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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
Cocaine Blues
Fri, Feb 24, 201257 mins
Almost as soon as the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher disembarks at Melbourne, she finds herself embroiled in a mystery. Between investigating a cocaine smuggling ring, a back alley abortionist, and the poisoning of a friend's husband, Phryne's life is one adventure after another; but of course, she finds time for a romantic encounter with a dashing Russian dancer.
Episode 2
Murder on the Ballarat Train
55 mins
Phryne Fisher, accompanied by her new maid Dot, finds her journey on the Ballarat Train interrupted when their rail-car is gassed with chloroform. Phryne offers her detective skills to solve the case of a young amnesic girl and the murder of a fellow passenger.
Episode 3
The Green Mill Murder
55 mins
Phryne Fisher's evening at the hottest jazz club in Melbourne, The Green Mill, is interrupted by a sudden death on the dance floor. Phryne must take to the skies in a biplane to solve a murder that involves hot jazz and a man from her own past.
Episode 4
Death at Victoria Dock
45 mins
As his employees strike, a businessman asks Phryne to find his missing teenage daughter. Outside a shot rings out, and Phryne finds herself cradling a dying man. Soon, her investigations uncover forbidden love, religious iconography, and anarchists.
Episode 5
Raisins and Almonds
56 mins
Phryne Fisher investigates the death of Saul Michaels, who collapses in a bookshop after suffering what appears to be an epileptic-like seizure. He was an apprentice cobbler working for Chaim Abrahams, whose brother Ben Abrahams owns the building in which he died. She suspects strychnine poisoning, which the coroner can't find evidence to support. When bookshop employee Miss Leigh is arrested and charged with murder, Ben Abrahams, convinced of her innocence, hires Phryne to find the real killer. Michaels, a passionate Zionist, had recently borrowed the British Hansard for 1920 Volume 40, which someone breaks into the bookshop to try and retrieve. There are several twists and turns but greed is at the root of it all. Meanwhile, it's up to Dot to try and mend fences when Bert and Cec have a falling out.
Episode 6
Ruddy Gore
53 mins
Twenty years after an actress commits suicide, her ghost returns to haunt the theater. The night the curtain rises once more on Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, one of the players dies on stage. Phryne has taken on difficult cases before, but never one quite like this. Alongside her inquiries at the theater, Phryne finds reasons to visit Chinatown, both to investigate the illicit opium trade and to meet the gorgeous Lin Chung.
Episode 7
Murder in Montparnasse
52 mins
As a young woman in Paris after the war, Phryne posed for the famous artist Pierre Sarcelle. Now, ten years later, Sarcelle's widow arrives in Melbourne asking for her late husband's paintings. When the widow suddenly disappears, Phryne discovers the connection between Mme Sarcelle and the death of an Australian war veteran who witnessed the 'accidental' death of Sarcelle at Montparnasse train station. As Phryne delves into this investigation, she remembers her own days in Paris and her first love. The two worlds collide as Phryne tracks down the murderer - but Jack is the man who gives her the courage to confront her past.
Episode 8
Away with the Fairies
55 mins
An author of fairy stories is poisoned at the offices of Women's Choice magazine. The editor is convinced someone has it in for the magazine. While Phryne investigates the death, Dot takes on the challenge of writing the magazine's advice column. Meanwhile, Phryne is reunited with her lover Lin Chung.
Episode 9
Queen of the Flowers
52 mins
The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher has just days to teach deportment and etiquette to a group of unruly teenage girls before the annual Flower Parade; however, when one of her pupils washes up dead on the beach, dancing lessons no longer seem important.
Episode 10
Death by Miss Adventure
52 mins
Dr MacMillan brings the case of a factory worker's gruesome death amongst the machinery to Phryne's attention. Dot goes undercover to help in the investigation. When a second suspicious death occurs, the case turns personal and Phryne must solve the case before a dear friend is framed for murder.
Episode 11
Blood and Circuses
54 mins
A dead body makes an appearance in a circus act gone horribly wrong. Phryne poses as a magician's assistant to investigate. The scene brings back memories of the last time she saw her younger sister, Janey. As children they would sneak into the big top show, until the night Janey disappeared.
Episode 12
Murder in the Dark
53 mins
Aunt Prudence's chambermaid is found strangled and floating in the swimming pool the day before cousin Guy's engagement party. Phryne's own family falls under suspicion. The daring Miss Fisher rushes to the scene for a spot of detection and chance to appear as Cleopatra at the fancy dress ball.
Episode 13
King Memses' Curse
53 mins
Investigating Murdoch Foyle leads Phryne to a murdered antiques dealer and a case involving Egyptology and reincarnation. With her closest friends in grave danger, can Phryne finally defeat her arch-nemesis and solve the mystery that has haunted her for years?
