1 00:00:37,797 --> 00:00:43,843 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 2 00:00:47,060 --> 00:00:49,156 The pace of change is incredible. 3 00:00:49,298 --> 00:00:51,952 The Temple Building is twelve storeys high! 4 00:00:52,230 --> 00:00:53,968 Progress in motion, I suppose. 5 00:00:54,002 --> 00:00:55,970 When was the last time you were in Toronto? 6 00:00:56,294 --> 00:00:58,450 Well, nearly 10 years ago now. 7 00:00:58,490 --> 00:01:00,721 Speaking of the pace of change. 8 00:01:01,246 --> 00:01:03,134 How have the lectures been? 9 00:01:03,254 --> 00:01:05,215 There is always some resistance when it comes 10 00:01:05,229 --> 00:01:07,236 to the discussion of aging, I find. 11 00:01:07,256 --> 00:01:09,850 People are generally uncomfortable discussing mortality. 12 00:01:09,870 --> 00:01:12,585 And... experiencing it, I'd wager. 13 00:01:12,705 --> 00:01:15,927 But your lectures are more about the stigma of aging, are they not? 14 00:01:15,954 --> 00:01:17,416 In part. 15 00:01:17,504 --> 00:01:20,044 Far too many people resent the simple truth: 16 00:01:20,071 --> 00:01:23,002 as we grow old, we weaken in both body and mind. 17 00:01:23,056 --> 00:01:26,115 This recent outrage in the newspapers is a perfect example of that. 18 00:01:26,128 --> 00:01:29,806 I saw the headlines. There is an air of frenzy about them. 19 00:01:31,302 --> 00:01:33,343 Yes, well... 20 00:01:33,463 --> 00:01:36,753 "In Dr. William Osler's lecture at the University of Toronto, 21 00:01:36,773 --> 00:01:38,962 he put forth an audacious theory 22 00:01:38,976 --> 00:01:42,576 that men over 60 should be euthanized with chloroform." 23 00:01:44,185 --> 00:01:47,062 Well, it's a... bold assertion. 24 00:01:47,102 --> 00:01:49,817 I was being facetious, of course. 25 00:01:49,864 --> 00:01:53,151 Now every paper on the continent is printing this falsehood as fact. 26 00:01:53,271 --> 00:01:56,357 Perhaps you should write a letter clarifying your position. 27 00:01:56,384 --> 00:01:58,405 Oh, I can't imagine that'll be necessary. 28 00:01:58,426 --> 00:02:01,753 It's sensationalist nonsense. Now, enough of that. 29 00:02:02,535 --> 00:02:05,101 I'm so pleased to see how far you've come, Julia. 30 00:02:05,149 --> 00:02:07,224 Due in no small part to you. 31 00:02:08,126 --> 00:02:09,844 For a time at McGill, 32 00:02:09,878 --> 00:02:12,451 I considered leaving medical school entirely. 33 00:02:12,681 --> 00:02:14,903 Dr. Osler encouraged me to continue, 34 00:02:15,023 --> 00:02:17,834 reinvigorated my interest in medicine. 35 00:02:17,894 --> 00:02:19,835 Oh! I didn't know that. 36 00:02:19,882 --> 00:02:22,483 You just needed a bit of prodding, from what I remember. 37 00:02:22,603 --> 00:02:24,342 A gifted student. 38 00:02:24,462 --> 00:02:26,100 And I would be remiss if I didn't ask 39 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:27,993 such a handsome couple about children. 40 00:02:28,310 --> 00:02:29,765 - Oh... - Oh... 41 00:02:29,833 --> 00:02:32,514 unfortunately, that hasn't been in the cards for us. 42 00:02:33,181 --> 00:02:36,590 - Do you have children, Doctor? - A boy, Edward. 43 00:02:36,832 --> 00:02:39,783 - And how is Mrs. Osler? - Oh, fine form. 44 00:02:39,903 --> 00:02:43,798 Dr. Osler's wife is the great-granddaughter of Paul Revere. 45 00:02:43,918 --> 00:02:46,128 - Is that right? - Yes, yes, 46 00:02:46,155 --> 00:02:49,807 quite an accomplishment, riding a horse for an entire evening. 47 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:53,594 Osler! 48 00:02:54,173 --> 00:02:57,771 Murderer! You killed him! You killed my father! 49 00:02:57,818 --> 00:02:59,805 - Calm yourself sir! - He killed my father! 50 00:02:59,818 --> 00:03:02,211 That bastard murdered my father! 51 00:03:08,401 --> 00:03:11,884 _ 52 00:03:12,908 --> 00:03:16,986 Perhaps Dr. Osler didn't realize the influence his words would have. 53 00:03:17,868 --> 00:03:20,341 He's been here for some time, by the looks of it. 54 00:03:20,375 --> 00:03:22,228 For at least eight hours. 55 00:03:22,348 --> 00:03:23,960 Norman. 56 00:03:24,364 --> 00:03:26,344 Oh my poor, sweet Norman. 57 00:03:26,716 --> 00:03:29,084 I'm terribly sorry for your loss. 58 00:03:29,456 --> 00:03:34,315 My husband would never do this to himself. Please, believe me. 59 00:03:34,605 --> 00:03:37,845 We will investigate every avenue, I assure you. 60 00:03:37,879 --> 00:03:40,863 Detective, please. My son, Archie, 61 00:03:40,876 --> 00:03:44,633 he wouldn't have hurt Dr. Osler. He was just emotional. 62 00:03:44,667 --> 00:03:46,676 He and Norman had been arguing. 63 00:03:46,905 --> 00:03:49,795 I know that he blames himself for this... 64 00:03:49,983 --> 00:03:51,634 We'll be keeping him overnight. 65 00:03:51,661 --> 00:03:53,473 I'll have a word with him in the morning. 66 00:03:56,411 --> 00:03:58,246 Excuse me. 67 00:03:58,281 --> 00:04:00,028 What is it? 68 00:04:02,185 --> 00:04:04,199 This window latch is broken. 69 00:04:04,754 --> 00:04:07,702 The window appears to have been jimmied from the outside. 70 00:04:07,736 --> 00:04:09,535 Mrs. Doyle, do you know anything about this? 71 00:04:09,555 --> 00:04:12,060 I've never noticed it before. 72 00:04:12,095 --> 00:04:14,068 William... 73 00:04:24,706 --> 00:04:27,309 Perhaps this wasn't a suicide after all. 74 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,122 Put it in the jar behind you. 75 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,796 Heavier than I would have thought. 76 00:04:47,469 --> 00:04:49,231 So what do you think? 77 00:04:49,265 --> 00:04:52,267 Are you able to finish here? Stitch him up? 78 00:04:52,301 --> 00:04:55,103 Of course. I used to stitch up my brothers all the time. 79 00:04:55,138 --> 00:04:57,008 If I can stitch them up while they're squirming, 80 00:04:57,039 --> 00:04:59,697 - I'm sure I can do it while they're still. - Good. 81 00:04:59,817 --> 00:05:02,410 So Dr. Osler was your teacher. 82 00:05:03,085 --> 00:05:06,042 This was some time ago, but yes. 83 00:05:06,581 --> 00:05:10,333 I must confess, I'm not quite certain what his contributions have been. 84 00:05:10,373 --> 00:05:12,502 Oh, there are a great many, 85 00:05:12,622 --> 00:05:15,992 chief among them is his belief in not only treating the disease, 86 00:05:16,006 --> 00:05:18,788 but also caring for the patient as well. 87 00:05:18,835 --> 00:05:22,137 It's quite a departure from the singular nature of traditional medicine. 88 00:05:22,150 --> 00:05:24,932 So is counseling old people to take their own lives. 89 00:05:24,967 --> 00:05:28,173 That was twisted completely out of context. 90 00:05:28,179 --> 00:05:30,598 It was never meant to be taken seriously. 91 00:05:30,658 --> 00:05:33,241 Actually, I thought there was some validity to it. 92 00:05:33,276 --> 00:05:34,828 How so? 93 00:05:34,868 --> 00:05:36,289 Well, people in their later days 94 00:05:36,309 --> 00:05:38,707 can be a drain on a family's resources. 95 00:05:38,714 --> 00:05:41,483 Perhaps allowing the aged to choose their final day is a... 96 00:05:41,821 --> 00:05:43,485 compassionate act. 97 00:05:43,519 --> 00:05:45,787 There may be some truth in that, 98 00:05:45,821 --> 00:05:47,956 but that is not the role of a doctor. 99 00:05:47,990 --> 00:05:50,181 Our job is to do no harm. 100 00:05:54,641 --> 00:05:56,413 This is madness. 101 00:05:56,533 --> 00:05:58,346 That poor man. 102 00:05:58,609 --> 00:06:02,003 I should never have made such a callous remark, even in jest... 103 00:06:02,237 --> 00:06:06,064 Actually, Doctor, we believe it may have been murder. 104 00:06:06,184 --> 00:06:08,698 So the killer staged the suicide? 105 00:06:08,873 --> 00:06:11,359 - So it would seem. - How depraved. 106 00:06:11,419 --> 00:06:12,942 Not to worry, Doctor. 107 00:06:12,975 --> 00:06:14,684 Even if the story had been the catalyst, 108 00:06:14,695 --> 00:06:16,306 the man was getting quite old. 109 00:06:16,317 --> 00:06:18,565 Probably didn't have far to go till the end, anyway. 110 00:06:18,823 --> 00:06:20,295 You and I are rapidly approaching 111 00:06:20,316 --> 00:06:22,456 that final curtain ourselves, Inspector. 112 00:06:22,822 --> 00:06:24,006 Is that so? 113 00:06:24,025 --> 00:06:26,995 By the time a man hits 40, he's on the decline. 114 00:06:27,029 --> 00:06:29,954 There is not a medicine in the world that can cure that. 115 00:06:36,550 --> 00:06:38,187 Mr. Doyle. 116 00:06:39,442 --> 00:06:41,090 Ahem. 117 00:06:41,130 --> 00:06:43,657 If you could please describe the events 118 00:06:43,670 --> 00:06:45,981 leading up to the discovery of your father's body. 119 00:06:46,964 --> 00:06:49,184 I went over to the house last night 120 00:06:49,835 --> 00:06:51,438 to discuss a business matter. 121 00:06:51,492 --> 00:06:54,294 - You were in business together? - Doyle's Footgear. 122 00:06:56,336 --> 00:06:58,727 When I arrived, there was no answer. 123 00:06:58,761 --> 00:07:02,498 I entered, I found him lying dead. I saw the chloroform, 124 00:07:02,525 --> 00:07:04,699 I saw the newspaper, and I knew what happened. 125 00:07:04,734 --> 00:07:06,616 I read the story myself. 126 00:07:06,869 --> 00:07:08,298 Where was your mother? 127 00:07:09,489 --> 00:07:11,542 With her church group, I believe. 128 00:07:12,550 --> 00:07:15,293 She said my father didn't want to get out of bed that day. 129 00:07:16,495 --> 00:07:18,704 Was this a regular occurrence? 130 00:07:19,858 --> 00:07:21,116 Yes. 131 00:07:22,514 --> 00:07:25,252 His spirit had been dampened. 132 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,076 Tempered, after turning 60. 133 00:07:29,170 --> 00:07:32,366 Often, he would slip into these dark moods, 134 00:07:32,427 --> 00:07:35,648 sometimes refusing to leave the house for days at a time. 135 00:07:36,132 --> 00:07:38,282 That must have been quite trying. 136 00:07:39,238 --> 00:07:41,436 For my mother, especially. 137 00:07:42,627 --> 00:07:44,534 He confided in me that... 138 00:07:44,595 --> 00:07:47,175 he was afraid of becoming useless. 139 00:07:47,545 --> 00:07:51,101 I think that article is what pushed him over the edge. 140 00:07:52,105 --> 00:07:56,255 Your mother mentioned an argument you and your father had recently. 141 00:07:57,104 --> 00:07:59,187 It was also a business matter. 142 00:07:59,630 --> 00:08:02,902 She seemed to think it was part of the reason why you were so upset. 143 00:08:03,022 --> 00:08:06,628 I was upset because I'd found my father dead, 144 00:08:06,662 --> 00:08:08,863 and I knew that Osler was the cause. 145 00:08:08,898 --> 00:08:10,932 Why are you asking me this? 146 00:08:11,330 --> 00:08:13,303 Mr. Doyle, we have reason to believe 147 00:08:13,330 --> 00:08:16,321 that your father's death may not have been a suicide. 148 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:18,969 But... but I saw with my own eyes. 149 00:08:21,974 --> 00:08:24,669 Do you know of anyone who may have wished him harm? 150 00:08:30,847 --> 00:08:32,538 His old partner, 151 00:08:33,246 --> 00:08:35,156 Oliver Linehan. 152 00:08:35,191 --> 00:08:38,727 They had a falling out a few years ago, before my father brought me in. 153 00:08:38,847 --> 00:08:40,817 He always threatened he'd ruin us. 154 00:08:40,831 --> 00:08:43,127 He even threatened violence, if I recall. 155 00:08:48,402 --> 00:08:50,969 Hello, George Crabtree. 156 00:08:52,229 --> 00:08:53,845 Miss Cherry. 157 00:08:55,422 --> 00:08:57,430 This has gone long enough. 158 00:08:57,726 --> 00:08:59,902 I harbour no animosity towards you, 159 00:08:59,929 --> 00:09:02,220 and I hope you bear none towards me. 160 00:09:02,752 --> 00:09:04,988 No, of course not. 161 00:09:05,716 --> 00:09:07,689 I'd like to move on. 162 00:09:07,723 --> 00:09:09,591 As professionals. 163 00:09:14,226 --> 00:09:16,476 I heard Dr. Osler is here. 164 00:09:16,503 --> 00:09:18,139 I'd very much like to speak with him. 165 00:09:18,153 --> 00:09:20,106 I can't imagine he feels the same way, 166 00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:22,504 not after what the newspapers have been printing about him lately. 167 00:09:22,538 --> 00:09:24,819 Is it true that a man committed suicide 168 00:09:24,862 --> 00:09:27,293 - because of the doctor's comments? - I can't say. 169 00:09:27,574 --> 00:09:28,792 Just a quote. 170 00:09:28,867 --> 00:09:30,991 Why don't you wait until the investigation is finished 171 00:09:31,013 --> 00:09:32,847 before continuing with this? 172 00:09:34,861 --> 00:09:37,981 You always were a stickler, George Crabtree. 173 00:09:37,997 --> 00:09:40,083 Only when it comes to the truth. 174 00:09:40,523 --> 00:09:41,916 The truth? 175 00:09:42,271 --> 00:09:43,958 People infer the truth. 176 00:09:45,171 --> 00:09:46,868 Please, if I could only speak with him for a moment, 177 00:09:46,922 --> 00:09:50,010 it's an international story. It would mean a great deal to me. 178 00:09:50,059 --> 00:09:52,878 Louise, I can't help you. 179 00:10:01,877 --> 00:10:04,041 Mr. Linehan, you and Mr. Doyle 180 00:10:04,079 --> 00:10:05,961 were business partners, is that right? 181 00:10:06,081 --> 00:10:09,551 Yeah. We started our company together nearly 20 years ago. 182 00:10:09,856 --> 00:10:11,386 Made a good go at it. 183 00:10:11,420 --> 00:10:13,221 Became quite successful. 184 00:10:13,764 --> 00:10:15,111 What happened? 185 00:10:15,305 --> 00:10:18,893 I wanted to change the way we produced our shoes, 186 00:10:18,928 --> 00:10:20,679 he wouldn't consider it. 187 00:10:20,878 --> 00:10:22,931 Stubborn old buzzard! 188 00:10:23,299 --> 00:10:26,068 - I see. - We dissolved the partnership, 189 00:10:26,338 --> 00:10:30,002 but the division of the assets fell heavily in his favor. 190 00:10:30,439 --> 00:10:32,131 That was no accident. 191 00:10:32,251 --> 00:10:34,766 I was left with next to nothing. 192 00:10:35,661 --> 00:10:37,493 Did you threaten him? 193 00:10:37,613 --> 00:10:39,331 Oh, multiple times. 194 00:10:39,337 --> 00:10:41,546 But I started my own company instead. 195 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,486 Linehan Soles. And I made it my mission 196 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,654 to destroy his company. 197 00:10:46,689 --> 00:10:48,432 Our company. 198 00:10:49,456 --> 00:10:50,959 Were you successful? 199 00:10:50,993 --> 00:10:52,761 I surpassed him 200 00:10:52,793 --> 00:10:54,996 very quickly in sales. 201 00:10:55,380 --> 00:10:57,385 That was my revenge. 202 00:11:02,218 --> 00:11:04,729 Doctor! Oh, won't you join us? 203 00:11:04,849 --> 00:11:08,281 Just a drink; I've lost my appetite. Look at this. 204 00:11:09,574 --> 00:11:13,778 It proposes that I was the impetus behind the man's suicide. 205 00:11:14,436 --> 00:11:16,527 This journalist doesn't realize he was murdered. 206 00:11:16,602 --> 00:11:18,553 I know the woman who wrote this. 207 00:11:18,673 --> 00:11:21,256 A ploy to sell more papers, it would seem. 208 00:11:21,290 --> 00:11:23,048 Well, clearly it's working. 209 00:11:23,168 --> 00:11:25,441 Tonight I was booed at my lecture, 210 00:11:25,856 --> 00:11:28,621 and the university has canceled the remainder of the engagements. 211 00:11:28,659 --> 00:11:30,664 Oh, I'm so sorry. 212 00:11:30,784 --> 00:11:33,461 I know how horrible it is to be attacked in the press. 213 00:11:33,488 --> 00:11:35,622 This matter will be resolved quickly, 214 00:11:35,638 --> 00:11:37,373 and the record will be set straight. 215 00:11:37,422 --> 00:11:38,920 Don't misunderstand me; 216 00:11:38,974 --> 00:11:41,944 I realize mine isn't the tragic role in this story. 217 00:11:42,246 --> 00:11:43,922 But what an odd thing, 218 00:11:43,971 --> 00:11:47,272 to be completely powerless as to the way the world views you. 219 00:12:02,673 --> 00:12:04,910 So you think it's this Linehan fellow, then? 220 00:12:05,030 --> 00:12:08,096 Possibly. Their dispute is years old, though. 221 00:12:08,470 --> 00:12:09,895 What about the son, Archie? 222 00:12:09,915 --> 00:12:12,280 He has shown a propensity for violence. 223 00:12:12,334 --> 00:12:13,741 But you're not sure. 224 00:12:13,775 --> 00:12:16,807 Well sir, he seemed genuinely devastated at the loss. 225 00:12:16,820 --> 00:12:19,434 - Many a killer is, Murdoch. - Sirs, 226 00:12:19,488 --> 00:12:22,650 I spoke to some of the employees at the Doyle factory. 227 00:12:22,685 --> 00:12:25,855 I think the argument between Archie and Norman 228 00:12:26,055 --> 00:12:28,222 was worse than Archie let on. 229 00:12:28,257 --> 00:12:30,503 - Apparently threats were made. - What sort? 230 00:12:30,550 --> 00:12:33,191 Well, someone said that they heard Archie 231 00:12:33,218 --> 00:12:36,371 threaten to smother Norman in his sleep. 232 00:12:37,884 --> 00:12:41,300 Right. George, bring Mr. Doyle back in. 233 00:12:41,340 --> 00:12:43,267 - Sir. - There you have it. 234 00:12:43,489 --> 00:12:44,965 Right then. 235 00:12:45,275 --> 00:12:47,370 I'm nipping out for a couple of hours. 236 00:12:47,490 --> 00:12:49,644 Gotta go and see a man about a dog. 237 00:12:51,614 --> 00:12:53,695 Are you all right, Inspector? 238 00:12:53,815 --> 00:12:55,292 I'm fine. 239 00:12:55,332 --> 00:12:57,320 Did a few sets of press-ups this morning. 240 00:12:57,333 --> 00:12:59,085 It gets the old blood flowing. 241 00:12:59,205 --> 00:13:00,978 I set a new personal best. 242 00:13:00,984 --> 00:13:03,315 Honestly Murdoch, I feel I'm getting stronger with age. 243 00:13:03,342 --> 00:13:06,993 - Well sir, biologically that is a... - That'll do, Murdoch. 244 00:13:09,229 --> 00:13:11,446 You threatened to kill him. It was overheard. 245 00:13:11,452 --> 00:13:14,248 You think I murdered my own father? 246 00:13:14,436 --> 00:13:18,164 Is this what passes for police work these days? This is outrageous! 247 00:13:18,191 --> 00:13:20,933 - Sit down, Mr. Doyle. - There is a killer out there! 248 00:13:20,953 --> 00:13:23,702 Sit down, Mr. Doyle. 249 00:13:36,974 --> 00:13:38,760 Please. 250 00:13:40,996 --> 00:13:42,964 We argued about the company. 251 00:13:44,095 --> 00:13:46,729 The future of the industry is in glue. 252 00:13:46,849 --> 00:13:49,073 - Glue? - As opposed to stitching. 253 00:13:49,193 --> 00:13:52,688 Glue is less expensive to produce, and faster. 254 00:13:53,176 --> 00:13:55,096 But father wouldn't hear about it. 255 00:13:56,074 --> 00:13:58,780 You insisted on making the change, 256 00:13:58,814 --> 00:14:00,797 he refused, it got heated. 257 00:14:00,824 --> 00:14:03,559 I went over to the house that night to apologize. 258 00:14:04,212 --> 00:14:06,186 That's when I found him. 259 00:14:07,729 --> 00:14:09,979 At first I was afraid that he... 260 00:14:10,370 --> 00:14:13,928 that he had done what he did because of our argument. 261 00:14:13,962 --> 00:14:16,097 And then I saw the newspaper there. 262 00:14:16,304 --> 00:14:18,541 That's when you went after Dr. Osler. 263 00:14:18,601 --> 00:14:20,968 I was blind with rage. 264 00:14:24,401 --> 00:14:26,045 What is it? 265 00:14:26,422 --> 00:14:29,285 Miles Borden, sir, age 65. 266 00:14:29,339 --> 00:14:30,889 Everything seems to be quite the same. 267 00:14:30,909 --> 00:14:32,809 The chloroform, the newspaper, 268 00:14:32,929 --> 00:14:35,221 the victim's vintage. Roughly. 269 00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:38,448 - He was a clock maker? - No, a lawyer, in fact. 270 00:14:38,475 --> 00:14:41,001 This seems to be something of a hobby of his. 271 00:14:41,048 --> 00:14:43,691 - Some impressive work though. - Really? 272 00:14:43,726 --> 00:14:45,866 Yes, well some of the pieces on the mantel here 273 00:14:45,877 --> 00:14:47,509 are particularly sophisticated. 274 00:14:47,629 --> 00:14:51,087 Did you know, sir, that I'm a bit of an amateur horologist myself? 275 00:14:51,297 --> 00:14:53,518 I made this pocket watch I'm carrying. 276 00:14:53,638 --> 00:14:55,609 - You made this, George? - Yes sir. 277 00:14:57,135 --> 00:15:00,400 - Does it work? - Yes. Well... 278 00:15:01,941 --> 00:15:03,655 at least twice a day. 279 00:15:04,733 --> 00:15:06,252 Hm. 280 00:15:07,136 --> 00:15:08,920 No evidence of forced entry. 281 00:15:08,963 --> 00:15:11,786 No blood, no sign of a struggle. 282 00:15:12,223 --> 00:15:14,622 Perhaps this really was a suicide. 283 00:15:19,687 --> 00:15:20,895 Look at that. 284 00:15:21,465 --> 00:15:23,287 Some sort of discolouration. 285 00:15:24,025 --> 00:15:25,685 Bruising, George. 286 00:15:25,868 --> 00:15:28,682 Chloroform was held forcefully over his mouth. 287 00:15:28,937 --> 00:15:30,838 This man was also murdered. 288 00:15:45,895 --> 00:15:49,490 Bruising indicates the cloth was held forcefully. 289 00:15:49,743 --> 00:15:51,581 Two of his fingernails were broken, 290 00:15:51,608 --> 00:15:53,537 suggesting he was fighting back. 291 00:15:53,806 --> 00:15:56,355 So two murders made to look like suicides. 292 00:15:56,970 --> 00:16:00,586 Both made to appear inspired by Dr. Osler's comments. 293 00:16:00,635 --> 00:16:01,977 What's the connection? 294 00:16:02,030 --> 00:16:04,461 Aside from their ages, none that we know of yet. 295 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,565 - Could be a sequential killer. - But what is the motive? 296 00:16:07,685 --> 00:16:10,233 Both men in their 60s. Both still working. 297 00:16:10,445 --> 00:16:12,390 Perhaps the killer's sending a message. 298 00:16:12,714 --> 00:16:14,885 Maybe that old people shouldn't work? 299 00:16:15,950 --> 00:16:17,536 Miss Violet Hart, 300 00:16:17,574 --> 00:16:20,209 allow me to introduce Inspector Thomas Brackenreid 301 00:16:20,236 --> 00:16:21,735 and Detective William Murdoch. 302 00:16:21,772 --> 00:16:23,949 Miss Hart will be assisting me in the morgue 303 00:16:23,965 --> 00:16:25,302 for the foreseeable future. 304 00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:28,162 Your theories on the elderly are way off, young lady. 305 00:16:28,912 --> 00:16:30,335 Detective Murdoch. 306 00:16:30,524 --> 00:16:33,089 I've heard quite a bit about you. It's an honour. 307 00:16:35,070 --> 00:16:36,408 How do you do. 308 00:16:36,688 --> 00:16:38,785 I'll ask George to look into their records. 309 00:16:38,834 --> 00:16:41,653 We can't discount the possibility that there's some connection. 310 00:16:42,127 --> 00:16:43,431 Ladies. 311 00:16:43,738 --> 00:16:44,876 Inspector. 312 00:16:45,180 --> 00:16:48,332 - I taught him everything he knows. - I heard that, sir. 313 00:16:53,468 --> 00:16:54,632 Hello, George. 314 00:16:55,586 --> 00:16:57,974 Miss Cherry. I'm in a bit of a rush, I'm afraid. 315 00:16:58,034 --> 00:17:00,551 Is it true there's been another Osler related suicide? 316 00:17:01,499 --> 00:17:02,820 Miss Cherry, 317 00:17:02,868 --> 00:17:05,029 sometimes the way that you ask a question, 318 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,061 it's impossible to answer. 319 00:17:07,335 --> 00:17:08,706 Well, is it true? 320 00:17:09,671 --> 00:17:11,195 They were both murders. 321 00:17:11,594 --> 00:17:14,975 The killer, or killers, masked them up to look like suicides. 322 00:17:15,151 --> 00:17:17,647 You would do well to be more careful about what you write. 323 00:17:17,690 --> 00:17:19,706 I didn't realize you were such an authority on journalism. 324 00:17:19,743 --> 00:17:21,360 Just a piece of advice. 325 00:17:22,433 --> 00:17:25,305 I was quite disappointed things didn't work out between us. 326 00:17:25,343 --> 00:17:27,407 But then, as now, 327 00:17:27,482 --> 00:17:29,466 I was simply doing my job. 328 00:17:30,770 --> 00:17:32,192 Crabtree. 329 00:17:32,227 --> 00:17:34,542 - Sir. - What did Nosy Nelly want? 330 00:17:34,601 --> 00:17:36,892 - Sir, just fishing. - Hmm. 331 00:17:36,930 --> 00:17:39,769 - Where are you off to now? - Oh, joining these two on their beat. 332 00:17:39,889 --> 00:17:41,360 Fresh air and a long walk. 333 00:17:41,403 --> 00:17:43,440 Affirmation of life, eh lads? 334 00:17:43,638 --> 00:17:46,006 Are you all right, sir? 335 00:17:46,044 --> 00:17:48,108 Just a few too many curl-ups. 336 00:17:48,228 --> 00:17:49,877 Right. Let's crack on, lads. 337 00:17:51,002 --> 00:17:52,343 ... Curl-ups. 338 00:18:02,275 --> 00:18:03,515 Detective Murdoch? 339 00:18:03,725 --> 00:18:04,927 Jack Borden. 340 00:18:04,943 --> 00:18:07,961 Ah, Mr. Borden, thank you for coming in. 341 00:18:08,958 --> 00:18:10,769 Please, have a seat. 342 00:18:11,179 --> 00:18:13,826 My sympathies for the loss of your uncle. 343 00:18:15,259 --> 00:18:16,882 Are there any suspects? 344 00:18:17,345 --> 00:18:20,008 We're investigating all possibilities. 345 00:18:20,930 --> 00:18:22,832 What can you tell me about him? 346 00:18:23,985 --> 00:18:26,046 Uncle Miles was a great man. 347 00:18:26,232 --> 00:18:28,103 Caring, highly intelligent, 348 00:18:28,146 --> 00:18:30,566 - generous to a fault. - A fault? 349 00:18:30,873 --> 00:18:33,077 Yes. He was always taking on cases for free, 350 00:18:33,573 --> 00:18:35,972 helping out those less fortunate, however he could. 351 00:18:36,921 --> 00:18:38,412 More so as time went on. 352 00:18:39,523 --> 00:18:41,032 You worked together? 353 00:18:41,152 --> 00:18:42,358 We were partners. 354 00:18:42,630 --> 00:18:43,997 We run... 355 00:18:46,028 --> 00:18:47,801 ran our own law firm. 356 00:18:50,270 --> 00:18:51,945 I returned from a business trip yesterday, 357 00:18:51,972 --> 00:18:53,999 I assumed I'd see him in his office this morning. 358 00:18:54,888 --> 00:18:56,268 This is devastating. 359 00:18:56,667 --> 00:18:58,117 Of course. 360 00:19:00,617 --> 00:19:02,182 This may sound odd... 361 00:19:02,363 --> 00:19:04,315 are you certain it wasn't suicide? 362 00:19:04,363 --> 00:19:06,648 Quite certain. Why do you ask? 363 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,520 It's just Miles was always so full of life. Verve. 364 00:19:11,833 --> 00:19:13,894 But he changed when he turned 60. 365 00:19:13,928 --> 00:19:16,080 It's as if a dark cloud were following him. 366 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,424 That's when he started with those damned clocks. 367 00:19:18,766 --> 00:19:20,305 Ah. Yes, I noticed. 368 00:19:20,342 --> 00:19:22,342 He joked it was the only way he could control time. 369 00:19:22,557 --> 00:19:24,180 He became obsessed. 370 00:19:25,441 --> 00:19:27,619 I suppose some part of me had been expecting him 371 00:19:27,624 --> 00:19:29,645 to take his own life these past few years. 372 00:19:30,023 --> 00:19:31,505 I see. 373 00:19:31,553 --> 00:19:34,098 Do you know of anyone who may have wished him harm? 374 00:19:37,085 --> 00:19:38,786 Strother Campbell. 375 00:19:40,290 --> 00:19:42,556 He's a junior partner at our law firm. 376 00:19:42,969 --> 00:19:45,626 Miles was the one to recruit him, actually. 377 00:19:45,794 --> 00:19:48,628 He rose very quickly, but over the past couple of years, 378 00:19:48,663 --> 00:19:51,511 - he became quite antagonistic. - How so? 379 00:19:51,631 --> 00:19:53,500 He thought Miles should step down. 380 00:19:54,136 --> 00:19:57,261 Strother would be the one to take over his cases, his standing. 381 00:19:58,064 --> 00:20:00,559 Things got heated at a company meeting a few weeks ago. 382 00:20:00,597 --> 00:20:03,771 - Strother threatened him. - What did he say, exactly? 383 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:06,822 He told Miles if he didn't step down, 384 00:20:06,849 --> 00:20:09,275 Strother would remove the element of choice. 385 00:20:13,414 --> 00:20:17,062 "The Doctor has directly inspired at least two murders, 386 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:18,760 which bear a striking similarity 387 00:20:18,787 --> 00:20:20,819 to the macabre theory put forth at his lecture." 388 00:20:20,836 --> 00:20:22,916 It's all just so ridiculous. 389 00:20:22,943 --> 00:20:25,142 There is an old expression about doctors: 390 00:20:25,185 --> 00:20:27,148 "The sun gives light to their successes, 391 00:20:27,152 --> 00:20:29,076 and the earth hides their failures." 392 00:20:29,609 --> 00:20:31,436 That's a lovely sentiment. 393 00:20:31,608 --> 00:20:33,554 We are fortunate to do what we do. 394 00:20:33,570 --> 00:20:35,289 This too shall pass. 395 00:20:36,147 --> 00:20:39,435 You have made quite a life for yourself here. The city suits you. 396 00:20:39,484 --> 00:20:41,983 As you said, I've been very fortunate. 397 00:20:42,159 --> 00:20:44,840 And your Detective Murdoch seems like a fine fellow. 398 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,524 He is. 399 00:20:49,286 --> 00:20:51,792 At dinner the other night, you asked about children. 400 00:20:51,826 --> 00:20:54,630 - I hope I wasn't untoward. - Oh, not at all. 401 00:20:54,641 --> 00:20:57,787 I just wasn't able to elaborate at that moment. 402 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,649 We've been unable to conceive up till now, 403 00:21:10,010 --> 00:21:12,878 but I believe I have a solution. 404 00:21:13,632 --> 00:21:16,952 Are you familiar with Ernest Starling and his recent work 405 00:21:16,984 --> 00:21:19,252 - on pancreatic secretion? - Somewhat. 406 00:21:19,287 --> 00:21:20,606 Hormones, I believe, 407 00:21:20,617 --> 00:21:23,026 - was the word he proposed for the secretion. - Yes. 408 00:21:23,058 --> 00:21:25,425 Well, I believe the same principal 409 00:21:25,441 --> 00:21:27,300 can be applied to the reproductive sciences. 410 00:21:27,791 --> 00:21:31,245 of the pancreas, If hormones regulate the activity and the growth 411 00:21:31,261 --> 00:21:33,810 it stands to reason that the same principle 412 00:21:33,827 --> 00:21:35,395 could be applied of the ovary. 413 00:21:35,427 --> 00:21:36,785 Perhaps... 414 00:21:36,990 --> 00:21:40,833 I've been researching a treatment that would boost hormone efficacy. 415 00:21:41,037 --> 00:21:44,177 If all goes well, I would be the first test subject. 416 00:21:44,212 --> 00:21:46,524 Has the treatment been scrutinized? 417 00:21:47,116 --> 00:21:48,787 There are still more tests to be done, 418 00:21:48,809 --> 00:21:52,231 which is why I haven't told William. I want to be sure, first. 419 00:21:52,453 --> 00:21:53,859 Julia. 420 00:21:54,455 --> 00:21:56,327 I wish you nothing but the best. 421 00:21:56,447 --> 00:21:59,739 But if I may provide a slight guiding principal. 422 00:21:59,949 --> 00:22:01,264 Of course. 423 00:22:01,296 --> 00:22:03,463 Caution over exuberance. 424 00:22:03,937 --> 00:22:06,666 Children are the greatest gift anyone could receive, 425 00:22:06,701 --> 00:22:08,550 and we should all know the joys of parenthood. 426 00:22:08,577 --> 00:22:11,202 But you mustn't allow your scientific judgment 427 00:22:11,223 --> 00:22:13,073 to be clouded by your desire. 428 00:22:13,481 --> 00:22:15,928 The risks must be heeded. 429 00:22:22,879 --> 00:22:24,269 This is the life, lads. 430 00:22:24,313 --> 00:22:26,420 Wind at your back, comrades at your side, 431 00:22:26,458 --> 00:22:28,376 the authority to arrest who you please. 432 00:22:28,393 --> 00:22:31,432 - Serve and protect, that's what I always say. - Yes, sir. 433 00:22:31,599 --> 00:22:33,107 These are the salad days, son. 434 00:22:33,172 --> 00:22:35,118 - Enjoy them while you can. - Sir. 435 00:22:35,398 --> 00:22:37,052 You there, you there! 436 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,100 Oi, you there! Stop! 437 00:22:42,765 --> 00:22:44,565 Get him! 438 00:22:59,488 --> 00:23:00,787 Good work, son. 439 00:23:00,822 --> 00:23:02,194 Thank you, sir. 440 00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:03,648 These shoes are too bloody tight, 441 00:23:03,664 --> 00:23:05,297 otherwise I would have been right there beside you. 442 00:23:05,351 --> 00:23:07,884 Sir. I've never seen such speed! 443 00:23:08,138 --> 00:23:09,604 Where were you, Higgins? 444 00:23:09,609 --> 00:23:11,587 I'm giving you 20 bloody years! 445 00:23:12,562 --> 00:23:14,427 25, sir. 446 00:23:15,397 --> 00:23:20,106 I have statements from a number of witnesses, including his nephew, 447 00:23:20,141 --> 00:23:23,596 that you threatened Mr. Borden days before his murder. 448 00:23:23,623 --> 00:23:26,546 In a fit of anger, my mind may have trailed my mouth. 449 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,196 But I did not kill the man. 450 00:23:28,217 --> 00:23:31,051 On the contrary, I admired and respected him. 451 00:23:31,686 --> 00:23:33,887 What was the argument about? 452 00:23:34,576 --> 00:23:36,442 The old man took me under his wing, 453 00:23:36,469 --> 00:23:38,672 and I will be forever grateful. 454 00:23:38,679 --> 00:23:41,690 But his time had passed, and the work was suffering. 455 00:23:41,810 --> 00:23:44,731 It was merely hubris that kept him going. 456 00:23:44,765 --> 00:23:46,686 You seem quite certain of that. 457 00:23:46,902 --> 00:23:49,025 I'm a pragmatist, Detective. 458 00:23:49,145 --> 00:23:52,334 The law is about performance and ability, not emotion. 459 00:23:52,355 --> 00:23:55,638 I brought in more clients than any other lawyer at that firm. 460 00:23:55,676 --> 00:23:57,508 I should have been the senior partner. 461 00:23:58,716 --> 00:24:00,847 Where were you this morning, Mr. Campbell? 462 00:24:01,432 --> 00:24:02,916 Meeting with a client. 463 00:24:02,950 --> 00:24:06,359 I went directly from home to his office, then to the firm. 464 00:24:06,479 --> 00:24:08,595 I'll be needing his name and address. 465 00:24:09,633 --> 00:24:13,093 Of course. But you should be talking to Miles's nephew, Jack. 466 00:24:13,158 --> 00:24:14,360 Why do you say that? 467 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,015 Jack was always complaining about the pro bono work 468 00:24:17,016 --> 00:24:18,638 his uncle was doing for the firm. 469 00:24:18,665 --> 00:24:20,557 They were constantly arguing about it. 470 00:24:21,199 --> 00:24:23,247 Miles had become somewhat of a... 471 00:24:23,301 --> 00:24:25,230 philanthropist in his later years. 472 00:24:25,279 --> 00:24:28,194 And you believe that gave Jack cause? 473 00:24:28,476 --> 00:24:32,113 I believe Jack to be unstable, vindictive and greedy. 474 00:24:33,034 --> 00:24:34,548 Interesting. 475 00:24:34,582 --> 00:24:37,411 He said much the same about you. 476 00:24:38,602 --> 00:24:40,251 Sir. 477 00:24:46,060 --> 00:24:48,028 Bloody epidemic, this. 478 00:24:48,691 --> 00:24:50,200 So it would seem. 479 00:24:50,594 --> 00:24:52,190 Why does he look like that? 480 00:24:52,459 --> 00:24:54,868 And why would a man save his own waste? 481 00:24:55,326 --> 00:24:57,404 He was a recluse of some sort. 482 00:25:01,647 --> 00:25:02,984 Sir. 483 00:25:04,843 --> 00:25:07,705 - Bloody hell. - Mr. Paul Adelaide. 484 00:25:07,770 --> 00:25:09,958 He was found by the woman who cleans here, 485 00:25:10,078 --> 00:25:12,723 an Eleanor Webster. She's waiting for us. 486 00:25:12,750 --> 00:25:14,091 A maid? 487 00:25:14,211 --> 00:25:16,220 Had her work cut out for her, didn't she? 488 00:25:17,772 --> 00:25:20,154 I went through the usual ritual: 489 00:25:20,214 --> 00:25:21,960 knock thrice before entering, 490 00:25:21,998 --> 00:25:24,417 remove shoes on, not near the doormat, 491 00:25:24,816 --> 00:25:27,532 hair in a net, pillowcases on my feet. 492 00:25:27,818 --> 00:25:30,076 I stepped into the living room, and there he was. 493 00:25:30,243 --> 00:25:32,523 How long had you worked for Mr. Adelaide? 494 00:25:32,773 --> 00:25:34,307 Nearly 10 years. 495 00:25:34,345 --> 00:25:37,168 And how would you characterize your relationship? 496 00:25:37,288 --> 00:25:39,017 He was my employer. 497 00:25:39,303 --> 00:25:40,747 He paid well... 498 00:25:40,867 --> 00:25:43,783 but the man should have been put in a sanitarium years ago. 499 00:25:44,146 --> 00:25:48,002 I did his cleaning, shopping, took in his laundry... everything. 500 00:25:48,358 --> 00:25:49,914 I was the wife he paid. 501 00:25:49,940 --> 00:25:51,216 I see. 502 00:25:51,453 --> 00:25:53,174 Did he have enemies? 503 00:25:53,471 --> 00:25:56,066 I should think so; he could be a right bastard. 504 00:25:56,748 --> 00:25:58,479 But he was ill. 505 00:25:59,460 --> 00:26:01,101 It's a wonder he didn't do it sooner. 506 00:26:02,335 --> 00:26:03,737 Ms. Webster... 507 00:26:04,283 --> 00:26:05,939 it wasn't suicide. 508 00:26:06,388 --> 00:26:08,108 Mr. Adelaide was murdered. 509 00:26:09,281 --> 00:26:11,014 The result is the same. 510 00:26:13,503 --> 00:26:15,796 When did you last see him alive? 511 00:26:15,916 --> 00:26:17,115 Yesterday. 512 00:26:17,344 --> 00:26:18,939 He screamed at me for leaving 513 00:26:18,973 --> 00:26:20,875 streaks on his dining room table... 514 00:26:21,108 --> 00:26:22,763 a table he never used. 515 00:26:23,531 --> 00:26:26,556 Threatened to withhold this week's pay, and then paid me double. 516 00:26:27,509 --> 00:26:28,777 Generous. 517 00:26:28,897 --> 00:26:30,174 Demented. 518 00:26:31,188 --> 00:26:34,034 What kind of person keeps someone on edge that way? 519 00:26:34,745 --> 00:26:36,534 10 years of that. 520 00:26:37,276 --> 00:26:39,220 He was a sick man, Detective. 521 00:26:39,565 --> 00:26:41,030 He refused help and pushed away 522 00:26:41,031 --> 00:26:42,907 whatever friends and family he did have. 523 00:26:43,325 --> 00:26:46,071 As much as I pitied him, death should have come sooner. 524 00:26:48,257 --> 00:26:50,106 Looks to me like a sequential killer 525 00:26:50,136 --> 00:26:52,319 choosing victims in the autumn of their years. 526 00:26:52,561 --> 00:26:54,648 That is a distinct possibility. 527 00:26:54,687 --> 00:26:55,980 A possibility? 528 00:26:56,014 --> 00:26:57,760 You still think there's more than one killer? 529 00:26:58,355 --> 00:27:01,615 Sir, there are differences between the first and the other two murders. 530 00:27:01,632 --> 00:27:03,525 What, the bruising as opposed to the head wound? 531 00:27:04,232 --> 00:27:06,634 I find it difficult to believe that someone would 532 00:27:06,647 --> 00:27:09,117 kill three men solely based on something 533 00:27:09,134 --> 00:27:11,514 Dr. Osler supposedly said. 534 00:27:11,859 --> 00:27:13,381 Stranger things, Murdoch. 535 00:27:13,454 --> 00:27:15,823 - Stranger things. - Sirs, 536 00:27:15,943 --> 00:27:18,821 the latest edition of Miss Cherry's column has just come out. 537 00:27:18,903 --> 00:27:20,113 What now? 538 00:27:20,147 --> 00:27:22,301 She accuse Osler himself of the murders? 539 00:27:22,421 --> 00:27:25,112 Well, not quite. She's published a letter 540 00:27:25,146 --> 00:27:27,574 from somebody calling himself "The Mercy Killer." 541 00:27:27,759 --> 00:27:30,041 He's taking responsibility for all three murders. 542 00:27:30,442 --> 00:27:32,692 I'm not one to say I told you so, Murdoch. 543 00:27:32,943 --> 00:27:34,435 So I won't. 544 00:27:45,261 --> 00:27:47,199 Ah, Miss Cherry. 545 00:27:47,319 --> 00:27:48,326 Come in. 546 00:27:49,232 --> 00:27:50,572 Please, have a seat. 547 00:27:50,771 --> 00:27:52,887 I imagine you'll be wanting this, Detective. 548 00:27:53,822 --> 00:27:55,644 Yes. Thank you. 549 00:27:57,072 --> 00:27:58,457 Typewritten, 550 00:27:58,474 --> 00:28:01,637 no return address or signature, plain stationary. 551 00:28:02,784 --> 00:28:04,175 I can see that. 552 00:28:04,229 --> 00:28:06,002 It's quite nondescript. 553 00:28:06,805 --> 00:28:08,255 How did you obtain this? 554 00:28:08,331 --> 00:28:09,991 It came in the day's mail. 555 00:28:12,201 --> 00:28:16,298 - Miss Cherry, if you know who... - I have no reason to lie, Detective. 556 00:28:16,993 --> 00:28:19,293 Well, that's not exactly true. 557 00:28:19,413 --> 00:28:22,034 - How so? - Reveal the killer, 558 00:28:22,069 --> 00:28:23,487 lose your exclusive. 559 00:28:24,327 --> 00:28:25,729 You must think me quite the monster, 560 00:28:25,745 --> 00:28:28,294 to put my career above the lives of innocent people. 561 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,883 You should have come to us first. 562 00:28:32,003 --> 00:28:34,680 The public's right to know is equally as important as yours. 563 00:28:34,939 --> 00:28:36,642 Besides, I'm giving it to you now. 564 00:28:37,580 --> 00:28:39,434 Yes, well, 565 00:28:39,725 --> 00:28:42,955 - next time. - I meant no harm, Detective. 566 00:28:43,244 --> 00:28:44,883 I was simply doing what I thought 567 00:28:44,910 --> 00:28:46,931 was in the best interest of the public. 568 00:28:48,068 --> 00:28:50,129 As I will continue to do. 569 00:28:57,134 --> 00:29:00,907 "The aged have been a blight on our society for far too long. 570 00:29:00,929 --> 00:29:03,829 Until they realize the burden they place on the young, 571 00:29:03,856 --> 00:29:05,882 the killings will continue." 572 00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:07,748 He's baiting us. 573 00:29:08,060 --> 00:29:11,138 The letter sheds no light on how he's choosing his victims. 574 00:29:11,197 --> 00:29:14,167 It's right here in black and white: they're old. 575 00:29:14,614 --> 00:29:16,756 Yes, but why these ones? 576 00:29:16,876 --> 00:29:19,362 I don't believe a man who goes through the trouble 577 00:29:19,395 --> 00:29:22,795 of staging such elaborate murders would choose his victims at random. 578 00:29:22,829 --> 00:29:24,391 Not everything's a puzzle, Murdoch. 579 00:29:24,413 --> 00:29:26,406 Sometimes people are just crackers. 580 00:29:26,611 --> 00:29:28,715 He has to find them somewhere. 581 00:29:28,928 --> 00:29:31,698 It may be as simple as following old people home. 582 00:29:31,818 --> 00:29:33,719 But how does he know their schedules? 583 00:29:33,735 --> 00:29:35,826 Or the exact right time to strike? 584 00:29:35,946 --> 00:29:39,555 We've found no familial, social, or financial connections. 585 00:29:40,078 --> 00:29:42,961 I have George retracing their steps over the past few days. 586 00:29:43,009 --> 00:29:45,517 You do that, then. And while Crabtree pushes paper, 587 00:29:45,549 --> 00:29:47,311 more geezers are at risk. 588 00:29:59,362 --> 00:30:01,634 Hope you're all behaving yourselves today, gentlemen. 589 00:30:02,919 --> 00:30:04,637 You did well today, son. 590 00:30:04,850 --> 00:30:07,124 - I'll get the drinks, sir. - Good lad. 591 00:30:10,740 --> 00:30:12,131 Sir? 592 00:30:12,422 --> 00:30:14,755 - What? - Would you like to sit? 593 00:30:15,119 --> 00:30:17,975 - Are you speaking to me? - Yeah, there's a seat right here. 594 00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:19,410 Why would I need a seat? 595 00:30:19,525 --> 00:30:22,441 - I don't know, I just thought... - Do I look like an invalid to you? 596 00:30:22,461 --> 00:30:25,742 - Uh, sir? - Why you think I need to sit down? 597 00:30:25,783 --> 00:30:28,344 I've been walking around all day and I feel as fit as a fiddle. 598 00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:31,047 Unlike you, who looks like a stiff bloody wind'd blow you over. 599 00:30:31,078 --> 00:30:32,526 - I just thought... - Thought what? 600 00:30:33,027 --> 00:30:35,645 - Well, speak up, you dopey-lookin' sod! - Father, 601 00:30:35,658 --> 00:30:36,939 we'd best be heading home. 602 00:30:41,638 --> 00:30:42,902 Never get old, son. 603 00:30:48,956 --> 00:30:50,495 Mr. Stanley Bingham. 604 00:30:50,862 --> 00:30:52,336 His name's familiar. 605 00:30:52,552 --> 00:30:55,877 He was Professor Emeritus of Biology at the university. 606 00:30:55,891 --> 00:30:56,930 Of course. 607 00:30:57,050 --> 00:31:00,017 He was a colleague of Dr. Osler's, if I'm not mistaken. 608 00:31:00,689 --> 00:31:03,551 Bruising and chloroform is consistent with the others. 609 00:31:03,939 --> 00:31:05,298 If there's anything else... 610 00:31:05,315 --> 00:31:06,639 We'll let you know. 611 00:31:12,536 --> 00:31:13,829 Sir. 612 00:31:14,286 --> 00:31:16,171 - Find anything? - Not much I'm afraid, 613 00:31:16,205 --> 00:31:19,547 the professor's wife died years ago and he has no other family. 614 00:31:19,590 --> 00:31:22,186 No one at the university had so much as a bad word to say about him. 615 00:31:22,211 --> 00:31:24,283 But there is something else, sir. 616 00:31:24,403 --> 00:31:26,540 Afternoon edition. There's another letter. 617 00:31:28,434 --> 00:31:31,915 He claims responsibility, but doesn't mention Bingham by name. 618 00:31:31,958 --> 00:31:33,586 That doesn't mean he didn't do it. 619 00:31:33,861 --> 00:31:35,709 He may not even know their names. 620 00:31:36,415 --> 00:31:39,994 Sirs, this may be nothing, but I found laundry receipts 621 00:31:40,021 --> 00:31:42,424 belonging to our latest victim, Stanley Bingham. 622 00:31:42,473 --> 00:31:44,903 It appears he used the same service as our last victim, 623 00:31:44,930 --> 00:31:48,137 Paul Adelaide. They both went to Churchill's Laundry Service. 624 00:31:48,153 --> 00:31:50,330 So they'll both have clean shirts for their burials. 625 00:31:50,357 --> 00:31:51,694 Is this all we've got? 626 00:31:51,814 --> 00:31:54,264 - Well, also... - What is it, Crabtree? 627 00:31:55,558 --> 00:31:57,719 There's something about this letter, the way it's worded. 628 00:31:57,746 --> 00:31:59,110 What about it? 629 00:31:59,288 --> 00:32:02,267 Well, the killer uses the phrase, "lays down the knife and fork." 630 00:32:02,289 --> 00:32:04,358 It's an antiquated expression for dying. 631 00:32:04,417 --> 00:32:08,761 "Until the last sexagenarian lays down the knife and fork." 632 00:32:08,881 --> 00:32:11,267 - Never heard it before. - I have. 633 00:32:11,273 --> 00:32:12,765 Well good for you, Crabtree. 634 00:32:12,799 --> 00:32:15,665 Must be one of your Newfoundland sayings that I'm unaware of. 635 00:32:15,681 --> 00:32:17,034 Newfoundland, sir. 636 00:32:17,154 --> 00:32:20,203 But no, I heard it from Miss Cherry. 637 00:32:23,167 --> 00:32:25,803 "Lay down the knife and fork". 638 00:32:26,313 --> 00:32:29,604 That's a fairly specific expression, don't you think? 639 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,706 I suppose so. 640 00:32:32,153 --> 00:32:34,859 Miss Cherry, is there anything you would like to tell us? 641 00:32:35,727 --> 00:32:37,122 I have no idea. 642 00:32:37,306 --> 00:32:38,912 What are you insinuating? 643 00:32:39,032 --> 00:32:42,319 Have you altered, or tampered with this letter in any way? 644 00:32:42,394 --> 00:32:43,860 Absolutely not. 645 00:32:43,925 --> 00:32:46,663 Need I remind you that four men are dead? 646 00:32:47,186 --> 00:32:50,369 If you've had contact with the killer, you must tell us. 647 00:32:50,630 --> 00:32:52,886 Are you helping him to write these? 648 00:32:53,357 --> 00:32:54,839 Louise, tell us the truth, please. 649 00:32:54,871 --> 00:32:56,806 I've heard you use the phrase before. 650 00:32:56,978 --> 00:32:59,236 I don't know what you're talking about. 651 00:33:00,912 --> 00:33:02,971 Well, then. Perhaps a night in the cells 652 00:33:03,004 --> 00:33:04,674 will help to refresh your memory. 653 00:33:06,846 --> 00:33:08,134 Wait. 654 00:33:10,941 --> 00:33:12,191 It's me. 655 00:33:13,668 --> 00:33:15,878 I am the Mercy Killer. 656 00:33:23,957 --> 00:33:25,924 Explain yourself, Miss Cherry. 657 00:33:27,078 --> 00:33:28,996 Of course I didn't kill anyone, 658 00:33:29,174 --> 00:33:31,007 but I did write those letters. 659 00:33:31,050 --> 00:33:32,403 Why would you do that? 660 00:33:32,775 --> 00:33:35,448 I was simply trying to give a voice to the killer. 661 00:33:35,626 --> 00:33:37,426 But you don't know anything about him! 662 00:33:37,431 --> 00:33:39,140 Or if it's even one killer. 663 00:33:39,260 --> 00:33:41,764 I know that whoever he or they are, 664 00:33:41,802 --> 00:33:43,960 they were putting the aged in danger. 665 00:33:43,996 --> 00:33:46,415 And using Dr. Osler's comments as fuel. 666 00:33:46,432 --> 00:33:48,813 Comments that you took out of context. 667 00:33:48,933 --> 00:33:52,421 You are dangerously close to seeing the inside of a cell, Miss Cherry. 668 00:33:52,541 --> 00:33:54,484 I've committed no crime, Detective. 669 00:33:54,505 --> 00:33:56,759 Impersonating a killer, for a start. 670 00:33:57,071 --> 00:34:00,480 - It was merely a performance. - A performance? 671 00:34:00,992 --> 00:34:04,009 I was attempting to fuse a persona into the story, 672 00:34:04,225 --> 00:34:07,922 as the journalistic essays of Mark Twain or Daniel Defoe might have. 673 00:34:08,342 --> 00:34:10,946 Giving the killer an identity, as it were. 674 00:34:11,647 --> 00:34:14,368 You have ruined the reputation of a great man, 675 00:34:14,378 --> 00:34:16,297 and possibly aided a murderer. 676 00:34:16,361 --> 00:34:18,318 Louise, this goes beyond the pale. 677 00:34:18,544 --> 00:34:20,048 I'm sorry you feel that way. 678 00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:23,303 I'll be telephoning the senior editor of the Gazette . 679 00:34:23,319 --> 00:34:26,288 At least we'll have the satisfaction of seeing you fired. 680 00:34:26,613 --> 00:34:28,283 That is your right. 681 00:34:29,248 --> 00:34:31,555 George, take Miss Cherry to the cells. 682 00:34:32,186 --> 00:34:34,824 - On what charge? - Obstruction of justice. 683 00:34:35,665 --> 00:34:37,330 Don't touch me. 684 00:34:47,721 --> 00:34:49,770 I still think it's a sequential killer. 685 00:34:49,890 --> 00:34:52,233 Just because Louise Cherry invented one out of thin air 686 00:34:52,237 --> 00:34:53,535 doesn't mean a real one isn't out there. 687 00:34:53,548 --> 00:34:55,678 But that still leaves the question of motive. 688 00:34:55,798 --> 00:34:57,988 And I've had a nagging thought, although 689 00:34:58,036 --> 00:34:59,652 it might be somewhat unorthodox. 690 00:34:59,673 --> 00:35:01,097 It's all fair game at this point. 691 00:35:01,217 --> 00:35:03,601 Well, sir, what if it is a single killer, 692 00:35:03,834 --> 00:35:05,494 but the motive isn't madness? 693 00:35:05,695 --> 00:35:08,263 What if there was only one true target? 694 00:35:08,298 --> 00:35:09,526 And the others were distractions? 695 00:35:09,556 --> 00:35:11,255 Killed to make it look like a pattern. 696 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,877 Misdirection... decoys, if you will. 697 00:35:13,997 --> 00:35:16,516 Well, if that's true, which one was the intended victim 698 00:35:16,546 --> 00:35:18,064 and which were the decoys? 699 00:35:18,905 --> 00:35:22,521 Henry, you and George gather the alibis 700 00:35:22,530 --> 00:35:24,436 of everyone that may have had motivation. 701 00:35:24,462 --> 00:35:27,130 Times, dates, locations. As quickly as possible, please. 702 00:35:27,156 --> 00:35:28,226 Sir. 703 00:35:30,955 --> 00:35:32,352 Right. Strother Campbell? 704 00:35:32,395 --> 00:35:35,827 He was meeting with clients the day of Paul Adelaide's murder. 705 00:35:37,967 --> 00:35:39,314 Oliver Linehan? 706 00:35:39,434 --> 00:35:42,931 I was able to confirm his meetings the day of Norman Doyle's murder. 707 00:35:42,966 --> 00:35:46,101 And he was out of town the day Stanley Bingham was killed. 708 00:35:46,135 --> 00:35:48,003 It's like tic tac bloody toe. 709 00:35:48,794 --> 00:35:50,172 Eleanor Webster? 710 00:35:50,206 --> 00:35:51,932 She was at the hospital with her son 711 00:35:51,942 --> 00:35:54,891 the day Doyle was killed, and attending Adelaide's funeral 712 00:35:54,902 --> 00:35:56,578 the day of the Bingham murder, sir. 713 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,299 All right. That only leaves one person without alibi 714 00:36:01,317 --> 00:36:04,120 - for all of the murders. - Well, that's it, then. 715 00:36:04,691 --> 00:36:06,098 He's the one. 716 00:36:12,927 --> 00:36:15,931 Ah. Have you found the killer? 717 00:36:15,965 --> 00:36:17,945 Archie Doyle, you're under arrest 718 00:36:17,994 --> 00:36:20,316 for the murders of Norman Doyle, Miles Borden, 719 00:36:20,327 --> 00:36:23,447 - Paul Adelaide and Stanley Bingham. - What?! Are you're joking? 720 00:36:23,469 --> 00:36:25,274 Come quietly and don't make a scene. 721 00:36:25,317 --> 00:36:27,985 I didn't kill my father. I didn't kill anyone! 722 00:36:28,001 --> 00:36:31,176 - We'll talk about this down at the station. - Stop! 723 00:36:32,124 --> 00:36:35,589 Ma'am, you're welcome to come down to the Station House, but... 724 00:36:35,611 --> 00:36:37,665 My son didn't murder Norman. 725 00:36:37,697 --> 00:36:39,239 No one did. 726 00:36:40,020 --> 00:36:43,513 - Norman... killed himself. - What? 727 00:36:43,561 --> 00:36:45,809 I never thought he was capable. 728 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:50,247 - No... - I left that morning to go and fetch eggs. 729 00:36:50,367 --> 00:36:52,200 He didn't want to get out of bed. 730 00:36:52,715 --> 00:36:55,704 I decided that I would cook his favorite breakfast. 731 00:36:56,677 --> 00:36:59,308 But when I returned, I found him 732 00:37:00,131 --> 00:37:01,592 ... dead. 733 00:37:02,707 --> 00:37:04,992 By his own hand. 734 00:37:05,795 --> 00:37:08,150 That doesn't explain the blow to his head, 735 00:37:08,184 --> 00:37:09,891 nor the window latch that was tampered with. 736 00:37:09,945 --> 00:37:12,532 This is a god-fearing home, Inspector. 737 00:37:12,872 --> 00:37:15,791 If the church discovered the truth about Norman's death, 738 00:37:15,825 --> 00:37:19,476 they never would have allowed us to be buried in the same cemetery. 739 00:37:19,853 --> 00:37:23,710 I did what I had to so that we could be together. 740 00:37:23,877 --> 00:37:27,110 I wanted to be with him in this life and the next. 741 00:37:27,143 --> 00:37:29,799 - Oh, Mother. - Oh, my boy. 742 00:37:29,853 --> 00:37:31,497 Oh, my son. 743 00:37:31,561 --> 00:37:33,695 I'm so sorry. 744 00:37:34,175 --> 00:37:35,236 What now? 745 00:37:35,948 --> 00:37:38,087 All of the other suspects have alibis. 746 00:37:38,847 --> 00:37:40,443 Not quite. 747 00:37:44,884 --> 00:37:47,856 - Mr. Borden. - How did you get in here? 748 00:37:48,177 --> 00:37:51,472 You're coming with us to the station house. Suspicion of murder. 749 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,865 That's preposterous! 750 00:37:53,335 --> 00:37:55,599 I told your constable the same thing I told you. 751 00:37:55,632 --> 00:37:57,633 I wasn't even in town for the first murder! 752 00:37:57,667 --> 00:37:59,250 That's what gave you away. 753 00:37:59,574 --> 00:38:01,764 - I don't follow. - Oh, you will. 754 00:38:02,346 --> 00:38:04,295 You had an alibi for the first murder, 755 00:38:04,415 --> 00:38:05,782 that of Norman Doyle, 756 00:38:05,972 --> 00:38:07,382 but none for the others. 757 00:38:07,502 --> 00:38:09,659 I see. And that isn't enough? 758 00:38:09,844 --> 00:38:13,215 Norman Doyle's death wasn't murder. It was suicide. 759 00:38:13,249 --> 00:38:15,217 You didn't need to be in town. 760 00:38:15,589 --> 00:38:18,465 And this is your proof? Scheduling? 761 00:38:18,478 --> 00:38:20,956 Detective, please, I'm embarrassed for you. 762 00:38:21,216 --> 00:38:23,847 Save your energy, Mr. Borden. You'll need it. 763 00:38:23,873 --> 00:38:25,508 Why would I kill my own uncle? 764 00:38:25,559 --> 00:38:27,729 Miles wanted to give back later in life. 765 00:38:27,764 --> 00:38:29,779 He'd been emptying the company's coffers. 766 00:38:29,814 --> 00:38:32,200 You asked him to stop, and he refused. 767 00:38:32,235 --> 00:38:34,716 - Ridiculous. - Strother Campbell didn't think so. 768 00:38:34,733 --> 00:38:36,972 Oh, you mean the man who threatened to kill Uncle Miles? 769 00:38:37,230 --> 00:38:38,666 He's lying, obviously. 770 00:38:38,688 --> 00:38:40,770 Be that as it may, you're coming with us. 771 00:38:41,110 --> 00:38:42,444 Unbelievable. 772 00:38:43,150 --> 00:38:45,181 Get your hat and coat, Mr. Borden. 773 00:38:45,301 --> 00:38:46,617 The clocks are ticking. 774 00:38:46,798 --> 00:38:47,888 Fine. 775 00:38:48,143 --> 00:38:50,307 If only to put this silliness to rest. 776 00:38:52,721 --> 00:38:54,364 Completely absurd! 777 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,529 When this is all over, you can expect 778 00:38:56,533 --> 00:38:58,512 to have a costly lawsuit on your hands. 779 00:38:58,529 --> 00:39:00,250 Fine, just fine. 780 00:39:00,474 --> 00:39:02,492 This is how you conduct an investigation? 781 00:39:02,522 --> 00:39:04,465 Just waltz into a dead man's home 782 00:39:04,466 --> 00:39:06,622 and accuse his grieving relative of murder? 783 00:39:06,869 --> 00:39:10,205 - Sir, where are we going? - Not long now, Murdoch. 784 00:39:10,852 --> 00:39:12,922 Why are we going in this direction? 785 00:39:12,952 --> 00:39:14,758 Isn't the station the other way? 786 00:39:15,078 --> 00:39:16,862 Do you recognize the area? 787 00:39:16,982 --> 00:39:19,915 I... have a client who lives near here. 788 00:39:19,949 --> 00:39:21,883 Oh, really? What's his name? 789 00:39:21,918 --> 00:39:24,939 Jonathan Mac... Madder... horn. 790 00:39:24,982 --> 00:39:26,423 That's a bit of a mouthful, isn't it? 791 00:39:26,543 --> 00:39:29,199 Do you mind if we stop, Mr. Borden? 792 00:39:29,695 --> 00:39:32,696 I could do with a minute's rest. Not as young as I used to be. 793 00:39:33,545 --> 00:39:35,942 Actually, do you mind if I pop in to the laundry? 794 00:39:36,062 --> 00:39:37,183 Need to pick some shirts up. 795 00:39:37,248 --> 00:39:39,340 - The wife couldn't make it today. - Sir? 796 00:39:40,676 --> 00:39:42,352 Do you ever use them, Mr. Borden? 797 00:39:42,472 --> 00:39:43,905 They do excellent work. 798 00:39:45,069 --> 00:39:47,109 - Stop! - I've got this one, Murdoch. 799 00:39:55,344 --> 00:39:56,935 It's over, son. 800 00:39:57,094 --> 00:39:58,144 Give it up. 801 00:39:58,651 --> 00:40:01,957 Do you have any idea how expensive it is to maintain a law firm? 802 00:40:01,991 --> 00:40:04,483 We need to be billing all the time just to stay alive. 803 00:40:04,876 --> 00:40:06,311 Miles didn't care. 804 00:40:06,431 --> 00:40:08,907 - He would have ruined us! - That's why you murdered him. 805 00:40:08,958 --> 00:40:10,799 I have good years left! 806 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,739 Just 'cause his clock was running out, 807 00:40:12,752 --> 00:40:14,970 he needs to destroy things for the rest of us? 808 00:40:15,004 --> 00:40:16,235 So you killed him, 809 00:40:16,355 --> 00:40:19,307 - and two other innocent men as decoys. - They were useless. 810 00:40:20,013 --> 00:40:22,768 Yes, I killed them. God help me, I killed them all. 811 00:40:22,779 --> 00:40:24,290 You'll hang for this, Borden. 812 00:40:27,886 --> 00:40:29,572 - Come on, then. - Fine. 813 00:40:29,606 --> 00:40:33,089 What's one more dead old bastard? 814 00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:37,328 Well done, sir. 815 00:40:37,884 --> 00:40:39,401 But I'm curious, 816 00:40:39,449 --> 00:40:41,040 how did you know about the launderers? 817 00:40:41,221 --> 00:40:42,403 Intuition. 818 00:40:42,730 --> 00:40:44,326 It was the only connection. 819 00:40:44,585 --> 00:40:46,633 Stood to reason that's how he found them. 820 00:40:46,797 --> 00:40:48,470 I knew he'd give himself away. 821 00:40:49,919 --> 00:40:51,998 The one thing you learn with age, Borden, 822 00:40:52,032 --> 00:40:54,266 is never wait for the other fella to square off. 823 00:40:54,856 --> 00:40:57,581 There's no such thing in life as a fair fight. 824 00:41:22,142 --> 00:41:23,820 I'm sorry all this has happened, Miss Cherry. 825 00:41:23,833 --> 00:41:25,079 I'm not sure you deserved it. 826 00:41:25,522 --> 00:41:26,635 Even though, 827 00:41:26,924 --> 00:41:28,571 what you did was rather dreadful. 828 00:41:29,485 --> 00:41:31,153 In any case, you're free to go. 829 00:41:32,481 --> 00:41:33,667 Thank you, 830 00:41:33,787 --> 00:41:35,081 I suppose. 831 00:41:36,276 --> 00:41:37,669 What will you do? 832 00:41:38,950 --> 00:41:42,666 I suppose you could find work as a typist. I have a... 833 00:41:42,786 --> 00:41:45,698 - friend Sam who works in a bank... - That won't be necessary. 834 00:41:46,177 --> 00:41:48,591 I appreciate your interest, but it is both 835 00:41:48,638 --> 00:41:50,686 misplaced and ill-timed. 836 00:41:51,346 --> 00:41:52,674 Excuse me? 837 00:41:53,614 --> 00:41:55,412 I've been hired by another paper. 838 00:41:56,796 --> 00:41:57,981 You're joking? 839 00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:00,753 I received a visit from the editor of The Telegraph, 840 00:42:00,762 --> 00:42:02,043 less than an hour ago. 841 00:42:02,309 --> 00:42:03,961 His offer was quite generous. 842 00:42:04,025 --> 00:42:07,832 Title and wages significantly more substantial than at The Gazette. 843 00:42:09,971 --> 00:42:11,467 Congratulations. 844 00:42:11,545 --> 00:42:15,525 What's more, your opportunity to comment on my affairs has passed. 845 00:42:15,934 --> 00:42:17,913 You made your choice, George Crabtree. 846 00:42:18,564 --> 00:42:20,371 Now, if you'll excuse me, 847 00:42:21,104 --> 00:42:23,394 I need a quote from Detective Murdoch. 848 00:42:30,883 --> 00:42:32,932 And you must come and visit us in England. 849 00:42:32,954 --> 00:42:34,984 - Oh! - What's all this about England? 850 00:42:35,304 --> 00:42:39,103 Dr. Osler has been offered the Professorship of Medicine at Oxford, 851 00:42:39,123 --> 00:42:42,114 by King Edward himself, so he's moving there. 852 00:42:42,126 --> 00:42:44,218 But not before I finish my speaking tour. 853 00:42:44,272 --> 00:42:46,508 That's quite the schedule for a man of your years. 854 00:42:46,628 --> 00:42:49,424 There's no fixed period for usefulness, Inspector. 855 00:42:49,596 --> 00:42:52,200 The trick is to accept the cycles of age as they come 856 00:42:52,232 --> 00:42:54,959 and to enjoy them. That's all I've ever promoted. 857 00:42:55,079 --> 00:42:57,761 - Sound advice. - Inspector. 858 00:42:58,709 --> 00:43:00,509 Julia, do take care. 859 00:43:00,832 --> 00:43:03,128 And please, send word when you know. 860 00:43:03,192 --> 00:43:04,896 Strength and faith. 861 00:43:05,887 --> 00:43:07,897 It was so wonderful to see you again. 862 00:43:09,315 --> 00:43:11,420 Thank you for your diligent work, Detective. 863 00:43:11,423 --> 00:43:13,270 As trying as these past few days have been, 864 00:43:13,291 --> 00:43:15,091 I was grateful to have you on my side. 865 00:43:15,159 --> 00:43:17,060 The pleasure was all mine. 866 00:43:18,461 --> 00:43:21,684 Oh, and I'll be happy to have a rest from these for a while. 867 00:43:26,170 --> 00:43:27,596 Well done, sir. 868 00:43:28,005 --> 00:43:30,119 There's plenty of life left in me yet, Murdoch, 869 00:43:30,167 --> 00:43:32,150 so don't be getting any ideas. 870 00:43:36,989 --> 00:43:38,666 Shall we? 871 00:43:41,598 --> 00:43:46,443 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -