Julia Ogden
| Julia Ogden | |
|---|---|
| Murdoch Mysteries character | |
| First appearance | "Except The Dying" (2004) |
| Created by | Maureen Jennings |
| Portrayed by | Keeley Hawes (TV movies) Hélène Joy (TV series) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Title | Doctor |
| Occupation | Pathologist, general practitioner, psychiatrist |
| Relatives | Dr. Lionel Ogden (father) Ruby Ogden (sister) |
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Doctor Ogden, who is portrayed by Keeley Hawes in the TV movies and by Hélène Joy[1] in the TV series, attended Bishop's University and is a skilled pathologist and medical examiner. (In 1894, a woman did graduate from Bishop's University and become a skilled pathologist: Dr. Maude Abbott.) However, it is later (episode 11.05) said that she studied under Dr. William Osler at McGill University (McGill University did not admit women to the Faculty of Medicine until 1918[2]). The first of two sisters, Dr. Ogden was a tomboy in her youth and has a criminal record for skinny dipping with some university colleagues (episode 2.04). Her mother is dead, and she has a strained relationship with her father. She enjoys tennis, reading, cycling and attending the theatre. Through her family connections, she is quite well known in Toronto's upper class society (episode 1.08). Dr. Ogden is often consulted on cases by Murdoch and is able to provide valuable insights into many cases. They, along with Constable Crabtree, enjoy the intellectual puzzles that many murder mysteries present.
In the first season, she and Murdoch begin a tentative romantic relationship. In episode 2.06, Dr. Ogden tells Murdoch that she became pregnant when in university and terminated it. (Abortion in Canada was illegal during 1869–1969.) As Murdoch struggles to come to terms with this knowledge, Ogden decides to end their relationship, believing that, due to his Catholicism, he will never accept what she did or that she still feels it was the right decision. Their relationship is awkward until the end of the final episode of season 2 when Dr. Ogden agrees to discuss restarting the relationship.
At the end of Season 3, she leaves the Constabulary to go work in a children's hospital in Buffalo, New York. It is revealed that she cannot give birth to a child due to the previous abortion, and for this reason she decides to terminate her relationship with Murdoch. Murdoch tries to stop her leaving and intends to propose to her despite knowing about her condition, but arrives late at the train station. (In a daydream that he has about proposing, he intends to tell her that he does want a family, but that they can adopt. However, he never has this conversation with her in real life, and she leaves Toronto not knowing about his intentions for either marriage or family.) Dr. Ogden does not return to work in the morgue at the start of season 4, but Murdoch writes to her to help solve a case. She does not appear in episode 2, but does appear in episode 3 (Buffalo Shuffle), where Yannick Bisson makes his directing debut. Murdoch brings the engagement ring with the intention of proposing, but Dr. Ogden reveals that she is already engaged to a doctor working at the children's hospital in Buffalo. She returns to her old position in Toronto several episodes later. Her fiancé takes a position at a Toronto hospital to be with her. In the last episode Julia marries Dr. Darcy Garland, despite her affection for Murdoch.
At the beginning of the season 5 (Back and to the Left), however, she terminates her employment in the City Morgue and starts her own private practice in Toronto, leaving the work to her protégée, Dr. Emily Grace. Julia states that with her feelings towards Murdoch maintaining their professional relationship would jeopardize her marriage. Later on in the series she actively participates in a birth-control campaign, which complicates her husband's social position and even leads to her arrest. At the end of the season, she and Darcy separate. In season 6, Julia is working as a psychiatrist, often assisting Murdoch with his cases. She is actively trying to divorce Darcy and is framed for his murder at the end of the season, though Murdoch uncovers the real killer and clears her name barely in time to prevent her execution by hanging. The trauma of her experience and guilt feelings cause her to withdraw from Murdoch at the season 6 finale; but, in season 7, their relationship seems to be back on track, and they become engaged in the finale. They are married in the fourth episode of season 8.
In season 9, episode 10, Raised on Robbery, she and William briefly adopted a son, Roland, the orphaned son of the bank-robber couple. When Julia discovers the child's actual father is still alive, they reluctantly return Roland to his father. However, the experience with Roland encourages William and Julia to seriously consider adopting a child of their own .
Julia's father, Dr. Lionel Ogden, died in the season 7 finale. She has a younger sister, Ruby Ogden, who is a minor character in the series and a journalist, who often travels the world.
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- ↑ Mohan, Keerthi. "Interview: 'Murdoch Mysteries' star Helene Joy is rooting for a baby for William and Julia in Season 10". ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.mcgill.ca/about/history/features/mcgill-women
