Murdoch Mysteries Season 18 Episode 5 - A Starlet Is Born
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01:10What did you think?
01:12Even better than the last chapter. You?
01:14Underwhelming.
01:15They left her hanging at the edge of a cliff.
01:17Bit of a cliché, no?
01:19I can't wait to see what happens next.
01:21I'll be rereading this one all week.
01:24What a brilliant idea to publish the story in the papers
01:27alongside the serials in the cinema.
01:29I had that idea ages ago.
01:31But they beat me to the punch,
01:33and now the sales of the Gazette have doubled.
01:36Why don't you run your own in the Sentinel?
01:38The script is already written.
01:40I just need a star, and I aim to get one.
01:43I was walking down Yonge Street,
01:45and this man stopped me in the middle of the sidewalk,
01:47and he said, you must,
01:49you simply must be in the moving pictures.
01:51And the next thing you know, well, you know, here we are.
01:55I also do all of my own stunts.
01:58Would you like to ask me about doing my own stunts?
02:00I think we have all that we need.
02:02But there is one other thing.
02:04Any idea what the next serial will be?
02:06I can't comment.
02:07Promised my manager, and my lips are locked.
02:10Well, it just so happens that Sentinel
02:12is planning to make its own serial.
02:14And I don't mind saying that the script
02:18outshines any other action girl serials.
02:21I don't read scripts written by non-scenarists.
02:26I've written a feature film,
02:27not to mention a best-selling book,
02:29and countless news stories.
02:31Well, serial is a unique format.
02:33Why don't we discuss this over lunch?
02:34I just don't think...
02:35Tamaos?
02:36Tamaos.
02:38You got a table at Tamaos?
02:41I happen to have dirt on the maitre d'.
02:43We'll take my new automobile.
02:45Oh, Cal!
02:47How are the interviews going?
02:48Oh, you know, grist for the mill,
02:50chum for the waters.
02:51I don't have to tell you.
02:52I presume you've met Miss Cherry.
02:54Charmed.
02:55I assume you'd like to profile me next?
02:57Actually, we're off to lunch.
02:58Perhaps another time.
03:07Miss Newsome!
03:09Could I perhaps bother you for an autograph?
03:11Oh, yes.
03:13Never a moment, please.
03:17You're welcome.
03:18Bye now!
03:31Oh.
03:33Don't start.
03:34How annoying.
03:35It is brand new, you know.
03:38Oh, yoo-hoo!
03:39Bellman!
03:41Find a mechanic and see if he can fix this scrap heap, will you?
03:45Yes, ma'am.
03:49Shall we walk?
03:50Let's.
04:00Dear God.
04:02Do you think he's all right?
04:10I don't know.
04:31Ladies.
04:32What's happened?
04:34I tried to start the ignition.
04:36Nothing happened.
04:37Spinned and then...
04:38Boom!
04:39And you drove the automobile here earlier today without incident?
04:42That's right.
04:44So whoever did this intended for you to be the victim of the explosion?
04:48Obviously.
04:49Who else here is important enough to try and kill?
04:54Tell him about Chapter Two.
04:55Chapter Two?
04:58From Agnes.
05:00The Adventures of Agnes.
05:01The sensational serial of which I am the star.
05:05I'm not familiar.
05:06What of it?
05:07How odd.
05:08Well, in Chapter Two, Agnes, moi, enters into an auto race.
05:11The villain tries to do away with her by placing an explosive in the back of the car.
05:14I, of course, find it.
05:16Throw it into a lake and nobody gets hurt.
05:18Which I would have done today if I had known.
05:20You just don't really expect to get bombed on your way to Tamao's.
05:24Indeed.
05:25Ruth!
05:27Are you all right? What happened?
05:28Someone tried to explode me.
05:30What?
05:31Well, it didn't succeed.
05:32Fat chance.
05:33A star like mine doesn't just up and die that easily.
05:35I knew something like this would happen.
05:37I beg your pardon?
05:39I told you no good can come from working in the pictures.
05:42Ah!
05:45Henry, what do you mean you knew something like this would happen?
05:47Were you aware that Ruth was in danger?
05:49No.
05:51I never really approved of her working in the serials, sir.
05:54She's always spending time with these unsavory types that hang around moving picture sets.
05:59Unsavory and debonair.
06:04You're saying I'm jealous?
06:06Well, maybe I am.
06:09But forget about the pictures. Ruth shouldn't be working at all.
06:11That's not how things are done, sir.
06:13I'm the man of the house. She should be at home with Jordan.
06:15I don't know, Henry.
06:18Julia's always been able to balance work and home life.
06:21How did that work out for you? She moved halfway around the world.
06:24Sheesh.
06:30Miss Hart.
06:31What have you?
06:32Is that Cal Whitman?
06:36It is indeed.
06:38Constable Higgins Newsom seems to be very threatened by him.
06:42As he should be.
06:44You are familiar with Mr. Whitman, I take it?
06:47I wish.
06:54The bellman.
06:55Right. He died in the blast. The impact came from behind.
07:00Remnants of the bomb.
07:04Well, what's this?
07:06It's a wire of some sort.
07:08Ah, yes. Method of detonation.
07:13Indeed, it's attached to the ignition. That is ingenious.
07:18Whoever did this knew exactly what they were doing.
07:23Detective, that man has been here for a long time.
07:27Detective, that man has been staring at me since I arrived.
07:31He seems odd.
07:37Excuse me.
07:39What are you doing here?
07:40Just minding my own beeswax.
07:43Beeswax?
07:44I was in the area purchasing a tin of beeswax down the way.
07:47I'm a cobbler, you see. I need it for my owls.
07:50In any event, I saw the explosion and was intrigued.
07:56Did you see anything of interest?
07:58Only Ruth. She's magnificent, isn't she?
08:02She is something.
08:05So dynamic and brave and brilliant.
08:12This is bad. Already headline news across every paper in the city.
08:16Toronto is in love with Ruth Newsom. I don't get it.
08:20Nor do I, sir. I don't care much for moving pictures.
08:24Really?
08:25I love them, but I don't care for these new serials.
08:28One little scenario a week, and then what? I have to wait.
08:32I'd rather watch them all at once.
08:34Perhaps people enjoy delaying gratification.
08:37And every chapter leaves you wanting more.
08:39She's hanging on a cliff, but they won't tell you how it ends.
08:42You have to pay another nickel the following week just to find out.
08:45It's a swindle.
08:47What I don't understand is the fanaticism.
08:50Why do people admire actors?
08:53They're charming, funny, exciting.
08:55They don't actually do what their characters do.
08:58They just stand in front of a camera.
09:01Detective, are you jealous of actors?
09:04I'll have you know I was cast in a moving picture once.
09:07I didn't care much for it.
09:09A lot of people standing around, complaining.
09:12You think you deserve more attention than actors
09:15because you're the one really stopping the villains out there.
09:19Of course not.
09:20Of course not.
09:21So, what have you found out?
09:23No suspects in custody as yet.
09:26Judging by the state of the wreckage, I would say the bomb was comprised of TNT.
09:30I've been informed that this bombing may mirror one of the installments of the serial
09:37in which Ruth knew some stars.
09:40Well then, why would someone watch a moving picture, then decide to kill the star?
09:45Perhaps someone at the moving picture studio can tell us something.
09:52Hello.
09:59You're Detective Murdoch.
10:01Do we know one another?
10:02No.
10:03Your reputation precedes you, sir.
10:05Andrew Deverell Deverell.
10:07I am Miss Newsome's manager and the producer of her cinematic oeuvre.
10:12Oh, you mean Mrs. Higgins Newsome.
10:15Yes, yes.
10:17I'm in the habit of discussing her with La Presse, for whom we cultivate a certain image.
10:23Have you apprehended the culprit in this dastardly scheme?
10:27Not yet.
10:28Well, then you may find these...
10:31Très intéressantes.
10:34Peut-être.
10:35De quoi s'agit-il?
10:37Oui, letters from viewers of Agnes.
10:41Fanatics, one might say, but not of the typical ilk.
10:45You are a sinner. May the Lord punish you unless you stop showing these films.
10:51I hope you lead a miserable, sickness-filled life and die lonely and alone.
10:57Who would write such things to an actor?
11:00I don't know, but it seems some of our viewers feel that Ruth Newsome's gender does not conform to their image of an appropriate hero.
11:10Perhaps the killer is amongst their number.
11:15What have you, Miss Hart?
11:16Found a piece of shrapnel partially lodged in his body.
11:22There appears to be a lock mechanism of some sort.
11:25There's leather here. It's not very badly burned.
11:28It must have lodged in his body before the flames could get to it.
11:31I examined the leather under the microscope. It appears to be reptilian.
11:35Alligator?
11:36Could be.
11:38This is from a suitcase.
11:45Yah!
11:50Does Jordan always act out like this?
11:53What do you mean?
11:55Isadora! Isadora!
11:57Yes, Miss Newsome.
11:58Jordan! Jordan! Calm down, please.
12:01Jordan, get back here.
12:05I believe the bomb was secured inside of a suitcase.
12:09Does this look familiar?
12:11Of course. That's from my alligator skin valise.
12:14Ah, so it belonged to you, and it was in the automobile.
12:18Oh yes, always. It was gifted to me by my lovely Andrew.
12:22Ruth's manager.
12:23We've met.
12:24Andrew advised me to always keep the essentials close at hand.
12:28Clothing, cosmetics, shoes, autographed portraits for my admirers.
12:32Admirers.
12:34Admirers.
12:35Admirers.
12:39So you were aware that it was in the automobile.
12:42When was the last time you looked inside of it?
12:45This morning.
12:46Yes, I put a new lipstick into my reticule.
12:49Did you see anything out of the ordinary?
12:53Like a bomb, dear?
12:55I think I would notice a bomb, Henry. I'm not a child.
12:58In my last picture, I threw one into the lake. Remember?
13:04How many people were aware of this valise of yours?
13:07I don't know, but what does it matter?
13:09No one could have put a bomb into that valise.
13:12Why not?
13:13It's always locked. I have the only key.
13:15And no one has access to where it's hidden.
13:18Except for Henny Petty.
13:25Ah.
13:26I've gone over all of the letters provided by Mr. Deverell Deverell.
13:30And?
13:31They are disturbing.
13:33One even seems to presage the bombing itself.
13:36The author most definitely wants to stop the continuation of Miss Newsome's serial.
13:42Why?
13:43They have a moral objection to a female heroine.
13:47It's one man.
13:49Or a woman, I suppose.
13:51All of the letters appear to be written in the same hand,
13:54but they are from different postmarks throughout the city.
13:57What exactly are you doing?
14:00Well, if Ruth Newsome's suitcase was locked,
14:04and the key never left her possession,
14:06then it's safe to assume that someone picked the lock.
14:09I'm trying to establish how long that would actually take.
14:12To establish how long the culprit needed to plant the bomb.
14:15Yes, at first I believed that the wiring to the ignition was a complex mechanism.
14:21But I'm now of the opinion that it was quite rudimentary.
14:25As is this lock.
14:30It would have taken no time at all.
14:34What's this?
14:37There appears to be some sticky residue inside of the lock cylinder.
14:49What is it?
14:50Beeswax.
14:54Mr. Quint!
14:55We'd like a word.
14:58I don't understand.
15:00You think I wanted to hurt Ruth?
15:02You were seen near the hotel both before and after the detonation.
15:06But more importantly, we know you picked the lock on her suitcase.
15:10How did you know that?
15:12We found beeswax inside of the lock mechanism.
15:16Perhaps from an owl?
15:20What does that have to do with the bomb?
15:22You put it in the case.
15:24But what does that have to do with the bomb?
15:26You put it in the case.
15:27No. No, I did pick the lock last week, but I never put any bomb inside.
15:31Then why did you do it?
15:37I just wanted something of hers.
15:40I adore her so. I know everyone does, but I'm so very alone.
15:45No one understands me, and I know no one ever will, but...
15:49sometimes I dream that someone... someone wonderful might love me.
15:57You stole something from her.
15:59I just wanted to feel close to her.
16:05I'm sorry.
16:19So, what did you think?
16:21I... liked it.
16:23Oh. Good.
16:25It's just that it's not really a Ruth Newsome, is it?
16:28The character's tall, blonde, and fearless. You'd be perfect.
16:32Of course I would do my best to bring a role to life, but for it to really be a Ruth Newsome picture, it needs a few changes.
16:39But easy fix.
16:40Such as?
16:41Well, here, on page one. What is this? We meet her and then she just doesn't do anything.
16:45The characters need to be introduced.
16:48Needs more depth, you know.
16:50What if...
16:51Oh, I save the Prime Minister from being eaten by a lion. Something like that.
16:55On page one.
16:56Well, not that, obviously. But something like that, do you know what I mean?
16:59That was a sort of food for thought.
17:01But overall, I... I... I loved it.
17:06I miss you.
17:07Yes, ma'am.
17:08What do you have in the way of gin?
17:10We have a wonderful selection. I can bring you the gin later.
17:12Oh, no, never mind. Champagne!
17:14Ruth Higgins Newsome stated that she did have a pair of shoes go missing last week.
17:18So that part of Mr. Quint's story appears to be true.
17:21That doesn't mean he didn't plant the bomb. If he picked the lock once, he could have done it again.
17:25Yes, but why kill someone that he holds in such high esteem?
17:29Love can turn to obsession, and obsession to violence.
17:32True. But something about this case just doesn't sit right with me.
17:36He seems genuinely concerned for her well-being, and his handwriting is not a match for those letters.
17:42Hardly exculpatory.
17:44If you don't think the cobbler did it, then who?
17:47Perhaps the man who gave her the suitcase in question.
17:50Apparently, he was lunching with an ingenue at the time, and she believes that she could be the next Agnes.
17:57Hmm. To have a new star, he would have to get rid of the old one.
18:02Expendable! Miss Newsome is a star, man. Her success is my success.
18:07Then why seek out a replacement?
18:09A star that burns as brightly as Ruth Newsome cannot be tamed.
18:13I must anticipate the inevitable, that soon, she will leave us behind for the bright lights of Los Angeles.
18:20Hollywood. They call it the big time.
18:24We believe the bomb was placed inside of a suitcase that you gifted to Mrs. Higgins Newsome.
18:30It was?
18:31Mm. And you advised her to keep it on hand at all times.
18:35Yes, what of it?
18:36Well, whoever placed the bomb was aware of the case, and that it would be consistently in the proximity of Mrs. Higgins Newsome.
18:44Everybody in our little troupe knew about the case. It was a very unique piece I purchased for her in New York.
18:49She showed it off to all around her. One of my other clients was terribly jealous.
18:54Oh? Who?
18:55Just the man whose stalled career is the bane of my existence, Ruth's co-star, Cal Whitman.
19:04Oh, Henry! I'm going to the hair salon.
19:07All right, I'll go with you.
19:09No, there's really no need.
19:11Someone just tried to kill you and they're still out there.
19:14Are you forgetting that your own brother died while escaping my care to get a haircut?
19:19This is completely different.
19:21How?
19:22I'm not getting a haircut.
19:24You're not going. I forbid it.
19:28You forbid it?
19:31Yes, I forbid it.
19:34If it were up to you, I would never leave this house. You want me to be a prisoner in my own home?
19:40See, dear?
19:41Oh, Jordan! Jordan, no!
19:44Oh, Ish. I merely pretended to be jealous of that hideous Feliza would be caught dead with that reptilian monstrosity.
19:51So why pretend?
19:53I'm an actor. An actor's job is to give gifts to all around him.
19:58Every scene, every action is a gift.
20:01I hold Agnes in my arms and with my performance I give the audience the gift of love.
20:08Real life is not a moving picture, Mr. Whitman.
20:12It is not different from one.
20:14I see Ruth with Anubeliz, I pretend to covet it, and with my performance I give her the gift of pride.
20:20So you lie to her to make her feel better?
20:25You misunderstand what it is to be an actor. It is a part of our vocation.
20:30Take Ruth.
20:31She claims in the press that she performs her own stunts because her public wants to believe that to be true.
20:37In the hands of an actor, a lie is not a lie.
20:41It's a gift.
20:43Precisely.
20:44Mrs. Higgins-Newsom does not perform her own stunts?
20:49She's a woman, detective. Don't be ridiculous.
20:53That's a big part of her persona. At least that's how it's reported in the newspapers.
20:58And the man who performs them for her has his feathers ruffled each and every time a story like that appears.
21:03She takes all the credit and he is left to suffer in the worst of all places.
21:08Obscurity.
21:17Henry, I'm going to the hair salon.
21:20Bye.
21:40Hello?
21:42What can I do you for?
21:44You're the man who performs all of Ruth Newsom's stunts for the screen?
21:48That's right. Hooter McCoy.
21:50Detective William Murdoch, Toronto Constabulary.
21:53You'll have to forgive me, but you don't strike much of a resemblance.
21:58We all look the same in a dress and a wig.
22:01Is that so?
22:03Folks who watch these serials ain't exactly the keenest spurs on the ranch.
22:09Your colleagues who worked on The Adventures of Agnes with you have stated that you don't much care for Mrs. Higgins Newsom.
22:17And that you resent her for taking credit for all of your performances.
22:22Don't much care for a liar.
22:24And, well, it's hard to respect someone who has no respect to offer in return.
22:30Ruth Newsom doesn't respect you.
22:33You know, we made 18 chapters of that serial.
22:37Worked on every one together.
22:39I don't believe she even knows my Christian name.
22:43Truth is, nobody who worked on that picture show liked her.
22:47You feel you can speak for everyone on the set?
22:50Of course I can.
22:51Ruth Newsom keeps food on the table.
22:53I'll know that we could make those serials easier without the stars, but then who would watch them?
22:59Nobody's gonna pay a nickel to see an old chunk of coal like yours truly hanging off the side of a cliff.
23:07Uh, Mr. McCoy, did you know that the bomb that was used in the attempt on Mrs. Newsom's life was comprised of TNT and a long metal ignition wire?
23:19Can't say I was.
23:21It was a device exactly like the one I see there on your shelf.
23:26Mr. McCoy, you are under arrest.
23:31So, they decided they wanted to take a holiday, but they couldn't agree on where.
23:34So my brother, dear heart, he spins a globe, closes his eyes, points his finger.
23:39Did you know where it landed?
23:40Someplace in Africa, but that seemed terribly gloomy, so, you know, they spun it again.
23:46This time it landed in Southampton, which I had never heard of before.
23:54Ruth?
23:57Ruth?
24:00Isadora, I've got to go.
24:02I've got to go.
24:03Look out for Jordan.
24:05Anyway, he and Lucinda have been there for a month.
24:07Can't say that I miss them.
24:08It's not her anyway.
24:10Did you know she grew up next door to us?
24:12And one summer, her brother threw a brick over a shrub, hit her square in the back of the head.
24:16She couldn't do anything but cluck like a chicken for a whole year.
24:19That's what I heard anyway.
24:20I don't think someone recovers from something like that, do you?
24:25Celeste?
24:28Oh, oh my.
24:33Oh, oh my.
24:42Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.
24:46Dad.
25:01Help!
25:02That's Ruth Newsome.
25:03Help, can somebody help, please?
25:06I bet she's making a moving picture.
25:08Celeste?
25:14Ruth!
25:15Excuse me, excuse me.
25:16Please, please, excuse me.
25:18Ruth!
25:19My God, what happened?
25:20I told you to stay in the house.
25:21Henry Higgins Newsome.
25:22I just saved the lives of five people and that's how you greet me?
25:25If you would just listen to me the night...
25:26Say one more word and I'm going to scream.
25:27Ruth.
25:31Now if you'll excuse me, I need to tend to these poor women.
25:36Oh, you're fine.
25:37All right.
25:40The employees and customers of the salon are all recovering in hospital.
25:44It seems they owe their lives to Ruth Newsome.
25:47So she's earned her headlines after all.
25:49She has.
25:51The gas used in the attack was a simple combination of bleach and ammonia, but it could have killed them all.
25:57How was it released?
25:58A device was placed inside of the air vent of the salon.
26:02So whoever did this must have seen Ruth Newsome enter the salon and then deploy the gas.
26:08So it would seem.
26:10Sir, this also mirrors a scene from The Adventures of Agnes.
26:15Of course.
26:16The gas in the mayor's office in chapter six.
26:20So you do watch them.
26:22We all have our vices, detective.
26:25One could be a coincidence.
26:28But both attempts mirroring the serial?
26:31He seems intent on killing Ruth using one of the methods depicted in her moving pictures.
26:37Oh, and he's sent another letter.
26:43Same handwriting.
26:44Indeed.
26:45It implies that there will be another attempt unless The Adventures of Agnes is completely removed from the cinemas.
26:52And yet our prime suspect has been sitting in our cells all the while.
26:58We know you could not have executed the gas attack on Ruth Newsome earlier this afternoon.
27:04But there is still compelling evidence that you built the bomb that caused the explosion she narrowly escaped.
27:10I didn't build this to hurt Ruth Newsome.
27:13Nor anybody else.
27:14Anytime a picture show wants a fire, a conflagration, an explosion, they come to Hooter.
27:22You built this for a moving picture?
27:24Naturally.
27:25And I built plenty like it.
27:27We used one in Agnes in chapter two.
27:30And I will say I showed every soul working on that picture show exactly how it worked.
27:35Just because you showed people how it worked doesn't mean someone had the expertise to recreate it.
27:40Or the supplies to do so.
27:42True enough.
27:43Thing is, I had some items stolen from myself last week.
27:48Including a device just like this one here.
27:56Believe his story?
27:57Not particularly.
27:58But he didn't release the gas.
28:00And even if he is involved, someone trying to kill Ruth Newsome is still out there.
28:04And you'll find him.
28:05But you'll have to do it while taking on another job.
28:08What?
28:09Guarding Ruth Newsome.
28:10Round the clock until the killer is caught.
28:12But sir...
28:13No objections.
28:14Her safety is our top priority.
28:16We'll look like fools if Toronto's sweetheart dies on our watch.
28:28Detective.
28:29I understand you're to be my bodyguard.
28:31Apparently so.
28:32Well, can't have you guarding my body in this, uh, dreary place.
28:39Come.
28:48The house is all clear.
28:49Good night.
28:50Where are you going?
28:52Uh, to review some of these witness statements.
28:54And afterward, to sleep.
28:56Oh.
28:57Oh, I was curious.
28:59Are you at all concerned that Mr. Deverell Deverell is searching for a new starlet to put in his cereals?
29:07Of course not.
29:08Andrew adores me.
29:10Anyway, he couldn't replace me even if he wanted to.
29:13My contract's ironclad.
29:15Oh, Henry, you won't be needed.
29:16The detective will guard me tonight.
29:19Ruru?
29:20You can sleep in the guest room.
29:21Close the door, would you?
29:25Yes, sir.
29:27Henry, I don't want to be involved.
29:32Obviously, I'll be spending the night on the Shays' law.
29:35But...
29:39Ruru?
29:46Ah, Louise.
29:47Look at this.
29:49It's the cereal I wrote with Newsome.
29:51It's scribbled with a thousand comments.
29:53How can an actress think she knows more about writing than I do?
29:57She may know more about cereals.
29:59How?
30:00I've written stories and installments.
30:02Not to mention a book and a film.
30:04Cereals barely even writing compared to those.
30:08It says here, Eleanor is a brilliant reporter with a sharp tongue and effortless beauty?
30:14Yes.
30:16Are you perhaps writing yourself?
30:18Of course not.
30:20So, either I change my story, which is brilliant, to suit her,
30:24or she refuses to play my cereal, in which case my brilliant script never gets made.
30:29Can't you just change the character and keep the story?
30:32They're one and the same.
30:35Piece of advice.
30:39About once a month, the bass player comes in with new ideas for the band.
30:43We have the piano player argue for days, the band nearly breaks up.
30:46They call it creative differences.
30:49How do they resolve them?
30:50It's simple.
30:52The bass player does what the piano player says.
30:55People come to see the piano.
30:57They don't come to see the bass.
31:00They come to see the piano.
31:03So I need to convince Ruth to do what I say.
31:07Please.
31:09You are not the piano player.
31:11Ruth is.
31:13But I came up with everything.
31:16That doesn't matter.
31:18Got it.
31:28What was that?
31:30I have no idea.
31:41Henry?
31:42Sir! Someone was trying to break into the house.
31:45Look, never fear, I rustled the knife away from him and I've scared him off.
31:49Did you see who it was?
31:50He was wearing a mask.
31:52Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, you are so brave.
31:55You know that all I want in this life is for you to be safe, my darling dimpled dumpling.
32:03Henry?
32:05May I have a word?
32:08It's alright.
32:18Is there something you'd like to tell me, Henry?
32:21Um, no.
32:26The broken glass landed outside of the house, which tells me you broke it from inside.
32:31And that knife appears to be from your set in the kitchen.
32:37I swear I was going to tell you, sir.
32:39I would never have let you pursue all this as actual evidence, I swear.
32:43Even if I believed you, it wouldn't make things any better.
32:46What were you thinking?
32:48I had to do something, sir, don't you see?
32:50I had to impress Ruth somehow.
32:52I feel like I'm losing her.
32:53Oh, I'm sure that's not true.
32:56It is true, sir.
32:58It all started when that producer discovered her.
33:01I don't actually want her to stay in the house all the time.
33:03I love her pictures.
33:05I love her.
33:07But ever since she's been working all the time, she doesn't need me for anything anymore.
33:11Please, don't tell her.
33:15Henry, isn't this our knife?
33:18Um, no.
33:32Come on.
33:45Why does Henry have a suitcase?
33:47I threw him out.
33:49Where are we going?
33:51To the station house. I've asked Mr. Deverell Deverell to come in for further questioning.
33:55I scarcely see the point.
34:01This isn't the way to the station house.
34:04Driver!
34:07Driver!
34:12I'm not going anywhere.
34:14I live here.
34:29Isadora?
34:31Isadora, call the police!
34:37It's him.
34:48The doors are locked.
34:49What do you mean they're locked?
34:51We're trapped.
34:52What do you mean we're trapped? You're the great detective, so untrap us.
35:02It must be Deverell Deverell. He subdued the carriage driver and he intends to kill you.
35:07Oh my lord.
35:10Really, detective? Now is not the time.
35:16Detective?
35:19That won't work.
35:23Maybe now is the time.
35:25My purse.
35:32Oh!
35:37You really know how to handle yourself.
35:39Alright.
35:43Are you ready?
35:45What do we do now?
35:46We jump.
35:47I have a confession to make. I don't actually do my own stunts.
35:50I know. But now is an excellent time to start. Are you ready?
35:54One, two, three.
36:01Sorry.
36:18Sir!
36:20Where's Root?
36:21Henry, we need to catch that carriage before Deverell kills Root.
36:24But sir, the killer is not Deverell Deverell. Look.
36:29It's Whitman.
36:30I found the carriage driver tied up. Whitman must have dropped it, sir. I've got to find Root.
36:34Wait, wait, wait. If it's Whitman...
36:37Yes, that all makes sense.
36:39What?
36:40The automobile bomb. The gas attack.
36:43In the moving pictures, both were instances where Agnes herself was not in danger.
36:48No, Whitman was in danger.
36:49And Agnes saved him. Those letters, they were written by him.
36:53His career has stalled and he's embittered because she's become the hero and he is the helpless victim.
36:59So where is he taking her now?
37:01Let me think. He wants to make her death meaningful.
37:05What are some other ways that Agnes saved him in the films?
37:08From pirates? From mountain lions?
37:11From her own evil twinster. That was a great one.
37:14Railway tracks. I know exactly where they are. Give me the bicycle.
37:17What? Why?
37:18Henry, he took the carriage that way.
37:20It takes exactly ten minutes to the lakeshore line by carriage. Even longer by bicycle.
37:25But if you run straight south from here, you'll be there in five minutes. I can't.
37:31All right, sir.
37:38Stop it! What do you think you're doing?
37:40Oh, quiet down, woman!
37:41Do not tell me what to do!
37:43No? I am the one who tells you exactly what to do.
37:47You have no say in the matter and I've decided that you are going to die.
37:52Why are you doing this? Cal, you adore me.
37:55Oh, I detest you, Ruth Newsome. You make a fool of me in every chapter of that damn serial.
37:59But in the serial, I...
38:01Yes, the serial. The serial that was meant to be The Adventures of Arthur starring Cal Whitman.
38:07Until you stole it from me.
38:10I didn't do anything.
38:12I wrote those letters. I thought it would talk some sense into you.
38:15It's not a woman's place to star in the pictures, much less in a role meant for a man.
38:20But no, your insidious ambition could not be curtailed.
38:24Cal, please, just untie me.
38:27No longer will I sit helplessly by whilst a woman saves me.
38:31Now, I am in control of my own fate and yours.
38:37Please, just untie me.
38:40Please, Cal!
38:46Help! Help me!
38:48Ruth!
38:50Henry!
38:51Ruth!
38:53Ruth! I'm coming!
38:59Time to join your insufferable wife.
39:16Henry, you came for me.
39:18Well, of course.
39:19Now we're both going to die.
39:21Ruth, we are not going to die. Listen to me. There is a knife in my pocket. You just have to reach for it.
39:25I can't see anything.
39:27Feel for it. It's right by your hand.
39:28No, Henry, I can't. I'm not a real heroine.
39:31Oh, I don't believe that. You're a hero to me. You're brave and you're courageous.
39:35And I've seen you accomplish everything you ever set your mind to.
39:38You're incredible, Ruth. So incredible that you don't even need me anymore.
39:45Oh, my God! Oh, God!
39:47Hurry! Get the knife!
39:58Stop! Police!
40:02Sorry, detective. This is my story.
40:05Sorry.
40:12Unfortunately, Mr. Whitman, your story will not be ending the way you'd hoped.
40:20Just a little more. You can do this.
40:22Henry, Henry, we're going to die.
40:24No, no, no. Focus on the knife. It's almost there.
40:27All right. Yes!
40:30Henry, Henry, Henry, you need to save yourself.
40:32Please. I'm not leaving you.
40:34Stop the train!
40:35No!
40:42Oh, my God. It wasn't even going to hit us.
40:46Henry, you saved me.
40:49Well, I would have, I suppose.
40:51What was all that nonsense about me not needing you? Of course I need you.
40:56You're my hero, Henry Higgins.
40:58Ruth.
41:05Ruth!
41:08Congratulations, detective. You got your man.
41:10Yes. Although, actually, it was Constable Higgins-Newsom who discovered the true identity of the killer.
41:16Oh. So you didn't solve the case. And you didn't successfully guard Toronto's sweetheart, either.
41:23She's an onerous charge, sir.
41:27That train was scheduled to run her over. And no one seems to know how the train ended up going down the other track.
41:36Divine intervention, perhaps.
41:38Or someone was familiar with that stretch of track, knew the schedule of the train,
41:44and deduced the location of the switch which, when thrown, would send the train off its course.
41:49Anything is possible, I suppose.
41:53Sorry.
41:55I'm all right.
41:58Thank you, everyone. Thank you.
42:00I think they're applauding me. Never mind. It's all right.
42:06Where exactly were you? What kind of a bodyguard goes missing in action at the most important moment?
42:11I could have been killed. Thankfully, Henry was there to save me.
42:18Well, not everyone can be the hero.
42:23Come on.
42:41You were right about everything.
42:43What's this?
42:44The script for my serial. I've completely rewritten it. You're going to love it.
42:48Oh. I don't want to tell that story anymore.
42:52Why not?
42:53I want a new story. One in which I have a husband who's almost, almost as heroic as I am.
42:59Huh? Really?
43:00You should tell our story. The dangerous dealings of a dynamic duo.
43:05Husband and wife. Constable and heroine. I would even share top billing.
43:11With me?
43:13It would be you, Henry, but it would actually be you. You're not an actor.
43:18Write this down. Chapter one, we open on the North Pole.
43:23Agnes is endeavoring to become the first woman to conquer the Arctic.
43:26She befriends a group of penguins who are guiding her.
43:29You know that penguins don't actually live in the Arctic.
43:31Shh, shh, shh. Just listen. Whose story is this anyway?
43:35Deep in the background on an ice floe.