1 00:00:59,452 --> 00:01:02,301 I will do immediately. Thank you. 2 00:01:03,176 --> 00:01:05,693 Crabtree! In here. 3 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,790 - Sirs. - Pack up your desk. 4 00:01:09,991 --> 00:01:12,125 - Excuse me? - And buy a suit. 5 00:01:12,374 --> 00:01:14,468 Davis at Station House Number Three 6 00:01:14,588 --> 00:01:16,154 wants you as his detective. 7 00:01:16,274 --> 00:01:19,585 - You start in two weeks. - Sir, truly? 8 00:01:19,758 --> 00:01:21,684 Detective Crabtree. 9 00:01:21,865 --> 00:01:23,295 Congratulations. 10 00:01:23,415 --> 00:01:25,646 "Detective Crabtree" I like the sound of that! 11 00:01:25,711 --> 00:01:28,069 No time to celebrate, we've got to get to the polls. 12 00:01:28,275 --> 00:01:29,377 Margaret's waiting. 13 00:01:29,396 --> 00:01:32,122 Oh, sir, I already voted in the advance polls, 14 00:01:32,186 --> 00:01:35,633 in case I was detained on an investigation. 15 00:01:41,740 --> 00:01:43,935 That's what advance polls are for. 16 00:01:46,724 --> 00:01:49,583 Come along, the polling station's this way. 17 00:01:53,772 --> 00:01:56,607 Good day, Dr. Nesbitt. Mr. Marter. 18 00:01:56,727 --> 00:01:59,908 Dr. Ogden, whatever are you ladies doing here? 19 00:01:59,925 --> 00:02:01,826 The same as you, gentlemen. 20 00:02:01,860 --> 00:02:03,557 Not quite the same thing. 21 00:02:03,606 --> 00:02:06,143 We are here to cast our own votes, after all. 22 00:02:06,835 --> 00:02:08,631 I hear it's to be a tight race today. 23 00:02:08,857 --> 00:02:11,224 Yes, between Mr. Marter and I. 24 00:02:11,344 --> 00:02:13,190 May the best man win. 25 00:02:23,305 --> 00:02:24,980 The line is back here. 26 00:02:24,996 --> 00:02:27,183 Why wait in line when you can be first in? 27 00:02:27,217 --> 00:02:29,048 They'll get their turn soon enough. 28 00:02:30,441 --> 00:02:32,455 Voting is open! 29 00:02:37,528 --> 00:02:40,187 - Shall we? - We've a busy day ahead. 30 00:02:40,227 --> 00:02:42,346 Busier than we expected. As of last night, 31 00:02:42,386 --> 00:02:44,903 we have 26 committed voters for Margaret Haile. 32 00:02:44,944 --> 00:02:47,213 26 men in support of women's suffrage! 33 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:50,744 And no matter how many votes we get, we're showing other women it can be done. 34 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:53,609 So, although 35 00:02:53,644 --> 00:02:56,279 - Mr. Marter is the incumbent... - And the Conservative. 36 00:02:56,517 --> 00:02:57,770 Didn't I vote for him last time? 37 00:02:57,801 --> 00:03:00,878 No, he's since left the Conservatives and is running as an Independent. 38 00:03:01,136 --> 00:03:03,331 Independent. I quite like the sound of that. 39 00:03:03,908 --> 00:03:06,552 Perhaps he had enough of back-room party shenanigans. 40 00:03:06,672 --> 00:03:07,764 Don't be silly, Thomas, 41 00:03:07,810 --> 00:03:10,227 he's pouting because he didn't get a Senate appointment. 42 00:03:10,626 --> 00:03:13,289 On the other hand, the new Conservative candidate, 43 00:03:13,294 --> 00:03:15,376 Dr. Nesbitt, is a scoundrel! 44 00:03:15,443 --> 00:03:17,443 Well, that just leaves the lady candidate. 45 00:03:17,494 --> 00:03:19,288 Doctor Ogden will be chuffed. 46 00:03:19,408 --> 00:03:22,752 Any woman who manages her life right doesn't need suffrage. 47 00:03:22,937 --> 00:03:24,545 I'm perfectly happy to leave 48 00:03:24,574 --> 00:03:26,576 the whole dirty business to my husband. 49 00:03:26,942 --> 00:03:29,870 I've decided to support Doctors Ogden and Grace in their cause. 50 00:03:30,195 --> 00:03:32,154 A wasted vote, in my books. 51 00:03:32,274 --> 00:03:34,182 We're voting for the party as usual. 52 00:03:34,216 --> 00:03:37,494 Isn't that right, Thomas? 53 00:03:38,190 --> 00:03:39,687 Wait there, Margaret. 54 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,397 - Excuse me! - Toronto Constabulary. 55 00:03:54,518 --> 00:03:56,521 The Detective had the right idea, sir. 56 00:03:56,813 --> 00:03:58,495 Voting will have to wait. 57 00:04:03,763 --> 00:04:06,401 Constabulary, move aside please. 58 00:04:08,857 --> 00:04:11,567 I heard George is moving up in the ranks. 59 00:04:11,601 --> 00:04:13,277 Why, yes. 60 00:04:14,132 --> 00:04:15,672 Detective Crabtree, 61 00:04:15,702 --> 00:04:18,273 would you care to assess the scene of the crime? 62 00:04:19,307 --> 00:04:21,179 I would indeed, sir. 63 00:04:24,746 --> 00:04:26,582 How very odd! 64 00:04:26,801 --> 00:04:29,540 Yes, it appears our victim is wearing a fake moustache. 65 00:04:29,918 --> 00:04:32,123 Dr. Ogden and I saw two men entering 66 00:04:32,136 --> 00:04:34,249 the polling station wearing red ties. 67 00:04:34,590 --> 00:04:37,361 I can't be sure of his face, but I remember the tie. 68 00:04:38,083 --> 00:04:40,995 He's still warm despite the morning chill. 69 00:04:41,262 --> 00:04:43,530 Could very well be one of the men you saw. 70 00:04:43,882 --> 00:04:46,240 He was strangled it would seem, 71 00:04:46,768 --> 00:04:48,869 and with no small amount of force. 72 00:04:49,468 --> 00:04:51,884 His name is Plantagenet McCarthy. 73 00:04:52,303 --> 00:04:53,345 Alright then, Detective, 74 00:04:53,346 --> 00:04:56,103 how do you think the investigation should proceed from here? 75 00:04:56,223 --> 00:04:59,679 Well, sir, as we already have Constables interviewing witnesses in the area, 76 00:04:59,714 --> 00:05:01,593 I would dispatch another Constable, 77 00:05:01,713 --> 00:05:02,830 in this case, myself... 78 00:05:02,850 --> 00:05:05,935 to dig into background information for our victim, Mr. McCarthy. 79 00:05:06,128 --> 00:05:07,566 And as the Detective... 80 00:05:07,686 --> 00:05:09,422 in this case, you, sir... 81 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:11,998 I would probably proceed to the victim's last known whereabouts. 82 00:05:12,559 --> 00:05:14,160 Sounds about right. 83 00:05:14,629 --> 00:05:16,794 - Indeed. - Off we go. 84 00:05:17,098 --> 00:05:18,598 Thank you, Dr. Grace. 85 00:05:21,041 --> 00:05:22,216 Good morning, Margaret. 86 00:05:22,226 --> 00:05:24,753 It's a fine day to make history, Lillian. 87 00:05:25,299 --> 00:05:27,306 Margaret, I don't know what happened. 88 00:05:27,341 --> 00:05:30,283 One of our supporters just told me that your name isn't on the ballot! 89 00:05:30,344 --> 00:05:33,093 - How can that be? - I'll telephone Clara Brett Martin. 90 00:05:33,114 --> 00:05:35,598 Get word to our supporters at other polling stations. 91 00:05:37,226 --> 00:05:38,722 It's not in my power to stop voting. 92 00:05:38,801 --> 00:05:41,675 I assure you, Margaret Haile is a properly registered candidate. 93 00:05:41,795 --> 00:05:44,237 - If her name isn't on the ballot... - It's not on the ballot. 94 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:46,144 Then none of these votes are valid. 95 00:05:47,155 --> 00:05:49,350 You'll need to take your complaint up with Mr. Snipe, 96 00:05:49,397 --> 00:05:52,197 - our Returning Officer. - Can I help you, ladies? 97 00:05:52,660 --> 00:05:54,332 I certainly hope so. 98 00:05:56,355 --> 00:05:59,204 Mr. Snipe, we have no intention of leaving! 99 00:05:59,238 --> 00:06:01,506 Then I will be forced to call the police. 100 00:06:02,463 --> 00:06:05,425 Detective Murdoch, Toronto Constabulary. May I help you? 101 00:06:05,745 --> 00:06:07,524 Take your hands off the ladies, sir. 102 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,148 Margaret Haile has been left off the ballots. 103 00:06:10,163 --> 00:06:12,911 - Yet men continue to vote. - I am the returning officer 104 00:06:12,931 --> 00:06:15,134 and I am not prepared to stop the vote. 105 00:06:15,254 --> 00:06:17,903 If the ballots are incorrect, sir, is it not your fault? 106 00:06:18,946 --> 00:06:20,040 No... 107 00:06:21,864 --> 00:06:23,359 Let me see what I can do, sir. 108 00:06:23,410 --> 00:06:26,549 On another matter, we need the list of all the men who voted in the last hour, 109 00:06:26,745 --> 00:06:28,299 as well as the names of your staff. 110 00:06:28,575 --> 00:06:30,699 You will need to talk to my clerks. 111 00:06:33,364 --> 00:06:35,615 Do you recall seeing two men 112 00:06:35,735 --> 00:06:38,446 wearing red ties? They came in together. 113 00:06:38,992 --> 00:06:40,177 Uh, yes, 114 00:06:40,213 --> 00:06:43,079 yes I do. They were the first and second to vote. 115 00:06:43,615 --> 00:06:45,090 Alexander Cuddy 116 00:06:45,116 --> 00:06:47,858 and Plantagenet McCarthy. 117 00:06:52,420 --> 00:06:54,034 Will that be all, sir? 118 00:06:57,394 --> 00:06:59,394 Yes, thank you. 119 00:07:00,255 --> 00:07:03,280 It appears our victim's friend was one Alexander Cuddy 120 00:07:03,327 --> 00:07:05,936 - of 18 Suffolk Street. - I'll have him brought in. 121 00:07:06,056 --> 00:07:08,770 You get over to McCarthy's place, see what you can find. 122 00:07:10,316 --> 00:07:12,342 That's wonderful news, Georg! 123 00:07:12,893 --> 00:07:15,177 You've wanted this for so long. 124 00:07:15,192 --> 00:07:17,022 I was starting to think it would never happen. 125 00:07:17,357 --> 00:07:20,416 I can't believe I'll be out of this uniform forever. 126 00:07:20,614 --> 00:07:23,331 Can you imagine me going off to work in a nice dapper suit? 127 00:07:23,621 --> 00:07:24,872 And just think of it, I mean, 128 00:07:24,992 --> 00:07:26,974 you'll be the one solving the crimes 129 00:07:27,094 --> 00:07:29,971 and catching the murderers and making sure families see justice! 130 00:07:30,091 --> 00:07:31,568 It's all on your shoulders. 131 00:07:32,048 --> 00:07:34,310 Now that you mention it, I hope I'm up to the task. 132 00:07:34,326 --> 00:07:35,357 Well of course you are, 133 00:07:35,548 --> 00:07:36,841 with your experience and smarts! 134 00:07:36,862 --> 00:07:39,682 What if I'm not as capable without Detective Murdoch's help? 135 00:07:39,802 --> 00:07:42,053 Put that thought out of your head, George. You'll be fine. 136 00:07:42,279 --> 00:07:44,749 And besides, you'll have a Crabtree of your own. 137 00:07:51,881 --> 00:07:52,990 Edna... 138 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:54,964 I have to get back. 139 00:07:55,346 --> 00:07:57,979 Well, meet me for lunch. I'll take you out to celebrate. 140 00:07:57,990 --> 00:07:59,144 I'd love that. 141 00:08:04,381 --> 00:08:07,576 - Clara, thank God you're here. - Julia, Margaret. What a disappointment! 142 00:08:07,696 --> 00:08:09,386 What do the election laws say about this? 143 00:08:09,422 --> 00:08:11,082 They don't seem to account for such a mistake. 144 00:08:11,113 --> 00:08:13,813 - It's never happened before. - Not the history we wanted to make. 145 00:08:13,818 --> 00:08:15,828 Here's the Returning Officer now. Mr. Snipe, 146 00:08:15,874 --> 00:08:18,839 this is Clara Brett Martin, Miss Haile's lawyer. 147 00:08:18,873 --> 00:08:22,742 Mr. Snipe, I assure you all of Miss Haile's candidacy papers are in order, 148 00:08:22,773 --> 00:08:25,098 and as such she has every right to appear on the ballot. 149 00:08:25,113 --> 00:08:26,175 That may be, 150 00:08:26,386 --> 00:08:29,742 but I won't disrupt the voting for the sake of a stunt candidate. 151 00:08:30,149 --> 00:08:34,300 If you can't make this right, I will petition a judge to order an injunction. 152 00:08:34,355 --> 00:08:36,024 You can try what you like. 153 00:08:36,591 --> 00:08:38,214 Miss Haile was never going to win, 154 00:08:38,215 --> 00:08:40,629 so I very much doubt that this particular error 155 00:08:40,645 --> 00:08:42,385 makes any real difference either way. 156 00:08:42,999 --> 00:08:43,889 Good day, ladies. 157 00:08:44,141 --> 00:08:47,505 An injunction it is. I'll be back as quickly as I can. 158 00:08:49,238 --> 00:08:50,866 If our supporters can't vote, 159 00:08:50,899 --> 00:08:52,136 then no one should. 160 00:08:53,311 --> 00:08:55,369 What do you have in mind, Julia? 161 00:09:40,565 --> 00:09:42,921 Oh, William... 162 00:09:46,993 --> 00:09:49,083 Murdoch. 163 00:09:50,462 --> 00:09:52,083 Murdoch! 164 00:09:53,019 --> 00:09:55,123 Hey! 165 00:09:56,894 --> 00:09:59,039 Terrence Meyers! 166 00:10:06,191 --> 00:10:08,275 What are you doing here, Meyers? 167 00:10:08,575 --> 00:10:10,228 The much more compelling question is 168 00:10:10,242 --> 00:10:12,098 what are you doing here, Murdoch? 169 00:10:12,478 --> 00:10:15,862 I'm investigating the death of one Plantagenet McCarthy. 170 00:10:17,001 --> 00:10:20,081 - Plantagenet McCarthy is dead? - Yes. 171 00:10:20,084 --> 00:10:22,094 We found his body this morning. 172 00:10:23,692 --> 00:10:25,488 This was on his person. 173 00:10:26,481 --> 00:10:28,233 What kind of gas was that? 174 00:10:28,353 --> 00:10:31,062 It's harmless... or so I've been told. 175 00:10:35,185 --> 00:10:37,788 Why did you booby-trap McCarthy's apartment? 176 00:10:39,843 --> 00:10:43,171 Murdoch, McCarthy was a spy... one of my operatives, 177 00:10:43,222 --> 00:10:46,392 - on a very important mission. - Of course he was. 178 00:10:46,959 --> 00:10:48,789 I want to see the body. 179 00:10:49,859 --> 00:10:53,023 He was strangled with a cord about a quarter-inch in diameter. 180 00:10:53,061 --> 00:10:55,967 I believe the killer used a sisal twine dyed green. 181 00:10:56,219 --> 00:10:58,088 I retrieved fibres from the wound. 182 00:10:58,123 --> 00:10:59,247 You can take a look. 183 00:11:00,928 --> 00:11:04,015 - Where would I find his personal effects, Doctor? - Right over there. 184 00:11:04,350 --> 00:11:05,829 Detective, if that will be all? 185 00:11:06,137 --> 00:11:07,627 Yes, thank you. 186 00:11:09,781 --> 00:11:11,012 What's this, Murdoch? 187 00:11:13,419 --> 00:11:15,171 He was wearing a false moustache. 188 00:11:15,605 --> 00:11:16,414 Huh! 189 00:11:16,889 --> 00:11:18,218 A bit of spycraft. 190 00:11:18,338 --> 00:11:21,377 - Hmm. - This is an unfortunate turn of events. 191 00:11:21,737 --> 00:11:24,580 I personally recruited McCarthy out of McGill University. 192 00:11:25,315 --> 00:11:26,582 Trained him myself. 193 00:11:26,918 --> 00:11:29,385 Perhaps that would explain his fate. 194 00:11:32,016 --> 00:11:34,196 I need you to help me find his killer. 195 00:11:34,658 --> 00:11:35,737 Ah, yes. 196 00:11:35,974 --> 00:11:38,969 - I imagine it's a matter of national... - ...National security. 197 00:11:42,994 --> 00:11:46,184 McCarthy's latest mission was to flush out a German spy 198 00:11:46,189 --> 00:11:47,561 operating in Toronto. 199 00:11:47,906 --> 00:11:49,050 His death, 200 00:11:49,215 --> 00:11:50,395 while regrettable, 201 00:11:50,447 --> 00:11:52,390 proves the enemy spy is close. 202 00:11:52,510 --> 00:11:54,647 Why would a German spy be in Toronto? 203 00:11:55,421 --> 00:11:57,111 The Germans are extremely interested 204 00:11:57,137 --> 00:11:59,806 in anyone capable of supplying arms to Great Britain. 205 00:12:00,403 --> 00:12:02,102 So your spy tasked with 206 00:12:02,111 --> 00:12:04,752 monitoring international movement of munitions 207 00:12:04,811 --> 00:12:07,722 found time to vote in our election this morning? 208 00:12:08,299 --> 00:12:11,309 Spies fulfill their civic duty as well as everyone else. 209 00:12:11,742 --> 00:12:13,547 We're gonna need a list of everyone that was 210 00:12:13,548 --> 00:12:16,381 - at that polling station when McCarthy was there. - Already done. 211 00:12:17,659 --> 00:12:18,591 Excellent. 212 00:12:19,222 --> 00:12:20,525 I'm glad you've taken my advice 213 00:12:20,562 --> 00:12:22,632 on intelligence-gathering seriously, Murdoch. 214 00:12:29,143 --> 00:12:32,706 - Emily! Come here. - Oh, how exciting! 215 00:12:32,863 --> 00:12:35,378 - What are we doing exactly? - Now see here, Dr. Ogden, 216 00:12:35,383 --> 00:12:37,712 I've done my best to tolerate your crusade. 217 00:12:37,736 --> 00:12:39,774 That's very considerate of you, Mr. Marter. 218 00:12:39,894 --> 00:12:42,808 I think it's time for you ladies to go back to your knitting. 219 00:12:43,245 --> 00:12:46,729 Tell me, Dr. Nesbitt, what would you do if it were your name left off the ballot? 220 00:12:46,849 --> 00:12:49,711 My dear, my name could never be left off the ballot. 221 00:12:50,090 --> 00:12:52,077 I have the power of the party behind me. 222 00:12:52,078 --> 00:12:55,764 You have all the power, Dr. Nesbitt. And that is precisely the problem. 223 00:12:55,781 --> 00:12:57,747 - Bravo! - Well said! 224 00:12:58,102 --> 00:13:00,717 Um, what are you all doing? 225 00:13:00,902 --> 00:13:02,028 We're protesting. 226 00:13:02,416 --> 00:13:04,250 - Why? - This lady here, 227 00:13:04,258 --> 00:13:05,471 - Margaret Haile... - Hello. 228 00:13:05,491 --> 00:13:06,060 Hello. 229 00:13:06,130 --> 00:13:07,413 ...is running for office, 230 00:13:07,458 --> 00:13:09,165 but they left her name off the ballot. 231 00:13:09,367 --> 00:13:10,684 That sounds unfair. 232 00:13:13,306 --> 00:13:14,577 I'm sorry, not today. 233 00:13:14,697 --> 00:13:16,123 But thank you very much, young lady. 234 00:13:16,243 --> 00:13:18,123 You're exactly why all of this matters. 235 00:13:18,955 --> 00:13:20,980 Germans? Connected to our victim? 236 00:13:21,394 --> 00:13:23,367 Murdoch and I are just about to match your list 237 00:13:23,404 --> 00:13:26,764 of voters with the profile I have on one Wolfgang Ketzer, 238 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:27,828 a German spy 239 00:13:28,063 --> 00:13:29,816 known to be operating in Toronto. 240 00:13:30,071 --> 00:13:32,462 And you believe this Ketzer was at the polling station. 241 00:13:33,039 --> 00:13:34,070 Care to share why? 242 00:13:35,414 --> 00:13:37,157 Because my man, McCarthy, is dead. 243 00:13:37,196 --> 00:13:38,820 Obviously killed by this conniving Hun. 244 00:13:38,841 --> 00:13:39,987 You don't know that. 245 00:13:40,523 --> 00:13:43,373 For all we know, Alexander Cuddy could be our man. 246 00:13:43,765 --> 00:13:46,095 He and McCarthy were seen together at the polls 247 00:13:46,115 --> 00:13:47,700 shortly before McCarthy's death. 248 00:13:47,820 --> 00:13:49,935 And they were both wearing matching red ties. 249 00:13:50,226 --> 00:13:51,612 Cuddy is not our man. 250 00:13:51,789 --> 00:13:53,851 - You seem very sure of that. - I'm very certain. 251 00:13:54,293 --> 00:13:55,996 Care to share why, Mr. Meyers? 252 00:13:57,884 --> 00:14:00,341 Gentlemen. I am at liberty to share with you 253 00:14:00,358 --> 00:14:03,083 the information I have on Ketzer: mid-40s, 254 00:14:03,112 --> 00:14:04,542 stands over six feet tall. 255 00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:06,497 Beautiful day, lads. 256 00:14:07,898 --> 00:14:08,921 What have you, George? 257 00:14:09,041 --> 00:14:10,092 Ah, sir. 258 00:14:10,513 --> 00:14:12,023 Plantagenet McCarthy. 259 00:14:12,298 --> 00:14:15,432 He studied both French and German at McGill University, 260 00:14:15,567 --> 00:14:18,463 lived there in Montreal for some time, as well as Quebec City. 261 00:14:19,111 --> 00:14:21,243 Both cities with munitions factories. 262 00:14:21,478 --> 00:14:24,254 Also, sir, somebody once tried to kill him but he survived. 263 00:14:24,703 --> 00:14:26,434 - Indeed? - About 20 years ago. 264 00:14:26,459 --> 00:14:28,558 It sounds like he's led quite an adventurous life, sir. 265 00:14:29,961 --> 00:14:31,757 Ah! Oh, good. 266 00:14:31,827 --> 00:14:34,159 Potential suspects from the polling station have arrived. 267 00:14:34,318 --> 00:14:35,270 Thank you, George. 268 00:14:36,248 --> 00:14:37,444 No... 269 00:14:38,104 --> 00:14:38,983 No... 270 00:14:40,083 --> 00:14:41,481 Certainly not. 271 00:14:42,792 --> 00:14:43,840 No... 272 00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:46,281 Perhaps... 273 00:14:50,914 --> 00:14:51,736 This one. 274 00:14:53,777 --> 00:14:55,051 Sir, what is your name? 275 00:14:55,525 --> 00:14:56,640 John Smith. 276 00:14:57,075 --> 00:14:58,626 Ah. Mr. Smith... 277 00:14:59,784 --> 00:15:01,891 We've detained you to ask you 278 00:15:01,925 --> 00:15:05,889 about your recent visit to Polling Station Number Five. 279 00:15:07,167 --> 00:15:09,747 Did you speak to any other voters there? 280 00:15:11,299 --> 00:15:12,280 "Good morning," 281 00:15:12,602 --> 00:15:14,717 "Nice day for it," that sort of thing. 282 00:15:15,166 --> 00:15:16,605 I voted and left. 283 00:15:26,971 --> 00:15:28,047 "John Smith" 284 00:15:28,064 --> 00:15:29,577 is not your real name, is it? 285 00:15:29,697 --> 00:15:30,364 No. 286 00:15:30,735 --> 00:15:32,471 It's Johannes Schmidt, 287 00:15:33,064 --> 00:15:35,815 but Canadians can't pronounce that, so I changed it. 288 00:15:36,841 --> 00:15:37,852 Murdoch, 289 00:15:37,926 --> 00:15:40,875 I will be taking this man into the custody of the Canadian government. 290 00:15:41,242 --> 00:15:43,827 We apparently have some catching up to do, don't we "Schmidt"? 291 00:15:43,947 --> 00:15:44,938 All right. 292 00:15:46,234 --> 00:15:47,525 Mr. Schmidt, 293 00:15:48,089 --> 00:15:49,693 may I see your hands? 294 00:15:53,132 --> 00:15:54,163 Thank you. 295 00:15:55,054 --> 00:15:56,650 Considering the weapon 296 00:15:56,770 --> 00:15:58,790 and the force required to strangle someone, 297 00:15:58,802 --> 00:16:01,692 I would expect to see some marks on the killer's hands. 298 00:16:02,017 --> 00:16:04,458 Any spy worth his salt would wear gloves 299 00:16:04,492 --> 00:16:05,881 when executing a man. 300 00:16:06,001 --> 00:16:09,311 Any spy worth his salt wouldn't speak German and expose himself. 301 00:16:09,891 --> 00:16:13,114 He exposed himself precisely to hide himself. 302 00:16:14,808 --> 00:16:16,726 Some things you have yet to learn, Inspector. 303 00:16:20,226 --> 00:16:22,415 That poor bugger's neither a killer nor a spy. 304 00:16:22,477 --> 00:16:23,656 I agree. 305 00:16:24,531 --> 00:16:26,106 So let's find the real one. 306 00:16:28,090 --> 00:16:30,308 I hope you weren't expecting something fancier. 307 00:16:30,428 --> 00:16:31,759 I think it's perfect. 308 00:16:32,341 --> 00:16:34,876 Nothing could be more perfect than this moment right now. 309 00:16:35,783 --> 00:16:37,276 And on a Detective's salary, 310 00:16:37,301 --> 00:16:40,505 - I'll be able to afford fancier places. - Mm, fancier hot dogs. 311 00:16:40,625 --> 00:16:42,237 Oh, the fanciest hot dogs. 312 00:16:42,670 --> 00:16:44,245 But I could afford to buy a house. 313 00:16:45,210 --> 00:16:46,637 I could afford to get married. 314 00:16:46,847 --> 00:16:48,500 Is that meant to be a proposal, George? 315 00:16:49,096 --> 00:16:50,463 Well, it wouldn't be... 316 00:16:52,252 --> 00:16:53,971 I was just kidding. I didn't... 317 00:16:54,198 --> 00:16:56,552 I didn't mean you'd actually... 318 00:17:02,809 --> 00:17:03,566 George? 319 00:17:05,144 --> 00:17:06,048 Edna... 320 00:17:09,185 --> 00:17:11,680 Will you do me the honour of becoming my wife? 321 00:17:13,976 --> 00:17:14,916 Yes. 322 00:17:16,483 --> 00:17:17,617 Yes, I will. 323 00:17:32,042 --> 00:17:34,495 Gentlemen, it is your right to vote! 324 00:17:34,652 --> 00:17:37,403 Do not let those who do not share that right 325 00:17:37,432 --> 00:17:39,457 deprive you of yours. 326 00:17:39,795 --> 00:17:41,787 Sir, you will not pass. 327 00:17:42,481 --> 00:17:44,801 This is exactly the farcical nonsense 328 00:17:44,821 --> 00:17:47,333 that we would expect from women in politics! 329 00:17:47,453 --> 00:17:49,242 If our legitimate voters can't be counted, 330 00:17:49,262 --> 00:17:51,360 the results of this entire riding will be invalid. 331 00:17:51,364 --> 00:17:53,575 - Our point precisely. - We are as eager to find 332 00:17:53,625 --> 00:17:55,612 a solution as you are. In the meantime, if you continue 333 00:17:55,627 --> 00:17:56,935 to incite this crowd, 334 00:17:57,018 --> 00:17:59,108 the consequences will be on your hands. 335 00:17:59,537 --> 00:18:01,167 - Move aside! - Stand back, sir. 336 00:18:01,179 --> 00:18:02,146 I want my vote. 337 00:18:03,006 --> 00:18:05,621 Didn't I see you here this morning? You've already voted! 338 00:18:06,557 --> 00:18:09,901 Constable! This man is attempting to vote illegally. 339 00:18:12,345 --> 00:18:13,743 Well done, Emily. 340 00:18:15,826 --> 00:18:16,813 Red tie. 341 00:18:16,848 --> 00:18:19,265 Constable, take this man to Detective Murdoch immediately. 342 00:18:22,658 --> 00:18:24,187 Alexander Cuddy, 343 00:18:25,045 --> 00:18:26,744 Matin Rapovski 344 00:18:27,779 --> 00:18:29,173 and Roger Gaskin. 345 00:18:30,294 --> 00:18:31,766 Which of these is your real name? 346 00:18:32,393 --> 00:18:33,799 Alexander Cuddy. 347 00:18:34,549 --> 00:18:36,616 Alexander Cuddy. Well, then, Mr. Cuddy, 348 00:18:36,921 --> 00:18:38,190 you are a plugger. 349 00:18:38,751 --> 00:18:42,433 You assume the identities of legitimate registered voters, 350 00:18:42,439 --> 00:18:45,274 you cast their vote for the candidate of your choosing. 351 00:18:46,730 --> 00:18:48,310 You will be charged with fraud, 352 00:18:48,709 --> 00:18:50,404 and that may not be the extent of it. 353 00:18:50,457 --> 00:18:51,360 What do you mean? 354 00:18:51,752 --> 00:18:54,864 Where and when did you last see Plantagenet McCarthy? 355 00:18:55,360 --> 00:18:56,064 Who? 356 00:18:57,396 --> 00:18:59,429 Your friend, Plantagenet McCarthy. 357 00:19:01,079 --> 00:19:03,050 Oh, right. We went to the polls together, 358 00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:05,133 then we went our separate ways. You caught him, too? 359 00:19:06,514 --> 00:19:07,809 Mr. McCarthy 360 00:19:08,130 --> 00:19:10,204 was found dead this morning, 361 00:19:10,740 --> 00:19:12,728 right around the corner from the polling station. 362 00:19:12,848 --> 00:19:13,981 That's terrible! 363 00:19:14,269 --> 00:19:16,218 Did you have any reason to argue 364 00:19:16,224 --> 00:19:19,172 - with Mr. McCarthy yourself? - No, no, We were friends. 365 00:19:19,869 --> 00:19:20,946 Who would want to kill Burt? 366 00:19:21,243 --> 00:19:22,053 Burt? 367 00:19:25,187 --> 00:19:26,152 Burt Larsen. 368 00:19:26,486 --> 00:19:28,811 Bloody Meyers! He lied to us again. 369 00:19:28,844 --> 00:19:31,042 We should have expected as much. 370 00:19:34,856 --> 00:19:37,125 So the victim, this Burt Larsen, 371 00:19:37,731 --> 00:19:40,274 was a plugger who used a spy's name by mistake 372 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:43,049 and got "plugged" for it. Bit unfortunate, that. 373 00:19:43,408 --> 00:19:45,519 Sir, he was strangled, not shot. 374 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,959 Yes, Murdoch. I know. It was a joke. 375 00:19:50,561 --> 00:19:52,205 One suit in the wardrobe. 376 00:19:53,257 --> 00:19:54,313 One shirt. 377 00:19:55,162 --> 00:19:57,215 Seems like a typical bachelor's flat. 378 00:19:57,915 --> 00:19:59,639 What exactly are we looking for? 379 00:19:59,808 --> 00:20:03,650 Some sort of clue as to the real Plantagenet McCarthy. 380 00:20:04,372 --> 00:20:06,225 Why don't we just ask Meyers? 381 00:20:07,589 --> 00:20:08,695 Oh, right. 382 00:20:10,452 --> 00:20:11,953 A pipe that's never been used. 383 00:20:12,831 --> 00:20:14,352 No bed sheets. 384 00:20:16,108 --> 00:20:17,230 Sir... 385 00:20:18,533 --> 00:20:21,333 Meyers has sent us on a fool's errand. 386 00:20:22,871 --> 00:20:24,470 Are you saying what I think you're saying? 387 00:20:24,665 --> 00:20:26,834 Plantagenet McCarthy doesn't exist. 388 00:20:33,041 --> 00:20:34,426 Stop the vote! 389 00:20:37,399 --> 00:20:38,302 Stop the vote! 390 00:20:38,999 --> 00:20:41,655 I have an injunction from Judge Gerald Ramsey. 391 00:20:41,985 --> 00:20:44,930 The vote is to be halted until new ballots are available, 392 00:20:44,996 --> 00:20:47,251 and these ballots must contain all candidates, 393 00:20:47,276 --> 00:20:49,155 specifically Miss Margaret Haile. 394 00:20:50,215 --> 00:20:51,872 Well done, Clara. Thank you. 395 00:20:51,926 --> 00:20:53,913 This polling station is closed, 396 00:20:53,983 --> 00:20:56,553 pending the arrival of the corrected ballots 397 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,342 in approximately... 398 00:20:58,623 --> 00:21:00,396 ...six hours from now. 399 00:21:00,606 --> 00:21:02,400 Now, now, gentlemen. Please, 400 00:21:02,441 --> 00:21:05,723 stay a moment longer. I'm certain we can reach some sort of 401 00:21:05,780 --> 00:21:06,824 arrangement. 402 00:21:06,944 --> 00:21:08,152 Six hours? 403 00:21:08,350 --> 00:21:12,180 It is no small undertaking to print the number of ballots required. 404 00:21:12,193 --> 00:21:14,794 - In six hours the election will be all but over. - Well, 405 00:21:14,854 --> 00:21:17,243 ladies, you have succeeded at your goal. 406 00:21:17,482 --> 00:21:18,851 You will have a clean vote, 407 00:21:19,090 --> 00:21:21,308 at the expense of any vote at all. 408 00:21:23,036 --> 00:21:26,649 You knew the body in the morgue was not Plantagenet McCarthy. 409 00:21:26,769 --> 00:21:30,087 I spent my entire morning chasing shadows at your behest. 410 00:21:30,149 --> 00:21:32,751 - I demand an explanation, Mr. Meyers. - Well, 411 00:21:33,637 --> 00:21:35,794 I never did say McCarthy was real, I just... 412 00:21:36,664 --> 00:21:38,350 neglected to tell you he wasn't. 413 00:21:39,645 --> 00:21:40,787 All right, look. 414 00:21:41,904 --> 00:21:44,006 It was a simple means to an end. 415 00:21:44,266 --> 00:21:47,149 The German spy is real. McCarthy was created to flush him out. 416 00:21:47,195 --> 00:21:49,166 - Clearly it worked. - Were you not the least bit 417 00:21:49,186 --> 00:21:52,555 curious as to who had adopted your fake spy's persona? 418 00:21:52,605 --> 00:21:54,782 I was, until I saw the body. 419 00:21:55,232 --> 00:21:56,382 The red tie explained everything. 420 00:21:56,407 --> 00:21:58,317 You knew right away that he was a plugger. 421 00:21:58,519 --> 00:22:00,214 Why not tell me so that instant? 422 00:22:00,292 --> 00:22:02,783 Because you would have wasted your time investigating him. 423 00:22:02,799 --> 00:22:05,438 "Him" has a name: Burt Larsen. 424 00:22:05,495 --> 00:22:08,135 And you're right, Mr. Meyers. I would have investigated him, 425 00:22:08,152 --> 00:22:10,008 which is what I intend to do now. 426 00:22:10,366 --> 00:22:12,391 You're nothing if not predictable, Murdoch. 427 00:22:13,031 --> 00:22:14,626 Look, take my word for it... 428 00:22:14,634 --> 00:22:16,200 You'll forgive me if I don't. 429 00:22:17,091 --> 00:22:19,801 Whoever killed your victim was in the polling station 430 00:22:19,813 --> 00:22:21,681 and heard him say the name "McCarthy". 431 00:22:22,284 --> 00:22:24,878 This murder has nothing to do with Burt Larsen 432 00:22:24,907 --> 00:22:27,707 the plugger and everything to do with Plantagenet McCarthy the spy. 433 00:22:28,247 --> 00:22:30,061 And I have the killer in custody. 434 00:22:30,181 --> 00:22:31,762 - You mean Schmidt? - I mean Schmidt. 435 00:22:31,818 --> 00:22:34,066 And I suppose you have some proof of his guilt? 436 00:22:35,356 --> 00:22:37,282 The interrogation is far from over. 437 00:22:43,064 --> 00:22:45,647 Thank you, anyway. I do appreciate your support. 438 00:22:47,276 --> 00:22:49,152 That's three more voters we've lost. 439 00:22:49,272 --> 00:22:51,801 Their shift is starting and they won't be able to return. 440 00:22:52,002 --> 00:22:55,328 Keeping the polls closed is skewing the results as much as if we stayed open. 441 00:22:55,448 --> 00:22:57,260 But a fair election won't be possible as long as 442 00:22:57,291 --> 00:22:59,456 Margaret's name is absent from the ballot. 443 00:22:59,662 --> 00:23:01,008 Why don't we write it in? 444 00:23:01,296 --> 00:23:03,256 On every ballot until the new ones arrive. 445 00:23:03,266 --> 00:23:04,178 Of course! 446 00:23:04,298 --> 00:23:07,460 The injunction only stated that the candidates' names be on the ballot... 447 00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:09,348 it didn't specify how they come to be there. 448 00:23:09,392 --> 00:23:11,792 Surely Mr. Snipe can have no objection. 449 00:23:12,052 --> 00:23:14,014 So, who among us has the best penmanship? 450 00:23:15,467 --> 00:23:17,272 George, how are you coming along 451 00:23:17,298 --> 00:23:19,344 - on Burt Larsen's background? - Uh, sir, 452 00:23:19,365 --> 00:23:21,179 I've found nothing too out of the ordinary. 453 00:23:21,509 --> 00:23:23,513 He was a hard-working man, unmarried, 454 00:23:23,591 --> 00:23:26,153 who spent most of his evenings at the pub talking politics. 455 00:23:26,194 --> 00:23:27,663 By most accounts he was well-liked. 456 00:23:27,783 --> 00:23:30,472 And he was the leader of this group of pluggers, then? 457 00:23:30,503 --> 00:23:32,246 No, sir. He was recruited 458 00:23:32,366 --> 00:23:34,344 by a man named 459 00:23:34,380 --> 00:23:35,418 Duncan Hogan. 460 00:23:36,323 --> 00:23:38,262 - Bring him in. - Uh, already done, sir. 461 00:23:40,189 --> 00:23:41,617 Hmm. 462 00:23:42,452 --> 00:23:45,719 You know, soon you'll be asking a Constable to do the same. 463 00:23:51,643 --> 00:23:55,223 My men were doing Toronto and the province a great service. 464 00:23:55,627 --> 00:23:57,073 Marter has to win. 465 00:23:57,826 --> 00:24:00,161 I tried to tell him how we could help him, but he wished to 466 00:24:00,192 --> 00:24:02,027 run an honest campaign. 467 00:24:02,331 --> 00:24:03,444 And you disagree? 468 00:24:03,635 --> 00:24:05,372 There are always pluggers. 469 00:24:05,409 --> 00:24:08,897 If we didn't do it for Marter, Nesbitt would have an unfair advantage. 470 00:24:09,274 --> 00:24:12,305 Mr. Hogan, you are to be charged with fraud 471 00:24:12,475 --> 00:24:15,644 and you're going to be banned from voting for the next seven years. 472 00:24:16,593 --> 00:24:19,671 I'm prepared to sacrifice myself for the greater good. 473 00:24:20,316 --> 00:24:21,429 That's very noble, 474 00:24:21,733 --> 00:24:23,548 but I'm not interested in rhetoric. 475 00:24:23,852 --> 00:24:25,826 I'm interested in Burt Larsen. 476 00:24:26,651 --> 00:24:27,620 Of course. 477 00:24:27,934 --> 00:24:28,877 Poor man. 478 00:24:29,053 --> 00:24:31,965 Do you know of anyone who may have harboured ill will toward him? 479 00:24:33,156 --> 00:24:34,991 He was well-liked in general, 480 00:24:35,111 --> 00:24:38,032 though he did rub the Conservative party the wrong way 481 00:24:38,058 --> 00:24:39,790 after Marter left them... 482 00:24:40,053 --> 00:24:42,146 especially Dr. Nesbitt. 483 00:24:43,867 --> 00:24:45,187 The Conservative candidate? 484 00:24:45,908 --> 00:24:47,202 Larsen wrote him letters, 485 00:24:47,243 --> 00:24:50,367 hoping to persuade him to drop out of the race. 486 00:24:50,647 --> 00:24:52,728 What was Dr. Nesbitt's response? 487 00:24:54,222 --> 00:24:56,351 Nesbitt threatened to kill him. 488 00:24:59,263 --> 00:25:01,557 Julia, this gentleman heard me speak earlier 489 00:25:01,593 --> 00:25:03,382 and was moved to give us his vote. 490 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:06,728 If we've changed even one man's mind, then we've already won. 491 00:25:37,108 --> 00:25:38,716 There you are, fine sir. 492 00:25:40,159 --> 00:25:42,845 A mere five minutes and we'll get you back to the pub. 493 00:25:44,190 --> 00:25:46,468 - Mr. Nesbitt, a word? - Detective. 494 00:25:46,802 --> 00:25:48,447 Surely those suffragettes 495 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,545 have not lodged yet another complaint? 496 00:25:51,091 --> 00:25:52,833 No... I wonder, 497 00:25:52,953 --> 00:25:54,524 do you know a Burt Larsen? 498 00:25:54,909 --> 00:25:56,925 What has that man said about me now? 499 00:25:57,212 --> 00:25:58,843 He was murdered this morning. 500 00:25:59,214 --> 00:26:00,467 Just a few feet from here. 501 00:26:00,755 --> 00:26:02,472 The dead man was Mr. Larsen? 502 00:26:03,148 --> 00:26:04,168 Hmm! 503 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:05,256 Well, 504 00:26:05,513 --> 00:26:07,266 that will put a stop to the letters. 505 00:26:08,555 --> 00:26:10,557 That's a rather callous response. 506 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,595 He sent me a letter every single day 507 00:26:13,715 --> 00:26:15,996 haranguing me to drop out of the race! 508 00:26:16,791 --> 00:26:19,146 - Ridiculous! - You felt threatened? 509 00:26:19,208 --> 00:26:21,377 Goodness, no! I felt annoyed. 510 00:26:22,243 --> 00:26:24,960 Were you aware that Mr. Larsen was part of a plugging scheme 511 00:26:25,032 --> 00:26:26,974 to benefit your opponent, Mr. Marter? 512 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,660 It wouldn't surprise me. 513 00:26:29,331 --> 00:26:32,052 - You were also heard to have threatened him. - Detective, 514 00:26:32,238 --> 00:26:34,073 you can't believe that I would kill someone 515 00:26:34,104 --> 00:26:37,846 - over a handful of votes. - A handful of votes could make all of the difference. 516 00:26:38,377 --> 00:26:40,346 As I understand it, this is one of the most 517 00:26:40,351 --> 00:26:42,083 hotly-contested races in the province. 518 00:26:42,109 --> 00:26:45,218 Oh, I fancy I will squeak through just fine. 519 00:26:45,338 --> 00:26:46,222 Hmm. 520 00:26:46,413 --> 00:26:48,775 Nevertheless, where were you this morning 521 00:26:48,778 --> 00:26:51,139 - between 8:00 and 8:30? - I was here, of course. 522 00:26:51,259 --> 00:26:53,233 Surrounded by my campaign supporters. 523 00:26:53,759 --> 00:26:55,094 Ask your wife, Detective. 524 00:26:55,609 --> 00:26:57,182 I was speaking with her. 525 00:27:01,438 --> 00:27:04,649 Thank the Lord! The reprinted ballots have arrived. 526 00:27:06,923 --> 00:27:09,562 - I'm not sorry that's done! - Nor me! 527 00:27:09,608 --> 00:27:11,361 I haven't written that much since school. 528 00:27:11,423 --> 00:27:14,223 Mr. Snipe wishes to thank you for your service, ladies. 529 00:27:14,254 --> 00:27:15,804 You may now leave the building. 530 00:27:15,871 --> 00:27:17,789 Not until we are assured that all the ballots 531 00:27:17,794 --> 00:27:19,603 are correct and inclusive of every candidate. 532 00:27:20,716 --> 00:27:22,126 Mr. Snipe, stop! 533 00:27:22,438 --> 00:27:24,640 What on earth is the matter now? 534 00:27:26,305 --> 00:27:28,692 Mr. Snipe, was this same twine 535 00:27:28,738 --> 00:27:31,125 - used on the original ballots? - Yes. 536 00:27:31,245 --> 00:27:33,150 It's specific to official ballots, 537 00:27:33,171 --> 00:27:36,542 to ensure that no illegal substitutions can be made. 538 00:27:36,662 --> 00:27:39,037 Right. Who here had access to that twine? 539 00:27:39,548 --> 00:27:42,707 I suppose anyone who came inside. Mr. Lowrie, 540 00:27:42,827 --> 00:27:45,537 where did you put the discarded twine from this morning? 541 00:27:45,543 --> 00:27:47,403 In the waste basket, of course. 542 00:27:47,523 --> 00:27:48,872 Mr. Trimble? 543 00:27:52,521 --> 00:27:53,542 It's not here. 544 00:27:54,903 --> 00:27:57,485 Then the killer must have been inside this polling station. 545 00:27:58,352 --> 00:28:01,037 Right, which would mean Mr. Meyers was right after all. 546 00:28:06,596 --> 00:28:07,725 Well, Mr. Meyers, 547 00:28:07,766 --> 00:28:09,606 it appears that you were right after all. 548 00:28:09,854 --> 00:28:12,612 And I imagine that Mr. Schmidt has confessed by now. 549 00:28:13,792 --> 00:28:17,441 Schmidt is, unfortunately, just an ordinary citizen. 550 00:28:17,853 --> 00:28:20,435 The murder was committed by a German, just not 551 00:28:20,843 --> 00:28:22,158 that German. 552 00:28:22,278 --> 00:28:24,528 If this is indeed the work of a spy, 553 00:28:24,755 --> 00:28:26,043 we need information. 554 00:28:26,651 --> 00:28:28,554 Everything you know. 555 00:28:28,771 --> 00:28:30,364 And do not say the words 556 00:28:30,390 --> 00:28:31,941 "national security." 557 00:28:35,090 --> 00:28:37,579 We intercepted a message some time ago. 558 00:28:37,930 --> 00:28:40,177 Our top men broke the complex cypher, 559 00:28:40,203 --> 00:28:43,018 and we determined that the coded address was 8 Beech Street, 560 00:28:43,031 --> 00:28:45,060 obviously Wolfgang Ketzer's lair. 561 00:28:46,025 --> 00:28:49,422 When we arrived we found nothing but a Chinese laundry. 562 00:28:50,684 --> 00:28:51,736 Clever ducks. 563 00:28:51,921 --> 00:28:53,463 May I see this message? 564 00:28:56,631 --> 00:28:58,202 Gentlemen, I must warn you both, 565 00:28:58,243 --> 00:29:00,622 you place yourself in great peril by pursuing 566 00:29:00,638 --> 00:29:02,403 this canny and unpredictable man. 567 00:29:04,861 --> 00:29:07,168 Mr. Meyers, your top men 568 00:29:07,204 --> 00:29:10,338 may have been looking for a cypher that wasn't there. 569 00:29:11,410 --> 00:29:12,495 How so? 570 00:29:15,745 --> 00:29:18,363 52 Selby. Plain as day. 571 00:29:19,899 --> 00:29:21,862 Huh! 572 00:29:24,202 --> 00:29:27,475 We would never have considered something so simplistic. 573 00:29:27,993 --> 00:29:30,655 That's fantastic! 574 00:29:31,624 --> 00:29:32,953 Come along, Murdoch. 575 00:29:33,711 --> 00:29:35,129 Ha! 576 00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:45,950 Follow my lead, Murdoch. 577 00:29:45,996 --> 00:29:48,136 It's my game you're playing in now. 578 00:29:58,401 --> 00:30:00,213 Huh! 579 00:30:03,817 --> 00:30:06,633 I must stop underestimating these Germans. 580 00:30:10,442 --> 00:30:13,452 And now we wait. 581 00:30:22,632 --> 00:30:25,391 Empty, save for a pair of shoes. 582 00:30:30,569 --> 00:30:32,325 No bed sheet. 583 00:30:37,141 --> 00:30:38,993 And a pipe that hasn't been smoked. 584 00:30:39,028 --> 00:30:40,483 Have a seat, Murdoch. 585 00:30:40,551 --> 00:30:42,826 - He'll be along presently. - No. 586 00:30:42,946 --> 00:30:45,210 No, I don't believe he will. 587 00:30:45,330 --> 00:30:47,944 You see, much like your Plantagenet McCarthy, 588 00:30:47,983 --> 00:30:51,224 this Wolfgang Ketzer does not, in fact, exist. 589 00:31:02,163 --> 00:31:03,709 Impossible! 590 00:31:05,055 --> 00:31:07,910 Oh, this is too much. Of course he doesn't exist! 591 00:31:09,591 --> 00:31:11,155 I should have known. 592 00:31:17,316 --> 00:31:19,635 So Burt Larsen was killed for being Burt Larsen, 593 00:31:19,638 --> 00:31:22,651 seeing as Plantagenet McCarthy was never anything more than a figment 594 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,857 of Mr. Meyers' vivid imagination. 595 00:31:25,328 --> 00:31:27,317 With a name like that, we should have known all along. 596 00:31:28,013 --> 00:31:29,276 Well, you flatter me, Inspector. 597 00:31:29,296 --> 00:31:31,121 Even I couldn't come up with such a name. 598 00:31:32,147 --> 00:31:34,806 Mr. Meyers, do you mean to say that you based 599 00:31:34,817 --> 00:31:37,317 your fake spy on a real person? 600 00:31:37,781 --> 00:31:38,595 Of course. 601 00:31:40,065 --> 00:31:41,539 Well, it's standard procedure. 602 00:31:41,837 --> 00:31:43,951 We take a dead man, in this case McCarthy, 603 00:31:43,997 --> 00:31:46,688 we remove his death certificate from the record, and 604 00:31:47,260 --> 00:31:48,419 voilà. 605 00:31:48,870 --> 00:31:51,476 Did this not strike you at any point 606 00:31:51,522 --> 00:31:53,475 as pertinent information? 607 00:31:53,939 --> 00:31:55,217 Of course not. 608 00:31:55,629 --> 00:31:59,490 The original McCarthy is wholly irrelevant to the capture of a German spy. 609 00:31:59,610 --> 00:32:02,822 But completely relevant to the murder of a man assuming his name. 610 00:32:03,176 --> 00:32:05,051 Yeah. Well... 611 00:32:05,171 --> 00:32:07,746 The nation thanks you for your service. 612 00:32:08,164 --> 00:32:09,568 As much as it 613 00:32:09,613 --> 00:32:11,772 pains me to say this, Mr. Meyers, 614 00:32:11,952 --> 00:32:14,375 we now need you. 615 00:32:15,302 --> 00:32:16,152 Well, 616 00:32:16,752 --> 00:32:18,710 Murdoch, if it were anyone else... 617 00:32:18,730 --> 00:32:21,045 But how can I say no to you, hmm? 618 00:32:28,416 --> 00:32:30,985 - Dr. Nesbitt. - I concur. 619 00:32:33,297 --> 00:32:34,586 Mr. Marter. 620 00:32:34,828 --> 00:32:35,952 I concur. 621 00:32:39,078 --> 00:32:40,578 Miss Margaret Haile. 622 00:32:41,059 --> 00:32:42,012 I concur. 623 00:32:42,435 --> 00:32:44,394 That concludes the extent of the ballots. 624 00:32:44,514 --> 00:32:47,033 Was the count conducted to your satisfaction? 625 00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:47,909 It was. 626 00:32:47,940 --> 00:32:49,430 - It was. - It was. 627 00:32:51,142 --> 00:32:52,116 Well, gentlemen, 628 00:32:52,173 --> 00:32:53,837 I wish you both the best of luck. 629 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,296 Whomever wins, you can say you did so with the utmost fairness. 630 00:32:57,416 --> 00:33:00,776 As trying as this day has been, I will grant you ladies that. 631 00:33:00,838 --> 00:33:02,961 A fair election was always our intention. 632 00:33:03,131 --> 00:33:05,807 And I, too, am not above acknowledging your efforts, 633 00:33:05,879 --> 00:33:10,719 - as much as I abhor the theatrics. - We will take that as a compliment. 634 00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:13,553 This seal will not be broken until the ballots arrive at 635 00:33:13,594 --> 00:33:16,109 the central elections office to be counted. 636 00:33:16,537 --> 00:33:19,722 Thank you candidates and scrutineers for your attention. 637 00:33:22,908 --> 00:33:24,717 Well that's that then. 638 00:33:25,109 --> 00:33:27,438 Congratulations, ladies. We survived. 639 00:33:27,485 --> 00:33:29,557 Oh, we did more than survive. We triumphed. 640 00:33:29,567 --> 00:33:31,886 Let's go drink champagne. My treat. 641 00:33:31,953 --> 00:33:34,510 I won't say no to that. 642 00:33:35,386 --> 00:33:37,509 Plantagenet McCarthy. 643 00:33:37,767 --> 00:33:40,367 These are the details we know of his life so far, 644 00:33:40,405 --> 00:33:43,472 though I suspect most of it is less than true? 645 00:33:44,552 --> 00:33:46,173 Ah, well, let's see. 646 00:33:46,910 --> 00:33:50,090 McGill University, that's all me, as is Quebec City. 647 00:33:50,444 --> 00:33:52,213 I certainly made his life much more exciting. 648 00:33:52,238 --> 00:33:54,216 I doubt the real man ever left Ontario. 649 00:33:54,645 --> 00:33:55,812 When did he die? 650 00:33:56,678 --> 00:33:59,716 1893, '94, thereabouts. 651 00:33:59,955 --> 00:34:00,999 Natural causes. 652 00:34:01,081 --> 00:34:03,511 And what about this attempt on McCarthy's life? 653 00:34:04,554 --> 00:34:06,087 What was the circumstance? 654 00:34:09,332 --> 00:34:11,172 "Assailant attacks McCarthy 655 00:34:11,192 --> 00:34:14,273 outside of a Mimico church wielding a knife." 656 00:34:14,549 --> 00:34:15,440 Not my doing. 657 00:34:15,803 --> 00:34:16,776 Mimico? 658 00:34:16,998 --> 00:34:18,219 It's far too pedestrian. 659 00:34:19,303 --> 00:34:21,690 It stands to reason that if someone wanted McCarthy dead 660 00:34:21,715 --> 00:34:23,455 21 years ago, he likely still would. 661 00:34:23,482 --> 00:34:26,226 Yes sir, but if that man was in the polling station today, 662 00:34:26,242 --> 00:34:28,622 surely he would have seen that Burt Larsen wasn't 663 00:34:28,655 --> 00:34:31,038 the Plantagenet McCarthy he once attacked. 664 00:34:31,158 --> 00:34:32,589 It was 21 one years ago. 665 00:34:32,931 --> 00:34:34,526 Larsen's about the right age 666 00:34:34,827 --> 00:34:37,516 and he was wearing a false moustache and using McCarthy's name. 667 00:34:38,341 --> 00:34:41,297 Is there a description of McCarthy's assailant in that file? 668 00:34:42,596 --> 00:34:43,689 Well, I admit 669 00:34:43,948 --> 00:34:44,757 I'm intrigued. 670 00:34:49,704 --> 00:34:51,947 Witnesses describe a man in his 30s. 671 00:34:52,001 --> 00:34:53,478 Then he's in his 50s now. 672 00:34:54,657 --> 00:34:56,921 Who on our list of suspects from the polling station 673 00:34:56,941 --> 00:34:58,323 fits that age? 674 00:35:03,259 --> 00:35:04,133 Only one. 675 00:35:04,372 --> 00:35:05,552 Vernon Snipe. 676 00:35:05,586 --> 00:35:06,673 Excellent! 677 00:35:07,019 --> 00:35:09,604 Let's have a conversation with Mr. Snipe, shall we? 678 00:35:09,682 --> 00:35:13,526 Oh, I believe we can handle it from here, Mr. Meyers. 679 00:35:13,751 --> 00:35:14,857 After all, 680 00:35:14,977 --> 00:35:18,135 it's no longer a matter of national security. 681 00:35:23,804 --> 00:35:27,277 Uh, gentlemen. I'm afraid the polls have long since closed. 682 00:35:27,307 --> 00:35:30,650 Vernon Snipe, you are to accompany us to the Station House. 683 00:35:30,861 --> 00:35:32,553 - Now? - Yes, now. 684 00:35:32,673 --> 00:35:34,843 You're a suspect in a murder investigation. 685 00:35:34,963 --> 00:35:37,775 Gentlemen, please, I have a responsibility 686 00:35:37,820 --> 00:35:40,108 to deliver these ballots to the elections office. 687 00:35:40,140 --> 00:35:41,835 Uh, I can do that for you, Mr. Snipe. 688 00:35:41,955 --> 00:35:44,554 You heard the gentleman. Hand over the box and let's go. 689 00:35:58,327 --> 00:35:59,712 Mr. Lowrie... 690 00:35:59,996 --> 00:36:01,470 your gloves. 691 00:36:02,217 --> 00:36:05,207 - What about them? - Where were you between 8:00 and 8:30 this morning? 692 00:36:05,279 --> 00:36:07,197 I was inside, of course. 693 00:36:07,759 --> 00:36:09,016 Mr. Snipe? 694 00:36:09,918 --> 00:36:13,280 I was outside for the first half hour, monitoring the line. 695 00:36:13,697 --> 00:36:15,259 Mr. Trimble? 696 00:36:15,671 --> 00:36:16,785 You left me alone 697 00:36:17,068 --> 00:36:19,269 for 10 whole minutes right at the start of the day. 698 00:36:19,687 --> 00:36:21,610 You didn't even apologize. 699 00:36:23,563 --> 00:36:25,599 Don't even think about it, Mr. Lowrie. 700 00:36:25,771 --> 00:36:27,660 You're under arrest for murder. 701 00:36:30,433 --> 00:36:32,408 Plantagenet McCarthy 702 00:36:33,754 --> 00:36:36,125 rented out the back room of my father's shop 703 00:36:36,245 --> 00:36:38,707 in Mimico to run a bookmaking business. 704 00:36:40,248 --> 00:36:44,000 My father was sent to prison for five years, 705 00:36:44,248 --> 00:36:47,629 punished for McCarthy's crimes. We lost the shop. 706 00:36:47,749 --> 00:36:49,655 My family was disgraced... 707 00:36:51,201 --> 00:36:54,283 Your father attacked McCarthy in 1881. 708 00:36:54,731 --> 00:36:55,787 Yes. 709 00:36:57,828 --> 00:36:59,117 My father 710 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,431 died soon after. 711 00:37:03,003 --> 00:37:04,513 You know, they said it was 712 00:37:04,768 --> 00:37:06,808 some illness he caught in prison, 713 00:37:07,143 --> 00:37:08,890 but I swear he died of shame. 714 00:37:10,580 --> 00:37:11,900 You were just a child. 715 00:37:13,807 --> 00:37:16,642 So when a man roughly the right age 716 00:37:16,673 --> 00:37:20,111 presented himself as Plantagenet McCarthy at the polling station, 717 00:37:20,147 --> 00:37:23,678 you assumed him to be the man who ruined your father. 718 00:37:24,059 --> 00:37:26,137 Who else would have that wretched name? 719 00:37:27,693 --> 00:37:29,384 So you grabbed the twine, 720 00:37:29,863 --> 00:37:31,497 followed him outside 721 00:37:31,693 --> 00:37:33,002 and you killed him. 722 00:37:33,963 --> 00:37:36,919 Just as I'd imagined doing many times before. 723 00:37:39,702 --> 00:37:41,193 Mr. Lowrie... 724 00:37:41,672 --> 00:37:45,341 Plantagenet McCarthy died several years ago. 725 00:37:47,863 --> 00:37:49,970 The man you assumed to be him 726 00:37:50,017 --> 00:37:52,686 was a plugger named Burt Larsen. 727 00:37:54,722 --> 00:37:56,077 He was innocent, 728 00:37:57,227 --> 00:37:58,855 much like your father. 729 00:38:15,675 --> 00:38:17,587 So it was the clerk all along. 730 00:38:18,258 --> 00:38:19,433 Never would have guessed it. 731 00:38:20,108 --> 00:38:21,366 You're welcome, of course. 732 00:38:23,614 --> 00:38:26,082 If I hadn't made up a spy, you would never have found your killer. 733 00:38:26,314 --> 00:38:28,520 If you hadn't made up the spy, Mr. Meyers, 734 00:38:28,530 --> 00:38:31,494 - there would have been no killer. - Oh, such a wet blanket. 735 00:38:31,614 --> 00:38:33,856 If you'll excuse me, I'm to meet my wife. 736 00:38:34,268 --> 00:38:35,428 Of course! 737 00:38:35,681 --> 00:38:36,835 In all of this excitement, 738 00:38:36,861 --> 00:38:38,725 I forgot to congratulate you on your marriage. 739 00:38:39,114 --> 00:38:41,701 Thank you. We're very happy. 740 00:38:41,865 --> 00:38:43,983 Quite a pistol, that Dr. Ogden, hmm? 741 00:38:44,698 --> 00:38:46,344 Election agitating and all... 742 00:38:47,370 --> 00:38:49,571 Puts me in mind of a noble salmon, 743 00:38:50,380 --> 00:38:53,246 swimming upstream against the current, hmm? 744 00:38:55,757 --> 00:38:56,705 - Do you fish, Murdoch? - No. 745 00:38:56,755 --> 00:38:57,654 Hmm. 746 00:38:58,875 --> 00:39:00,654 Well, that's a shame. 747 00:39:05,806 --> 00:39:07,355 So you're marrying a copper, then? 748 00:39:08,550 --> 00:39:10,386 I guess I'll have to be on my best behaviour. 749 00:39:10,618 --> 00:39:12,407 As you should be, copper or no. 750 00:39:12,974 --> 00:39:14,711 We'll get a house with a garden, 751 00:39:14,881 --> 00:39:16,778 maybe a brother or sister for you. 752 00:39:16,898 --> 00:39:18,555 We'll be a proper family. 753 00:39:18,675 --> 00:39:20,756 No sister, OK? 754 00:39:20,876 --> 00:39:22,561 A brother would be alright, though, no sister. 755 00:39:22,681 --> 00:39:25,674 Well, cross that bridge when we come to it. Do you want some tea, George? 756 00:39:25,705 --> 00:39:27,973 - Please. - And uh, if you're 757 00:39:28,035 --> 00:39:29,720 not going to finish your cake, 758 00:39:30,409 --> 00:39:31,505 can I... 759 00:39:32,731 --> 00:39:33,783 Father? 760 00:39:37,838 --> 00:39:39,799 - Hello, son. - Hi! 761 00:39:42,270 --> 00:39:45,127 I thought you were dead. They said you were... 762 00:39:45,322 --> 00:39:48,080 ...killed. They were wrong then, weren't they? 763 00:39:49,065 --> 00:39:51,890 Go take my bag into the bedroom. There's a good lad. 764 00:39:52,302 --> 00:39:53,900 Edna... 765 00:40:00,358 --> 00:40:02,416 You look exactly as I left you. 766 00:40:03,256 --> 00:40:04,282 A policeman! 767 00:40:04,833 --> 00:40:07,323 Has there been some trouble? 768 00:40:07,745 --> 00:40:09,689 - No. Not that I... - This is 769 00:40:09,715 --> 00:40:11,039 Constable Crabtree. 770 00:40:11,828 --> 00:40:13,627 He's been a great help to us. 771 00:40:14,668 --> 00:40:16,302 Sergeant Archibald Brooks. 772 00:40:17,364 --> 00:40:18,632 Thank you, Constable. 773 00:40:19,456 --> 00:40:21,513 I think I can manage from here on in. 774 00:40:22,616 --> 00:40:24,415 Yes, of course. 775 00:40:55,611 --> 00:40:56,781 Here it is. 776 00:40:57,358 --> 00:40:58,595 North Toronto. 777 00:40:59,106 --> 00:41:02,147 The seat goes to Dr. Nesbitt and the Conservatives. 778 00:41:02,178 --> 00:41:03,457 But it was close. 779 00:41:03,524 --> 00:41:06,472 The plurality over Marter was only 232 votes. 780 00:41:06,492 --> 00:41:08,703 Who cares who won? How did Margaret do? 781 00:41:09,105 --> 00:41:10,936 Miss Margaret Haile: 782 00:41:11,559 --> 00:41:14,507 - 79 votes. - 79! 783 00:41:14,785 --> 00:41:17,264 Oh, that's a great many more than we anticipated. 784 00:41:17,284 --> 00:41:18,639 That's tremendous! 785 00:41:18,650 --> 00:41:20,742 I'm so proud... of all of us. 786 00:41:20,964 --> 00:41:23,561 Let's take a photograph with the newspaper. 787 00:41:24,773 --> 00:41:28,025 Um, excuse me, Miss Haile, may I please have your autograph? 788 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,833 Oh, how lovely of you to ask! 789 00:41:31,035 --> 00:41:33,421 You do know, young lady, that I didn't win the election? 790 00:41:33,473 --> 00:41:34,362 I know. 791 00:41:34,482 --> 00:41:37,400 One day I'd like to run in an election, too. 792 00:41:38,735 --> 00:41:41,075 Well, you never know, one day you may just win. 793 00:41:41,195 --> 00:41:42,539 To whom should I address this? 794 00:41:42,570 --> 00:41:45,265 My name is Agnes. Agnes Macphail. 795 00:41:46,033 --> 00:41:47,259 Would you mind? 796 00:41:48,331 --> 00:41:49,681 - Thank you. - Ready? 797 00:41:49,728 --> 00:41:51,543 Here, hold the newspaper. 798 00:41:52,229 --> 00:41:54,110 Agnes, why don't you hold it? 799 00:41:57,773 --> 00:42:00,583 Smile everyone. To our future! 800 00:42:21,599 --> 00:42:23,522 Thank you for meeting me, George. 801 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:26,205 How's Simon? 802 00:42:26,978 --> 00:42:28,196 He's happy... 803 00:42:28,711 --> 00:42:30,367 His father's back. 804 00:42:31,378 --> 00:42:32,674 How are you? 805 00:42:34,212 --> 00:42:36,094 - They told me he was dead, George. - Edna... 806 00:42:36,214 --> 00:42:37,388 I mean, one minute 807 00:42:37,429 --> 00:42:39,599 I'm to be Mrs. George Crabtree, and the next minute 808 00:42:39,965 --> 00:42:42,965 I'm back to being Mrs. Archibald Brooks. 809 00:42:43,619 --> 00:42:45,254 I... I don't know what to do, George... 810 00:42:45,290 --> 00:42:46,661 The only thing you can do, Edna. 811 00:42:47,650 --> 00:42:49,331 Your husband has come back to you. 812 00:42:49,451 --> 00:42:51,728 Simon's father has returned to him. 813 00:42:51,939 --> 00:42:53,835 Your family's whole again. 814 00:42:54,866 --> 00:42:57,445 - George... - Edna, go back to your life and be happy. 815 00:43:00,014 --> 00:43:01,911 I want you to be happy. 816 00:43:05,699 --> 00:43:07,287 Goodbye, George.