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00:00Effie, if you don't hurry, we're going to miss the boat.
00:03Almost ready.
00:09What do you think, Tiny Tim?
00:14Are you sure you don't want to get dressed when we get there?
00:16George, this whole Charles Dickens weekend was your idea.
00:20I thought you wanted to get into the spirit of things.
00:22Spirit? I see you've taken that quite literally today, comparatively.
00:25Have you done your teeth?
00:27Yes.
00:28Oh, what do you think, crotch or no crotch?
00:31I have to admit, I feel a bit foolish now.
00:33George, we haven't got time to change.
00:35I know.
00:36We've got a boat to catch.
00:37Right.
00:38Hop on.
00:48Remarkable. Absolutely remarkable.
00:52Uh, new invention, Detective?
00:54Oh, uh, well, it's an improved invention.
00:57You may recall a device of mine some like to refer to as the Trackizer.
01:03Of course. An extremely useful invention, if somewhat conspicuous for the wearer.
01:09Yes, correct.
01:11Um, this tracking prototype allows me to determine the precise location of this sensor,
01:20represented by a steel ball bearing and powered by electrical coils and magnets.
01:27Does it have a name? The, uh, Map-O-Matic?
01:32Geographic Probability Sensor.
01:35Hmm. And this GPS, you would attach the tracking sensor to an individual you're surveilling?
01:41Yes. I've installed transmitters in all of the police call boxes.
01:47They work together to triangulate the location of the sensor.
01:51They are in turn all connected to one central location, which is in turn affixed to the model.
01:58And this will work?
02:00Well, the device's range is limited, so it would have to be someone we know won't be walking too far away.
02:06Henry!
02:09Sirs?
02:10Oh, is this some kind of maze?
02:13I don't like mazes. Can't see the point.
02:15A straight line is always faster.
02:18It's a model of our area, Henry.
02:21I need you to walk your regular beat.
02:25And then stop somewhere, and we will use this GPS device to locate you.
02:36I didn't mean you should take off all your makeup.
02:39It's fine.
02:42How's your stomach?
02:44The deckhand said he's never seen someone get so seasick on a river.
02:47Well, I have a delicate constitution, you know.
02:50Welcome! Welcome!
02:53You must be Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree, Patrick Havistock.
02:57I am honored to be your host at this very special centenary celebration of Dickensburg,
03:02here at my very own bleak house.
03:05Have you been here long?
03:12Mr. Tavistock?
03:16Mr. Tavistock?
03:19Did you know that Dickens himself is said to have visited this house on his North American tour in 1842?
03:26Imagine!
03:27How wonderful!
03:29Wonderful, yes! Indeed! Come in, come in!
03:33So, Mr. Tavistock, you're the president of the Dickens Fellowship?
03:37Of the Ontario chapter. Excellent costumes, by the way.
03:40What do you think of mine?
03:42Yours? Excellent! Bravo!
03:46Edwin Drood himself.
03:48Presumed victim of Dickens' unfinished mystery novel.
03:52Ah, very good.
03:53And this, of course, is Grip.
03:57Named in honor?
03:59Of Dickens' pet raven.
04:01That's a very striking ring.
04:04Thank you, my dear. Dickens' own.
04:07Do peruse the memorabilia case when you have a moment.
04:10Many Dickens items from my personal collection on display, as well as a few treasures on loan.
04:18Come, come!
04:20Fellow Dickensians, I have a very exciting surprise.
04:25But first, there is a small matter I must attend to.
04:28In the meantime, please continue enjoying the smoking bishop punch.
04:40I suppose you shall be haunting me, presently.
04:45Oh, you're dressed as Scrooge.
04:47I am. Bertram Cowher, biographer and historian.
04:51I'm Effie Crabtree, Crown Attorney, and this is my husband, George.
04:55This is Clayton Selwood. He's a playwright.
04:59Who directs our theatricals.
05:01Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree.
05:03The Artful Dodger.
05:04Ah, well spotted.
05:07What do you do, Mr. Crabtree?
05:09I'm a member of the Trotter Constabulary.
05:11And a writer. He's published several wonderful novels.
05:14Oh, a fellow scribe.
05:16You must meet Miss Lila Chester, our group's most prodigious reader.
05:21And that is saying something.
05:24Uh, Miss Havisham. Great expectations.
05:27Yes, and like Miss Havisham, I too have been unlucky in love.
05:31Left at the altar.
05:32Oh, well, that must have been quite an ordeal.
05:35Twenty years ago, darling.
05:37But at least this way I get some use of my wedding dress.
05:42That wasn't directed at you, Bertie.
05:45Bertie and I broke things off last year. He's a bit sensitive.
05:48A unique interpretation of events.
05:51Oh, the gang's all here.
05:53Uh-oh. Not again.
05:55Tiresome.
05:56Who is that?
05:57She claims to be Dickinson's granddaughter, but no one really believes her.
06:02This is far more of an intimate gathering than I expected.
06:07I suppose the journey was too much for some.
06:10I don't know why we couldn't meet in Toronto.
06:12Just because Tavistock bought himself an island.
06:15Bertie's still sour about losing it at auction to Patrick Rickinson's cameo ring.
06:19It didn't even fit him properly.
06:21Bertie.
06:22Bertie. At least you have mementos the Dickins family gave you when you were researching your biographies.
06:27How can a poor playwright like myself have ever outbid a man with pockets as deep as Patrick's?
06:33Where is Patrick?
06:34He was so excited to reveal his surprise.
06:37Good heavens, what was that?
06:41Fire!
06:42George!
06:46Where's Patrick?
06:47Are you all right?
06:48Oh!
06:49A note!
06:53It says he would make a lovely corpse.
07:19Well, the note sounds like a threat.
07:21He would make a lovely corpse?
07:23Oh, that's actually a quotation from Martin Chuzzlewitz.
07:25Oh!
07:26Martin who?
07:27Oh.
07:28It's a Dickens novel, so it's very suspicious.
07:31And we don't know who wrote this note, and I swore I heard shouting.
07:35That's definitely Patrick's handwriting.
07:37Oh! This must be the surprise he was talking about!
07:41So maybe this could be a game.
07:44Patrick does love his puzzles, just like Dickens.
07:48Oh! And he was dressed as Edwin Drood!
07:50Oh!
07:52Who vanishes in the Dickens novel?
07:55So, our host has contrived his own disappearance.
08:00Dirk Datcherer, detective.
08:02Ah yes, the detective from The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
08:05Very good, but sir, now is hardly the time for costume play acting.
08:09There's something written on the other side.
08:13It says, so it begins, and then dash north.
08:19Oh! Oh! This settles it!
08:22We have a conundrum on our hands!
08:25I think you're right.
08:27What's this?
08:28It looks like a piece of grass.
08:30I think it's parsley.
08:32Aha! I deduce our host has garnished the scene for our delectation.
08:38Why is it fire to his own house?
08:40Doesn't make any sense.
08:41That is why we must puzzle it out!
08:44Come, Mr. Crabtree, we must solve the mystery of Edwin Drood!
08:49Did Mr. Tavistock seem worried about anything of ours?
08:53No, exhilarated, if anything.
08:55Look, this case has a six-letter passlock.
08:58The passcode is almost certainly connected to the Drood mystery.
09:03Could it be the name of the character Dickens intended to be Drood's killer?
09:07Who did Dickens intend to be the killer?
09:10Nobody knows.
09:12It's Jasper, the wicked uncle.
09:14Oh!
09:19No.
09:20Oh, try Helena. Helena Lamb.
09:27I know. It's Puffer.
09:30Princess Puffer of the Obi-Wan Den.
09:32Are these all character names?
09:37Perhaps it's just Dickens.
09:39I mean, he's the ultimate killer if you think about it.
09:42P-I-C-K-E-N-S. Oh, never mind.
09:48What about the note?
09:51Shouldn't we be focused on the note?
09:53Yes!
10:00The ball hasn't moved in some time.
10:04Henry seems to have stopped at Scott's diner.
10:08They have a lemon pie special today.
10:12Then let's go have a slice.
10:15No, I've never been.
10:16I don't think we've met, Miss...
10:18Dickens. Tanistoni Dickens. Charles Dickens' granddaughter.
10:24Why is it that no one believes you're Charles Dickens' granddaughter?
10:28Maybe because I don't look the part.
10:30But apparently it's because I lack evidence to back it up.
10:33My father Francis sold off his heirlooms,
10:36including a pocket watch to Mr. Tavistock.
10:39Dickens' son, Francis Dickens,
10:41was a member of Canada's Northwest Mountain Police,
10:44but he died childless at 42.
10:47It's well documented.
10:49George, I think those two must be sweet on each other.
10:53Oh, him and her.
10:55Yes, they keep lurking around one another.
10:57Mr. Datchery, he's never been to one of these things before.
11:00Maybe Dash North means we should search the island.
11:03But the door was locked and it leads south.
11:06Oh, no, no, no.
11:08We need to be clever.
11:10Patrick loves wordplay.
11:12What if Dash North is an anagram?
11:15Oh.
11:19Shorthand.
11:21Dash North is an anagram for shorthand.
11:24Well, there's no shorthand written here.
11:26Unless there is.
11:34Invisible ink.
11:36That's Dickens' shorthand.
11:39Hmm? What's that?
11:41When Dickens was a parliamentary reporter,
11:43he developed his own notation, unreadable to anyone.
11:45This must be why Tavistock insisted I bring my own documents.
11:49I have Dickens' only extant document.
11:52I have Dickens' only extant shorthand key.
11:56Come, everyone.
11:58It's in the display case.
12:03Is this supposed to be open like this?
12:06No!
12:08Patrick promised us he would keep it locked.
12:10Is anything missing?
12:12Dickens' pocket watch is gone.
12:14It's the only item missing.
12:17It must be another clue for Patrick.
12:19In the mystery of Edwin Drood,
12:21the watch and chain were the only traces of him ever found
12:24after his mysterious disappearance.
12:26Tavistock must have planted the watch somewhere
12:28to further hint at his location.
12:31Are you sure it's not simply a robbery?
12:33I deduce if it were truly a robbery,
12:35the glass would be smashed.
12:37Not to mention all my valuable memorabilia is still here,
12:40including the shorthand key.
12:47Henry, where's your uniform?
12:50Well, uh...
12:52It was stolen, sir.
12:54Are you eating pie?
12:56Well, I wouldn't very well go out in this state of undress, could I?
13:00There's a couple slices left if you're interested.
13:02It's good.
13:06So the missing pocket watch, that belonged to your father?
13:10So she claims...
13:12Yes.
13:14He inherited it from Charles.
13:16Then shortly before my father's death,
13:19he sold it to Mr. Tavistock.
13:21Yes, and at the price Patrick says he paid,
13:24I could almost have afforded it myself.
13:26But I wouldn't give.
13:29So you really wanted that watch?
13:31Oh, desperately!
13:35But I didn't steal it.
13:38Maybe your line of work has given you a suspicious nature,
13:42Mr. Crabtree.
13:44But I am certain this is all simply a game.
13:47Is that another L?
13:49Are you acquainted with Mr. Dantry?
13:51L, L, L.
13:53No, no, no, I've only met him today.
13:57This one could be an R.
13:59Oh, yes it is!
14:02So this could be year.
14:04And this is a symbol for round or around.
14:08All year round.
14:11All year round!
14:15That's one of Dickens' periodicals!
14:18Tavistock is sure to keep bound volumes in the library.
14:31A dead druid!
14:34Patrick has really outdone himself this time.
14:39We must now investigate
14:41who has done this dastardly deed!
14:44Congratulations, my friend, on a superb entertainment!
14:49You're afraid this is no entertainment, huh?
14:52Our host is dead.
14:59Mr. Tavistock was acting irrationally.
15:02Do you think he was ill?
15:04I'm afraid not.
15:05He was bludgeoned with a heavy object.
15:08No, no, weapon is apparent, Mrs. Crabtree.
15:12This most certainly was murder.
15:15Murder most foul, as foul as a killer's dogs.
15:18Murder!
15:19Yes, Mr. Dantry.
15:21The culprit must be one of us.
15:23There's nobody else in the house.
15:25One of us?
15:27We all left the den at least once.
15:30You left to look for the raven.
15:32Mr. Gower left to fetch pipe tobacco.
15:34I myself left innocently twice.
15:37Indeed, miss, yes,
15:38any one of us could have committed this wretched crime.
15:42And I intend to find out who.
15:46You.
15:47Ah, yes.
15:48I am a detective, after all.
15:51Rest easy, Mrs. Crabtree.
15:53I will solve this mystery
15:56and ensure Mr. Tavistock's killer is found.
16:00He still has his billfold and the key.
16:04The key is for the memorabilia case.
16:08But look, his ring is missing.
16:11And the missing pocket watch isn't on his purse either.
16:14I wonder if the killer...
16:15Killer took them!
16:17Look.
16:19Here's the volume of all the year round.
16:22And there's another note inside.
16:25When it all began.
16:27Mr. Dantry, the game is over.
16:30Now, this calendar...
16:31This calendar's askew.
16:33This candlestick seems to be one of a pair.
16:38I wonder if the missing one is our...
16:40Murder weapon!
16:45How many thieves were there?
16:46There were four.
16:47Gigantic brutes.
16:49Well, most of them, anyway.
16:51When I tried to arrest them, sir,
16:53they laughed at me and they stole my clothing.
16:57Oh, well, that's good.
16:59Good?
17:00Yes, it means they've unwittingly stolen the GPS sensor.
17:05And we can track them using your new invention.
17:08Come along, Constable.
17:10We'll have to get you a new uniform.
17:14Will I have to pay for that, sir?
17:19Are you satisfied?
17:21Yes, thank you.
17:23So nobody has the watch or the ring?
17:25Or the candlestick.
17:27Good heavens, what are they doing?
17:29I asked them to move the body.
17:30It was distressing the ladies.
17:32It's compromising evidence, ma'am.
17:34Sir, there is no need for concern.
17:37I have a photographic recollection.
17:39I've committed all the relevant details to memory.
17:43Ha!
17:44He is no master sleuth.
17:47He is Dr. Carmichael Doughty,
17:50the lout who jilted me at the altar 20 years ago.
17:54I recognized you at once, Carm.
17:57The name is Datchery.
17:59Do you blame me for coming fully in costume
18:01knowing this is the reception I get?
18:03So you lied about not knowing him.
18:05Well, clearly I never knew him,
18:07or else I wouldn't have been standing alone
18:10at the altar on our wedding day.
18:14Right then.
18:15Now that everybody has been searched,
18:17I will comb through the rest of the house
18:19for the watch, the ring, and the candlestick.
18:22I will assist you.
18:23Oh no, you will not.
18:25In fact, Effie will escort everybody into the den.
18:28We'll keep them there.
18:30Of course.
18:31I'll see what else I can find out.
18:36I think it's stopped.
18:39I know that building.
18:41It's an abandoned furniture warehouse.
18:43Should we bring them in?
18:44No.
18:45If they've stolen a police uniform,
18:47they may have something bigger in mind than robbing a diner.
18:50And if we leave now, they might depart
18:52while we're not watching.
18:54Precisely.
18:55That's why there's another device I think we should use.
18:58Most of you were acquainted with Mr. Tavistock.
19:01Can you think of any reason someone would wish him harm?
19:05Bertie was obsessed with Patrick's cameo ring.
19:08Of course she accused me.
19:10Mrs. Chester is just bitter.
19:14Oh.
19:15Maybe she went after Tavistock herself.
19:17We all know she has a fiery temper.
19:19Bertie, don't. Please.
19:21Mr. Gower was jealous that Mr. Tavistock
19:23gave me Dickens' tortoiseshell matchkies just last month.
19:26Maybe he did kill poor Patrick.
19:30That's absurd.
19:31I'm not a killer.
19:33Neither am I.
19:34The two of you probably did it together.
19:36Together?
19:37Oh, never.
19:38Stop quarreling, please.
19:40I'd sooner do away with Bertie than Patrick anything.
19:44And I'd sooner die alone than be with you.
19:47I hope you do die alone, you dickhead.
19:49What's this?
19:50A Dickens adaptation.
19:51It's the only thing that will calm them down.
20:02The target has started to move again, Inspector.
20:05It's time to go.
20:22Oh, for Pete's sake.
20:24I thought I told you to stay out of it.
20:26I didn't want to deprive you of my powers of observation.
20:29What have you gathered?
20:31Ah.
20:32Wig glue, I see.
20:34Yes.
20:36Yes, that's mine.
20:40I found this in Tannis Dickens' room.
20:42I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to be.
20:44Another drood costume, I believe.
20:47Princess Puffer.
20:49Princess Puffer.
20:50Perhaps she planned to wear it and then thought better of it.
20:53I found all these Dickens portraits in Mr Gower's room.
20:58This one was under his pillow.
21:02He loves his Dickens.
21:05Perhaps a little too much.
21:08Oh.
21:15Tis a day to be remembered when Master Copperfield pays us a visit.
21:22I trust you are well, Mrs Heap.
21:25Thank you, Master Copperfield.
21:28We've looked forward to your visit for a long while.
21:32We had feared our humbleness stood in the way.
21:38I assure you, that's not the case, ma'am.
21:41Boo.
21:42Boo!
21:44Why should I humor a man who may well be the killer?
21:47This horrendous performance reminds me to have a stock bad mouth your last two flops to all our mutual friends.
21:54My plays are very well respected.
21:59Nobody likes your plays, Mr Selwood.
22:02Least of all any critics.
22:04Nobody likes you!
22:06You're fabulous!
22:08And yet you keep insisting on showing up to our gatherings in some sort of perverse display of defiance.
22:17Do you hear that?
22:18Yes, my senses are very keen.
22:21Very keen.
22:35Give me that!
22:37Who are you?
22:38I'm the cook.
22:39What? You're not cooking.
22:41You're stealing from Mr Tavistock who was just murdered.
22:44Where have you been all night?
22:46Is that easy?
22:49God forgive me, but I don't much care for the new master.
22:53And I haven't seen him all night.
22:55Is that right?
22:57Turn out your pockets.
23:06Parsley!
23:07Just like the parsley found in the foyer when Mr Tavistock disappeared.
23:14All right, I was in the foyer.
23:17Mr Tavistock let me in.
23:19I told him I wanted more money if I was going to cook for you lot.
23:23He told me to go and find and take whatever I want.
23:26Oh, just take whatever you want.
23:28Is that why you're smashing into his money chest with an ice pick?
23:31With his permission.
23:33I just couldn't find the key.
23:37What's going on in here?
23:39I think we may have found our murderer.
23:43I don't see anyone in uniform.
23:46Are you certain your device is working?
23:49The thieves should be just ahead of you on your left, Inspector.
23:56I see him!
23:58All right, very carefully. See what he gets up to.
24:13George.
24:15What?
24:17I can't sleep.
24:19What?
24:20Are you sure the cook is guilty?
24:22Oh, if he...
24:23What about the watch and the ring?
24:25Why would she hide those if she was openly stealing?
24:29If you don't know, I just know I'll sleep better with that wild-eyed ice pick woman locked safe.
24:38It's no use. I need a book or something.
24:42Maybe I will read some Dickens after all.
24:45I need to get some sleep.
24:47You should sleep now.
24:49I'm sure you are.
24:51I'm going to be late for work tomorrow.
24:53I don't want to get up early.
24:55I'm sorry.
24:57I have to go.
24:59Good night.
25:04Good night.
25:10Hey, what are you doing?
25:12I'm going to bed.
25:14He's stopped.
25:18He's lingering behind a bank, and there's a special fortified motor car with guards.
25:24Stay there and keep watching.
25:28He's watching them bring a deposit in, but if I move, he'll see me.
25:35He's leaving.
25:37Uh, right.
25:39Stay with him and I'll come find you.
25:41That might be best.
25:43I think they're planning a large withdrawal.
25:57Someone there?
26:12You make a good point, about the cook.
26:25Ify?
26:26Help!
26:27Oh, somebody help!
26:28Ify?
26:29I found her out here on the floor.
26:30Ify, are you all right?
26:31George.
26:32What happened?
26:33I saw a light under that doorway, and then somebody hit me.
26:34It's locked.
26:35Oh, the heavens.
26:36Mr. Gower.
26:37Is he dead?
26:38And the missing murder weapon, I think we found Mr. Tabastat's killer.
27:05Should we let Thatchery in?
27:08He is a doctor, according to Lila.
27:10Well, a doctor's not going to do much now, Ify.
27:13This certainly could have been the weapon used to kill Mr. Tabastat.
27:17Mr. Gower doesn't seem to have any sort of marks on him.
27:21Ify, perhaps he took the opium and then drowned himself?
27:27Someone else could have drugged him.
27:29That would explain the pajamas.
27:31Unless he was extremely modest.
27:34Could we close his eyes?
27:35His pupils are huge and staring.
27:38I noticed Tabastat's pupils were dilated when he was greeting everybody, right before he disappeared.
27:47You know, opium has the exact opposite effect on pupils.
27:52It contracts them almost to pinpoints.
27:55Well, if that's the case, someone's placed this opium bottle here.
28:01This whole scene has been staged.
28:07So, after witnessing the bank delivery, you and the inspector tracked the thief back to the warehouse?
28:12Yes, where our tracking ball is now stopped.
28:15Then why aren't we arresting the thieves now, when we're in the position to prevent a crime?
28:21Instead, we sit in judgment, like all-seeing gods,
28:27waiting for these flawed mortals to fail yet again.
28:31We are only surveilling one person, Watts, a known thief.
28:35I was the one that made the decision, Detective Watts, that it would be far more valuable to catch them in the act.
28:41And if Detective Murdoch's hunch was right, that was a main bank that the thief was watching last night.
28:47So it frequently receives...
28:49Receives deposits from the smaller branches?
28:51Yes, and I'm told the deposits arriving this morning are the biggest of the week.
28:56So you think both men were drugged with the same substance?
28:59It stands to reason, but I don't think it was opium.
29:01They both had dilated pupils, and Tavistock was nearly giddy.
29:05The cook also described him as acting strangely.
29:08Maybe he really did encourage her to help herself to his money.
29:11I recently read about devil's breath tea.
29:14It leaves one in a highly suggestible trance-like state, easily controlled by others.
29:20They make a drug from the plant.
29:22It's an anesthetic used in surgeries, scopolamine.
29:26George, do you think somebody could have snuck it into Mr. Gower's tobacco?
29:30There's his pipe.
29:32Which means this is his tea cup.
29:35Look, not just leaves as in our cup, but seeds and stems.
29:41What do you think?
29:43I think Tavistock and Gower were drugged with devil's breath tea, making them easier to kill.
29:52Our vantage point here is not ideal, Detective Murdoch.
29:55We can't see what's happening without revealing our position.
29:58Yes. Here, use this, Inspector.
30:03It's my invention, a circumscope.
30:05Oh my, I can see everything!
30:07Shh, shh, shh.
30:22The thief is distracting the driver.
30:31His accomplices are taking the money. Should we move in?
30:34Not yet.
30:42They're going to drive away.
30:45Now, Henry!
30:52Oh, no!
30:54You're under constabulary!
30:59The thief is getting away!
31:09Brains and brawn. I'm impressed.
31:12Thank you, sir.
31:14I'll be wanting that uniform back.
31:16Just got those pants broken in.
31:22Mr. Gower did not take his own life.
31:25He was killed by the same person who killed Mr. Tavistock.
31:28We believe both men were drugged before they were killed.
31:32Now, I have deduced what truly happened.
31:35Mr. Tavistock planned this entire weekend around Dickens' Edwin Drood,
31:40and Drood is exactly what it all comes back to.
31:45Now, the all-the-year-round clue actually points to this calendar,
31:50which is set to the wrong date.
31:53Did nobody notice?
31:56The next clue, when it all began,
31:59is a hint to the date we should turn to.
32:02Dickens' birth date, of course.
32:04That's February the 7th.
32:08Ah!
32:10Evening.
32:12February the 7th.
32:14Ah! E. Drood.
32:17Why? Because Tavistock imagined
32:21that Edwin Drood faked his own murder
32:25to expose his uncle's deadly designs.
32:28And perhaps Tavistock knew exactly what Dickens intended,
32:34because hidden inside the briefcase
32:37is the real ending of Edwin Drood.
32:41He finished it after all.
32:43Tavistock acquired it,
32:45and someone here was willing to kill for it.
32:49But who?
32:51Why, the failed dramatist, of course, Selwood.
32:54Selwood had flop after flop
32:57his only successes in staging Dickens' adaptations.
33:01And what a coup to mount the first complete Drood
33:06with Dickens' original ending!
33:10That's not the real ending!
33:13It's typed on a typewriter, for pity's sake!
33:17It's probably the one Tavistock was writing six months ago.
33:21Why would I kill for it?
33:23Personally, I prefer my own.
33:25You have to believe me.
33:27Well done, Mr. Datchery.
33:29You may not have unmasked the killer,
33:32but you've solved Mr. Tavistock's parlor game
33:34with the greatest of ease.
33:36Perhaps too much ease.
33:39The murderer must have been privy to the game
33:43that Mr. Tavistock was playing with us,
33:46for the killer needed inside knowledge of his plan.
33:49Specifically, how Tavistock was able to disappear.
33:53And these murders weren't about Drood.
33:56They were about love.
33:59Several times since arriving at Leak House,
34:02I've felt cold drafts.
34:04First in the foyer, shortly after Tavistock's disappearance,
34:07and again here,
34:09when I was examining a very strange row of books.
34:14Have any of you ever heard of Lard Times?
34:17The old curiosity slob?
34:20No?
34:21David Lobsterfield?
34:23I may not know much about Dickens,
34:25but I do know that these are not real books.
34:29And this is not a real bookcase.
34:32It's a secret passage.
34:47The killer knew that Tavistock used the secret passage to disappear,
34:51so he slipped in afterward and caught him by surprise.
34:55Being a doctor, in real life,
34:58Mr. Datchery knew of a drug called scopolamine, is that right?
35:03He used it to make his victims compliant.
35:08These murders were really about Datchery's love for Lila.
35:13He came to win her back,
35:15but first he needed to clear the field of his rivals.
35:19Tavistock, who was wooing her with Dickens' memorabilia,
35:22and Gower, whom he feared was hoping to reconcile her.
35:27It is true, I did attend this weekend because I love Miss Chester
35:32and I've always regretted leaving her,
35:34but I did not kill those men for two decades.
35:40I have suffered for my mistake in leaving the most enchanting woman
35:44I have ever known, Miss Chester.
35:48I hope I can persuade you to forgive me.
35:53There's nothing to forgive, Carl.
35:59Really, you don't believe this, George? Surely you don't.
36:03Well, you and Mr. Datchery's have interesting tales.
36:05What about the missing ring, the missing pocket watch?
36:09The stories are good, but there are plot holes.
36:22I think I have it.
36:25Mr. Datchery, you were right.
36:27The evening was intended to be about Drew.
36:30Tavistock was excited to unveil the new ending
36:33he'd written for Dickens' unfinished mystery,
36:35and he'd laid out an elaborate puzzle to entice his guests.
36:39I imagine he planned to plant the pocket watch as a later clue,
36:43probably before revealing the secret passage.
36:46Effie, you were right. Tavistock used that passage to disappear.
36:51But he was startled when he was confronted by the cook.
36:54You have to pay more. Give me more money.
36:57More money? Fine, fine. Help yourself.
36:59Being in a highly suggestible state from his drug punch,
37:02he agreed with her that she should help herself to more money.
37:05But being in this muddled state, he also dropped his lantern, starting a fire.
37:11The killer later followed Tavistock through this secret passage
37:16and killed him here in the library.
37:18The devil's breath tea would have made that easy,
37:21just as Gower's drugged tea would have made it easy for the killer
37:25to suggest to him a bath and then drown him with little resistance.
37:29The killer then left two items at the scene of Gower's death.
37:33One, a candlestick, suggesting it was Gower who murdered Tavistock,
37:37and two, a vial of opium, suggesting he had then taken his own life.
37:44But how did the killer know about the secret passage?
37:49For that, it either had to be someone who'd been here before
37:53or someone who'd known someone who'd been here before.
37:58Dickens had been here before in 1842.
38:02He knew about the secret passage.
38:05From Dickens, that information was passed on to his son Francis,
38:11and from Francis, it was passed on to his daughter.
38:19You hated Gower.
38:21He'd always denied your birthright,
38:24always said that you weren't truly a Dickens,
38:27and you were infuriated with Tavistock for buying the pocket watch
38:31which you believed was properly yours.
38:35In fact, that's why, among all sorts of valuable memorabilia,
38:39the only item stolen was that pocket watch.
38:43As for the ring, the culprit is someone else entirely.
38:47Gower told us the ring didn't properly fit Tavistock,
38:50and when he was killed, it fell from his finger onto the floor,
38:53and being a bright, shiny object,
38:56it was collected by...
39:00Griffith.
39:03Oh!
39:05I did know about the passage.
39:08My father mentioned it to my mother, who told me about it.
39:12You're right. I was angry.
39:16Gower sneered at my claim,
39:19and Tavistock bought my legacy for a song
39:23when my father was down on his luck.
39:27You people all idolized my grandfather.
39:32He wasn't always that nice of a man.
39:35He only gave his pocket watch to my father
39:38because he considered him a wastrel,
39:41who was always late.
39:44I brought a costume,
39:47but I didn't need to dress up like him.
39:50I didn't need to wear a ring.
39:53I brought a costume, but I didn't need to dress up.
39:58None of you could ever see me for all that I really am.
40:03A proud daughter of my ancestors,
40:07and a true descendant of Charles Dickens.
40:12Did that breakfast drool taste a little off to you?
40:16I don't think the cook was thrilled about being locked up.
40:20I think perhaps next year we'll go back
40:24to our usual Dickens birthday brunch in the city.
40:28Perhaps an occasion for my new production of Edwin Dood.
40:33I'm sorry.
40:35It's all right.
40:37Perhaps an occasion for my new production of Edwin Dood.
40:42Best of luck.
40:45And what of you two?
40:48Well, we are to be wed as soon as possible
40:51before he runs away again.
40:53I should do as I've waited much too long as it is.
40:56Come along, dear.
40:58Farewell.
41:01George, how is it you knew so much about Devil's Breath tea?
41:06Actually, I've been doing a little bit of research
41:08into poisons and the like.
41:10I hope I can trust your intentions.
41:12Of course you can.
41:13But I've been thinking...
41:15You want to write another book.
41:17I do.
41:18Seeing these people so profoundly influenced
41:21by the work of a writer,
41:23it's been strange but inspiring.
41:27You need to get back to writing,
41:29even if that means going away somewhere for a while
41:32to get your head back into it.
41:35If I did, I'd miss you terribly.
41:40I'd miss you too.
41:42But telling stories is a part of who you are.
41:46What will it be about?
41:49It will be a fictionalized account of some of the cases
41:51the detective and I have worked on together.
41:53Oh, like Holmes and Watson?
41:56Somewhat.
41:57But in my telling, the assistant will be the clever one.
42:00All the best fiction is based somewhat in reality.
42:06Detective Murdoch!
42:08A moment of your time, please.
42:14Yes?
42:16There's something I need you to see.
42:18Follow me.
42:26Constable, hit the switch.
42:31I thought your devices deserved a room of their own.
42:52Thank you, Inspector.
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43:01and for all the new ones yet to come.
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