First, they discover that the bodies were under a shack which was built 5 years ago, then they learn that the glass eye manufacturer has been closed for decades, and finally a tattoo from 1812 determined the latest the murder could have taken place was 1836, 60 years before Murdoch and Julia found the bodies. But, 60 years ago a murder did take place, and Murdoch will solve it all the same.
While George (Jonny Harris) dealt with his cousin, Penny, who was meeting a boy in secret rather than behaving like a lady, and Inspector Brackenreid (Thomas Craig) answered a plethora of phone calls from international journalists about the perfectly preserved bodies found, Murdoch interviewed 5 older people who had lived on the land in 1836 when they were children. Adorable old people made envisioning them as adorable children all the more easy, and believing that any of them were capable of ugly murder was not easy.
Luckily, none turned out to be a murderer. Not that one of the children didn't kill the couple found buried, but, despite the cyanide poisoning, there was no intent. The now old man had been 5 years old when he gave the mean adults who had his care a potion to make them disappear. The two teenagers of the group had been planning to make themselves disappear in this way, desperate and not knowing how to get on with life, but the little boy wanted them to stay. He wanted the bad people to disappear, and didn't understand until much later in life what he had actually done.
Really quite a sad story. And if that wasn't sad enough, we begin to see the strain in Julia and William's relationship. He obviously wants a family, but Julia said no to that a long time ago. She may not even be capable of having children anymore. At least their Will They/Won't They relationship is not contrived.
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