Alex was nephew to Agnes Clasby, friend to the Blake family; Alex's effects go to her. Her husband is now Deputy Warden in the Masonic lodge. The Doctor Blake Mysteries is set to return to the small screen without Craig McLachlan. By: rahleeyah. The photos that Blake acquired reveal that Lee was stabbed before coming out into the alleyway. The following is a list of episodes for the Australian televisiondramamysteryprogramme, The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Charlie's brother, Ray. Two women from the local library and historical society find the body of a man by a tree in the botanical garden The body was there overnight, and the autopsy reveals he died by cyanide, which Blake identifies by its odor. Checking the morgue again, Blake and Danny find evidence of another body brought into the morgue before Prentice's death, which is now gone. Bomber Denman works with Jones; Blake uses fierce methods to get Bomber, mechanic for to Trevor, to admit his use of dynamite against competitors, and to stop it. Arnie admits helping Rachel spike Dennis's drink and putting the bottle in Les Bates's locker. After a party at the hospital, Mattie overhears an argument between surgeon Hazel Mahoney and nurse Carol Stanning. Superintendent Lawson tells Davis and Blake he has been called to Melbourne to face a disciplinary board, leaving Davis temporarily in charge. Ashby puts new flowers at the grave of Blake's mother, where Blake meets him. Blake tells the surgeon in the hospital that the leg can be saved, and Blake begins the procedure to save it with Mattie as the nurse. The suspects for the murder are part of the amateur car racing world, which is slowly changing to professional. The autopsy reveals he died naturally and then lost control of the vehicle. Before they leave, Susan tells Reynolds her husband will give him a job, but if he insists on publishing the story about her husband's affair, she'll have him charged with blackmail. Norman's family split apart, as his elder daughter moved away and his wife left him. That makes Edward angry, saying he wants to kill people. Blake wakes up in the hospital with Jean at his bedside. His saliva was in the bite on Des, leaving traces of his asthma medication behind. She is arrested. Jean boards the bus to Adelaide; Blake stops it to say a proper good-bye to her, holding her hand. Her name is Anna, though her father took to calling her Jessie. She tells Blake there were other girls filmed as well. Throughout this case, Blake is talking with Jean as he has become accustomed, and also meeting his wife for breakfast at the hotel, and talking with her. Patrick Tyneman follows his son into the station and fires him as editor of the local newspaper for all the trouble he is making. In the closing scene, Cec serves a drink to William Munro, back in town. Carlyle pushes Hannam down to stop him from shooting and he is arrested. As of 5November2017,[update] 44 episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries have aired.[1]. Jean tells Blake not to show her affection; it is painful for her and for Mei Lin. 9/24/17. At the club, Alderton tries to persuade Blake to rejoin the intelligence service. Blake tells Jean that Dennis's mother Monica was the first woman he ever courted. Blake names the two men he killed and assures Sullivan that he is happy as a country doctor. He opens a letter from Singapore that he'd been hesitating to read, which tells him that his wife has died. But lab tests show that Dennis was injecting himself with testosterone, a performance enhancer. Years earlier Harold had broken the legs of Andrew and Victor's father in a union dispute, so the brothers came after him. At the autopsy they learn from surgeon David Michaels that Father Morton had a brain tumor. Superintendent Munro is angry that Blake did not submit his written resignation. Dennis's father Herbert, his coach and a former Olympian, is furious that Blake will not release his son's body because he has not been able to determine cause of death. The two admit to flying after dark, but say they were back at the airfield by 7:30 pm and Ashford was not with them. So why would anything change now? Blake thinks the murder weapon might have been a potter's wire, but can find no blood on the one Ledwith was using. Ashby subdues him, and Blake sedates him. Vern had parted ways from Percy and was using Ethan to fill out the patent forms. The librarian tells him he'd discussed Hope with "a Dutch fellow," and they find the book of Hope's poetry is gone. An exhibition boxing match in Ballarat turns sour when boxer Mickey Ellis dies in front of hundreds of witnesses. A search of Carol's room turns up Hazel's record book. Her husband Laurie is the first suspect; a woman in his company tried to start an affair with him, giving the motive. Sale of illegal amphetamines, made on Keith Morrisey's press for tablets, is involved in this murder. Mattie sees Romana Novak, who works at the plant, and has signs of syphilis, including a rash. Looking forward to more of this in the future. When Blake is called to investigate the murder of a retired carpenter Vernon Armstrong, his first suspect is Ethan Young, a young Jehovah's Witness, who was discovered praying over the body and covered in blood by Vern's niece Florence and her husband Trent Bowman.