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00:09Pray tell?
00:11Oh, uh, when Harry visits on the weekends,
00:15all he does is eat sandwiches in particular.
00:18I'm sure you can relate once.
00:21I don't visit you on weekends.
00:24Right.
00:25Uh, well, Harry dislikes sandwiches that are untoasted.
00:30So I've made this.
00:33The modern toaster is terribly inefficient.
00:36It requires a constant monitoring, turning...
00:39Oh, I'm well aware. I've set more than my share of fires.
00:42Then you'll appreciate this.
00:44I've installed a timer here
00:46and coils on both sides of the device
00:51so that both sides of the bread are toasted at once,
00:55without fear.
01:00Oh, it's delicious.
01:05Detective Murdoch's office.
01:08Mmm.
01:11Yeah?
01:13Will be right out?
01:16Spring is far too strong.
01:19I'm afraid you don't want to see this.
01:21Cool.
01:27Jasper Weems.
01:28His neighbor was walking her dog
01:30and noticed the door was open.
01:32Strangled?
01:33And a rather nasty black eye.
01:36There's overlapping ligature marks here.
01:39I wouldn't say a rope, but a cord of some sort.
01:42But there's also white residue here.
01:46All manner of devices and machines.
01:49Why would Mr. Weems have all this?
01:51But there's no signs of forced entry.
01:54Am I too late?
01:56I brought the money.
01:57Sir, we are investigating a murder here.
02:00Oh.
02:01Oh, my.
02:02What are you doing here?
02:03Well, I came to buy something.
02:06Did you know Mr. Weems?
02:07I don't know him from a can of paint.
02:09I just called the number in the paper.
02:11Man said, come get it.
02:13Get what exactly?
02:14A pressure compensator.
02:16Little gauge with a rubber hose attached.
02:21What?
02:24The white powder on these marks,
02:27it's rubber bloom.
02:28A synthetic residue left behind on rubber products.
02:31Like the hose on the compensator.
02:34Precisely.
02:35I believe whatever this man is here to buy
02:37is what was used to kill Mr. Weems.
02:41So it's no longer for sale?
03:02Your suspicions regarding the ligature mark
03:04seem sound, Detective.
03:06Mr. Weems is likely strangled with the item for sale.
03:09It's not here.
03:10The killer may have taken it.
03:12Rigor mortis has set in.
03:13He was killed at least 24 hours ago.
03:16And his black eye?
03:18The edges of the bruise are yellow.
03:20I'd say they're about a week old.
03:21So not part of this altercation?
03:24Indeed.
03:25Take a look at this.
03:30It's made out to Mr. Weems
03:32from Liminous Research Laboratories.
03:35All right.
03:36Watts, look into Mr. Weems' family and friends
03:40and see if anyone wished him harm.
03:42You're off to the laboratory?
03:43You don't think I'd pass up that opportunity, do you?
03:47There must be 10 or 15 cigarettes here.
03:51Mm-hmm.
03:51Do you think Mr. Weems was waiting for someone?
03:55Possibly.
03:57Mannheims?
04:00Thank you, Miss Hart.
04:10Louise, we can't be late for a reservation at Tomeo's.
04:13They keep detailed records of such offenses.
04:16Mavis?
04:20Ma'am?
04:20Why wasn't Miss Newsom told that our lunch date had to be rescheduled?
04:24Because, well, I wasn't told either, ma'am.
04:29Sorry, Miss Meeson.
04:30No, it's not a bother, Mavis.
04:32Well, I am bothered, Mavis.
04:34My second date with Sidney has been on the books for days.
04:36A second date?
04:38With Sidney?
04:39Who's this?
04:40Sidney Ballard, the man of my dreams.
04:43He loves poetry.
04:44He's tall, sweet, sensitive.
04:46He's perfect.
04:49He's down sketching, ma'am.
04:52The windows aren't going to wash themselves, Mavis.
04:55Hop to it.
05:01So, where did we meet this sweet, sensitive Sidney?
05:04Oh, you know.
05:06No, I don't know.
05:07That's why I'm asking.
05:10Well, I met him here.
05:14In the newspaper?
05:16You went on a date with a complete stranger?
05:18Oh, no, not a stranger.
05:19He's written a short biography.
05:22His interests, his likes, his dislikes.
05:24I felt like I knew him before we even met.
05:27This all feels awfully sudden.
05:29Surely it takes more than a 50-word biography to truly get to know a person.
05:33This is the way of the future, Effie.
05:36All those contrived courtships, friends of friends,
05:40those silly setups that only lead to disappointment.
05:45It's also terribly gauche.
05:46Besides being generally unsafe,
05:49what are the chances you actually hit it off with someone you don't even know?
05:52It could be a washout, or a drunk, or worse.
05:56If I don't do something like this, I could end up single forever.
06:00Or twice divorced.
06:02If you're so.
06:10Hello?
06:12Detective Murdoch, Toronto Constabulary.
06:14I'm looking for anyone who knew Jasper Weems.
06:17Dr. Ralph Pipkin, but, uh, I wouldn't say I know him.
06:21I assume Mr. Weems was a scientist here of some sort?
06:26Hardly.
06:27He was a janitor.
06:29Fired a few days ago.
06:31Fired?
06:31For what reason?
06:33Stealing's what I heard.
06:35We found a number of machines at Mr. Weems' home.
06:38I could arrange to have them returned.
06:41It doesn't matter now.
06:42The laboratory's funding has been cut.
06:45We have to stop our research.
06:49I'm sorry to hear that.
06:51Um, do you know of anyone who disliked Mr. Weems?
06:55No.
06:58Although, Dr. Noble over there was very upset when he discovered Jasper's stealing.
07:04He punched Jasper in the face and promised he'd wring his neck if he ever saw him again.
07:09Thank you, Dr. Pipkin.
07:11Mm-hmm.
07:13Dr. Noble, I understand you were familiar with Jasper Weems?
07:18Familiar?
07:20How well does anyone really know the janitor?
07:22Especially one who constantly says hello every time you run into him.
07:26Maddening habit.
07:27Apparently you were familiar enough to assault him.
07:32Not my finest moment.
07:34But it was earned.
07:35He stole from this laboratory.
07:38Doctor, are you aware that Jasper Weems was found dead in his home?
07:46And I suppose he stole from the wrong person.
07:50Where were you last night, Doctor?
07:52I was here.
07:53Getting as much work done as possible before the doors are shuttered.
07:57Can anyone confirm this?
08:00No.
08:01I was alone.
08:03This lab is on the verge of a cure for Staphylococcus aureus.
08:07I'm committed to that.
08:08Even if I have to work every waking hour.
08:12You oaf!
08:14Fragile!
08:15That's what it says on the box.
08:17Just leave it.
08:18Leave it.
08:18I'll get it.
08:21Angel Eyes Cigarettes.
08:24Your cigarettes, Doctor?
08:26I'm not familiar with this brand.
08:28They're new.
08:28They're the ones my doctor recommends.
08:31You're...
08:36Good day.
08:39Now, I've spoken to the tailor, and your tailcoat will be ready in time for the dinner party.
08:45And what exactly is wrong with the one I already have?
08:48Nothing.
08:49But this is a party at the McPherson's of Rathnelli.
08:52You must look your absolute best if we're to gain membership to the Castle Heights Country Club.
08:58Frustrating oneself and auditioning for a bunch of society types.
09:02It's just bloody embarrassing, Margaret.
09:03What else have you got in there?
09:05Need I remind you that your lack of friends in high places nearly derailed your career?
09:10Oh, what are you talking about, woman?
09:13I've got plenty of friends who like me regardless of what I'm wearing or when I'm wearing it.
09:16If you had had the right friends, then Chadwick Bond would have never been able to jostle you about.
09:22And you can't get much more influential than the McPherson's guest of honor, Kimball Vanderwell.
09:27And who?
09:29Kimball Vanderwell.
09:30He's a businessman from the Belgian Congo, and he just bought a home here in Toronto.
09:35Oh, so what?
09:36So he could become a powerful friend.
09:40The McPherson say he's a visionary.
09:42He advocates for smaller government, less oversight.
09:46Well, based on the character of our esteemed next mayor and his flunkies, I'd go along with that stance.
09:52But really, all this just to lounge around with a bunch of supercilious prats?
09:57The Castle lounge has over 70 different types of scotch.
09:59How many?
10:0070.
10:02At least.
10:04New tales it is then.
10:08Liver mortis indicates Mr. Weems was face down on the ground for about two hours after death.
10:13Blood had pulled in the abdomen and between his eyes.
10:17So someone took the time and care to turn the body over and position Mr. Weems with his arms crossed.
10:24Why would someone do that?
10:26Often times, people will pose their loved ones in a more dignified manner after murdering them.
10:32So the killer knew him well?
10:34Possibly.
10:35The killer was a smoker.
10:37Why do you say that?
10:38Well, if Mr. Weems was a heavy smoker, as the quantity of the cigarette ends of the scene suggests, his
10:44lungs would be discolored.
10:46His lungs were as clear as a baby's.
10:54Well, don't keep me waiting.
10:56Are you and Sidney engaged yet?
11:00He never showed up on our date.
11:03Perhaps he fell ill.
11:05Something must have fallen in.
11:08Yes.
11:09Maybe he's sick.
11:11That would explain it.
11:13Louise, have you considered that Sidney may have stood you up?
11:18Absolutely not.
11:19We made plans to journey abroad.
11:22I've never been to Italy and he was going to take me.
11:25All this on a first meeting?
11:27He said our souls had already made it.
11:30A repulsive metaphor.
11:35This isn't like my Sidney at all.
11:38What kind of person makes a date and doesn't show up?
11:43No courtesy call?
11:44Nothing.
11:45It just vanishes like some sort of ghost.
11:49Besides vacation planning, did you two speak about anything else?
11:53His place of work, perhaps?
11:56He works at a firm on Young.
11:58Well, if you're so concerned with his well-being, perhaps you could visit his office.
12:01Will you come with me?
12:04Of course.
12:08As far as I can tell, Jasper Weems had no outstanding debts.
12:11In fact, Weems had no close relations of any kind.
12:15Not one living relative.
12:16No love interests.
12:18His milkman didn't even know his name.
12:21Really?
12:22Mm.
12:22Why aren't you out there chasing him?
12:25He's your hand for this!
12:26Or do you police do nothing?
12:29What's going on here, Miss...
12:32Martha.
12:33Martha Stockton.
12:35My father was attacked.
12:37It's all right.
12:38I'll leave.
12:39What's not the point?
12:40Papa was pushed over by some goon applying to fix our irrigation system.
12:44Irrigation system?
12:45We grow some of the city's finest tomatoes in our backyard.
12:48You can't get the leaves wet.
12:50Or they'll grow mold, yes.
12:52But you must give them a good soap before the sun gets too hot.
12:55Right.
12:56You know it.
12:57See, that's why this irrigation system is so important.
12:59We're not here to talk about tomatoes.
13:02My lord.
13:03This city is going straight to hell.
13:05You said this man was applying for a job?
13:08How did he know your irrigation system required repair?
13:11He was solicited.
13:13Papa said the job was a tricky one, so I wrote up an advertisement in the community coin.
13:20Ah, the same one used by Mr. Weems.
13:23Who is Mr. Weems and why does he matter?
13:25The man who attacked my father.
13:28He stole something from us.
13:30A pulsating meter.
13:31It measures water distribution.
13:34What did this man look like?
13:37I can't remember.
13:39My memory is not what it used to be.
13:41You think this is the work of the same person?
13:44Could be.
13:45And he's using this to find his victims.
13:54Two robberies and one murder all committed with the aid of the community coin newspaper.
14:00Any other connection?
14:02Well, we know that the items that were stolen from both Mr. Weems and Mr. Stockton were both mechanical in
14:08nature.
14:09And you're saying all these advertisements are tied to other robberies and assaults?
14:13I had Constable Robert's check, and both station houses, number two and number six, have had similar cases.
14:20All anonymous and all seemingly random mechanical items.
14:24So we're after a thief who smokes Mannheims and is a bit of a tinkerer.
14:28We know that he likes to steal bits of machinery.
14:32We just don't know why.
14:34Could he be reselling them?
14:36Doesn't seem likely.
14:38Perhaps he's building something.
14:41An evil genius.
14:44Wouldn't be the first one I've come across.
14:47Well, now what?
14:49You heard her.
14:50He doesn't even work there.
14:51No one named Sidney Ballard has ever worked there.
14:54Who knows what else he's lying about?
14:55Maybe Sidney's not even his real name.
14:57There won't be other Sidneys.
14:59There might be another one in the newspaper, even.
15:01It's not about that.
15:04He...
15:05What?
15:07Louise, what is going on?
15:09What is so important about finding this man?
15:13Sidney, he...
15:16He swindled me out of some money.
15:18He did?
15:19How much?
15:20That doesn't matter.
15:21I thought I found the man of my dreams, not some common criminal.
15:25You need to tell Detective Murdoch.
15:27I can't.
15:28You know how they see me down there.
15:30They'll get a good laugh knowing that Louise Cherry fell victims of some simple grift.
15:35All right.
15:37Let's speak to the publisher of the coin.
15:39He might know where to find Sidney.
15:41I'd rather just let it go.
15:43Well, I wouldn't.
15:51Chief Constable?
15:54I've always known you to be a Scotch man.
15:56Ah, yes.
15:57But the Macphersons are.
15:58And they are charter members at the Castle Heights Country Club.
16:02And we need to get in with them.
16:03So if they're three sheets to the wind, we've got a better chance.
16:06So, which one do you think?
16:07Is social status that important to you?
16:10Oh, don't be ridiculous.
16:11I just want to taste quality whiskey in the Castle Heights Lounge.
16:14And then spank Greg Gleetton's arse on the bowling room.
16:17These won't do.
16:20It cost a blue fortune.
16:21The climate has been most uncooperative for Merlot grapes.
16:25Unseasonably warm weather begets overripened grapes resulting in an unctuous, jammy wine.
16:29What you need, Chief Constable, is a dry Montepulciano d'Abruzzo with a strong gut de terroir.
16:35Taste of dirt?
16:37Dirt.
16:38Why would anyone want their wine to taste of dirt?
16:40Not dirt, Inspector.
16:42Terrain.
16:43Taste of the terrain.
16:44A sense of the region it was grown in.
16:47Wats.
16:48With me.
16:49Not terroir.
16:50Same method.
16:52How do I need one?
17:01Well, it's about time you all got here.
17:03Someone better find this grifter.
17:05Calm down, Mr. Moncrief.
17:07Please, tell us what happened.
17:09Some hoodlum just tried to rob me.
17:11I placed an advertisement in the community coin a week ago.
17:14And this man called about it.
17:16And then I caught him sneaking around back later trying to break in and steal it.
17:19How do you know it was the man who called you who tried to steal it?
17:22Hadn't have been him, he's the only one who called after it.
17:25What are you trying to sell?
17:27Auxiliary tank valve.
17:30Oh, so you were able to stomp the thief?
17:33Shouted after the scrawny bugger and he took off.
17:36You better find him before I do.
17:39What did he look like?
17:42Regular type guy.
17:44Tall.
17:45Slim.
17:47Smoking a cigarette.
17:51Another fruitless meeting.
17:53That publisher was as useful as a hog in heels.
17:56I'm very rude.
17:57What type of man tells a woman she's passed her prime?
18:00Well, you're not getting any younger.
18:01Just look at you.
18:01Two pretzels and a bag of peanuts.
18:04She's bum.
18:05I am?
18:06You have to.
18:07After the Sydney incident, I'm busted.
18:10How much did he take from you?
18:13Louise?
18:14He told me this heartbreaking story about moving his mother from England, and the cost
18:21of transatlantic travel has skyrocketed these days.
18:24Jeez, Louise, you didn't.
18:26And we just had such a lovely dinner, and I didn't think anything of it, so I lent him
18:31$20, and I was sure I would see him again.
18:35$20?
18:36Are you mad?
18:37She was to be my mother-in-law.
18:38I couldn't have her slummy-knit in third class.
18:40Louise, I hate to say it, but I doubt you'll ever see that money again.
18:52You plan on luring him out?
18:54We've placed an advertisement for a sale of used mechanical equipment.
18:59It may bring him to us.
19:00And who's conducting the sale?
19:06Is there anything else you need?
19:07We'll be right here.
19:11Welcome.
19:12Excuse me.
19:13How much for this copper piping?
19:14The price is listed right there.
19:1750 cents a foot for 10 feet of copper?
19:19You're joking.
19:21I assure you I'm not.
19:24Hello.
19:25I'll give you 25.
19:27Sounds like you didn't hear me the first time.
19:29Excuse me.
19:30You think I'm having this sale to handle the price?
19:32Is the price.
19:33Henry, what are you doing?
19:36What does it look like I'm doing?
19:37We're trying to turn a profit.
19:39These aren't even your belongings.
19:42Teddy, I am playing the part of a factory.
19:45If I'm to be convincing, I have to stand firm on my prices.
19:49Otherwise, the patrons will grow suspicious.
19:5220 cents.
19:53And that is my final offer.
19:54Sir, I have already told you.
19:55You've got a deal.
19:58Why did you do that?
19:59I just made you two dollars.
20:03Wait.
20:04Where's the thing?
20:06Where's what?
20:06The valve thingy that was here.
20:10Oh.
20:11Batman.
20:12He was lingering near.
20:14Sir, excuse me.
20:15I'd like a...
20:15Hey, stop!
20:16Sir, he's got the...
20:19Don't touch...
20:21Don't touch anything.
20:25Stop!
20:26Stop!
20:42Where is the man you picked up?
20:45Jumped out and took off running that way.
20:47You were under suspicion of aiding and abetting a murderer.
20:49If you know anything about him or where he may be, you should tell us now.
20:54I don't know anything.
20:55We're police officers.
20:56I advise you tell the truth.
20:58We won't get any fares sitting in our cells.
21:02He told me to take him to a flat on Palmerston.
21:06Are you sure this is the address Henry provided?
21:14He's still warm.
21:16The man raced all the way back here just to heat up lunch?
21:23Not lunch.
21:26To dispose of evidence.
21:28No.
21:29Take a look at this.
21:31Take a look at this.
21:31What am I looking at?
21:32Plans of some sort.
21:34Well, that looks like the pressure compensator that was taken from Jasper Weems.
21:39This is a recipe for a mushroom tonic, perhaps.
21:45Take a look at this side.
21:49The real dangers are the ones invisible to the eye.
21:53Soon these dangers will be in plain view for all, and then they'll be sorry.
21:59The whole city will rest as burn some kind of manifesto.
22:06Watts, I believe he's building something.
22:08Perhaps the inspector was right.
22:11Right about what?
22:13Perhaps we are after an evil genius.
22:25I'm still unsure what these burned bits of paper have to offer us.
22:28All of these items tell us that whoever we're dealing with, he's building something.
22:34Do you know what?
22:35Not as yet.
22:37But I am familiar with some of these pieces of equipment that he's acquiring,
22:41and we do have a partial plan.
22:44So, a puzzle without a picture.
22:48The best kind.
22:49Well, how does it look?
22:52Hold your horses, woman.
22:53Does it fit?
22:55Oh, it's too snug, isn't it?
22:56No, it fits.
22:58I think.
23:00Oh, Thomas.
23:02It's perfect.
23:04Well, the clothes don't maketh the man, but even if I say so myself, it feels good.
23:10And you have the wine?
23:11I do.
23:13Well, if this doesn't impress the McPhersons, I don't know what will.
23:17Huh.
23:19What is it?
23:21Oh.
23:23Nothing.
23:24Spit it out, Margaret.
23:25Oh, it's just that even after all these years, you're still the most handsome man.
23:31Oh.
23:33Are you sure your staff has left for the evening?
23:37Myrtle?
23:39Anybody?
23:42Well, you better get that off.
23:45You wouldn't want to wrinkle it.
23:47Why would it get wrinkled?
23:53These are all of the pieces that we've been able to assemble thus far.
23:57And I was hoping to get your assistance with this one that was found at Mr. Weems' home.
24:02Oh, yes, a pressure compensator.
24:04It maintains a consistent flow rate in hydraulic systems, regardless of fluctuations in pressure.
24:09Your theory seems correct.
24:11Whatever the madman is building is to do with water.
24:15Plumbing, construction, commercial agriculture, or water treatment.
24:21Thank you so much.
24:23The killer is building something to do with the city's water filtration system.
24:27And this gives you an idea as to what you're trying to assemble?
24:30It does.
24:33Would you like to assist me?
24:35I thought you'd never ask.
24:56So, are you finally finished?
24:58It appears so.
25:00Well, what is it?
25:03There are likely still pieces missing, but we believe it to be a water treatment device.
25:08Many cities have begun to input chlorine in order to eliminate waterborne diseases.
25:13That doesn't sound like something a killer would build.
25:15When I was in New York, there were a few violent protests against the addition of chlorine to the water.
25:21Typhoid fever and cholera have largely been eliminated from large cities that have begun to use sanitation systems.
25:29Why would anyone protest such innovation?
25:32Is it possible the killer wants to poison the water rather than disinfect it?
25:41Tom, Marge, a charm that you can make it.
25:43Come, come, come in.
25:45Excuse me.
25:46Do you remember my husband, Augustine, chairman of the board of missions at Castle Heights?
25:53Ah, Samir, we have many, many members to introduce you to.
25:58See that man over there?
25:59That's Alfred Bunting.
26:01City officials are being real sticks in the mud about his proposal to stop sidewalks from being put in.
26:08Why would he do that?
26:09Where would people walk?
26:15Top drawer, Tom.
26:17Oh, you're serious, aren't you?
26:19I am.
26:21Why would you make people walk in the streets?
26:23Surely they could get hit by speeding automobiles.
26:27Sidewalks encourage vagabonds and rail yard ghouls to learn about our homes and gawk at what we have.
26:34Tom, it's an invitation to be assaulted with a sock full of sand in one's own yard.
26:38Don't walk some rippinilly, Augie.
26:40I can't think of a single soul that does.
26:43Or would.
26:46Well, Margaret and I just walked here.
26:49Right.
26:50Of course you did.
26:53In fact, I'm sure it's a joy to walk.
26:56Fresh air.
26:58Exercise.
27:00I've forgotten about the fresh air.
27:02Spot on, Elizabeth.
27:03Well, do walk about.
27:07And make sure you try the oysters.
27:09Yes.
27:10Shall we, Augie?
27:12Day.
27:14Well, Thomas, well done.
27:18Not two minutes in and we've already isolated ourselves.
27:22Kiss the lounge goodbye.
27:24Have a walk about.
27:31Oh, sail on tango shoes.
27:35I'd buy a pair if I had someone to dress up for.
27:40It might lift your spirits.
27:42You know what would lift my spirits?
27:44Finding Sydney.
27:46Are you sure?
27:47Well, that and getting my money back.
27:56Luis.
27:59Take a look at this.
28:04Sydney's advertisement.
28:05Sydney's advertisement.
28:06You know it.
28:07This biography.
28:09Young professional seeking a modern woman who understands a man's true strength is in his ability to love and be
28:18loved.
28:20I fell for that the first time.
28:22I fell for that the first time.
28:22Luis, that's not a biography.
28:24It doesn't tell you anything about him.
28:26Not his foibles nor his faults.
28:28Nobody would ever tell you who they truly are in a little blurb like that.
28:32Heavy.
28:34We should respond to the advertisement.
28:36Luis, he'd never agree to meet with you.
28:38No, but he would agree to meet with you.
28:41Yes, you can arrange a date with Sydney.
28:44Uh, I could.
28:45I don't, I don't know.
28:47You'll go on a date with Sydney.
28:48I'll confront him and get my money back.
28:51Luis, perhaps it's best if we just put this to rest.
28:54I cannot.
28:55So, will you help me?
29:00I fear Toronto suffers the same affliction plaguing many cities in the Western world.
29:06The government and the medical industry have climbed into bed together and birthed a bastard system.
29:12Oh, dear.
29:13Who's the gup shot?
29:15Language, Thomas.
29:16That's Kimball Vanderbilt.
29:18Well, he's delusional.
29:19They collude to make us think we're sick to sell us medicine we don't need.
29:23They subsist on the fear of the gullible and the stupid.
29:27Well, he would know.
29:29Look at this lot, gullible indeed.
29:30Us.
29:30My foundation hopes to undertake important, unbiased research.
29:34Thanks, in part, to the benevolence of donors like the McPherson's.
29:39So he's milking the rich?
29:40I'll be talking to the board of control tomorrow, and I'm going to change this city for the good.
29:48There's arsenic in this.
29:50Us?
29:50Mm-hmm.
29:52Well, he's had two bottles, and how deadly could it be?
29:56Margaret, I've investigated enough murders caused by arsenic.
30:01Surely you're not willing to die just to join this club?
30:04Ha, ha, ha, ha!
30:13There's a unique taste.
30:16Who brought this wine?
30:18I did.
30:19Oh, we did.
30:22Well done, man.
30:26Kimball.
30:27Thomas.
30:27Kimball Vanderwell.
30:29Of course we know exactly who you are.
30:31Oh, but you're aware of my affinity for a quality bottle of wine.
30:35Well, that wine is dry and complex, with a taste of dip, with a hint of ta-da.
30:41Looks like we have some wine aficionados here.
30:43Jenkins, let's have some glasses for a toast.
30:47To the, uh...
30:48To the, uh...
30:48Brackenleads.
30:49Thomas.
30:49To the Backenreds.
30:50Oh, to the Brackenreds.
30:52To the Brackencats.
30:53Cheers.
31:02What is this, Murdoch?
31:04I believe it's a device someone built in order to tamper with the city's water supply.
31:08And this someone killed a person to build it?
31:11Possibly.
31:15Look at all.
31:16What is it, Chief Constable?
31:17I met someone last night who thinks our water supply is already poisoned.
31:22Who might that be?
31:24Kimball Vanderwell.
31:25Oh, he's in town?
31:27You know him?
31:28I know of him.
31:30I've read about his divisive thoughts on inoculation and science for tomorrow quarterly.
31:34I was so disappointed that they printed such drivel.
31:38Well, you'll hate this.
31:41Have a look for yourself.
31:44Arsenic.
31:46He's putting arsenic in his own brand of bottled water.
31:50Really?
31:50Yes.
31:51And he's with city council right now trying to convince them to go along with him.
31:55Oh.
31:57Oh.
32:03Devices like these are tools of subversion, instruments of trickery.
32:09In order to make a dollar off of you and the public,
32:12our ancestors drank water from streams and rivers, and they were fine.
32:18Now, if you listen to the pandering medical experts your government employs,
32:23you can't even drink the tap water unless they douse it with mystery chemicals.
32:28I am proposing we use this device to return the water to its original state the way God intended it.
32:36A careful application of arsenic will make for a stronger populace.
32:48Kimball Vanderwell.
32:52Detectives Murdoch, Detective Watts, Toronto Constabulary.
32:56Oh, what can I do for you?
32:58We have questions.
33:00We're happy to answer them.
33:01Down at our station house.
33:05Am I under arrest for something?
33:07That will depend on your answers.
33:21Listen to yourselves.
33:23These are absurd allegations.
33:25We know that whoever killed Mr. Weems
33:28was building a device similar to the one that you were holding today,
33:32only with the intent to poison the city's water supply.
33:36And why would I kill a man to create a device anyone in my company could provide for me in
33:40minutes?
33:43Where were you four days ago?
33:45I wasn't in the city then.
33:47Any one of my aides can confirm this.
33:49Yes, we'll be speaking with them.
33:52You said the city's water supply is unsafe?
33:56Well, perhaps not unsafe, but certainly unhealthy.
33:59And yet you promote a product that contains arsenic.
34:02Please, kings and queens have consumed arsenic for centuries.
34:08Small doses, it makes for an even, milky complexion and acts as a stimulant.
34:12It occurs naturally in many bodies of water.
34:14It's hardly an additive.
34:16We also know the killer to be an avid smoker.
34:20A healthy habit in the proper doses.
34:23What brand of cigarettes do you smoke?
34:26I smoke Benson's.
34:27What of it?
34:29So, check with my aides.
34:32They will confirm I was nowhere near Toronto when this poor Weems fellow was killed.
34:36May I leave?
34:38So you've released the Vanderwell fellow?
34:41There is no compelling reason to hold him.
34:43He is a confidants, man.
34:45Currently doing nothing illegal.
34:46Besides, I very much doubt he had anything to do with Mr. Weems' murder.
34:51Hmm.
34:52But he may be responsible for some in the near future.
34:56Hmm?
34:58Well, he's been mobilizing most of the city's lardy-dars.
35:01He wants to cease implementation of chlorine into the drinking water.
35:06Half the residents of Rathnelli have signed up to him already.
35:09Could they sway the council?
35:11Yeah, of course.
35:12The Macpherson's leading the charge.
35:14Augustine and Elizabeth.
35:15They've pulled considerable funding from every research facility in Toronto to jump on the
35:20Vanderwell bandwagon.
35:22Was Liminus Laboratories one of the research facilities affected by the pulled funding?
35:28The first one shot down.
35:31Never thought I'd be lucky enough to meet a woman like you.
35:34It's risky to do so, taking out notices in a newspaper.
35:40No one ever finds love without some risk.
35:45Have you ever been in love, Ms. Newsome?
35:48I'm sorry.
35:49That was much too forward a question.
35:50No, no.
35:52Um, how does one ever get to know someone without asking some questions?
35:58I suppose my approach to finding love changed after my divorce.
36:02You're divorced?
36:04Yes.
36:05It's been but a year.
36:07I was devastated.
36:08She was the love of my life, but we grew to want very different things.
36:12I had to let her go.
36:14Neither of us would have been whole if we stayed together.
36:20Do you understand?
36:22I do.
36:24Have you met many women since?
36:27A couple.
36:28But none like you.
36:30And what am I like?
36:32Confident.
36:34Self-assured.
36:36But those are just first impressions.
36:38I really do hope I get a chance in a second.
36:42Very well made.
36:45Sydney Ballard.
36:47Ms. Cherry, I didn't expect...
36:49Oh, I bet you didn't.
36:50How dare you.
36:51You don't show up.
36:52You don't call.
36:53You're hardly the gentleman I thought you were.
36:55I'm sorry, Ms. Newsome.
36:57Ms. Cherry was one of the women I met in my previous advertisement.
37:00Oh, she knows very well who I am.
37:03You two know each other?
37:06Ms., what is this?
37:07I'm sorry, Mr. Ballard.
37:09Sorry, don't be sorry.
37:10This cheat took $20 off me.
37:13What $20?
37:13The $20 you stole from me.
37:15There must be a mistake.
37:16I had that money sent to your office the other day.
37:20Enough lies, Sydney.
37:21I'm not a liar!
37:23I sent you the money.
37:26But if you misplaced it, here it is.
37:31Good evening, Ms. Newsome.
37:34No chance of a second impression.
37:36Well, I believe you and Ms. Cherry provided enough for one.
37:42Can you believe it?
37:44I've been flirting with you like that.
37:48Thank you for showing me what a cad he was.
37:51Of course.
37:54Losing your funding must have been devastating.
37:57We were on the verge of a possible cure for Staphylococcus aureus.
38:03It would have saved countless lives.
38:05And then the McPherson's fall prey to a dangerous quack, and it was all for naught.
38:11Did you confront them?
38:14Confronted, prostrated myself, begged.
38:17None of it made any difference.
38:19And now everything we worked on is gone.
38:21So why are you still here?
38:25Laboratory or not, I intend to continue my research.
38:28They may have stripped us of our funding, but they didn't get the most important thing.
38:33What is it?
38:39It's gone.
38:41What's gone?
38:42We were storing samples of the bacteria.
38:44We were going to find a way to continue our research.
38:46We?
38:48Dr. Pipkin and myself.
38:50He must have taken it.
38:55What is this?
38:56What is this?
39:00These are the city's water filtration plants.
39:03The one you circled?
39:05It supplies water to the Republic of Rathnoe.
39:08But that's where the McPherson's...
39:27Stop right there.
39:29I will not.
39:30You're under arrest for the murder of Jasper Reams.
39:33I didn't mean to hurt Jasper.
39:35I liked him.
39:37When I responded to the advertisement, I was surprised to find him.
39:41But I wasn't prepared to buy it, and he wouldn't give it up.
39:45So you killed him.
39:47Don't do that.
39:49Why not?
39:50You'll be infecting innocent people.
39:52Innocent?
39:53They are hardly that.
39:55They are aiding a man who will make everyone sick a taste of their own medicine.
40:00City Council won't listen to Vanderwell.
40:02They'll listen to science.
40:05Politicians don't listen to science.
40:07They listen only to money.
40:09Think.
40:10Think for a moment.
40:12You're a man of science.
40:14You've dedicated your life to helping people.
40:17If you do this, hundreds of people will become ill, and many of them will die.
40:25Is that how you'd want to be remembered?
40:37These charts reflect the dramatic reduction of cholera and typhoid fever in two cities,
40:44Maidstone, England, and Jersey City, New Jersey.
40:48Medical officials in both cities have seen a drastic reduction of all waterborne ailments
40:55since the introduction of chlorine treatment to their main water supplies.
41:01Those are just numbers, and numbers lie.
41:05Numbers can also tell the truth.
41:07Our ancestors survived and thrived on pure, untreated water.
41:13Our ancestors existed in very tiny villages.
41:16They also lived much shorter lives than we currently enjoy.
41:20I'm not sure the water that they drank had anything to do with that.
41:23And I'm not sure it didn't.
41:25Mr. Vanderwell, are you doing all of this out of the goodness of your heart?
41:33I would be charging a fee, but I do believe in my findings.
41:41And I believe in my findings.
41:44I also believe in the findings of public health officials on two continents.
41:51But I will let City Council decide for themselves.
42:01I met with the Board of Admissions.
42:02How did it go?
42:03We were rejected.
42:04Oh, just like Vanderwell was.
42:06What a complete waste of time.
42:08Well, not a complete waste.
42:11I thought you might like to try it.
42:12The bartender at the lounge said it was their very best.
42:15This is the good stuff.
42:16Mm-hmm.
42:17Did you nick this from the club?
42:19Of course not, Thomas.
42:21I purchased it honestly, with my selling savings.
42:25So much for the Temperance League, Mrs. Brackenreed.
42:28Oh, well, it's only for special occasions.
42:30And pray tell, what are we celebrating?
42:32Us.
42:35To us.
42:37Sydney's check was in the mail pile.
42:40Damn that Mavis.
42:42She was supposed to go through it in a timely manner.
42:44Louise, you can't blame her.
42:46I suppose I can't, though I'd very much like to.
42:50I fear this is my lot in life.
42:52Lurching from prospect to prospect
42:55was more disappointing than the last.
42:57Well, you made $20.
43:01Well, there is that.
43:04And I'm done with this.
43:06Yes.
43:26A single career woman seeks intelligent companionship.
43:36Childless and happy.
44:08Childless and happy.
44:09Childless and happy.
44:09Childless and happy.
44:10Childless and happy.
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