page_title: List of Murdoch Mysteries characters
section_title: Constable George Crabtree
hierarchical_section_title: List of Murdoch Mysteries characters / Main characters / Constable George Crabtree
caption_attribution_description: cfccreates.com/2013gala/ Jonny Harris ("Murdoch Mysteries") at the 2013 CFC Annual Gala &amp; Auction.
context_page_description: Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series produced by Shaftesbury Films that premièred in January 2008 and was broadcast on Citytv in Canada and on Alibi in the UK. It was picked up by CBC for its sixth and seventh seasons. The show follows the titular character William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario, through the turn of the 19th century into the 20th, who makes use of what was, in the late Victorian era, the latest in forensic science to solve crimes. The show was developed for television by Cal Coons and Alexandra Zarowny based on the characters in the Detective Murdoch series of novels written by Maureen Jennings.
  Prior to the television series, Shaftesbury Films and CHUM Television produced three made for TV movies which were shown on the Canadian cable channel Bravo! in 2004 and 2005. The original three movies, filmed in Winnipeg and Toronto, were collectively titled The Murdoch Mysteries.
context_section_description: Murdoch's assistant, Constable Crabtree, is portrayed by Matthew MacFadzean in the TV movies and by Jonny Harris in the TV series. Although inexperienced at first and often comically naive, Crabtree frequently provides useful insights into cases and does much of the forensic legwork collecting evidence.
  In early seasons, Crabtree is eager, but has yet to master Murdoch's more advanced scientific skills. He is very loyal to Murdoch, willing to threaten one of Ogden's suitors when Murdoch asked him to investigate him; he also knows Murdoch's mannerisms rather well. While Brackenreid initially regards him as an idiot, over time, Crabtree proves adept at learning Murdoch's methods and eventually gains Brackenreid's respect and the possibility of promotion to detective.
  Crabtree dates a number of women over the years, but the relationships tend to be doomed by circumstances.  At the end of season 8 and the start of season 9, he proposes to Edna Brooks, but she learns she is not a widow—and then her husband is murdered.  Fearing that Edna is guilty, Crabtree protects her by allowing himself to be prosecuted and convicted.  Consequently, he is not promoted, but demoted to Constable Third Class, after Murdoch finds the real killer.
  Crabtree often has ideas for commercial uses for Murdoch's inventions. Murdoch usually dismisses them as absurd, but they often prefigure real successful products. Crabtree also aspires to be a mystery novelist. His first novel, The Curse of the Pharaohs, is published in season 5. (Concurrently with that season, Curse of the Lost Pharaohs also aired on Citytv.com as a mixed live action/animation web series dramatizing the plot of Crabtree's manuscript.)
  Crabtree revealed in one episode ("Big Murderer on Campus") that he did not know who his biological mother was and was left on the doorstep of a church and taken in by the family there. He was later re-united with his mother at the end of the episode after taking part in a plan to uncover the murderer of a professor. Crabtree also frequently refers to his many Aunts, each of whom seems to be named after a variety of flower. In the season 7 episode "Republic of Murdoch", it is revealed that these Aunts are, or at one time have been, prostitutes who live in a large house rented to them by the Reverend who became Crabtree's guardian after he was abandoned. Crabtree was raised in Newfoundland.
  In season 3, it is revealed that Crabtree is a Freemason, along with Brackenreid and turns out to be of higher rank than the inspector.
  Crabtree also has a difficult time with a flighty socialite named Roger Newsome, whom he has numerous dealings with, to his irritation. His deepest cause for this enmity was when Newsome was assisting Crabtree on a case and at one point Crabtree was being attacked with deadly intent by a criminal. Rather than do anything to assist his police companion in mortal peril, Newsome abandoned him in blatant cowardice, and Crabtree required assistance from others. Newsome never adequately apologized for his failure and would meet the unforgiving Crabtree on numerous other occasions. However, when Newsome was murdered by a sniper to silence his testimony for a murder trial in the episode, "Weekend at Murdoch's", Crabtree was able to spare a bit of politeness for him under the circumstances.
caption: Jonny Harris
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