Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries "Death at Victoria Dock" #1.4 (2012) (TV)

Miss Fisher meets the Latvians, 6 April 2017

While investigating the disappearance of a young girl, Miss Fisher gets caught up in a shooting on the local shipping docks. The docks are the location of a strike led by Latvian revolutionaries. The Latvians are afraid that Miss Fisher may be able to identify them, so they decide to take her out. Their plan to kidnap Miss Fisher, however, goes sideways when they mistakenly grab Dot.

Death at Victoria Dock is a nice episode with as much action as I've seen so far in a Miss Fisher episode. Between the shooting, the kidnapping, the bank robbery, and everything else that's crammed into the episode, it moves at a fantastic pace. Highlights for me include Miss Fisher's undercover work in the Latvian bar and the foiled bank robbery. It's exciting and tense stuff. I appreciated the way Phryne took the death of the Latvian who was shot in front of her on the docks. You could feel her pain. Once again, great acting on the part of Essie Davis. I'm very impressed with her so far. While the Latvian storyline is rewarding, the story of the lost girl ends up pretty much fizzling out.

As exciting as much of Death at Victoria Dock is, I appreciate some of the smaller moments and plot points. A perfect example is the storyline involving Jane's problems at school. First, I'm glad to see that Jane (introduced in the previous episode) appears to be a regular character going forward in the series. Second, this storyline is a nice distraction from main plot and serves to ground the series and Miss Fisher.

8/10