'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: "Death Comes Knocking"
It's a rare Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries not to open with murder. Instead, this episode drops viewers directly into Miss Fisher's dining room for a seance conducted by the famous psychic Mrs. Bolkonsky (Julie Forsyth). She's trying to contact Roland Claremont, who died in the Great War. Prudence wants the dead man to show up and tell his friend Freddie Ashmead (Teague Rook) not to feel guilty because he can't remember what happened. But Freddie's PTSD response to this flim-flam is extreme, to the point of collapse, suggesting perhaps there is quite a bit he feels guilty for, especially when he starts raving about gunshots after the shelling was over.
Jack: I'm impressed. You commandeered my case before I knew I had one.
Since Freddie's collapse interrupts the seance, technically, Roland's "ghost" is never dismissed. But whatever is happening in the graveyard where Roland is buried is all too human. A mysterious man breaks into the Claremont Mausoleum and murders a graveyard worker, Potts, who stumbles across him. Jack only gets as far as noting the mausoleum is undisturbed before Fisher shows up with Freddie, accompanied by his wife Maud (Kate Atkinson), and valet, Larry Dunn (John McTernan). Freddie freaks out again, claiming it's Roland's ghost seeking revenge.
