"Murder and the Maiden" is the second episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' third season and the 28th episode overall.
Synopsis[]
The body of an unidentified woman is found outside the perimeter of a Royal Australian Air Force base, and an airman is missing. Is there a connection? Phryne finds one when she traces the dead woman to a group of Russian leftists and a deadly conflict between the airmen and the base's unionized workers.[1]
Plot[]
Cold Open[]
It is a night with a full moon. A sign read "R.A.A.F Victorian Command Base 19. Authorized Personnel Only." A woman, out of breath, runs to a chainlink fence. A man takes hold of her. She struggles, then stops. He lays her down and takes several of her belongings.
Quotes[]
Phryne: You know, you and Compton are very similar, Jack. I think you'd like him!
Jack: I don't think one necessarily follows the other.
Hugh: I was hoping we might try that new pie cart for lunch.
Dot: Were you?
Hugh: I know we've got a few things to settle before out big day.
Dot: Like my job.
Hugh: Like your job, but I thought we could also talk about settling on a date. So maybe you could worry about that, and leave the investigating to Miss Fisher.
Dot: And maybe you can try that pie cart on your own.