All language subtitles for Sapphire.And.Steel.S05E04.Dr.McDee.Must.Die.Part.4.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-squalor_Subtitles01

Don't go, steel.
Don't go in there.

What is it? Listen.

Gunshot

you told me.

You forgot.

That was a gunshot,
sir! Yes, it was.

From inside the dining room.

Don't be silly. Nobody
takes guns into dining rooms.

Emma, stop your prattling!
It might be Tony in there!

Where are the others,
Howard and Felix?

Felix went upstairs
to get some cigarettes.

And I thought Howard
was in the library.

No, he isn't.

Well, for god's sake,
let's get in there!

Tony!

And then there were eight.

Suicide. The gun is
well out of his reach.

Killed the girl then shot
himself, stands to reason.

There's no reason
for any of this!

Oh, yes, there's a
reason for all of it.

The time change, murders,
the barrier around this house.

It's just very difficult
for miles to pinpoint.

If you don't
pinpoint it quickly,

there won't be any
of us left to care.

All irregularities
will be handled

by the forces controlling
each dimension.

Transuranic heavy elements
may not be used where there is life.

Medium atomic
weights are available:

Gold, lead, copper,

jet, diamond, radium,
sapphire, silver and steel.

Sapphire and steel
have been assigned.

No, nobody else,
I can't bear it!

Perhaps you'll take the ladies
back to the drawing room, sir.

Very good idea. Come on,
everybody, let's get out of here.

Excuse me, miss Emma.

I must get greville to tidy up
in here before dinner. Greville!

We know that Tony purnell
was in love with Anne Shaw,

mullrine's secretary.
Not necessarily in love.

He was using her.
There's a difference?

On this planet, yes.

Veronica blamey was
in the way. I'd say so.

Is that strong enough
motive for murder?

It depends what he was using
her for. What he wanted from her.

Access to mullrine's office
records. His plans for the future.

George mcdee's notes
from 50 years ago.

Are any of those
sufficient motive?

Who has a motive
to kill Tony purnell?

Well, purnells are bankers
to mullrine international.

Maybe it has something
to do with the bank.

Could the bank be in trouble?

No, the motives are irrelevant.

They're merely part of the
setting, part of the time change.

Merely? For more than murders?

The clues are here,
we already have them.

We have?

Do you remember when I
first met Veronica blamey?

Yes, what about it?

I received information about
her birth and background.

But not that she
was going to die.

Well, either you made a mistake...
Or Veronica blamey isn't dead.

And assuming that...

Neither is Tony purnell.

Tony purnell and Veronica
blamey, I wonder what the link is.

Well, they came here
together. He's 25, she's 24.

They're the two youngest. I
don't mean the link between them,

I mean the link between
them and... The two youngest!

Killing them off one-by-one,
starting with the youngest.

Steel. What is it?

It's getting closer.

Yes, but where? It's very close.

You realise it's
fooling us, don't you?

Drawing us further and
further away from the truth.

It's setting us puzzles about
these murders that it knows

we're innately bound
to solve. So are we.

Miles and Virginia.

What are you talking about?

It's having to deal with
us on more than one level.

As sapphire and steel,
and as miles and Virginia.

And as long as it has
to deal with them...

We stand a chance of winning.

Yes, well, I wonder where
the next puzzle is coming from.

Look!

The molecular
structure is altering.

It's going back in
time... No, steel.

Back 50 years. It's aging.

Yes, it's going backwards.
Steel, things age forwards.

From 1930 to 1980.

Look at the dust, the cobwebs.

This is as it would have been
if it'd lain here for 50 years.

"Mcd." yes, but look at it.

There's not a Mark on it. No
oxidisation, no dust, nothing.

It's in a different time frame.

Steel.

That gun is going
to be used again.

But where are we, sapphire?

Get us back - now!

God, this is ridiculous!
Howard, you look dreadful!

Where the devil have
you been, Howard?

Trying to get out of here.
It's absolutely impossible.

There's an impenetrable barrier
across the windows and doors!

You know most of
the servants have left?

See, Arthur? You can't depend
on servants at all these days.

Well, greville is still here.
You can always depend on him.

Well, greville is special.

Ah, that's better. Oh, Felix!

Hello, darling, have
I missed anything?

Yes, you have. Purnell is dead.

Good grief. So where
the devil have you been?

Well, it's slightly embarrassing
in mixed company.

Rather too much of your excellent
champagne, had to pump ship.

Took you long enough.
How did purnell die?

He was shot... through the
heart. Shot through the heart?

Yes. Howard mcdee,
do you own a revolver?

Yes, I do. I've had it for
ages. My father gave it to me.

And where is that revolver now?

Upstairs in my suitcase.
No, I'm afraid it isn't.

How are you...? Are you
accusing Howard, mr cavendish?

Yes, I recognise that.
That's yours, Howard.

It was in the other
room, close to the body.

Still warm when I picked it up.

I haven't been anywhere
near the dining room.

Well, I mean, I assume
it was in the dining room.

That's enough. I will not have
Howard intimidated in this way.

How do you intimidate a
blackmailer, mrs mcdee?

Blackmailer? Your
precious Howard!

He'd been blackmailing
Tony purcell for ages.

Why should Howard
do a thing like that?

Tony'd been filching
money from his father's bank.

It's all a lie, grandmamma.
I'm afraid it's true, Felicity.

Tony made a clean
breast of it a few days ago.

His father was going to make
good all the money he embezzled.

On one condition - that
Tony went to the police.

But you had to stop
Tony from doing that.

Didn't you, Howard? I
haven't killed anybody.

This is a monstrous suggestion!

Oh, this is absurd. I'm
going to see for myself.

Howard laughs

this gets crazier by the minute!

Howard is right, there is no body.
There is no evidence whatsoever...

But you said that you saw...

I saw two murders,
Felix. Two bodies.

The blamey girl
and young purnell.

Steel: Yes, that
is what you saw.

But I don't think Tony purcell

was responsible for the knife
in Veronica blamey's back.

Nor do I think Howard
mcdee shot Tony purcell.

Thank you.

You mean somebody
else is the killer?

Someone else is
responsible, yes.

And I don't think
they've finished yet.

♪ If one green bottle
should accidentally fall... ♪

no, Felicity, that's
the wrong tune. Listen.

♪ If one green bottle... ♪
that's right.

Both: ♪ there'll be seven
green bottles hanging on the wall

♪ seven green bottles
hanging on the wall

♪ and if one green bottle
should accidentally fall... ♪

are you sure you only
touched the barrel?

Of course. Door opens

♪ six green bottles
hanging on the wall

♪ and if one green bottle
should accidentally fall... ♪

Sapphire: They are
real. Steel: Both of them?

Yes. The knife has been used
hundreds of times by many people.

It was made in sheffield in 1924

and brought into
this house by greville.

Who used it on Veronica blamey?

No living soul.

And the revolver?

Who used it on purnell?

No living soul.

In this house, sapphire...

Something hidden,
something disguised.

A force inhabiting something.

Yes, well, tell me
some more about that.

It was made in
Birmingham in 1928

and brought into this
house by George mcdee.

But you can't tell
who used it on purnell?

No living soul.

Yeah, well, that's not
gonna tell us much.

She laughs

Thunderclap

oh, it's all so eerie. Dreadful
things keep happening.

Do you know what I
think? No-one cares, Emma.

I think it's a poltergeist.

I think it's a dear
little poltergeist

trying to tell us something.

Twang

I'm not sorry about this.

Click

Who do you suppose could
have killed Tony purnell?

Howard: If anybody did. What
are you talking about, Howard?

We all saw the body. Yes,
but can you see it now?

That's right, dear. You
stand up for yourself.

Till they put a rope round your
neck and you can't any more.

Now, then, Felix. There's
no time for any more games,

not even hangman, before dinner.

Oh, do keep quiet,
you silly old sausage.

Don't be rude, Arthur!
Not even to Emma.

Really, Arthur.

Did you learn anything?
A need to kill in this house.

Then we are its only obstacle.

It's having to
concentrate on us.

The power resides in this house.

Everything else is irrelevant
to the central intention.

Which is?

The need to retrace
the years back to 1930.

Until time takes
a different course.

Howard: What can I say, Felix?

Except it's been in
the family for years.

Felix: You still can't deny
the fact that it was your gun.

And you did have a motive.
It would appear so, yes.

I don't think miles
would agree with you.

What the devil does
he know about it?

Come to think of it, who
the hell is he, anyway?

Mind your language,
Howard. In front of the ladies.

Oh, yes, of
course. I'm so sorry.

Think nothing of it. I
wasn't talking to you.

There we are, grandmamma.
Oh, thank you, Malcolm.

Well, I must say, I wish somebody
could tell me what on earth

is going on around
here. I'll second that.

Felix: All the same, you know,
Arthur, Howard does have a point.

I mean, here we are,
all friends together.

Ha-ha (!)

At least we all know a very
great deal about each other.

Except for the cavendishes,
about whom we know nothing!

They are my guests, and
that should be good enough!

All you can tell us about
him is that he is in futures.

Where did you meet him,
Arthur? I met him at my club.

He introduced himself,
and we got talking business.

And now you're perfectly happy to
let him undertake the investigation

of two apparent murders? Yes.

Why? Because he's qualified.

Steel: 'You were
right.' Sapphire: 'What?'

'the motives for the
murders are irrelevant.

'What do you mean
by "a different course"?'

'an uncontrollable disaster
in the middle of 1930.'

'and no-one knew?'

'well it was frustrated on
June 22, 50 years ago.'

'so now it's going to take us
back to that day and rearrange

'the events that followed.
And for that it needs...'

'it needs George
mcdee. It can't let him die.

'If it can keep him alive, he will
accidentally cause the disaster.

'Life will end on this planet.'

'does it need any of the
other people in this house?

'Felix and Annabelle harborough,
Howard mcdee, Emma, the others?'

'they're living in a
void. In a vacuum.'

'have any of them
been taken over?'

ah! So this is where you
two lovely people are hiding.

Well, we weren't exactly hiding.

Well, whatever you were
doing, you'll have to stop it now.

Dinner? We've
decided to eat, at last.

Miles. We've put it
off quite long enough.

Greville's getting
exasperated, I can tell,

and if cook goes into a sulk,
the pudding will be a disaster.

Cavendish! We're led to believe
that you're a qualified detective.

In a way, yes. What
precisely do you mean by that?

I'm a specialised investigator.
Howard: In futures?

Perhaps he works out who's
going to commit the crime

before it happens,
eh? He chuckles

well, you did mention that
you were in the futures market.

Annabelle: How
absolutely fascinating.

Well?

'Can you guess who'll be next?'

well, since you ask. Yes, I can.

So that's why you
haven't asked us

what we were doing at
the time of the murders.

Perhaps you can tell us
what we're going to be doing

at the time of the
next murder, eh?

If I were you, mr mcdee, I wouldn't
take the next few hours too lightly.

Dinner gong rings

greville: Dinner is served, sir.

Emma: Dinner. Splendid.
Come along, everybody!

Now then, who's
going to take in who?

We've got a rather special
jugged hare tonight, it's excellent.

Arthur shot it himself.

Oh, Arthur's rather a dab hand
with a gun, aren't you, Arthur?

It's not the shooting
of the hare that matters,

it's the excitement of
the watching and waiting.

I don't mind trying to eat
the poor creature, Arthur,

but I will not
listen to the details.

I love my brother dearly, but
he's too fond of shooting things.

Ooh!

Oh, this is too wretched. I
shan't be able to eat a thing.

Oh, cook will be so
disappointed. Do try, Felicity.

Won't you sit down, everybody?

Steel: 'Sapphire?'

sapphire: 'The rule is
to start from the outside,

'and work your way through
to the last fork and spoon.'

I'm sorry, miss Emma, but I'm
afraid I... I'm not very hungry either.

Oh, what a shame. I do like to
see good appetites around me.

In spite of what may have
happened to take them away?

Oh, yes! We must eat, drink
and be merry, for tomorrow...

Oh, greville, what am I saying?

I know it's awful,
but I feel ravenous.

Annabelle! How can
you be so callous?

I can't help it.

Annabelle's appetites
thrive on crisis.

Howard: Rather like my thirst.

Emma: 'George? Oh,
George, darling.' George: 'Hello.'

'oh, Emma!' 'Hello?

'I hope you don't
mind. I had to see you.'

George. George, darling. Hello.

Oh, Emma! Hello.

I hope you don't
mind. I had to see you.

This is idiotic, Emma.
Have you told her?

Not yet. Turn that
thing down, will you?

I-I've been too busy here.
You promised you'd tell her.

And I will! Really,
I will. When?

Very soon, I promise.

Now, you be a good girl and get
out of here before anybody notices.

If they do notice...

I only came to say
we're just starting dinner.

All right, now you be a good
girl and get along without me.

I'll be along in a
minute, then. Yes.

George. Yes?

Shall I see you
tonight? Yes, of course!

Come to my room when
she's in bed and asleep.

Whispering: When
they're all asleep.

I'll be waiting.

This chap, who'd
had a couple of drinks,

said to Emma, "do you
know the road to mandalay?"

And she said,
"yes, shall I sing it?"

And he said, "no,
take it." Laughter

I thought that was rather
funny. Oh, there you are, Emma!

We were just talking about you.
Felicity: We missed you, Emma.

I'd just been making sure

everything's all
right in the kitchen.

Somebody had to
give cook a hand.

Machine whirs and beeps

All chatter

I see no one has the
courtesy to wait for me.

We know you don't like being
disturbed when you're working,

George. Greville?

You've kept something
for mr mcdee, haven't you?

Yes, miss Emma.

There's a draft in
that drawing room.

Yes, there is. I noticed it
earlier. It chilled me to the bone.

It's always been there, George.

You won't find it
much warmer in here!

Yeah, look, it's midsummer.
The night of the summer solstice.

No doubt you're qualified
to tell us all about it!

Well, it's the points on
the elliptic which Mark...

Miles, you can tell me.

Well, it...

It's the points on the elliptic
that Mark the earth's position.

At the sun's extreme
limit of distance,

north and south of the
equator. Fascinating.

It's all double-Dutch to me.
It's the longest day of the year.

We have very little control over
our fates on the night of June 21.

Oh, dear.

George: Rubbish! A sensible
man can always control his own fate.

Do you think so, mr mcdee?

'They all seem to be
accepting his presence now.'

steel: 'Howard isn't.'

shall I serve it now, sir? Or
wait until the ladies have retired?

I, for one, have no
intention of retiring, Arthur.

Safety in numbers, eh, Felicity?

Quite right! I think we
should all stay together.

Oh, I don't think we should
stay while the men are smoking.

Nonsense, Emma. We're
all going to stick together.

Oh, serve the port, greville,
and let's get it over with.

Yes, sir. For you?

No, no, it makes me
liverish. Start at the other end.

Mr cavendish, sir.

Howard: Oh, come
along, man! It's with you!

Yes.

You're not drinking, cavendish?

If you're not, would you, er...
Would you mind passing it?

Oh, sorry. Good
god, man, clockwise!

Oh, shut up, Howard.

'Sapphire? What is going on?'

'it's the custom here to pass
this particular drink to the left.'

'why?'

'well, it's just one of their
childish superstitions.'

may I, er... may I offer you
the first toast... of the evening?

Oh, no speeches, Howard.

To mullrine and mcdee.
All: Mullrine and mcdee.

To the millions they will make out
of other people's pain and misery.

To our hosts, charlatans
and purveyors of blood!

Howard, you are a
pest. Who are you?

I'm... i'm...

He chokes

oh!

Do you think he's drunk,
Arthur? A bit squiffy?

On the contrary, I'm
afraid he's a bit dead!

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