Who Killed the Montreal Expos?: Baseball’s Greatest Mystery Explored in Netflix Documentary
A mural featuring Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, Gary Carter, Pedro Martinez, and Vladimir Guerrero in Qui a tué les Expos de Montréal? (Who Killed the Montreal Expos?). Courtesy of Netflix.
In Who Killed the Montreal Expos?, Jean-François Poisson investigates baseball’s greatest mystery: who—or what—brought down Montreal’s beloved team? The shocking disintegration still reverberates to this day.
“Why is that team gone?” wonders Hall of Fame outfielder Larry Walker in Who Killed the Montreal Expos? “I heard things, but I don’t know what’s real and what’s not.”
More than twenty years after the Montreal Expos played their final home game at Olympic Stadium on September 29, 2004, the heartbreak still lingers. For 35 years, the Expos weren’t just a baseball team—they were part of Montreal’s soul, the first Major League franchise in Canada and a symbol of pride for generations of fans. Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, and Tim Raines all went into the National Baseball Hall of Fame with a Montreal Expos cap on their plaque.
Through candid interviews with Hall of Famers Pedro Martínez, Vladimir Guerrero, and Larry Walker, along with manager Felipe Alou, journalists (including Tom Verducci), and lifelong supporters, Who Killed the Montreal Expos? revisits the behind-the-scenes turmoil, financial missteps, and political forces that led to the franchise’s demise. With rare archival footage and heartfelt reflections, Jean-François Poisson crafts a moving blend of sports history and cultural elegy, exploring how the loss of the Expos became one of baseball’s most enduring heartbreaks.
Was it the fault of former owner Claude Brochu, subsequent owner Jeffrey Loria, or the devastating 1994 MLB strike that shattered Montreal’s best shot at a World Series? Poisson doesn’t give us a Benoit Blanc to solve the mystery, but over 91 minutes, he lays out the evidence in Who Killed the Montreal Expos? and lets viewers decide who’s ultimately responsible.
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Olympic Stadium in in Qui a tué les Expos de Montréal? (Who Killed the Montreal Expos?). Courtesy of Netflix
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Jean-François Poisson
FEATURING: Felipe Alou, Pedro Martínez, Vladimir Guerrero, Larry Walker, Jeremy Filosa, Rodger Brulotte, Chantal Machabée, Dennis Martinez, Jean-Simon Bibeau, Tom Verducci, Jeff Blair, Alexandre Pratt, Marc Griffin, Serge Touchette, David Samson, Pierre Arsenault, Claude Raymond, Claude Brochu, Mark Routtenberg, Orlando Cabrera
Netflix will release Who Killed the Montreal Expos? on October 21, 2025. Grade: 4/5
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