1 00:00:39,350 --> 00:00:45,100 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 2 00:00:51,610 --> 00:00:55,280 F-T-P-1-1. 3 00:00:56,784 --> 00:00:58,552 Thank you. 4 00:01:03,448 --> 00:01:05,040 Do you have an answer? 5 00:01:05,088 --> 00:01:08,440 - The answer is yes. - Are you certain? 6 00:01:08,488 --> 00:01:10,168 Yes. 7 00:01:10,568 --> 00:01:13,552 Hello? 8 00:01:13,924 --> 00:01:16,367 Are you still there? 9 00:01:18,504 --> 00:01:21,730 No! No! Stop! 10 00:01:23,132 --> 00:01:26,946 Stop! Aaaaah! 11 00:01:50,637 --> 00:01:53,337 I'm sorry, he was screaming but you couldn't hear him? 12 00:01:53,369 --> 00:01:55,492 I'm saying the screams got quieter. 13 00:01:55,512 --> 00:01:58,052 Like this... STOP! Stop... stop... 14 00:01:58,067 --> 00:02:00,070 Stop... stop. Stop. 15 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,369 As if he was moving farther from the telephone. 16 00:02:02,494 --> 00:02:07,083 No. It was like all the sound just drained away. 17 00:02:07,667 --> 00:02:09,039 What's going on, Higgins? 18 00:02:09,164 --> 00:02:12,234 Sir, huh... his is Bonnie Clement from the... 19 00:02:12,250 --> 00:02:14,018 Front Street Telephone and Telegraph Exchange. 20 00:02:14,042 --> 00:02:16,720 She's reporting a strange telephone call, sir. 21 00:02:16,730 --> 00:02:18,320 That's not the strangest part. 22 00:02:18,445 --> 00:02:20,216 What is the strangest part? 23 00:02:20,288 --> 00:02:22,699 He called twice to the same number. 24 00:02:22,894 --> 00:02:25,715 The first call was routed through the Toronto Island Exchange. 25 00:02:25,731 --> 00:02:28,120 The second came through the Mill Street Exchange. 26 00:02:28,154 --> 00:02:30,400 Fifteen seconds later. 27 00:02:31,476 --> 00:02:33,545 - Fifteen seconds. - Don't you see? 28 00:02:33,670 --> 00:02:36,218 He was in two different places at the same time. 29 00:02:36,632 --> 00:02:37,861 Right. 30 00:02:38,184 --> 00:02:40,063 It's true, I swear. 31 00:02:42,151 --> 00:02:43,442 Excuse me. 32 00:02:43,959 --> 00:02:44,962 Sir! 33 00:02:45,024 --> 00:02:47,087 Should I investigate this? 34 00:02:47,138 --> 00:02:49,617 Investigate what? She's a crackpot. 35 00:02:49,878 --> 00:02:52,127 Write it up nd get back to what you were doing. 36 00:02:52,393 --> 00:02:55,946 Oh, I was about to respond to George's postcard, sir. He's in Paris. 37 00:02:55,961 --> 00:02:57,169 I know where he is! 38 00:02:57,185 --> 00:02:59,249 I just hope he's annoying the bloody French. 39 00:03:00,820 --> 00:03:02,059 Sir. 40 00:03:02,336 --> 00:03:05,618 Hmm. And you believe it's because of the hormone treatment? 41 00:03:05,625 --> 00:03:08,321 I don't know what else to think. I've never felt such 42 00:03:08,378 --> 00:03:10,483 urgency n that regard. 43 00:03:10,503 --> 00:03:12,142 Are you feeling that way now? 44 00:03:12,167 --> 00:03:13,729 William! 45 00:03:13,854 --> 00:03:14,967 It comes and goes... 46 00:03:14,983 --> 00:03:18,260 but I do think hat we should strike while the iron is hot. 47 00:03:18,337 --> 00:03:20,339 After all, it's a Darwinian principle 48 00:03:20,370 --> 00:03:23,939 that inclination is related to fertile receptivity. 49 00:03:23,959 --> 00:03:26,145 - I agree, but... - We need a code word. 50 00:03:26,192 --> 00:03:27,396 Ah. 51 00:03:34,103 --> 00:03:36,043 William, his face. 52 00:03:36,105 --> 00:03:39,064 - He appears quite flushed. - Not just flushed. 53 00:03:39,189 --> 00:03:42,321 It's like his surface capillaries have exploded. 54 00:03:46,791 --> 00:03:48,711 The infinity symbol. 55 00:03:48,836 --> 00:03:51,292 I believe it's called a lemniscate. 56 00:03:51,338 --> 00:03:53,831 - It's a graphic representation... - Lemniscate! 57 00:03:54,762 --> 00:03:57,312 I believe we've found our code word. 58 00:04:02,638 --> 00:04:04,619 I've seen this symbol before. 59 00:04:04,650 --> 00:04:06,946 - Of course you have. It's a lemniscate. - A what? 60 00:04:07,364 --> 00:04:10,297 Well, among other things it's the symbol for infinity. 61 00:04:10,422 --> 00:04:12,237 I don't give a toss about infinity. 62 00:04:12,258 --> 00:04:14,234 I mean I've seen this. Recently. 63 00:04:15,227 --> 00:04:17,972 F-T-P-1-1. What does that mean? 64 00:04:18,018 --> 00:04:19,703 I have no idea. 65 00:04:20,537 --> 00:04:23,850 FT could be the beginning of a telephone number. 66 00:04:23,922 --> 00:04:26,026 FT could be the Front Street Exchange. 67 00:04:26,062 --> 00:04:29,508 - Sir... that's where Bonnie Clement works. - Who? 68 00:04:29,554 --> 00:04:32,806 The... crackpot we had in earlier, sir. 69 00:04:34,424 --> 00:04:36,559 F-T-P-11. 70 00:04:36,943 --> 00:04:39,282 Yes, this is definitely one of ours. 71 00:04:39,636 --> 00:04:42,314 The P stands for Public Phone. And eleven, 72 00:04:42,340 --> 00:04:44,699 well, that would be for public telephone number 11. 73 00:04:45,251 --> 00:04:49,159 The call you reported this morning, that was to P-11? 74 00:04:49,215 --> 00:04:51,088 Yes. Just after midnight. 75 00:04:51,119 --> 00:04:52,926 Do you know where the call came from? 76 00:04:52,987 --> 00:04:54,257 I don't know. 77 00:04:54,382 --> 00:04:56,576 It originated from the Mill Street Exchange. 78 00:04:56,627 --> 00:05:00,396 And... how many telephones are serviced by the Mill Street Exchange? 79 00:05:00,437 --> 00:05:03,939 Oh, gosh! I wouldn't know. Hundreds I would think. 80 00:05:04,272 --> 00:05:05,787 Possibly thousands. 81 00:05:06,058 --> 00:05:07,200 Bloody hell. 82 00:05:08,020 --> 00:05:11,635 Is it usual for someone to receive a call 83 00:05:11,661 --> 00:05:14,496 to one of these public telephones? 84 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,315 Well, it's not common, but it can be arranged. 85 00:05:17,346 --> 00:05:20,438 One just has to book a specific phone for a specific time. 86 00:05:20,458 --> 00:05:22,824 So there'll be a record of who received that call. 87 00:05:22,844 --> 00:05:24,462 Well... Yes, I suppose, but 88 00:05:24,483 --> 00:05:26,483 you'd have to talk to the shift manager about that. 89 00:05:26,595 --> 00:05:28,098 I'm just on the switchboard. 90 00:05:28,707 --> 00:05:30,581 Oh! 91 00:05:30,934 --> 00:05:32,163 That would be the phone. 92 00:05:37,032 --> 00:05:38,430 Detective Murdoch. 93 00:05:38,753 --> 00:05:40,857 - Lemniscate. - I'll be right there. 94 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,183 Let me unlock the door. 95 00:05:48,921 --> 00:05:51,203 The attendants will be back any minute. 96 00:05:56,185 --> 00:05:59,743 - So... What have you, Doctor? - Ha! Ha! Ha! 97 00:06:00,142 --> 00:06:02,810 Well, Detective, now that you mention it, 98 00:06:02,989 --> 00:06:05,324 I've never seen anything like it. 99 00:06:05,754 --> 00:06:08,458 Not only were his surface capillaries ruptured, 100 00:06:08,478 --> 00:06:11,540 the alveoli of his lungs had literally exploded. 101 00:06:11,596 --> 00:06:13,588 As if he were killed in a vacuum. 102 00:06:14,418 --> 00:06:16,789 Yes. How did you guess that? 103 00:06:16,799 --> 00:06:19,651 His death was overheard by a switchboard operator 104 00:06:19,661 --> 00:06:22,753 who described his cries as being drained of sound 105 00:06:22,878 --> 00:06:25,236 and soundwaves can't propagate in a vacuum. 106 00:06:26,025 --> 00:06:28,989 I also noticed the vacuum chamber on your table. 107 00:06:31,211 --> 00:06:32,516 I see. 108 00:06:33,079 --> 00:06:36,366 I experimented on rats to test my theory. 109 00:06:36,996 --> 00:06:38,051 But William... 110 00:06:38,066 --> 00:06:41,143 how on earth would one find a vacuum chamber 111 00:06:41,169 --> 00:06:43,673 large enough to fit an adult human? 112 00:06:45,178 --> 00:06:47,406 A vacuum? How is that possible? 113 00:06:47,447 --> 00:06:48,778 I'm not sure. 114 00:06:48,808 --> 00:06:51,983 But we know the air was drawn out of the room very quickly. 115 00:06:52,039 --> 00:06:55,337 - Within seconds. - How did they manage that? 116 00:06:55,634 --> 00:06:57,882 It would have to be a specialized facility. 117 00:06:57,902 --> 00:07:00,140 Likely experimental. 118 00:07:00,329 --> 00:07:04,035 Sirs, I've contacted the manager at the telephone exchange. 119 00:07:04,071 --> 00:07:05,689 The telephone in question was booked 120 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:08,029 from twelve midnight under the name Fred Smith. 121 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:11,116 In fact, Fred Smith has booked the same telephone 122 00:07:11,121 --> 00:07:13,594 at the same time every night for the past 3 weeks, sir. 123 00:07:13,815 --> 00:07:15,325 That's a bit curious isn't it? 124 00:07:16,139 --> 00:07:18,243 The same time every night. 125 00:07:18,368 --> 00:07:20,159 There are three Fred Smiths in Toronto, sir, 126 00:07:20,170 --> 00:07:22,202 but they all claim to have been in bed at the time. 127 00:07:22,327 --> 00:07:25,202 - It's probably an alias. - Did anyone see him? 128 00:07:25,238 --> 00:07:27,421 The manager remembers seeing him a few nights back, sir. 129 00:07:27,445 --> 00:07:28,592 He'll be in later. 130 00:07:30,676 --> 00:07:31,869 William! 131 00:07:32,248 --> 00:07:34,845 Look what I found in today's business section. 132 00:07:34,970 --> 00:07:36,642 Bloody hell, that's where I've seen it. 133 00:07:39,090 --> 00:07:41,686 "Investment opportunity of a lifetime." 134 00:07:41,721 --> 00:07:44,086 "Best project ever conceived." 135 00:07:44,265 --> 00:07:45,514 What do you think it could be? 136 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:48,059 Probably one of those "get rich quick" schemes. 137 00:07:48,540 --> 00:07:50,444 It starts at 2:30. 138 00:07:52,589 --> 00:07:54,043 That's in half an hour. 139 00:07:56,649 --> 00:07:58,748 Are these all investors? 140 00:07:59,126 --> 00:08:00,483 I don't know. 141 00:08:00,529 --> 00:08:02,720 I saw some members of the press. 142 00:08:03,979 --> 00:08:05,280 I've asked around. 143 00:08:05,305 --> 00:08:07,527 No one seems to have a clue what it's all about. 144 00:08:08,096 --> 00:08:09,924 I'll tell you what it's about. 145 00:08:10,049 --> 00:08:12,760 It's the greatest scheme ever devised... 146 00:08:13,093 --> 00:08:15,495 to separate you from you money. 147 00:08:29,155 --> 00:08:30,563 Oh! 148 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,202 Speed, 149 00:08:36,303 --> 00:08:39,831 the inverse relationship between distance and time. 150 00:08:40,194 --> 00:08:42,258 Since the dawn of the machine age, 151 00:08:42,289 --> 00:08:45,980 man has sought to increase one at the expense of the other. 152 00:08:46,707 --> 00:08:49,969 To do that, we needed the power to accelerate. 153 00:08:50,343 --> 00:08:52,242 But we encountered a limit. 154 00:08:52,294 --> 00:08:53,441 Friction. 155 00:08:53,784 --> 00:08:57,280 - The point where the wheel meets the rail. - I know that voice. 156 00:08:57,336 --> 00:08:58,815 Do you know that voice? 157 00:08:58,940 --> 00:09:02,910 But if we were to lift the train by the force of magnetic repulsion 158 00:09:04,165 --> 00:09:06,883 and drive it forward by means of induction, 159 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:11,629 then the only friction one would encounter would be the wind. 160 00:09:11,691 --> 00:09:13,749 And if we were to take that out, 161 00:09:13,874 --> 00:09:16,237 our speed could be infinite! 162 00:09:16,304 --> 00:09:18,922 William! He's talking about a vacuum. 163 00:09:18,999 --> 00:09:21,953 - Yes, he is. - ... Allowing for a comfortable acceleration, 164 00:09:21,989 --> 00:09:24,682 we could go from New York to London in one hour. 165 00:09:24,749 --> 00:09:26,643 Sound impossible? 166 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:28,696 Try inevitable. 167 00:09:29,536 --> 00:09:31,840 Frictionless, levitated, 168 00:09:31,871 --> 00:09:35,854 accelerated, subsurface, hypertrain. 169 00:09:37,338 --> 00:09:39,847 Introducing the Pendrick FLASH. 170 00:09:39,972 --> 00:09:42,438 - It's bloody Pendrick! - So he is alive. 171 00:09:42,505 --> 00:09:45,029 ... built from fifty thousand sections of cast aluminum 172 00:09:45,055 --> 00:09:47,876 and held in place by cables secured to the ocean floor. 173 00:09:47,906 --> 00:09:49,365 While the tube would be airless, 174 00:09:49,391 --> 00:09:51,275 passengers would ride in full comfort. 175 00:09:51,639 --> 00:09:53,553 Is such a thing even possible? 176 00:09:53,584 --> 00:09:55,421 Well, theoretically, it's possible, 177 00:09:55,431 --> 00:09:59,036 but I couldn't even begin to guess as to whether it's actually viable. 178 00:09:59,696 --> 00:10:02,287 But first... we have to build it. 179 00:10:02,369 --> 00:10:04,079 That's where you come in. 180 00:10:04,204 --> 00:10:06,711 I'll be there to talk to you at 3:00. 181 00:10:06,885 --> 00:10:08,974 That's in 30 seconds. 182 00:10:10,003 --> 00:10:11,508 But wait... 183 00:10:12,102 --> 00:10:13,756 I'm on Toronto Island. 184 00:10:13,881 --> 00:10:15,308 You can see for yourself. 185 00:10:15,333 --> 00:10:17,340 Just look out the window. 186 00:10:30,232 --> 00:10:31,886 It's him! 187 00:10:33,628 --> 00:10:36,401 It's James Pendrick. He's on Toronto Island. 188 00:10:46,652 --> 00:10:48,296 There's only 20 seconds left. 189 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:50,180 Two miles. 190 00:10:50,221 --> 00:10:52,428 No man can travel two miles in 20 seconds. 191 00:10:52,474 --> 00:10:54,225 He is James Pendrick, sir. 192 00:10:59,145 --> 00:11:01,169 It's not a trick. 193 00:11:01,193 --> 00:11:03,978 Ladies and gentlemen, members of the press, 194 00:11:04,103 --> 00:11:07,686 I am a man who dreams great things. 195 00:11:07,768 --> 00:11:11,445 But far superior is the man who makes those dreams reality. 196 00:11:11,570 --> 00:11:13,390 And that is my main investor 197 00:11:13,410 --> 00:11:16,959 and force behind the share offering, Mr. Clyde Spiker. 198 00:11:22,022 --> 00:11:24,082 Thank you, Mr. Pendrick. 199 00:11:24,557 --> 00:11:28,879 - As you all know... - Do you seriously expect us to fall for this fantasy? 200 00:11:28,905 --> 00:11:32,355 Mr. Darling here is the head of a consortium of steamship companies 201 00:11:32,386 --> 00:11:34,143 that are understandably very nervous. 202 00:11:34,173 --> 00:11:37,291 If you have shares in these companies, sell them now. 203 00:11:37,296 --> 00:11:40,604 This is the future. And now, Mr. Spiker! 204 00:11:43,410 --> 00:11:46,103 Bloody hell, James, the last time I saw you, you were dead! 205 00:11:46,133 --> 00:11:48,171 Death can't stop a man like me, Tom. 206 00:11:48,227 --> 00:11:50,659 Detective Murdoch, always a pleasure. 207 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:52,359 And Doctor Ogden. 208 00:11:53,078 --> 00:11:56,957 I believe the last time we met my alter ego stole a kiss. 209 00:11:57,282 --> 00:12:02,338 - Oh, yes, I do remember. - Then, allow me to return it. 210 00:12:02,378 --> 00:12:05,405 Oh! 211 00:12:06,075 --> 00:12:08,604 Now what are you doing here? Are you here to invest? 212 00:12:11,235 --> 00:12:15,257 - Oh, you can't be serious. - I'm afraid so, Mr. Pendrick. 213 00:12:24,543 --> 00:12:26,060 Dear God! 214 00:12:26,118 --> 00:12:29,023 - That's Charlie Howden. - Who was he? 215 00:12:30,028 --> 00:12:31,730 He was a mathematician. 216 00:12:31,756 --> 00:12:33,867 Specialist in field equations. 217 00:12:34,072 --> 00:12:38,488 - What the devil happened to him? - We believe he was killed in a vacuum. 218 00:12:40,606 --> 00:12:42,162 I know where it happened. 219 00:12:45,798 --> 00:12:48,908 - This is your test vehicle. - We call it the sled. 220 00:12:48,947 --> 00:12:51,449 Our test track runs from here to Ward's Island. 221 00:12:51,481 --> 00:12:53,247 Through our test tube. 222 00:12:53,951 --> 00:12:57,081 - Electromagnets. - There are two sets of course. 223 00:12:57,113 --> 00:12:59,538 The ones on the bottom are all of like polarity. 224 00:12:59,576 --> 00:13:01,138 To create levitation. 225 00:13:01,196 --> 00:13:03,941 The ones on the side there alternate to allow induction. 226 00:13:03,992 --> 00:13:06,130 - For acceleration. - Up to the midpoint, 227 00:13:06,143 --> 00:13:08,933 where we reverse polarity to help brake the vehicle. 228 00:13:10,821 --> 00:13:14,000 So this is the telephone connected to the Mill Street Exchange? 229 00:13:14,239 --> 00:13:17,996 Yes. But we use it mostly to communicate with headquarters. 230 00:13:19,411 --> 00:13:21,260 So this is where he died. 231 00:13:25,068 --> 00:13:28,414 - These fans create the vacuum? - That's right. 232 00:13:28,438 --> 00:13:31,595 We keep the tube evacuated behind that airtight seal. 233 00:13:31,633 --> 00:13:35,096 When the room is depressurized, the seal opens. 234 00:13:35,685 --> 00:13:37,477 And who controls the fans? 235 00:13:37,528 --> 00:13:39,118 There are controls on either end 236 00:13:39,123 --> 00:13:41,834 but access is strictly limited to members of my team. 237 00:13:42,165 --> 00:13:44,065 I'll need to speak with them. 238 00:13:48,872 --> 00:13:50,537 Pendrick with guest. 239 00:13:50,578 --> 00:13:52,272 Initiate transport. 240 00:13:53,670 --> 00:13:55,468 Hold onto your hat, Murdoch. 241 00:13:55,493 --> 00:13:58,980 This will be the ride of your life. 242 00:15:08,463 --> 00:15:10,951 How fast did we just go? 243 00:15:10,967 --> 00:15:15,144 Think, Murdoch. Two times 0,9 miles in 7 seconds. 244 00:15:15,154 --> 00:15:17,195 Constant rate of acceleration... 245 00:15:18,298 --> 00:15:20,868 400 miles per hour. 246 00:15:21,293 --> 00:15:23,797 392 to be exact. 247 00:15:23,922 --> 00:15:26,357 With a longer track we can go much faster. 248 00:15:38,036 --> 00:15:40,201 Murdoch, meet my team. 249 00:15:40,529 --> 00:15:43,606 This is Robert H. Goddard, the inventor of the FLASH train. 250 00:15:43,626 --> 00:15:46,212 - Mr. Pendrick exaggerates. - Nonsense. 251 00:15:46,249 --> 00:15:49,421 We shared a coach on a train where he showed me an essay he'd written 252 00:15:49,462 --> 00:15:50,957 outlining the broad principles. 253 00:15:50,978 --> 00:15:54,250 To be honest, I'm more excited about the rocket Mr. Pendrick built. 254 00:15:54,296 --> 00:15:56,385 One project at a time, Robert. 255 00:15:56,574 --> 00:15:59,473 This is Jaya Bhola, my mechanical engineer. 256 00:15:59,519 --> 00:16:01,220 - Pleased to meet you. - Pleasure to meet you. 257 00:16:01,244 --> 00:16:03,107 And Gong Fu Chi, 258 00:16:03,148 --> 00:16:05,084 Mr. Howden's protégé. 259 00:16:05,099 --> 00:16:08,929 Her proficiency in dynamic feedback calculations is unparalleled. 260 00:16:08,955 --> 00:16:10,086 How do you do? 261 00:16:10,117 --> 00:16:13,178 And lastly, my assistant, Mr. Sam Trenwith, 262 00:16:13,199 --> 00:16:16,087 without whom I'd be entirely lost. 263 00:16:16,102 --> 00:16:18,364 Now that's just shameless flattery, but 264 00:16:18,590 --> 00:16:20,126 it does happen to be true. 265 00:16:20,745 --> 00:16:22,240 Are you an investor, then? 266 00:16:22,649 --> 00:16:25,485 No, I work for the Toronto Constabulary. 267 00:16:25,526 --> 00:16:28,967 Detective Murdoch is here on some rather grim business, I'm afraid. 268 00:16:29,002 --> 00:16:30,015 Yes. 269 00:16:30,041 --> 00:16:33,430 Charlie Howden was found floating in the Toronto Harbour this morning. 270 00:16:33,456 --> 00:16:34,711 My God! 271 00:16:34,735 --> 00:16:37,930 Oh, my God! Fu Chi was asking where he was. What happened? 272 00:16:37,996 --> 00:16:41,472 He was caught in the mainland launch chamber while it was depressurized. 273 00:16:41,503 --> 00:16:44,217 But that's impossible. We have safe-guards. 274 00:16:44,478 --> 00:16:46,326 We also have an override switch. 275 00:16:46,342 --> 00:16:49,803 - But that requires a special key and... - Are you saying Chicken Little was murdered? 276 00:16:49,928 --> 00:16:53,013 By someone who knows our operation inside and out. 277 00:16:53,085 --> 00:16:55,445 - Chicken Little? - That was our pet name for him. 278 00:16:55,486 --> 00:16:58,604 - He was always predicting failure. - Catastrophic failure. 279 00:16:58,666 --> 00:17:00,675 He thought field perturbations 280 00:17:00,695 --> 00:17:03,849 would send the sled off the rails and he was right. 281 00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:06,302 At certain speeds, oscillations develop. 282 00:17:06,328 --> 00:17:08,396 So the sky may have indeed fallen 283 00:17:08,411 --> 00:17:11,201 had it not been for Mr. Goddard's brilliant invention. 284 00:17:11,437 --> 00:17:15,590 A feedback stabilizer that dampens the current at peak oscillation. 285 00:17:19,291 --> 00:17:22,851 So, Murdoch, how can we help you? 286 00:17:23,470 --> 00:17:26,292 I'll be needing to interview everyone who had access 287 00:17:26,317 --> 00:17:28,760 to or knowledge of this facility. 288 00:17:30,604 --> 00:17:32,454 You think it was one of your own team? 289 00:17:32,488 --> 00:17:34,055 I don't know what to think, Tom. 290 00:17:34,070 --> 00:17:36,922 It had to be someone with an intimate knowledge of our operation. 291 00:17:37,047 --> 00:17:39,666 Was there any bad blood between them and Howden? 292 00:17:39,791 --> 00:17:41,979 Charlie was a pessimist. 293 00:17:42,165 --> 00:17:44,467 While others sought success, he looked for failure. 294 00:17:44,493 --> 00:17:46,080 It's what made him so valuable. 295 00:17:48,542 --> 00:17:51,430 I just heard. Terrible news. 296 00:17:51,670 --> 00:17:53,534 Have you told them my suspicions? 297 00:17:54,215 --> 00:17:55,551 I have not. 298 00:17:57,159 --> 00:17:59,110 - Gentlemen... ? - Mr. Spiker believes 299 00:17:59,136 --> 00:18:00,733 that a member of my team is a spy. 300 00:18:00,753 --> 00:18:03,007 Based on evidence that is circumstantial at best. 301 00:18:03,033 --> 00:18:06,412 Howden's been murdered. Why do you dismiss the obvious? 302 00:18:06,537 --> 00:18:08,424 Because it means... 303 00:18:09,433 --> 00:18:13,427 It means that I've been betrayed by someone that I admire and trust. 304 00:18:14,518 --> 00:18:17,215 Well, it wouldn't be the first time. 305 00:18:18,587 --> 00:18:21,279 That said, if there is a spy, 306 00:18:21,301 --> 00:18:24,127 perhaps Mr. Howden stumbled upon their identity. 307 00:18:24,921 --> 00:18:27,414 Or he was caught in an act of sabotage. 308 00:18:27,450 --> 00:18:28,715 So who was he? 309 00:18:29,370 --> 00:18:33,108 - We don't know. - And who would a spy be working for? 310 00:18:34,762 --> 00:18:36,472 Trenton Darling. 311 00:18:36,707 --> 00:18:38,273 So it is your contention 312 00:18:38,314 --> 00:18:42,123 that Mr. Howden was killed by a member of Mr. Pendrick's team 313 00:18:42,425 --> 00:18:44,581 who is secretly working for me. 314 00:18:45,641 --> 00:18:48,440 You represent a consortium of steamship interests. 315 00:18:48,441 --> 00:18:49,829 I'm an agent, 316 00:18:49,849 --> 00:18:53,597 paid to represent the interests of my clients by all legal means. 317 00:18:53,722 --> 00:18:58,160 Is it not in your client's interests that Mr. Pendrick's FLASH fail? 318 00:18:58,185 --> 00:19:01,431 It will fail. And without any help from me. 319 00:19:01,456 --> 00:19:05,306 - On the contrary, it seems to work. - Of course it works. 320 00:19:05,373 --> 00:19:07,252 It may even pay for itself. 321 00:19:07,273 --> 00:19:08,578 That's beside the point. 322 00:19:08,603 --> 00:19:12,065 Pendrick will never acquire sufficient capital to build the thing. 323 00:19:12,576 --> 00:19:16,343 It's my understanding the initial share offering is selling out briskly. 324 00:19:16,468 --> 00:19:19,297 What about the next one? Or the one after that? 325 00:19:19,487 --> 00:19:20,735 And after that? 326 00:19:21,401 --> 00:19:24,616 At some point, his investors will realize it's all going down 327 00:19:24,652 --> 00:19:26,250 the same bottomless well 328 00:19:26,619 --> 00:19:29,880 and that's where Mr. Pendrick's tube ends. 329 00:19:30,581 --> 00:19:33,812 I didn't engage in espionage. 330 00:19:33,937 --> 00:19:36,008 I wouldn't risk my good name. 331 00:19:36,213 --> 00:19:38,143 Not because I wasn't willing to, 332 00:19:38,169 --> 00:19:40,401 but because it wasn't required. 333 00:19:43,658 --> 00:19:45,665 I don't think we can hold him. 334 00:19:45,790 --> 00:19:47,974 Of course we can't bloody hold him. He's right. 335 00:19:48,824 --> 00:19:51,174 What? You don't believe he hired a spy? 336 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,560 - Well, that as well. - Sir? 337 00:19:53,878 --> 00:19:55,864 I was hoping to invest. 338 00:19:56,136 --> 00:19:58,931 Just think about it, Murdoch. Across the Atlantic in one hour. 339 00:19:58,982 --> 00:20:01,257 I could go home, watch the Wednesday play whenever they're in London 340 00:20:01,281 --> 00:20:03,114 - and be back for dinner. - Sirs. 341 00:20:03,239 --> 00:20:06,380 I've confirmed the alibis for Jaya Bhola and Gong Fu Chi. 342 00:20:06,401 --> 00:20:08,090 The rest claim to have been asleep alone. 343 00:20:08,131 --> 00:20:10,691 We found this... among Mr. Howden's effects. 344 00:20:11,306 --> 00:20:13,011 It must be his workbook. 345 00:20:13,056 --> 00:20:16,415 Yes, sir, and it appears some pages have been ripped out here. 346 00:20:16,599 --> 00:20:18,268 Ah, yes. 347 00:20:18,673 --> 00:20:20,122 I'm Fenn Bickford. 348 00:20:20,588 --> 00:20:24,064 Yes. Sir, this is the night manager of the Front Street exchange. 349 00:20:24,105 --> 00:20:26,045 You're the fella who saw... What's his name? 350 00:20:26,076 --> 00:20:27,556 The man who took the call last night. 351 00:20:27,582 --> 00:20:30,241 - Fred Smith, sir. - Actually, I didn't see him last night. 352 00:20:30,295 --> 00:20:31,908 But other nights to be sure. 353 00:20:32,574 --> 00:20:35,492 Right. Start with members of Mr. Pendrick's team. 354 00:20:35,517 --> 00:20:37,483 - Maybe we'll get lucky. - Sir. 355 00:20:38,072 --> 00:20:40,136 Alright, Mr. Bickford, please take a seat. 356 00:20:40,755 --> 00:20:42,486 I'm going to show you some photographs 357 00:20:42,527 --> 00:20:44,606 and you tell me if any are familiar. 358 00:20:45,286 --> 00:20:47,359 This man? No. 359 00:20:49,739 --> 00:20:51,076 No. 360 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:55,458 Oh, that's him. 361 00:20:55,583 --> 00:20:58,340 - This is the man? - No. That's James Pendrick. 362 00:20:58,417 --> 00:21:00,808 That man. He's Fred Smith. 363 00:21:11,681 --> 00:21:13,160 So there was a spy. 364 00:21:13,544 --> 00:21:16,166 - Yes. - Working for you. 365 00:21:16,991 --> 00:21:19,556 You do like to cross those T's, don't you? 366 00:21:20,196 --> 00:21:21,835 Yes. Working for me. 367 00:21:21,917 --> 00:21:23,524 He'd telephone at midnight. 368 00:21:24,154 --> 00:21:26,274 - Every night? - Not every night. 369 00:21:26,284 --> 00:21:28,977 We had to arrange the time slot well in advance. 370 00:21:29,233 --> 00:21:31,979 Hold it. But it was Howden who made the call. 371 00:21:32,014 --> 00:21:33,084 That's right. 372 00:21:33,151 --> 00:21:35,844 My spy didn't kill Mr. Howden, Inspector. 373 00:21:35,969 --> 00:21:37,830 Mr. Howden was the spy. 374 00:21:40,139 --> 00:21:42,034 I can't believe it. 375 00:21:42,827 --> 00:21:45,485 No, it's impossible. Charlie and I... 376 00:21:46,529 --> 00:21:48,711 Charlie and I, we go back years. 377 00:21:48,767 --> 00:21:50,682 Trenton Darling is lying. 378 00:21:50,959 --> 00:21:53,590 We know Mr. Howden placed the telephone call 379 00:21:53,652 --> 00:21:57,242 and a witness has confirmed that Mr. Darling was the recipient. 380 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,592 Is there no one in the world I can trust? 381 00:22:02,917 --> 00:22:05,572 There are other implications, Mr. Pendrick. 382 00:22:05,633 --> 00:22:08,014 Motivation for the murder has changed. 383 00:22:08,065 --> 00:22:10,912 - You are now a suspect. - Me? 384 00:22:12,848 --> 00:22:14,496 Your friend betrayed you. 385 00:22:14,752 --> 00:22:17,727 Murdoch, you've seen me in the face of betrayal before. 386 00:22:17,747 --> 00:22:20,523 I can barely summon the will to breathe let alone kill. 387 00:22:20,799 --> 00:22:24,665 If not you, then who? 388 00:22:26,984 --> 00:22:28,305 Seal number one is open. 389 00:22:28,336 --> 00:22:31,387 - The sled is still in its dock. - But the launch room has been depressurized. 390 00:22:31,402 --> 00:22:32,922 Someone is in the tube. 391 00:22:32,948 --> 00:22:34,402 He's manually opened the seal. 392 00:22:34,438 --> 00:22:37,428 Close the seal and re-pressurize. Come on, Murdoch! 393 00:22:42,542 --> 00:22:44,042 This way. 394 00:22:49,167 --> 00:22:51,765 Put this on. It will protect you against the vacuum. 395 00:22:54,837 --> 00:22:57,180 - Is this a Judson fastener? - It is. 396 00:22:57,192 --> 00:23:00,096 Specially designed to withstand twenty atmospheres of pressure. 397 00:23:01,042 --> 00:23:02,505 How will we communicate? 398 00:23:02,759 --> 00:23:05,003 There is a Fessenden transmitter in each suit. 399 00:23:19,830 --> 00:23:22,566 Use override to evacuate in ten. 400 00:23:24,184 --> 00:23:25,588 Can you hear me? 401 00:23:25,713 --> 00:23:28,226 - Yes. - Brace yourself. 402 00:23:28,516 --> 00:23:31,142 It's about to get a little breezy in here. 403 00:23:54,226 --> 00:23:57,543 There he is. What in blazes is he up to? 404 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,209 James! Stay back! 405 00:24:02,234 --> 00:24:03,754 - I found this under the tracks. - Sam. 406 00:24:03,779 --> 00:24:05,720 - Dear God. - There's not enough time. 407 00:24:07,678 --> 00:24:10,737 - 29 seconds. - I don't know anything about wiring. 408 00:24:10,815 --> 00:24:12,678 How many bombs have you defused, Murdoch? 409 00:24:12,748 --> 00:24:14,279 Uh, two. 410 00:24:14,501 --> 00:24:16,032 That's two more than I. 411 00:24:17,564 --> 00:24:19,691 Huh... So many wires. 412 00:24:20,547 --> 00:24:21,801 Murdoch... 413 00:24:22,207 --> 00:24:23,296 Murdoch! 414 00:24:31,257 --> 00:24:33,059 It's over. 415 00:24:35,733 --> 00:24:38,293 However did you know there was a bomb down there? 416 00:24:39,145 --> 00:24:41,332 I didn't. I was following a hunch. 417 00:24:42,225 --> 00:24:44,580 Charlie was down there earlier in the evening. 418 00:24:44,705 --> 00:24:46,187 I didn't think anything of it. 419 00:24:46,312 --> 00:24:48,079 But when I found out he was a spy... 420 00:24:50,705 --> 00:24:52,098 That should do it. 421 00:24:57,807 --> 00:24:59,626 Why didn't you tell us? 422 00:25:00,310 --> 00:25:02,390 If I was wrong, I'd have been embarrassed. 423 00:25:03,193 --> 00:25:06,198 If I was right, I'd have been putting your life in danger. 424 00:25:07,101 --> 00:25:08,430 I couldn't do that. 425 00:25:10,212 --> 00:25:12,577 You imperiled your life to save mine... 426 00:25:13,540 --> 00:25:16,310 and thwart an act of sabotage against... 427 00:25:16,750 --> 00:25:18,568 the dream I hold so dear. 428 00:25:22,424 --> 00:25:24,072 Thank you, Sam. 429 00:25:30,043 --> 00:25:32,250 I'm giving you a raise, effective the day you started. 430 00:25:32,291 --> 00:25:33,704 No, sir. I don't want it. 431 00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:36,351 Your thanks is all the reward I could wish for. 432 00:25:49,657 --> 00:25:52,319 You still messing around with the bomb? Is that wise? 433 00:25:52,444 --> 00:25:55,068 Oh, it's a very simple device, sir. 434 00:25:55,458 --> 00:25:58,627 The timer closes the circuit which sends a current 435 00:25:58,662 --> 00:26:02,559 from the battery to the resister which then lights the fuses. 436 00:26:02,684 --> 00:26:05,283 Naturally, I wanted to see how long it would take. 437 00:26:05,323 --> 00:26:07,981 - And? - I'm still waiting. 438 00:26:08,211 --> 00:26:11,441 Ah! You're telling me the thing would have never gone off. 439 00:26:11,953 --> 00:26:14,994 Well, sir, I've tested the battery and the circuit, 440 00:26:15,056 --> 00:26:17,652 but for some reason I keep getting a voltage drop 441 00:26:17,677 --> 00:26:19,572 between the battery and the resistor. 442 00:26:19,843 --> 00:26:21,267 So what are you doing now? 443 00:26:21,835 --> 00:26:25,179 I'm trying to find out what is causing that voltage drop. 444 00:26:35,721 --> 00:26:36,837 Oh! 445 00:26:40,641 --> 00:26:42,085 What's that? 446 00:26:42,290 --> 00:26:44,911 I've seen one of these before. 447 00:26:44,973 --> 00:26:49,156 It's meant to shift a portion of an alternating current out of phase. 448 00:26:49,202 --> 00:26:51,086 A battery is direct current. 449 00:26:51,211 --> 00:26:54,671 In which case this would act as a simple resistor. 450 00:26:55,249 --> 00:26:58,075 Did Mr. Howden have the technical knowledge to apply this? 451 00:26:58,106 --> 00:27:01,107 Oh, heavens, no! Charlie was just a mathematician. 452 00:27:01,117 --> 00:27:05,577 His field equations were brilliant, but he had no practical ability. 453 00:27:05,603 --> 00:27:07,518 Who had the requisite knowledge then? 454 00:27:07,544 --> 00:27:09,248 Mr. Pendrick of course. 455 00:27:09,673 --> 00:27:11,056 What about Mrs. Bhola? 456 00:27:11,061 --> 00:27:15,182 No, she's a materials specialist. And Fu Chi... 457 00:27:15,479 --> 00:27:16,601 who knows? 458 00:27:16,913 --> 00:27:20,605 - Mr. Spiker? - He knew about finances. Nothing more. 459 00:27:21,358 --> 00:27:22,617 Mr. Trenwith? 460 00:27:22,658 --> 00:27:25,489 Sam is... Mr. Pendrick's butler, 461 00:27:25,714 --> 00:27:28,223 secretary, best friend... 462 00:27:28,348 --> 00:27:31,106 - But not a technical expert. - No... 463 00:27:31,689 --> 00:27:34,198 but I've noticed he's a fast learner. 464 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:53,300 The key to this drawer, Mr. Trenwith. 465 00:27:53,334 --> 00:27:55,974 No. I'm sorry. That drawer is strictly off limits. 466 00:28:04,831 --> 00:28:06,542 Detective, there are items of a personal nature 467 00:28:06,552 --> 00:28:09,480 that I would prefer to be kept... That's private! 468 00:28:19,152 --> 00:28:21,727 I like to draw. I like to draw what I see around me. 469 00:28:21,753 --> 00:28:23,862 There's really nothing unusual... 470 00:28:24,824 --> 00:28:27,871 I have no interest in your personal concerns, Mr. Trenwith, 471 00:28:27,892 --> 00:28:29,320 I assure you. 472 00:28:45,637 --> 00:28:48,898 The handwriting is the same. It's you. 473 00:28:49,886 --> 00:28:51,565 You're the spy. 474 00:28:59,111 --> 00:29:00,565 I don't know how Charlie got this. 475 00:29:00,690 --> 00:29:02,055 I never gave it to him. 476 00:29:02,341 --> 00:29:04,773 So Mr. Howden was never the spy. 477 00:29:05,208 --> 00:29:06,842 It was you all along. 478 00:29:07,410 --> 00:29:09,484 Look, I never betrayed James. 479 00:29:09,514 --> 00:29:12,822 I need him to know that. It's really important to me that he knows that. 480 00:29:13,749 --> 00:29:15,989 But you did work for Mr. Darling? 481 00:29:17,057 --> 00:29:18,639 At first, yes. 482 00:29:19,519 --> 00:29:20,922 Why? 483 00:29:21,863 --> 00:29:24,498 Why? Why does anyone do anything? Money of course. 484 00:29:24,819 --> 00:29:27,763 He paid a lot and I have expensive tastes. 485 00:29:28,321 --> 00:29:31,245 Had. I'm not the man I used to be. 486 00:29:32,653 --> 00:29:34,547 Love changes you. 487 00:29:35,929 --> 00:29:38,729 I telephoned Darling whenever I had information. 488 00:29:39,999 --> 00:29:42,288 I would call precisely at midnight. 489 00:29:42,884 --> 00:29:45,621 I did the talking mostly and he would just listen. 490 00:29:45,746 --> 00:29:48,534 Then two nights ago he told me to meet a man at the docks. 491 00:29:48,564 --> 00:29:49,819 Then you were given the bomb. 492 00:29:49,865 --> 00:29:52,763 It was the man who placed the bomb. I just had to let him in. 493 00:29:52,973 --> 00:29:55,348 But I couldn't take the chance it would go off. 494 00:29:55,614 --> 00:29:59,122 So you improvised a means of stopping the bomb exploding. 495 00:29:59,173 --> 00:30:01,334 I had barely a minute alone with the device. 496 00:30:01,380 --> 00:30:03,925 So when Mr. Howden was thought to be the spy, 497 00:30:03,966 --> 00:30:05,773 you took advantage of the situation 498 00:30:05,793 --> 00:30:08,389 and pretended to discover the bomb. 499 00:30:08,743 --> 00:30:11,856 It was set to explode at noon. I knew I had time. 500 00:30:13,755 --> 00:30:15,538 Why a bomb? 501 00:30:16,547 --> 00:30:20,515 Darling wanted to expose the Pendrick FLASH's vulnerability to sabotage. 502 00:30:21,263 --> 00:30:24,837 So Mr. Darling was truly worried the FLASH would succeed. 503 00:30:24,962 --> 00:30:26,624 Of course he was worried. 504 00:30:26,845 --> 00:30:28,964 He was up against James Pendrick. 505 00:30:30,592 --> 00:30:32,077 Well I'm convinced. 506 00:30:32,369 --> 00:30:34,591 You believe Mr. Trenwith is the killer? 507 00:30:34,939 --> 00:30:38,303 I mean I'm convinced as to the viability of Pendrick's scheme. 508 00:30:38,428 --> 00:30:40,889 If the man who described it as bottomless pit 509 00:30:40,914 --> 00:30:42,568 is so scared he's planting bombs, 510 00:30:42,604 --> 00:30:45,035 - I'm taking that as a sign. - I just heard. 511 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,995 I can't believe it. Sam? 512 00:30:48,194 --> 00:30:50,012 He admits to being the spy, 513 00:30:50,027 --> 00:30:51,957 but swears he never betrayed you. 514 00:30:52,193 --> 00:30:54,784 - Is he the killer? - We don't know. 515 00:30:54,909 --> 00:30:57,427 It's possible Mr. Howden found the card, 516 00:30:57,493 --> 00:30:59,259 read the numbers and correctly deduced 517 00:30:59,285 --> 00:31:02,587 - that Mr. Trenwith was the spy. - And was killed for it. 518 00:31:02,864 --> 00:31:05,592 Excuse me, gentlemen. Could I have a word? 519 00:31:05,919 --> 00:31:08,669 About the share offering. Are there any shares left? 520 00:31:08,684 --> 00:31:11,019 The first offering is all but sold out, 521 00:31:11,045 --> 00:31:12,934 but I've set a certain number aside 522 00:31:12,955 --> 00:31:15,197 if you come by later this afternoon. 523 00:31:15,322 --> 00:31:18,156 I'll send my wife. She's in charge of investments. 524 00:31:18,166 --> 00:31:20,552 - Ha! Ha! Ha! - Sir! 525 00:31:21,749 --> 00:31:24,469 We went through the contents of Mr. Trenwith's desk. 526 00:31:24,981 --> 00:31:28,684 He seems to have an odd preoccupation with Mr. Pendrick, sir. 527 00:31:29,047 --> 00:31:30,537 We found poems... 528 00:31:30,662 --> 00:31:32,212 Anything about the case? 529 00:31:32,514 --> 00:31:34,960 - In the poems? - No, Henry. 530 00:31:34,976 --> 00:31:37,054 Anything about the case? 531 00:31:37,179 --> 00:31:39,676 Oh... oh, well, we did find these, sir. 532 00:31:39,717 --> 00:31:42,533 I believe they're the missing pages. 533 00:31:43,573 --> 00:31:45,053 Missing pages? 534 00:31:45,114 --> 00:31:46,772 From Mr. Howden's notebook. 535 00:31:47,151 --> 00:31:48,569 Do you know what these mean? 536 00:31:51,037 --> 00:31:54,614 They're... they're feedback calculations of some sort. 537 00:31:54,670 --> 00:31:57,660 That's all I can tell you. You'd have to talk with an expert. 538 00:31:57,785 --> 00:31:59,457 Right. Good work, Henry. 539 00:31:59,498 --> 00:32:02,078 Bring in Miss Gong and Mr. Goddard. 540 00:32:02,145 --> 00:32:04,762 Right away sir. Um, sir... 541 00:32:04,997 --> 00:32:07,542 Dr. Ogden left a message for you. 542 00:32:08,510 --> 00:32:10,379 _ 543 00:32:11,172 --> 00:32:13,527 - Thank you, Henry. - Sir. 544 00:32:17,207 --> 00:32:19,419 Come in, Margaret, come in. Good, good, good. 545 00:32:19,982 --> 00:32:21,180 Did you bring the money? 546 00:32:21,211 --> 00:32:23,228 Yes... but what is it for? 547 00:32:23,269 --> 00:32:26,710 We're investing in the most fantastic project ever conceived. 548 00:32:26,756 --> 00:32:29,259 There's over 200$ in here, Thomas. 549 00:32:29,274 --> 00:32:31,999 Which will become 2000 when this gets built. 550 00:32:32,234 --> 00:32:34,359 We're getting in at the ground floor, Margaret. 551 00:32:34,584 --> 00:32:39,432 - Well, if you're certain... - Yes, I am, but you have to hurry. 552 00:32:39,453 --> 00:32:42,699 Mr. Spiker is holding shares especially for us. 553 00:32:45,565 --> 00:32:47,567 A over Y prime is the threshold. 554 00:32:47,593 --> 00:32:50,706 I can see that. But why would it become chaotic? 555 00:32:51,623 --> 00:32:53,144 My God! 556 00:32:53,917 --> 00:32:55,253 It can't be. 557 00:32:55,530 --> 00:32:57,245 Care to enlighten me? 558 00:32:57,370 --> 00:32:58,802 It's right here. 559 00:32:58,822 --> 00:33:01,479 It would seem Charlie had a mathematical revelation. 560 00:33:01,535 --> 00:33:02,774 What kind of revelation? 561 00:33:02,820 --> 00:33:04,920 The oscillations I told you about earlier. 562 00:33:04,945 --> 00:33:08,305 Apparently, they become chaotic beyond a certain speed. 563 00:33:08,479 --> 00:33:10,287 - Meaning? - The feedback stabilizer 564 00:33:10,297 --> 00:33:12,913 only dampens oscillations of a fixed period. 565 00:33:12,939 --> 00:33:14,649 If they become chaotic... 566 00:33:14,774 --> 00:33:16,502 The train will come off the track. 567 00:33:16,627 --> 00:33:18,238 According to the calculation, 568 00:33:18,263 --> 00:33:21,514 the chaotic movements increase sharply beyond the critical speed. 569 00:33:21,581 --> 00:33:25,047 - And that critical speed is..? - 417... 570 00:33:25,451 --> 00:33:26,961 Miles per hour. 571 00:33:33,397 --> 00:33:34,954 Where did you find these? 572 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,057 Did you know what these calculations meant? 573 00:33:40,857 --> 00:33:42,915 That he was being Chicken Little all over again. 574 00:33:42,951 --> 00:33:44,334 Not this time. 575 00:33:45,256 --> 00:33:47,616 You knew he was going to test his theory. 576 00:33:48,487 --> 00:33:50,637 So you gave him the telephone number to call. 577 00:33:50,658 --> 00:33:53,733 Only it wasn't Mr. Darling who answered this time. It was you. 578 00:33:55,296 --> 00:33:57,027 I couldn't let the information get out. 579 00:33:57,058 --> 00:33:58,665 Not on the eve of the share offering. 580 00:33:59,019 --> 00:34:01,758 James needs that money for phase one. 581 00:34:01,989 --> 00:34:05,117 Mr. Trenwith, there isn't going to be a phase one. 582 00:34:05,242 --> 00:34:07,309 Mr. Pendrick's FLASH won't work. 583 00:34:07,647 --> 00:34:11,784 As of this particular moment, maybe. But James will figure it out. 584 00:34:11,786 --> 00:34:14,467 He always does. He is a genius. 585 00:34:16,349 --> 00:34:18,992 What did you do when Mr. Howden telephoned? 586 00:34:19,632 --> 00:34:21,303 What I had to. 587 00:34:21,968 --> 00:34:24,199 I told him to stay at the facility. 588 00:34:24,324 --> 00:34:28,060 I then used the override switch to evacuate the launch chamber. 589 00:34:28,310 --> 00:34:29,987 - Mr. Trenwith... - No. Please. 590 00:34:30,018 --> 00:34:32,663 - I need to get this off my chest. - Mr. Trenwith, 591 00:34:32,721 --> 00:34:35,721 Mr. Howden died moments after the telephone call. 592 00:34:35,757 --> 00:34:37,759 If you were on the telephone with him, 593 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,525 you could not have killed him. 594 00:34:39,650 --> 00:34:42,116 No... no... no, wait, that's not how it happened. 595 00:34:42,126 --> 00:34:44,291 Why are you trying so hard to confess to a murder 596 00:34:44,295 --> 00:34:45,761 you could not have committed? 597 00:34:46,854 --> 00:34:48,342 I wish to speak to my lawyer. 598 00:34:52,987 --> 00:34:54,310 The pages. 599 00:34:54,355 --> 00:34:57,124 That's why you asked me where I'd gotten these. 600 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,559 You showed these equations to James Pendrick. 601 00:35:06,028 --> 00:35:07,265 My God! 602 00:35:07,390 --> 00:35:09,095 You understand what it means? 603 00:35:09,220 --> 00:35:11,952 I understand what it means for the Pendrick FLASH. 604 00:35:12,077 --> 00:35:14,443 People will tolerate an hour in a cramped capsule 605 00:35:14,472 --> 00:35:17,439 hurtling through an airless space. They'll never tolerate ten. 606 00:35:20,911 --> 00:35:21,993 Bloody hell. 607 00:35:22,529 --> 00:35:23,553 Sir? 608 00:35:24,225 --> 00:35:25,892 I bought 200 shares. 609 00:35:26,598 --> 00:35:27,831 I'm sorry, Tom. 610 00:35:28,305 --> 00:35:30,427 As am I. Now if we could... 611 00:35:30,432 --> 00:35:32,533 I swear I've never seen these before. 612 00:35:32,658 --> 00:35:34,696 Well, Mr. Trenwith believes you did. 613 00:35:34,717 --> 00:35:36,637 Now, if you didn't give them to him directly 614 00:35:36,674 --> 00:35:38,640 he must have left them for you somewhere. 615 00:35:38,820 --> 00:35:40,577 And he believes I found them 616 00:35:41,011 --> 00:35:42,871 and correctly deduced their meaning 617 00:35:42,904 --> 00:35:44,641 and then killed Charlie for it. 618 00:35:45,416 --> 00:35:47,976 That Sam would think so lowly of me... 619 00:35:48,595 --> 00:35:51,251 What matters is that he believed it, so why? 620 00:35:51,376 --> 00:35:53,785 - What does he say about it? - Nothing. 621 00:35:53,973 --> 00:35:56,890 The moment I confronted him in his lie, he stopped talking. 622 00:36:01,005 --> 00:36:02,184 There was a card. 623 00:36:02,422 --> 00:36:04,703 - A card. - Sam was always writing me 624 00:36:04,772 --> 00:36:07,250 little cards and notes of encouragement. 625 00:36:07,375 --> 00:36:09,143 "Good luck tomorrow", and that kind of thing. 626 00:36:09,192 --> 00:36:11,956 - What did this one say? - "This may be worth a conversation." 627 00:36:11,993 --> 00:36:13,953 But when I looked inside, there was nothing there. 628 00:36:15,106 --> 00:36:17,990 What if the pages were inside but the killer removed them? 629 00:36:18,219 --> 00:36:21,140 And decided to have his own conversation with Mr. Howden. 630 00:36:21,217 --> 00:36:22,221 Murdoch, 631 00:36:22,258 --> 00:36:23,732 if I'd have known, I would never have gone ahead 632 00:36:23,749 --> 00:36:24,957 with the share offering. 633 00:36:26,824 --> 00:36:28,139 It was Spiker. 634 00:36:29,793 --> 00:36:31,800 He would have lost his entire investment. 635 00:36:32,181 --> 00:36:33,971 So he traded his loss for mine. 636 00:36:34,003 --> 00:36:35,253 And a hundred others. 637 00:36:39,283 --> 00:36:40,901 Mill Street, 1-8-1-3. 638 00:36:41,643 --> 00:36:43,343 Hello, Robert. Is Clyde there? 639 00:36:44,191 --> 00:36:46,005 No, no. Tell him to wait there. 640 00:36:46,276 --> 00:36:47,951 I'll explain later. Just keep him there. 641 00:36:49,409 --> 00:36:50,994 We must be fleet of foot. 642 00:36:55,426 --> 00:36:58,173 I'm sorry, Tom. There's only room for two in the sled. 643 00:37:00,481 --> 00:37:02,986 That's alright. I'll wait. 644 00:37:24,637 --> 00:37:25,767 Robert! 645 00:37:27,553 --> 00:37:29,507 Are you alright? What happened? 646 00:37:29,675 --> 00:37:31,850 - I don't know. - You've been hit on the head. 647 00:37:34,136 --> 00:37:36,148 Spiker must be headed back to the mainland. 648 00:37:37,177 --> 00:37:38,627 You're alright. 649 00:37:43,083 --> 00:37:44,316 The sled's gone. 650 00:37:44,324 --> 00:37:45,922 The knave slipped past us. 651 00:37:47,319 --> 00:37:50,236 - Robert, send that sled back. - I can't. 652 00:37:50,277 --> 00:37:53,310 My commands are being overridden by the mainland control room. 653 00:37:53,478 --> 00:37:55,078 Spiker's taken control. 654 00:38:02,883 --> 00:38:04,432 Breathe out! 655 00:38:04,464 --> 00:38:07,102 And hold your breath! 656 00:38:23,745 --> 00:38:24,905 Murdoch! 657 00:38:25,248 --> 00:38:27,198 Your oxygen rebreather! 658 00:38:40,723 --> 00:38:42,270 William! 659 00:38:45,133 --> 00:38:46,448 Julia? 660 00:38:46,784 --> 00:38:48,242 You should leave. 661 00:38:48,598 --> 00:38:50,187 We're in a vacuum. 662 00:38:50,916 --> 00:38:52,251 Don't be silly, 663 00:38:52,661 --> 00:38:54,828 you know sound can't travel in a vacuum. 664 00:38:55,397 --> 00:38:57,200 I'm just reminding you to breathe. 665 00:39:04,647 --> 00:39:07,035 Murdoch! Can you hear me? 666 00:39:07,117 --> 00:39:08,686 How long have we been unconscious? 667 00:39:09,112 --> 00:39:12,188 The suits take a moment or two to pressurize. 668 00:39:12,270 --> 00:39:15,378 Spiker tried to kill us the same way killed Howden. 669 00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:27,478 - Oh boy! - What is it? 670 00:39:27,490 --> 00:39:29,637 The mainland induction track is aligned with the Island. 671 00:39:29,645 --> 00:39:30,751 What does that mean? 672 00:39:30,812 --> 00:39:33,700 It means the polarity won't reverse at the midpoint. 673 00:39:33,745 --> 00:39:37,260 The sled will continue to accelerate past critical speed. 674 00:39:37,285 --> 00:39:40,254 He means to destroy the tube with us in it. 675 00:39:44,714 --> 00:39:46,914 - Oh boy! - What now? 676 00:39:47,274 --> 00:39:48,780 It's on its way. 677 00:39:49,583 --> 00:39:51,209 We have to close the seal! 678 00:39:53,109 --> 00:39:54,240 Hurry! 679 00:39:57,655 --> 00:39:58,688 Oh boy... 680 00:40:09,932 --> 00:40:11,455 Bollocks! 681 00:40:42,223 --> 00:40:43,382 Murdoch! 682 00:40:52,156 --> 00:40:53,193 Well? 683 00:40:53,447 --> 00:40:54,557 Full confession. 684 00:40:54,798 --> 00:40:56,682 I expected no less from you, Tom. 685 00:40:56,804 --> 00:40:58,968 The man robbed me of my life savings. 686 00:40:59,263 --> 00:41:01,874 I was prepared to extract more than a confession. 687 00:41:01,909 --> 00:41:04,350 - Thomas! - Oh, here we go. 688 00:41:04,698 --> 00:41:07,213 Margaret, I've got some bad news. 689 00:41:07,247 --> 00:41:09,215 Well, I'm afraid I have some of my own. 690 00:41:09,478 --> 00:41:11,674 I just couldn't bring myself to invest 691 00:41:11,694 --> 00:41:13,722 in one of Pendrick's crazy schemes. 692 00:41:13,779 --> 00:41:16,199 - You didn't buy the shares? - I'm sorry. 693 00:41:16,232 --> 00:41:17,805 I know you're friends, 694 00:41:17,809 --> 00:41:20,750 but Mr. Pendrick's plans never work out. 695 00:41:21,442 --> 00:41:22,523 Oh... 696 00:41:22,540 --> 00:41:24,830 - No disrespect intended. - None taken. 697 00:41:24,859 --> 00:41:27,810 - You're quite right of course. - Well, thank you. 698 00:41:28,529 --> 00:41:30,737 So if you want to pout, 699 00:41:30,862 --> 00:41:34,705 - you can go right ahead because I... - Bloody Hell, Margaret! You're brilliant! 700 00:41:36,397 --> 00:41:38,089 Now why don't I take you home. 701 00:41:39,027 --> 00:41:40,088 Good evening gentlemen. 702 00:41:40,485 --> 00:41:43,614 Good evening, gentlemen. 703 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,750 So is there no hope for the Pendrick FLASH? 704 00:41:49,910 --> 00:41:52,592 Someday, someone will do it but it won't be me. 705 00:41:52,855 --> 00:41:55,460 - What about you, Mr. Goddard? - No. 706 00:41:55,481 --> 00:41:58,639 I've decided to devote my energies to building a rocket. 707 00:41:58,807 --> 00:42:02,408 I'd tell you how, but I'm afraid it's now a state secret. 708 00:42:02,478 --> 00:42:04,685 Just knowing it's possible is enough for me. 709 00:42:05,447 --> 00:42:06,610 Take care. 710 00:42:08,555 --> 00:42:09,945 Well, Mr. Pendrick, 711 00:42:09,953 --> 00:42:12,545 if death doesn't stop you, neither will this. 712 00:42:13,065 --> 00:42:16,584 - I'm sure you'll be back with an even grander idea. - I hope you're right. 713 00:42:16,709 --> 00:42:19,886 And you must be sure to keep that logograph. 714 00:42:20,168 --> 00:42:23,893 The infinity symbol. You like that. I really do. 715 00:42:24,018 --> 00:42:26,468 I believe it's called a lemniscate? 716 00:42:27,666 --> 00:42:29,836 Well, I must be off. 717 00:42:29,913 --> 00:42:31,449 Much work to do. 718 00:42:33,564 --> 00:42:35,873 Well, Murdoch, shall I treat you to dinner 719 00:42:35,893 --> 00:42:38,059 to help celebrate my lastest failure? 720 00:42:38,111 --> 00:42:41,771 I appreciate the offer but I'm afraid my wife needs my assistance. 721 00:42:42,846 --> 00:42:44,911 It's curious, isn't it? 722 00:42:45,673 --> 00:42:49,073 I've always been undone by the malfeasance of those I've trusted. 723 00:42:49,198 --> 00:42:50,552 But for the first time, 724 00:42:51,008 --> 00:42:53,957 I've been undone by the very forces of nature itself. 725 00:42:54,082 --> 00:42:57,545 You thought you'd been betrayed by a man who was willing to confess 726 00:42:57,585 --> 00:43:00,217 to a murder he believed you had committed. 727 00:43:00,273 --> 00:43:02,951 Whatever did I do to deserve such loyalty? 728 00:43:03,401 --> 00:43:05,511 I believe he was in love with you. 729 00:43:08,568 --> 00:43:10,350 Of course. 730 00:43:11,143 --> 00:43:13,222 Now that you say it, it seems so obvious. 731 00:43:13,227 --> 00:43:15,076 But I swear I didn't know. 732 00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:23,212 Tell me, 733 00:43:24,057 --> 00:43:25,859 do you think if a man tried hard enough, 734 00:43:25,884 --> 00:43:27,942 he could overcome his inborn nature? 735 00:43:30,180 --> 00:43:31,732 I don't believe so. 736 00:43:33,222 --> 00:43:34,640 Pity. 737 00:43:38,100 --> 00:43:39,698 Until next time. 738 00:43:40,636 --> 00:43:44,307 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -