Murdoch Mysteries Season 18 Episode 3 - What the Dickens
Murdoch Mysteries Season 18 Episode 3 - What the Dickens
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00:00Effie, if you don't hurry, we're going to miss the boat.
00:03Almost ready.
00:09What do you think, Tiny Tim?
00:14Are you sure you don't want to get dressed when we get there?
00:16George, this whole Charles Dickens weekend was your idea.
00:20I thought you wanted to get into the spirit of things.
00:22Spirit? I see you've taken that quite literally to take a barrel.
00:25Have you done your teeth?
00:27Yes.
00:28Oh, what do you think, crotch or no crotch?
00:31I have to admit, I feel a bit foolish now.
00:33George, we haven't got time to change.
00:35I know.
00:36We've got a boat to catch.
00:37Right.
00:38Hop on.
00:48Remarkable. Absolutely remarkable.
00:52Uh, new invention, Detective?
00:54Oh, uh, well, it's an improved invention.
00:57You may recall a device of mine some like to refer to as the Trackizer.
01:03Of course. An extremely useful invention, if somewhat conspicuous for the wearer.
01:09Yes, correct.
01:11Um, this tracking prototype allows me to determine the precise location of this sensor,
01:20represented by a steel ball bearing and powered by electrical coils and magnets.
01:27Does it have a name? The, uh, Map-O-Matic?
01:32Geographic Probability Sensor.
01:35Hmm. And this GPS, you would attach the tracking sensor to an individual you're surveilling?
01:41Yes. I've installed transmitters in all of the police call boxes.
01:47They work together to triangulate the location of the sensor.
01:51They are in turn all connected to one central location, which is in turn affixed to the model.
01:58And this will work?
02:00Well, the device's range is limited, so it would have to be someone we know won't be walking too far away.
02:06Henry!
02:09Sirs? Oh, is this some kind of maze?
02:13I don't like mazes. Can't see the point.
02:15A straight line is always faster.
02:18It's a model of our area, Henry.
02:21I need you to walk your regular beat.
02:25And then stop somewhere, and we will use this GPS device to locate you.
02:36I didn't mean you should take off all your makeup.
02:39It's fine.
02:42How's your stomach?
02:44The deckhand said he's never seen someone get so seasick on a river.
02:47Well, I have a delicate constitution, you know.
02:50Welcome! Welcome!
02:53You must be Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree. Patrick Havistock.
02:57I am honored to be your host at this very special centenary celebration of Dickensburg.
03:02Here at my very own bleak house.
03:05Have you been here long?
03:12Mr. Tavistock?
03:16Mr. Tavistock?
03:19Did you know that Dickens himself is said to have visited this house on his North American tour in 1842?
03:26Imagine!
03:27How wonderful!
03:29Wonderful, yes! Indeed! Come in, come in!
03:33So, Mr. Tavistock, you're the president of the Dickens Fellowship?
03:37Of the Ontario chapter. Excellent costumes, by the way.
03:40What do you think of mine?
03:42Yours? Excellent! Bravo!
03:46Edwin Drood himself.
03:48Presumed victim of Dickens' unfinished mystery novel.
03:52Ah, very good.
03:53And this, of course, is Grip.
03:57Named in honor?
03:59Of Dickens' pet raven.
04:01That's a very striking ring.
04:04Thank you, my dear. Dickens' own.
04:07Do peruse the memorabilia case when you have a moment.
04:10Many Dickens items from my personal collection on display, as well as a few treasures on loan.
04:18Come, come!
04:20Fellow Dickensians, I have a very exciting surprise.
04:25Oh?
04:26But first, there is a small matter I must attend to.
04:28In the meantime, please continue enjoying the smoking bishop punch.
04:40I suppose you shall be haunting me, presently.
04:45Oh, you're dressed as Scrooge.
04:47I am Bertram Cowher, biographer and historian.
04:51I'm Effie Crabtree, Crown Attorney, and this is my husband, George.
04:55This is Clayton Selwood. He's a playwright.
04:59Who directs our theatricals.
05:01Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree.
05:03The Artful Dodger.
05:04Ah, well spotted.
05:07What do you do, Mr. Crabtree?
05:09I'm a member of the Trojan Constabulary.
05:11And a writer. He's published several wonderful novels.
05:14Oh, a fellow scribe.
05:16You must meet Miss Lila Chester, our group's most prodigious reader.
05:21And that is saying something.
05:24Uh, Miss Havisham. Great expectations.
05:27Yes, and like Miss Havisham, I too have been unlucky in love. Left at the altar.
05:32Oh, well that must have been quite an ordeal.
05:35Twenty years ago, darling. But at least this way I get some use of my wedding dress.
05:42That wasn't directed at you, Bertie.
05:45Bertie and I broke things off last year. He's a bit settled now.
05:48A unique interpretation of events.
05:51Oh, the gang's all here.
05:53Uh-oh.
05:54Not again.
05:55Tiresome.
05:56Who is that?
05:57She claims to be Dickinson's granddaughter, but no one really believes her.
06:03This is far more of an intimate gathering than I expected.
06:07I suppose the journey was too much for some.
06:10I don't know why we couldn't meet in Toronto.
06:12Just because Tavistock bought himself an island.
06:15Bertie's still sour about losing it at auction to Patrick for Dickinson's cameo ring.
06:19It didn't even fit him properly.
06:21Bertie.
06:22Bertie.
06:23At least you have mementos the Dickinson family gave you when you were researching your biographies.
06:27How can a poor playwright like myself have ever outbid a man with pockets as deep as Patrick's?
06:33Where is Patrick?
06:35He was so excited to reveal his surprise.
06:37Good heavens, what was that?
06:41Fire!
06:42George!
06:46Where's Patrick?
06:47Are you all right?
06:48Ow!
06:50A note!
06:54It says he would make a lovely corpse.
07:19Well, the note sounds like a threat.
07:21He would make a lovely corpse?
07:23Oh, that's actually a quotation from Martin Chesilowitz.
07:25Oh!
07:26Martin who?
07:27Oh.
07:28It's a Dickens novel.
07:30Still, it's very suspicious.
07:31And we don't know who wrote this note.
07:33And I swore I heard shouting.
07:35That's definitely Patrick's handwriting.
07:37Oh!
07:38This must be the surprise he was talking about.
07:41So maybe this could be a game.
07:44Patrick does love his puzzles, just like Dickens.
07:48Oh!
07:49And he was dressed as Edwin Drood!
07:50Oh!
07:52Who vanishes in the Dickens novel?
07:55So, our host has contrived his own disappearance.
08:00Dirk Datcherer, detective.
08:02Ah, yes, the detective from The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
08:05Very good.
08:06But, sir, now is hardly the time for costume play acting.
08:10There's something written on the other side.
08:13It says, so it begins, and then dash north.
08:19Ah!
08:20Ah!
08:21This settles it!
08:22We have a conundrum on our hands!
08:25I think you're right.
08:27What's this?
08:28It looks like a piece of grass.
08:30I think it's parsley.
08:32Aha!
08:33I deduce our host has garnished the scene for our delectation.
08:38Why is it fire to his own house?
08:40It doesn't make any sense.
08:41That is why we must puzzle it out!
08:44Come, Mr. Crabtree, we must solve the mystery of Edwin Drood!
08:49Did Mr. Tavistock seem worried about anything of ours?
08:53No, exhilarated, if anything.
08:55Look, this case has a six-letter passlock.
08:58Ooh!
08:59The passcode is almost certainly connected to the Drood mystery.
09:03Could it be the name of the character Dickens intended to be Drood's killer?
09:06Well, who did Dickens intend to be the killer?
09:10Nobody knows.
09:12It's Jasper, the wicked uncle.
09:14Oh!
09:19No.
09:20Ooh, try Helena.
09:22Helena Lambeth.
09:27I know!
09:28It's Puffer.
09:30Princess Puffer of the Obi-Wan Den.
09:32Ha!
09:33Are these all character names?
09:37Perhaps it's just Dickens.
09:39He's the ultimate killer, if you think about it.
09:41D-I-C-K-E-N-S.
09:43Oh, never mind.
09:48What about the note?
09:51Shouldn't we be focused on the note?
09:53Yes!
10:00The ball hasn't moved in some time.
10:03Henry seems to have stopped at Scott's diner.
10:07They have a lemon pie special today.
10:11Then let's go have a slice.
10:14No, I've never been.
10:15I don't think we've met, Miss...
10:17Dickens.
10:18Tanistoni Dickens.
10:20Charles Dickens's granddaughter.
10:22Why is it that no one believes you're Charles Dickens's granddaughter?
10:26Maybe because I don't look the part?
10:28But apparently it's because I lack evidence to back it up.
10:31My father, Francis, sold off his heirlooms,
10:34including a pocket watch to Mr. Tavistock.
10:37Dickens' son, Francis Dickens,
10:39was a member of Canada's Northwest Mountain Police,
10:42but he died childless at 42.
10:45It's well documented.
10:47George, I think those two must be sweet on each other.
10:51Oh, him and her.
10:52Yes, they keep each other company.
10:54I think those two must be sweet on each other.
10:56Oh, him and her.
10:57Yes, they keep lurking around one another.
10:59Mr. Datchery, he's never been to one of these things before.
11:03Maybe Dash North means we should search the island.
11:06But the door was locked and it leads south.
11:09Oh, no, no. We need to be clever.
11:12Patrick loves wordplay.
11:14What if Dash North is an anagram?
11:18Oh.
11:20Uh...
11:21Shorthand.
11:23Dash North is an anagram for shorthand.
11:26Well, there's no shorthand written here.
11:29Unless there is.
11:37Invisible ink.
11:38Oh!
11:39That's Dickens' shorthand.
11:42Hmm?
11:43What's that?
11:44When Dickens was a parliamentary reporter,
11:45he developed his own notation, unreadable to anyone.
11:48This must be why Tavistock insisted I bring my own documents.
11:51I have Dickens' only extant shorthand key.
11:56Come, everyone.
11:57It's in the display case.
12:02Is this supposed to be open like this?
12:05Oh, no!
12:07Patrick promised us he would keep it locked.
12:10Is anything missing?
12:11Dickens' pocket watch is gone.
12:13It's the only item missing.
12:16It must be another clue from Patrick.
12:18In the mystery of Edwin Drood,
12:20Drood's watch and chain were the only traces of him ever found
12:23after his mysterious disappearance.
12:25Tavistock must have planted the watch somewhere
12:28to further hint at his location.
12:30Are you sure it's not simply a robbery?
12:32I deduce if it were truly a robbery,
12:34the glass would be smashed.
12:36Not to mention all my valuable memorabilia is still here,
12:39including the shorthand key.
12:47Henry?
12:48Where's your uniform?
12:50Well, uh...
12:52It was stolen, sir.
12:54Are you eating pie?
12:56Well, I wouldn't very well go out in this state of undress, could I?
13:00There's a couple slices left if you're interested.
13:03It's good.
13:07So the missing pocket watch, that belonged to her father?
13:10So she claims...
13:12Yes.
13:14He inherited it from Charles.
13:16Then shortly before my father's death,
13:19he sold it to Mr. Tavistock.
13:21Yes, and at the price Patrick says he paid,
13:24I could almost have afforded it myself!
13:26But I wouldn't give.
13:29So you really wanted that watch?
13:31Oh, desperately!
13:35But I didn't steal it!
13:38Maybe your line of work has given you a suspicious nature,
13:42Mr. Crabtree.
13:44But I am certain this is all simply a game.
13:47Is that another L?
13:49Are you acquainted with Mr. Datchery?
13:51L, L, O.
13:53No, no, no. I've only met him today.
13:56This one could be an R.
13:59Oh, yes it is!
14:01So this could be year.
14:04And this is a symbol for round or around.
14:08Oh, year round.
14:11Oh, year round!
14:16That's one of Dickens' periodicals!
14:19Tavistock, be sure to keep bound volumes in the library.
14:32A dead druid!
14:34Patrick has really outdone himself this time.
14:39We must now investigate who has done this dastardly deed.
14:44Congratulations, my friend, on a superb entertainment!
14:49I'm afraid this is no entertainment.
14:52Our host is dead.
14:59Mr. Tavistock was acting irrationally.
15:02Do you think he was ill?
15:04I'm afraid not.
15:06He was bludgeoned with a heavy object.
15:08No, no. Weapon is apparent, Mrs. Crabtree.
15:12This most certainly was murder.
15:15Murder most foul. As foul as a killer's dogs.
15:19Murder! Yes, Mr. Datchery.
15:21The culprit must be one of us.
15:24There's nobody else in the house.
15:26One of us?
15:27We all left the den at least once.
15:30You left to look for the raven.
15:32Mr. Gower left to fetch pipe tobacco.
15:34I myself left innocently twice.
15:37Indeed, miss, yes, any one of us could have committed this wretched crime.
15:42And I intend to find out who.
15:46You.
15:47Yes. I am a detective, after all.
15:51Rest easy, Mrs. Crabtree.
15:53I will solve this mystery and ensure Mr. Tavistock's killer is found.
16:00He still has his billfold and the key.
16:04The key is for the memorabilia case.
16:07But look, his ring is missing.
16:11And the missing pocket watch isn't on his purse either.
16:14I wonder if the killer took them.
16:17Look, here's the volume of all the year round.
16:22And there's another note inside.
16:24When it all began.
16:26Mr. Datchery, the game is over.
16:29Now, this calendar...
16:31This calendar is askew.
16:33This candlestick seems to be one of a pair.
16:38I wonder if the missing one is our...
16:40Murder weapon!
16:45How many thieves were there?
16:46There were four. Gigantic brutes.
16:49Well, most of them, anyway.
16:51When I tried to arrest them, sir, they laughed at me and they stole my clothing.
16:57Oh, well, that's good.
16:59Good?
17:00Yes, it means they've unwittingly stolen the GPS sensor.
17:05And we can track them using your new invention.
17:08Come along, Constable.
17:10We'll have to get you a new uniform.
17:14Will I have to pay for that, sir?
17:19Are you satisfied?
17:21Yes, thank you.
17:23So nobody has the watch or the ring?
17:25Or the candlestick.
17:27Good heavens, what are they doing?
17:29I asked them to move the body. It was distressing the ladies.
17:32It's compromising evidence, ma'am.
17:34Sir, there is no need for concern.
17:37I have a photographic recollection.
17:39I've committed all the relevant details to memory.
17:43Ha!
17:44He is no master sleuth.
17:47He is Dr. Carmichael Doughty.
17:50The lout who jilted me at the altar 20 years ago.
17:54I recognized you at once, Carm.
17:57The name is Thatchery.
17:59Do you blame me for coming fully in costume knowing this is the reception I get?
18:03So you lied about not knowing him?
18:05Well, clearly I never knew him.
18:07Or else I wouldn't have been standing alone at the altar on our wedding day.
18:14Right then. Now that everybody has been searched,
18:17I will comb through the rest of the house for the watch, the ring, and the candlestick.
18:22I will assist you.
18:23Oh no, you will not.
18:25In fact, Effie will escort everybody into the den.
18:28I will keep them there.
18:30Of course. I'll see what else I can find out.
18:36I think it's stopped.
18:39I know that building. It's an abandoned furniture warehouse.
18:43Should we bring them in?
18:44No. If they've stolen a police uniform,
18:47they may have something bigger in mind than robbing a diner.
18:50And if we leave now, they might depart while we're not watching.
18:54Precisely. That's why there's another device I think we should use.
18:58Most of you were acquainted with Mr. Tavistock.
19:01Can you think of any reason someone would wish him harm?
19:04Bertie was obsessed with Patrick's cameo ring.
19:08Of course she accused me.
19:10Miss Chester is just bitter.
19:14Maybe she went after Tavistock herself. We all know she has a fiery temper.
19:18Bertie, don't. Please.
19:21Mr. Gower was jealous that Mr. Tavistock gave me Dickens' tortoiseshell matchkies just last month.
19:27Maybe he did kill poor Patrick.
19:30That's absurd. I'm not a killer.
19:33Neither am I.
19:34The two of you probably did it together.
19:36Together? How dare you?
19:37Oh, no.
19:38Stop quarreling, please.
19:40I'd sooner do away with Bertie than Patrick anything.
19:44And I'd sooner die alone than be with you.
19:47I hope you do die alone, you dickhead.
19:49What's this?
19:50A Dickens adaptation. It's the only thing that will calm them down.
20:03The target has started to move again, Inspector. It's time to go.
20:20Oh, for Pete's sake. I thought I told you to stay out of it.
20:23I didn't want to deprive you of my powers of observation.
20:26Oh, what have you gathered?
20:28Ah, wig glue, I see.
20:31Yes, yes, that's mine.
20:37I found this in Tannis Dickens' room.
20:39I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to be.
20:41Hmm, another drood costume, I believe.
20:44I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to be.
20:46Hmm, another drood costume, I believe.
20:49Princess Puffer. Perhaps she planned to wear it and then thought better of it.
20:53I found all these Dickens portraits in Mr. Gower's room.
20:58This one was under his pillow.
21:02He loves his Dickens.
21:05Perhaps a little too much.
21:07Hmm.
21:08Oh.
21:09Oh.
21:10Oh.
21:15Tis a day to be remembered when Master Copperfield pays us a visit.
21:22I trust you are well, Mrs. Heap.
21:25Thank you, Master Copperfield.
21:28We've looked forward to your visit for a long while.
21:32We had feared our humbleness stood in the way.
21:38I assure you, that's not the case, ma'am.
21:41Boo.
21:42Boo.
21:43Boo.
21:44Why should I humor a man who may well be the killer?
21:48This horrendous performance reminds me.
21:51Have a stonk bad mouth, you last two flops, to all our mutual friends.
21:55My plays are very well respected.
22:00Nobody likes your plays, Mr. Selwood.
22:03Least of all any critics.
22:05Nobody likes you.
22:07You're fabulous.
22:09Why can't you keep insisting on showing up to our gatherings in some sort of perverse display of defiance?
22:18Do you hear that?
22:19Yes.
22:20My senses are very keen.
22:28Ah!
22:35Give me that.
22:37Who are you?
22:38I'm a cook.
22:39What? You're not cooking. You're stealing from Mr. Tavistock, who was just murdered.
22:43Where have you been all night?
22:46He's dead, is he?
22:49God forgive me, but I don't much care for the new master.
22:53And I haven't seen him all night.
22:55Is that right?
22:57Turn out your pockets.
23:06Parsley, just like the parsley found in the foyer when Mr. Tavistock disappeared.
23:16All right, I was in the foyer.
23:19Mr. Tavistock let me in.
23:21I told him I wanted more money if I was going to cook for you lot.
23:26He told me to go and find and take whatever I want.
23:28Oh, just take whatever you want.
23:30Is that why you're smashing into his money chest with an ice pick?
23:33With his permission.
23:35Just go and find the key.
23:39What's going on in here?
23:41I think we may have found our murderer.
23:50I don't see anyone in uniform.
23:52Are you certain your device is working?
23:55The thieves should be just ahead of you on your left, Inspector.
24:02I see him!
24:04All right, very carefully.
24:05See what he gets up to.
24:18George.
24:20What?
24:23I can't sleep.
24:25What?
24:26Are you sure the cook is guilty?
24:28Oh, if he...
24:29What about the watch and the ring?
24:31Why would she hide those if she was openly stealing?
24:36If you don't know, I just know I'll sleep better with that wild-eyed ice pick woman locked safely away for the night.
24:52It's no use.
24:53I need a book or something.
24:56Maybe I will read some Dickens after all.
25:16He stopped.
25:18He's lingering behind a bank.
25:20And there's a special fortified motor car with guards.
25:24Stay there and keep watching.
25:28He's watching them bring a deposit in.
25:31But if I move, he'll see me.
25:35He's leaving.
25:38Right.
25:39Stay with him and I'll come find you.
25:41That might be best.
25:43I think they're planning a large withdrawal.
25:58Is someone there?
26:22You make a good point.
26:24About the cook.
26:25Ify?
26:28Help!
26:29Oh, somebody help!
26:31Ify?
26:32I found her out here on the floor.
26:35Ify, are you all right?
26:36George.
26:37What happened?
26:38I saw a light under that doorway and then somebody hit me.
26:42It's locked.
26:47Oh, the heavens.
26:49It almost took an hour.
26:52Ify died.
26:55And the missing murder weapon, I think we found Mr. Tavistock's killer.
27:08Should we let Thatchery in?
27:09He is a doctor, according to Lila.
27:11Well, a doctor's not going to do much now, Ify.
27:15This certainly could have been the weapon used to kill Mr. Tavistock.
27:19Mr. Gower doesn't seem to have any sort of marks on him.
27:23Ify, perhaps he took the opium and then drowned himself?
27:29Someone else could have drugged him.
27:31That would explain the pajamas.
27:33Unless he was extremely modest.
27:35Could we close his eyes? His pupils are huge and staring.
27:40I noticed Tavistock's pupils were dilated when he was greeting everybody, right before he disappeared.
27:48You know, opium has the exact opposite effect on pupils.
27:53It contracts them almost to pinpoints.
27:57Well, if that's the case, someone's placed this opium bottle here.
28:02This whole scene has been staged.
28:08So, after witnessing the bank delivery, you and the inspector tracked the thief back to the warehouse.
28:13Yes, where our tracking ball is now stopped.
28:17Then why aren't we arresting the thieves now?
28:19When we're in the position to prevent a crime.
28:22Instead, we sit in judgment, like all seeing gods, waiting for these flawed mortals to fail yet again.
28:32We were only surveilling one person, Watts. A known thief.
28:36I was the one that made the decision, Detective Watts, that it would be far more valuable to catch them in the act.
28:42And if Detective Murdoch's hunch was right, that was a main bank that the thief was watching last night.
28:48So it frequently receives...
28:50Receives deposits from the smaller branches?
28:52Yes, and I'm told the deposits arriving this morning are the biggest of the week.
28:57So you think both men were drugged with the same substance?
29:01It stands to reason, but I don't think it was opium.
29:03They both had dilated pupils and Tavistock was nearly giddy.
29:07The cook also described him as acting strangely.
29:09Maybe he really did encourage her to help herself to his money.
29:12I recently read about devil's breath tea.
29:15It leaves one in a highly suggestible trance-like state, easily controlled by others.
29:21They make a drug from the plant. It's an anesthetic used in surgeries, scopolamine.
29:27George, do you think somebody could have snuck it into Mr. Gower's tobacco?
29:31There's his pipe.
29:33Which means this is his tea cup.
29:36Look, not just leaves as in our cup, but seeds and stems.
29:42What do you think?
29:44I think Tavistock and Gower were drugged with devil's breath tea, making them easier to kill.
29:57Our vantage point here is not ideal, Detective Murdoch.
30:00We can't see what's happening without revealing our position.
30:03Yes, here.
30:05Here. Use this, Inspector.
30:09It's my invention, a circumscoper.
30:11Oh my, I can see everything!
30:13Shh, shh, shh.
30:25The thief is distracting the driver.
30:29His accomplices are taking the money. Should we move in?
30:32Not yet.
30:40They're going to drive away.
30:44Now, Henry!
30:50Throw the constabulary!
30:52Hey, hey!
30:54Throw the constabulary!
30:56Hey, hey!
30:59The thief is getting away!
31:09Brains and brawn. I'm impressed.
31:12Thank you, sir.
31:14I'll be wanting that uniform back.
31:16Just got those pants broken in.
31:25Mr. Gower did not take his own life.
31:27He was killed by the same person who killed Mr. Tavistock.
31:31We believe both men were drugged before they were killed.
31:35Now, I have deduced what truly happened.
31:38Mr. Tavistock planned this entire weekend around Dickens' Edwin Drood.
31:43And Drood is exactly what it all comes back to.
31:49Now, the all-the-year-round clue actually points to this calendar,
31:55which is set to the wrong date.
31:58Did nobody notice?
32:01The next clue, when it all began, is a hint to the date we should turn to.
32:07Dickens' birth date, of course.
32:09That's February the 7th.
32:13Ah! E. Drood.
32:17Why? Because Tavistock imagined that Edwin Drood faked his own murder
32:25to expose his uncle's deadly designs.
32:28And perhaps Tavistock knew exactly what Dickens intended.
32:34Because hidden inside the briefcase is the real ending of Edwin Drood.
32:41Dickens finished it after all.
32:44Tavistock acquired it, and someone here was willing to kill for it.
32:50But who? Why, the failed dramatist, of course, Selwood.
32:55Selwood had flop after flop his only successes in staging Dickens' adaptations.
33:02And what a coup to mount the first complete Drood with Dickens' original ending!
33:11That's not the real ending!
33:14It's typed on a typewriter, for pity's sake!
33:18No, it's probably the one Tavistock was writing six months ago.
33:22Why would I kill for it? Personally, I prefer my own.
33:26You have to believe me.
33:28Well done, Mr. Datchery.
33:30You may not have unmasked the killer,
33:32but you've solved Mr. Tavistock's parlor game with the greatest of ease.
33:36But perhaps too much ease.
33:40The murderer must have been privy to the game that Mr. Tavistock was playing with us,
33:46for the killer needed inside knowledge of his plan.
33:49Specifically, how Tavistock was able to disappear.
33:54And these murders weren't about Drood.
33:57They were about love.
34:00Several times since arriving at Leak House, I've felt cold drafts.
34:04First in the foyer, shortly after Tavistock's disappearance,
34:08and again here, when I was examining a very strange row of books.
34:14Have any of you ever heard of Lard Times?
34:18The old curiosity slob?
34:21No? David Lobsterfield?
34:24I may not know much about Dickens, but I do know that these are not real books.
34:30And this is not a real bookcase.
34:33It's a secret passage.
34:48The killer knew that Tavistock used the secret passage to disappear,
34:52so he slipped in afterward and caught him by surprise.
34:56Being a doctor, in real life,
34:59Mr. Datchery knew of a drug called scopolamine, is that right?
35:04He used it to make his victims compliant.
35:09These murders were really about Datchery's love for Lila.
35:14He came to win her back, but first he needed to clear the field of his rivals.
35:19Tavistock, who was wooing her with Dickens' memorabilia,
35:23and Gower, whom he feared was hoping to reconcile her.
35:28It is true, I did attend this weekend because I love Miss Chester
35:33and I've always regretted leaving her, but I did not kill those men for two decades.
35:41I have suffered for my mistake in leaving the most enchanting woman I have ever known, Miss Chester.
35:49I hope I can persuade you to forgive me.
35:54There's nothing to forgive, Carl.
36:00You don't believe this, George. Surely you don't.
36:04You and Mr. Datchery tell interesting tales, Effie.
36:07What about the missing ring, the missing pocket watch?
36:10The stories are good, but there are plot holes.
36:23I think I have it.
36:25Mr. Datchery, you were right. The evening was intended to be about Drew.
36:31Tavistock was excited to unveil the new ending he'd written for Dickens' unfinished mystery
36:36and he'd laid out an elaborate puzzle to entice his guests.
36:40I imagine he planned to plant the pocket watch as a later clue,
36:44probably before revealing the secret passage.
36:47Effie, you were right. Tavistock used that passage to disappear.
36:52But he was startled when he was confronted by the cook.
36:55You have to pay more. Give me more money.
36:58More money? Fine, fine. Help yourself.
37:00Being in a highly suggestible state from his drug punch,
37:03he agreed with her that she should help herself to more money.
37:06But being in this muddled state, he also dropped his lantern, starting a fire.
37:12The killer later followed Tavistock through the secret passage and killed him here in the library.
37:19The devil's breath tea would have made that easy,
37:22just as Gower's drugged tea would have made it easy for the killer to suggest to him a bath
37:27and then drown him with little resistance.
37:30The killer then left two items at the scene of Gower's death.
37:34One, a candlestick, suggesting it was Gower who murdered Tavistock,
37:38and two, a vial of opium, suggesting he had then taken his own life.
37:45But how did the killer know about the secret passage?
37:50For that, it either had to be someone who'd been here before,
37:54or someone who'd known someone who'd been here before.
37:59Dickens had been here before in 1842.
38:03He knew about the secret passage.
38:06From Dickens, that information was passed on to his son Francis,
38:11and from Francis, it was passed on to his daughter.
38:19You hated Gower.
38:21He'd always denied your birthright,
38:24always said that you weren't truly a Dickens,
38:27and you were infuriated with Tavistock for buying the pocket watch which you believed was properly yours.
38:35In fact, that's why, among all sorts of valuable memorabilia,
38:39the only item stolen was that pocket watch.
38:43As for the ring, the culprit is someone else entirely.
38:47Gower told us the ring didn't properly fit Tavistock,
38:50and when he was killed, it fell from his finger onto the floor,
38:53and being a bright, shiny object,
38:56it was collected by...
39:00Griffith.
39:06Oh!
39:08I did know about the passage.
39:11My father mentioned it to my mother, who told me about it.
39:15And you're right.
39:17I was angry.
39:19Gower sneered at my claim,
39:22and Tavistock bought my legacy for a song when my father was down on his luck.
39:36New people all idolized my grandfather.
39:41He wasn't always that nice of a man.
39:44He only gave his pocket watch to my father because he considered him a wastrel,
39:49who was always late.
39:53I brought a costume that I didn't need to dress up.
39:59None of you could ever see me for all that I really am.
40:03A proud daughter of my ancestors.
40:08And a true descendant of Charles Dickens.
40:21Did that breakfast drool taste a little off to you?
40:25I don't think the cook was thrilled about being locked up.
40:30I think perhaps next year we'll go back to our usual Dickens birthday brunch in the city.
40:37Perhaps an occasion for my new production of Edwin Dood.
40:42Best of luck.
40:46And what of you two?
40:48Well, we are to be wed as soon as possible before he runs away again.
40:53I do too, as I've waited much too long as it is.
40:56Come along, dear.
40:58Farewell.
41:01George.
41:03How is it you knew so much about Devil's Breath tea?
41:07Actually, I've been doing a little bit of research into poisons and the like.
41:11I hope I can trust your intentions.
41:13Of course you can. But I've been thinking...
41:16You want to write another book.
41:18I do.
41:20Seeing these people so profoundly influenced by the work of a writer,
41:24it's something strange but inspiring.
41:28You need to get back to writing.
41:30Even if that means going away somewhere for a while to get your head back into it.
41:36If I did, I'd miss you. Terribly.
41:41I'd miss you too.
41:43But telling stories is a part of who you are.
41:47What will it be about?
41:50It will be a fictionalized account of some of the cases the detective and I have worked on together.
41:54Oh. Like Holmes and Watson?
41:57Somewhat. But in my telling, the assistant will be the clairvoyant.
42:00All the best fiction is based somewhat in reality.
42:07Detective Murdoch! A moment of your time, please.
42:15Yes?
42:17Something I need you to see. Follow me.
42:27Constable! Hit the switch.
42:34I thought your devices deserved a room of their own.
42:48Thank you, Inspector. This is wonderful.
42:53A place for your amazing inventions. And for all the new ones yet to come.