'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: "Murder on the Ballarat Train"

In its second episode, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries randomly opens with a would-be Fagan, Mr. Merton (Jacek Koman), discovering one of his little girl pickpockets, Jane (Ruby Rees), is more violent with a fork than he anticipates. This seemingly disconnected scene quickly connects to this week's mystery, as Jane is next seen on a train platform, eyeing a seemingly unaware Miss Fisher, who is busy admiring the new Hispano-Suiza car she's on her way to pick up with Dot. But Fisher has eyes everywhere, not just for Jane, but the abusive mother, Matron Henderson (Abbe Holmes), berating her adult daughter Eunice (Maeve Dermody) behind them in line.

Robinson: Your shoe seems to have the ballistic capabilities of a .38 revolver.
Fisher: Fancy that!

After sending Bert and Cec back to her place to repay them for bringing the bags, Fisher starts making eyes at the young men on the platform, one of whom is far too taken with Eunice to notice. Back home, Bert and Cec are delighted to discover their payment is a brand new car. They're welcomed into their new jobs by the final piece of the cast, Mr. Butler (Richard Bligh), whose drink serving hides his Australian Imperial Force vet background. Back on the train, Dot witnesses a nasty spat between Matron Henderson and Alexander Cotton (Mike McLeish), whose son Eddie is running around. From Cotton's response to seeing her, they've have had ugly run-ins before.