1 00:00:02,068 --> 00:00:03,865 [BUZZING] 2 00:00:14,547 --> 00:00:16,606 HOLMES: Close your mouth, Watson. You'll catch a fly. 3 00:00:16,783 --> 00:00:18,614 I didn't you had one of those machines. 4 00:00:18,785 --> 00:00:23,188 Only needle these arms see anymore. I keep it for the occasional touch-up. 5 00:00:23,356 --> 00:00:26,655 Well, wouldn't it be easier if someone else did it, like an actual tattoo artist? 6 00:00:26,826 --> 00:00:29,056 I am an actual tattoo artist. I did lot of these myself. 7 00:00:29,229 --> 00:00:31,322 - How'd you...? - Ambidextrous. 8 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:33,995 Of course you are. 9 00:00:34,167 --> 00:00:35,896 Can I interest you in some ink of your own? 10 00:00:36,302 --> 00:00:37,894 Syringe with a line through it perhaps, 11 00:00:38,071 --> 00:00:40,505 in honor of your former career as a sober companion? 12 00:00:40,673 --> 00:00:42,038 I think I'm good, thanks. 13 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:44,073 I wanted to plan something for your anniversary. 14 00:00:44,244 --> 00:00:45,973 You're gonna be one-year sober in a few days. 15 00:00:46,146 --> 00:00:48,614 They're gonna give you your one-year chip at your next meeting. 16 00:00:48,782 --> 00:00:50,841 It's a big deal, Sherlock. You should be proud. 17 00:00:51,017 --> 00:00:52,041 Been talking to Alfredo. 18 00:00:52,218 --> 00:00:54,778 He's been hounding me about my sober-versary for weeks now. 19 00:00:54,954 --> 00:00:56,444 Of course, he has. He's your sponsor. 20 00:00:56,623 --> 00:00:58,523 Which is why I have not had the heart to tell him 21 00:00:58,691 --> 00:01:00,784 I have absolutely no intention of accepting that chip. 22 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:02,587 And why wouldn't you accept it? 23 00:01:02,762 --> 00:01:05,128 It is absurd to measure sobriety in units of time. 24 00:01:05,298 --> 00:01:06,856 It is a state of being. 25 00:01:07,033 --> 00:01:11,333 One is either in it or out of it. In my case, I am in it permanently. 26 00:01:11,504 --> 00:01:13,938 Amassing a collection of cheap plastic discs seems infantile. 27 00:01:14,107 --> 00:01:16,234 Unless, of course, I could trade them in for a prize. 28 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:17,671 A brood of sea monkeys, perhaps. 29 00:01:17,844 --> 00:01:19,709 - Sherlock... - You are an ex-sober-companion. 30 00:01:19,879 --> 00:01:23,110 It is no longer your calling to nag me, police me or reproach me. 31 00:01:23,283 --> 00:01:26,150 If I require your opinion with regards to my sobriety, I will ask for it. 32 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:27,843 [CELL PHONE RINGING] 33 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:29,750 You are right. 34 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:35,293 HOLMES: Ha. 35 00:01:35,895 --> 00:01:38,159 Alfredo, your ears must have been burning. 36 00:01:38,665 --> 00:01:42,294 Hope I'm not calling too early but I'm with a friend. 37 00:01:42,469 --> 00:01:44,801 I think he could use your help. 38 00:01:45,839 --> 00:01:49,172 [CLASSICAL CELLO MUSIC PLAYING INSIDE] 39 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:02,546 [DOORBELL RINGS] 40 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:10,792 Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson. We're here to see Ken Whitman. 41 00:02:11,264 --> 00:02:14,233 Uh, my dad. He said someone was coming by. 42 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,425 Come in. 43 00:02:24,744 --> 00:02:27,975 HOLMES: You're quite good. - Eva. Thanks. 44 00:02:28,581 --> 00:02:32,017 Uh, Dad's in the den, just down the hall. 45 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:35,845 I told you when I met you that I had a great sponsor. 46 00:02:36,022 --> 00:02:37,683 This is him. 47 00:02:37,857 --> 00:02:39,791 The only one in the group willing to take a chance 48 00:02:39,959 --> 00:02:41,392 on a half-reformed ex-car thief. 49 00:02:41,895 --> 00:02:43,624 Alfredo said you were in trouble. 50 00:02:45,899 --> 00:02:50,131 Two years ago, Eva used a fake ID to get into a club in the city. 51 00:02:50,803 --> 00:02:54,637 A man named Brent Garvey slipped something into her drink. 52 00:02:54,807 --> 00:02:57,207 He took her to his apartment and... 53 00:03:00,313 --> 00:03:03,248 The next morning, she told me and her mom everything. 54 00:03:03,416 --> 00:03:05,907 We took her to the police and they found Garvey. 55 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:09,522 - She picked him out of a lineup. - Brave girl. 56 00:03:09,689 --> 00:03:13,216 After Garvey was charged, two other victims came forward. 57 00:03:13,626 --> 00:03:17,392 He ended up cutting a deal. Pled guilty for a reduced sentence. 58 00:03:17,564 --> 00:03:20,829 - Technically, it was over. - But not for you and your family. 59 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,468 For Eva, it was hard. 60 00:03:23,636 --> 00:03:27,333 She cut off contact with her friends. Stopped playing. 61 00:03:27,507 --> 00:03:29,975 Even tried to hurt herself. 62 00:03:30,143 --> 00:03:34,136 We found her a therapist. Things got better. 63 00:03:34,314 --> 00:03:38,910 She said she might even be ready for college next year. 64 00:03:39,085 --> 00:03:43,681 And then a few months ago, I got this in the mail. 65 00:03:43,856 --> 00:03:50,625 It's a video of Eva with Brent Garvey the night he... 66 00:03:51,097 --> 00:03:52,530 [CLEARS THROAT] 67 00:03:55,835 --> 00:03:59,134 "Mr. Whitman, you will transfer $10,000 to the following account 68 00:03:59,305 --> 00:04:02,502 or this video will be posted online and released to the media. 69 00:04:02,675 --> 00:04:04,802 Your daughter will be a star. 70 00:04:05,878 --> 00:04:08,369 Do not go to the police, do not attempt to identify me. 71 00:04:08,548 --> 00:04:10,709 If I'm arrested or physically harmed in any way, 72 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:12,841 I have a fail-safe in place, 73 00:04:13,019 --> 00:04:15,613 an associate who will release the video for me." 74 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:17,818 KEN: Eva had come such a long way. 75 00:04:18,558 --> 00:04:20,992 I didn't wanna see her get hurt again. 76 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:22,923 So you paid the $10,000. 77 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:26,224 KEN: I didn't even tell my wife. I just did it. 78 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:29,027 But then, a few weeks later... 79 00:04:29,202 --> 00:04:31,329 They asked for more money. 80 00:04:31,504 --> 00:04:32,971 I paid again. 81 00:04:33,139 --> 00:04:35,903 The third demand came a few days ago. 82 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:38,942 I finally lost it. 83 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:41,307 Came close to falling off the wagon. 84 00:04:41,848 --> 00:04:44,976 My sponsor was out of town so I reached out to Alfredo. 85 00:04:45,485 --> 00:04:47,953 I just needed to talk to someone. 86 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:50,681 But then he told me about you. 87 00:04:50,857 --> 00:04:54,520 He said you might be able to help? 88 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:59,854 I have a particular disdain for blackmailers. 89 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:04,267 They are, in some respects, 90 00:05:04,437 --> 00:05:07,770 more despicable to me than even murderers. 91 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:11,038 Miss Watson and I will find the person who's been targeting you. 92 00:05:11,210 --> 00:05:13,701 We will also find their associate. 93 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:18,044 Then we will destroy every trace of this vile recording. 94 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:28,554 WATSON: You think he's the blackmailer. 95 00:05:28,728 --> 00:05:31,925 My tech expert in London traced the account number on the note 96 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:35,033 to that man and this address. 97 00:05:35,201 --> 00:05:37,601 Charles Augustus Milverton. 98 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:39,362 WATSON: Well, he certainly looks the part. 99 00:05:39,539 --> 00:05:41,370 I'm just surprised how easy it was to find him. 100 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:43,168 He's obviously confident in the protection 101 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:46,676 that his fail-safe affords him. 102 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:48,507 I'll assess the threat he poses 103 00:05:48,681 --> 00:05:52,549 and attempt to divine the identity of his accomplice. 104 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:54,880 Once both individuals are known to us, 105 00:05:55,054 --> 00:05:58,217 we will destroy their blackmail troves simultaneously. 106 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:23,077 [CAT GRUMBLES] 107 00:06:23,416 --> 00:06:26,214 HOLMES [OVER RADIO]: Another reason to dislike Milverton. 108 00:06:26,586 --> 00:06:28,019 He keeps cats. 109 00:06:28,187 --> 00:06:32,055 Well, he should get himself a real pet, like a beehive. 110 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:34,386 - You see anything? - Laptop. 111 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,120 He could have used it to burn the DVD that he sent. 112 00:06:37,296 --> 00:06:39,127 [CAT CONTINUES GRUMBLING] 113 00:06:57,383 --> 00:06:58,873 WATSON: What's happening? 114 00:06:59,051 --> 00:07:01,349 Ken Whitman said the man who assaulted his daughter 115 00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:03,455 took two other teenaged victims as well, 116 00:07:03,623 --> 00:07:06,615 Tracy Bender and Karen Pistone. 117 00:07:06,793 --> 00:07:08,954 There are videos of them here as well. 118 00:07:09,595 --> 00:07:11,392 You think he's blackmailing their parents? 119 00:07:11,564 --> 00:07:13,964 HOLMES: Them. Others. - Others? 120 00:07:14,133 --> 00:07:17,660 HOLMES: It would seem Mr. Milverton is a professional blackmailer. 121 00:07:17,837 --> 00:07:20,670 I'd estimate that his victims number in the dozens. 122 00:07:25,511 --> 00:07:27,979 He's back. He must have just gone to get some groceries. 123 00:07:28,147 --> 00:07:30,240 He's heading for the door. 124 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:35,485 [DOOR OPENS] 125 00:07:36,255 --> 00:07:38,120 You could have specified back door, Watson. 126 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:40,851 WATSON: What are you talking about? He's coming through the front. 127 00:07:43,162 --> 00:07:44,527 [DOOR OPENS] 128 00:07:55,741 --> 00:07:57,174 [CAT MEOWS] 129 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:09,110 [GUN COCKS] 130 00:08:09,722 --> 00:08:10,746 Please. 131 00:08:11,290 --> 00:08:12,689 [CAT SCREECHES] 132 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:16,256 [GROANING] 133 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:18,755 [MILVERTON GRUNTS] 134 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:50,356 Holmes. What are you doing here? 135 00:08:51,664 --> 00:08:53,723 I'd like you to take a look at something. 136 00:08:54,233 --> 00:08:56,827 Then I'd like you to join me in the conference room. 137 00:09:03,276 --> 00:09:07,076 You want to tell me why you asked me to look at what appears to be 138 00:09:07,246 --> 00:09:09,874 the brutal rape of a teenage girl? 139 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:13,678 I thought it was important you understand what was at stake. 140 00:09:14,854 --> 00:09:17,220 The man in that video is Brent Garvey. 141 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:19,950 He was arrested in New Jersey several years ago 142 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:22,959 and convicted of sexually assaulting three young women, 143 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:27,088 Eva Whitman, Tracy Bender, Karen Pistone. 144 00:09:27,266 --> 00:09:31,202 Eva Whitman's father received that DVD in the mail, along with a note 145 00:09:31,370 --> 00:09:36,364 which demanded that he pay $10,000 or see it released on the Internet. 146 00:09:36,542 --> 00:09:39,841 Now, I identified the blackmailer earlier this evening. 147 00:09:40,012 --> 00:09:44,415 I went to his home and I realized that he had sent similar threats 148 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:47,576 to the parents of Miss Bender and Miss Pistone. 149 00:09:48,154 --> 00:09:50,281 So you're here to turn over the evidence. 150 00:09:54,527 --> 00:10:01,330 It's possible that I am here to report a murder. 151 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:05,397 Or perhaps I'm just here to seek the counsel 152 00:10:05,571 --> 00:10:10,065 of an investigator that I respect and admire. 153 00:10:15,114 --> 00:10:18,777 Hypothetically, the blackmailer was killed in his home tonight. 154 00:10:18,951 --> 00:10:22,478 Hypothetically, I saw it happen. 155 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,055 Holmes, 156 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:32,725 if you know anything about a murder, 157 00:10:32,898 --> 00:10:35,025 you gotta report it. 158 00:10:35,201 --> 00:10:37,692 There will be consequences. 159 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:41,362 The hypothetical blackmailer had a hypothetical accomplice. 160 00:10:41,540 --> 00:10:44,100 That accomplice, upon learning of his partner's death, 161 00:10:44,276 --> 00:10:48,110 would release that video, and others, into the world. 162 00:10:48,614 --> 00:10:55,019 That is, of course, if the accomplice learns of his partner's death. 163 00:10:55,354 --> 00:10:57,549 So you wanna keep it a secret. 164 00:10:57,723 --> 00:11:01,682 It would give a motivated investigator enough time to identify the accomplice, 165 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:05,627 prevent him from enacting any offending fail-safes. 166 00:11:06,465 --> 00:11:10,765 Obviously, you'd wanna find the accomplice more than the killer 167 00:11:10,936 --> 00:11:13,063 but what if the killer is the accomplice? 168 00:11:13,239 --> 00:11:15,969 Then all roads lead to Mecca. 169 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:19,276 Blackmailer is foiled and a killer is caught. 170 00:11:19,445 --> 00:11:21,003 All in one fell swoop. 171 00:11:24,350 --> 00:11:26,944 You have daughters, do you not, captain? 172 00:11:33,793 --> 00:11:36,694 WATSON: So? - Captain Gregson sees the wisdom 173 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:39,353 in keeping Milverton's death a secret for now. 174 00:11:39,532 --> 00:11:41,523 I've been listening to the scanner since I got back. 175 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:43,464 There are no reports of gunfire or break-ins 176 00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:44,933 in Milverton's neighborhood. 177 00:11:45,104 --> 00:11:46,366 Did you reach Alfredo? 178 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:48,530 He said he would stay there as long as we needed. 179 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:50,642 Let us know if anyone came by. 180 00:11:50,810 --> 00:11:53,108 What about the materials I took from the dead man's desk? 181 00:11:53,746 --> 00:11:55,509 Well, they're bills mostly. And some receipts. 182 00:11:55,681 --> 00:11:58,548 I did find this. I think it's some sort of ledger. 183 00:12:02,421 --> 00:12:07,381 Hmm. Records of payoffs from Milverton's victims probably. 184 00:12:08,761 --> 00:12:09,785 How are you doing? 185 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:13,555 You saw someone get murdered tonight. 186 00:12:17,970 --> 00:12:20,029 You said you never got a clean look at the shooter. 187 00:12:20,206 --> 00:12:22,697 Large man, approximately 6 foot 2, 100 kilograms. 188 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:24,638 His features were obscured by a mask, 189 00:12:24,810 --> 00:12:27,779 his scent by the cat urine and kitty litter in Milverton's home. 190 00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:31,747 Even if I had reported the crime, I would not have had much to offer. 191 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:33,851 It's hard not to imagine that the killer 192 00:12:34,019 --> 00:12:35,919 was one of the people Milverton was blackmailing. 193 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:38,682 But the captain raised the possibility that it was his accomplice. 194 00:12:38,858 --> 00:12:41,088 Either way, our goal remains the same. 195 00:12:41,260 --> 00:12:45,219 Find the fail-safe before he can release any salacious material. 196 00:12:45,397 --> 00:12:47,524 Well, if the killer was one of Milverton's victims, 197 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:50,669 why wouldn't he be worried about the fail-safe kicking in? 198 00:12:50,836 --> 00:12:52,565 It's possible that he solved whatever problem 199 00:12:52,738 --> 00:12:54,137 Milverton was taking advantage of. 200 00:12:54,306 --> 00:12:56,035 The fail-safe would mean nothing to him. 201 00:12:56,208 --> 00:12:59,871 Unfortunately, it still means a great deal to Milverton's other victims. 202 00:13:00,045 --> 00:13:04,209 The parents of the three young women raped by Brent Garvey, for example. 203 00:13:04,917 --> 00:13:07,681 - I've arranged to pay him a visit. - Garvey? 204 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:09,947 What if Garvey was the accomplice 205 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:12,818 Milverton entrusted his fail-safe protocols with? 206 00:13:12,992 --> 00:13:15,290 - He's in prison. How could he...? - All he would need is 207 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:17,258 access to a smartphone or a computer. 208 00:13:17,429 --> 00:13:20,455 Neither, I'm sorry to say, is impossible to come by in lockup. 209 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:23,966 If he is not the accomplice, perhaps he can tell us who is. 210 00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:34,973 Mr. Garvey. 211 00:13:37,082 --> 00:13:39,676 I heard the victimizers of children had a rough time in prison. 212 00:13:39,852 --> 00:13:42,013 It's really nice to see that it's not just a rumor. 213 00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:46,482 - Who are you? - I'm Holmes, this is Watson. 214 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,786 We consult for the New York Police Department. 215 00:13:48,961 --> 00:13:51,020 If this is about the guys who jumped me, 216 00:13:51,197 --> 00:13:52,562 I gave their names to the guards. 217 00:13:52,965 --> 00:13:54,899 We're here to talk to you about Charles Milverton. 218 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:57,833 Before you say you've never heard of him, be advised 219 00:13:58,003 --> 00:14:00,631 we come fresh from a conversation with your warden. 220 00:14:00,806 --> 00:14:04,037 We know that he paid you a visit here several months ago. 221 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:06,701 Yeah. 222 00:14:07,046 --> 00:14:10,243 He's friends with my dad. He came to see how I was doing. 223 00:14:10,416 --> 00:14:12,976 Is that why you gave him your collection of rape tapes? 224 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:15,814 I don't know what you're talking about. 225 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:19,754 I've seen the tapes, Garvey. I have one in my possession. 226 00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:23,354 I'm very seriously considering telling your friends here 227 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:25,963 about them before I leave today. 228 00:14:26,599 --> 00:14:29,033 Maybe they won't wait to find you in the yard next time. 229 00:14:29,201 --> 00:14:31,533 Maybe they'll pay you a visit in your sickbed. 230 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:33,433 WATSON: We know you gave Milverton the tapes. 231 00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:35,130 We just want to know if you have access 232 00:14:35,307 --> 00:14:37,502 to any of his other blackmail materials. 233 00:14:37,676 --> 00:14:40,008 - Other materials? - Milverton had an accomplice. 234 00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:41,771 Someone who would put forth his materials 235 00:14:41,947 --> 00:14:44,677 in the event of his untimely death or incarceration. 236 00:14:44,850 --> 00:14:47,580 The fail-safe. Yeah. Yeah, I know. 237 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:50,784 He told me all about him when he came to see me. 238 00:14:50,956 --> 00:14:52,651 He said if I went to the police 239 00:14:52,825 --> 00:14:54,554 and I told them he was blackmailing me, 240 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:56,922 his partner would release the tapes. 241 00:14:57,096 --> 00:15:00,429 - Blackmailing you? - I didn't give him the tapes. 242 00:15:00,599 --> 00:15:02,760 I had them in a storage unit. 243 00:15:02,935 --> 00:15:05,301 When I got arrested, I couldn't keep up with the payments. 244 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:10,070 The contents went into auction. Milverton put in the highest bid. 245 00:15:10,242 --> 00:15:14,303 Said he bought old units all the time. Got a lot of dirt that way. 246 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:18,177 Let me guess. You have a parole hearing coming up? 247 00:15:18,350 --> 00:15:21,513 I'm sorry, but I can't help you. I'm not in on it with these guys. 248 00:15:21,687 --> 00:15:23,814 I'm just another victim. 249 00:15:29,728 --> 00:15:31,923 So, what's the verdict on Garvey? 250 00:15:32,097 --> 00:15:37,933 Well, as far as rapists go, it would appear he's an honest one. 251 00:15:39,204 --> 00:15:43,368 After Milverton's initial visit to him in prison, he sent... 252 00:15:44,209 --> 00:15:48,009 He sent a series of e-mails to his parents, begging for loans. 253 00:15:48,180 --> 00:15:51,149 The dates of those e-mails correspond to payments made 254 00:15:51,317 --> 00:15:53,342 in Milverton's ledger. 255 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:56,784 So Milverton was blackmailing Garvey, Garvey was paying. 256 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:58,651 We're gonna tell the police about the videos 257 00:15:58,824 --> 00:16:01,657 before his parole hearing, right? 258 00:16:02,061 --> 00:16:04,029 We will discuss the matter with the girls' parents 259 00:16:04,196 --> 00:16:06,721 at the appropriate time. The decision will and should be theirs. 260 00:16:06,899 --> 00:16:08,833 In the meantime, we will stay the course 261 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:11,526 and attempt to identify Milverton's accessory. 262 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:15,231 Before he finds out that Milverton is dead. Got it. 263 00:16:15,407 --> 00:16:17,898 I found something in his ledger. 264 00:16:18,077 --> 00:16:20,068 He makes regular outgoing payments to someone 265 00:16:20,245 --> 00:16:22,577 with the code name HENRY8. 266 00:16:22,748 --> 00:16:24,045 You think that's the accomplice? 267 00:16:24,216 --> 00:16:27,947 Payments are consistently 10 percent of whatever Milverton has coming in. 268 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,954 Seems like a reasonable rate for a blackmailer's assistant. 269 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:33,348 [CELL PHONE BEEPS] 270 00:16:33,525 --> 00:16:34,753 Oh. 271 00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:39,589 That's Alfredo. Someone's at Milverton's door. 272 00:16:53,379 --> 00:16:54,403 He's gone. 273 00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:56,775 Right after I texted you, he hopped into a cab. 274 00:16:56,949 --> 00:16:58,940 Tried to tail him but I lost him in traffic. 275 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:00,585 Description? 276 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:04,780 Tall, 6 feet maybe, fat, gray hair, mustache. 277 00:17:04,957 --> 00:17:08,256 Suit and cowboy boots. It's weird. I mean, something about him. 278 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:09,584 Something like what? 279 00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:13,163 - He seemed familiar, like I knew him. - Any idea from where? 280 00:17:13,332 --> 00:17:15,425 I don't know. Maybe I saw him at a meeting 281 00:17:15,601 --> 00:17:17,432 or maybe I stole his car back in the day. 282 00:17:17,603 --> 00:17:19,434 - He was wearing cowboy boots. - Yeah. 283 00:17:19,605 --> 00:17:22,130 What matters is that your eyes beheld him. 284 00:17:22,307 --> 00:17:23,797 Which means his image was transmitted 285 00:17:23,976 --> 00:17:25,773 to your posterior parietal cortex. 286 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:28,572 So once we regress you, 287 00:17:28,747 --> 00:17:31,944 you'll remember every detail, including where you know him from. 288 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:33,846 - Re-what me? - Regress you. 289 00:17:34,019 --> 00:17:36,283 Normally, we would use a sensory deprivation chamber. 290 00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:38,320 But in the absence of that... 291 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:40,481 - You want me to get in there? - Yeah. 292 00:17:40,659 --> 00:17:42,422 - You grew up in New York? - Well, yeah. 293 00:17:42,594 --> 00:17:44,721 - You watch late-night TV? - Uh, of course. 294 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:45,921 Is this the guy you saw? 295 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:49,590 Involved in an automobile accident? Well, there's a new sheriff in town. 296 00:17:49,768 --> 00:17:51,827 - Me, Duke Landers, Esquire. ALFREDO: That's him. 297 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:53,995 "Come on down and see Sheriff Duke." 298 00:17:54,173 --> 00:17:56,266 If you're looking forjustice and money, 299 00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:58,967 come on down and see Sheriff Duke. 300 00:17:59,144 --> 00:18:01,738 Charles Milverton. 301 00:18:02,181 --> 00:18:04,513 Sorry, name doesn't ring a bell. 302 00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:06,879 That's funny, sheriff, because you were seen 303 00:18:07,052 --> 00:18:09,111 knocking on his door in Staten Island this morning. 304 00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:12,446 - Can you prove that? - No. 305 00:18:12,624 --> 00:18:14,888 Nor can we prove that Milverton was your client. 306 00:18:15,060 --> 00:18:16,652 Or that he left certain materials with you 307 00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:20,026 and told you to disperse them should certain fates befall him. 308 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:23,066 Say this Milverton guy is a client. 309 00:18:23,235 --> 00:18:27,934 The law would proscribe me from discussing him with you in any way. 310 00:18:28,707 --> 00:18:30,140 So now if you'll excuse me. 311 00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:32,573 "Duke Landers, Esquire." 312 00:18:32,744 --> 00:18:34,735 I take it the title refers to your law license 313 00:18:34,913 --> 00:18:40,408 as opposed to your birthright as the eldest son of a knight. 314 00:18:40,586 --> 00:18:42,178 What are you doing? 315 00:18:43,555 --> 00:18:46,251 Yeah. Thought so. This paper is 24-pound stock 316 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:49,292 as opposed to the 80 pound favored by most institutions. 317 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:51,952 Watson, I added several tomes on handwriting analysis 318 00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:53,894 to your reading list the other week. 319 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:55,533 If you've properly absorbed them, 320 00:18:55,701 --> 00:18:58,670 you'll find the signatures of both the dean and the board president 321 00:18:58,837 --> 00:19:00,429 most interesting. 322 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:03,074 WATSON: Florence Costello and Martin Faber. 323 00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:06,370 They have the same D'Nealian capital F's. 324 00:19:06,578 --> 00:19:08,443 That's because they were written by one person 325 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:10,980 attempting to mimic two different styles. 326 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:14,014 The certificate from the Unified Court System looks dodgy. 327 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:16,177 I should give them a call, see if you're licensed. 328 00:19:16,355 --> 00:19:18,516 I know him, okay? 329 00:19:19,024 --> 00:19:22,755 I know Charles Milverton. But he's not my client. 330 00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:25,692 If anything, you could say that I was a client of his. 331 00:19:25,864 --> 00:19:26,922 Explain. 332 00:19:27,399 --> 00:19:30,630 A few years ago, I got him off a DWI charge. 333 00:19:31,236 --> 00:19:34,967 He said if any sensitive information came across my desk 334 00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:38,439 that he could use it to make some money for both of us. 335 00:19:39,144 --> 00:19:43,444 - Just so we're clear, that's all I did. - That's all. 336 00:19:43,615 --> 00:19:47,517 Hey, I'm not the one that was supposed to disperse materials 337 00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:50,211 if something happened to Charles. That was someone else. 338 00:19:50,422 --> 00:19:51,719 You're a liar who lies. 339 00:19:51,890 --> 00:19:54,120 Charles never told me his name but I know he's out there. 340 00:19:54,293 --> 00:19:56,784 Charles used to call him his fail-safe. 341 00:19:59,765 --> 00:20:03,098 We'll need everything you have on Milverton. And I do mean everything. 342 00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:05,898 WATSON: Lots of evidence that Duke Landers 343 00:20:06,071 --> 00:20:08,665 is even scummier than we thought, 344 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,037 but nothing helpful on Milverton's accomplice. 345 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,771 How are you doing with the, um? 346 00:20:15,247 --> 00:20:16,578 Are those sobriety chips? 347 00:20:16,748 --> 00:20:19,148 I ordered a set online yesterday, had them shipped overnight. 348 00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:21,115 Wanted to see what all the fuss was about. 349 00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:23,487 Colors are a bit garish. 350 00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:27,682 More appropriate to a successful first year as a Vegas showgirl. 351 00:20:29,428 --> 00:20:31,191 Have you been playing quarters with these? 352 00:20:31,363 --> 00:20:33,991 I didn't drink anything, Watson, I just wanted to see them bounce. 353 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:39,063 - I don't believe you. - Smell my breath. 354 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:41,763 Not talking about drinking, I'm talking about what you said about 355 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:43,965 - not weighing in on your sobriety. - What? 356 00:20:44,142 --> 00:20:47,043 Listen, if you want to talk about your feelings about your one-year chip, 357 00:20:47,212 --> 00:20:48,440 I'm here. 358 00:20:52,417 --> 00:20:56,547 You were asking if I'd found anything. The answer is maybe. 359 00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:02,621 Two years ago, Charles Milverton referred a client to the sheriff. 360 00:21:02,794 --> 00:21:06,423 His name was Abraham Zelner, a morbidly obese man 361 00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:09,260 who wanted to sue an airline for removing him from a flight. 362 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:13,234 Zelner was the only client Milverton referred. 363 00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:17,899 Earlier, we were theorizing that HENRY8 was Milverton's accomplice. 364 00:21:18,076 --> 00:21:20,271 Henry Vlll, as I'm sure you're aware, 365 00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:22,413 was the fattest monarch in British history. 366 00:21:22,581 --> 00:21:24,071 So you think Zelner was his accomplice 367 00:21:24,249 --> 00:21:26,240 and that Milverton gave him that code name 368 00:21:26,418 --> 00:21:28,283 because he was heavyset? 369 00:21:28,453 --> 00:21:29,511 Orson Welles was heavyset. 370 00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:32,156 Abraham Zelner could pull small moons out of orbit. 371 00:21:32,324 --> 00:21:33,552 [CELL PHONE RINGS] 372 00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:38,819 What is the first thing that comes to mind when I say Henry Vlll? 373 00:21:38,997 --> 00:21:40,931 GREGSON [OVER PHONE]: Herman's Hermits? Listen. 374 00:21:41,099 --> 00:21:44,398 Call came in a little while ago from a night watchman at a construction site. 375 00:21:44,836 --> 00:21:47,202 He saw some, uh, suspicious activity. 376 00:21:47,372 --> 00:21:50,500 The responding officers found a perp trying to dump a corpse 377 00:21:50,676 --> 00:21:53,975 into some wet cement in the building's foundation. 378 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:56,706 Victim was shot three times in the chest. 379 00:21:56,882 --> 00:22:00,409 The perp claimed he did it because he was being blackmailed. 380 00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:03,452 Some hypothetical bells obviously went off. 381 00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:06,090 HOLMES: Was the victim's name, perchance, Milverton? 382 00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:08,351 First name Charles. 383 00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:11,894 Culprit didn't by any chance confess to being his accomplice, did he? 384 00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:14,624 GREGSON: No. His name is Anthony Pistone. 385 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,258 His daughter is Karen Pistone, Brent Garvey's second victim. 386 00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:20,701 - Yes. He was being blackmailed too. GREGSON: Yeah. 387 00:22:20,872 --> 00:22:23,705 And his attorney's already spinning his story to the media. 388 00:22:23,875 --> 00:22:27,641 So I'm afraid the news that Charles Milverton is dead is 389 00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:29,075 officially out. 390 00:22:29,247 --> 00:22:30,646 [CHIPS CLATTER] 391 00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:39,919 I got the first blackmail note 392 00:22:40,959 --> 00:22:42,824 nine months ago. 393 00:22:44,162 --> 00:22:46,392 It came with a DVD. 394 00:22:47,065 --> 00:22:50,432 Hearing about it when it first happened, 395 00:22:50,602 --> 00:22:53,503 that was nothing compared to seeing it. 396 00:22:53,905 --> 00:22:55,805 I swear, if I could have got my hands on Garvey... 397 00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:59,375 ATTORNEY: Anthony, let's try to stay on topic. 398 00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:00,909 PISTONE: I did what I had to do. 399 00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:03,208 I paid. 400 00:23:03,715 --> 00:23:05,580 It wasn't easy. 401 00:23:05,751 --> 00:23:08,777 My brother and I have a contracting business. 402 00:23:08,954 --> 00:23:11,013 Work was slow. 403 00:23:11,623 --> 00:23:14,183 But no way was I gonna let that tape get out. 404 00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:17,288 I thought that would be the end of it. 405 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,826 I was wrong. 406 00:23:20,499 --> 00:23:22,433 A few weeks later I get an e-mail. 407 00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:24,432 Same threat, same demand. 408 00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:27,572 GREGSON: Now, how did you find Charles Milverton? 409 00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:30,333 He e-mailed me again last week. 410 00:23:30,509 --> 00:23:32,477 Asked for more money. 411 00:23:32,978 --> 00:23:36,175 I wrote him back and said I had it, but it was in cash. 412 00:23:36,348 --> 00:23:40,546 Said I'd borrowed it from a friend who runs numbers. 413 00:23:41,052 --> 00:23:43,646 Couldn't deposit it in a bank without raising a red flag. 414 00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:46,952 I left an envelope under a park bench. 415 00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:50,053 When he came to pick it up, I followed him home. 416 00:23:50,228 --> 00:23:55,359 A few nights later I broke in through his back door, shot him. 417 00:23:56,201 --> 00:23:58,465 Grabbed his body and his laptop and took off. 418 00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:01,197 GREGSON: Where's the laptop now? PISTONE: Smashed. 419 00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:04,604 I stomped on it and tossed it in some dumpster. 420 00:24:04,776 --> 00:24:07,370 I understand there was some postmortem damage done 421 00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:10,538 to the victim's face. 422 00:24:14,519 --> 00:24:16,077 When your guys came at me tonight, 423 00:24:16,822 --> 00:24:20,519 when I, uh, realized I couldn't get away, 424 00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:23,456 I looked down at Milverton, 425 00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:27,654 and it was like he was looking back at me. 426 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:30,997 Like he was laughing. 427 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:34,863 I snapped. 428 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,065 Lifted my boot up and just... 429 00:24:39,411 --> 00:24:42,676 He's got enough face left for an open casket. 430 00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:46,548 That's more than he deserves. 431 00:24:50,255 --> 00:24:51,847 That's the guy you saw the other night. 432 00:24:52,023 --> 00:24:55,220 The man I saw was wearing a mask but the height and weight are correct. 433 00:24:55,393 --> 00:24:58,055 And usually I feel so good when we've got a killer dead to rights. 434 00:24:58,230 --> 00:24:59,527 The man is an idiot. 435 00:24:59,698 --> 00:25:02,565 He's put all of Milverton's victims, including his own daughter, at risk. 436 00:25:02,734 --> 00:25:05,430 For all we know, Internet is already flooded with their secrets. 437 00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:10,007 I'm not saying I agree with what he did. I'm saying I sympathize. 438 00:25:12,444 --> 00:25:14,036 The guy plays his cards right, 439 00:25:14,212 --> 00:25:16,874 the DA won't ask for more than manslaughter in the first, 440 00:25:17,048 --> 00:25:19,915 - he'll be out in three and a half years. - Yeah. 441 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:29,122 I went to that address you gave me. The one for the guy working 442 00:25:29,294 --> 00:25:31,489 with the dead blackmailer, Abraham Zelner? 443 00:25:31,663 --> 00:25:32,925 Tell me you have him in custody. 444 00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:36,329 The address wasn't a residence, it was a butcher shop in Chinatown. 445 00:25:36,501 --> 00:25:39,902 It gets worse. Can't find any record of the guy in the NCIC 446 00:25:40,071 --> 00:25:42,301 - or the DMV database. - None? 447 00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:44,101 Sorry. I know you thought it was a lead 448 00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:46,301 but as far as I can tell, the name's a fake. 449 00:25:46,478 --> 00:25:48,275 [CELL PHONE RINGING] 450 00:25:50,982 --> 00:25:52,677 Brownstone is on fire, my bees have escaped, 451 00:25:52,851 --> 00:25:54,876 and there is a giant comet headed for Manhattan. 452 00:25:55,053 --> 00:25:56,987 WATSON: Excuse me? - The way the evening is going, 453 00:25:57,155 --> 00:25:59,316 I thought you could only be calling with more good news. 454 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:01,550 WATSON: I don't know, but Alfredo was here 455 00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:03,489 and he thought we should know that his sponsor 456 00:26:03,662 --> 00:26:07,029 just got a new blackmail demand from Charles Milverton. 457 00:26:08,466 --> 00:26:10,434 WATSON: What do you think it means? 458 00:26:11,836 --> 00:26:13,303 HENRY8. 459 00:26:13,471 --> 00:26:15,200 You think his accomplice sent it? 460 00:26:15,373 --> 00:26:19,833 As Milverton's fail-safe, he would be privy to all aspects of the operation. 461 00:26:20,011 --> 00:26:22,571 He possesses the same prurient material that Milverton did. 462 00:26:22,747 --> 00:26:25,341 But instead of exposing it as he's supposed to... 463 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:28,315 He's using it to take over the business. 464 00:26:28,486 --> 00:26:30,954 Milverton's murder has been all over the news for hours now. 465 00:26:31,122 --> 00:26:34,990 HENRY8 knows but doesn't care. 466 00:26:35,794 --> 00:26:38,058 Hmm. I can't recall the last time 467 00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:41,096 I was so thankful for the essential avarice of the human condition. 468 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,797 - You're happy about this? - Milverton's plan has backfired. 469 00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:47,768 His fail-safe has shirked the duties for which he was hired. 470 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:49,839 Which means that, for the moment, 471 00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:52,602 the secrets of Milverton's blackmail targets are safe. 472 00:26:52,811 --> 00:26:55,405 Abraham Zelner, as it turns out, was a pseudonym. 473 00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:58,105 But I still think that the fat man represented by Duke Landers 474 00:26:58,283 --> 00:27:00,717 is Milverton's accomplice. 475 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:03,578 You're gonna open up Landers' files again. 476 00:27:03,755 --> 00:27:06,690 Only lead we have at the moment, so, yes. 477 00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:09,190 But not before tea. It's gonna be a long night. 478 00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:12,159 Thank you, Alfredo. You've been most helpful. 479 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:17,192 ALFREDO: Hey. 480 00:27:18,236 --> 00:27:20,500 Want to, uh, check in with you about tomorrow before I go. 481 00:27:23,408 --> 00:27:26,104 We're going to a meeting. You're getting your chip. 482 00:27:27,145 --> 00:27:28,669 Yeah. 483 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,880 About that. Um, tomorrow's not really good for me. 484 00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:35,281 Well, you're working. I get it. 485 00:27:35,453 --> 00:27:38,422 But your day is your day, man. I promise it'll only take a few minutes. 486 00:27:39,457 --> 00:27:44,554 Look, Alfredo, it's not the case, it's the chip. 487 00:27:44,729 --> 00:27:45,753 I can't accept it. 488 00:27:46,798 --> 00:27:49,665 I know that to most addicts, it's a treasured token. 489 00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:53,998 It's a very tangible representation of their hard work and determination 490 00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:56,106 but I'm not most addicts. 491 00:27:56,274 --> 00:27:58,435 To me, it does not commemorate a period of success 492 00:27:58,610 --> 00:28:01,773 but, rather, the end of a period of great failure. 493 00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:04,744 I failed when I abused drugs 494 00:28:04,916 --> 00:28:08,875 and I would really rather not be reminded of that fact. 495 00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:13,351 ALFREDO: I'm sorry if that's how you see it. 496 00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:23,493 You know what I wish you got? 497 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,200 Milestones like this one, 498 00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:29,465 they're yours but they're not about you. 499 00:28:30,041 --> 00:28:33,135 They're about all the people who haven't got there yet. 500 00:28:33,478 --> 00:28:36,311 They see you do it and they think, why can't I? 501 00:28:37,649 --> 00:28:38,946 You know, I know it's hard 502 00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:42,917 but one of these days, you gotta get over yourself. 503 00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:47,483 [DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES] 504 00:28:49,794 --> 00:28:51,421 [HOLMES CLEARS THROAT] 505 00:28:51,596 --> 00:28:54,087 I believe I've uncovered the real identity of HENRY8. 506 00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:57,864 It all starts with the corpulent Abraham Zelner. 507 00:28:58,036 --> 00:29:00,436 It was an assumed identity, 508 00:29:00,605 --> 00:29:04,939 used for the expressed purpose of an obesity discrimination lawsuit. 509 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:07,237 When the airline that "Zelner" sued 510 00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:10,643 made its first lowball offer of settlement, he accepted. 511 00:29:10,815 --> 00:29:12,976 Probably because he knew that his false identity 512 00:29:13,151 --> 00:29:15,051 would not stand up to scrutiny. 513 00:29:15,220 --> 00:29:18,314 This started me thinking. What if he'd done it before? 514 00:29:19,057 --> 00:29:22,925 - So you think he sued other airlines? - Airlines, theaters, restaurants. 515 00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:25,460 To the professional fat man, these businesses are 516 00:29:25,630 --> 00:29:28,929 a veritable deep-fried buffet of nuisance lawsuits. 517 00:29:29,801 --> 00:29:33,168 Each one with a lucrative stream of income. 518 00:29:33,338 --> 00:29:36,398 I delved into the records of similar lawsuits filed on the east coast 519 00:29:36,574 --> 00:29:41,170 and focused only on those that resulted in quick "go away" payoffs. 520 00:29:41,346 --> 00:29:45,180 Do you notice anything unusual about the names of these plaintiffs? 521 00:29:45,350 --> 00:29:49,377 Abraham Zelner, Brad Yates, Cory Xavier, Declan Winchell. 522 00:29:49,554 --> 00:29:50,919 The initials. 523 00:29:51,089 --> 00:29:55,287 A-Z, B-Y, C-X, D-W. 524 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:57,087 They represent a pattern. 525 00:29:57,262 --> 00:29:59,025 First name starts with an A and moves forward, 526 00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:01,859 the last names starts with Z and moves backward. 527 00:30:02,033 --> 00:30:04,593 I believe they were all assumed by one man. 528 00:30:04,769 --> 00:30:08,569 The same man that Charles Milverton refers to in his ledger as HENRY8. 529 00:30:08,740 --> 00:30:10,901 That's great but it still doesn't tell us the real name. 530 00:30:11,075 --> 00:30:12,940 Nope. But it did help me find photographs 531 00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:16,512 of the plaintiffs in two of the nuisance suits. 532 00:30:16,681 --> 00:30:19,582 One appeared in a Queens newspaper regarding the complaint 533 00:30:19,751 --> 00:30:22,276 of an Ethan Varner against a tanning salon 534 00:30:22,453 --> 00:30:25,616 whose beds could not accommodate his prodigious girth. 535 00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:29,260 Four years ago, the rotund Stuart Bloom 536 00:30:29,427 --> 00:30:31,952 sued a Cineplex in Dover, Delaware for excessively small seats. 537 00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:34,098 He received a $50,000 payoff. 538 00:30:34,566 --> 00:30:36,261 WATSON: This is the same man. 539 00:30:36,434 --> 00:30:38,732 Stuart Bloom does not match the pattern. 540 00:30:38,903 --> 00:30:42,805 It does not because I believe it was his first lawsuit. 541 00:30:43,274 --> 00:30:44,764 You think that's his real name? 542 00:30:45,343 --> 00:30:49,245 Abraham Zelner may not have a DMV record 543 00:30:49,981 --> 00:30:52,779 but Stuart Bloom most certainly does. 544 00:30:52,951 --> 00:30:55,146 He lives in Staten Island. 545 00:31:07,832 --> 00:31:09,857 HOLMES: Mr. Bloom? 546 00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:12,763 It's so dark in here. 547 00:31:25,984 --> 00:31:27,212 What is it? 548 00:31:30,822 --> 00:31:32,687 It's cat litter. 549 00:31:41,866 --> 00:31:44,699 I don't think this was put down for cats. 550 00:31:44,869 --> 00:31:47,235 I think it was put down to absorb odors. 551 00:31:47,405 --> 00:31:48,770 [WATSON COUGHS] 552 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,531 Very strong odors. 553 00:32:01,686 --> 00:32:03,551 [FLIES BUZZING] 554 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:11,728 Captain Gregson, meet Stuart Bloom, a.k.a. HENRY8, 555 00:32:11,896 --> 00:32:15,332 a.k.a. Charles Milverton's accomplice. 556 00:32:19,203 --> 00:32:23,503 Looks like he's been here about a week. 557 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:26,269 Note the bruise pattern on his chest. 558 00:32:29,414 --> 00:32:31,211 GREGSON: Is that a boot print? 559 00:32:31,382 --> 00:32:33,247 HOLMES: Obviously the killer caught him unaware 560 00:32:33,418 --> 00:32:36,080 as he drove his head beneath the water. 561 00:32:36,254 --> 00:32:40,281 The body was too immense to remove so rather than dismember him, 562 00:32:40,491 --> 00:32:43,824 Milverton left behind a decade's worth of cat litter 563 00:32:43,995 --> 00:32:46,623 to cover the stench of his decomposition. 564 00:32:47,165 --> 00:32:49,690 Wait a minute. You think Milverton did this? 565 00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:53,394 Why not Anthony Pistone? He killed Milverton. 566 00:32:53,571 --> 00:32:56,563 He would have motive to kill Bloom too, no? 567 00:32:57,075 --> 00:32:59,839 The bruise on Bloom's chest suggests a shoe size 568 00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:01,342 between a 6 and an 8. 569 00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:03,674 HOLMES: Milverton was a 7. 570 00:33:04,449 --> 00:33:06,280 Mr. Pistone a 12. 571 00:33:06,451 --> 00:33:08,942 Also, the cat litter spread about all over the place. 572 00:33:09,387 --> 00:33:11,218 The same one that Milverton has in his home. 573 00:33:11,389 --> 00:33:13,050 I recognize the scent quite vividly. 574 00:33:13,224 --> 00:33:14,691 We think if you run the credit cards, 575 00:33:14,859 --> 00:33:17,191 you'll find that he purchased a large amount of the stuff 576 00:33:17,362 --> 00:33:18,886 a couple weeks ago. 577 00:33:19,063 --> 00:33:21,998 Any idea why Milverton would kill his partner in crime? 578 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:23,428 Bloom wanted a raise? 579 00:33:23,601 --> 00:33:26,365 I think the more pressing question, in my humble opinion, is this. 580 00:33:26,537 --> 00:33:29,028 If Mr. Bloom hasn't taken over the blackmailing business 581 00:33:29,207 --> 00:33:30,606 then who has, hmm? 582 00:33:36,481 --> 00:33:37,675 Oh, this is a surprise. 583 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:40,340 I thought you would have covered this wall with evidence by now. 584 00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:42,418 I did. I took it down. 585 00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:44,214 Put it back up again. Took it down again. 586 00:33:45,289 --> 00:33:47,484 WATSON: Not helpful, I take it? 587 00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:49,489 I've been through it all and so have you. 588 00:33:50,895 --> 00:33:53,227 I need new data to move forward. 589 00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:58,899 I will take another look at it before I go to bed. 590 00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:03,404 You were right about the sobriety chips that I ordered. 591 00:34:06,144 --> 00:34:08,578 I was trying to get a rise. 592 00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:12,713 I was trying to spark a conversation. 593 00:34:22,460 --> 00:34:27,796 I told Alfredo that I could not accept my one-year chip 594 00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:33,631 because it would conjure memories of a period of failure in my life. 595 00:34:34,038 --> 00:34:35,835 That's not true. 596 00:34:38,276 --> 00:34:42,770 I cannot accept my one-year chip on my one-year anniversary 597 00:34:43,481 --> 00:34:45,642 because it's not my anniversary. 598 00:34:47,185 --> 00:34:48,914 Are you saying you relapsed? 599 00:34:52,156 --> 00:34:54,886 It was a while ago. It was before I met you. 600 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:59,687 The day after I agreed to enter into rehab, as a matter of fact. 601 00:34:59,864 --> 00:35:04,301 I had realized that my father was right. 602 00:35:04,902 --> 00:35:07,427 I needed to repair myself. 603 00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:14,009 So I disposed of my drugs and I destroyed my paraphernalia. 604 00:35:14,712 --> 00:35:18,011 The next day, I entered Hemdale. 605 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:23,281 The day after that, I got sick. 606 00:35:24,755 --> 00:35:26,655 And, yeah, very sick. 607 00:35:28,459 --> 00:35:32,520 So I devised a way to leave without being detected. 608 00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:36,857 I got what I needed, returned. 609 00:35:38,102 --> 00:35:39,330 Yeah. 610 00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:44,134 And that was the last time I took drugs. 611 00:35:45,109 --> 00:35:47,304 Not the day before. 612 00:35:51,949 --> 00:35:54,440 Sherlock, I understand why you're upset. 613 00:35:55,353 --> 00:35:58,117 But we're talking about the difference of one day. 614 00:35:58,289 --> 00:36:02,385 It does not change what you did in the 364 that followed. 615 00:36:08,566 --> 00:36:11,592 I decided to stop using drugs, yes? 616 00:36:11,769 --> 00:36:14,329 I decided, me. 617 00:36:16,207 --> 00:36:18,937 And then 24 hours later... 618 00:36:24,782 --> 00:36:28,149 It's just, I mean, it sounds like a mere detail, 619 00:36:28,319 --> 00:36:33,416 but I'm a man of details and it matters to me. 620 00:36:37,728 --> 00:36:44,292 Now, I know that I need to, uh, tell Alfredo, but it's proving difficult. 621 00:36:45,102 --> 00:36:50,062 And it just didn't seem right to tell him before you. 622 00:36:55,413 --> 00:36:57,381 [COMPUTER BEEPING] 623 00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:07,114 Oh. 624 00:37:07,692 --> 00:37:10,126 - What is it? - Charles Milverton's autopsy report, 625 00:37:10,294 --> 00:37:11,818 which I would happily consider new data 626 00:37:11,996 --> 00:37:16,228 were it not for the fact that I was there when he was gunned down. 627 00:37:19,003 --> 00:37:20,561 WATSON: Hmm. 628 00:37:21,405 --> 00:37:22,497 What? 629 00:37:22,673 --> 00:37:25,403 When you said that Anthony Pistone stomped on Milverton's face, 630 00:37:25,576 --> 00:37:27,271 I assumed it was all over, 631 00:37:27,445 --> 00:37:30,903 but according to this, there's just damage to one side. 632 00:37:34,452 --> 00:37:36,511 - And they're gone. - What are? 633 00:37:36,687 --> 00:37:39,622 His scars. There was patches of them here. 634 00:37:39,790 --> 00:37:41,724 Very distinctive. 635 00:37:41,892 --> 00:37:45,055 Almost as though Pistone has targeted them. 636 00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:54,033 Mr. Pistone, such a pleasure to see you again. 637 00:37:54,205 --> 00:37:55,900 I was so glad to hear that you made bail. 638 00:37:56,073 --> 00:37:57,836 Thanks. 639 00:37:58,009 --> 00:38:01,206 My attorney said you had some more questions for me before I go home. 640 00:38:01,712 --> 00:38:04,545 Yeah, remind us, when did you first identify 641 00:38:04,715 --> 00:38:07,479 Charles Milverton as your blackmailer? 642 00:38:08,319 --> 00:38:10,981 A few nights ago, like I told you. 643 00:38:11,155 --> 00:38:14,716 We now have reason to believe that you actually crossed paths before that. 644 00:38:15,159 --> 00:38:18,219 Charles Milverton was savagely beaten four months ago. 645 00:38:18,396 --> 00:38:19,988 He had to go to an ER. 646 00:38:20,164 --> 00:38:21,188 He said he was mugged, 647 00:38:21,365 --> 00:38:23,526 which is why the responding detectives took photographs, 648 00:38:23,701 --> 00:38:24,998 but we think he lied. 649 00:38:25,169 --> 00:38:29,071 He gave varying descriptions of his mugger to the police. 650 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,970 The doctor who treated him chalked that up to concussion 651 00:38:32,143 --> 00:38:36,375 but we think it was more than that. That he couldn't tell the real story. 652 00:38:36,547 --> 00:38:38,139 Which was that you found him and beat him 653 00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:41,149 until he surprised you with an offer that you could not refuse, 654 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:43,184 a piece of his blackmailing business. 655 00:38:44,655 --> 00:38:47,954 See these gashes, left temple? 656 00:38:48,125 --> 00:38:50,423 Now, these wounds bear a striking resemblance 657 00:38:50,594 --> 00:38:52,459 to the emblem on your ring. 658 00:38:55,199 --> 00:38:58,225 Milverton was left with these scars. You knew this. 659 00:38:58,402 --> 00:39:01,303 So when the police closed in on you two nights ago, 660 00:39:01,472 --> 00:39:04,236 you trampled his face in an effort to obscure them. 661 00:39:04,909 --> 00:39:07,070 You wanna guess how many of these are out there? 662 00:39:07,244 --> 00:39:11,203 Hmm. It's interesting that you failed to mention the other night 663 00:39:11,382 --> 00:39:13,873 that Karen is not your daughter but your stepdaughter. 664 00:39:14,051 --> 00:39:17,782 According to your neighbors, you two fight a lot. 665 00:39:17,955 --> 00:39:20,048 You found Milverton months ago. 666 00:39:20,224 --> 00:39:21,748 You intended to punish him 667 00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:26,022 but he offered you a piece of his operation in exchange for his life. 668 00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:29,499 You needed the money. You took him up on his offer. 669 00:39:29,667 --> 00:39:34,604 Charles now had two partners, his fail-safe, Stuart Bloom, and you. 670 00:39:34,772 --> 00:39:36,399 Someone had to go. 671 00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:38,201 Milverton murdered Bloom. 672 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:41,709 Maybe you put him up to it, maybe he did it of his own volition. 673 00:39:41,879 --> 00:39:46,680 Either way, I suspect a 50-50 split was not enough for you. 674 00:39:46,851 --> 00:39:49,012 These are theories, captain. You're gonna need proof. 675 00:39:49,186 --> 00:39:50,517 I agree. 676 00:39:50,688 --> 00:39:52,849 Which is why we conducted a thorough search 677 00:39:53,023 --> 00:39:56,356 of your client's business and home this morning. 678 00:39:57,595 --> 00:40:02,464 We found this laptop at his office. 679 00:40:02,633 --> 00:40:04,328 It's Milverton's. 680 00:40:04,502 --> 00:40:07,164 You told me you smashed it, threw it in a Dumpster. 681 00:40:07,338 --> 00:40:11,297 Funny thing is, we didn't find it in your desk but in your brother's. 682 00:40:11,475 --> 00:40:14,137 He's already confessed to being your partner, 683 00:40:14,311 --> 00:40:17,838 the Stuart Bloom to your Charles Milverton. 684 00:40:18,015 --> 00:40:20,176 He was the one who sent Ken Whitman the demand for money 685 00:40:20,351 --> 00:40:22,876 when you were in police custody the other day. 686 00:40:23,053 --> 00:40:26,750 So it looks like you'll be spending a few more decades in prison 687 00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:28,824 than you thought. 688 00:40:34,131 --> 00:40:35,393 ALFREDO: Hey. 689 00:40:35,866 --> 00:40:37,299 Change your mind? 690 00:40:38,169 --> 00:40:41,502 HOLMES: I have not. - What are you doing here? 691 00:40:43,874 --> 00:40:45,239 You okay? 692 00:40:46,210 --> 00:40:48,872 There's something I'd like to discuss with you. 693 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:51,143 [TATTOO NEEDLE BUZZING] 694 00:40:54,118 --> 00:40:57,087 Hey, I didn't hear you come in. 695 00:40:57,254 --> 00:41:00,314 You know me, stealthy as a shadow. 696 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:03,150 How'd it go with Alfredo? 697 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:08,222 Liberating, as you predicted. 698 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:10,731 I'm lucky to have him. 699 00:41:14,004 --> 00:41:17,906 Look at the time. Happy real anniversary. 700 00:41:21,979 --> 00:41:23,970 Regardless of the actual start date of my sobriety, 701 00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:26,207 I still have no interest in public celebrations, 702 00:41:26,383 --> 00:41:28,180 speeches, encouragements 703 00:41:28,352 --> 00:41:30,718 or the bestowing of chips. 704 00:41:30,888 --> 00:41:32,549 I know. 705 00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:39,025 Found it at a secondhand store. 706 00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:44,400 It's dark. It's not just for anyone but I thought it was very you. 707 00:41:46,871 --> 00:41:50,272 I just wanted to let you know that I was thinking of you.