1 00:00:00,371 --> 00:00:04,816 (THEME MUSIC) 2 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:44,000 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 3 00:00:44,996 --> 00:00:47,687 No, I think it's just the two of them. 4 00:00:48,755 --> 00:00:51,624 No. There's some movers. 5 00:00:52,318 --> 00:00:56,261 He looks to be about 40. She's a few years younger. 6 00:00:56,968 --> 00:00:58,562 Oh, dear. 7 00:00:58,575 --> 00:01:00,927 - They just saw me. - (WOMAN): Hello! 8 00:01:00,931 --> 00:01:03,227 Because they're waving at me. 9 00:01:03,472 --> 00:01:06,126 Oh no! They're coming this way. 10 00:01:06,652 --> 00:01:08,436 No, I don't... 11 00:01:09,593 --> 00:01:12,279 What... Not without you here. 12 00:01:12,594 --> 00:01:15,793 Because you're better at these things. I... 13 00:01:16,809 --> 00:01:20,291 I prefer peaceful coexistence. 14 00:01:20,715 --> 00:01:23,366 It's just better that way. I... 15 00:01:23,433 --> 00:01:25,561 (KNOCKING) 16 00:01:26,373 --> 00:01:27,916 They're here. 17 00:01:28,733 --> 00:01:30,158 I will. 18 00:01:31,206 --> 00:01:32,794 I promise. 19 00:01:32,796 --> 00:01:34,455 (WOMAN): Hello? 20 00:01:35,123 --> 00:01:37,704 - Hello! - (KNOCKING) 21 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:40,877 (MAN): I hear footsteps in there. Ha! Ha! Ha! 22 00:01:43,648 --> 00:01:45,380 Howdy, neighbour! 23 00:01:45,853 --> 00:01:48,254 - We saw you looking. - Hmm-mm! 24 00:01:48,264 --> 00:01:50,408 Raymond Huckabee and this is my... 25 00:01:50,439 --> 00:01:52,647 my better half, Goldie Huckabee. 26 00:01:52,649 --> 00:01:56,151 - William Murdoch. - We just had to see your house. 27 00:01:56,153 --> 00:01:58,539 - It is so unusual. - Hmm-mm. 28 00:01:59,094 --> 00:02:02,697 Is there... a Mrs. Murdoch or... ? 29 00:02:02,748 --> 00:02:05,771 There is a Dr. Julia Ogden. 30 00:02:05,797 --> 00:02:07,539 She's away at a medical conference. 31 00:02:07,570 --> 00:02:09,919 - She'll be back Thursday. - She? 32 00:02:10,044 --> 00:02:11,272 My wife. 33 00:02:11,848 --> 00:02:13,596 Oh, your doctor's a wife? 34 00:02:13,811 --> 00:02:15,718 Oh! (LAUGHING) 35 00:02:15,790 --> 00:02:17,906 I said it the wrong way around. She... 36 00:02:18,031 --> 00:02:20,241 Ha! Ha! Ha! She said it the wrong way! Ha! Ha! 37 00:02:20,243 --> 00:02:22,217 (LAUGHING) 38 00:02:22,342 --> 00:02:24,170 Where are all the rooms? 39 00:02:24,614 --> 00:02:26,864 - (PHONE RINGING) - Uh... 40 00:02:27,332 --> 00:02:28,735 (CLEARS THROAT) 41 00:02:30,385 --> 00:02:31,720 Detective Murdoch. 42 00:02:32,334 --> 00:02:34,055 He's a detective! 43 00:02:34,122 --> 00:02:36,291 Correct, yes. I'll be right there. 44 00:02:39,479 --> 00:02:41,006 Duty calls. 45 00:02:41,345 --> 00:02:44,903 Oh! What a shame, Detective. 46 00:02:44,959 --> 00:02:48,388 - Ha! Ha! Ha! - Some other time, then. 47 00:02:49,108 --> 00:02:50,608 Some other time. 48 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:52,973 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 49 00:02:53,810 --> 00:02:55,769 We received the call at 6:35. 50 00:02:55,812 --> 00:02:59,086 She was found with her head and shoulders down in the water. 51 00:02:59,158 --> 00:03:00,962 No attempt to bury her. 52 00:03:02,746 --> 00:03:05,420 - Thoughts, Miss Hart? - She's young. 53 00:03:05,422 --> 00:03:07,422 She appears to be about 18 or 19. 54 00:03:07,424 --> 00:03:09,059 As you can see, her throat's been cut. 55 00:03:09,116 --> 00:03:10,843 But there was no sign of blood. 56 00:03:10,884 --> 00:03:12,643 If she was found in the water, 57 00:03:12,658 --> 00:03:14,920 any sign of blood could've washed away. 58 00:03:15,432 --> 00:03:18,252 ♪ 59 00:03:20,607 --> 00:03:23,059 Distribute these to the other stationhouses. 60 00:03:23,115 --> 00:03:25,747 We want to have this woman identified right away. 61 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:28,977 - Any missing persons reported? - Not in the last week, sir. 62 00:03:29,449 --> 00:03:33,150 Right. Conduct a search using her Bertillon measurements. 63 00:03:33,186 --> 00:03:35,617 Show Mr. Parker how the Searchizer operates. 64 00:03:35,619 --> 00:03:38,121 Oh, sir... It never gives us a match. 65 00:03:38,537 --> 00:03:40,543 There's always a first time. 66 00:03:40,794 --> 00:03:42,172 Sir. 67 00:03:44,455 --> 00:03:46,994 Detective Murdoch built this automated machine 68 00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:49,965 to calculate ratios between people's facial features 69 00:03:49,966 --> 00:03:53,468 and compare them against every individual the constabulary has on file. 70 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:56,927 Why don't I take the measurements while you dial them in? 71 00:03:56,942 --> 00:03:59,445 - You know the Bertillon system? - I was a Pinkerton. 72 00:03:59,570 --> 00:04:01,920 Finding people was half our business. 73 00:04:03,321 --> 00:04:05,387 Nose to chin... Oh! 74 00:04:05,567 --> 00:04:08,843 - You use metric. - Easier to calculate, apparently. 75 00:04:08,863 --> 00:04:11,141 Ah. 8.7. 76 00:04:11,475 --> 00:04:15,120 Nose to corner of right eye... 77 00:04:15,141 --> 00:04:16,667 6.2. 78 00:04:18,056 --> 00:04:21,480 Left eye, 6.1. 79 00:04:21,983 --> 00:04:25,192 Nose to midpoint between the eyes... 80 00:04:25,264 --> 00:04:26,652 5.4. 81 00:04:26,713 --> 00:04:28,285 All right, that should do. 82 00:04:29,406 --> 00:04:31,118 And... 83 00:04:31,298 --> 00:04:32,912 (MACHINE WHIRRING) 84 00:04:34,814 --> 00:04:36,783 How long does it take to get a match? 85 00:04:36,814 --> 00:04:38,927 Well, to compare to every file on record, 86 00:04:38,949 --> 00:04:41,656 it takes about ten minutes. As far as finding a match, 87 00:04:41,672 --> 00:04:43,455 so far, never. 88 00:04:44,206 --> 00:04:45,798 (MACHINE DINGS) 89 00:04:46,081 --> 00:04:47,418 Lord. 90 00:04:47,793 --> 00:04:50,317 Speak the words and they immediately become alive! 91 00:04:50,379 --> 00:04:54,101 Look at that! M0132. 92 00:04:54,226 --> 00:04:56,007 M... 93 00:04:56,054 --> 00:04:59,920 0132. 94 00:05:01,010 --> 00:05:04,052 Yes, that's her all right. When did she go missing? 95 00:05:04,787 --> 00:05:06,520 189... 96 00:05:06,587 --> 00:05:08,519 1895? 97 00:05:09,285 --> 00:05:10,894 That's 12 years ago. 98 00:05:11,934 --> 00:05:14,616 She still looks 18. 99 00:05:15,501 --> 00:05:17,059 How's that possible? 100 00:05:22,776 --> 00:05:25,156 The same young woman. Looks to be the same age. 101 00:05:25,166 --> 00:05:26,945 But taken 12 years apart. 102 00:05:27,171 --> 00:05:30,147 - Then it must be someone else. - I have to agree. 103 00:05:30,230 --> 00:05:32,142 The chances of someone having the exact 104 00:05:32,153 --> 00:05:35,545 same Bertillon measurements is slim, but... not zero. 105 00:05:36,147 --> 00:05:37,699 Perhaps it was a sister. 106 00:05:37,824 --> 00:05:39,956 Non-twins siblings are not identical. 107 00:05:40,424 --> 00:05:43,884 I knew two brothers born five years apart who were spitting images. 108 00:05:44,009 --> 00:05:45,750 We used to call them the Percy twins. 109 00:05:45,875 --> 00:05:48,963 Pointy faces, high foreheads, happy daftys the pair of them. 110 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:51,868 So what do we have on the family? 111 00:05:51,909 --> 00:05:54,916 Just what's on file. Her name is Polly Townsend. 112 00:05:55,348 --> 00:05:58,294 Reported missing by Jack and Doris Townsend. 113 00:05:58,325 --> 00:06:01,543 - The parents, I presume. - Her father and stepmother. 114 00:06:01,579 --> 00:06:03,979 Her father, Jack Townsend, died last April 115 00:06:04,015 --> 00:06:05,948 and Doris has since moved away. 116 00:06:05,969 --> 00:06:07,383 We haven't been able to locate her. 117 00:06:07,408 --> 00:06:10,319 - This is a stationhouse 1 file. - Yes. I have sent a constable 118 00:06:10,329 --> 00:06:11,876 to collect the original files. 119 00:06:12,001 --> 00:06:14,240 Reported missing 12 years ago. 120 00:06:14,662 --> 00:06:17,160 Could she have been killed then and preserve somehow? 121 00:06:17,194 --> 00:06:18,759 I've considered that, sir. 122 00:06:18,980 --> 00:06:21,421 If the body were kept in a sealed container, 123 00:06:21,452 --> 00:06:23,822 pressurized with an inert gas, 124 00:06:23,852 --> 00:06:26,695 then perhaps the tissue would be stopped from decomposing. 125 00:06:26,703 --> 00:06:29,199 - Well, there you go. - I then spoke with Dr. Ogden 126 00:06:29,324 --> 00:06:31,373 and she told me that even if the body 127 00:06:31,389 --> 00:06:34,257 were kept in deoxygenated environment, 128 00:06:34,382 --> 00:06:37,378 it would still be consumed by anaerobic bacteria 129 00:06:37,381 --> 00:06:39,711 - already present in the tissue. - So that's a no, then. 130 00:06:39,757 --> 00:06:41,006 No. 131 00:06:41,176 --> 00:06:42,728 Sirs, we have a couple of witnesses 132 00:06:42,749 --> 00:06:45,617 who think they saw the victim last night. They're on their way in. 133 00:06:45,638 --> 00:06:47,356 Right. Very good. 134 00:06:47,391 --> 00:06:50,053 Let's see if they can identify the victim in the morgue. 135 00:06:51,786 --> 00:06:55,743 Oh! Mail is in. It's from a publisher. 136 00:06:57,003 --> 00:06:59,882 I recently sent them a manuscript. This must be the reply. 137 00:06:59,939 --> 00:07:01,147 A book? 138 00:07:01,625 --> 00:07:05,048 - You've written a book? - I'm not just a constable, you know. 139 00:07:05,552 --> 00:07:07,210 So? Open it! 140 00:07:07,542 --> 00:07:08,770 I don't know. 141 00:07:08,790 --> 00:07:12,543 As long as it remains unopened, I remain... unrejected. 142 00:07:13,046 --> 00:07:14,555 Give it to me. 143 00:07:14,884 --> 00:07:16,267 (SIGHS) 144 00:07:16,392 --> 00:07:17,727 All right. 145 00:07:18,519 --> 00:07:21,284 "Dear Mr. Crabtree... " 146 00:07:21,310 --> 00:07:23,516 At least they didn't spell it Carbtree. 147 00:07:23,541 --> 00:07:26,431 - "Thank you for submitting your manuscript." - "Thank you"? 148 00:07:26,492 --> 00:07:28,939 Oh, great. That's the way all rejection letters begin. 149 00:07:28,950 --> 00:07:32,517 "It was an interesting and enjoyable read. 150 00:07:32,908 --> 00:07:35,699 The passages describing the flower girls 151 00:07:35,706 --> 00:07:38,793 of Flower Hill were particularly appealing. 152 00:07:41,810 --> 00:07:43,902 "Regretfully, we are not looking 153 00:07:43,917 --> 00:07:46,323 for a manuscript of this type at this time." 154 00:07:46,448 --> 00:07:48,214 Oh, I told you so! 155 00:07:48,507 --> 00:07:50,883 This is what comes from opening letters. 156 00:07:51,556 --> 00:07:53,819 "Of this type"? What do they mean? 157 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,042 It could be her. I can't be certain. 158 00:07:57,067 --> 00:07:59,529 She was a good 20 feet away and running. 159 00:07:59,563 --> 00:08:01,977 - Screaming all the while. - Like she was being chased. 160 00:08:02,321 --> 00:08:04,500 - Dis you see her pursuer? - No. 161 00:08:04,625 --> 00:08:08,326 We figured she was loony. 162 00:08:09,154 --> 00:08:11,775 - What time was this? - Around about 8:30. 163 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:13,643 We were out for our evening walk. 164 00:08:13,677 --> 00:08:16,125 The valley is so nice that time of day. 165 00:08:17,071 --> 00:08:18,772 Do you recall anything else? 166 00:08:18,782 --> 00:08:20,674 - Uh... - What was she wearing? 167 00:08:20,931 --> 00:08:22,658 Her dress was yellow. 168 00:08:22,725 --> 00:08:24,842 Or... or was it green? 169 00:08:24,967 --> 00:08:26,889 It was a floral pattern, dear. 170 00:08:26,924 --> 00:08:28,636 Yellow with florets. 171 00:08:28,687 --> 00:08:31,977 Puff sleeves as I recall, with a rose collar. 172 00:08:32,445 --> 00:08:33,586 That's it. 173 00:08:35,319 --> 00:08:36,768 Right. 174 00:08:37,015 --> 00:08:38,809 Thank you very much. 175 00:08:43,671 --> 00:08:45,675 Have you established a time of death? 176 00:08:45,871 --> 00:08:47,404 Given the rate of algor mortis, 177 00:08:47,424 --> 00:08:50,143 I've calculated her death at ten hours before she was found. 178 00:08:50,268 --> 00:08:52,652 Her head and shoulders were partially submerged. 179 00:08:52,683 --> 00:08:55,685 I've calculated the heat flux to various tissues. 180 00:08:56,404 --> 00:08:58,254 If you would like to check my work... 181 00:09:09,312 --> 00:09:11,502 So about 8:30 last night. 182 00:09:12,196 --> 00:09:13,800 Maybe a little after. 183 00:09:21,475 --> 00:09:24,698 The young woman was last seen just south of Park Drive 184 00:09:24,715 --> 00:09:26,579 in an apparent state of fright. 185 00:09:26,605 --> 00:09:28,270 She must have known she was in danger. 186 00:09:28,286 --> 00:09:31,519 And her body was discovered just north of Cudmore Creek. 187 00:09:31,644 --> 00:09:34,033 So was she running from her killer or towards him? 188 00:09:34,403 --> 00:09:35,776 And who is she? 189 00:09:35,832 --> 00:09:38,439 - Hamish Slorach. - Pardon? 190 00:09:38,564 --> 00:09:41,226 - Knock-knock. - Inspector Slorach! What can we do for you, sir? 191 00:09:41,257 --> 00:09:43,566 Oh, nothing, nothing! I'm here to do for you. 192 00:09:43,691 --> 00:09:45,400 The boys at my old stationhouse told me 193 00:09:45,431 --> 00:09:48,177 - you were asking about Polly Townsend. - Yes. 194 00:09:48,302 --> 00:09:51,083 I was the detective investigating her disappearance. 195 00:09:51,291 --> 00:09:54,284 What year was that? 1895. 196 00:09:54,409 --> 00:09:56,278 - 1899? - 95! 197 00:09:56,298 --> 00:09:58,843 95. 95... 198 00:09:59,701 --> 00:10:01,326 November 15th. 199 00:10:01,573 --> 00:10:04,580 No, no, no. I think it was November 15th. 200 00:10:04,786 --> 00:10:07,690 (SIGHS) 13th... See here, got... 201 00:10:07,724 --> 00:10:10,677 There's 13th and the 13th... There's 13th. 202 00:10:10,718 --> 00:10:14,244 15th. 15th! Uh... "Eggs on toast. 203 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,332 Eggs runny. Must tell Meg." 204 00:10:16,695 --> 00:10:18,510 Hmm. Meg was my wife. 205 00:10:19,384 --> 00:10:22,138 Is there anything about Miss Townsend there? 206 00:10:22,263 --> 00:10:25,173 Yes. I, uh... Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 207 00:10:25,193 --> 00:10:27,532 See, I got it. I interviewed the parents, Jack and Doris. 208 00:10:27,584 --> 00:10:31,583 "He's shifty, she's a peach. Polly TB." 209 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,331 What could I meant by "TB"? 210 00:10:35,382 --> 00:10:37,420 - Tuberculosis? - Yeah, that's it. 211 00:10:37,454 --> 00:10:39,331 That's it! She had consumption. 212 00:10:40,395 --> 00:10:42,857 Any reason why she would've run away? 213 00:10:44,259 --> 00:10:48,110 - Polly had an argument with her father. - Oh! What about? 214 00:10:48,584 --> 00:10:50,959 Doesn't say. I went to lunch after that. 215 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,737 "Ham on rye at Hope's. Good mustard." 216 00:10:54,771 --> 00:10:57,467 Do you remember anything other than what you wrote down? 217 00:10:57,642 --> 00:10:59,894 Uh... Yes, actually, yes. 218 00:11:00,331 --> 00:11:02,737 The father, he was very, very upset when he came in. 219 00:11:02,762 --> 00:11:05,184 The stepmother, not so much. You should talk to her. 220 00:11:05,214 --> 00:11:07,024 We haven't been able to locate her. 221 00:11:07,101 --> 00:11:09,039 - I know where she lives. - You do? 222 00:11:09,060 --> 00:11:12,010 Yeah, she remarried. To a lawyer who lives down my street. 223 00:11:12,051 --> 00:11:13,887 Birdie Smothers is his name. 224 00:11:16,087 --> 00:11:17,485 Mrs. Smothers. 225 00:11:18,339 --> 00:11:20,195 This is my husband, Birdie. 226 00:11:20,385 --> 00:11:22,107 I came to offer support. 227 00:11:22,333 --> 00:11:25,037 Now, Mrs. Smothers, we don't believe this to be your stepdaughter, 228 00:11:25,058 --> 00:11:28,138 but we are looking to close off an avenue of investigation. 229 00:11:28,477 --> 00:11:30,965 Just her face, please, Miss Hart. 230 00:11:32,743 --> 00:11:36,712 ♪ 231 00:11:38,203 --> 00:11:40,142 This isn't possible! 232 00:11:41,585 --> 00:11:43,323 She was dying of consumption. 233 00:11:43,365 --> 00:11:45,721 She had one year to live at most. 234 00:11:46,485 --> 00:11:49,379 There were tuberculosis scars on her lungs. 235 00:11:50,278 --> 00:11:52,762 Are you quite sure this is your stepdaughter? 236 00:11:55,311 --> 00:11:58,534 She had a scar. On her leg. 237 00:11:58,659 --> 00:12:01,588 From running into a barbed wire fence when she was a child. 238 00:12:01,654 --> 00:12:04,012 She was very self-conscious about it. 239 00:12:05,102 --> 00:12:07,190 (CRYING) 240 00:12:07,909 --> 00:12:09,307 Oh! 241 00:12:09,703 --> 00:12:11,487 How is this possible? 242 00:12:18,427 --> 00:12:20,751 So the dead girl is Polly. 243 00:12:21,528 --> 00:12:24,627 - Yes, sir. - So that brings us back to the same question. 244 00:12:24,957 --> 00:12:26,529 How did she not age? 245 00:12:26,828 --> 00:12:28,555 I have no idea, sir. 246 00:12:28,565 --> 00:12:30,159 (SIGHS) 247 00:12:30,596 --> 00:12:34,153 - Have you any ideas, Crabtree? - Yes, I have ideas, 248 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:36,441 but it hardly seems worth my breath to utter them. 249 00:12:36,566 --> 00:12:38,420 What are you rattling on about, Crabtree? 250 00:12:38,441 --> 00:12:40,552 Sir, if you haven't notice, every idea I have 251 00:12:40,574 --> 00:12:43,274 seems to get crushed under foot before it even leaves my mouth. 252 00:12:45,238 --> 00:12:46,801 What ideas have you, George? 253 00:12:46,842 --> 00:12:49,890 Well, the first one is one you're going to dispel immediately. 254 00:12:50,265 --> 00:12:51,596 She's a vampire. 255 00:12:51,637 --> 00:12:53,359 - Bloody hell. - You see. 256 00:12:53,755 --> 00:12:57,384 - Go on. - Sir, it's well accepted that vampires do not age. 257 00:12:57,405 --> 00:12:59,209 She was last seen during the night. 258 00:12:59,235 --> 00:13:01,085 Her body was completely drained of blood, 259 00:13:01,116 --> 00:13:04,052 which would suggest to me a second vampire. 260 00:13:04,293 --> 00:13:06,632 I mean, there is a lot of infighting amongst vampires, 261 00:13:06,636 --> 00:13:08,035 don't even start with werewolves. 262 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:12,379 Finally, her throat was slashed to disguise the bite marks. 263 00:13:12,657 --> 00:13:14,173 Any other ideas? 264 00:13:14,204 --> 00:13:17,247 She may have been kidnapped by aliens. Possibly Venusian. 265 00:13:17,283 --> 00:13:18,804 How did they keep her young? 266 00:13:20,517 --> 00:13:22,912 By travelling close to the speed of light... 267 00:13:23,313 --> 00:13:24,557 What? 268 00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,791 It's here somewhere. 269 00:13:29,071 --> 00:13:32,237 - What are you looking for? - Ah, yes. 270 00:13:33,435 --> 00:13:34,643 Here. 271 00:13:35,671 --> 00:13:37,974 This was from my lecture at Trinity College. 272 00:13:38,010 --> 00:13:40,045 - Did you attend? - I did. 273 00:13:40,416 --> 00:13:43,567 You spoke of a person travelling at the speed of light 274 00:13:43,582 --> 00:13:46,188 - not experiencing time. - Yes. 275 00:13:46,548 --> 00:13:50,612 It's more of a thought experiment than a practical reality, of course. 276 00:13:50,909 --> 00:13:52,919 So it's not, in fact, possible. 277 00:13:53,335 --> 00:13:55,864 Massive objects cannot attain the speed of light. 278 00:13:55,879 --> 00:13:58,619 But if one could come close to that speed, 279 00:13:58,660 --> 00:14:00,866 a voyage of one month would be equivalent 280 00:14:00,902 --> 00:14:04,140 - to ten years on Earth. - Remarkable. 281 00:14:04,191 --> 00:14:06,889 It's a direct consequence of the principle of relativity. 282 00:14:06,890 --> 00:14:09,164 Time itself travels at the speed of light. 283 00:14:09,980 --> 00:14:12,020 Do you know of any existing technology 284 00:14:12,041 --> 00:14:14,004 that could permit such acceleration? 285 00:14:14,179 --> 00:14:16,194 No. No, the force required 286 00:14:16,246 --> 00:14:19,274 is far beyond any capacity known to modern science. 287 00:14:19,458 --> 00:14:22,095 At least on Earth. 288 00:14:23,046 --> 00:14:25,961 Bloody aliens! You really think aliens are responsible? 289 00:14:26,086 --> 00:14:29,618 Sir, you have no idea how long I have waited for this moment. 290 00:14:29,652 --> 00:14:31,163 See what you've started. 291 00:14:31,544 --> 00:14:35,173 All I said was that we could not eliminate the possibility. 292 00:14:35,199 --> 00:14:36,865 But sirs, it explains everything. 293 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,244 Why did she disappear? Because aliens took her. 294 00:14:39,265 --> 00:14:40,745 Why hasn't she aged? 295 00:14:40,771 --> 00:14:42,894 Because they whizzed her off at the speed of light, 296 00:14:42,925 --> 00:14:46,410 had a bit of lunch, and came back in our time 12 years later. 297 00:14:46,535 --> 00:14:49,150 All right then, smartarse. Why did they take her? 298 00:14:50,020 --> 00:14:53,284 They took pity on her. Dying as she was. She wanted to see the world, 299 00:14:53,409 --> 00:14:56,476 - they showed her the galaxy. - And did they kill her as well? 300 00:14:57,617 --> 00:14:58,835 They had to. 301 00:14:58,892 --> 00:15:00,732 She discovered their plans for an invasion. 302 00:15:00,752 --> 00:15:04,125 In the original version of my book, Venusians, you know, from Venus... 303 00:15:04,156 --> 00:15:06,685 Oh, that's enough, Crabtree! This is bloody ridiculous. 304 00:15:06,710 --> 00:15:08,657 Wait. Louise Cherry? 305 00:15:08,691 --> 00:15:11,785 - How did she find out about this case? - Who bloody cares? 306 00:15:11,867 --> 00:15:14,559 Right, you, stop spouting nonsense and get back to work. 307 00:15:14,574 --> 00:15:16,095 Sir, I came to tell the Detective 308 00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:18,018 Miss Hart would like to see him in the morgue. 309 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:25,050 I've analyzed the lung tissue in the microscope 310 00:15:25,055 --> 00:15:27,085 to determine the extent of her infection. 311 00:15:27,210 --> 00:15:30,149 I ended up taking 20 samples and in not one could I find 312 00:15:30,169 --> 00:15:32,416 a single tuberculosis bacterium. 313 00:15:32,924 --> 00:15:34,467 She was cured? 314 00:15:34,821 --> 00:15:36,518 It seems so, yes. 315 00:15:36,713 --> 00:15:40,278 It also appears that she is decomposing at a slower rate than normal. 316 00:15:42,386 --> 00:15:44,329 Do you have an explanation for this? 317 00:15:44,504 --> 00:15:45,861 I do not. 318 00:15:46,162 --> 00:15:48,538 Perhaps Dr. Ogden might venture an opinion. 319 00:15:55,247 --> 00:15:56,578 Miss Hart, 320 00:15:57,144 --> 00:16:00,270 have you spoken to the press regarding this case? 321 00:16:01,020 --> 00:16:02,871 I was approached by Miss Cherry, 322 00:16:02,897 --> 00:16:05,812 who wanted confirmation on facts she'd already acquired. 323 00:16:06,584 --> 00:16:10,752 Louise Cherry has interfered with every case she's ever investigated. 324 00:16:10,787 --> 00:16:12,297 I have a standing directive 325 00:16:12,312 --> 00:16:14,890 forbidding any official communication with her. 326 00:16:14,924 --> 00:16:16,491 Were you not aware of this? 327 00:16:17,293 --> 00:16:19,950 I am not required to take direction from you, Detective. 328 00:16:20,002 --> 00:16:22,649 The coroner works with the police, not for them. 329 00:16:22,716 --> 00:16:24,474 I answer to the Board of Control. 330 00:16:26,689 --> 00:16:28,561 Your wife may do your bidding. 331 00:16:28,586 --> 00:16:30,088 But I am not she. 332 00:16:44,722 --> 00:16:48,125 (MURDOCH): Yes, I'm aware that she's technically correct. 333 00:16:48,157 --> 00:16:51,692 It is nevertheless galling, considering what I know about her. 334 00:16:52,519 --> 00:16:54,092 What could I say? 335 00:16:54,446 --> 00:16:57,911 As long as she continues to perform her duties without negligence, 336 00:16:57,978 --> 00:17:00,503 - I have no recourse. - (KNOCKING) 337 00:17:01,752 --> 00:17:03,238 Someone's at the door. 338 00:17:04,328 --> 00:17:06,800 Because I don't want them to know I'm home. 339 00:17:07,443 --> 00:17:09,077 Our new neighbours. 340 00:17:09,525 --> 00:17:11,747 Oh! Oh, you will. 341 00:17:11,781 --> 00:17:13,078 (KNOCKING) 342 00:17:13,474 --> 00:17:16,035 (SIGHS) Yes, fine. 343 00:17:29,035 --> 00:17:30,351 Oh! 344 00:17:30,798 --> 00:17:32,063 Murdoch! 345 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:33,936 I'm sorry to bother you. 346 00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:35,749 But I've been awakened to an idea 347 00:17:35,769 --> 00:17:37,996 that I felt compelled to share with you. 348 00:17:42,154 --> 00:17:43,604 Where are the rooms? 349 00:17:45,048 --> 00:17:47,295 Something you wanted to speak with me about? 350 00:17:47,362 --> 00:17:48,919 Yes, yes. 351 00:17:49,968 --> 00:17:52,117 I fear I hung my boots up too early. 352 00:17:52,173 --> 00:17:54,183 - Oh. - On the job, 353 00:17:54,235 --> 00:17:56,124 retirement was something I looked forward to. 354 00:17:56,159 --> 00:17:58,126 Sleeping in. Reading books. 355 00:17:58,161 --> 00:18:01,256 - Taking long walks with my dog. - That sounds wonderful. 356 00:18:01,339 --> 00:18:03,899 Turns out I'm not that tired, I don't like reading, 357 00:18:03,933 --> 00:18:06,238 and the dog just wants to lay on the porch all day. 358 00:18:07,790 --> 00:18:09,785 It's like we're both waiting to die. 359 00:18:10,788 --> 00:18:12,571 Let me join your investigation. 360 00:18:12,608 --> 00:18:14,407 Side by side. Huh? 361 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,100 Three ears are better than two. (CHUCKLING) 362 00:18:17,225 --> 00:18:18,741 I've got ideas aplenty. 363 00:18:18,818 --> 00:18:22,751 Oh, for instance. We know that Polly's father was trying to cure her. 364 00:18:22,785 --> 00:18:24,920 What if he didn't just cure her consumption 365 00:18:24,954 --> 00:18:27,022 but of aging itself? 366 00:18:28,172 --> 00:18:31,193 Aging is not a disease, it's a process. 367 00:18:31,227 --> 00:18:32,599 Does it kill you? 368 00:18:32,856 --> 00:18:34,850 - Eventually. - I rest my case. 369 00:18:34,975 --> 00:18:36,290 (KNOCKING) 370 00:18:37,190 --> 00:18:39,244 - (GOLDIE): Hello? - (RAYMOND): Hello? 371 00:18:39,369 --> 00:18:42,305 - It's your new neighbours. - (RAYMOND LAUGHS.) 372 00:18:46,761 --> 00:18:49,411 (LAUGHING) 373 00:18:54,123 --> 00:18:56,004 (LAUGHING) 374 00:18:56,060 --> 00:18:59,119 We couldn't let our favourite neighbour go without a woman's cooking. 375 00:18:59,612 --> 00:19:01,154 It's potted duck. 376 00:19:01,396 --> 00:19:04,226 - I have company at the mo... - Murdoch! 377 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,609 You don't turn down food! Hello. Come on in! 378 00:19:07,630 --> 00:19:10,694 The more the merrier! Oh! Oh! 379 00:19:13,979 --> 00:19:15,704 (SIGHS) 380 00:19:15,738 --> 00:19:17,968 (CHATTERING) 381 00:19:19,366 --> 00:19:20,898 - Parker, have a look. - What? 382 00:19:20,919 --> 00:19:22,911 Solving Murder. I wrote that book. 383 00:19:22,945 --> 00:19:26,178 Solving Murder. It doesn't say your name on it. 384 00:19:26,303 --> 00:19:29,041 Well, I promise you I wrote every paragraph 385 00:19:29,066 --> 00:19:31,253 or at least rewrote every paragraph in it. 386 00:19:31,787 --> 00:19:33,591 Which means I can clearly sell books. 387 00:19:33,627 --> 00:19:35,734 I just can't sell myself. 388 00:19:36,906 --> 00:19:38,760 Do you think it's my name? 389 00:19:39,045 --> 00:19:42,489 They just weren't looking for manuscripts of that type. 390 00:19:42,711 --> 00:19:44,805 And what type is that? I mean, I would think that my type 391 00:19:44,829 --> 00:19:47,102 is the class of types that doesn't have a type. 392 00:19:47,136 --> 00:19:49,435 I mean, the original was clearly science fiction. 393 00:19:49,472 --> 00:19:52,607 Venusians, you know, from Venus, 394 00:19:52,633 --> 00:19:55,778 they come and attack my hometown and I have to save everybody. 395 00:19:55,794 --> 00:19:59,304 But Effie, my lady friend, 396 00:19:59,315 --> 00:20:01,484 she convinced me to change it. 397 00:20:01,756 --> 00:20:04,953 Morning edition! Eternal youth machine invented. 398 00:20:04,987 --> 00:20:08,273 - Read it here, folks! - Here lad, let's have a look. 399 00:20:11,065 --> 00:20:12,461 "Dear Father, 400 00:20:12,715 --> 00:20:15,146 I apologize if this letter should shock you. 401 00:20:15,164 --> 00:20:17,650 I am after all supposed to be dead. 402 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,313 But I am very much alive, Father, 403 00:20:20,336 --> 00:20:23,338 and I must attribute this to your invention. 404 00:20:23,633 --> 00:20:26,069 Not only has your machine cured me, 405 00:20:26,116 --> 00:20:29,108 but I appear not to have aged in all these years." 406 00:20:29,174 --> 00:20:31,426 I knew it. I knew it! 407 00:20:31,899 --> 00:20:34,350 - Bring in Miss Cherry. - Sir. 408 00:20:43,126 --> 00:20:44,631 Miss Cherry... 409 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,992 I see no reason I should be denied the lunch 410 00:20:56,007 --> 00:20:58,295 I was enjoying until your boys showed up. 411 00:20:58,336 --> 00:21:00,642 Could you fetch me a glass of water, please? 412 00:21:02,551 --> 00:21:03,903 I'll get that. 413 00:21:05,755 --> 00:21:08,670 So, have I broken any laws? 414 00:21:09,739 --> 00:21:12,988 These letters are part of an ongoing police investigation. 415 00:21:13,022 --> 00:21:15,531 They are also part of the story I'm following. 416 00:21:16,225 --> 00:21:18,493 A young woman's body has been found. 417 00:21:18,528 --> 00:21:21,253 - These are evidence! - And thanks to my initiative 418 00:21:21,284 --> 00:21:22,606 they are in your hands. 419 00:21:22,965 --> 00:21:25,721 A little gratitude would reflect well on you. 420 00:21:29,612 --> 00:21:31,539 Where did you get the letters? 421 00:21:33,775 --> 00:21:36,967 I found them in the drawer of Jack Townsend's laboratory desk. 422 00:21:36,998 --> 00:21:38,699 How did you learn of this laboratory? 423 00:21:38,725 --> 00:21:42,379 - Did someone give you a tip? - No. I investigated. 424 00:21:42,780 --> 00:21:45,129 I knew he was trying to cure his daughter. 425 00:21:45,254 --> 00:21:47,144 And he must have succeeded, because 426 00:21:47,154 --> 00:21:48,757 until last night, she was still alive. 427 00:21:49,103 --> 00:21:51,472 So how did he do it? 428 00:21:51,982 --> 00:21:53,047 Elixir? 429 00:21:53,211 --> 00:21:54,310 No. 430 00:21:54,865 --> 00:21:56,683 All the books he took out of the library 431 00:21:56,699 --> 00:21:58,743 were about electricity and magnetism. 432 00:21:59,768 --> 00:22:02,622 I concluded that he built a device. 433 00:22:03,374 --> 00:22:04,937 His wife knew nothing about it 434 00:22:04,983 --> 00:22:07,009 so he must have rented a space nearby. 435 00:22:07,636 --> 00:22:10,133 I knocked on doors until I found the man 436 00:22:10,146 --> 00:22:11,850 who rented Jack his carriage house. 437 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:14,525 I then obtained permission to look 438 00:22:14,650 --> 00:22:18,101 and found the letters in the false bottom in his desk drawer. 439 00:22:18,962 --> 00:22:22,399 - He had been hiding the letters? - Rather poorly, but yes. 440 00:22:22,625 --> 00:22:24,826 He wanted to keep it a secret. I wonder why. 441 00:22:25,756 --> 00:22:28,907 - Where is this carriage house? - 148 St. Patrick. 442 00:22:29,112 --> 00:22:30,670 It's used for storage now, 443 00:22:30,795 --> 00:22:33,157 but the equipment is still bolted to the floor. 444 00:22:33,959 --> 00:22:35,979 Would you like me to tell you exactly where it is 445 00:22:36,020 --> 00:22:38,344 or do you think can you manage that part on your own? 446 00:22:41,659 --> 00:22:44,044 That will be all for now, Miss Cherry. 447 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:00,195 ♪ 448 00:23:06,549 --> 00:23:09,135 There was something against the wall here. You can see that. 449 00:23:10,667 --> 00:23:11,880 Where is it? 450 00:23:12,005 --> 00:23:13,633 Where is the machinery? 451 00:23:13,758 --> 00:23:15,545 Maybe she should have told us. 452 00:23:17,082 --> 00:23:19,991 She said there was something bolted to the floor. 453 00:23:25,214 --> 00:23:26,777 Here. 454 00:23:33,329 --> 00:23:35,670 - Someone has taken it. - But who? 455 00:23:35,845 --> 00:23:37,632 My guess would be the killer. 456 00:23:37,667 --> 00:23:39,599 My guess would be the killer. 457 00:23:46,106 --> 00:23:47,638 Who knew about the equipment? 458 00:23:47,664 --> 00:23:50,322 Thanks to Louise Cherry, nearly all of Toronto. 459 00:23:50,355 --> 00:23:52,329 It was probably taken to prevent anyone else 460 00:23:52,334 --> 00:23:54,236 - from getting their hands on it. - Of course it was. 461 00:23:54,256 --> 00:23:56,393 - This is the greatest invention ever! - He's right. 462 00:23:56,431 --> 00:23:58,202 - If this machine works... - It'd be worth more 463 00:23:58,217 --> 00:23:59,780 than every other invention combined. 464 00:23:59,801 --> 00:24:03,748 - A fortune times a hundred. - Polly's father hid her letters. 465 00:24:03,918 --> 00:24:06,621 Was he attempting to keep her existence a secret? 466 00:24:06,683 --> 00:24:08,133 Were they hoping to cut the stepmother out? 467 00:24:08,142 --> 00:24:09,491 Is that why Polly was killed? 468 00:24:09,616 --> 00:24:12,449 - Was Jack Townsend murdered also? - No. 469 00:24:12,748 --> 00:24:15,803 Jack Townsend died from a massive heart attack two months ago. 470 00:24:15,812 --> 00:24:16,906 You're certain? 471 00:24:16,947 --> 00:24:18,608 I performed the post-mortem myself. 472 00:24:18,625 --> 00:24:20,669 And how did you arrive at that determination? 473 00:24:21,705 --> 00:24:24,054 His left coronary artery was completely blocked. 474 00:24:24,096 --> 00:24:25,745 Even if he were shot, stabbed and poisoned 475 00:24:25,761 --> 00:24:27,929 he would've still died of a heart attack. 476 00:24:32,021 --> 00:24:34,750 If you doubt me, by all means exhume the corpse. 477 00:24:35,131 --> 00:24:36,704 It may be partially decomposed, 478 00:24:36,724 --> 00:24:38,436 but the heart tissue may still be intact. 479 00:24:38,472 --> 00:24:40,780 I, of course, will have to recuse myself. 480 00:24:40,949 --> 00:24:43,247 Perhaps Dr. Ogden would be up to it. 481 00:24:44,630 --> 00:24:47,344 So Jack Townsend died of natural causes. 482 00:24:47,365 --> 00:24:50,315 Polly's letters arrived from Europe last year. 483 00:24:50,341 --> 00:24:53,225 Perhaps her father's death is what brought her back to Toronto. 484 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,399 She wanted the equipment for herself. 485 00:24:55,524 --> 00:24:58,118 That's why she was killed. That makes sense. 486 00:24:58,313 --> 00:25:01,035 - What have you, Constables? - Good Lord. 487 00:25:01,369 --> 00:25:03,927 Robert Parker, Special Constable. 488 00:25:05,019 --> 00:25:06,992 Sir, Parker has something. 489 00:25:07,017 --> 00:25:09,111 I figured that moving the lab equipment 490 00:25:09,150 --> 00:25:11,997 - would have required a wagon. - So we checked around. 491 00:25:12,122 --> 00:25:14,952 Guess who rented a wagon yesterday afternoon? 492 00:25:15,859 --> 00:25:17,561 Of course we have the equipment. 493 00:25:17,562 --> 00:25:19,135 It became the rightful property of Doris 494 00:25:19,156 --> 00:25:20,775 at the time of her husband's death. 495 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:23,612 Why did you not tell me about this device earlier? 496 00:25:24,450 --> 00:25:26,187 I didn't know anything about it. 497 00:25:26,259 --> 00:25:28,829 We read about it at the same time as everybody else. 498 00:25:29,282 --> 00:25:32,073 Of course we moved to secure the equipment so no one else 499 00:25:32,099 --> 00:25:34,504 could get their hands on it. That includes you. 500 00:25:34,777 --> 00:25:38,806 Be that as it may, the device is evidence in a murder case. 501 00:25:38,812 --> 00:25:42,496 - Good luck finding it. - I will compel you to produce it. 502 00:25:42,522 --> 00:25:44,656 This machine promises eternal youth. 503 00:25:44,681 --> 00:25:48,087 It could be the most important invention in history. 504 00:25:48,299 --> 00:25:50,472 This is proprietary technology 505 00:25:50,485 --> 00:25:52,811 whose workings have no bearing on your case. 506 00:25:52,936 --> 00:25:54,546 We'll see about that. 507 00:25:54,771 --> 00:25:57,714 - But Your Honour... - That is my decision. 508 00:25:57,839 --> 00:26:00,882 Next up. Wilson vs Taylor. 509 00:26:14,107 --> 00:26:16,658 - Thirty days! - Does seem quite a lot. 510 00:26:16,671 --> 00:26:18,778 That is enough time to reverse engineer the machine 511 00:26:18,798 --> 00:26:20,571 - and apply for a patent. - Sirs. 512 00:26:21,535 --> 00:26:23,122 Morning edition. 513 00:26:24,215 --> 00:26:25,795 What is it? 514 00:26:26,455 --> 00:26:30,686 "The Eternal Youth Machine will be demonstrated today at five o'clock. 515 00:26:30,706 --> 00:26:34,475 - $500 dollars is the price tag for willing subjects." - (WHISTLING) 516 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,069 That's a small fortune. 517 00:26:36,074 --> 00:26:37,647 That's more than my annual salary. 518 00:26:37,662 --> 00:26:39,631 But think what you'd be buying. 519 00:26:39,756 --> 00:26:42,058 I mean, the problem with waiting to die is not the waiting. 520 00:26:42,063 --> 00:26:44,896 It's the dying! You remove that, I want to live forever! 521 00:26:52,433 --> 00:26:55,840 Hmm. The letters refer to something electromagnetic. 522 00:26:55,861 --> 00:26:57,948 He'd been studying modern physics, 523 00:26:57,968 --> 00:26:59,649 although he was evidently an amateur. 524 00:26:59,675 --> 00:27:01,814 So was the man who discovered relativity. 525 00:27:01,849 --> 00:27:04,255 As such, I cannot rule out the possibility 526 00:27:04,270 --> 00:27:07,467 that Townsend's machine does, in fact, work. 527 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:10,109 But I would like to stress 528 00:27:10,140 --> 00:27:11,934 I cannot comprehend any mechanism 529 00:27:11,950 --> 00:27:13,553 by which it could possibly work. 530 00:27:14,438 --> 00:27:15,759 Neither can I. 531 00:27:15,784 --> 00:27:19,070 And I believe another explanation is far more likely. Thank you. 532 00:27:19,892 --> 00:27:23,291 All they have to do is convince people that the device works 533 00:27:23,322 --> 00:27:25,028 and then charge a small fortune for it. 534 00:27:25,234 --> 00:27:28,662 The beauty of the scheme is that the machine doesn't have to work. 535 00:27:28,714 --> 00:27:30,909 Aging is too slow a process to discern. 536 00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:33,866 And by the time we discredit the device, they will have made millions. 537 00:27:33,907 --> 00:27:36,255 But if it doesn't work, then how does she look so young? 538 00:27:36,271 --> 00:27:39,329 We only have her stepmother's word that it was in fact Polly 539 00:27:39,454 --> 00:27:41,638 and she is one of the putative conspirators. 540 00:27:41,669 --> 00:27:43,376 So if the dead girl is not Polly, 541 00:27:43,407 --> 00:27:45,098 then we're back to your look-alike theory. 542 00:27:45,124 --> 00:27:48,089 All they had to do to convince us that Polly was still alive 543 00:27:48,156 --> 00:27:50,433 was to hire this young woman to run down the street, 544 00:27:50,438 --> 00:27:53,558 - screaming, attracting witnesses. - And then killed her, 545 00:27:53,683 --> 00:27:56,356 knowing we would stumble on her missing person's report. 546 00:27:56,481 --> 00:27:57,641 No. 547 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,276 There's no way they could have known that we have the Searchizer. 548 00:28:02,191 --> 00:28:03,939 They relied on the press. 549 00:28:04,705 --> 00:28:07,163 You're accusing me of criminal collusion? 550 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,728 It's not difficult to see how you could profit from this situation. 551 00:28:12,021 --> 00:28:13,887 You may not think much of me, Detective, 552 00:28:13,913 --> 00:28:16,036 but I have principles and I am not a criminal. 553 00:28:16,206 --> 00:28:18,534 The only way for this scheme to work 554 00:28:18,539 --> 00:28:20,872 is for it to become public. All of it. 555 00:28:20,949 --> 00:28:23,889 The dead woman. The attention-grabbing headline. 556 00:28:23,915 --> 00:28:27,431 "She disappeared 12 years ago and hasn't aged a day!" 557 00:28:27,816 --> 00:28:29,620 It sells papers. 558 00:28:29,821 --> 00:28:31,826 - That's what I do. - Hmm. 559 00:28:31,951 --> 00:28:34,375 You approached Miss Hart for confirmation 560 00:28:34,385 --> 00:28:36,287 of a fact that you already knew. 561 00:28:36,412 --> 00:28:39,135 How did you learn of Polly Townsend's disappearance? 562 00:28:39,541 --> 00:28:41,521 - I got a tip. - You said you didn't. 563 00:28:41,536 --> 00:28:44,482 You asked me if I was tipped to the lab. I wasn't. 564 00:28:44,502 --> 00:28:46,075 I figured that out myself. 565 00:28:46,821 --> 00:28:48,389 Who gave you this tip? 566 00:28:48,514 --> 00:28:51,083 - It was anonymous. - When? 567 00:28:51,705 --> 00:28:53,216 Yesterday morning. 568 00:28:53,417 --> 00:28:55,421 I got a phone call. It was a man's voice. 569 00:28:55,458 --> 00:28:56,876 What did he say? 570 00:28:57,375 --> 00:28:58,794 "Polly Townsend." 571 00:28:59,693 --> 00:29:01,035 That's it? 572 00:29:01,606 --> 00:29:03,009 That's all I needed. 573 00:29:03,134 --> 00:29:05,800 And I'm telling you you're wrong. 574 00:29:05,820 --> 00:29:08,082 It is Polly. The machine works. 575 00:29:08,108 --> 00:29:10,817 And unless you're prepared to prove otherwise in court 576 00:29:10,837 --> 00:29:13,449 you'd best be careful how you make your accusations. 577 00:29:13,501 --> 00:29:16,893 I have much to lose and I will seek recompense. 578 00:29:17,222 --> 00:29:20,296 I don't understand. I positively identified her. 579 00:29:20,363 --> 00:29:21,715 He thinks we're lying. 580 00:29:21,746 --> 00:29:23,966 He thinks that we found a girl 581 00:29:23,967 --> 00:29:27,225 that looks exactly like Polly and murdered her. 582 00:29:28,541 --> 00:29:29,739 What? 583 00:29:29,864 --> 00:29:32,397 Where were you the evening of May 28th? 584 00:29:32,844 --> 00:29:34,427 At the Crystal Ballroom. 585 00:29:34,484 --> 00:29:36,272 From 7:00 until 10:00. 586 00:29:36,334 --> 00:29:39,586 Would you like a list of guests who could vouch for our presence? 587 00:29:39,617 --> 00:29:40,701 Yes. 588 00:29:41,868 --> 00:29:43,990 Sir, their alibi is confirmed. 589 00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:46,716 Bertie and Doris Smothers were both at the ballroom all evening. 590 00:29:46,993 --> 00:29:49,650 We need to determine the woman's true identity. 591 00:29:49,907 --> 00:29:52,966 Why not track down who bought the dress she was wearing? 592 00:29:53,234 --> 00:29:55,788 We would need to know where the dress was bought. 593 00:29:56,153 --> 00:29:57,341 Eaton's. 594 00:29:57,587 --> 00:29:59,304 It's in the window display. 595 00:29:59,993 --> 00:30:01,848 I notice these things. 596 00:30:01,973 --> 00:30:03,818 It's a lovely dress. 597 00:30:04,717 --> 00:30:09,462 Yes. Very good. But Eaton's doesn't normally track their purchasers. 598 00:30:09,587 --> 00:30:13,296 No. But they do keep tabs on their debtors. 599 00:30:13,322 --> 00:30:14,869 Most people buy with payments these days. 600 00:30:14,890 --> 00:30:17,866 Why wait until you can afford it when you can buy it on credit? 601 00:30:18,519 --> 00:30:20,684 - Look into it. - Sir. 602 00:30:29,386 --> 00:30:31,103 You asked for me? 603 00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:34,161 I found something very strange about our victim. 604 00:30:34,202 --> 00:30:36,233 I'm not sure it pertains to the case. 605 00:30:36,541 --> 00:30:39,133 As you will note her skin seems slightly redder 606 00:30:39,149 --> 00:30:40,896 on the front than the back. 607 00:30:42,161 --> 00:30:45,549 - She'd been in the sun. - That's what I thought at first. 608 00:30:45,674 --> 00:30:47,517 Until I noticed this. 609 00:30:49,722 --> 00:30:51,018 Her kidney. 610 00:30:51,069 --> 00:30:52,458 Not just her kidney. 611 00:30:52,540 --> 00:30:53,902 Every organ in her body 612 00:30:53,912 --> 00:30:55,792 is a different shade on the front than the back. 613 00:30:57,753 --> 00:31:02,379 As if the rays that tanned her skin went straight through her. 614 00:31:03,201 --> 00:31:06,196 There was something against the wall here. You can tell. 615 00:31:07,577 --> 00:31:09,062 Detective? 616 00:31:12,607 --> 00:31:15,576 ♪ 617 00:31:16,368 --> 00:31:18,379 What do you expect to find here, Detective? 618 00:31:18,420 --> 00:31:20,687 Confirmation of a theory. Bear with me. 619 00:31:20,913 --> 00:31:23,196 We know that sunlight 620 00:31:23,257 --> 00:31:26,162 will fade any surface that it touches. 621 00:31:26,287 --> 00:31:27,884 Of course. We now understand it 622 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:29,835 to be the consequence of the photoelectric effect. 623 00:31:29,859 --> 00:31:32,752 My colleague assumed that this was caused 624 00:31:32,788 --> 00:31:34,783 by something blocking the light. 625 00:31:37,039 --> 00:31:41,692 What if it was caused by light itself? 626 00:31:42,437 --> 00:31:45,894 - Some kind of a... high energy beam. - Precisely. 627 00:31:50,068 --> 00:31:51,991 My God! 628 00:31:53,902 --> 00:31:56,596 I believe we may be looking at Polly Townsend. 629 00:32:06,615 --> 00:32:09,858 - X-rays? - Or something with even greater energy. 630 00:32:10,064 --> 00:32:12,640 X-rays were discovered in 1895, 631 00:32:13,005 --> 00:32:15,570 the same year that the young woman disappeared. 632 00:32:15,695 --> 00:32:18,583 So that's how Jack Townsend intended to cure 633 00:32:18,614 --> 00:32:21,498 - his daughter's tuberculosis. - Could it worked? 634 00:32:21,724 --> 00:32:24,552 It has been suggested that X-rays have an ionizing effect, 635 00:32:24,577 --> 00:32:26,284 which might kill germs. 636 00:32:26,459 --> 00:32:30,367 I recently read of a proposal to use them to pasteurize meat. 637 00:32:35,540 --> 00:32:38,707 - Thank you very much, ma'am. - That'll be all. 638 00:32:42,774 --> 00:32:44,065 All right. 639 00:32:44,255 --> 00:32:47,679 - Your book. You were saying... - Right. 640 00:32:47,804 --> 00:32:52,885 I feel like I may have made a misturn around Chapter Number Four. 641 00:32:52,936 --> 00:32:54,169 How so? 642 00:32:54,182 --> 00:32:58,792 Well, instead of making the book about Venusians, you know, from Venus, 643 00:32:58,824 --> 00:33:01,593 Effie convinced me that I should centre the story 644 00:33:01,627 --> 00:33:05,496 around an aunt of mine who disappeared when I was still a lad. 645 00:33:06,365 --> 00:33:08,010 Sounds compelling. 646 00:33:08,056 --> 00:33:11,007 Not to Deakins of Canada, apparently. 647 00:33:11,192 --> 00:33:12,493 Here we are. 648 00:33:15,974 --> 00:33:17,722 (KNOCKING) 649 00:33:22,903 --> 00:33:25,252 Robert Parker, Special Constable. 650 00:33:25,262 --> 00:33:28,326 - We're looking for Nancy Beard. - That's me. 651 00:33:28,387 --> 00:33:30,698 We understand you purchased a dress 652 00:33:30,706 --> 00:33:33,367 - from Eaton's last Thursday. - A yellow dress. 653 00:33:33,492 --> 00:33:36,016 With pink and green florets. 654 00:33:38,915 --> 00:33:40,431 Yes. I did. 655 00:33:41,434 --> 00:33:44,770 Were you in the Don Valley on the evening of May 28th? 656 00:33:44,791 --> 00:33:47,957 - No. - May we have a look at that dress, Miss Beard? 657 00:33:48,328 --> 00:33:49,962 I don't have it anymore. 658 00:33:50,087 --> 00:33:52,443 - Where is it? - I took it back to Eaton's. 659 00:33:53,535 --> 00:33:56,007 It should be easy enough to confirm. 660 00:34:01,055 --> 00:34:03,364 (MACHINE WHIRRING) 661 00:34:05,457 --> 00:34:07,625 He was infected with syphilis two weeks ago. 662 00:34:07,750 --> 00:34:10,929 Syphilis? I thought we were testing for tuberculosis. 663 00:34:11,192 --> 00:34:13,195 You want an infected rat on an hour's notice, 664 00:34:13,203 --> 00:34:14,359 you take what you can get. 665 00:34:14,426 --> 00:34:17,058 It shouldn't make much of a difference to our experiment. 666 00:34:17,069 --> 00:34:19,891 We're testing whether it kills any indwelling bacteria. 667 00:34:20,139 --> 00:34:22,440 How long should we maintain the exposure? 668 00:34:22,474 --> 00:34:24,692 - How long has it been? - Twenty minutes. 669 00:34:24,713 --> 00:34:27,051 I'd give it another few. We want to be sure. 670 00:34:28,475 --> 00:34:30,551 I don't think it will make much difference. 671 00:34:30,552 --> 00:34:31,904 Why do you say that? 672 00:34:32,670 --> 00:34:34,494 - It's dead. - Oh. 673 00:34:36,057 --> 00:34:38,519 It feels unnaturally warm. 674 00:34:38,740 --> 00:34:40,005 My God. 675 00:34:40,529 --> 00:34:43,269 Her father's treatment didn't cure Polly at all. 676 00:34:43,394 --> 00:34:46,584 - It killed her. - When? 12 years ago? 677 00:34:46,709 --> 00:34:49,857 Shortly before he reported her missing, I would imagine. 678 00:34:50,304 --> 00:34:52,807 So could our victim, in fact, be Polly? 679 00:34:53,244 --> 00:34:56,642 Assuming the radiation killed all indwelling bacteria 680 00:34:56,662 --> 00:34:58,975 and she was kept in an inert environment... 681 00:34:58,976 --> 00:35:00,816 She would never decompose. 682 00:35:00,941 --> 00:35:02,075 My God. 683 00:35:02,096 --> 00:35:04,317 Bertie Smothers is demonstrating the device 684 00:35:04,337 --> 00:35:06,075 that killed Polly at 5 o'clock. 685 00:35:07,262 --> 00:35:09,648 - It's 4:50 now. - Oh... 686 00:35:11,557 --> 00:35:13,891 ♪ 687 00:35:17,062 --> 00:35:20,879 Out of the way! Police! Out of the way! 688 00:35:23,702 --> 00:35:25,679 Amazing, isn't it, Murdoch? I'm never going to get old. 689 00:35:25,695 --> 00:35:27,672 - I'm never going to die. - Turn it off! 690 00:35:27,706 --> 00:35:30,667 - No, you wait your turn, Murdoch. - Now! Turn it off. 691 00:35:30,708 --> 00:35:32,786 You can't compel me without a court order. 692 00:35:34,702 --> 00:35:38,245 No! No! Murdoch, no! Stop! 693 00:35:38,283 --> 00:35:40,040 Stop! Murdoch! 694 00:35:40,319 --> 00:35:42,471 - What have you done!? - Why? 695 00:35:43,113 --> 00:35:45,498 I'll sue you! You're finished! 696 00:35:45,623 --> 00:35:47,637 And you are under arrest. 697 00:35:47,762 --> 00:35:49,410 Both of you. 698 00:35:57,070 --> 00:35:59,132 The machine worked until you broke it. 699 00:35:59,257 --> 00:36:02,199 I hope you have very deep pockets. 700 00:36:02,630 --> 00:36:04,389 It's a Roentgen machine. 701 00:36:05,536 --> 00:36:07,578 - What? - An X-ray. 702 00:36:08,594 --> 00:36:11,462 Whatever, it saved her life. 703 00:36:11,493 --> 00:36:13,678 And it would have saved countless more. 704 00:36:13,740 --> 00:36:15,955 And if you're still peddling the idea 705 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,867 - that we killed a look-alike, well... - Mr. Smothers. 706 00:36:19,191 --> 00:36:21,016 Please sit down. 707 00:36:26,259 --> 00:36:30,021 I will concede that the dead young woman is Polly. 708 00:36:30,412 --> 00:36:32,336 Well, good. Finally. 709 00:36:32,633 --> 00:36:35,738 And given we both have alibis for the time she was killed, 710 00:36:36,092 --> 00:36:38,609 I believe this conversation is at its end. 711 00:36:38,734 --> 00:36:42,348 Your alibis are based on a time of death calculation 712 00:36:42,405 --> 00:36:44,857 which presumes normal body temperature. 713 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,818 Polly's body was kept at room temperature. 714 00:36:47,943 --> 00:36:51,005 It was then placed in the river the following morning. 715 00:36:52,933 --> 00:36:55,068 Do you have alibis for that time? 716 00:36:56,635 --> 00:36:59,904 You see, I believe it was you that tipped off the police. 717 00:37:00,029 --> 00:37:02,217 You wanted her body to be found. 718 00:37:02,567 --> 00:37:06,037 Just as I believe it was you who telephoned Louise Cherry 719 00:37:06,071 --> 00:37:09,805 to ensure she would look into the disappearance of Polly Townsend. 720 00:37:10,442 --> 00:37:12,789 If you have any evidence of this, 721 00:37:12,811 --> 00:37:16,414 I'd happy to discuss it. Otherwise, I am a very busy man. 722 00:37:16,448 --> 00:37:18,480 Mr. and Mrs. Smothers. 723 00:37:24,456 --> 00:37:27,399 I believe you know young Nancy Beard. 724 00:37:30,849 --> 00:37:31,963 Hmm? 725 00:37:32,694 --> 00:37:34,262 She's the young woman you hired 726 00:37:34,299 --> 00:37:36,956 to run screaming down the street in front of witnesses 727 00:37:36,969 --> 00:37:41,138 while you were busy establishing your alibis at the Crystal Ballroom. 728 00:37:41,742 --> 00:37:43,269 Well... 729 00:37:44,210 --> 00:37:46,344 It's her word against ours. 730 00:37:51,139 --> 00:37:53,150 I'd like to make a statement. 731 00:38:05,097 --> 00:38:09,063 Jack was so desperate to save Polly. He would have tried anything. 732 00:38:10,991 --> 00:38:13,938 He noticed that sunlight killed germs. 733 00:38:14,158 --> 00:38:16,450 If exposed long enough. 734 00:38:17,430 --> 00:38:19,216 Yes. But of course, 735 00:38:19,392 --> 00:38:21,777 her germs were inside her body 736 00:38:22,620 --> 00:38:25,416 where the sun can't reach. 737 00:38:26,834 --> 00:38:29,883 But then, one day he said that they'd discovered some... 738 00:38:29,945 --> 00:38:33,502 some new ray that went right through them. 739 00:38:34,098 --> 00:38:35,517 X-rays. 740 00:38:36,766 --> 00:38:38,596 I didn't know what it was. 741 00:38:39,533 --> 00:38:42,817 I wanted nothing to do with it. I thought he was crazy. 742 00:38:44,904 --> 00:38:46,604 But she was willing. 743 00:38:47,690 --> 00:38:50,908 But instead of curing her it killed her. 744 00:38:51,109 --> 00:38:54,230 All I know is that she died 745 00:38:54,857 --> 00:38:57,948 and Jack couldn't accept it. 746 00:38:59,335 --> 00:39:02,651 He wanted to cure her of death itself. 747 00:39:03,695 --> 00:39:05,412 It was madness. 748 00:39:06,913 --> 00:39:09,478 He placed her in a sealed container. 749 00:39:10,378 --> 00:39:12,352 It was made of glass. 750 00:39:13,077 --> 00:39:16,043 You could see her inside, 751 00:39:16,542 --> 00:39:19,764 lying there like she was Sleeping Beauty. 752 00:39:22,140 --> 00:39:24,556 All those years he never stopped 753 00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:27,398 hoping that he could save her. 754 00:39:31,552 --> 00:39:34,318 But then he died last April. 755 00:39:37,556 --> 00:39:40,044 I didn't know what to do with her... 756 00:39:42,254 --> 00:39:44,783 ... so I consulted a lawyer. 757 00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:46,968 Mr. Smothers. 758 00:39:47,093 --> 00:39:51,419 He saw Polly with all her pumps and her tubes. 759 00:39:51,795 --> 00:39:53,933 It was all Bertie's idea. 760 00:39:55,146 --> 00:39:56,694 All of it. 761 00:39:57,496 --> 00:39:59,477 The letters from Polly. 762 00:40:02,450 --> 00:40:04,512 He said we'd be millionaires. 763 00:40:11,022 --> 00:40:12,583 So what's the charge then? 764 00:40:12,794 --> 00:40:14,115 I don't know. 765 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:16,727 Their experiment would have killed Inspector Slorach. 766 00:40:16,912 --> 00:40:19,396 You'd have to prove that they knew it was dangerous. 767 00:40:19,616 --> 00:40:21,446 X-rays killed Polly Townsend. 768 00:40:21,472 --> 00:40:23,523 A fact discovered by you. Today. 769 00:40:23,981 --> 00:40:25,302 Fraud then. 770 00:40:25,359 --> 00:40:28,072 The checks were never cashed. You have intent but not effect. 771 00:40:28,197 --> 00:40:30,998 - Desecration of a corpse. - Surely we have them for that. 772 00:40:31,019 --> 00:40:33,075 Twelve months. At best. And that's for him. 773 00:40:33,101 --> 00:40:34,921 She'll just testify and then go home. 774 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:39,334 It seems rather insufficient given the depravity of their scheme. 775 00:40:39,647 --> 00:40:41,765 You can't always hang them, Murdoch. 776 00:40:42,798 --> 00:40:44,032 I suppose not. 777 00:40:44,068 --> 00:40:46,006 As far as I'm concerned, their biggest crime 778 00:40:46,024 --> 00:40:47,707 is that they got everyone's hopes up. 779 00:40:48,026 --> 00:40:49,794 We were going to live forever. 780 00:40:50,894 --> 00:40:54,241 - Probably best we don't. - Aye. 781 00:41:01,258 --> 00:41:03,828 I want to thank you for having me over to dinner. 782 00:41:04,059 --> 00:41:05,828 What's one more place setting? 783 00:41:05,843 --> 00:41:07,976 And you were already here anyway. 784 00:41:08,027 --> 00:41:10,839 Still, it was extra nice of you to feed my dog. 785 00:41:10,855 --> 00:41:12,401 (CHUCKLING) 786 00:41:13,435 --> 00:41:16,247 Oh, let him go, it's not like he could get lost in here. 787 00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:21,557 I've vowed though that both of us old dogs are gonna get out more. 788 00:41:21,794 --> 00:41:23,830 Now that there's no hope of cheating death 789 00:41:23,855 --> 00:41:26,014 we may as well make the most of every day we have left. 790 00:41:26,035 --> 00:41:29,021 I'm sure most of you'll both be around for some time yet. 791 00:41:29,042 --> 00:41:30,434 (LAUGHING): Perhaps. 792 00:41:30,435 --> 00:41:33,669 But I'm already jowly and that's only going to get worse. 793 00:41:33,794 --> 00:41:35,803 Sometimes when I look in a mirror, 794 00:41:35,859 --> 00:41:38,255 I squint, I see the old man I'm going to be. 795 00:41:38,380 --> 00:41:39,940 Assuming you're lucky. 796 00:41:40,166 --> 00:41:42,541 (KNOCKING) 797 00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:44,171 I bet you that's Ray and Goldie. 798 00:41:44,196 --> 00:41:46,962 I met them on the way in. They said they might drop by. 799 00:41:46,972 --> 00:41:49,810 He is a grand fellow. Isn't he? (LAUGHING) 800 00:41:56,971 --> 00:41:58,796 That's your previous version. 801 00:41:58,807 --> 00:42:00,878 - With the Venusians. - Yes. 802 00:42:00,914 --> 00:42:03,340 - The one your sweetheart... - Effie. 803 00:42:03,361 --> 00:42:05,552 - Talked you into changing. - Yes. 804 00:42:06,235 --> 00:42:08,780 So? Is it good? 805 00:42:09,044 --> 00:42:12,106 Well, I think so. I mean, it's certainly of a type. 806 00:42:12,147 --> 00:42:14,851 But I think it would sell like hotcakes... 807 00:42:14,866 --> 00:42:18,007 to perhaps a small readership but an eager one none the less. 808 00:42:18,012 --> 00:42:19,498 So send it in. 809 00:42:20,012 --> 00:42:22,459 I don't know. What if they publish it? 810 00:42:22,865 --> 00:42:24,217 What? 811 00:42:24,510 --> 00:42:26,150 If they publish this one, 812 00:42:26,181 --> 00:42:27,970 I can never publish this one. 813 00:42:28,618 --> 00:42:31,579 (CHUCKLING) So your sweetheart was right. 814 00:42:31,704 --> 00:42:32,838 Yes. 815 00:42:32,916 --> 00:42:34,288 Not that you're to tell her that. 816 00:42:34,298 --> 00:42:36,709 She has reason enough to feel superior as it is. 817 00:42:36,834 --> 00:42:38,853 So write two books. 818 00:42:38,978 --> 00:42:40,765 The one that you have now 819 00:42:40,796 --> 00:42:43,068 and another one with Venusians. 820 00:42:46,102 --> 00:42:47,551 That's not a bad idea. 821 00:42:47,834 --> 00:42:51,728 Set in Toronto I think. In the aftermath of a meteor shower. 822 00:42:52,872 --> 00:42:55,545 Or what they think is just a meteor shower. 823 00:42:57,283 --> 00:42:59,344 No, no. No. 824 00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:02,377 There was no mistaking it. 825 00:43:02,860 --> 00:43:04,160 That look. 826 00:43:04,285 --> 00:43:07,344 That smile. And so I confronted him. 827 00:43:07,469 --> 00:43:09,300 - You didn't. - I did. 828 00:43:09,504 --> 00:43:11,593 I walked right up to him and I said, 829 00:43:11,806 --> 00:43:14,580 "Are you making eyes at my wife, sir?" 830 00:43:14,809 --> 00:43:17,819 And he said, "Oh no, sir. Oh no!" 831 00:43:17,855 --> 00:43:20,651 - Of course he would. - And I said "Why not? 832 00:43:20,712 --> 00:43:24,038 Is she not good looking enough?" (LAUGHING) 833 00:43:27,282 --> 00:43:29,780 (LAUGHING) 834 00:43:30,977 --> 00:43:32,586 Very amusing. 835 00:43:36,831 --> 00:43:40,333 ♪ 836 00:43:42,285 --> 00:43:46,952 - Synced and corrected by