it?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Let's not be too quick to judge. This wound is unusual.
Detective: How so?
Dr. Julia Ogden: By the looks of it, she was struck with something.
Inspector: Well, yes. The ground.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Yes, I don't think so.
Violet: Curious. There are fresh scratches on both arms.
Inspector: So where was she before the bell tolled for her?

Detective: Who proposed this theory?
Nikola: A man by the name of Einsteen. Albert. Hmm, no, Alfred. He's written a few articles of late. The last one was "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies."
Dr. Julia Ogden: Sounds fascinating.
Nikola: It's not as intriguing as the title suggests. It's all about matter and energy and its relationship to the speed of light.
[Tesla pretends to fall asleep, snoring; William and Julia snicker; Tesla laughs]
Nikola: It has no practical value.

[last lines]
Detective: It would appear I have to thank you. Your penchant for not listening to me has once again...
Dr. Julia Ogden: I'm just so glad you're safe, William.
Detective: You saved my life, Julia.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Tit for tat, I suppose.
[they are about to kiss when Brackenreid enters]
Inspector: Dr. Ogden. You never cease to surprise me.
Dr. Julia Ogden: However do you mean, Inspector?
Inspector: Well, my best man was in dire straits, and you took it as an opportunity for a spot of canoodling.
Dr. Julia Ogden: It's called mouth on mouth resuscitation, Inspector. A technique employed by Swiss doctors to resuscitate babies. I did it only to save William's life.
Inspector: Of course you did, Dr. Ogden. Of course you did.

Detective: All I know is that I will never love anyone like I do you.
Dr. Julia Ogden: We never love the same way twice, but you will love again. Love is like gravity, William. You have to let yourself fall.

Dr. Julia Ogden: It's a tenuous link, William.
Detective: Yes, but links turn into chains.

[last lines]
[At a cemetery, Detective Murdoch's father has just been buried. After speaking with Inspector Brackenreid and Constable Crabtree, Murdoch stands by the grave, and Julia joins him]
Dr. Julia Ogden: It's a good thing you did for him, William.
Detective: What's that?
Dr. Julia Ogden: He carried his guilt his whole life. That couldn't be undone. You were able to bring it to light.
Detective: Only after he'd died.
Dr. Julia Ogden: But he wanted to confess, before he died. That's why he wanted to come and see you. He decided to do the right thing.
Detective: And he did sacrifice himself for it. I suppose I should admire him for that. If only he'd done it sooner.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Well, he could have walked into any station house to confess. He wanted to see *you*, because you were both seeking the same thing: resolution, reconciliation.
Detective: And now we'll never have it.
Dr. Julia Ogden: No. But perhaps the fact that you both wanted it is enough.
[Julia departs the gravesite, leaving William to contemplate silently]

Rebecca: So, what are we to do with the remains?
Dr. Julia Ogden: We'll take him to the Necropolis Cemetary. He'll be buried in an unmarked grave.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: He's ready.

Dr. Julia Ogden: I'm told you have the body.
Joseph: Yes.
Dr. Julia Ogden: [as she puts Roland in his pram] There we go.
Joseph: Such as it is.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Decomposition must be quite advanced at this point.
Joseph: Arthur died three months ago. I preserve him the best I could using salt But I am afraid he is not cutting as fine a figure as he once did.

[last lines]
Inspector: You're damn lucky that branch hung you up, Murdoch. You were unconscious when we found you.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Why did you jump?
Detective: He was getting away. What would you have done?
[to Crabtree]
Detective: Any sign of him?
Constable: Sir, the river gets fast and deep down there; if he was still handcuffed, there's no way...
Detective: You didn't see him?
Constable: No, sir.
Detective: George!
Constable: Sir, we'll keep looking. We'll keep looking, and we'll find him.
Dr. Julia Ogden: William, let's get you back and warmed up. It's over, William. We have to believe that.

[last lines]
Detective: Migizi Pimise turned himself in yesterday. I suppose he knew someone would come looking for him.
Dr. Julia Ogden: And the people he was with?
Detective: They moved further north.
Dr. Julia Ogden: It won't go well for them, will it?
Detective: The silver will draw prospectors like moths to a flame. Migizi Pimise started a fight he couldn't possibly hope to win.
Dr. Julia Ogden: But surely they have a treaty that will protect them.
[Murdoch nods]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Let's get you to bed.
Detective: Our government is made of men of good conscience. Let's hope they honour it.
[Title: In 1903 silver was found near Cobalt, Ontario. The Provincial Government extinguished the Indian Land Title.

Inspector: I made you angry earlier.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Yes.
Inspector: I don't know why.
Dr. Julia Ogden: The Inspector was being archaic and thick-headed and you just stood there
Inspector: Julia... that was your argument. And for me to jump in as though you aren't strong enough to handle yourself in the situation somewhat defeats that argument
Dr. Julia Ogden: Well, I only wanted your support.
Inspector: And you have it. Completely. But I will not rescue you, Julia, because from everything I know about you... you don't need it.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Your logic is infuriating.
Inspector: Not just a little bit winsome?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Perhaps a little.
Inspector: Good.

[last lines]
Detective: Julia. I *will* stand by you. If you divorce, I will marry you.
Dr. Julia Ogden: And your faith, how will you reconcile that?
Detective: I'll accept the consequences of my decision. No matter what the Church says, I refuse to believe that love, any love, could be wrong. And I love *you*.
Dr. Julia Ogden: And I you.

Dr. Roberts: I've been diagnosed with Huntington's Chorea.
Dr. Julia Ogden: The degenerative nerve condition?
Dr. Roberts: It's inevitable. My father had it.
Detective: [sympathetically] I'm terribly sorry.
Dr. Roberts: [with resignation] Hmmm... One must play with the cards one is dealt.

Mr. Richmond: [leaving a brothel] Good night, ladies.
[Julia opens the door of her carriage]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Good evening, Mr. Richmond.
Mr. Richmond: Dr Ogden, what... How dare you follow me!
Dr. Julia Ogden: I'm merely here to offer you a lift. Your wife will be wondering what *urgent* business has kept you so late.

Detective: Ah, Doctor, have you news from the post-mortem?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Indeed, Miss Rowan didn't drown. The coroner found she died of an injected overdose of heroin. The needle went through her uniforminto her mid-back.
Detective: An unlikely place to inject oneself.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Precisely... she was murdered.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: William, I have to talk to you!
Detective: Julia, what is it?
Dr. Julia Ogden: I just met with Darcy. He's agreed to the annulment.
Detective: We can be married?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Yes! We can be married!

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Welcome.
Constable: Thank you for the kind invitation, Dr. Ogden.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Pleased to have you, George.
Constable: Uh, hope you don't mind; I brought a guest.
Nina: So delighted to have been included in your little soiree.
Inspector: Crabtree.
Margaret: Thomas.
Hermione: Not again.
Constable: Everyone, meet my new sweetheart, Miss Nina Bloom.

Detective: [after hearing that she will be leaving to take a job in Buffalo] Julia, I thought we had an understanding.
Dr. Julia Ogden: We do. I just don't know of what anymore.

Dr. Julia Ogden: [on her latest pregnancy] Unfortunately breastfeeding is not a proper form of contraception.
Elsie: Tell that to my husband.

Dr. Julia Ogden: [to Dr. Emily Grace] We should go back and join the party before they tear each other's eyes out.

Dr. Julia Ogden: The infamous Star Room.
Detective: Not one of our city's finer forms of entertainment.
Dr. Julia Ogden: A good burlesque can be just as entertaining as a good vaudeville... if a little suggestive.
Inspector: Well, this place attracts all sorts. Good evening, doctor.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Inspector.
Inspector: Sorry for dragging you to such a place at this time of night.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Oh, not at all. I've *always* wondered what it looked like inside.
Detective: Not an entirely unlikely venue in which to find a murder.
Inspector: More unexpected that anyone bothered to tell us about it.

Lady: I must say Toronto society has been most welcoming.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Oh, we're Canadians; we always are.

Detective: He winked a message at me in Morse code.
Dr. Julia Ogden: When?
Detective: As he was being taken away.
Inspector: I thought it was a twitch.

[first lines]
Eva: You're here. Oh, don't despair. Surrender. It's easier. It's what you want, isn't it? It's what we all want. Freedom. Surrender and you can have it.
Dr. Julia Ogden: No. No, you're not real.
Eva: I'm not real, but I'm with you every day, aren't I? So.Why don't you join me in death, so I can leave you forever?
Dr. Julia Ogden: No, no, no.
[Julia grabs the doorknob and screams in pain]
Eva: Oh, that must hurt. Join me, Julia. Say goodbye to fear. Or guilt. That's what you really feel, isn't it? Killing me because you were jealous; that makes you a murderer. There is no way out of that.

Dr. Julia Ogden: [looking at two sets of photos of a room] Spot the difference. What fun! You could make a game out of this.

[first lines]
Detective: [riding in a sleigh, she kisses him] Julia! The driver.
Dr. Julia Ogden: I'm sure he's seen it before. And much more I'd wager,
Detective: You're probably right.
[they kiss again]
Detective: It's almost Christmas.

Dr. Julia Ogden: William, you seem single-minded about your father's guilt.
Detective: [Densively] I'm no such thing.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Well, in any other case you would, uh, thoroughly investigate all other possibilities before assuming a suspect's guilt. Surely your father deserves the same treatment.
Detective: [Emphatically] My father deserves nothing!

Dr. Julia Ogden: Would you like to finish it or shall we go home?
Detective: Um. Home.
[he answers the phone]
Detective: Detective Murdoch.
Detective: Yes, George.
Detective: Yes, I'll be right there.
[he hangs up]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Well, almost home.

Margaret: Lillian is a fellow member of the Socialist League. They've offered to run Julia as a candidate.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Am I not too well heeled for the Socialists?
Dr. Emily Grace: What about the Liberal Party?
Margaret: A woman as a Liberal candidate? In Ontario? Never.

Rebecca: Did I upset the detective?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Not at all; he never did get the hang of morgue humour. You, on the other hand, are a quick study.

Detective: And the time of death?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Between two and four last night.
Detective: That's consistent with what I thought.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Does that trouble you?
Detective: That means he climbed into the tree before the field was plowed, waited all day and most of the night, before hanging himself, and, in my experience, suicidal individuals, if given enough time, will likely change their minds.

[last lines]
Orphanage: I'm from the Hamley House for Orphans.
Detective: Yes; thank you for coming on such short notice. I'm Detective William Murdoch. My wife, Julia Ogden.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Will he be adopted?
Orphanage: We'll do our best, ma'am.
Detective: He doesn't seem to want to go.
Orphanage: I'll take him.
Detective: Actually, I... I would... We... would like to adopt him. We've discussed it, and I believe we are in agreement.
Orphanage: It's most unusual. Are you certain?
Dr. Julia Ogden: We are.
Detective: We are.
Orphanage: Then I'll drop off the papers. Good day.
[she leaves]
Detective: What have we done?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Hopefully the right thing.

Dr. Julia Ogden: There's one more very important fact you're going to need to know.
[Pulls back sheet to reveal body on examining table]
Inspector: Is that... ?
Constable: Are those... ?
Inspector: You mean to tell me that...
Dr. Julia Ogden: Gentlemen, Victor Bernard was a woman.

Dr. Julia Ogden: If our supporters can't vote, then no one should.
Margaret: What do you have in mind, Julia?
[goes after Ogden]

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: 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.

[first lines]
Detective: Certainly is a unique frame, sir.
Inspector: I got it from home. It was a present from the mother-in-law. All I needed to do was remove the atrocity that was in it.
Detective: What is that, sir? Mahogany?
Inspector: Uhh, well, it's certainly one of the more exotic woods.
Detective: Yes, it's too dark for teak.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Why are the two of you talking about the frame when it's the painting that merits attention? I think your use of colour is extraordinary.
Inspector: You needn't flatter me, doctor. But why exactly do you say so?
Dr. Julia Ogden: With this painting, I see a creative vision taking hold. You seem to be capturing the essence of the north woods, and not just the actual of it.
Inspector: Well, it's not 'alf bad for a copper.
Detective: I am curious, sir; why did you use blue and pink for the trees?
Inspector: Creative vision, Murdoch. Like Dr. Ogden just said. Oh, and, uh, I ran out of the green.

[first lines]
Priest: Do you, William, take this woman to thy wedded wife, to love her, comfort her, to honour and keep her, in sickness and in health until death do ye part?
Detective: I do.
Priest: And do you, Julia Ogden, take this man to thy wedded husband, to obey him...
Dr. Julia Ogden: Obey him?
Detective: Uh, we're negotiating that.
[there is a pounding on the door]
Dr. Julia Ogden: It's Darcy!

Dr. Julia Ogden: I didn't take you for a patriot, Inspector.
Inspector: Patriot?
Detective: Your tattoo, sir. Eighteen sixty-seven; the birth of Canada.
Inspector: Sod Canada. Eighteen sixty-seven is the birth of the Wednesday. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Despite the darker side of opium, I'll admit I enjoyed our little experiment.
Detective: Yes, not one that I would care to repeat.
Dr. Julia Ogden: No? Not even the sensations invoked?
Detective: I prefer not to alter my reality.
Dr. Julia Ogden: And why is that?
Detective: Because nothing could make my reality any better than it already is.

Rabbi: Her name is Devra Begelman, and what she said meant nothing. It - well, it did mean something - just not the something I think it means.
Detective: I'm not sure I follow that.
Dr. Julia Ogden: I'm not sure it can be followed.

Dr. Julia Ogden: Irwin told you?
Detective: Yes, right around the same time he told me my wife should mind her own business.
Dr. Julia Ogden: [Gently scoffs] And what did you say to that?
Detective: I may have said that I believe she is doing just that.

Dr. Julia Ogden: William, it's much more fun to believe in possibility than to be discouraged by the improbability.

Detective: Pardon me, sir. A word?
Empire: Yes, sir.
Detective: [Introducing himself] Detective Murdoch, Toronto Constabulary. We're looking for one of your guests, a Constance Weatherly.
Dr. Julia Ogden: She's employed by a charity -- Virtues Ministry.
Empire: Ah yes, Miss Weatherly, our lady of insufferable sanctimony.

Dr. Julia Ogden: The woman is absolutely fascinating.She makes no effort whatsoever to hide her lack of feeling about five dead husbands.
Constable: She puts me in mind of that insect species, where the female consumes the male right when they're in the middle of... procreating?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Yes, the female preying mantis is known to devour her mate during the sex act, as is the widow spider.
Constable: That's the perfect name for her: the black... praying mantis, only change the 'a' in 'praying' to an 'e' because she preys upon her husb...
Detective: Thank you, George.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: You must be relieved, William.
Detective: I have to admit, I'm somewhat disappointed. I was quite enjoying our little research product.
[Julia chuckles]
Detective: The thought of discovering a new species...
Dr. Julia Ogden: Oh, William, you'll find your dinosaur yet; I'm sure of it.
[she removes her stockings]
Detective: Julia, there are people everywhere.
Dr. Julia Ogden: How ridiculous it is that women should have to wear black woolen stockings in this heat!
Detective: You are being very scandalous, young lady.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Yes, I am. Aren't I?
[she runs into the water, followed by Murdoch and they start roughhousing]
Dr. Julia Ogden: My hair!

Inspector: Did Murdoch send you here?
Dr. Julia Ogden: He's concerned about you.
Inspector: He just wants me back on the force.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Well, if that's where you're meant to be, of course he does.
Inspector: I thank you both for your concern, but I'm quite content with my lot.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Content or frightened?
Inspector: It's not the same world out there. There's no respect for the law any more. So I don't care to be a part of it.
Dr. Julia Ogden: You didn't answer the question.
Inspector: I'm neither. I'm just accepting of the way it is.
Dr. Julia Ogden: So the men who attacked you win.
[long pause]
Dr. Julia Ogden: So long as you're content.

Dr. Julia Ogden: You're going to need someone to administer the injection.
Inspector: Oh, no, no, no! It'll be a cold day in hell before any woman other than my wife comes anywhere near my backside, love!
Dr. Julia Ogden: Well, if not me, you'll be needing much longer arms.
Inspector: [decides to ask a man for help] MURDOCH! Get in here!

Dr. Julia Ogden: I take it you didn't see his face.
[attending to a wound at the back of Murdoch's head]
Detective: How do you know that?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Location of the wound. Your head was turned when the pipe hit you.
Detective: You think it was a pipe?
Dr. Julia Ogden: If it had an edge, I might be doing this on the morgue table.

Dr. Julia Ogden: Look at Margaret. She looks like the cat who ate the canary.
Detective: Well, it's not everyone who gets asked to be a member of the Empire Club.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Why would the Inspector want to associate with them?
Detective: Perhaps it's to keep the canary eater happy.

[first lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Did you read in the Sunday Gazette about Britain's discovery expedition to the Antarctic?
Detective: Yes. Robert Scott, I believe. How incredible would it be to partake in such a journey!
Dr. Julia Ogden: Incredible, perhaps, but I can't say I envy them spending months on a ship without any guarantee of safe return.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: [as the precinct celebrates Murdoch's return] Welcome home, detective.
Detective: Thank you, doctor.
Detective: [the officers cheer when they kiss] How have you been?

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Mr. Holmes, should you like to talk at any time, my office is always open.
Sherlock: No, thank you, doctor. I'm quite partial to the hat. Until next time.
[Kingsley leaves]
Dr. Julia Ogden: He is a remarkably good detective.
Detective: Remarkably good?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Well,
[chuckles]
Dr. Julia Ogden: *almost* as good as the *great* Detective Murdoch.
Detective: Dr. Ogden, shall I escort you home?
Dr. Julia Ogden: It would be my pleasure.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Surely you can appreciate the tranquillity of the setting at least.
Detective: Yes, well it is quiet... and secluded.
Dr. Julia Ogden: William.
[they embrace]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Someone might see us.
Detective: Mm-hmm.
[Julia suddenly breaks the embrace]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Look, William, it's a North American goldfinch! Or is it merely a yellow warbler? Regardless, it's, it's magnificent. Oh, what a thrill! William?

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: You're still going to build me that house.
Detective: I will. I will.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: My hair must look a fright.
Detective: No, it never looked lovelier.
Dr. Julia Ogden: I think this has been the perfect wedding day.
Detective: with one exception. I have yet to kiss the bride.

[last lines]
Detective: Julia, it would seen Lesley Garland left behind somewhat of a reputation.
Dr. Julia Ogden: How so?
Detective: An altercation at Cornell University resulted in expulsion.
Dr. Julia Ogden: You checked up on him, William?
Detective: Well, if the young man's to be in your care, it's best we know whom we are dealing with.
Dr. Julia Ogden: William, I believe you're jealous.
Detective: I am not jealous.
Dr. Julia Ogden: He's a little bit young for me, don't you think?
Detective: I don't believe your beauty could be lost on anyone of *any* age, Julia.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Fine answer, William.
Detective: But he's definitely too young for you.

Frank: I love that Canada. McGuire's, am I right?
Detective: About what?
Dr. Julia Ogden: McGuire's *beer*, William. Brewed in Toronto.
Frank: Damn right! Stronger beer for stronger people.

Inspector: [as Dr. Ogden enters the railroad car] Well, well, I am very impressed.
Dr. Julia Ogden: That a woman can be a doctor?
Inspector: That a doctor can be so beautiful.

Dr. Julia Ogden: Look at us. We're all together. You know what that means? That means we're going to win.
Inspector: Well, you heard what... the lady said. Let's move.

Dr. Emily Grace: Whatever killed this man, it wasn't his heart.
Dr. Julia Ogden: But isn't is always the last thing you find that offers the answer?
Dr. Emily Grace: Quite true. Why do you suppose that is?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Likely the same reason that toast always lands butter side down.

Dr. Emily Grace: [as she prepares to remove the body from the theatre] Excuse us.
Dr. Julia Ogden: It's a pity he missed the ending.

[first lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: I think that's enough for today.
Sarah: Good; now please get that thing away from me!
Harry: It's nothing but a spider. I still don't understand how anyone can be frightened of a spider.
Pauline: How about a horse? Who could be frightened of such a beautiful creature?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Mrs. Kerr, please. And Mr. Phelps, that's enough. Sarah, you tolerated much better today; well done.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: How did it come to this?
Detective: I made a deal with the devil... and then I broke it.

Dr. Julia Ogden: [to Detective William Murdoch] I don't know what I find more infuriating: Darcy's blatant attempt to distress me, or your refusal to acknowledge it!

Dr. Julia Ogden: This is a rather momentous occasion. I think we should be drinking something stronger.
Margaret: Au contraire,it is quite perfect. The advancement of women marked by the clink of china teacups.

Detective: You must be tired.
Dr. Julia Ogden: I'm thoroughly exhausted.
Detective: Well then, I propose a light supper, an early night, and no files.
Dr. Julia Ogden: No files! How refreshing. Although I have to say, nothing is more exciting than working with you again... Well, maybe one thing.
Detective: Shall we, then?

Sir: This project called for a policy of guaranteed reciprocal annihilation.
Terrence: A series of enormous guns arrayed along the border capable of delivering an explosive device up to four hundred miles.
Dr. Julia Ogden: So if one country starts a war, both are mutually assured destruction?

Dr. Julia Ogden: It's so difficult to find a good skeleton these days. Now I have two.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: I hope I'm not overstepping my boundaries, but... I spoke with Dr. Grace. I know that she's very sorry.
Constable: I appreciate that; just I, I really don't want to discuss it.
Dr. Julia Ogden: She's a good woman, George, and one certainly deserving of a second chance.
Constable: Well, I think in breaking things off with her I've given her just that. But I really do appreciate that, Doctor, thank you.

Dr. Julia Ogden: [Making an introduction] Mrs McPherson, this is my husband, William Murdoch.
Mrs. McPherson: Pleased to meet you.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Mrs McPherson is travelling to Victoria.
Mrs. McPherson: Oh, I'm not going as far as all that. I'm getting off in Winnipeg.
Detective: I'm sure that will be nice.
Mrs. McPherson: You haven't been, then, I take it.

[first lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Damn it!
[a nurse screams and runs in]
Dr. Julia Ogden: What is it?
Nurse: uh, Ward C... Nurse Collins...

[last lines]
Detective: Are you all right?
Dr. Julia Ogden: I've never been better. We're free, William. We're finally free.
Detective: Yes, we are.

[first lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: Ten o'clock and it's already ninety degrees.
James: Nothing as cooling as a genuine Snow Ball straight from the streets of Baltimore. I recommend the egg custard.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Then that is what I shall have.

Detective: [Referring to the desiccated body that has fallen through the ceiling during a live performance of "Macbeth"] Must have made quite an entrance!
Inspector: [Sarcastically] Audience lapped it up. Ignorant sods thought it was part of the play.
Dr. Julia Ogden: What play is that?
Inspector: The Scottish play.
Detective: Scottish play? I thought it was Macbeth.
Inspector: Murdoch! You don't say the real name in a theatre. The play's a bit cursed.
Detective: [looking at the corpse] So it would seem.

Constable: [realizing Julia is staring at him in the nude and covering his erect penis] I've been swimming in the cold river.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Oh.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: William! What are you doing here?
Detective: Julia, I, I have something to ask you.
[goes down on one knee]
Detective: Julia...
Dr. Julia Ogden: William!
Detective: I sincerely hope that you could make me the happiest...
Dr. Julia Ogden: No, William!
Detective: ...Man. Just a moment. By agreeing to...
Dr. Julia Ogden: [in tears] William, I'm sorry. I ca- I just can't.
Detective: What?
Dr. Julia Ogden: I...
[Julia enters her house and closes the door]
Detective: Julia. Julia. Julia! Open the door! Julia, please, let me in! Julia! Julia, please!

Detective: I don't think he fully appreciates the intricacies of my design, Julia.
Dr. Julia Ogden: He doesn't need to appreciate it to build it,surely. Uh, wasn't he a contractor on the King Edward Hotel?
Detective: Yes.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Well, that hasn't fallen down yet.

[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden: [voiceover as Rebecca James reads a note from her] Dear Miss James, may I suggest you look at chapter two on osteology. I think you may find it enlightening. Sincerely, Julia Ogden.

Dr. Julia Ogden: Why does our hotel need a detective?
Detective: I believe you and I living here may have had something to do with that.

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Dr. Julia Ogden: Gentlemen. A lovely day for it.
Inspector: Doctor.
John: Hello, Dr. Ogden. I didn't know you were a football fan.
Dr. Julia Ogden: I couldn't miss the match that decides which Canadian team will go to the Olympic Games.
John: What I would give to go to St. Louis. The World's Fair and the Olympics.
Inspector: We have everything we need right in Toronto, son.

Detective: Julia, I feel that without a post-mortem to establish the reason for Ben's death...
Dr. Julia Ogden: Dr. Falwell would never allow it... nor would Dr. Abbott... especially if one of them is involved.
Detective: Perhaps in this case it would be better to ask for forgiveness later than permission now.

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Dr. Julia Ogden: William, I know now that I did what I had to do.
Detective: Yes, you did. And Eva Pearce?
Dr. Julia Ogden: She's gone, William. Gone for good.
Detective: Good. Good. Now, since this will be a thoroughly modern home, I have an idea of how we could recruit energy from the planet itself.

Jean: Here is the campaign literature I'd like for you to distribute. It's rather exciting, isn't it. Think of all the good we can do for Toronto should we succeed.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Banning books?
Jean: Oh yes. Did you know our libraries give children access to the criminal writings of such amoral libertines as Mark Twain. Frankly I'd like to *burn* his books.
Dr. Julia Ogden: [hands back the pamphlets] Perhaps you ought to burn these instead.

Dr. Julia Ogden: Keeping the polls closed is skewing the results as much as if we stayed open.
Lillian: But a fair election won't be possible as long as Margaret's name is absent from the ballot.
Dr. Emily Grace: Why don't we write it in? On every ballot until the new ones arrive?
Margaret: Of course! The injunction only stated that the candidates' names be on the ballot. It didn't specify how they come to be there.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Surely Mr.Snipe can have no objection. So who among us has the best penmanship?

Dr. Julia Ogden: So what is the connection between volcanic rock, a tri-colored ring, and a beagle?
Detective: I haven't the foggiest. There may be none.
Dr. Julia Ogden: William, you have to give me a hint.
Detective: No hints, not even for her majesty, the Snow Queen.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Sedition. I'm warning you, her majesty has hidden powers.
Detective: Oh, I know.

Dr. Julia Ogden: We'll head down to the dining room when George appears.
Hermione: Oh?
Detective: Cheese?
Margaret: It must be nice to have someone do all the cooking for you. You should have tasted the abomination Thomas made for me last night.
Detective: Sir! You didn't?
Inspector: I did indeed. Margaret got to enjoy the spice wings of Buffalo. The boys loved them.
Margaret: Ugh, ghastly.

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Inspector: [waltzing together at the dance academy] I must say I am surprised to see you here this evening, Julia.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Yes, well, I just thought tonight more than any night I would very much like to be held.

Lady: It's absurd.
Dr. Julia Ogden: What is?
Lady: Well, surely your husband doesn't think any of these young women capable of murder.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Anyone is capable of murder.

Dr. Julia Ogden: Fascinating.
Rebecca: Let me guess. This is still not your corpse.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Nope. Not mine.
Anne: This looks like a more recent burial, Doctor.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Puncture wounds to the abdomen.
Rebecca: A better name for your body farm might well be Murder Farm.

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Dr. Julia Ogden: What is it?
Dr. Julia Ogden: It's our home, that I'm going to build for you.
Dr. Julia Ogden: William. It's extraordinary.
Detective: Wait. There's more.
[removes the model's roof]
Dr. Julia Ogden: More?
Detective: There's the parlour, the conservatory, piano room, bedrooms here and here. And a dish-washing cupboard.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Dish-washing cupboard!
Detective: Oh, yes, fully automated; no need for servants.Uh, I'm still sorting the details. But this, a laboratory-workshop. Laboratory for you, workshop for me.
Dr. Julia Ogden: To share?
Detective: Yes. So we may always benefit from each other's counsel.
Dr. Julia Ogden: William Murdoch, it couldn't be more perfect.
Detective: Really?
Dr. Julia Ogden: Yes.

Agnes: Excuse me, Miss Haile, may I please have your autograph?
Margaret: Oh, how lovely of you to ask. You do know, young lady, that I didn't win the election?
Agnes: I know. One day I'd like to run in an election too.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Well, you never know; one day you may just win.
Margaret: To whom should I address this?
Agnes: My name is Agnes. Agnes Macphail.

Dr. Julia Ogden: William, I agreed to do something rather bold.
Detective: Oh, that would make a change.

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Detective: The Junction's quite a nice town, actually.
Dr. Julia Ogden: We could live here, if it wasn't so far from the city. Imagine, thirty minutes just to get to work. Plus it's about to go dry; what fun is that.
Detective: Well, temperance has its virtues. A dry Canada could be quite remarkable.
Dr. Julia Ogden: How so?
Detective: With no more time wasted to the bottle, imagine the great heights of industry and ingenuity our nation could reach.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Well, if temperance truly is in our future, we should take advantage of it while we can.
Detective: Julia!
Dr. Julia Ogden: Just one little drink, William.
Detective: Why not? You suppose they have spruce beer?

Dr. Julia Ogden: It's magnificent to have a place in this town where one can enjoy the company of women.

Dr. Julia Ogden: And here I thought cycling could be good for one's health.

Dr. Julia Ogden: I've never laid eyes on him before in my life. So, Detective, are you going to arrest me?
Detective: No, Julia, this is a formality. I do have to follow procedure and ask you a few questions.
Dr. Julia Ogden: Of course, I'd expect no less. But, should I not be in handcuffs?
Detective: Julia!