List of ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' episodes

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries is an Australian mystery drama created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger. The series is based on Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery novels. It premiered on ABC, a public television network, on 24 February 2012 with the pilot episode "Cocaine Blues". Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries focuses on the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), a private detective in 1920s Melbourne. The first season consisted of thirteen episodes, the second season was thirteen episodes long, including a Christmas special. A third series, consisting of eight episodes, was commissioned in June 2014 and began airing from 8 May 2015.[1] This show was rated a 69/100 on IGN.

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
11324 February 2012 (2012-02-24)18 May 2012 (2012-05-18)
2136 September 2013 (2013-09-06)22 December 2013 (2013-12-22)
388 May 2015 (2015-05-08)26 June 2015 (2015-06-26)

Episodes

Series 1 (2012)

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Title Directed by Written by Original air date Australian viewers
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11"Cocaine Blues"[2]Tony TilseDeb Cox24 February 2012 (2012-02-24)1.099[3]

In the 1920s, Miss Phryne Fisher returns to Melbourne after several years abroad. Shortly after her arrival, she is invited to a luncheon with John and Lydia Andrews, as well as her Aunt Prudence. She arrives at the Andrews' manor only to learn that John was found dead that morning on the bathroom floor. Lydia is quite shaken and has no idea what has happened. The police suspect foul play and is later revealed that John was poisoned with arsenic. Phryne learns from Lydia's maid, Dorothy "Dot" Williams, that a housemaid named Alice Hartley recently left the Andrews' employment - a vital clue which soon leads to a cocaine smuggling ring and an illegal abortionist, known as "Butcher George". Dot stays with Miss Fisher, and learns to overcome her fear of electricity, including telephones.


Based on the 1989 novel Cocaine Blues.
22"Murder on the Ballarat Train"[2]Kate DennisElizabeth Coleman and Deb Cox2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)0.868[4]

Phryne and Dot are travelling by train to Ballarat, so Phryne can collect her new Hispano-Suiza car. However, during the journey, they awaken an unconscious woman, Eunice Henderson, who was drugged with a chloroform-soaked cloth. Also, her mother, Mrs. Henderson, seems to have vanished. They soon discover Mrs. Henderson hanging from a water tower where the Ballarat Train had earlier stopped. It is found Henderson had an argument with another passenger, Andy Cotton, who blamed her for the death of his wife, who died during childbirth when Mrs. Henderson was a hospital matron. Later, a young girl named Jane is found in possession of Mrs. Henderson's jewels. Returning home to her new residence in St Kilda, Phryne analyzes the clues to try and discover who the murderer is.


Based on the 1991 novel Murder on the Ballarat Train.
33"The Green Mill Murder"[2]Kate DennisMichael Miller9 March 2012 (2012-03-09)0.934[5]

While Phryne is at the Green Mill dance hall, a man is murdered and her dance partner becomes a suspect. Phryne uses all her skills, including her ability to fly a plane, to uncover a trail of blackmail and murder.


Based on the 1993 novel The Green Mill Murder.
44"Death at Victoria Dock"[2]Tony TilseShelley Birse16 March 2012 (2012-03-16)0.951[6]

Phryne witnesses a shooting at the docks in the middle of a strike. Consequently, she gets to learn a lot about Latvians.


Based on the 1992 novel Death at Victoria Dock.
55"Raisins and Almonds"[2]David CaesarMichael Miller23 March 2012 (2012-03-23)0.905[7]

When a young man is found dead at the Eastern Market, Phryne is plunged into the diverse worlds of Jewish politics, alchemy and poison.


Based on the 1997 novel Raisins and Almonds.
66"Ruddy Gore"[2]David CaesarLiz Doran30 March 2012 (2012-03-30)0.803[8]

At a gala performance of Ruddygore, Phryne meets the gorgeous Lin Chung, who has rescued the theatre's leading man from some thugs in a dark alley.


Based on the 1995 novel Ruddy Gore.
77"Murder in Montparnasse"[2]Clayton JacobsonYsabelle Dean6 April 2012 (2012-04-06)0.856[9]

The episode opens with Bert and Cec with a friend at a bar - it is clear the three have placed a bet on a race and the bookie will not pay up. They depart the bar and are arguing in the street. A car revs its engine and drives directly toward Bert and Cec's friend, running him over before driving away. Detective Robinson investigates the case. The friend subsequently dies and Bert and Cec seeks Miss Fisher's assistance. In a parallel storyline, an old friend of Miss Fisher's arrives from Paris. The friend's late husband was an artist who died a mysterious death. The French police have reopened the case and Miss Fisher wants to help solve it. Finally, Dot is struggling with the advice of her priest to stop seeing Hugh because he is a Protestant.


Based on the 2002 novel Murder in Montparnasse.
88"Away with the Fairies"[2]Emma FreemanYsabelle Dean and Kelly Lefever13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)0.972[10]

The editor of a ladies' magazine is murdered.


Based on the 2001 novel Away with the Fairies.
99"Queen of the Flowers"[2]Clayton JacobsonDeb Cox and Jo Martino20 April 2012 (2012-04-20)0.848[11]

Phryne is teaching manners to a group of disadvantaged girls when one of them washes up dead on the beach.


Based on the 2004 novel Queen of the Flowers.
1010"Death by Miss Adventure"[2]Daina ReidLiz Doran and Chris Corbett27 April 2012 (2012-04-27)0.829[12]

Phryne investigates when a clothing factory worker named Daisy is killed by the factory equipment. Dot gets a job in the factory as a tea lady, handing out tea at break time. She learns of illegal overtime work. Roderick Gaskin, owner of the factory, dies and falls dramatically from an upper floor, landing in front of Dot. His death proves due to bleach added to the vial of digitalis, his heart medicine. Dr MacMillan administered it without inspecting the vial for holes. Miss Fisher gets a letter from Murdock Foyle, the man who killed her sister, now in prison, promising to tell Phryne what happened to Janey if Phryne gets him out of jail. She visits him, but her anger stops her from making such a deal. At the factory, Hetty, the tea lady working with Dot, reveals her affection for Daisy, and her jealousy of Dr MacMillan (Mac), who also loved Daisy, a love triangle. Hetty tells Detective Robinson and Miss Fisher about Daisy and Dr MacMillan. When Joyce was out of view with her lover Ted Colgan, the key to the drawer containing the medicine vial was used by Hetty to inject the bleach, and frame Mac. Dot finds a letter from Daisy to Hetty, ending their connection, and Hetty chases Dot into the factory, where Miss Fisher and the inspector save Dot and Hetty. Daisy was killed during the illegal overtime, an accident. Mac is restored to the hospital. Phryne burns the letter from Foyle.


1111"Blood and Circuses"[2]Emma FreemanShelley Birse4 May 2012 (2012-05-04)0.877[13]

Phyrne goes undercover at the circus to investigate the death of a magician's assistant, which brings back memories of Janey's disappearance. Meanwhile, there is some shocking news about Murdoch Foyle, and Hugh is hurt in the line of duty.


Based on the 1994 novel Blood and Circuses.
1212"Murder in the Dark"[2]Daina ReidYsabelle Dean11 May 2012 (2012-05-11)0.857[14]

Phryne investigates when a member of her aunt's staff is murdered two days before the engagement party for one of Phryne's cousins. Meanwhile, Dot pursues hints that Murdock Foyle is still alive.


Based on the 2006 novel Murder in the Dark.
1313"King Memses' Curse"[2]Daina ReidDeb Cox and Elizabeth Coleman18 May 2012 (2012-05-18)0.903[15]

As Phryne and associates follow up on a business card clue left by Foyle in Bert and Cec's taxi, they enter a world of Ancient Egyptian-inspired mysticism and murder. Murdock Foyle poisons the milk at Phryne's house to knock her household out so he can kidnap Jane, Phryne's ward, while Phryne is out. Foyle wants Phryne as well as his fourth goddess, as her birthday, not her late sister's, is on the day of summer solstice, like Foyle's, and like the Egyptian pharaoh he wants to follow into the after life on December 21. Foyle, once a professor of antiquities, murders three of the students from their 1915 expedition to Egypt where they dug up and brought back many ancient Egyptian relics, including the one woman, now a nun, who saved the first girl the professor tried to kill. Her testimony is what put him in jail. He expects to murder the fourth one, now a professor in the same field at the same university. That student is helping Foyle in his murder schemes, not realizing that Foyle plans to kill him, too. After a scuffle with a loaded gun, Foyle is wounded and barred from killing himself. Foyle is returned to prison. Phryne learns where he buried her sister years earlier; Aunt Prudence arranges for Janey to be re-buried in the family plot. Then her family celebrates Phyrne's birthday.


Series 2 (2013)

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries was renewed by the ABC for a second series on 26 July 2012.[16] The second series is based on Greenwood's novels Dead Man's Chest, Unnatural Habits and various short stories.[17] Cox commented that she and Eagger were "thrilled" that many of the cast and crew from the first series were returning.[17]

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141"Murder Most Scandalous"[18]Tony TilseKristen Dunphy6 September 2013 (2013-09-06)0.852[19]
When Deputy Commissioner George Sanderson (played by Neil Melville), Jack's ex-father-in-law, is implicated in the murder of a gentlemen's club hostess, Jack becomes determined to clear his name. He also has to deal with the reappearance of his estranged wife, Rosie (played by Dee Smart). Meanwhile, Phryne tries to perfect her fan dance, so she can go undercover at a gentleman's club run by Madam Lyon.
152"Death Comes Knocking"[18]Ken CameronYsabelle Dean13 September 2013 (2013-09-13)0.827[20]
Aunt Prudence asks famous psychic Mrs Bolkonsky to contact her dead godson, Roland, leaving Phryne to believe something is amiss. Her friend Freddy Ashmead cannot remember what happened the day Roland died, while a grave digger is murdered when someone tries to break into Roland's grave.
163"Dead Man's Chest"[18]Ken CameronJohn Banas20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)0.729[21]

Phryne, Aunt Prudence, Jane and Dot travel to the seaside town of Queenscliff to stay with Prudence's old friend, Hilly McNaster. Phryne is intrigued when Hilly's son, Gerald, reveals that their holiday mansion has been burgled and two of her staff have gone missing. When a body is later found on the beach, Phryne asks Jack for help in solving the case.


Based on the 2010 novel Dead Man's Chest.
174"Deadweight"[18]Declan EamesJohn Banas27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)0.806[22]
Phryne and Dot investigate the murder of a boxer.
185"Murder A La Mode"[18]Sian DaviesKristen Dunphy4 October 2013 (2013-10-04)0.926[23]
Phryne and Dot are trying on clothes at the House of Fleuri when the body of Frances Wilde, the main investor in the business, is found on the premises shortly after her murder, with one expensive pearl in her spilled blood. The short list of suspects includes the victim's much younger husband, Madame Fleuri and her sister, the seamstress Violet, and Genevieve, the House model. The list of suspects is shortened urther when Violet is later found dead. At an afternoon at a spa to catch up on local gossip, Phryne and the police uncover a string of jewel thefts in Melbourne and also in Sydney. Phryne drops hints at Fleuri's that she will be away for the weekend, leaving her expensive emerald necklace at home. She and Jack Robinson await the break-in, discovering Genevieve, the House model and not French at all, as the thief and murderer. She mailed the stolen jewels to France, so they never showed up for resale in Australia. Madame Fleuri thinks her business is ruined, but Phryne encourages her to carry the designs her sister pursues, for the prêt-à-porter market, that is, ready made, more modern in design, and slightly less expensive. Phryne has time left over to walk the fashion runway, after Dot.
196"Marked For Murder"[18]Declan EamesJohn Banas11 October 2013 (2013-10-11)0.896[24]
When the football team captain is found dead, hanging with the opposing team's scarf around his neck, both Phryne and Jack are asked to investigate, which is complicated by the presence of Jack's ex-wife.
207"Blood At The Wheel"[18]Sian DaviesMichelle Offen18 October 2013 (2013-10-18)0.912[25]

When Gertrude "Gerty" Haynes (played by Annie Stanford) is found dead behind the wheel of her racing car, Jack initially believes that the death was accidental. This suggestion is rejected by Phryne and Gertrude's brother Claude, a fellow racer. Their belief that there is some other explanation for Gerty's death is later supported by post-mortem results which indicate that she was strangled. Phryne and Dot immerse themselves in the world of race car driving to uncover the truth.


This episode was dedicated to writer Mia Tolhurst.
218"The Blood of Juana the Mad"[18]Peter AdrikidisJohn Banas25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)0.890[26]
Dr. Mac asks Phryne and Jack to work together when the body of Professor Katz turns up in an anatomy lecture. While trying to solve the murder, Phryne and Jack also investigate the disappearance of a valuable manuscript.
229"Framed For Murder"[18]Peter AndrikidisChris Corbett1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)0.912[27]
When the lead actor for a film that Phryne is backing is found dead, she is asked to investigate.
2310"Death On The Vine"[18]Catherine MillarChris Corbett8 November 2013 (2013-11-08)0.856[28]
Phryne and Dot are asked to investigate mysterious photos by the owner of a vineyard; when they arrive, they find their client is dead, in a town full of people who do not want them to investigate, harming them at every turn. Phryne calls Detective Robinson for aid. Solving the murder uncovers the earlier murder of the client’s father, in the painful aftermath of the Great War. Dot is engaged to be married.
2411"Dead Air"[18]Catherine MillarYsabelle Dean and Mia Tolhurst15 November 2013 (2013-11-15)0.874[29]
When a radio presenter is murdered, Phryne is asked to investigate, and meets a familiar face at the radio station.
2512"Unnatural Habits"[18]Tony TilseYsabelle Dean22 November 2013 (2013-11-22)0.908[30]
Dot and Hugh find a girl's body floating in the river, which brings them and Phryne to discover a human trafficking ring.
2613"Murder Under the Mistletoe"[18]Tony TilseElizabeth Coleman22 December 2013 (2013-12-22)0.969[31]
Dot, Mac, Phryne and Aunt Prudence travel to the Australian Alps for a skiing vacation and to celebrate Christmas in July, and because Prudence wants to sell off the family interest in the closed gold mine. Soon they find the other guests, and themselves, being targeted by a mysterious murderer.

Series 3 (2015)

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(in millions)
271"Death Defying Feats"[32]Tony TilseElizabeth Coleman8 May 2015 (2015-05-08)[33]1.071[34]
A magician's assistant is beheaded on stage after the trick guillotine is tampered with. Meanwhile, Phryne's estranged father pays her a visit.
282"Murder & the Maiden"[32]Tony TilseYsabelle Dean15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)[32]1.006[35]
A woman is found dead near a RAAF base, while Phryne is investigating claims of sabotage and a missing officer.
293"Murder & Mozzarella"[32]Peter AndrikidisChris Corbett22 May 2015 (2015-05-22)[32]0.988[36]
A recipe for disaster - mushrooms and an old Italian feud, with its secrets and secret love - has Phryne and Jack looking into two classy restaurants for the source of the death of one chef and others. Hugh and Dot are about to tie the knot, but catechism may or may not get in the way.
304"Blood & Money"[32]Peter AndrikidisBelinda Chayko29 May 2015 (2015-05-29)[32]0.968[37]
Phryne investigates the world of street urchins when a young boy hires her to find his missing brother.
315"Death & Hysteria"[32]Mat KingYsabelle Dean5 June 2015 (2015-06-05)[32]0.954[38]
When Phryne's Aunt Prudence opens her home to a psychiatrist and natural healer to conduct his sanatorium for 'hysterical' women, Phryne takes on more than she bargained for.
326"Death at the Grand"[32]Mat KingChris Corbett12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)[32]0.999[39]
When a hotel concierge falls to his death, Phryne finds her bag and her father at the center of the murder while Dot finds herself wooed by the temporary constable, Constable Neville Martin, who avoids Dot's help but finds her "pretty".
337"Game, Set & Murder"[32]Daina ReidElizabeth Coleman19 June 2015 (2015-06-19)[32]0.932[40]
Phryne hosts a tennis tournament to raise money for female tennis players, where the practice partner of a rising star dies; A murder investigation reveals Phryne's hidden fear.
348"Death Do Us Part"[32]Daina ReidKris Wyld26 June 2015 (2015-06-26)[32]1.004[41]
When a prize-winning scientist is found murdered on the same night the man intent on murdering Henry Fisher escapes police custody, Phryne must put all misgivings aside to protect her father. Dot and Hugh marry.

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