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00:00According to Valerius Seraphim, all the top fashion buyers were there.
00:07Angelic Raymonds' exquisite new line is available in many shades and sizes.
00:12Angelic Raymonds has become Canada's most successful clothing company,
00:16thanks to our father's creation, the Somatron.
00:19Gone are the days when you had to wait for a custom fitting.
00:22Father believes that fashion should be ready to wear,
00:24right off the rack at your local mercantile.
00:30Where is he?
00:31No, I don't.
00:32Find him. Just stand here and keep smiling.
00:36Thank you for coming. Lovely to see you.
00:39And that's when the victim's daughter caught the accused standing over her father's body
00:43with the murder weapon in her hand.
00:47The accused is his housekeeper?
00:48It is hard to find. You could help these days?
00:51Allow me to introduce the city's newest deputy crown attorney, Roy Davenport.
00:56Deputy crown attorney? I thought I was next in line for that position.
00:59You were in line, just not first.
01:02Mr. Davenport is quite the prodigy.
01:04Roy, this is Effie Newsome.
01:05Assistant crown attorney, Effie Newsome.
01:08Charmed.
01:09I'm sure.
01:11Mr. Davenport will be prosecuting the case.
01:13Oh, I assume that I...
01:14Well, the accused, Joan Lewis, could not afford a defense lawyer.
01:19You have been assigned to provide her that service.
01:22Your task is to guide Mrs. Lewis through the process of gracious capitulation.
01:27My job is to lose.
01:29Well, your client was literally caught red-handed.
01:32Yes, Mrs. Lewis had clear motive.
01:34She had been fired for stealing earlier that day.
01:38But by pleading guilty, Mrs. Lewis may be spared the death sentence we've spoken to her about this.
01:43You just need to offer your reassurance.
01:47Don't worry.
01:48This shouldn't be terribly difficult.
01:49Joan Lewis, it is charged that on the 10th day of this month in the city of Toronto,
02:01you willfully and with malice of forethought did murder Marco Serafin.
02:06Please rise.
02:10How do you plead?
02:11It's all right.
02:15Just do as we discussed.
02:18I'm innocent.
02:20I didn't kill anyone.
02:21I didn't kill anyone.
02:21Anything of interest?
02:46Uh, just the usual litany of scandal and disaster.
02:50But, where is this?
02:53Joan Lewis pleads not guilty.
02:56Interesting.
02:56Why's that?
02:58Look who's defending her.
02:59Effie Newsome.
03:01Miss Newsome doesn't?
03:02She worked for the Crown?
03:03It's not an unusual practice.
03:05If a defendant cannot afford a lawyer, the court appoints one.
03:08From the office that's prosecuting her?
03:11Is that fair?
03:12I never said it was fair.
03:14I said it was usual.
03:15They are not the same thing.
03:18Detective!
03:19Welcome home.
03:21How was England?
03:23Wet.
03:24I should have been more specific.
03:25How was your family?
03:26Oh, wonderful.
03:27Wonderful.
03:28Both Julia and Susanna are doing so well.
03:30Oh, good to know.
03:31What's been happening here?
03:33As the detective says, the usual litany of scandal and disaster.
03:36And it appears that Effie Newsome has a trickle up her sleeve.
03:49Apologies, Mr. Burke.
03:50I had no reason to believe my client would change her plea.
03:53You didn't counsel her to do so?
03:55What are you suggesting?
03:56Simply that this was an attempt at sprinkmanship driven by jealousy.
04:00Jealousy?
04:01Over...
04:02The fact I got a job you wanted.
04:04I resent this accusation.
04:06Resent all you want.
04:07I saw what happened.
04:08Enough.
04:08Stop bickering you two.
04:10Miss Newsome, persuade your client to change her plea.
04:14Respectfully, sir?
04:15Perhaps Miss Newsome isn't up to the task.
04:18I know very well what my task is.
04:20It's to work in my client's best interests.
04:40Mr. Charles Badney?
04:43Yes?
04:44I'm Miss Violet Hart.
04:45I run the Starfight Club.
04:47I know who you are.
04:48What can I do for you?
04:50It's more about what I can do for you.
04:53I run a local group of business owners.
04:55And we were very sorry to hear about the fire that destroyed your stationery shop.
05:00Do you intend to rebuild?
05:03Why?
05:04We have a fund that assists local businesses in times of hardship.
05:08We'd like to offer you a loan.
05:09Is that so?
05:11Well, I would prefer to decline that offer.
05:13Oh, there's no interest on the loan.
05:15There's no cost.
05:17No cost.
05:18I doubt that very much.
05:20Good day, Miss Hart.
05:21Are you sure?
05:23I told you I want nothing to do with you or your so-called community group.
05:29Good day.
05:30I couldn't bring myself to lie.
05:37Then why did you agree to plead guilty?
05:40They told me you would save me from the noose.
05:43It didn't seem like there was no other way.
05:45But I'd rather tell the truth than take my chances.
05:48Well, your chances are slim.
05:50The case against you is damning.
05:51You had motive for killing Mr. Serafine.
05:53You were fired earlier that day.
05:55I was snooping, I admit.
05:57But I wasn't stealing.
05:59Mr. Serafine caught me in his office and fired me right there.
06:02And then several hours later, you were found standing over his dead body.
06:06I found him lying on the floor.
06:08Those scissors were jammed in his chest.
06:10I pulled them out.
06:11Why?
06:13I thought...
06:14I don't know what I thought.
06:16I could save him.
06:18But his arms were stiff and his eyes were clouded over.
06:22And his face was ghostly white.
06:24And then Miss Valeria walked in.
06:26What were you doing in his office?
06:28I came to beg for my job back.
06:32Miss, I know that people like me don't win against people like the Serafines.
06:37But I want to try.
06:40Will you help me?
06:42Please.
06:43Please.
06:48Station 3 post-mortem is rather light on details.
06:56Time of death?
06:57Night?
06:57It's as if they weren't even trying.
06:59My client's guilt was presumed from the start.
07:02Your client was found with the murder weapon.
07:04She claims she pulled the scissors from his chest in a state of panic.
07:08There isn't much blood.
07:10If there was a lapse of time between death and the extraction of the weapon, there'd be coagulation.
07:15How much time?
07:16At least two hours.
07:18Did your client note the condition of the body?
07:20She described cloudy eyes, pale skin, and the rigidity of his limbs.
07:26Corneal clouding and rigor mortis takes at least two to three hours to develop.
07:30Could Mrs. Lewis be fabricating these details?
07:32Possibly.
07:33But I doubt she's well-versed in the intricacies of post-mortem analysis.
07:37Both the coroner and the police reports lack the stringency one would expect.
07:47My client's guilt was a foregone conclusion.
07:50Because she was standing in his office over his dead body with the murder weapon in her hand.
07:56Still, I feel as though Mrs. Lewis is telling me the truth.
08:00In my years of police work, I've learned that criminals can be cunning liars.
08:07And although these reports are substandard, there is no evidence yet that your client, Mrs. Lewis, is anything but guilty.
08:18And my intuition tells me that things are not as they seem.
08:26Perhaps this time we shouldn't let our emotions cloud our judgment.
08:30Detective, when a man trusts a hunch, nobody accuses him of letting emotion cloud his judgment.
08:45Why is it any different when a woman trusts her intuition?
08:48Hunch and intuition are just different words for the same thing.
08:52You have a point.
08:55But you don't have a case.
08:56I have evidence that Marco Serafin was dead for at least two hours before Joan Lewis discovered his body.
09:10That makes sense.
09:12Joan isn't capable of murder.
09:14Or theft.
09:15Can you pinpoint Joan Lewis's whereabouts in the hours before your father's body was found?
09:20Normally at that time she's tending the laundry.
09:22I recall I told her she needn't bother, considering how she'd been so cruelly dismissed.
09:28But she insisted.
09:29That's odd.
09:30Mrs. Lewis said she was packing her belongings at that time.
09:34She could have done both.
09:35She's a very diligent worker.
09:38Miss Newsome, there is no way on earth that Joan could have murdered my father-in-law.
09:42She wouldn't kill anyone.
09:44Are there others who had grievances against Mr. Serafin?
09:47Her family has been plagued by various scandals over the years.
09:50What sorts of scandals?
09:51Private matters, which were exposed for public consumption by gloating vultures who profit off the misfortunes of the upper class.
09:59Who are these vultures?
10:01I'll have you know that vultures are extremely intelligent and resilient birds.
10:05I'm not sure calling you a vulture was a compliment.
10:08Life's all about perspective, Effie.
10:10Yes, and what is your perspective regarding the Serafin family?
10:14Living proofs that money can't buy you happiness.
10:16They have so much money and so many problems, which anonymous tipsters have eagerly disclosed to yours truly.
10:23Care to elaborate?
10:24I already have, in numerous published exposés.
10:28Let's see.
10:29I've amassed a collection of stories about the Serafims, starting with their firstborn son, David.
10:35The boy on the logo.
10:37Oh, the wings and the halo.
10:39Adorable.
10:39And dead at six.
10:41A tragic accident.
10:42Serafim made him the face of the company.
10:45Oh.
10:46Anything else?
10:47Well, there was the mere bankruptcy before the company transitioned from couture to ready-to-wear.
10:53Serafim narrowly avoids receivership.
10:56By the skin of his teeth, he did.
10:58Add in some financial malfeasance and a sartorial plagiarism lawsuit against Valeria Serafim's clothing line.
11:06Sartorial plagiarism?
11:07Valeria was sued for the copying of the design of the hobbleskirt, a garment which, true to its name, hindered the ability of the wearer to walk.
11:17This led to a subsequent spate of trip-and-fall injury lawsuits.
11:21Valeria's company went under, and her father refused to bail her out.
11:28Something's odd.
11:30That sheath.
11:37It's missing.
11:41The scissors had been on display on the wall in Serafim's office.
11:46The murder weapon wasn't just an average pair of scissors.
11:48It was presented as the Sterling Fashion Award.
11:51Solid silver and housed in a jeweled sheath.
11:54And yet this sheath wasn't in evidence in any of the crime scene photographs.
11:58Nor mentioned in the police report.
12:00Wasn't it on Mrs. Lewis?
12:02It has completely disappeared.
12:04And you have a theory.
12:05I do.
12:06After stabbing Mr. Serafim, the real killer fled the scene in a panic, not realizing they'd taken the jeweled sheath with them.
12:14Do you have any other suspects?
12:16Numerous people had motive against Marco Serafim.
12:19As did your client.
12:21Joan Lewis is simply the scapegoat.
12:23And this sheath didn't simply vanish into thin air.
12:26Mrs. Lewis's life is in my hands.
12:29But I can't save her without your help.
12:36Right.
12:39First, let's narrow it down to everyone who had both motive and opportunity.
12:43Yes.
12:43Top of mind would be Mr. Serafim's disgruntled daughter, Valeria Serafim.
12:49Right.
12:49With numerous lawsuits against her company, she was forced into bankruptcy.
12:53She was publicly humiliated.
12:55And apparently her wealthy father refused to aid her in her time of financial need.
12:59And she was likely due an inheritance upon his death.
13:02Yes.
13:02The Serafim children were to divide his fortune.
13:05I am due in court.
13:06Can I leave this with you for now?
13:07Yes.
13:08Go and defend your client, Mrs. Lewis.
13:10Listen, I will have a word with Valeria Serafim.
13:15In conclusion, I'll speak plainly.
13:19The facts of this case are simple.
13:22Joan Lewis killed Marco Serafim in an act of cold-blooded murder.
13:27You must convict her.
13:30Mrs. Pearson, your opening statement?
13:31The rush to judgment is a vulgar instinct, common in indolent minds.
13:43Gentlemen of the jury, I sense no such vulgarity in you.
13:46Joan Lewis is a woman with no history of violence, who has not a single enemy, who has never broken a law.
13:55We owe Joan Lewis our stringent scrutiny of the facts.
13:59It is quite simply a matter of life and death.
14:03Joan's life.
14:16I'm glad you're casting a wide or net of suspects for my father's murder,
14:19but what does it have to do with that dreadful sartorial plagiarism lawsuit?
14:23This is the hobble skirt design that was in dispute?
14:27Yes, and it was of my own design.
14:29But the judge ruled against me.
14:30I take it there were also injury lawsuits against your company?
14:34Yes, quite a few.
14:36Really, was it my fault that a few women didn't know how to wear the garment?
14:40One cannot stride in hobble skirt.
14:43What did your father think?
14:44Oh, he insisted my boutique shoulder the cost of the lawsuit.
14:47He said he helped me begin my business and he wouldn't give me a penny more.
14:51This must have angered you.
14:52I was made a laughing stock.
14:54My own fashion line, something I dreamed of and worked hard for, went bankrupt.
14:59I take it Marcos Seraphim wasn't the ideal father figure.
15:03Not to Roman and I.
15:05He was infinitely fonder of my late brother David.
15:07But of course, dead children demand nothing of their parents.
15:10What about yourself, Miss Seraphim?
15:16Where were you in the hours leading up to the discovery of your father's body?
15:20Really?
15:23My father was a selfish cat who flaunted his wealth and never gave a dime to charity.
15:27But is that any reason to kill a man?
15:30I suppose some people may think so.
15:32But if you're here accusing me of murdering him, I most certainly did not.
15:37Everyone here can tell you I was nowhere near my father's study.
15:40Valeria Seraphim's whereabouts have been confirmed.
15:43She was overseeing final preparations for the evening's festivities at the time in question.
15:49That could be a lie.
15:50It could also be the truth.
15:53Valeria is just one of a number of suspects.
15:55F.E. Newsom's office.
16:07Just so you're aware, I'm certainly under no obligation to tell you this.
16:11Louise?
16:12Yes, hello.
16:14As I was saying, I'm under no obligation to tell you this.
16:16But, as a matter of professional courtesy, I thought I should.
16:20Tell me what?
16:20I received another anonymous tip that could impact your case.
16:24We'll be on the front page tomorrow.
16:26But I'm offering you a chance to look at it first.
16:32You're not listening to me.
16:33I don't owe you money.
16:34Jack is rotting in the Don jail, and I have children to feed.
16:37I want my money.
16:38Is there a problem?
16:40Just a misunderstanding.
16:42I was busy and couldn't make the withdrawal until today.
16:48Here you go, Mrs. Pritchard.
16:50Twenty dollars.
16:51See?
16:52I keep my word.
16:53You better.
16:54We have a deal.
16:55What was that about?
17:02I promised Jack Pritchard I'd look after his family until he gets out of jail.
17:06And that means sacrificing a bit of my pay.
17:09So be it.
17:10That's very charitable of you.
17:12You've got to support the community.
17:15Right?
17:15Here's the handwritten schematic.
17:30You see, it was drawn on stationery from the Lancaster Tool and Dye Company.
17:36Which shut down in 1905.
17:38You're in a walking calendar, you are, detective.
17:42This seems to indicate that somebody other than Marco Serafim designed the somatron.
17:46Two years before Serafim registered the patent.
17:50Look, it seems as though part of the page has been torn away.
17:55And there are hints of handwriting.
17:56I think perhaps...
17:58A signature?
17:59Someone sought to remove it.
18:01What else can you tell us about this, Miss Cherry?
18:03Apparently, it arrived two weeks ago.
18:06But my dim-witted assistant failed to give it to me until last night.
18:13It appears to be the blueprint for a stitching device.
18:17Marco Serafim built his empire using this machine.
18:20But this schematic is hand-drawn and predates Mr. Serafim's patent by two years.
18:25Patent theft is not within the criminal court's purview.
18:29How does this support your petition for a seven-day stay of trial?
18:31It doesn't.
18:33Miss Newsome is grasping at straws, wasting the court's precious time.
18:37The court's precious time is best spent in pursuit of the truth.
18:41Especially when the outcome of these proceedings could result in a woman's execution.
18:45Any suggestion that this process be rushed is frankly offensive.
18:48I agree.
18:50So, in answer to your earlier question, if Marco Serafim stole the somatron design, then...
18:55You're suggesting that his murder was retaliation for this theft.
18:59It's a long shot, but not an impossible one.
19:04I'll give you a day.
19:07One day?
19:08Your Honor, the investigation of this crime was clearly insufficient, and...
19:12Don't push me, Miss Newsome.
19:15Who, Ellen?
19:25A moment.
19:28Absolutely.
19:29What can I do for you?
19:31There's a man, Jack Pritchett.
19:32He's currently in custody.
19:34And?
19:34I was wondering if you could find out why he's being held.
19:38Of course.
19:41Anything else you would care to share?
19:42Not at this time.
19:51Now, let me see here.
19:53Yep.
19:54This was Lancaster Tool and Dye Stationery.
19:57Did you draw this?
20:01Nope.
20:02But I know who did.
20:03Xander Bach.
20:05Xander Bach.
20:06Oh, that's definitely Xander's work.
20:09The fellow was a hard worker.
20:12He...
20:12He kept up factory spick and span, but his mind was always elsewhere.
20:18Inventing things.
20:19The man who drew this was your custodian?
20:22Wasn't educated, but he had some interesting ideas.
20:25Kept saying that his ship would come in someday.
20:27He never did.
20:30Do you know where Mr. Bach lives currently?
20:34He doesn't live.
20:35Took his own life back in, um...
20:37What was it?
20:381907.
20:39That's the year Marco Serafin patented the somatron.
20:43Xander used to talk about that Serafin fellow.
20:45Said he was going to sell him one of his inventions.
20:48Do you know if Mr. Bach has any surviving family?
20:52I recall he had a daughter.
20:54Doted on her.
20:56Her name was...
20:58You wanted to see me.
21:00Thank you, Lilibeth.
21:02This is Detective William Murdoch.
21:03Toronto Constabulary.
21:05Do you know why we're here?
21:07To talk about my father-in-law.
21:10Not your father-in-law.
21:11Your father.
21:15I don't understand.
21:17My father...
21:18Yes.
21:19Xander Bach.
21:20The man whose life's work was stolen by Marco Serafin.
21:33Your father committed suicide right around the time that Marco Serafin, your father-in-law,
21:38began manufacturing with his newly patented somatron machine.
21:43My father had no connection to the Serafin family.
21:46Did you not know that Mr. Serafin stole your father's design?
21:53No.
21:54If I did, I doubt I would have ever married into his family.
21:58Are you insinuating that I'm responsible for my father-in-law's murder?
22:03We're just asking questions.
22:06I'm sorry, but those are lovely earrings.
22:10Where did you get them?
22:11Please.
22:14They're from Digby and Fontaine, near Yonge.
22:17I'm sorry.
22:18Would you, uh, write that down for me?
22:23Dainty.
22:24Very good, Miss Newsome.
22:28We can now compare Mrs. Serafin's handwriting to the envelope.
22:32Oh.
22:34What's the verdict?
22:35Uh, note they both have non-ovoid O's,
22:40and this matching extended cross on the T's.
22:44Very distinct.
22:45It's a match.
22:47Lilith was the anonymous source of the information leaked about the Serafin's.
22:50She lied to us as she knew her father's design had been stolen by Serafin.
22:54Looks like we've got ourselves a new prime suspect.
22:57And I have an exclusive scoop.
23:00I do, right?
23:02Tit for tat.
23:04Tit for tat.
23:12Jack Pritchett.
23:14Convicted of arson and the fire that destroyed baddening paper guns.
23:17What is it?
23:22I met with the proprietor of that shop as part of my work with local businesses.
23:26Mr. Vadme seemed oddly hostile in our offer to assist in rebuilding.
23:30In fact, he said he wanted nothing to do with us at all.
23:34Is there something else, Violet?
23:37I saw my bar manager, Ephraim Current, give money to Mr. Pritchett's wife.
23:42He said it was a loan to help the family out.
23:45And you don't believe him?
23:47Ephraim is not the charitable type.
23:50Do you think Ephraim could have something to do with that fire?
23:54I hope not, but it is possible.
23:57Well, I could arrange a meeting with Mr. Pritchett.
24:02This will have a huge impact on the case against John Lewis.
24:11And the fact that Lilibeth Seraphim has actively been trying to sully the reputation of Marco Seraphim is quite damning.
24:18Especially in tandem with the fact that her father's suicide provides a very strong motive for murder.
24:23Captain Murdoch.
24:24Yes.
24:27And you are.
24:28Roman Seraphim.
24:30Why are you questioning Lilibeth regarding my father's murder?
24:33And what is she doing here?
24:36Are you in collusion with John Lewis' attorney?
24:38There is no collusion, Mr. Seraphim.
24:40But, Miss Newsome has uncovered a considerable amount of evidence that redirects our suspicions away from Mrs. Lewis and onto your wife.
24:51That's impossible.
24:53Why on earth would Lilibeth want to kill my father?
24:58Have a seat, Mr. Seraphim.
25:00Did you know that your father stole the original design for the Somatron machine?
25:09No.
25:11What proof do you have of that?
25:13We found an earlier blueprint.
25:15Did you also know that the person who made the original design for the Somatron machine was your wife's father?
25:23Zanderbach.
25:24He committed suicide not long after your father stole from him.
25:28My wife's father?
25:30I don't believe you.
25:32She confirmed it herself.
25:34There's also strong evidence that she is the one who has been leaking sensitive information about your family to the press.
25:41That's a lie.
25:43Sir, is there a problem?
25:45Roberts, please escort Mr. Seraphim to a seat out in the bullpen.
25:50There's something I'd like to continue to discuss with Miss Newsome.
25:54Right this way, sir.
25:55See to it that you get some tea so you can calm down.
25:57I think we need more evidence to convince him.
26:02And a jury.
26:04Perhaps it's time to take a closer look for that missing scissor sheet.
26:09Lilibet Seraphim will be out for the rest of the day.
26:12We can have a look around her room.
26:13If she really killed her father-in-law, why would she keep any evidence?
26:20Perhaps she still had it in her hand when she ran out of the room and forgot to place it back on the wall.
26:25Seems sloppy.
26:27Guess, well, I've known killers who've used the murder weapon to carve up their family's Sunday roast.
26:32Oh.
26:45Locked.
26:46Would you pass me one of those hat pins?
26:50Well, it seems like I may be defending an innocent woman after all.
27:12Exhibit A is the weapon used in his murder, correct?
27:16Yes.
27:17That lady there was found with it in her hand.
27:19Exhibit B is a photograph which I asked the jurors to examine.
27:27Study it carefully.
27:29You spot the scissors?
27:30They may not be immediately apparent.
27:32They're covered in a jeweled sterling silver sheath displayed on the wall behind Marco Seraphim.
27:38Now, Constable O'Malley, it is your contention that the accused removed the scissors from the wall,
27:44drove them into Marco Seraphim's chest,
27:47and was apprehended immediately afterwards, still holding the weapon?
27:50That's right.
27:51So where's the sheath?
27:53She had to have removed it when she took the scissors from the wall.
27:56I...
27:58Well, he never located it.
28:01Did you search for it?
28:02Well, I didn't need to.
28:03We found the murderer holding the murder weapon.
28:05Is that so?
28:07Well, then why was this sheath found in the possessions of Lilith and Roman Seraphim?
28:12This is highly irregular.
28:13The prosecution demands a recess.
28:15I think that might be a very good idea.
28:32You've got your hands full this evening.
28:34Where's your bar manager?
28:36That's what I would like to know.
28:38That firm was supposed to be here a half an hour ago.
28:39So, what do you ladies help bring this evening?
28:43Oh, Effie's merciless thrashing of an inseparably smug deputy attorney.
28:48Merciless thrashing, I see.
28:51I pity the man and congratulate the woman.
28:54Thank you, Violet.
28:57I wasn't seeking to humiliate Mr. Davenport.
29:01I was just trying to save an innocent woman.
29:04Of course.
29:04So, on the record, Ms. Newsome, do you anticipate your client's full exoneration?
29:11Given the preponderance of evidence, I expect that tomorrow, Joan Lewis will be acquitted and
29:16Lilith Seraphim will be indicted.
29:18Effie, you've got a telephone call.
29:29I don't understand.
29:30You'll likely be released in the morning.
29:33This evidence exonerates you.
29:35No, it doesn't.
29:38Ms. Lilith didn't kill Mr. Seraphim.
29:40I did.
29:41And I'm ready to accept my fate.
29:49Earlier, you insisted on your innocence.
29:52Why are you reversing your stance now?
29:54Ms. Lilith has always been kind to me.
29:57Can't bear to see her punished for my crime.
29:59Ben, tell me what really happened, starting with the incident in Mr. Seraphim's office
30:04earlier that day.
30:05I was cleaning the office, and I saw an envelope full of money.
30:10A lot of money.
30:12Mr. Seraphim walked in and caught me trying to hide it amongst my cleaning supplies.
30:17And then?
30:18Ben fired me on the spot.
30:20I knew I deserved it.
30:22But I was doing all day, worrying about how I was going to keep a roof over my head.
30:27I came back, and I begged him for my job.
30:30He said no.
30:32I picked up the scissors, and I stabbed him.
30:35And then Ms. Valeria walked in.
30:37You said you picked up the scissors?
30:38That's right.
30:39Weren't they displayed on the wall?
30:42I took them down to dust them.
30:44Oh.
30:44What happened to the sheath?
30:47Sheath?
30:49They were housed in a sheath, made of silver, covered in jewels.
30:53I must have dropped it.
30:56It was found in Lilibeth's room.
30:58I must have dropped it in the laundry basket.
31:01And somebody took it to her room by mistake.
31:03Joan.
31:03I think you're hiding something.
31:07You can think what you like.
31:09Ms. Lilibeth is innocent.
31:18Mrs. Lewis was about to be released.
31:20Why would she sacrifice herself to protect Lilibeth Seraphim?
31:23It's as though she values Mrs. Seraphim's life more than her own.
31:27She has remarked upon Lilibeth's kindness toward her,
31:30and I sense Mrs. Lewis hasn't seen much of that in her life.
31:34Still, that is tenuous motivation to volunteer oneself for the noose.
31:39Are we sure these two don't have a connection of some sort?
31:42It's possible.
31:44We need to speak with Lilibeth.
31:46Let me.
31:48Woman to woman.
31:50I have nothing to say to you.
31:52You all but accused me of murder.
31:54The murder weapon was found in your bedroom.
31:56I didn't put it there.
31:57Well, it's all water under the bridge now.
31:59Joan Lewis has confessed to the murder.
32:03She pled innocent.
32:04Did she not?
32:06It appears she's had a change of heart.
32:09She now admits to killing Marco Seraphim.
32:15You look troubled.
32:18Just doesn't seem possible.
32:20Joan Lewis is kind.
32:22She's gentle.
32:23She's not capable of such a heinous act.
32:25You don't know that.
32:27She was a maid.
32:28She was released from her job.
32:29She was desperate.
32:30She wouldn't kill anyone.
32:32How do you know that?
32:33She's a good woman.
32:34She's...
32:35A murderer.
32:36A woman who deserves to be hanged.
32:39She does not.
32:40She's trying to protect me.
32:41She's trying to protect me.
32:43She's my mother.
32:44She's my mother.
32:46She's my mother.
32:47She's my mother.
32:48She's my mother.
32:49She's my mother.
32:50Lilibeth Seraphim admitted that she is Joan Lewis's daughter.
32:53They always knew that Marco Seraphim had stolen the somatron designs, so Lilibeth married into the Seraphim family, brought her mother into the house as a maid so that they could destroy the Seraphims from the inside.
33:04Did Roman Seraphim have any idea?
33:07None at all.
33:07Although I do think that Lilibeth did fall in love with him.
33:12But the mother and daughter still wanted revenge, that strong motive.
33:15But the timelines don't add up.
33:17Both Joan and Lilibeth have alibis for the time of the murder.
33:21Does Crown Council notice?
33:22Yes, but all they want is a conviction.
33:30Jack Pritchett.
33:31You're the visitor.
33:33Who's she?
33:34This is Miss Violent Hart.
33:36She'd like a few words with you.
33:39I'll return in five minutes.
33:46Heard a lot about you, Miss Hart.
33:48You have?
33:50Oh, yeah.
33:51When Ephraim's bringing the hammer down, he tells folks, Miss Hart won't be happy if she don't get her money.
33:56Bad things happen when you ain't happy.
33:59So they pay up.
34:00I beg your pardon?
34:02You don't got to play innocent with me.
34:05I admire your gumption.
34:07But I didn't take the fall for this out of love for Ephraim.
34:10I did it to support my family.
34:12We have a deal.
34:14He promised to pay well and pay on time.
34:18Ephraim burned the Vatney paper shop.
34:22After Vatney refused to pay for protection.
34:26Don't play dumb.
34:27You know exactly what's going on.
34:30And if Ephraim don't make good on his promise, I'll tell every cop in the city that you're scamming folks while claiming you're protecting them.
34:35Gentlemen of the jury, you see before you an envelope containing 50 Canadian dollars.
34:53Marco Seraphim was murdered after he caught his servant, Joan Lewis, trying to steal this generous donation, which he had intended for Sister Bernadette of the Sisters of Faith Home for the Infirm.
35:06My father was a selfish cat who flaunted his wealth and never gave a dime to charity.
35:13But is that any reason to kill a man?
35:16The prosecution rests.
35:26Hello? Pardon me.
35:28I'm looking for Sister Bernadette.
35:30Yes. Hello.
35:31What can I do for you?
35:32Oh. I'm Detective William Murdoch of the Toronto Constabulary, and I was hoping to ask you some questions about Marco Seraphim.
35:42Yes. I heard of his death. A shame.
35:47I'm curious how long Mr. Seraphim has been donating to your organization.
35:53Donating? I don't understand.
35:55I was of the impression that Mr. Seraphim had been donating to your cause regularly.
36:03Marco Seraphim didn't donate any money to our home.
36:07I had to twist his arm in order to make him do what was right.
36:12Which was?
36:13Do you believe that Joan Lewis could have committed this heinous act against the man that employed her for the past three years?
36:27I find it hard to believe Mrs. Lewis killed my father, but yes, I do.
36:34There's no other explanation.
36:35Mr. Seraphim, on the day of your father's murder, you made a telephone call.
36:54Would you please tell the jury who the recipient was?
36:57I telephoned the Sisters of Faith home for the infirm.
37:02The very institution for which your father's envelope of money was intended.
37:06The defense contends that what you learned during that phone call enraged you.
37:12So much so that you erupted into a fit of violence and murdered your father.
37:18Objection!
37:19This accusation is completely without merit and should be retracted from the record.
37:23Miss Newsom, can you give me one good reason why I shouldn't allow the prosecution's request?
37:28Of course.
37:29If the court clerk could open the doors, please.
37:38Let the record show that Sister Bernadette of the Sisters of Faith home for the infirm is entering the courtroom accompanied by...
37:45David.
37:46David Seraphim.
37:48Marco Seraphim's allegedly deceased heir.
37:53Brother, my brother, is there really you?
37:57Order, order, order!
38:04Return to the witness stand, Mr. Seraphim.
38:06Your reunion will have to wait until after you've finished testifying.
38:10The sooner we get to the truth...
38:11When my father accused Joan of stealing, I spotted the address on the envelope.
38:17I was suspicious.
38:20My father was not a generous man.
38:25I called the home.
38:28I found out my brother has been alive all this time.
38:35My father told us that David died in that carriage accident.
38:43Forgive me.
38:44David.
38:46I didn't know.
38:48Marco Seraphim hid his son away from the world and capitalized on his family's grief by making David the face of the company.
38:56Well, Sister Bernadette had to coerce my father just to get enough money to give David a comfortable one.
39:02I'm so sorry.
39:03I'm so sorry I've missed you so much.
39:09I thought you didn't love me anymore.
39:13I thought you'd forgotten about me.
39:16Not for a second.
39:18I was coming to get you as soon as this was over.
39:21Is it over?
39:23Can we go home?
39:24Of course.
39:25This ends now.
39:32My father was a monster.
39:37I killed him.
39:42I regret not.
39:55I owe you my deepest apologies, Miss Newsome.
40:00I should have trusted your instincts.
40:03You single-handedly saved an innocent woman from hanging.
40:06Not quite single-handedly.
40:08I had some help from Detective Murdoch, but your apology is appreciated and accepted.
40:15Mr. Davenport, you have anything to add?
40:19Only that I wish I was a sign of defense rather than the prosecution.
40:22If you had been, Mrs. Lewis would likely have been convicted.
40:27I would have seen that grace is a virtue.
40:33Indeed.
40:34Congratulations, Miss Newsome.
40:40Now I suspect you'll proceed to skewer me.
40:43I won the case.
40:45That's enough.
40:46Go on.
40:47I insist.
40:48Twist the knife.
40:49Oh, I will.
40:50When the time is right.
40:52I don't understand your objections.
40:57Jack Pritchett is being well paid for his sacrifice.
41:00You're taking advantage of the very people we should be helping.
41:03And you burned a local business to the ground.
41:05How is this helping the community?
41:06Mr. Vagney refused to pay.
41:09He was being disrespectful towards you.
41:11Towards me?
41:12These acts are yours alone, Ephraim.
41:14I had nothing to do with this.
41:16Wrong.
41:17Ask anyone of our clients.
41:19You're the head of this whole operation.
41:20That's a lie.
41:22It depends on how you frame it.
41:25And you've been expertly framed, Violet Hart.
41:28Now that you've gone and meddled with the Pritchetts, you've dug your grave even deeper.
41:33Watch yourself, Violet.
41:34If I go down, so will you.
41:40And by the way, Daphne Pritchett is expecting another payment this weekend.
41:46You can deliver it yourself this time.
41:47Your victory in this case was hard-earned.
41:57You must be quite pleased.
41:58I admit, this case was especially gratifying.
42:02David Seraphim is finally home.
42:04And realizing that much of her family's wealth was built on Xanderbach's sewing machine design,
42:09Valeria Seraphim is finally seeing to it that Joan and Lilibeth reaped the financial rewards he was owed.
42:14But instead of being reunited with his brother, Roman, now has to go to jail for murder.
42:20Perhaps he won't serve a long sentence.
42:22Valeria did say he will have the best defense attorney money can buy.
42:26Oh, I'm not so sure the best lawyer can be bought.
42:30Oh?
42:31Because she's kindly serving as the assistant crown attorney.
42:36Oh, you flatter me.
42:39Perhaps.
42:39But just, how did you know that Lilibeth was Joan's daughter?
42:46Call it women's intuition.
42:50And how did you realize the importance of the address on that envelope?
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