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00:00It's a high-profile case. Crimes against the wealthy often degrade the courtroom with public
00:10spectacle. It's essential that we convict the suspect expediently. I will apply the full
00:16measure of my abilities toward that goal. You're familiar with the circumstances of
00:20Marco Seraphin's murder? Of course. It's in all the papers. It occurred during some sort
00:25of fashion parade? Yes, an event to promote Angelic Raymond's new line. According to
00:31Valerius Seraphin, all the top fashion buyers were there. Angelic Raymond's exquisite new
00:39line is available in many shades and sizes. Angelic Raymond's has become Canada's most
00:44successful clothing company, thanks to our father's creation, the Somatron. Gone are the
00:50days when you had to wait for a custom fitting. Father believes that fashion should be ready
00:54to wear right off the rack at your local mercantile. Where is he? No idea. You'll find him. Just
01:03stand here and keep smiling. Thank you for coming. Lovely to see you. And that's when the victim's
01:11daughter caught the accused standing over her father's body with the murder weapon in her
01:16hand. The accused is his housekeeper? It is hard to find. You could help these days? Allow me to
01:22introduce the city's newest deputy crown attorney, Roy Davenport. Deputy crown attorney? I thought
01:27I was next in line for that position. You were in line, just not first. Mr. Davenport is quite the
01:33prodigy. Roy, this is Effie Newsome. Assistant crown attorney, Effie Newsome. Charmed, I'm sure.
01:41Mr. Davenport will be prosecuting the case. Oh, I assume that I... Well, the accused,
01:45Joan Lewis, could not afford a defense lawyer. You have been assigned to provide her that service.
01:51Your task is to guide Mrs. Lewis through the process of gracious capitulation.
01:57My job is to lose. Well, your client was literally caught red-handed.
02:02Yes, Mrs. Lewis had clear motive. She had been fired for stealing earlier that day. But by pleading
02:09guilty, Mrs. Lewis may be spared the death sentence. We've spoken to her about this.
02:12You just need to offer your reassurance. Don't worry. This shouldn't be terribly difficult.
02:26Joan Lewis, it is charged that on the tenth day of this month in the city of Toronto,
02:31you willfully and with malice of forethought did murder Marco Serafin. Please rise.
02:37How do you plead? It's all right. Just do as we discussed.
02:48I'm innocent. I didn't kill anyone.
03:07Anything of interest? Uh, just the usual litany of scandal and disaster.
03:20But where is this?
03:23Joan Lewis pleads not guilty.
03:25Interesting.
03:26Why's that?
03:28Look who's defending her. F.E. Newsome.
03:31Miss Newsome? Doesn't she work for the Crown?
03:32It's not an unusual practice. If a defendant cannot afford a lawyer, the court appoints one.
03:38From the office that's prosecuting her? Is that fair?
03:42Uh, I never said it was fair. I said it was usual. They are not the same thing.
03:48Detective!
03:50Welcome home. How was England?
03:53Wet.
03:54I should have been more specific. How was your family?
03:56Oh, wonderful. Wonderful. Both Julia and Susanna are doing so well.
04:00Well, good to know.
04:01What's been happening here?
04:03As the detective says, the usual litany of scandal and disaster.
04:07And it appears that if he knew some, hands a trick up her sleeve.
04:19Apologies, Mr. Burke. I had no reason to believe my client would change her plea.
04:23You didn't counsel her to do so?
04:25What are you suggesting?
04:26Simply that this was an attempt at his brinkmanship driven by jealousy.
04:29Jealousy? Over...
04:31The fact I got a job you wanted.
04:34I resent this accusation.
04:36Resent all you want. I saw what happened.
04:38Enough. Stop bickering, you two.
04:40Miss Newsome, persuade your client to change her plea.
04:44Respectfully, sir?
04:45Perhaps Miss Newsome isn't up to the task.
04:48I know very well what my task is.
04:50It's to work in my client's best interests.
04:53Mr. Charles Vadme?
05:11Yes?
05:11I'm Miss Violet Hart. I run the Starbite Club.
05:14I'm Miss Violet Hart. I run the Starbite Club.
05:16I know who you are.
05:18What can I do for you?
05:20It's more about what I can do for you.
05:23I run a local group of business owners.
05:25And we were very sorry to hear about the fire that destroyed your stationery shop.
05:29Do you intend to rebuild?
05:33Why?
05:34We have a fund that assists local businesses in times of hardship.
05:38We'd like to offer you a loan.
05:39Is that so?
05:40Well, I would prefer to decline that offer.
05:43Oh, there's no interest on the loan. There's no cost.
05:47No cost. I doubt that very much.
05:50Good day, Miss Hart.
05:51Are you sure?
05:52I told you I want nothing to do with you or your so-called community group.
05:59Good day.
06:05I couldn't bring myself to lie.
06:07Then why did you agree to plead guilty?
06:10They told me you would save me from the noose.
06:13It did seem like there was no other way.
06:15But I'd rather tell the truth and take my chances.
06:18Well, your chances are slim.
06:20The case against you is damning.
06:21You had motive for killing Mr. Serafian.
06:23You were fired earlier that day.
06:25I was snooping, I admit.
06:27But I wasn't stealing.
06:29Mr. Serafian caught me in his office and fired me right there.
06:32And then several hours later, you were found standing over his dead body.
06:36I found him lying on the floor.
06:38Those scissors were jammed in his chest.
06:40I pulled them out.
06:41Why?
06:42I thought...
06:44I don't know what I thought.
06:46I could save him.
06:48But his arms were stiff.
06:50His eyes were clouded over.
06:52And his face was ghostly white.
06:54And then Miss Valeria walked in.
06:56What were you doing in his office?
06:58I came to beg for my job back.
07:02Miss, I know that people like me don't win against people like the Serafians.
07:07But I want to try.
07:10Will you help me?
07:12Please?
07:13Station 3 post-mortem is rather light on details.
07:26Time of death, night?
07:27It's as if they weren't even trying.
07:29My client's guilt was presumed from the start.
07:32Your client was found with the murder weapon.
07:34She claims she pulled the scissors from his chest in a state of panic.
07:38There isn't much blood.
07:40If there was a lapse of time between death and the extraction of the weapon, there'd be coagulation.
07:45How much time?
07:46At least two hours.
07:48Did your client note the condition of the body?
07:50She described cloudy eyes, pale skin, and the rigidity of his limbs.
07:56Corneal clouding and rigor mortis takes at least two to three hours to develop.
08:00Could Mrs. Lewis be fabricating these details?
08:02Possibly, but I doubt she's well-versed in the intricacies of post-mortem analysis.
08:12Both the coroner and the police reports lack the stringency one would expect.
08:17My client's guilt was a foregone conclusion.
08:20Because she was standing in his office over his dead body with the murder weapon in her hand.
08:26Still, I feel as though Mrs. Lewis is telling me the truth.
08:29In my years of police work, I've learned that criminals can be cunning liars.
08:38And although these reports are substandard, there is no evidence yet that your client, Mrs. Lewis, is anything but guilty.
08:49And my intuition tells me that things are not as they seem.
08:52Perhaps this time we shouldn't let our emotions cloud our judgment.
09:07Detective, when a man trusts a hunch, nobody accuses him of letting emotion cloud his judgment.
09:15Why is it any different when a woman trusts her intuition?
09:18Hunch and intuition are just different words for the same thing.
09:21You have a point.
09:24But you don't have a case.
09:34I have evidence that Marco Serafin was dead for at least two hours before Joan Lewis discovered his body.
09:40That makes sense.
09:42Joan isn't capable of murder.
09:44Or theft.
09:44Can you pinpoint Joan Lewis's whereabouts in the hours before your father's body was found?
09:50Normally at that time she's tending the laundry.
09:53I recall I told her she needn't bother, considering how she'd been so cruelly dismissed.
09:58But she insisted.
09:59That's odd.
10:00Mrs. Lewis said she was packing her belongings at that time.
10:03She could have done both.
10:05She's a very diligent worker.
10:06Mrs. Newsome, there is no way on earth that Joan could have murdered my father-in-law.
10:12She wouldn't kill anyone.
10:14Are there others who had grievances against Mr. Serafin?
10:17Her family has been plagued by various scandals over the years.
10:20What sorts of scandals?
10:21Private matters, which were exposed for public consumption by gloating vultures who profit off the misfortunes of the upper class.
10:28Who are these vultures?
10:30I'll have you know that vultures are extremely intelligent and resilient birds.
10:35I'm not sure calling you a vulture was a compliment.
10:38Life's all about perspective, Effie.
10:40Yes, and what is your perspective regarding the Serafin family?
10:44Living proof that money can't buy you happiness.
10:46They have so much money and so many problems, which anonymous tipsters have eagerly disclosed to yours truly.
10:53Dare to elaborate?
10:54I already have, in numerous published exposés.
10:57Let's see. I've amassed a collection of stories about the Serafims, starting with their firstborn son, David, the boy on the logo.
11:06Oh, with the wings and the halo. Adorable.
11:09And dead at six. A tragic accident. Serafin made him the face of the company.
11:15Oh. Anything else?
11:17Well, there was the mere bankruptcy before the company transitioned from couture to ready-to-wear.
11:23Serafin narrowly avoids receivership.
11:25By the skin of his teeth, he did.
11:28Add in some financial malfeasance and a sartorial plagiarism lawsuit against Valeria Serafim's clothing line.
11:36Sartorial plagiarism?
11:37Valeria was sued for the copying of the design of the hobble skirt, a garment which, true to its name, hindered the ability of the wearer to walk.
11:46This led to a subsequent spate of trip-and-fall injury lawsuits.
11:51Valeria's company went under, and her father refused to bail her out.
11:58Something's odd.
12:00That sheath...
12:05...it's missing.
12:08Scissors had been on display on the wall in Serafim's office.
12:15The murder weapon wasn't just an average pair of scissors.
12:18It was presented as the Sterling Fashion Award.
12:21Solid silver and housed in a jeweled sheath.
12:24And yet this sheath wasn't in evidence in any of the crime scene photographs.
12:28Nor mentioned in the police report.
12:30Wasn't it on Mrs. Lewis?
12:32It has completely disappeared.
12:34And you have a theory?
12:36I do.
12:37After stabbing Mr. Serafim, the real killer fled the scene in a panic, not realizing they'd taken the jeweled sheath with them.
12:44Do you have any other suspects?
12:46Numerous people had motive against Marco Serafim.
12:48As did your client.
12:51Joan Lewis is simply the scapegoat.
12:53And this sheath didn't simply vanish into thin air.
12:56Mrs. Lewis' life is in my hands.
12:59But I can't save her without your help.
13:02Mrs. Lewis' life is in my hands.
13:08Right.
13:09First, let's narrow it down to everyone who had both motive and opportunity.
13:13Yes.
13:13Top of mind would be Mr. Serafim's disgruntled daughter, Valeria Serafim.
13:18Right.
13:19With numerous lawsuits against her company, she was forced into bankruptcy.
13:23She was publicly humiliated.
13:25And apparently her wealthy father refused to aid her in her time of financial need.
13:29And she was likely due an inheritance upon his death.
13:32Yes.
13:32The Serafim children were to divide his fortune.
13:35I am due in court.
13:36Can I leave this with you for now?
13:37Yes.
13:38Go and defend your client, Mrs. Lewis.
13:40And I will have a word with Valeria Serafim.
13:43In conclusion, I'll speak plainly.
13:49The facts of this case are simple.
13:52Joan Lewis killed Marco Serafim in an act of cold-blooded murder.
13:57You must convict her.
13:58Ms. Newsom, your opening statement.
14:05The rush to judgment is a vulgar instinct, common in indolent minds.
14:12Gentlemen of the jury, I sense no such vulgarity in you.
14:16Joan Lewis is a woman with no history of violence, who has not a single enemy, who has never broken a law.
14:23We owe Joan Lewis our stringent scrutiny of the facts.
14:29It is quite simply a matter of life and death.
14:33Joan's life.
14:34I'm glad you're casting a wider net of suspects for my father's murder,
14:49but what does it have to do with that dreadful sartorial plagiarism lawsuit?
14:53This is the hobble skirt design that was in dispute?
14:57Yes, and it was of my own design, but the judge ruled against me.
15:00I take it there were also injury lawsuits against your company?
15:04Yes, quite a few.
15:06Really, was it my fault that a few women didn't know how to wear the garment?
15:10One cannot stride in a hobble skirt.
15:13What did your father think?
15:14Oh, he insisted my boutique shouldered the cost of the lawsuit.
15:17He said he helped me begin my business and he wouldn't give me a penny more.
15:21This must have angered you.
15:23I was made a laughingstock.
15:24My own fashion line, something I dreamed of and worked hard for, went bankrupt.
15:28I take it Marco Serafim wasn't the ideal father figure.
15:32Not to Roman and I.
15:34He was infinitely fonder of my late brother David.
15:37But of course, dead children demand nothing of their parents, so...
15:40Oh.
15:42What about yourself, Miss Serafim?
15:46Where were you in the hours leading up to the discovery of your father's body?
15:50Really?
15:52My father was a selfish cat who flaunted his wealth and never gave a dime to charity, but
15:57is that any reason to kill a man?
16:00I suppose some people may think so.
16:03But if you're here accusing me of murdering him, I most certainly did not.
16:07Everyone here can tell you I was nowhere near my father's study.
16:10Valeria Serafim's whereabouts have been confirmed.
16:13She was overseeing final preparations for the evening's festivities at the time in question.
16:18That could be a lie.
16:20It could also be the truth.
16:23Valeria is just one of a number of suspects.
16:25F.Y. Newsom's office.
16:37Just so you're aware, I'm certainly under no obligation to tell you this.
16:41Louise?
16:42Yes, hello.
16:43As I was saying, I'm under no obligation to tell you this.
16:46But, as a matter of professional courtesy, I thought I should.
16:49Tell me what?
16:50I received another anonymous tip that could impact your case.
16:54It'll be on the front page tomorrow.
16:56But I'm offering you a chance to look at it first.
17:02You're not listening to me.
17:03I don't owe you money.
17:04Jack is rotting in the Don jail and I have children to feed.
17:07I want my money.
17:07Is there a problem?
17:09Just a misunderstanding.
17:12I was busy and couldn't make the withdrawal until today.
17:17Here you go, Mrs. Pritchett.
17:20$20.
17:21See?
17:22I keep my word.
17:23You better.
17:24We have a deal.
17:25What was that about?
17:32I promised Jack Pritchett I'd look after his family until he gets out of jail.
17:36That means sacrificing a bit of my pay.
17:39So be it.
17:40That's very charitable of you.
17:42You've got to support the community.
17:45Right?
17:45Here's the handwritten schematic.
18:01You see, it was drawn on stationery from the Lancaster Tool and Dye Company.
18:06Which shut down in 1905.
18:08Veritable walking calendar you are, detective.
18:11This seems to indicate that somebody other than Marco Serafim designed the somatron.
18:16Two years before Serafim registered the patent.
18:20Look, it seems as though part of the page has been torn away.
18:25And there are hints of handwriting.
18:26I think perhaps...
18:28A signature?
18:29Someone sought to remove it.
18:31What else can you tell us about this, Miss Cherry?
18:33Apparently, it arrived two weeks ago.
18:36But my dim-witted assistant failed to give it to me until last night.
18:39It appears to be the blueprint for a stitching device.
18:47Marco Serafim built his empire using this machine.
18:50But this schematic is hand-drawn and predates Mr. Serafim's patent by two years.
18:55Patent theft is not within the criminal court's purview.
18:59How does this support your petition for a seven-day stay of trial?
19:01It doesn't.
19:03Miss Newsome is grasping at straws, wasting the court's precious time.
19:07The court's precious time is best spent in pursuit of the truth.
19:11Especially when the outcome of these proceedings could result in a woman's execution.
19:15Any suggestion that this process be rushed is frankly offensive.
19:18I agree.
19:20So, in answer to your earlier question, if Marco Serafim stole the somatron design, then...
19:25You're suggesting that his murder was retaliation for this theft.
19:31It's a long shot, but not an impossible one.
19:34I'll give you a day.
19:36One day?
19:38Your Honor, the investigation of this crime was clearly insufficient, and...
19:42Don't push me, Miss Newsome.
19:54Who will it?
19:56For a moment.
19:57Absolutely.
19:59What can I do for you?
20:01There's a man, Jack Pritchett, who's currently in custody.
20:04And?
20:04I was wondering if you could find out why he's being held.
20:08Of course.
20:11Anything else you would care to share?
20:14Not at this time.
20:15Now, let me see here.
20:23Yep.
20:24This was Lancaster Tool and Dye Stationery.
20:27Did you draw this?
20:31Nope.
20:32But I know who did.
20:33Zander Bach.
20:34Zander Bach.
20:35Zander Bach.
20:36Oh, that's definitely Zander's work.
20:39A fellow was a hard worker.
20:42He...
20:42He kept up factory spick and span, but his mind was always elsewhere, inventing things.
20:49The man who drew this was your custodian?
20:51He wasn't educated, but he had some interesting ideas.
20:55Kept saying that his ship would come in someday.
20:59He never did.
21:00Do you know where Mr. Bach lives currently?
21:03He doesn't live.
21:05Took his own life back in, um...
21:07What was it?
21:081907.
21:09That's the year Marco Serafin patented the Silmatron.
21:13Zander used to talk about that Serafin fella.
21:15Said he was going to sell him one of his inventions.
21:17Um, do you know if Mr. Bach has any surviving family?
21:22I recall he had a daughter.
21:24Doted on her.
21:26Her name was...
21:26You wanted to see me?
21:30Thank you, Lilibeth.
21:32This is Detective William Murdoch.
21:33Toronto Constabulary.
21:35Do you know why we're here?
21:37To talk about my father-in-law.
21:39Not your father-in-law.
21:41Your father.
21:45I don't understand.
21:47My father...
21:48Yes.
21:49Zander Bach.
21:50The man whose life's work was stolen by Marco Serafin.
22:03Your father committed suicide
22:05right around the time that Marco Serafin,
22:07your father-in-law,
22:08began manufacturing
22:09with his newly patented Silmatron machine.
22:13My father had no connection to the Serafin family.
22:18Did you not know
22:19that Mr. Serafin stole your father's design?
22:23No.
22:24If I did,
22:25I doubt I would have ever married into his family.
22:27Are you insinuating
22:29that I'm responsible for my father-in-law's murder?
22:31We're just asking questions.
22:35I'm sorry, but
22:37those are lovely earrings.
22:40Where did you get them?
22:42These.
22:44They're from Digby and Fontaine,
22:46near Yonge.
22:47I'm sorry.
22:48Would you, uh,
22:49write that down for me?
22:53Dainty.
22:54Very good, Miss Newsome.
22:58We can now compare
22:59Mrs. Serafin's handwriting
23:01to the envelope.
23:02Oh.
23:04What's the verdict?
23:05Uh,
23:06note they both have
23:07non-ovoid O's
23:09and this matching
23:11extended cross
23:13on the T's.
23:14Very distinct.
23:15It's a match.
23:17Lilibeth was the anonymous source
23:18of the information leaked
23:19about the Serafin's.
23:20She lied to us
23:21as she knew
23:22her father's design
23:23had been stolen by Serafin.
23:24Looks like we've got ourselves
23:25a new prime suspect.
23:27And I have an exclusive scoop.
23:30I do, right?
23:32Tit for tat.
23:34Tit for tat.
23:42Jack Pritchett.
23:43Convicted of arson
23:45and the fire
23:45that destroyed
23:46Vadney paper goods.
23:47Oh.
23:50What is it?
23:52I met with the proprietor
23:53of that shop
23:54as part of my work
23:55with local businesses.
23:56Mr. Vadney seemed
23:57oddly hostile
23:58in our offer
23:59to assist in rebuilding.
24:00In fact,
24:01he said he wanted
24:01nothing to do
24:02with us at all.
24:04Is there
24:04something else, Violet?
24:07I saw my bar manager,
24:09Ephraim Current,
24:10give money
24:10to Mr. Pritchett's wife.
24:12He said it was
24:13a loan to help
24:14the family out.
24:16And you don't believe him?
24:17Ephraim is not
24:18the general type.
24:19Do you think
24:21Ephraim could have
24:22something to do
24:22with that fire?
24:24I hope not,
24:25but it is possible.
24:28Well, I could arrange
24:29a meeting with
24:29Mr. Pritchett.
24:37This will have
24:38a huge impact
24:39on the case
24:40against John Lewis.
24:41And the fact
24:42that Lilibeth Seraphim
24:43has actively been
24:44trying to sully
24:45the reputation
24:46of Marco Seraphim
24:47is quite damning.
24:48Especially in tandem
24:49with the fact
24:50that her father's suicide
24:51provides a very strong
24:52motive for murder.
24:53Detective Murdoch?
24:55Yes?
24:57And you are?
24:58Roman Seraphim.
25:00Why are you
25:01questioning Lilibeth
25:01regarding my father's murder?
25:03And what is she
25:04doing here?
25:06Are you in collusion
25:07with Joan Lewis' attorney?
25:08There is no collusion,
25:10Mr. Seraphim.
25:10But Miss Newsome
25:12has uncovered
25:13a considerable amount
25:15of evidence
25:15that redirects
25:17our suspicions
25:18away from Mrs. Lewis
25:19and onto your wife.
25:21That's impossible.
25:22Why on earth
25:23would Lilibeth
25:24want to kill
25:24my father?
25:28Have a seat,
25:29Mr. Seraphim.
25:32Did you know
25:33that your father
25:35stole the original
25:37design for the
25:38Soamatron machine?
25:39No.
25:41What proof
25:42do you have of that?
25:43We found
25:43an earlier blueprint.
25:45Did you also know
25:46that the person
25:47who made the original
25:48design for the
25:49Soamatron machine
25:50was your wife's
25:51father?
25:53Zanderbach.
25:54He committed suicide
25:55not long after
25:56your father stole from him.
25:58My wife's father.
26:01I'll believe you.
26:02She confirmed it
26:03herself.
26:04There's also
26:05strong evidence
26:06that she is the one
26:07who has been
26:07leaking sensitive
26:08information about
26:09your family
26:10to the press.
26:11That's a lie.
26:13Sir,
26:13is there a problem?
26:15Roberts,
26:16please escort
26:16Mr. Seraphim
26:17to a seat
26:18out in the bullpen.
26:20There's something
26:20I'd like to continue
26:21to discuss
26:22with Miss Newsome.
26:24Right this way, sir.
26:25See to it that
26:26you get some tea
26:27so you can calm down.
26:27I think we need more
26:30evidence to convince him
26:31and a jury.
26:34Perhaps it's time
26:35to take a closer look
26:36for that missing
26:36scissor sheet.
26:39Lilibet Seraphim
26:40will be out
26:40for the rest of the day.
26:42We can have a look
26:42around her room.
26:45If she really
26:46killed her father-in-law,
26:47why would she
26:47keep any evidence?
26:50Perhaps she still
26:50had it in her hand
26:51when she ran out
26:52of the room
26:53and forgot to place
26:54it back on the wall.
26:55Seems sloppy.
26:57Yes, well,
26:58I've known killers
26:59who've used
26:59the murder weapon
27:00to carve up
27:00their family's
27:01Sunday roast.
27:04Oh.
27:15Locked.
27:16Would you pass me
27:17one of those hat pins?
27:22Well,
27:36seems like I may be
27:37defending an innocent
27:38woman after all.
27:42Exhibit A is the weapon
27:44used in his murder,
27:45correct?
27:46Yes.
27:47That lady there
27:48was found with it
27:48in her hand.
27:49Exhibit B is a photograph
27:52which I asked
27:53the jurors to examine.
27:57Study it carefully.
27:59You spot the scissors?
28:00They may not be
28:01immediately apparent.
28:02They are covered
28:03in a jeweled
28:04sterling silver sheath
28:05displayed on the wall
28:06behind Marco Seraphim.
28:08Now, Constable O'Malley,
28:10it is your contention
28:11that the accused
28:12removed the scissors
28:13from the wall,
28:14drove them into
28:15Marco Seraphim's chest,
28:17and was apprehended
28:18immediately afterwards
28:19still holding the weapon?
28:20That's right.
28:21So where's the sheath?
28:23She had to have
28:24removed it
28:24when she took
28:25the scissors
28:25from the wall.
28:28I...
28:28We never located it.
28:31Did you search for it?
28:32Well,
28:32I didn't need to.
28:33We found the murderer
28:34holding the murder weapon.
28:35Is that so?
28:37Well,
28:37then why was this sheath
28:38found in the possessions
28:39of Lilibeth
28:40and Roman Seraphim?
28:41This is highly irregular.
28:43The prosecution
28:44demands a recess.
28:45I think that might
28:48be a very good idea.
29:01You've got your hands
29:02full this evening.
29:04Where's your bar manager?
29:06That's what I would
29:07like to know.
29:08Ephraim was supposed
29:08to be here a half an hour
29:09ago.
29:10So,
29:11what are you ladies
29:12celebrating this evening?
29:12Oh,
29:14Effie's merciless thrashing
29:15of an insufferably
29:17smug deputy attorney.
29:18Oh,
29:18merciless thrashing,
29:20I see.
29:21I pity the man
29:22and congratulate the woman.
29:24Thank you, Violet.
29:27I wasn't seeking
29:28to humiliate
29:29Mr. Davenport.
29:31I was just trying
29:31to save an innocent woman.
29:34Of course.
29:35Okay.
29:36So,
29:36on the record,
29:37Miss Newsome,
29:38do you anticipate
29:39your client's
29:40full exoneration?
29:41Given the preponderance
29:42of evidence,
29:43I expect that tomorrow
29:44Joan Lewis will be acquitted
29:45and Lilibeth Seraphim
29:47will be indicted.
29:48Effie,
29:49you've got a telephone call.
29:59I don't understand.
30:01You'll likely be released
30:02in the morning.
30:03This evidence exonerates you.
30:05No,
30:06it doesn't.
30:07Miss Lilibeth
30:08didn't kill Mr. Seraphim.
30:10I did.
30:11And I'm ready
30:12to accept my fate.
30:19Earlier,
30:20you insisted
30:20on your innocence.
30:21Why are you reversing
30:22your stance now?
30:24Miss Lilibeth
30:25has always been kind
30:26to me.
30:27Can't bear to see
30:28her punished
30:29for my crime.
30:30Then tell me
30:30what really happened,
30:31starting with the incident
30:32in Mr. Seraphim's office
30:33earlier that day.
30:34I was cleaning the office
30:37and I saw
30:38an envelope full of money.
30:40A lot of money.
30:42Mr. Seraphim
30:43walked in
30:44and caught me
30:45trying to hide it
30:46amongst my cleaning supplies.
30:47And then,
30:48and he fired me
30:49on the spot
30:49and knew I deserved it.
30:52But I was doing
30:53all day worrying
30:54about how I was
30:55going to keep
30:56a roof over my head.
30:57I came back
30:58and I begged him
30:59for my job.
31:00He said no.
31:02I picked up the scissors
31:03and I stabbed him.
31:05And then Miss Valeria
31:06walked in.
31:06You said you picked up
31:07the scissors?
31:08That's right.
31:09Weren't they displayed
31:10on the wall?
31:12I took them down
31:13to dust them.
31:14Oh.
31:15What happened
31:16to the sheath?
31:17Sheath?
31:18They were housed
31:19in a sheath
31:20made of silver
31:21covered in jewels.
31:23I must have
31:25dropped it.
31:26It was found
31:26in Lilibeth's room.
31:28I must have dropped it
31:29in the laundry basket
31:30and somebody took it
31:31to her room by mistake.
31:33Joan,
31:33I think you're
31:35hiding something.
31:37You can think
31:37what you like.
31:39Miss Lilibeth
31:40is innocent.
31:48Mrs. Lewis
31:49was about to be released.
31:50Why would she
31:51sacrifice herself
31:51to protect
31:52Lilibeth Seraphim?
31:53It's as though
31:54she values
31:55Mrs. Seraphim's life
31:56more than her own.
31:57She has remarked
31:58upon Lilibeth's
31:59kindness toward her
32:00and I sense
32:01Mrs. Lewis hasn't
32:02seen much of that
32:03in her life.
32:04Well, still,
32:05that is tenuous
32:06motivation to volunteer
32:07oneself for the noose.
32:09Are we sure
32:10these two don't have
32:11a connection
32:11of some sort?
32:12It's possible.
32:14We need to speak
32:15with Lilibeth.
32:16Let me.
32:17Woman to woman.
32:20I have nothing
32:21to say to you.
32:22You all but accused
32:23me of murder.
32:24The murder weapon
32:24was found in your bedroom.
32:26I didn't put it there.
32:27Well, it's all water
32:28under the bridge now.
32:29Joan Lewis has confessed
32:30to the murder.
32:33She pled innocent.
32:34Did she not?
32:36It appears she's
32:37had a change of heart.
32:39She now admits
32:40to killing
32:41Marco Seraphim.
32:45You look troubled.
32:47Just doesn't seem
32:48possible.
32:50Joan Lewis is kind.
32:52She is gentle.
32:53She's not capable
32:54of such a heinous act.
32:55You don't know that.
32:57She was a maid.
32:58She was released
32:58from her job.
32:59She was desperate.
33:00She wouldn't kill anyone.
33:02How do you know that?
33:03She's a good woman.
33:04She's a murderer.
33:06A woman who deserves
33:07to be hanged.
33:09She does not.
33:11She's trying
33:12to protect me.
33:15She's my mother.
33:20Lilibeth Seraphim
33:21admitted that she is
33:22Joan Lewis's daughter.
33:23They always knew
33:24that Marco Seraphim
33:25had stolen
33:25the Somatron design.
33:27So Lilibeth
33:28married into
33:28the Seraphim family,
33:30brought her mother
33:30into the house
33:31as a maid
33:31so that they could
33:32destroy the Seraphims
33:33from the inside.
33:34Did Roman Seraphim
33:36have any idea?
33:37None at all.
33:38Although I do think
33:38that Lilibeth
33:39did fall in love
33:40with him.
33:42But the mother
33:43and daughter
33:43still wanted revenge.
33:44That's strong motive.
33:45But the timelines
33:46don't add up.
33:47Both Joan and Lilibeth
33:48have alibis
33:49for the time
33:49of the murder.
33:50Does Crown Council
33:51know this?
33:52Yes, but all they want
33:53is a conviction.
34:00Jack Pritchett.
34:01We have a visitor.
34:03Who's she?
34:04This is Miss Violent Hart.
34:06She'd like a few words
34:07with you.
34:09I'll return in
34:10five minutes.
34:16Heard a lot about you,
34:17Miss Hart.
34:18You have?
34:19Oh, yeah.
34:21When Ephraim's bringing
34:21the hammer down,
34:22he tells folks
34:23Miss Hart won't be happy
34:25if she don't get her money.
34:26Bad things happen
34:27when you ain't happy.
34:29So they pay out.
34:30I beg your pardon?
34:33You don't gotta play
34:34innocent with me.
34:35I admire your gumption.
34:37But I didn't take
34:38the fall for this
34:38out of love for Ephraim.
34:40I did it to support
34:41my family.
34:42We have a deal.
34:44He promised to pay well
34:45and pay on time.
34:48Ephraim burned
34:49the Vatney paper shop.
34:52After Vatney refused
34:53to pay for protection.
34:56Don't play dumb.
34:57You know exactly
34:58what's going on.
34:59And if Ephraim
35:00don't make good
35:00on his promise,
35:02I'll tell every cop
35:03in the city
35:03that you're scamming folks
35:04while claiming
35:05you're protecting them.
35:05Gentlemen of the jury,
35:17you see before you
35:19an envelope
35:20containing 50 Canadian dollars.
35:24Marco Seraphim
35:25was murdered
35:25after he caught
35:26his servant,
35:27Joan Lewis,
35:28trying to steal
35:29this generous donation
35:30which he had intended
35:32for Sister Bernadette
35:33of the Sisters of Faith
35:35Home for the Infirm.
35:38My father
35:39was a selfish cad
35:40who flaunted his wealth
35:41and never gave a dime
35:42to charity.
35:42But is that any reason
35:43to kill a man?
35:46The prosecution rests.
35:48Hello, pardon me.
35:58I'm looking for
35:59Sister Bernadette.
36:00Yes, hello.
36:01What can I do for you?
36:03I'm Detective William Murdoch
36:04of the Toronto Constabulary
36:06and I was hoping
36:07to ask you some questions
36:09about Marco Seraphim.
36:10Yes, I heard of his death.
36:15A shame.
36:17I'm curious
36:18how long Mr. Seraphim
36:19has been donating
36:20to your organization.
36:23Donating?
36:24I don't understand.
36:27I was of the impression
36:28that Mr. Seraphim
36:29had been donating
36:30to your cause regularly.
36:33Marco Seraphim
36:34didn't donate
36:35any money to our home.
36:36I had to twist his arm
36:39in order to make him
36:40do what was right.
36:42Which was?
36:48Do you believe
36:50that Joan Lewis
36:51could have committed
36:52this heinous act
36:53against the man
36:54that employed her
36:55for the past three years?
36:56I find it hard to believe
36:58Mrs. Lewis killed my father,
37:00but yes.
37:02I do.
37:04There's no other explanation.
37:08The prosecution rests.
37:11Miss Newsome.
37:17Mr. Seraphim,
37:19on the day
37:20of your father's murder,
37:22you made a telephone call.
37:24Would you please
37:24tell the jury
37:25who the recipient was?
37:27I telephoned
37:29the Sisters of Faith
37:30home for the infirm.
37:32The very institution
37:33for which your father's
37:34envelope of money
37:35was intended.
37:35The defense contends
37:38that what you learned
37:40during that phone call
37:41enraged you.
37:42So much so
37:43that you erupted
37:44into a fit of violence
37:46and murdered your father.
37:48Objection!
37:49This accusation
37:50is completely without merit
37:51and should be retracted
37:52from the record.
37:53Miss Newsome,
37:54can you give me
37:55one good reason
37:56why I shouldn't allow
37:57the prosecution's request?
37:58Of course.
38:00If the court clerk
38:01could open the doors,
38:02please.
38:02let the record show
38:09that Sister Bernadette
38:11of the Sisters of Faith
38:12home for the infirm
38:13is entering the courtroom
38:14accompanied by
38:15David...
38:16David Seraphim.
38:18Marco Seraphim's
38:19allegedly deceased heir.
38:21Joseph, my father,
38:25is it really you?
38:31Order, order, order!
38:33Return to the witness stand,
38:35Mr. Seraphim.
38:36Your reunion will have to wait
38:38until after you've finished
38:39testifying.
38:40The sooner we get to the truth...
38:41When my father accused Joan
38:43of stealing,
38:44I spotted the address
38:46on the envelope.
38:48I was suspicious.
38:51My father was not
38:52a generous man.
38:55I called the home.
38:58I found out
38:58my brother
39:00has been alive
39:02all this time.
39:07My father told us
39:09that David died
39:10in that carriage accident.
39:13Forgive me.
39:14David.
39:16I didn't know.
39:18Marco Seraphim
39:19hid his son
39:20away from the world
39:21and capitalized
39:23on his family's grief
39:24by making David
39:25the face of the company.
39:26Sister Bernadette
39:27had to coerce
39:28my father
39:29just to get enough money
39:30to give David
39:31a comfortable one.
39:32I'm so sorry.
39:34I'm so sorry.
39:36I've missed you
39:37so much.
39:39I thought
39:39you didn't want me anymore.
39:43I thought
39:43you'd forgotten
39:44about me.
39:46Not for a second.
39:48I was coming to get you
39:49as soon as this was over.
39:51Is it over?
39:53Can we go home?
39:55Of course.
39:57This ends now.
40:02My father
40:03was a monster.
40:06I killed him.
40:12I regret nothing.
40:26I owe you
40:27my deepest apologies,
40:29Miss Newsome.
40:30I should have trusted
40:31your instincts.
40:32You single-handedly
40:34saved an innocent woman
40:35from hanging.
40:36Not quite single-handedly.
40:38I had some help
40:39from Detective Murdoch,
40:40but your apology
40:41is appreciated
40:43and accepted.
40:45Mr. Davenport,
40:47you have anything to add?
40:49Only that I wish
40:50I was assigned
40:50the defense
40:51rather than the prosecution.
40:53If you had been,
40:54Mrs. Lewis
40:55would likely
40:55have been convicted.
40:57No, I would have seen
40:58that the...
40:59Grace
41:00is a virtue.
41:03Indeed.
41:04Congratulations,
41:05Miss Newsome.
41:10Now, I suspect
41:11you'll proceed
41:12to skewer me.
41:13I won the case.
41:15That's enough.
41:16No, go on.
41:17I insist.
41:18Twist the knife.
41:19Oh, I will.
41:20When the time is right.
41:21I don't understand
41:26your objections.
41:27Jack Pritchett
41:28is being well-paid
41:29for his sacrifice.
41:30You're taking advantage
41:31of the very people
41:32we should be helping.
41:33And you burned
41:33a local business
41:34to the ground.
41:35How is this
41:35helping the community?
41:36Mr. Vagney
41:37refused to pay.
41:39He was being
41:39disrespectful towards you.
41:41Towards me?
41:42These acts
41:43are yours alone, Ephraim.
41:44I had nothing
41:45to do with this.
41:46Wrong.
41:47Ask anyone
41:47of our clients.
41:48You're the head
41:49of this whole operation.
41:50That's a lie.
41:52It depends on
41:53how you frame it.
41:54And you've been
41:55expertly framed,
41:56Violet Hart.
41:58Now that you've
41:59gone and meddled
41:59with the Pritchetts,
42:01you've dug your grave
42:02even deeper.
42:03Watch yourself, Violet.
42:05If I go down,
42:06so will you.
42:10And by the way,
42:12Daphne Pritchett
42:13is expecting
42:13another payment
42:14this weekend.
42:15You can deliver it
42:16yourself this time.
42:19Your victory
42:25in this case
42:25was hard-earned.
42:26You must be
42:27quite pleased.
42:28I admit,
42:29this case was
42:30especially gratifying.
42:32David Seraphim
42:32is finally home.
42:34And realizing
42:34that much of her
42:35family's wealth
42:36was built on
42:36Zanderbach's
42:37sewing machine design,
42:39Valeria Seraphim
42:40is finally seeing
42:41to it that
42:41Joan and Lilibeth
42:42reaped the financial
42:43rewards he was owed.
42:45But instead of being
42:46reunited with his
42:47brother, Roman
42:47now has to go to jail
42:49for murder.
42:50Perhaps he won't
42:51serve a long sentence.
42:52Valeria did say
42:53he will have
42:53the best defense
42:54attorney money
42:55can buy.
42:56Oh, I'm not so sure
42:57the best lawyer
42:58can be bought.
43:00Oh?
43:01Because she's
43:02currently serving
43:03as the assistant
43:04crown attorney.
43:06Oh, you flatter me.
43:08Perhaps.
43:10But just how did
43:12you know that
43:14Lilibeth was
43:15Joan's daughter?
43:16Call it women's
43:18intuition.
43:20And how did you
43:20realize the importance
43:22of the address
43:22on that envelope?
43:26Call it a hunch.
43:27Call it a hunch.
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