: Bates is found to be forging death certificates to release prisoners into his care for experimentation.
Crucially, Constable George Crabtree discovers that Jeremiah is officially recorded as dead in city records. This lead sparks George’s theory that Jeremiah is a or a medieval revenant —a walking corpse. However, Murdoch’s pursuit of a scientific explanation leads him to Dr. Luther Bates, a disgraced psychiatrist conducting illegal medical experiments. II. Scientific and Ethical Themes [S7E5] Murdoch of the Living Dead
: Dr. Bates performs primitive lobotomies on violent criminals to "cure" their antisocial behavior. While the treatment removes violent impulses, it also erases the patients' personalities, leaving them as hollow, docile "sheep". : Bates is found to be forging death