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00:00Angelic Raymond's exquisite new line is available in many shades and sizes.
00:07Angelic Raymond's has become Canada's most successful clothing company,
00:11thanks to our father's creation, the Somatron.
00:14Gone are the days when you had to wait for a custom fitting.
00:17Father believes that fashion should be ready to wear, right off the rack at your local mercantile.
00:24Where is he?
00:26No, I do.
00:28Find him. Just stand here and keep smiling.
00:31Thank you for coming. Lovely to see you.
00:35And that's when the victim's daughter, cocky accused standing over her father's body,
00:39with the murder weapon in her hand.
00:42The accused is his housekeeper?
00:44It is hard to find. You can help these days.
00:46Allow me to introduce the city's newest deputy crown attorney, Roy Davenport.
00:51Deputy crown attorney? I thought I was next in line for that position.
00:54You were in line, just not first.
00:57Mr. Davenport is quite the prodigy.
00:59Roy, this is Effie Newsome.
01:00Assistant crown attorney, Effie Newsome.
01:03Charmed. I'm sure.
01:06Mr. Davenport will be prosecuting the case.
01:08Oh, I assume that I...
01:09Well, the accused, Joan Lewis, could not afford a defense lawyer.
01:13You have been assigned to provide her that service.
01:16Your task is to guide Mrs. Lewis through the process of gracious capitulation.
01:22My job is to lose.
01:24Well, your client was literally caught red handed.
01:27Yes, Mrs. Lewis had clear motive.
01:29She had been fired for stealing earlier that day.
01:32But, by pleading guilty, Mrs. Lewis may be spared the death sentence we've spoken to her about this.
01:38You just need to offer your reassurance.
01:41Don't worry.
01:42This shouldn't be terribly difficult.
01:45Joan Lewis, it is charged that on the 10th day of this month in the city of Toronto, you willfully and with malice of forethought did murder Marco Serafin.
02:01Please rise.
02:02How do you plead?
02:06It's all right.
02:07Just do as we discussed.
02:08I'm innocent.
02:09I didn't kill anyone.
02:10Just do as we discussed.
02:14I'm innocent.
02:15I didn't kill anyone.
02:17Anything of interest?
02:42Uh, just the usual litany of scandal and disaster.
02:45But where is this?
02:48Joan Lewis pleads not guilty.
02:50Interesting.
02:51Why's that?
02:53Look who's defending her, F.E. Newsome.
02:56Miss Newsome doesn't? She worked for the Crown?
02:58It's not an unusual practice.
03:00If a defendant cannot afford a lawyer, the court appoints one.
03:03From the office that's prosecuting her?
03:06Is that fair?
03:07I never said it was fair. I said it was usual.
03:10They are not the same thing.
03:13Detective!
03:15Welcome home.
03:16How was England?
03:18Wet.
03:19I should have been more specific. How was your family?
03:21Oh, wonderful. Wonderful.
03:23Both Julia and Susanna are doing so well.
03:25Oh, good to know.
03:26What's been happening here?
03:28As the detective says, the usual litany of scandal and disaster.
03:32And it appears that F.E. Newsome has a trick up her sleeve.
03:40Apologies, Mr. Burke. I had no reason to believe my client would change her plea.
03:48You didn't counsel her to do so?
03:50What are you suggesting?
03:51Simply that this was an attempt at sprinkmanship driven by jealousy.
03:55Jealousy? Over...
03:57The fact I got a job you wanted.
03:59I resent this accusation.
04:01Resent all you want. I saw what happened.
04:03Enough. Stop bickering you two.
04:04Ms. Newsome, persuade your client to change her plea.
04:09Respectfully, sir?
04:10Perhaps Ms. Newsome isn't up to the task.
04:13I know very well what my task is.
04:15It's to work in my client's best interests.
04:18Mr. Charles Badney?
04:38Yes?
04:39I'm Ms. Violet Hart.
04:40I run the Starfight Club.
04:41I know who you are.
04:43What can I do for you?
04:45It's more about what I can do for you.
04:48I run a local group of business owners.
04:50And we were very sorry to hear about the fire that destroyed your stationery shop.
04:55Do you intend to rebuild?
04:58Why?
04:59We have a fund that assists local businesses in times of hardship.
05:03We'd like to offer you a loan.
05:04Is that so?
05:06Well, I would prefer to decline that offer.
05:08Oh, there's no interest on the loan.
05:10There's no cost.
05:12No cost.
05:13I doubt that very much.
05:15Good day, Ms. Hart.
05:16Are you sure?
05:18I told you I want nothing to do with you or your so-called community group.
05:24Good day.
05:25I couldn't bring myself to lie.
05:32Then why did you agree to plead guilty?
05:35They told me you would save me from the noose.
05:38It didn't seem like there was no other way.
05:40But I'd rather tell the truth than take my chances.
05:43Well, your chances are slim.
05:45The case against you is damning.
05:46You had motive for killing Mr. Serafine.
05:48You were fired earlier that day.
05:50I was snooping, I admit.
05:52But I wasn't stealing.
05:54Mr. Serafine caught me in his office and fired me right there.
05:57And then several hours later, you were found standing over his dead body.
06:01I found him lying on the floor.
06:03Those scissors were jammed in his chest.
06:05I pulled them out.
06:06Why?
06:07I thought...
06:09I don't know what I thought.
06:11I could save him.
06:13But his arms were stiff.
06:15His eyes were clouded over.
06:17And his face was ghostly white.
06:19And then Miss Valeria walked in.
06:21What were you doing in his office?
06:23I came to beg for my job back.
06:27Miss, I know that people like me
06:29Don't win against people like the Serafines,
06:32but I want to try.
06:35Will you help me?
06:37Please.
06:47Station 3 post-mortem is rather light on details.
06:51Time of death, night?
06:52It's as if they weren't even trying.
06:54My client's guilt was presumed from the start.
06:57Your client was found with the murder weapon.
06:59She claims she pulled the scissors from his chest
07:01in a state of panic.
07:03There isn't much blood.
07:05If there was a lapse of time
07:06between death and the extraction of the weapon,
07:08there'd be coagulation.
07:10How much time?
07:11At least two hours.
07:13Did your client note the condition of the body?
07:15She described cloudy eyes,
07:18pale skin,
07:18and the rigidity of his limbs.
07:21Corneal clouding and rigor mortis
07:22takes at least two to three hours to develop.
07:25Could Mrs. Lewis be fabricating these details?
07:27Possibly.
07:28But I doubt she's well-versed
07:30in the intricacies of post-mortem analysis.
07:37Both the coroner and the police reports
07:40lack the stringency one would expect.
07:42My client's guilt was a foregone conclusion.
07:45Because she was standing in his office
07:48over his dead body
07:49with the murder weapon in her hand.
07:51Still, I feel as though Mrs. Lewis
07:53is telling me the truth.
07:54In my years of police work,
07:57I've learned that criminals can be cunning liars.
08:02And although these reports are substandard,
08:07there is no evidence yet
08:10that your client, Mrs. Lewis,
08:12is anything but guilty.
08:14And my intuition tells me
08:16that things are not as they seem.
08:17Perhaps this time we shouldn't let our emotions
08:24cloud our judgment.
08:32Detective,
08:33when a man trusts a hunch,
08:36nobody accuses him of letting emotion
08:38cloud his judgment.
08:39Why is it any different
08:41when a woman trusts her intuition?
08:43Hunch and intuition
08:44are just different words
08:45for the same thing.
08:47You have a point.
08:50Like you don't have a case.
08:59I have evidence
09:00that Marco Seraphim
09:01was dead for at least two hours
09:03before Joan Lewis discovered his body.
09:05That makes sense.
09:07Joan isn't capable of murder.
09:08Or theft.
09:10Can you pinpoint
09:11Joan Lewis's whereabouts
09:12in the hours before
09:13your father's body was found?
09:15Normally at that time
09:16she's tending the laundry.
09:18I recall I told her
09:19she needn't bother
09:20considering how she'd been
09:21so cruelly dismissed.
09:23But she insisted.
09:24That's odd.
09:25Mrs. Lewis said
09:26she was packing her belongings
09:27at that time.
09:29She could have done both.
09:30She's a very diligent worker.
09:33Miss Newsome,
09:34there is no way on earth
09:35that Joan could have murdered
09:36my father-in-law.
09:37She wouldn't kill anyone.
09:39Are there others
09:40who had grievances
09:41against Mr. Seraphim?
09:42Her family's been plagued
09:43by various scandals
09:44over the years.
09:45What sorts of scandals?
09:46Private matters
09:47which were exposed
09:48for public consumption
09:49by gloating vultures
09:50who profit up
09:51the misfortunes
09:52of the upper class.
09:54Who are these vultures?
09:56I'll have you know
09:57that vultures
09:58are extremely intelligent
09:59and resilient birds.
10:00I'm not sure
10:01calling you a vulture
10:02was a compliment.
10:03Life's all about perspective, Effie.
10:04Yes, and what is
10:06your perspective
10:07regarding the Seraphim family?
10:09Living proof
10:09that money can't
10:10buy you happiness.
10:11They have so much money
10:12and so many problems
10:14which anonymous tipsters
10:15have eagerly disclosed
10:17to yours truly.
10:18Care to elaborate?
10:19I already have
10:20in numerous published exposés.
10:23Let's see.
10:24I've amassed
10:25a collection of stories
10:26about the Seraphims
10:27starting with their
10:28firstborn son, David,
10:30the boy on the logo.
10:31Oh, the wings
10:33and the halo.
10:34Adorable.
10:34And dead at six.
10:36A tragic accident.
10:38Seraphim made him
10:38the face of the company.
10:40Oh.
10:41Anything else?
10:42Well, there was
10:43the mere bankruptcy
10:44before the company
10:45transitioned from couture
10:46to ready-to-wear.
10:48Seraphim narrowly
10:49avoids receivership.
10:51By the skin
10:51of his teeth, he did.
10:53Add in some
10:54financial malfeasance
10:55and a sartorial
10:56plagiarism lawsuit
10:57against Valeria
10:59Seraphim's clothing line.
11:00Sartorial plagiarism?
11:03Valeria was sued
11:04for the copying
11:04of the design
11:05of the hobble skirt,
11:07a garment which,
11:08true to its name,
11:09hindered the ability
11:10of the wearer to walk.
11:12This led to a subsequent
11:12spate of
11:13trip-and-fall
11:14injury lawsuits.
11:16Valeria's company
11:17went under
11:17and her father
11:19refused to bail her out.
11:23Something's odd.
11:25That sheath.
11:30It's missing.
11:37Scissors had been
11:37on display
11:38on the wall
11:39in Seraphim's office.
11:41The murder weapon
11:41wasn't just an average
11:42pair of scissors.
11:43It was presented
11:44as the Sterling
11:45Fashion Award,
11:46solid silver
11:47and housed
11:48in a jeweled sheath.
11:49And yet this sheath
11:50wasn't in evidence
11:51in any of the
11:52crime scene photographs.
11:53Nor mentioned
11:54in the police report.
11:55Wasn't it
11:56on Mrs. Lewis?
11:57It has completely
11:58disappeared.
11:59And you have a theory?
12:01I do.
12:02After stabbing
12:02Mr. Seraphim,
12:04the real killer
12:04fled the scene
12:05in a panic,
12:06not realizing
12:06they'd taken
12:07the jeweled sheath
12:08with them.
12:09Do you have
12:09any other suspects?
12:11Numerous people
12:12had motive
12:12against Marco Seraphim.
12:14As did your client.
12:16Joan Lewis
12:16is simply the scapegoat.
12:18And this sheath
12:18didn't simply
12:19vanish into thin air.
12:21Mrs. Lewis'
12:22life is in my hands.
12:23But I can't save her
12:25without your help.
12:33Right.
12:34First, let's narrow it down
12:35to everyone
12:36who had both
12:36motive and opportunity.
12:38Yes.
12:38Top of mind
12:39would be
12:40Mr. Seraphim's
12:41disgruntled daughter,
12:42Valeria Seraphim.
12:44Right.
12:44With numerous lawsuits
12:45against her company,
12:46she was forced
12:47into bankruptcy.
12:48She was publicly
12:49humiliated.
12:50And apparently
12:51her wealthy father
12:51refused to aid her
12:53in her time
12:53of financial need.
12:54Yes, she was likely
12:55due an inheritance
12:56upon his death.
12:57Yes, the Seraphim children
12:58were to divide
12:59his fortune.
13:00I am due in court.
13:01Can I leave this
13:02with you for now?
13:02Yes.
13:03Go and defend
13:04your client,
13:05Mrs. Lewis,
13:05and I will have a word
13:06with Valeria Seraphim.
13:10In conclusion,
13:12I'll speak plainly.
13:14The facts of this case
13:15are simple.
13:17Joan Lewis
13:18killed Marco Seraphim
13:19in an act of
13:20cold-blooded murder.
13:22You must convict her.
13:24Ms. Pearson,
13:25your opening statement.
13:30The rush to judgment
13:31is a vulgar instinct,
13:34common in indolent minds.
13:38Gentlemen of the jury,
13:39I sense no such
13:40vulgarity in you.
13:41Joan Lewis
13:42is a woman
13:43with no history
13:44of violence,
13:45who has not a single enemy,
13:46who has never
13:47broken a law.
13:50We owe Joan Lewis
13:51our stringent scrutiny
13:53of the facts.
13:54It is quite simply
13:55a matter of life and death.
13:58Joan's life.
14:11I'm glad you're casting
14:12a wide or not of suspects
14:13for my father's murder,
14:14but what does it have to do
14:15with that dreadful
14:16sartorial plagiarism lawsuit?
14:18This is the
14:19hobble skirt design
14:21that was in dispute?
14:22Yes,
14:22and it was
14:23of my own design,
14:24but the judge
14:24ruled against me.
14:25I take it there were
14:26also injury lawsuits
14:28against your company?
14:29Yes,
14:29quite a few.
14:31Really,
14:32was it my fault
14:33that a few women
14:33didn't know
14:34how to wear the garment?
14:35One cannot stride
14:36in a hobble skirt.
14:38What did your father think?
14:39Oh,
14:39he insisted
14:40my boutique
14:41shoulder the cost
14:42of the lawsuit.
14:43He said
14:43he helped me
14:43begin my business
14:44and he wouldn't
14:45give me a pen.
14:46This must have
14:46angered you.
14:48I was made
14:48a laughingstock.
14:49My own fashion line,
14:51something I dreamed of
14:52and worked hard for,
14:53went bankrupt.
14:54I take it
14:54Marco Serafin
14:55wasn't the ideal
14:56father figure?
14:58Not to Roman and I.
15:00He was infinitely
15:00fonder of my late
15:01brother David,
15:02but of course,
15:03dead children
15:04demand nothing
15:04of their parents.
15:07Wow.
15:09What about yourself,
15:10Miss Serafin?
15:11Where were you
15:12in the hours
15:12leading up to
15:13the discovery
15:13of your father's body?
15:15Really?
15:18My father
15:18was a selfish cat
15:19who flaunted
15:20his wealth
15:21and never gave
15:21a dime to charity,
15:22but is that
15:23any reason
15:23to kill a man?
15:25I suppose
15:26some people
15:26may think so,
15:28but if you're here
15:29accusing me
15:30of murdering him,
15:31I most certainly
15:31did not.
15:32Everyone here
15:33can tell you
15:34I was nowhere
15:34near my father's study.
15:35Valeria Serafin's
15:36whereabouts
15:37have been confirmed.
15:38She was overseeing
15:40final preparations
15:40for the evening's
15:41festivities
15:42at the time
15:43in question.
15:43That could be a lie.
15:45It could also
15:46be the truth.
15:48Valeria is just
15:49one of a number
15:50of suspects.
15:58Effie Newsome's office.
16:02Just so you're aware,
16:03I'm certainly
16:04under no obligation
16:05to tell you this.
16:07Louise?
16:07Yes, hello.
16:09As I was saying,
16:09I'm under no obligation
16:10to tell you this,
16:11but as a matter
16:12of professional courtesy,
16:13I thought I should.
16:15Tell me what?
16:15I received another
16:16anonymous tip
16:17that could impact
16:18your case.
16:19It'll be on the
16:19front page tomorrow,
16:20but I'm offering you
16:22a chance to look
16:23at it first.
16:27You're not listening
16:28to me.
16:28I don't owe
16:29your money.
16:29Jack is rotting
16:30in the Don jail
16:30and I have children
16:31to feed.
16:32I want my money.
16:33Is there a problem?
16:33What?
16:34Just a misunderstanding.
16:37I was busy
16:38and couldn't make
16:39the withdrawal
16:40until today.
16:42There you go,
16:44Mrs. Pritchard.
16:45Twenty dollars.
16:46See?
16:47I keep my word.
16:48You better.
16:49We have a deal.
16:50What was that about?
16:56I promise Jack Pritchard
16:58I'd look after
16:59his family
16:59until he gets
17:00out of jail.
17:01Would that mean
17:02sacrificing a bit
17:03of my pay?
17:04So be it.
17:05That's very charitable
17:06of you.
17:07You've got to
17:08support the community.
17:10Right?
17:10Here's the handwritten
17:25schematic.
17:26You see,
17:27it was drawn
17:28on stationery
17:29from the Lancaster
17:30Tool and Dye Company.
17:31Which shut down
17:32in 1905.
17:34Irritable walking calendar
17:35you are, detective.
17:37This seems to indicate
17:38that somebody
17:38other than Marco Serafim
17:40designed the somatron.
17:41Two years before
17:43Serafim registered
17:44the patent.
17:46Look,
17:47it seems as though
17:47part of the page
17:48has been torn away.
17:50There are hints
17:50of handwriting.
17:51I think perhaps...
17:53A signature?
17:54Someone sought
17:55to remove it.
17:56What else can you
17:57tell us about this,
17:58Miss Cherry?
17:59Apparently,
17:59it arrived
18:00two weeks ago.
18:01But my dim-witted
18:02assistant failed
18:03to give it to me
18:03until last night.
18:06It appears to be
18:09the blueprint
18:10for a stitching device.
18:12Marco Serafim
18:13built his empire
18:14using this machine.
18:15But this schematic
18:16is hand-drawn
18:17and predates
18:18Mr. Serafim's patent
18:19by two years.
18:20Patent theft
18:21is not within
18:22the criminal court's purview.
18:24How does this support
18:25your petition
18:25for a seven-day stay
18:26of trial?
18:26It doesn't.
18:28Miss Newsom
18:29is grasping at straws,
18:30wasting the court's
18:31precious time.
18:32The court's precious time
18:34is best spent
18:34in pursuit of the truth.
18:36Especially when
18:36the outcome
18:37of these proceedings
18:38could result
18:38in a woman's execution.
18:40Any suggestion
18:40that this process
18:41be rushed
18:42is frankly offensive.
18:43I agree.
18:45So, in answer
18:46to your earlier question,
18:47if Marco Serafim
18:48stole the
18:49Somatron design,
18:50then...
18:50You're suggesting
18:51that his murder
18:52was retaliation
18:53for this theft.
18:56It's a long shot,
18:57but not an impossible one.
18:59I'll give you
19:00a day.
19:01One day?
19:03Your Honor,
19:04the investigation
19:05of this crime
19:05was clearly
19:06insufficient,
19:07and...
19:07Don't push me,
19:10Miss Newsom.
19:19Who, Ellen?
19:20For a moment.
19:22Absolutely.
19:24What can I do for you?
19:26There's a man,
19:26Jack Pritchett.
19:27He's currently in custody.
19:29And?
19:29I was wondering
19:30if you could find out
19:31why he's being held.
19:33Of course.
19:35Anything else
19:36you would care to share?
19:39Not at this time.
19:46Now, let me see here.
19:48Yep.
19:49This was Lancaster
19:50Tool and Dye Stationery.
19:52Did you
19:53draw this?
19:56Nope.
19:57But I know who did.
19:59Xander Bach.
20:00Xander Bach.
20:01Oh, that's definitely
20:02Xander's work.
20:04The fellow
20:05was a hard worker.
20:07He...
20:07He kept up
20:09factory's
20:09spick and span,
20:10but his mind
20:11was always elsewhere,
20:13inventing things.
20:14The man who drew this
20:15was your custodian?
20:17He wasn't educated,
20:18but he had
20:18some interesting ideas.
20:20Kept saying that
20:21his ship
20:21would come in someday.
20:24He never did.
20:26Do you know
20:26where Mr. Bach lives?
20:28Currently?
20:28He doesn't live.
20:30Took his own life
20:31back in, um,
20:32what was it?
20:331907.
20:34That's the year
20:35Marco Serafin
20:36patented the
20:37Stomatron.
20:38Xander used to talk
20:39about that
20:39Serafin fella.
20:40Said he was going
20:41to sell him
20:41one of his inventions.
20:43Do you know
20:43if Mr. Bach
20:44has any
20:45surviving family?
20:47I recall he had
20:48a daughter
20:48don't it on her.
20:51Her name was...
20:52You wanted to see me.
20:55Thank you,
20:56Lilibeth.
20:57This is Detective
20:57William Murdoch.
20:58Toronto Constabulary.
20:59Do you know
21:01why we're here?
21:02To talk about
21:03my father-in-law.
21:04Not your father-in-law.
21:06Your father.
21:10I don't understand.
21:12My father...
21:13Yes.
21:14Xander Bach.
21:16The man whose
21:16life's work was
21:17stolen by
21:18Marco Serafin.
21:28Your father
21:29committed suicide
21:30right around the time
21:31that Marco Serafin,
21:32your father-in-law,
21:33began manufacturing
21:34with his newly
21:35patented
21:36SOMATRON machine.
21:38My father
21:39had no connection
21:40to the Serafin family.
21:43Did you not know
21:44that Mr. Serafin
21:46stole your father's design?
21:48No.
21:49If I did,
21:50I doubt I would have
21:51ever married
21:51into his family.
21:53Are you insinuating
21:54that I'm responsible
21:55for my father-in-law's murder?
21:58We're just
21:58asking questions.
22:01I'm sorry,
22:02but those are
22:03lovely earrings.
22:05Where did you get them?
22:07These.
22:09They're from
22:10Digby and Fontaine,
22:11near Yonge.
22:12I'm sorry.
22:13Would you
22:13write that down
22:15for me?
22:18Dainty.
22:22Very good,
22:23Miss Newsome.
22:23We can now compare
22:24Mrs. Serafin's
22:25handwriting
22:26to the envelope.
22:27Oh.
22:29What's the verdict?
22:30Uh,
22:31note they both
22:32have non-ovoid
22:34O's
22:34and this matching
22:36extended cross
22:38on the T's.
22:39Very distinct.
22:40It's a match.
22:42Lilith was the
22:43anonymous source
22:43of the information
22:44leaked about the
22:45Seraphims.
22:45She lied to us
22:46as she knew
22:47her father's design
22:48had been stolen
22:48by Seraphim.
22:49Looks like we've
22:50got ourselves
22:50a new prime suspect.
22:51And I have an exclusive
22:53scoop.
22:55I do, right?
22:57Tit for tat.
22:59Tit for tat.
23:07Jack Pritchett.
23:09Convicted of arson
23:10and the fire
23:10that destroyed
23:11Badney paper guns.
23:12What is it?
23:17I met with the
23:18proprietor of that
23:18shop as part of
23:19my work with
23:20local businesses.
23:21Mr. Badney seemed
23:22oddly hostile
23:23in our offer
23:24to assist in
23:24rebuilding.
23:25In fact,
23:26he said he wanted
23:26nothing to do
23:27with us at all.
23:29Is there
23:29something else
23:30to file it?
23:32I saw my
23:33bar manager,
23:34Ephraim Current,
23:35give money to
23:35Mr. Pritchett's
23:36wife.
23:37He said it was
23:38a loan to help
23:39the family out.
23:40And you don't
23:41believe him?
23:42Ephraim is not
23:43the terrible type.
23:45Do you think
23:46Ephraim could have
23:47something to do
23:47with that fire?
23:49I hope not,
23:50but it is possible.
23:53Well, I could
23:53arrange a meeting
23:54with Mr. Pritchett.
24:02This will have
24:03a huge impact
24:04on the case
24:05against John Lewis.
24:07And the fact
24:07that Lillabeth
24:08Seraphim
24:08has actively
24:09been trying
24:10to sully
24:10the reputation
24:11of Marco
24:11Seraphim
24:12is quite damning.
24:13Especially in
24:14tandem with
24:14the fact that
24:15her father's
24:15suicide provides
24:16a very strong
24:17motive for murder.
24:18Detective Murdoch?
24:21Yes,
24:22and you are?
24:23Roman Seraphim.
24:25Why are you
24:26questioning Lillabeth
24:26regarding my
24:27father's murder?
24:28And what is she
24:29doing here?
24:31Are you in
24:32collusion with
24:32John Lewis'
24:32attorney?
24:33There is no
24:34collusion,
24:35Mr. Seraphim.
24:36But,
24:37Miss Newsome
24:37has uncovered
24:38a considerable
24:39amount of
24:40evidence
24:40that redirects
24:42our suspicions
24:43away from
24:43Mrs. Lewis
24:44and onto
24:45your wife.
24:46That's impossible.
24:48Why on earth
24:48would Lillabeth
24:49want to kill
24:49my father?
24:53Have a seat,
24:54Mr. Seraphim.
24:57Did you know
24:58that your father
25:01stole the original
25:02design for the
25:03Somatron machine?
25:04No.
25:06What proof
25:07do you have
25:07of that?
25:08We found
25:08an earlier
25:09blueprint.
25:10Did you also
25:11know that the
25:12person who
25:12made the original
25:13design for the
25:14Somatron machine
25:15was your wife's
25:16father?
25:18Zanderbach.
25:19He committed
25:20suicide not long
25:21after your father
25:22stole from him.
25:23My wife's father?
25:26I'll believe you.
25:27She confirmed
25:28it herself.
25:29There's also
25:30strong evidence
25:31that she is the
25:32one who has
25:32been leaking
25:33sensitive information
25:34about your family
25:35to the press.
25:36That's a lie.
25:38Sir, is there
25:39a problem?
25:40Roberts, please
25:41escort Mr. Seraphim
25:42to a seat out
25:44in the bullpen.
25:45There's something
25:45I'd like to continue
25:46to discuss with
25:47Miss Newsome.
25:49Right this way,
25:49sir.
25:50See to it that
25:51you get some tea
25:52so you can come down.
25:53I think we need
25:54more evidence
25:55to convince him
25:56and a jury.
25:59Perhaps it's time
26:00to take a closer look
26:01for that missing
26:02scissor sheet.
26:04Lilibet Seraphim
26:05will be out
26:05for the rest of the day.
26:07We can have a look
26:07around her room.
26:10If she really killed
26:11her father-in-law,
26:12why would she keep
26:13any evidence?
26:15Perhaps she still
26:15had it in her hand
26:16when she ran out
26:17of the room
26:18and forgot to place
26:19it back on the wall.
26:20Seems sloppy.
26:22Guess we'll have
26:23known killers
26:24who've used
26:24the murder weapon
26:25to carve up
26:26their family's
26:26Sunday roast.
26:27Oh.
26:40Locked.
26:41Would you pass me
26:42one of those hat pins?
26:59Well,
27:00seems like I may
27:02be defending
27:02an innocent woman
27:03after all.
27:07Exhibit A
27:08is the weapon
27:09used in his murder,
27:10correct?
27:11Yes.
27:12That lady there
27:13was found
27:13with it in her hand.
27:14Exhibit B
27:15is a photograph
27:16which I asked
27:18the jurors
27:19to examine.
27:22Study it carefully.
27:24Do you spot
27:24the scissors?
27:25They may not be
27:26immediately apparent.
27:27They are covered
27:28in a jeweled
27:29sterling silver sheet
27:30displayed on the wall
27:31behind Marco Serafin.
27:33Now,
27:34Constable O'Malley,
27:35it is your contention
27:36that the accused
27:37removed the scissors
27:38from the wall,
27:39drove them
27:40into Marco Serafin's
27:41chest,
27:42and was apprehended
27:43immediately afterwards
27:44still holding
27:44the weapon?
27:45That's right.
27:46So where's the sheath?
27:48She had to have
27:49removed it
27:49when she took
27:50the scissors
27:50from the wall.
27:53I...
27:53We never located it.
27:56Did you search for it?
27:57Well,
27:57didn't need to.
27:58We found the murderer
27:59holding the murder weapon.
28:00Is that so?
28:02Well,
28:02then why was
28:02this sheath
28:03found in the possessions
28:04of Lilibeth
28:05and Roman Serafin?
28:06This is highly irregular.
28:08The prosecution
28:09demands a recess.
28:10I think that might
28:13be a very good idea.
28:27You've got your hands
28:27full this evening.
28:29Where's your bar manager?
28:31That's what I would
28:32like to know.
28:33That firm was supposed
28:33to be here
28:34a half an hour ago.
28:35So,
28:36what do you ladies
28:37tell Britain this evening?
28:38Oh,
28:39Effie's
28:39merciless thrashing
28:41of an insufferably
28:42smug deputy attorney.
28:43Merciless thrashing,
28:45I see.
28:46I pity the man
28:47and congratulate the woman.
28:49Thank you, Violet.
28:52I wasn't seeking
28:53to humiliate
28:54Mr. Davenport.
28:56I was just trying
28:56to save an innocent woman.
28:59Of course.
28:59So,
29:01on the record,
29:02Miss Newsome,
29:03do you anticipate
29:04your client's
29:05full exoneration?
29:06Given the preponderance
29:07of evidence,
29:08I expect that tomorrow
29:09Joan Lewis will be acquitted
29:10and Lilibeth Serafin
29:12will be indicted.
29:13Effie,
29:14you've got a telephone call.
29:24I don't understand.
29:26You'll likely be released
29:27in the morning.
29:28This evidence exonerates you.
29:30No,
29:31it doesn't.
29:33Miss Lilibeth
29:33didn't kill
29:34Mr. Serafin.
29:35I did.
29:36And I'm ready
29:37to accept my fate.
29:44Earlier,
29:45you insisted
29:46on your innocence.
29:46Why are you reversing
29:47your stance now?
29:49Miss Lilibeth
29:50has always been kind to me.
29:52Can't bear to see her
29:53punished for my crime.
29:55Then tell me
29:55what really happened,
29:56starting with the incident
29:57in Mr. Serafin's office
29:58earlier that day.
30:00I was cleaning the office
30:02and I saw
30:03an envelope full of money.
30:05A lot of money.
30:07Mr. Serafin
30:08walked in
30:09and caught me
30:10trying to hide it
30:11amongst my cleaning supplies.
30:12And then?
30:12And he fired me
30:14on the spot
30:14and knew I deserved it.
30:17But I was doing
30:18all day
30:19worrying
30:19about how I was
30:20going to keep
30:21a roof over my head.
30:22I came back
30:23and I begged him
30:24for my job.
30:25He said no.
30:27I picked up the scissors
30:28and I stabbed him.
30:30And then Miss Valeria
30:31walked in.
30:32You said you picked up
30:32the scissors?
30:33That's right.
30:34Weren't they displayed
30:35on the wall?
30:35I took them
30:38down to dust them.
30:39Oh.
30:40What happened
30:41to the sheath?
30:42Sheath?
30:43They were housed
30:44in a sheath
30:45made of silver
30:47covered in jewels.
30:48I must have
30:50dropped it.
30:51It was found
30:51in Lilibeth's room.
30:53I must have
30:54dropped it
30:54in the laundry basket
30:55and somebody
30:56took it to her room
30:57by mistake.
30:58Joan,
30:58I think you're
31:00hiding something.
31:02You can think
31:02what you like.
31:04Miss Lilibeth
31:05is innocent.
31:13Mrs. Lewis
31:14was about
31:14to be released.
31:15Why would she
31:16sacrifice herself
31:16to protect
31:17Lilibeth's seraphim?
31:18It's as though
31:19she values
31:20Mrs. Seraphim's
31:21life more than her own.
31:22She has remarked
31:23upon Lilibeth's
31:24kindness toward her
31:25and I sense
31:26Mrs. Lewis
31:27hasn't seen much
31:28of that in her life.
31:29Still,
31:30that is tenuous
31:31motivation
31:32to volunteer
31:32once self
31:33for the noose.
31:34Are we sure
31:35these two
31:35don't have
31:36a connection
31:36of some sort?
31:37It's possible.
31:39We need to speak
31:40with Lilibeth.
31:41Let me.
31:43Woman to woman.
31:45I have nothing
31:46to say to you.
31:47You all but
31:48accused me of murder.
31:49The murder weapon
31:50was found
31:50in your bedroom.
31:51I didn't put it there.
31:52Well,
31:52it's all water
31:53under the bridge now.
31:54Joan Lewis
31:54has confessed
31:55to the murder.
31:58She pled innocent.
32:00Did she not?
32:00It appears
32:01she's had
32:02a change of heart.
32:04She now admits
32:05to killing
32:06Marco Serafin.
32:10You look troubled.
32:12Just doesn't
32:13seem possible.
32:15Joan Lewis
32:15is kind.
32:17She's gentle.
32:18She's not capable
32:19of such a heinous act.
32:20You don't know that.
32:22She was a maid.
32:23She was released
32:23from her job.
32:24She was desperate.
32:25She wouldn't
32:25kill anyone.
32:27How do you know that?
32:28She's a good woman.
32:29She's a murderer.
32:31A woman who
32:32deserves to be hanged.
32:34She does not.
32:36She's trying
32:37to protect me.
32:40She's my mother.
32:45Lilibeth Serafin
32:46admitted that she
32:46is Joan Lewis's
32:47daughter.
32:48They always knew
32:49that Marco Serafin
32:50had stolen
32:51the somatron design,
32:52so Lilibeth
32:53married into
32:53the Serafin family,
32:55brought her mother
32:55into the house
32:56as a maid,
32:56so that they could
32:57destroy the Serafins
32:58from the inside.
32:59Did Roman Serafin
33:01have any idea?
33:02None at all.
33:03Although I do think
33:03that Lilibeth
33:04did fall in love
33:05with him.
33:07But the mother
33:08and daughter
33:08still wanted revenge,
33:09that strong motive.
33:10The timelines
33:11don't add up.
33:12Both Joan and Lilibeth
33:13have alibis
33:14for the time
33:14of the murder.
33:15Does Crown Council
33:16notice?
33:17Yes, but all they
33:18want is a conviction.
33:23Jack Pritchett.
33:26You're the visitor.
33:28Who's she?
33:29This is Miss Violent
33:30Hart.
33:31She'd like a few
33:32words with you.
33:34I'll return
33:35in five minutes.
33:41Heard a lot
33:41about you,
33:42Miss Hart.
33:43You have?
33:45Oh, yeah.
33:46When Ephraim's
33:46bringing the hammer
33:47down, he tells folks
33:48Miss Hart won't be happy
33:50if she don't get
33:50her money.
33:51Bad things happen
33:52when you ain't happy.
33:54So they pay up.
33:55I beg your pardon?
33:58You don't got to
33:59play innocent with me.
34:00I admire your gumption,
34:02but I didn't take
34:03the fall for this
34:03out of love for Ephraim.
34:05I did it to support
34:06my family.
34:07We have a deal.
34:09He promised to pay
34:10well and pay on time.
34:13Ephraim burned
34:14the Vatney paper shop.
34:17After Vatney refused
34:18to pay for protection.
34:21Don't play dumb.
34:22You know exactly
34:23what's going on.
34:24And if Ephraim
34:25don't make good
34:25on his promise,
34:27I'll tell every cop
34:28in the city
34:28that you're scamming
34:29folks while claiming
34:30you're protecting them.
34:40Gentlemen of the jury,
34:42you see before you
34:44an envelope
34:45containing 50 Canadian dollars.
34:48Marco Seraphim was murdered
34:50after he caught
34:51his servant Joan Lewis
34:53trying to steal
34:54this generous donation
34:55which he had intended
34:57for Sister Bernadette
34:58of the Sisters of Faith
35:00Home for the Infirm.
35:03My father was a selfish guy
35:05who flaunted his wealth
35:06and never gave a dime
35:07to charity,
35:08but is that any reason
35:08to kill a man?
35:10The prosecution rests.
35:21Hello?
35:22Pardon me.
35:23I'm looking for
35:24Sister Bernadette.
35:25Yes.
35:26Hello.
35:26What can I do for you?
35:28I'm Detective William Murdoch
35:30of the Toronto Constabulary
35:30and I was hoping
35:32to ask you some questions
35:34about Marco Seraphim.
35:36Yes.
35:38I heard of his death.
35:40A shame.
35:42I'm curious
35:43how long Mr. Seraphim
35:44has been donating
35:45to your organization.
35:48Donating?
35:49I don't understand.
35:52I was of the impression
35:53that Mr. Seraphim
35:54had been donating
35:55to your cause regularly.
35:58Marco Seraphim
35:58didn't donate
36:00any money to our home.
36:02I had to twist his arm
36:04in order to make him
36:05do what was right.
36:07What you ask?
36:14Do you believe
36:15that Joan Lewis
36:16could have committed
36:17this heinous act
36:18against the man
36:19that employed her
36:20for the past three years?
36:22I find it hard to believe
36:23Mrs. Lewis killed my father,
36:25but yes, I do.
36:28There's no other explanation.
36:33The prosecution rests.
36:36Miss Newsome.
36:43Mr. Seraphim,
36:44on the day
36:45of your father's murder,
36:47you made a telephone call.
36:49Would you please
36:49tell the jury
36:50who the recipient was?
36:51I telephoned
36:54the Sisters of Faith
36:55home for the infirm.
36:57The very institution
36:58for which your father's
36:59envelope of money
37:00was intended.
37:01The defense contends
37:03that what you learned
37:05during that phone call
37:06enraged you.
37:07So much so
37:08that you erupted
37:09into a pit of violence
37:11and murdered your father.
37:13Objection!
37:14This accusation
37:15is completely without merit
37:16and should be retracted
37:17from the record.
37:18Miss Newsome,
37:19can you give me
37:20one good reason
37:21why I shouldn't allow
37:22the prosecution's request?
37:23Of course.
37:25If the court clerk
37:26could open the doors, please.
37:33Let the record show
37:34that Sister Bernadette
37:36of the Sisters of Faith
37:37home for the infirm
37:38is entering
37:38the courtroom
37:39accompanied by
37:40David Serafim.
37:43Marco Serafim's
37:45allegedly deceased heir.
37:48Brother,
37:49my brother,
37:51is there really you?
37:56Order, order, order!
37:58Return to the witness stand,
38:00Mr. Serafim.
38:01Your reunion
38:02will have to wait
38:03until after you've
38:04finished testifying.
38:05The sooner we get
38:06to the truth...
38:06when my father
38:07accused Joan
38:08of stealing,
38:09I spotted the address
38:11on the envelope.
38:13I was suspicious.
38:16My father was not
38:17a generous man.
38:20I called the home.
38:23I found out
38:23my brother
38:25has been alive
38:27all this time.
38:29My father told us
38:34that David died
38:35in that carriage accident.
38:38Forgive me.
38:39David.
38:41I didn't know.
38:43Marco Serafim
38:44hid his son
38:45away from the world
38:46and capitalized
38:48on his family's grief
38:49by making David
38:50the face of the company.
38:51Sister Bernadette
38:52had to coerce
38:53my father
38:54just to get enough money
38:55to give David
38:56a comfortable one.
38:57I'm so sorry.
38:58I'm so sorry.
39:01I've missed you
39:02so much.
39:04I thought
39:04you didn't
39:06love me anymore.
39:08I thought
39:08you forgot
39:09about me.
39:11Not for a second.
39:13I was coming
39:14to get you
39:14as soon as this
39:15was over.
39:16Is it over?
39:18Could we go home?
39:19Of course.
39:22This ends now.
39:27My father
39:28was a monster.
39:32I killed him.
39:37I regret nothing.
39:38I owe you
39:52my deepest apologies,
39:54Miss Newsome.
39:55I should have
39:56trusted your instincts.
39:58You single-handedly
39:59saved an innocent woman
40:00from hanging.
40:01Not quite single-handedly.
40:03I had some help
40:04from Detective Murdoch,
40:05but your apology
40:06is appreciated
40:08and accepted.
40:10Mr. Davenport,
40:12you have anything
40:12to add?
40:14Only that I wish
40:15I was assigned
40:15a defense
40:16rather than
40:16the prosecution.
40:18If you had been,
40:19Mrs. Lewis
40:20would likely
40:20have been convicted.
40:22No, I would have
40:22seen that
40:23grace
40:25is a virtue.
40:28Indeed.
40:28congratulations,
40:30Miss Newsome.
40:35Now, I suspect
40:36you'll proceed
40:37to skewer me.
40:38I won the case.
40:40That's enough.
40:41No, go on.
40:42I insist.
40:43Twist the knife.
40:44Oh, I will.
40:46When the time
40:46is right.
40:50I don't understand
40:51your objections.
40:52Jack Pritchett
40:53is being well-paid
40:54for sacrifice.
40:55You're taking advantage
40:56of the very people
40:57we should be helping.
40:58And you burned
40:58a local business
40:59to the ground.
41:00How is this
41:00helping the community?
41:01Mr. Vagney
41:02refused to pay.
41:04He was being
41:04disrespectful towards you.
41:06Towards me?
41:07These acts
41:08are yours alone,
41:09Ephraim.
41:09I had nothing
41:10to do with this.
41:11Wrong.
41:12Ask any one
41:12of our clients.
41:14You're the head
41:14of this whole operation.
41:15That's a lie.
41:17It depends on
41:18how you frame it.
41:20And you've been
41:20expertly framed,
41:22Violet Hart.
41:23Now that you've
41:24gone and meddled
41:24with the Pritchetts,
41:26you've dug your grave
41:27even deeper.
41:28Watch yourself, Violet.
41:30If I go down,
41:31so will you.
41:35And by the way,
41:37Daphne Pritchett
41:38is expecting
41:38another payment
41:39this weekend.
41:41You can deliver it
41:41yourself this time.
41:49Your victory
41:50in this case
41:51was hard-earned.
41:51You must be
41:52quite pleased.
41:53I admit,
41:54this case
41:54was especially
41:55gratifying.
41:57David Seraphim
41:58is finally home.
41:59And realizing
41:59that much
42:00of her family's
42:01wealth was built
42:01on Xanderbach's
42:02sewing machine design,
42:04Valeria Seraphim
42:05is finally seeing
42:06to it that
42:06Joan and Lilibeth
42:07reaped the financial
42:08rewards he was owed.
42:10But instead of
42:11being reunited
42:11with his brother,
42:12Roman now has
42:14to go to jail
42:14for murder.
42:15Perhaps he won't
42:16serve a long sentence.
42:17Valeria did say
42:18he will have
42:18the best defense
42:19attorney money
42:20can buy.
42:20Oh, I'm not
42:22so sure
42:22the best lawyer
42:23can be bought.
42:25Oh?
42:26Because she's
42:27kindly serving
42:28as the assistant
42:29crown attorney.
42:31Oh, you flatter me.
42:34Perhaps.
42:35But just,
42:37how did you know
42:38that Lilibeth
42:39was Joan's daughter?
42:41Call it
42:42women's intuition.
42:45And how did you
42:46realize the importance
42:47of the address
42:47on that envelope?
42:48Call it a hunch.
42:52Sure.
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