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Miss Scarlet and The Duke - Season 6 Episode 1 -
Secrets and Lies
Secrets and Lies
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00:00And I need your help.
00:01Go on.
00:02It's going to be dangerous.
00:04Oh, you think it was murder?
00:05You know this woman.
00:06I can explain.
00:08I always find actions speak louder than words.
00:12Eliza, what has changed?
00:14Everything!
00:15This is a new dawn indeed.
00:30I'm gonna die.
00:31I'm gonna die.
00:32I'm gonna die.
00:34I'm gonna die.
00:37You know?
00:39I'm gonna die.
00:41I'm gonna die.
00:43I'm gonna die.
00:45I don't care.
00:47I'm gonna die.
00:48It's all.
00:49I have to do the work.
00:51I can't really do that.
00:54I know or I know.
00:56What?
00:58Come on Jack, down it!
01:20Down it Jack!
01:21Down it!
01:22Down it!
01:23Down it!
01:24Down it!
01:25Down it!
01:26Down it!
01:27Down it!
01:28Down it!
01:29Down in-
01:57There you are.
02:27There you are.
02:42Inspector Blake, I can explain.
02:44Which part?
02:46Drugging a dozen men or stealing a priceless artifact?
02:49It was eight men.
02:51And I didn't steal anything.
02:52I returned it to the British Museum for a fee, I admit.
02:55But as soon as I'd done so, I immediately informed Scotland Yard's a new handgun.
02:59You could have killed one, if not all of them.
03:01A little order never hurt anyone, is better Blake.
03:05Perhaps we should continue this conversation aside.
03:11Perhaps I should have forewarned you of my plan.
03:14I'm sorry.
03:15Do you forgive me?
03:17No.
03:18Not remotely.
03:19We need to be discreet.
03:23I'd better close the door now.
03:24I'd better close the door.
03:38I'm sorry.
03:40I'mδo.
03:41I'm sorry.
03:42No, I'm sorry.
03:42I don't care if I should have.
03:43I don't care if I should.
03:44But there you are.
03:45We're not going to be discreet.
03:46I'm sorry.
03:47I don't want to stop.
03:47But there you have to have more.
03:49So what?
03:49We need to be careful.
04:10You cannot simply kiss me in the middle of my hallway, Alexander.
04:13You didn't seem to mind.
04:16I just want to stay in this bubble forever.
04:20No one else knowing or interfering.
04:23Things are perfect as they are.
04:26Mostly, yes.
04:29What do you mean, mostly?
04:31Eliza, I have offered you three cases in the past fortnight,
04:33all of which you've turned down.
04:36I've been extremely busy.
04:39How does Clarence feel about you turning down work?
04:41He feels the pain every bit as much as I do.
04:45You didn't tell him, did you?
04:49The truth is, I'm worried what it would be like working together now.
04:54As do I.
04:56But there's only one way to find out.
04:58That's why I've never been in this situation before.
05:00I don't want anything to ruin it.
05:06Eliza!
05:10Inspector Blake, how nice to see you again?
05:13Spots.
05:13I see more of you here than I do at work.
05:18What do you want for dinner?
05:19Anything's fine.
05:21What's wrong?
05:25Nothing.
05:26You're usually fussy about what you have for dinner.
05:31I should be getting back.
05:33Yes.
05:34Thank you for coming, Inspector Blake.
05:35I'll be sure to speak to the Accounts Department about my invoice.
05:38Be sure that you do, Miss Garnett.
05:41I'll see you out, Inspector Blake.
05:44Miss Spots.
05:46Inspector Blake.
05:47I know that girl inside out.
05:58And I've never seen her so happy.
06:01And I've a sneaky inkling as to why.
06:04Don't go asking me to share my inklings with you, Barnabas.
06:07We both know what you're like with secrets.
06:12Barnabas, you finally touched your bacon.
06:15I cannot deny I'm in a little trouble to my dear.
06:24Why?
06:25What's happened?
06:29As you know, I like to keep all the mortuaries under my charge, spick and span.
06:35However, recently, chaos has begun to seep through the cracks.
06:39Cracks caused, I'm sorry to say, by our Chief Coroner.
06:42Mr. Wormsley.
06:46He's become a shadow of his former self.
06:49He now arrives at work late.
06:50He leaves early.
06:52His administration has become woeful indeed.
06:55And on more than one occasion, I have noticed the potent aroma of whiskey about him.
06:59Oh, you must speak to him.
07:01It's not fair to lay extra work at your door.
07:03There is a strict chain of command.
07:05One must respect, my beloved.
07:07If everyone went around saying all that was on their minds, there would be...
07:10Panicky?
07:12Precisely.
07:16Then all I can offer is a kiss.
07:20Might that soothe your furrowed brow?
07:25Yes.
07:25Yes, my dear.
07:26That may have evade some of my discomforter.
07:30All right.
07:32See you later.
07:32Excuse me.
08:01I can't seem to find the clerical office.
08:04I think it's at the end of the corridor.
08:06You think?
08:07I've only been here once before. It's my first day.
08:09Really? Mine too.
08:11End of the corridor, you say?
08:13On the right, I think.
08:15I'll give it a try. Thank you.
08:17Oh, good luck.
08:20You too.
08:28Well, when is Mr Wormsley due in?
08:31Very well. Please let him know that we're still waiting on the post-mortem from yesterday.
08:36Come.
08:38Detective Willow, supportive producer.
08:40Yes, I'm well aware who you are, Detective Willow. Please.
08:50You seem to have something on your lapel.
08:54I do apologise, sir. Teeth and baby at home.
08:58I didn't realise you were married.
09:00It's complicated, sir.
09:03So, given this is your first day, normally I'd give you time to find your feet.
09:07But I'm afraid we're still a couple of men short.
09:09I think you met Detective Fitzroy when he came in for your interview.
09:12Yes, sir.
09:13Well, he's now left to take the role of senior detective in the Birmingham force.
09:16And Detective Phelps is...
09:18It's at the City of London Police, sir.
09:19Yeah, I have some mates there.
09:21What are they saying about him?
09:24He's doing very well, sir.
09:29You can speak freely.
09:32He's a bit of a character, is what I hear, sir.
09:34Indeed he is.
09:36So, are you ready to get to work?
09:39Yes, sir. Very much so.
09:41And thank you again for giving me the job.
09:45I won't let you down.
09:47Glad to hear it.
09:50Two dead bodies for our immediate attention.
09:52One in a townhouse in Mayfair, the other in a cold, drafty alleyway in Kilburn.
09:57If you want to make a good impression on your first day, I would take.
10:02The drafty alleyway in Kilburn, sir.
10:04That means you and I are going to get along just fine.
10:13It's not that business has dried up completely, but things have been rather quiet.
10:17Particularly from Scotland Yard.
10:20Yeah, things will pick up, Clarence. They always do.
10:24Yes, but we haven't had a single case from Scotland Yard for some time, though.
10:27Well, it has been unseasonably cold.
10:29Which, as you know, does have an effect on the crime levels.
10:32Usually, in such lean times, you'd be accusing Scotland Yard of employing an alternative agency.
10:39Usually, you'd be on your feet and out the door to talk to the inspector.
10:43Usually...
10:44Will he stop saying usually?
10:46This is about you and Inspector Blake, isn't it?
10:52I have no idea what you mean.
10:53Oh, I think you do.
10:55You have offended him in some way, and he's refusing to employ you.
11:04Because your powers of deduction still need honing, Clarence.
11:08I can assure you, Inspector Blake and I are on the best of terms.
11:11Professionally speaking.
11:12Professionally speaking.
11:17Now, can you please drop that odd-looking frown? It's very disconcerting.
11:21Professionally speaking.
11:31She answered a word, sir.
11:35I'm Inspector Blake from Scotland Yard.
11:38I believe it was you who found the body.
11:40Can you tell me your name?
11:53Take her back to the yard.
11:57Get her a cup of tea.
11:59Yes, sir.
12:02Come on, now.
12:10No evidence of a robbery.
12:32No sign of a struggle.
12:40Potassium bromide.
12:46The victim's well-dressed.
12:47There's no obvious signs of attack.
12:53Doesn't look like a theft.
12:54She's still got her purse.
12:55Yes, sir.
13:10Two bottles of potassium bromide.
13:19Two dead women.
13:22Coincidence, sir?
13:26Tell me about your lady.
13:29Her name was Elizabeth Roper.
13:33Passer-by said that she was having some sort of fit before she died.
13:37Convulsions and such.
13:39I've asked Uniform to do house-to-house inquiries.
13:42I also have a potential witness.
13:44A young woman.
13:45She seems traumatised by whatever she saw.
13:46Hasn't said a word, not even her name.
13:50When I was at Bow Street,
13:52if we had a female witness who was in shock,
13:55we used to ask one of the secretaries to sit with her for a bit.
13:59Do you have any ladies you could ask?
14:08An urgent request from Scotland Yard?
14:11That's welcome news indeed.
14:15Shall I get you a can?
14:17Not yet. I'm thinking.
14:20May I point out that you've been reading the same telegram for almost ten minutes now?
14:24What if another case comes in? Something bigger, more lucrative?
14:30I don't understand.
14:32Well, it's a fairly simple concept.
14:34I don't understand because that's literally never bothered you before.
14:37Am I missing something?
14:39Fine. Fine. I'll go.
14:52Miss Scarlet?
14:54Inspector Blake.
14:56Where is she?
14:57Thank you, sir.
15:07Would you like a cup of tea? Coffee?
15:13I know where they keep the whisky if that helps.
15:20There's no rush.
15:22Take your time.
15:24As I said, my name's Miss Scarlet, but you can call me Eliza.
15:30And you are?
15:35My name's Sarah Mason.
15:38She arrived at the house of the deceased Miss Quail at 25 plus 8 this morning.
15:42The door was ajar, and when no one answered, she ended to find Miss Quail collapsed on the floor.
15:46What was her reason for going to Miss Quail's home?
15:49Well, Miss Mason is a secretary to a doctor on Harley Street.
15:51At, uh, Isambard Cole.
15:55He was treating the deceased for a form of neuroses.
15:58He sent Miss Mason to check on her when she failed to attend an appointment last evening.
16:02That is most comprehensive.
16:04Thank you, Miss Scarlet.
16:06I believe she's now ready to make a full statement.
16:08I'll send my invoice to the accounts department.
16:11You're leaving?
16:13You asked me to speak to your witness, and I have.
16:17I'm sure you can take it from here.
16:19No... persuasion or manipulation to get me to hire you on the rest of the case?
16:25This is a new dawn indeed, and one I am ill-prepared for.
16:29I'm trying to make the best of a difficult situation, Alexander.
16:34Believe me, it's not easy turning down work.
16:37Eliza.
16:38Eliza.
16:50I don't want people to know about us either.
16:53Not yet, anyway.
16:55The fact is, you are an excellent detective, and I need your help.
17:01Are you trying to charm me?
17:04Yes.
17:05Is it working?
17:07Come.
17:09Detective Willows, this is Miss Scarlet.
17:12Hello, she is, sir.
17:13It's nice to meet you, Miss Scarlet.
17:14And you?
17:15I saw you in court once.
17:16You were giving evidence at the Jacobson trial.
17:18You kept interrupting the judge, and you got fined.
17:21Twice.
17:23Only two eyes.
17:26You have some information on your poisoning?
17:27I do, sir.
17:29The deceased, Mrs. Roper, she was under the care of a doctor at Harley Street.
17:33He specializes in treating melancholia.
17:36The doctor is in barred cold, by any chance?
17:39The very same.
17:41So both women would prescribe potassium bromide by the same doctor?
17:45Yeah, it would seem that way.
17:47We need to speak to this doctor and contact the pharmacy that supplies him with the drugs.
17:50There's also the post-mortem of the two women that need to be expedited.
17:54Thank you, Miss Scarlet.
17:55I'm quite aware of what the next step should be.
18:03Do what she said.
18:05Yes, sir.
18:06Well, as you said, I can take it from here, so thank you again for coming in.
18:18Unless you do want to help with the investigation.
18:21I'm fine, thank you.
18:22I'm fine, thank you.
18:23So, we'll say that I'm here because I interviewed the secretary and I've worked for Scott Lignard for many years, even before you arrived, in fact, so be sure to mention that.
18:38Are you all right?
18:39Yes, I'm fine.
18:40It's just our first professional engagement since...
18:41Well, you know, I just want everything to go smoothly.
18:42As do I.
18:43Off to you.
18:44No, Alexander, when we're working together, it's best that you treat me as you would one of your men. You can be polite in our private time.
18:53Perhaps you could write a list of what I meant to do and when.
19:06Yes, I'm fine.
19:07It's just our first professional engagement since...
19:10Well, you know, I just want everything to go smoothly.
19:11Yes, I.
19:13Off to you.
19:14No, Alexander, when we're working together, it's best that you treat me as you would one of your men.
19:18You can be polite in our private time.
19:20Perhaps you could write a list of what I'm meant to do and when.
19:23two of my patients found dead mrs roper collapsed in the street and miss quayle was found at home
19:38by your secretary by miss mason the poor creature suffers from a nervous disposition she will be
19:45most traumatized well yes that's why i interviewed her because as a woman inspector blake thought it
19:51might help since miss mason is also a woman lady detective how curious do you often work together
20:03i have a long-standing relationship working relationship with squadron yard not just
20:07inspector blake so but that's why i'm here both of the deceased were found with the same medication
20:17potassium bromide was it you who prescribed that to control the melancholia from which they both
20:24suffered they were also undergoing a course of electrotherapy i used the updated adaptation
20:29of the pulver markers technique oh yes i've read about this patients are given electrical currents
20:36that pass through the body to the brain it's it's a calm the mind of agitation
20:40all right i told you about this at your office at scotland yard yes miss scollett thank you for
20:51reminding me particularly of the location of said conversation
20:56elizabeth roper was seen to have some kind of convulsion before she died could this be linked to the
21:06treatment mild convulsions only occur whilst the electric current is being administered as for the
21:13potassium bromide it is possible i suppose but it would be an extreme and unusual side effect
21:20could someone have tampered with the medication unlikely i receive it sealed from the pharmaceutical
21:26supplier i then administer the dosage myself
21:29we will need a list of all other patients prescribed with potassium bromide yes of course
21:36it may not be a factor but until we see the postmortem we cannot be sure
21:41yes you mentioned that your secretary miss mason suffers from a nervous condition
21:45is she also on this medication yes she is i'll add her to the list
21:51i'll speak to miss mason whilst you and your men track down the other patients
22:00what you're so intent on keeping our relationship secret that you're in danger of broadcasting the
22:08very thing you're trying to conceal yes perhaps i am being a little overly cautious my nerves were a
22:14little freed in there really i had no idea i'll go and visit miss mason would you like a lift
22:20no no no the less we're seen together the better good day inspector flake
22:25hold the door please
22:43good day mr potts
22:48deceptive willows unaccustomed to seeing you within these hallowed walls
22:52transfer from bow street it's my first day today
22:54best of practice to you actually i was just coming to see you
22:56we need the postmortems for the two women brought in this morning
23:00well i'll send word as soon as the examinations are completed but i must warn you we are running
23:04very much behind today hence why i'm here
23:07if you could chance to see mr wormsley i'm afraid not
23:09i can find hide the hair of him if you do happen upon him please impress that he is needed
23:14at the mortuary most precipitously and do use that word
23:17i'll do my best mr potts thank you
23:19hello again did you find it the clerical office i did you're a lifesaver thanks so much
23:28how's your first day so far so good
23:32glad to hear it i didn't get your name
23:35willows detective willows george willows
23:39it's a lot of names i'm just isabel well isabel summers nice to meet you detective george willows
23:50miss mason
24:14miss mason
24:19who are you
24:29do you know that man
24:37i believe so
24:38i don't know his name but he's a patient of dr cole's
24:46i remember seeing him a couple weeks back
24:50he came to see dr cole
24:53what did he want with me
24:55well
24:58we can't be certain
25:00but there's a chance that the two women who died had their medication poisoned
25:05two women
25:07another of dr cole's patients has died
25:09as well as miss quayle
25:11yes
25:13and mrs elizabeth roper
25:14and you think the medication may have killed them
25:18well we're still waiting on the post-mortem report
25:21i think you should stop taking your tablets
25:24until we know more
25:26may i ask why you're taking the medication
25:32life has been a struggle for me
25:36i grew up in an orphanage
25:39and then the workhouse
25:41and when i came of age
25:43i left to work in a laundry
25:45which is where dr cole took pity on me
25:48he took me in
25:51first as a housemaid
25:54and then he trained me as his secretary
25:58he taught me to read and write
26:02a father couldn't have done more
26:06you're having electrotherapy
26:11it helps me tremendously
26:16dr cole administers it
26:18he'll know the name of the man you found here
26:28sounds like the man you described is zebediah sawyer
26:33he's a long-standing patient of mine
26:36poor creature plagued by demonic voices telling him to cause people harm
26:42when was the last time you saw him
26:45last week he turned up at my door in an agitated state
26:50we'd started a course of electrotherapy a few days earlier and he was adamant it had made him worse
26:55i offered to help him but he wouldn't listen he was in a blind rage
27:00enough to wish harmony
27:02an act of revenge perhaps
27:05zebediah developed his condition in his early twenties but before that he was a functioning member of society
27:11he had several different jobs including being a clerk at a pharmacist store
27:18could he have the skill to temper with the medication you prescribed
27:23the bottles you found on the dead women could i see them
27:30both bottles are wrongly labeled
27:33according to dr cole one tablet of potassium bromide is the standard daily dose
27:37these labels say five tablets a potentially lethal amount luckily these are the only bottles affected
27:44the other patients all had the correct dose
27:47so the zebediah sawyer tampered with the labels
27:50perhaps there's revenge on the doctor who failed to cure him
27:53it seems so
27:57any news on the post mortems?
27:59still waiting sir
28:00what the earth's going on in the city mortuary?
28:02i saw mr potts earlier who's looking for mr wyland today
28:06grace get yourself down to the city mortuary find out what's going on over there
28:08yes sir
28:14do we have an address for zebediah sawyer?
28:16there are at least twelve main addresses the man moved around a lot
28:21it would save time if we took a few each
28:24no you will remain here
28:27what why?
28:31miss scullet
28:32the man we are hunting is extremely dangerous
28:36then i will be careful
28:37as we all will
28:44i have many resources for such scenarios
28:46i will take some hide muscle with me
28:53would you bring me to the nicest places?
28:55have a wardens to mind clarence
28:57i need two more to go
28:59what's the next address?
29:00er it's just a few doors down
29:03this is zebediah sawyer clearly likes this no but
29:06i'm curious why did you bring me along with you?
29:09i promised inspector blake that i wouldn't go alone
29:12yes but that's my point you've lied to the inspector many times before
29:15yes i have it that i wish to break
29:17why? what's changed?
29:18nothing's changed i just want to tell inspector blake the truth that's all
29:23premises moved to belmont street
29:27what?
29:29so you told the inspector that i'm your hired muscle
29:32oh of course not
29:33well then that's hardly telling the truth is it?
29:36can we please just concentrate on the matter in hand
29:39you stay here visit the public houses and the streets around
29:42see what we can find out apparently the man's a heavy drinker
29:45i'll go to this belmont street boarding house
29:49see if there's been any sign of him
29:51you're sending me to the roughest pubs this side of the city
29:54to look for a heavy drinker who hears demonic voices telling him to kill people
29:59i'll meet you back at the office first thing if you don't show up i'll send out a search party
30:03how does that sound?
30:05unsatisfactory
30:17i'm looking for mrs potts
30:27you found her?
30:29i present to give you this we need to put out an appeal for information on a man named zebediah
30:33sawyer this needs typing up and circulating
30:35consider it done and you are
30:37good evening detective willows
30:39miss somers
30:41how are you settling in?
30:43yeah there's a lot to learn but i think i'm getting there
30:45she's doing very well indeed
30:49was there anything else detective willows?
30:53no
30:55that's all
30:57thank you
31:05sir
31:09where have you been all day?
31:11i had to go ahead and find an interim coroner in your stead
31:15not now boss
31:17yes now mr wilmsley if you please
31:23sorry
31:25sir
31:26but i can hold my tongue no longer
31:28things need to be said before the good reputation of this mortuary is forever tarnished
31:35get her out
31:37and stay out
31:41what the
31:48i
31:55thank you for your time
31:57if there's any sighting at all of mr sawyer then please contact the police immediately
32:01he's extremely dangerous
32:05i
32:07and i
32:09i
32:11i
32:15i
32:17i
32:20i
32:21i
32:22i
32:23i
32:24i
32:25i
32:26i
32:27i
32:28I have a revolver, and I'm not afraid to use it.
32:46Well, I'd really rather you didn't.
32:48Alexander!
32:50Miss Scarlet!
32:51I made myself look an idiot.
33:05You're overreacting.
33:06Do you have any idea how hard it's been for me to build my reputation,
33:09only to act like some damsel in distress?
33:13I haven't even called you Alexander!
33:15Detective Willows won't care.
33:18He'll put it down to you being scared witless.
33:21Which, by the way, is allowed, since you are a mere mortal like the rest of us.
33:28Tying myself in knots, thinking, what should I say? What should I do?
33:33How would I behave if I were a normal detective?
33:36I'm exactly where you're normal.
33:40I'm more concerned that you put yourself at risk.
33:43It was only luck that I was there. Belmont Lodging House was on my list.
33:48You said you wouldn't go alone.
33:50Well, I wasn't alone.
33:51Clarence was with me for most of the time.
33:53Clarence was your hired muscle?
33:56Years of carrying ledgers have not gone to waste.
33:58He's stronger than he looks.
34:04Now I feel guilty about lying to you.
34:06You see, this is impossible. We cannot work together.
34:08Eliza!
34:10You're overreacting.
34:10One of the lads just came by with a message for you, Inspector.
34:16Thank you, Mrs. Ross.
34:18Hmm.
34:22I have to go.
34:22I've made a decision.
34:30I will no longer work on the case.
34:32Don't be ridiculous.
34:34I want our...
34:35courtship romance.
34:39Whatever you want to call it, to have a fighting chance.
34:41This is the best way.
34:45Well, for what it's worth, I think you're wrong.
34:49No one knows about us, Eliza.
34:52But you must do what's right for you.
34:53Have I not been like a mother to that girl?
34:59Have I not been the one to pick her up when she grazed her knee?
35:03Or dried her eyes when Arabella Herbert called her the cruelest of names?
35:07Or defended her to her father when she was expelled from college?
35:11Again?
35:12Yet she tells me nothing.
35:14Nothing.
35:16How was your day?
35:17Hmm?
35:18Oh.
35:19I was dismissed.
35:20Mr. Wormsley finally arrived at work at five o'clock this evening.
35:26Five o'clock!
35:27Well, I could take no more, so I gave him a piece of my mind.
35:30Oh, Barnabas, I am sorry.
35:31He would not even allow me to collect my things.
35:34Threw me out like a vagrant.
35:36Ruin my hat.
35:37And do you know what else he called me?
35:40A vexatious buffoon.
35:42Well, you wait and see what I call him if I ever set eyes on that man.
35:45For 30 years I have given to the city mortuary.
35:48And now, for the first time in my life, I'm unemployed.
35:54Oh.
35:56Why don't you get out of these workrooms?
35:58And I'll make you a nice dinner.
36:00Then we should talk things through over a glass of cherry by the fire.
36:05Yes.
36:06Good evening.
36:07Good that it were.
36:08What's wrong with Barnabas?
36:13He's been sacked.
36:15Sacked?
36:16That's all I said.
36:18What's wrong with you?
36:20Is there anything you'd like to tell me?
36:23Like what?
36:28Dinner will be in an hour.
36:33We will.
36:34Good evening, sir.
36:43Detective Willows.
36:44What have we got?
36:46He was pulled out about an hour ago.
36:48There's a gunshot wound to the head.
36:50And do we know who he is?
36:53I think this is our man, sir.
36:54He certainly fits the description.
37:00Oh, Sabatai.
37:01What did you do?
37:07You can confirm that this is your patient, Zebediah Sawyer.
37:11It is.
37:16Is it possible that he could have taken his own life?
37:20The gunshot seems to have been at close range.
37:22On more than one occasion, he expressed suicidal thoughts.
37:26That's why we started the course of electrotherapy.
37:29But his drinking exacerbated his symptoms.
37:34I tried to persuade him to stop.
37:40But he had a chaotic mind.
37:46It's late.
37:48I'll come by in the morning to take a full statement.
37:50Get some rest, Doctor.
37:54I did everything I could to help him.
37:57But over the years, I've come to realise that...
38:00...some people are beyond help.
38:02It's not like you to forget your key, Clarence.
38:18It's not like me to be suffering from alcohol poisoning.
38:21So, as requested, I visited all the public houses of the Seven Dials last night in search of this Zebediah Sawyer in one particularly grotty establishment called the Plague Pit.
38:33I ran into a squatter bottle with some of the locals.
38:36I honestly think I would have been safer in an actual Plague Pit.
38:40I had to buy five rounds of...
38:42...roughest whiskey for the whole pub.
38:47That is the only reason I am still alive.
38:49Well, thank you for your efforts.
38:55But Scotland Yard are no longer in need of our services.
38:59What? Why not?
39:01Well, because I just received a telegram from Minsport to Blake.
39:09A body was found on the riverbank last night and identified as Zebediah Sawyer.
39:12Really?
39:13Clarence, will you please stop questioning me every time I mention Scotland Yard or Inspector Blake?
39:19All I was going to say is that according to my new friends at the Plague Pit, Mr Sawyer is very much alive.
39:25What?
39:26Yes. He's awaiting sentencing in Manchester County Prison.
39:30I'm depressed.
39:31Mm-hmm.
40:00Barnabas, I heard about your dismissal.
40:09I'm sorry.
40:12I've been instructed to come by to pick up my personal effects.
40:16Do you happen to know if Mr. Wormsley's in attendance?
40:18Well, no one appears to be here. The door was left open.
40:22Mr. Wormsley's gone out and left the door on the ledge.
40:25Not for the first time.
40:27I'm pleased that you're here because I need your assistance.
40:30I'd like to look at the photographs of two recent post-mortems,
40:33the dead women brought in yesterday.
40:36I'm afraid that as a former employee,
40:38I'm no longer permitted access to the premises.
40:42Well, I won't tell if you don't.
40:44That would be a severe breach of protocol.
40:46I simply cannot.
40:47No, no, of course not.
40:52Well, I am here on official police business,
40:56so perhaps if you assist me...
40:59then I can grant you permission.
41:02And you do need to flake your things, do you not?
41:13Very well.
41:14Miss Scarlett,
41:21would you be so kind as to grant me permission
41:24to enter the city mortuary?
41:27Permission granted, Mr. Potts.
41:33Now then, I need your brain.
41:52Dr. Cole?
41:53Nicole?
42:13Miss Mason, Sarah, please put the gun down.
42:19Whatever's happened, we can talk it through.
42:22We can talk to him, not me.
42:25He's the liar.
42:26He's the one that's lied again and again and again.
42:32Put the weapon down, Miss Mason.
42:47Sarah, this is my daughter.
42:52Her mother was an inmate at an asylum where I was the residing physician.
43:02She's so beautiful.
43:07So fragile.
43:10She fell in love.
43:11I knew it was wrong, which is why I left my position, and I never saw her again.
43:23I had no idea she was with child, or that she died in childbirth.
43:28I only found out years later through some research I was carrying out at the Bulloch Workhouse.
43:37There I found a file on Sarah.
43:39By that time, she'd left, but I was determined to find her.
43:48I was working in a laundry.
43:51It was a miserable existence.
43:54One day, Dr Cole came to do a study on the health of the girls that worked there.
43:59He seemed to feel sorry for me, in particular, and took me in.
44:06He never told me who he really was.
44:09The man lying in the mortuary isn't your patient, Zebediah Sawyer, is he?
44:17Unlike the two women, he doesn't have the marks on his wrist from the electrotherapy you said you'd given him.
44:24His name is Franklin Sloan.
44:29He's a private detective who helped me track Sarah down.
44:32Two weeks ago, he showed up at my door drunk, in gambling debts, and tried to blackmail me.
44:41I refused to pay him.
44:44But when I found out he'd visited Sarah,
44:47I knew he would reveal to her who I really was.
44:52Which is when you had the idea to blame him for the deaths of the two women.
44:56You gave him the identity of a past patient you knew who was locked up in Manchester prison.
45:00So if Sloan didn't poison them,
45:03who did?
45:07It was me.
45:09I made a mistake.
45:11Got confused by the different medicine dosages,
45:14and mixed up the information on the labels.
45:17All of this is my fault.
45:22I am the one to blame, not Sarah.
45:26The poor child had not long learned to read and write.
45:30I pushed her.
45:33Too hard.
45:37Gave her too much responsibility.
45:41I was just so proud of her.
45:44So you blamed Sloan to protect your daughter,
45:47and then you killed him?
45:51Not before he told Miss Mason the truth.
45:53This morning I woke up to find an envelope had been slipped under my door in the night.
46:04And it was a file where I learned that...
46:08Dr. Cole was my father.
46:13I was so angry and confused.
46:19In a rage, she picked up my revolver.
46:23She didn't mean to hurt me.
46:25The same revolver used to put a bullet in Sloan's head.
46:28So what happens now?
46:41Well, given the circumstances, if Miss Mason puts in a guilty plea and finish,
46:44she'll avoid a prison sentence.
46:47Dr. Cole on the other hand.
46:48Do you still have that whisky in your office?
46:53Are you suggesting being seen entering my office?
46:56Together.
46:57Very funny.
47:06Good night, Detective Willows.
47:08Miss Summers, good night to you.
47:13Was there anything else you wanted to say to me?
47:15Or ask me?
47:18No, I don't think so.
47:20Shame.
47:22Because I'm free this evening.
47:25I'm afraid I'm not.
47:26I have to pick up the baby from the minders.
47:28Oh, I didn't realise.
47:30She's not mine.
47:31She's my sister.
47:32She lives with me.
47:33It's a long story.
47:36Well, good night, Detective Willows.
47:40But I'm free tomorrow night.
47:45I'm glad you changed your mind about working the case.
48:00The outcome could have been very different.
48:04You would have worked it out.
48:06Probably, yes.
48:09Eliza.
48:11You don't need to say it.
48:13You didn't know what I was going to say.
48:15You're going to say that me believing I could keep us in some sort of bubble is not only childish, but unrealistic.
48:23I was going to say, as an ex-military man, structure and control run through my veins.
48:32But over the years, I've learned that trying to control too much of your life is futile.
48:36And when you stop trying to do so, that's where the real freedom lies.
48:47Oh, and there's one more thing.
48:49Goodness, I don't know how much more wisdom I can take.
48:54The burden of this situation might be eased if you were to confide in someone.
48:57Someone other than me.
48:58Someone other than me.
49:10Barnabas!
49:18Barnabas!
49:18Are you a cookie dinner?
49:21Indeed I am, my beloved.
49:23Now, sit down, put your feet up, and I'll go and fetch you a nice glass of sherry.
49:29What's put all this on?
49:31I've decided there's no point in moping about.
49:34So, until I receive a full and satisfactory apology from Mr Wormsley, I shall be in charge of household duties.
49:40I'm rather looking forward to giving this kitchen a spring clean, perhaps even a little rearranging.
49:47Oh, so, the stew.
49:50Gently simmering.
49:52So, before I add my dumplings, just enough time to fetch that sherry bottle, Nigel.
49:59Oh, excuse me!
50:02Nice to see him so contented again.
50:05Mm-hmm.
50:10Ivy, there's something that I need to tell you about myself and Inspector Blake.
50:15I'm listening.
50:19Well, he's coming to dinner, so we need to set an extra place.
50:24And?
50:30And we are currently enjoying a quiet, very private courtship.
50:40Goodness me, I had no idea.
50:42You're a terrible liar.
50:44And you shouldn't have kept it from me.
50:46And you shouldn't be listening at doors.
50:48You and Inspector Blake, that is music to my ears.
50:54But please, keep it to yourself for now, we're still working out our arrangement.
50:57My lips are sealed.
50:59Bottle, oh, sherry!
51:02Barnabas, Inspector Blake is joining us for dinner.
51:05Ah!
51:05I invited him.
51:09The more, the merrier.
51:11We can enjoy a nice long game of gingerummy after dinner.
51:14The four of us, all evening, putting the world to rights.
51:17Oh, won't that be marvellous?
51:20Marvellous.
51:21Marvellous.
51:21What is typical foresight?
51:33Brace yourself.
51:34You're about to discover.
51:38Something rather exciting.
51:40What more does one need?
51:42How splendid.
51:43And it will be all that you've dreamed of.
51:54And more.
51:54When was the body discovered?
52:03Two hours ago, while I passed by.
52:05Crime scene is more challenging than usual.
52:07Crime scene?
52:08What happened to our agreement not to discuss work during our private time?
52:10Do you think it's alright for a copper to be romantically involved with a lady he works with?
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