Murdoch Mysteries Season 18 Episode 17 The Death of James Pendrick (March 10, 2025) FULL EPISODE HD
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00:00Sir? Mrs. Breckenridge, what are you doing in this part of town?
00:05I'm escorting Margaret to an appointment to see a quack.
00:08He is a highly regarded medicinal expert, Thomas.
00:12I've been having the worst itch since my first speech, I think.
00:15And what was it?
00:16Oh, this is terrible!
00:20It's cold, darling. You'll be safe.
00:21I will.
00:30An aeroplane. Probably did like that.
00:33Always falling from the bloody sky.
00:41It says Arcadia.
00:43Given the size of the pilot, I'd say it's a woman.
00:47And the crash, hardly surprising.
00:50Why do I feel we've seen this before?
00:52Sir!
00:53My God!
01:00It's landing!
01:04Not landing.
01:13What have we got, Murdoch?
01:14Sir, some sort of flying machine.
01:17Sir, I think the pilot is still in the machine.
01:19Careful, George. Don't touch any of the metal. It may still be hot.
01:23Bloody hell, Murdoch. You don't think...
01:25No, sir. I don't think the pig was in control of the aircraft.
01:29Except this time the aircraft is piloted by a human being.
01:33And given the heat from the fire, I would say this aircraft was fuelled with liquid hydrogen.
01:40Liquid hydrogen? What's that?
01:42Sir, I believe we may be looking at the piloted version of James Pendrick's rocket.
01:49Pendrick's rocket?
01:50You don't think this had anything to do with Pendrick?
01:53Sir, I don't believe anyone in the world but James Pendrick has ever built a functioning aircraft fuelled by liquid hydrogen.
02:01But the pilot's a woman. Meaning if he built this thing...
02:05Then he's responsible for her death.
02:20This is the aircraft?
02:22What's left of it. What have you learned about the pilot, Miss Hart?
02:26Very little, I'm afraid. She hadn't had any children, nor suffered any broken bones.
02:31Beyond that, I can't tell you anything given the state of the body.
02:34We still have no information as to this aircraft's origin.
02:38Nor the whereabouts of James Pendrick's rocket.
02:41There were a few items on the body that didn't burn in the fire. A piece of melted gold.
02:46Could be an earring. A piece of jewellery.
02:49Perhaps. But this was of the greatest interest. A piece of metal that had withstood the fire.
02:55For it to withstand a liquid hydrogen fire, it would have to be made of tungsten or some other steel alloy.
03:00Something in the back.
03:01I hate to say it, but she may have been planning this all along.
03:04But she made one mistake.
03:07A letter addressed to Ashmi. From Panama City.
03:15I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
03:17I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
03:19I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
03:21I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
03:23I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
03:25I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
03:27I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
03:30Who are you? Identify yourself.
03:36You. Pendrick's assistant.
03:38The name is Ashmi, detective.
03:43Was she working with him again?
03:45For her to have this sort of tag, it means she was involved in this Arcadia project in some official capacity.
03:53But she was an expert in pharmaceuticals.
03:56Why would she be working on a rocket-powered airplane?
03:59I know someone who might be able to tell us.
04:02Svetlana Tsiolkovsky. We meet again.
04:06I assume you know why you're here.
04:08I have no idea.
04:11We're looking for James Pendrick. I suspect you have some idea of his whereabouts.
04:16You suspect wrong.
04:18We found a wrecked aircraft this morning on Girard Street.
04:24It was powered by liquid hydrogen.
04:29I know nothing of this.
04:34My constable found these in your residence today.
04:40Schematics for an experimental aircraft.
04:45Yes. I was designing a specialized airplane with James.
04:50It was to soar great distances in order to deliver medicine around the world.
04:56Medicine?
04:57James discovered an antibacterial drug that would be systemically active.
05:04You mean it could cure bacterial infection anywhere in the body?
05:08He called it antibiotic medicine. It would cure all disease.
05:14His dream was to have it aerosolized and distributed automatically over every city in the world through a mechanism on the long-range aircraft.
05:25We called the project Arcadia. Autonomous rocket-charged aerosolized dispersal aircraft.
05:33Also the Greek word for utopia. Did it work?
05:38We never got that far.
05:40Before it was completed, James disappeared.
05:46And what about Ashmi Desai?
05:50Who?
05:51Mr. Pendrick's former...
05:55I believe she was the person piloting this aircraft when it crashed.
06:01I've never heard of her.
06:03Did Mr. Pendrick recently have cause to replace you as his assistant?
06:10If he did, it would break my heart.
06:15I love James, detective. I always have.
06:23This appears to be the aerosolized particle device she spoke of.
06:28Good lord.
06:29What? What is it?
06:32I've only seen this sort of solution once before.
06:37I put a bullet through it.
06:39Pendrick's instant rabies.
06:42He says he took the spray all over Toronto.
06:44Someone did. Rabies can be transmitted via aerosolized particle through the eyes, nose, and mouth.
06:51If this had been detonated, it could have killed him.
06:55If this had been detonated, it could have killed everyone in the city.
07:02Why would James do that?
07:04James was a man of peace, not war.
07:18It's not yours.
07:20I will not have my name on a war machine.
07:23You betrayed your country, sir.
07:26We have but one life, Murdoch.
07:29I have to be true to myself.
07:32I think you're correct, sir.
07:34I don't believe James Pendrick was behind this.
07:38That's exactly right.
07:42Terrence Myers.
07:45Why am I not surprised?
07:47And why are we correct?
07:49That James Pendrick is not behind this because James Pendrick is dead.
08:05I can't believe James Pendrick is dead.
08:08How did it happen?
08:10Pendrick and I had been working together for much of the past year, but several months ago...
08:14He'd been working with you.
08:16I wouldn't expect that given your history.
08:20Pendrick is not without his faults, but the man is a genius, and in this case, our ends aligned.
08:25He wanted to rid the world of disease, and Canada had the money to fund it.
08:29The Canadian government didn't have other purposes for a long-range rocket-powered aircraft.
08:35So what happened to Pendrick?
08:37There was a fire in his laboratory several months ago, and there were no survivors.
08:43An accident with the liquid hydrogen?
08:46No. I believe it was a murder by an operative of the Ottoman Empire.
08:51The Ottomans? How do they know anything about James Pendrick?
08:55Ironically, through one of Pendrick's own inventions.
09:00What on earth is this device?
09:02Images and texts are processed by the computer and then transmitted to local receivers, which are connected to a network.
09:08We call it cellular telegraphy.
09:10All our transmissions are first recorded to a coil of magnetic wire.
09:14What am I looking at here?
09:16He was a participant in our face space.
09:18Face space?
09:20When a group of people gather together in a mutual conversation, we call it a chat space.
09:25When they transmit images, we call it a face space. It's just marketing.
09:29So you can send a message to anyone in the world with this?
09:32If they have a portal, yes.
09:34They currently have a thousand machines. We want to make that a million, and then a billion.
09:39Pendrick Parler? I thought he shut that down.
09:42Well, the Parler is the machine, so as long as people use them, they exist.
09:48What did you know about it?
09:51Canada became aware of Pendrick's Parler as an alternative means of encrypted communication.
09:56Much more secure than trusting a mail carrier or telegraph operator.
10:00Unfortunately, the Ottomans gained access.
10:03Not so secure after all.
10:06These days we have much more secure passcodes.
10:08These days we have much more secure passcodes. In the past, everyone used the names of their pets.
10:13George Crabtree, I presume?
10:15Yes, we met yesterday.
10:17Not by name. I'm Melody Struthers, assistant machine instructor.
10:21So, I was able to reverse engineer the passcode.
10:25And it was Tesla, so?
10:28Tesla was the name of Pendrick's dog at the time.
10:31Coincidence?
10:32Yes, it has to be.
10:33What was your passcode?
10:35Violet.
10:36Who's Violet?
10:38She was my dog.
10:39But this is Pendrick we're talking about. I mean, he's trying to save humanity, not destroy it.
10:46But the Ottomans cracked the code, intercepted our messages, found out about Arcadia, and conscripted someone to steal it.
10:53How?
10:54They used sophisticated recruitment techniques to find a vulnerable Canadian Parler user in something called chat space.
11:01They turned an ordinary Canadian into an Ottoman agent simply by typing a few lines from somewhere around the world?
11:08Murdoch, manipulating a simple mind is easier than one might think.
11:11One simply has to inundate the target with misinformation, and then convince him he has to commit acts of treason in order to save the world.
11:19So Pendrick was killed by some halfwit sitting behind a computer?
11:23And that halfwit stole the plans for Arcadia, built a biological weapon that is capable of killing the citizens of Toronto.
11:32How do you know about this?
11:34We monitor all Parler transmissions.
11:37Then why didn't you simply start this plot to kill all the citizens of Toronto?
11:43Because we didn't know if the threat was credible.
11:46We didn't know that the Ottomans actually had instant rabies.
11:50Plus, Pendrick's Parler is filled with a myriad of schemes, many of them nothing more than the fantasies of schoolboys.
11:57It is indeed a chaotic web of darkness.
12:01Why the Ottomans?
12:02Because the Ottomans have aligned themselves with the Germans and the Austrians against the Entente.
12:08They anticipate a war the likes of which the world has never seen.
12:12With this technology, it ends before it begins.
12:16By exterminating the enemy.
12:19We need to find out who did this before they try it again.
12:23Even if some Parler halfwit was able to steal Pendrick's schematics, there is no way they could build the Arcadia.
12:33They would have to have had help.
12:37Oh no, she's gone.
12:43Miss Tsiolkovsky, stop.
12:45What are you doing? Why did you run?
12:48You built Arcadia, didn't you?
12:50It's true. I did. But I had nothing to do with turning it into a weapon. I built it for love.
13:03James and I have always loved each other. I wanted to complete his vision.
13:08You did it with the help of the Ottomans.
13:10What? I don't know what you mean.
13:12How did the rabies virus end up on the aircraft? And why did the aircraft crash?
13:18I don't know.
13:19Then why did you lie to us?
13:22I knew you would blame me for the death of Ashmi.
13:25So you did know her?
13:27A group of James' former assistants came together. Myself and Ashmi, as well as Sam Trenwith and Melody Struthers.
13:37And lastly, my assistant, Mr. Sam Trenwith, without whom I'd be entirely lost.
13:43Now that is just shameless flattery, but it does happen to be true.
13:48Sir, we went through the contents of Mr. Trenwith's desk. He seems to have an odd preoccupation with Mr. Pendrick, sir. We found the poems.
13:58You knew he was going to test his theory.
14:02I couldn't let the information get out, not on the eve of the share offering. James needs that money for phase one.
14:09Mr. Trenwith, there isn't going to be a phase one. Mr. Pendrick's flash won't work.
14:14As of this particular moment, maybe. But James will figure it out. He always does. He is a genius.
14:21Whatever did I do to deserve such loyalty?
14:24I believe he was in love with you.
14:28I'm Melody Struthers, assistant machine instructor.
14:31I'm not sure what that means.
14:33It means I write coded instructions for the machines and Professor Harding gets the credit.
14:39We'll be working together. You come up with brilliant ideas and I'll explain in boring detail why they can't work.
14:46Are you also considered indispensable to the future of humanity?
14:49I'm needed for my innovative approach to applied mathematics.
14:53Ah, indeed. Dr. Harding, this is Melody Struthers.
14:56Do you know what this is all about?
14:58Not the foggiest. And if anyone else does, they're not saying.
15:03We all wanted to honor James. We would never betray him by building a weapon.
15:11I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but James Pendrick is dead.
15:22We feared this might be the case.
15:24We worked on Arcadia, hoping every day for his return, but knowing perhaps we were building his monument.
15:39Thomas, where were you? You were supposed to pick me up at my appointment.
15:42Lydia, woman, I've got things on my mind.
15:44Don't speak to me like that.
15:48Margaret, James Pendrick is dead.
15:51Margaret, James Pendrick is dead.
15:54Oh no, Thomas, I'm so sorry.
15:57So am I.
16:02I'll miss him.
16:03Of course you will. I'll go home and make some dinner. William, you are welcome to join us.
16:14You alright, Murdoch? You probably knew him the best.
16:17No, I don't know, sir.
16:20I suppose you're right.
16:21Detective Murdoch, we meet again.
16:24It's flying! We're flying!
16:27What did you expect, ma'am? I'm James Pendrick!
16:37You've all noticed these. They're very easy to use. Simply affix them like this.
16:44Now, prepare to be transported to a new world. A world where all your senses are engaged.
17:02Moving pictures are this century's predominant form of entertainment. I'm willing to bet on it, for young and old.
17:08I highly doubt that.
17:10How many bombs have you defused, Murdoch?
17:12Uh, two.
17:14That's two more than I.
17:17Sir, I don't think James Pendrick would want our tears. He would want us to clear his good name.
17:24It's but a little.
17:27So, progress?
17:29We'll be keeping Mr. Tsiolkovsky in custody until we know more.
17:34But I believe another of Mr. Pendrick's assistants could be the Ottoman operative we're looking for.
17:40Figure it out, gentlemen. In the meantime, I'll be taking the rabies. It's an asset of the Canadian government.
17:45Fine. We don't want it here.
17:48Where is it?
17:50What?
17:51The rabies file. It was right there, and now it's gone.
17:58Then the operative we seek is within this station house.
18:04Oh.
18:12That vial was stolen within the last hour. We've checked Ms. Tsiolkovsky, but she's clean.
18:17One of your constables, then.
18:19My men are trustworthy.
18:20I'm sure most of your men are trustworthy, sir, but one of them may well be a spy.
18:25Should kill them all, just to be sure.
18:27It could also have been the chief constable, or myself for that matter. Do you propose to kill us as well?
18:36Every man here will be checked. No one comes in or goes out until we find the vial.
18:44You have the afternoon to find the culprit.
18:47Where are you going?
18:48I have to attend to a matter. All you know.
18:51Mr. Myers, just as the chief constable and myself could be the culprit, so could you.
19:00I beg your pardon?
19:02You were here in the station house unattended the entire time we chased down Ms. Tsiolkovsky.
19:07Murdoch, have I ever lied to you?
19:11I'm Lyle Anderson. And you are?
19:15I became God.
19:16It's time for the truth, Myers.
19:18I've told you the truth.
19:20I never did say McCarthy was real. I just neglected to tell you he wasn't.
19:25Enough lies, Mr. Myers.
19:27I have no idea what you're talking about.
19:28You actually own an insurance company?
19:31Yes, I do.
19:32No, not at all, sir. I regret if you inferred that I was inferring that...
19:36Enough.
19:38I cede the point. Go ahead.
19:49What's this?
19:51I was testing a new found pen. You've way finished.
19:59I don't trust him, Murdoch.
20:00Neither do I.
20:01Do you think he took the vial?
20:02I have no idea. But I'd like to find out what he's up to.
20:08Do you still have the Pendrick portal in your office?
20:10No, no, no, no. I've got two wrapped up in it.
20:12Look at this.
20:13Someone sent out a photo of a cat hanging from a clothesline.
20:17Bloody priceless.
20:19I was going to throw it in the garbage, but then Margaret took to it.
20:24Your wife has been using a Pendrick portal?
20:27She types non-stop. She's at it night and day.
20:37Margaret!
20:39Margaret!
20:43This is Brackenreed. I must say I'm surprised to learn that you are a parlor machine user.
20:49Oh, it's a marvel. I can speak to anyone on here. We trade recipes and remedies.
20:54I found out about the man who's healing my wrist from a parlor user.
21:00You got medical advice from a stranger communicating to you through a computer?
21:06Why not seek care from the Women's College Hospital?
21:09I like to do my own research.
21:12I told you. Addicted. Margaret, we need to use the portal for a few minutes.
21:18Fine. Just let me know when you're finished.
21:23Put the kettle on.
21:25What are you thinking, madam?
21:27Sir, I believe the slip of paper in Meyer's pocket is his passcode.
21:32If so, it will grant us access to all of his communications, no matter how secretive.
21:39Have you gained access to the machine yet?
21:41Not yet.
21:42You need to reconfigure the passcode manually.
21:45What's in here then?
21:46Hopefully Mr. Cormac's latest transmissions.
21:49So you can send a message to anyone in the world with this?
21:52I want to bring the world together, Inspector. A free exchange of ideas between people and peoples.
21:58I just want to send a message without talking to anyone.
22:00I've managed to access some of the blocked sections.
22:03Bloody hell. He's naked.
22:05Meyer's keeps the passcode in his pocket.
22:07He said the government mandated greater security. A random string of letters and numbers is much more difficult to remember.
22:14How did you remember it? You only saw it for a second.
22:17I don't know. I just remember things.
22:23It worked.
22:24Right. A number of messages reference a specific location. A 77 Amelia Street. It must be the location of some sort of government asset.
22:38Another aircraft perhaps?
22:40Possibly. He calls it Jade Neck Prism.
22:45What's that?
22:46Perhaps it's a refractory weapon of some kind.
22:50Oh, here, sir. A message from Meyer's just this morning, telling someone that he will be at the Amelia Street location later today.
23:02And that person then in turn replied that the access protocol has changed to ask for Mr. George.
23:13So he's there now? What are we waiting for?
23:20Ah.
23:22I told you. Addicted. She didn't even put the kettle on.
23:28Oh. Just the thumbs.
23:30The criticisms.
23:46Must be the wrong place. Maybe 77 Amelia Street is code for something.
23:51Pardon me, sir.
23:52We're looking for Mr. George?
23:58There is no one by that name here.
24:01Let's get out of here, madam.
24:03Sir.
24:07King George.
24:23What the? Where did you find me?
24:50Forget about that. What are you hiding from us? Did you take that vial?
24:55You are on the site of a top secret operation. You have to leave now.
24:59Tell us what you're hiding. And what's this Jade Neck Prism? A weapon?
25:03I will tell you nothing. Both of you, out.
25:05No. He's not hiding a device. He's hiding a man.
25:13Jade Neck Prism. It's an anagram.
25:21All right, come out. Anagram for James Penderel.
25:30You're alive.
25:32Indeed I am.
25:37I've been hiding my true progress on Arcadia to prevent you from weaponizing it.
25:41Instead, I've been feeding my research to my team.
25:44Your team? How?
25:47I used your portal.
25:50To possibly monitor all transmissions on the portal?
25:54We used a backdoor channel engineered by Cat Lady.
25:57Your pseudonym is Cat Lady?
26:01Yes. I like cats.
26:04Melody Struthers. But clearly the plan was folly. Someone must have infiltrated my assistance operation and weaponized Arcadia.
26:12One of your assistants has been compromised by the Ottomans?
26:16Any idea who?
26:18No. But I know who it isn't. And she can help us.
26:27James, I feared I would never see you again.
26:30Hoping we would be reunited is the only thing that gave me reason to go on.
26:34All right, enough. Please, who is the spy?
26:37I know it wasn't Svetlana. We installed a failsafe on Arcadia. A self-destruct feature that only she and I knew about.
26:44She's the only one I truly trusted.
26:47It's true. I destroyed Arcadia.
26:50Because it had been outfitted with a biological weapon?
26:54Yes. I discovered Ashmi was a spy. I confronted her and she tried to kill me. I escaped.
27:01When I saw Arcadia taking off, I knew I had to stop the operation.
27:06Why didn't you simply tell us about all of this?
27:09I trust no one but James.
27:12Any other assistants?
27:14I said that was always the plan if something went wrong.
27:18I am so sorry, James. I destroyed our dream.
27:22We saved every man, woman, and child in the city.
27:28All right, well, if Ashmi was the spy, then that problem is solved.
27:32But the vial was stolen after the crash, which means that someone else, someone else working in this station house is also working on behalf of the Ottomans.
27:42What is this?
27:44Oh, this is Ashmi Desai's identity tag.
27:48No. This.
27:51Oh, it's a filigree medal of some kind. I assume she was wearing jewelry at the time.
27:57This does not belong to Ashmi.
27:59Of course.
28:02I'm Melody Struthers, assistant machine instructor.
28:06The gold plating has melted off, but this is the typin always worn by Melody Struthers.
28:10So she's the one who died in the crash.
28:13Ashmi knew I was onto her. She must have known her flight could be compromised.
28:17So she was forced into the pilot's seat and her identity tags were exchanged.
28:22Oh, Melody.
28:29Detective Murdoch.
28:31So Ashmi is still alive, but she was never here.
28:34How could the vial have been stolen without us noticing?
28:40It's her.
28:42Ashmi? What does she want?
28:45James.
28:53Ashmi.
28:55Hello, James.
28:57What do you want? Arcadia?
28:59I already have the plans to rebuild Arcadia. I want you dead.
29:04And I have something to trade.
29:06Mrs. Brackenreed.
29:11She has your wife, Thomas.
29:19Margaret?
29:21Are you alright?
29:23Thomas, I'm so sorry. I met her at the parlor and she said that your life was in danger and that stealing that vial would save you.
29:31Enough.
29:33Bring me James Pendrick or your wife will be injected with a dose of rabies that will kill her in a matter of minutes.
29:41What? No! No!
29:43No!
29:59I'm sorry, Tom.
30:01Pendrick's too important.
30:03You're gonna let her die!
30:05It will be alright, sir. We just need to focus.
30:08Now, if Ashmi intends to use the rabies as a weapon, then we could...
30:16It's dangerous, Murdoch.
30:18We would only need to...
30:20I have some in my lab.
30:22But of course then we would have to...
30:24It's too big.
30:26A muscle?
30:27Of course.
30:32I will return to you. I will return.
30:38I will return.
30:46Alright, Ashmi. You have me. I'll let Margaret go.
30:50Not until I am certain. First, you must die.
30:56Fine. Do what you must.
31:00No, Pendrick. You mustn't.
31:08There. It's done. Now let her go.
31:20Only a matter of minutes now. Are you ready to die, James Pendrick?
31:25Not just yet.
31:29What is this?
31:31The antidote. Aerosolized.
31:35The house is surrounded. Ashmi Desai, you are under arrest.
31:51What happens to Ashmi now?
31:54She will be coming with me.
31:56She stole the plans for Arcadia and needed Pendrick dead so he wouldn't build it for Canadians.
32:01What about Svetlana?
32:03She and Pendrick will also be coming with me as they will be rebuilding Arcadia.
32:08This is outrageous. I caught your spy and returned honorably. Svetzi saved the city from total eradication. We deserve our freedom.
32:14Pendrick, the world will be at war unless one side, preferably ours, doesn't have the deterrent to stop it.
32:22The jobs are not done.
32:24I don't think so.
32:27Get out of the way, Tom.
32:30They're free to go.
32:32They're not free to go. Get out of the way, now.
32:36James saved my wife. You were willing to let her die. If you want him, you're gonna have to go through me.
32:46I demand you step aside, now.
32:50No. Murdoch, get them out of here.
32:52Murdoch, get them out of here.
32:58The government of Canada commands you to step aside.
33:04I take orders from the king, and the king is instructing me to knock your bloody head clean off, sunshine.
33:11But is the world still not in danger? Terence Myers has the plans for Arcadia that had been stolen by Ashby.
33:18The plans are useless.
33:20Much like the self-destruct feature, there are several crucial pieces missing from the written schematics.
33:26Only Svetzi and I know the missing elements.
33:28We had to keep the technology from falling into the wrong hands.
33:32The only two pieces of the puzzle that are missing are the pieces of the puzzle.
33:35We had to keep the technology from falling into the wrong hands.
33:39The only two people who can rebuild Arcadia are standing right here, and we will never do it again.
33:45Not even to cure humanity of all diseases?
33:48Humanity cannot be trusted.
33:51Thank you, Murdoch. For once again.
33:55I hope we meet again someday.
33:58Given that every time I do, the fate of the world seems to hang in the balance, I sincerely hope we don't.
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