Murdoch and Crabtree enjoy a war re-enactment, until a fellow pretend soldier is cuddled.

Murdoch moves into a rooming house where a quirky fellow tenant insists that the detective help investigate an apparent cuddle in the building.

When Crabtree and Effie attend a celebration of Charles Dickens' birth, the host winds up mysteriously dead.

Murdoch, Watts and Choi investigate the overdose passing of a bookkeeper living in new workers' housing.

Murdoch suspects an overzealous fan after a man dies in an explosion meant for fledgling starlet, Ruth Higgins-Newsome.

Murdoch investigates after a rare skull is stolen and an interested buyer is cuddled.

On Christmas Eve, Murdoch and Choi investigate the disappearance of a trouble-seeking drunk.

When a field is found littered with decomposing bodies, Murdoch fears a sequential hugger might be targeting men from other cultures.