10E18 - Hell to Pay

Shortly after Murdoch and Brackenreid discuss the dubious election to city council of fraudster Franklin Williams, the same concludes a dirty deal with wealthy developer Robert Graham. They are overheard by burlesque girl Lydia Hall, who goes missing without telling colleagues like NIna anything. After saying she 'heard something' to Murdoch, her corpse is dumped into his bed, while Julia is away attending a Chicago conference. Now William must go into hiding. Crabtree feels obliged to arrest Murdoch for his own sake, only to be knocked down as the detective escapes, a possibly futile attempt as reinstated Chief Constable Davis wants Murdoch's hide at any price. Loyalties come at high prices as even a hired sharpshooter is fielded and Julia abducted to blackmail William, who remains silent when captured.