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Allusions to the Avro Arrow in that outside influences are trying to hijack the technology of the Canadian Arrow.Inspector Brackenreid signs up for military service during the Second Boer War.
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The Wright brothers are briefly mentioned in this episode.He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful gliding flights. Otto Lilienthal (1848 – 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the Glider King.This episode takes place in Toronto 1900 – the Victorian Era (1837-1901) when Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and Empress of India, rules the British Empire.Darcy is agreeable to an annulment, so that William and Julia can marry.Ogden secures a position as psychiatrist at the asylum and tells William she hopes to be unmarried, and he gives her his heartfelt support. James Pendrick would rather remain financially ruined than to design a war machine.George can sew, no doubt a skill he acquired from one of his aunts.Julia returns from studying with Freud in Austria possessing a new European style and confidence.James Pendrick went to Yale, plays lacrosse and has a fondness for the steeplechase, all of which has contributed to his dislocated shoulder - a weakness for Clegg to use.The race is on for Murdoch to retrieve the Arrow first. One of them has the stolen Pendrick Arrow while the other wants its new technology and both of them are willing to do anything to win. Murdoch knows that where there is Meyers, American spy master Clegg is not far behind. Sure enough, Terrence Meyers strolls into the station house declaring “…it’s a matter of national security,” and wants access to everything, except the pig. With all that, Inspector Brackenreid thinks he knows who is behind all this – Terrence Meyers. Matthews, who was killed beforehand and his body placed there to make it look like he died by the crash.įurther investigation reveals, they have a millionaire that doesn't exist, but a million dollars that does, dead bodies, coded notes, special darts, and an exotic poison. Unfortunately, Pendrick Arrow is stolen and the man who was killed by the crash is revealed to be Pendrick's assistant, Mr. The one that flew over the city was a practice test and part of the Mortimer Challenge, set up by a Samuel Mortimer who has put up a million dollars to the first man who can achieve controlled flight. George, who initially suspected the pig of being an alien, discovers the pig is just a pig but its purchase leads them to James Pendrick, the inventor of the flying machine, dubbed the Pendrick Arrow. Meanwhile, Inspector Brackenreid decides to re-join the military to fight for home and country against the Boers in South Africa. They investigate the crash and find both a man and a pig have been killed. They rush outside to see an amazing device flying over the city, only to see it crash into a building. The moment doesn't last, however, as Murdoch is awakened from his dream by George, warning him about a flying machine in the airspace over Toronto. The episode opens with William Murdoch and Julia Ogden in a church, about to be married.