The musical episode of Murdoch Mysteries reminded me of the musical episode of Psych; it was written by someone who believes that a "musical" means every so often people begin speaking their lines in a sing-song tone where their sentences end with words that sort of rhyme. The "songs" have no structure, no verses or choruses, and other than some tempo changes they all sound similar to one another. The Buffy musical episode, still the gold standard, mixed love songs, rock numbers, and "I Want" songs, all distinctive and all forwarding the plot while remaining songs and not simply dialog that's hummed, not spoken.
There is also the fact that almost none of the cast could sing well. They cast member with the best singing vote seemed to be the actor playing Higgins, who couldn't be given his own song because he's a minor character. Again, the Buffy cast had some non-singers but they worked around it; here the lack of strong voices dooms the project.
I guess you have to give everyone credit for trying, but this is one of the weaker musical episodes of a weekly TV series.
There is also the fact that almost none of the cast could sing well. They cast member with the best singing vote seemed to be the actor playing Higgins, who couldn't be given his own song because he's a minor character. Again, the Buffy cast had some non-singers but they worked around it; here the lack of strong voices dooms the project.
I guess you have to give everyone credit for trying, but this is one of the weaker musical episodes of a weekly TV series.
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