"Murder Under the Mistletoe" is the thirteenth episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' second season and the 26th episode overall.
Synopsis[]
Phryne and company head to a chalet to celebrate Christmas in July, but when they get there they find one of the residents dead, electrocuted while hanging festive lights. Two other deaths quickly follow, though not before Jack and Constable Collins arrive on the scene and Phryne begins to figure out which of the chalet's residents might be the next victim.[1]
Plot[]
Cold Open[]
The Twelve Days of Christmas plays on a phonograph. Len Fowler is trying to get the pear-shaped lights on the Christmas tree to light up. He turns off the electricity to the string and starts fiddling with them. Someone turns the power back on, and Fowler is electrocuted.
Quotes[]
Mac: This is a holiday. Must you find murder everywhere?
Phryne: Mac, you know very well murder finds me.
Jack: Stay close!
Phryne: Is that an order, Inspector, or are you just scared?
Jack: Only of you.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
Nathan Page as Detective John 'Jack' Robinson
Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Hugh Collins
Ashleigh Cummings as Dorothy 'Dot' Williams
Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence
Guest-Stars[]
Simon Burke as Nicholas Mortimer
John Noble as Edward Stanley
George Shevtsov as Chester Groves
Greg Saunders as Quentin Lynch
Alicia Gardiner as Birdie Fowler