1 00:00:01,059 --> 00:00:04,259 - When this despicable band of thieves and murderers commit 2 00:00:04,259 --> 00:00:06,179 crimes at which they forbid my interference, 3 00:00:06,179 --> 00:00:07,819 they leave behind a signal. Or else 4 00:00:08,179 --> 00:00:10,419 Watson or Mrs. Hudson could well die. 5 00:00:10,779 --> 00:00:12,779 But you could go where I cannot. 6 00:00:13,059 --> 00:00:14,619 - Can't find his wife's 7 00:00:13,059 --> 00:00:14,619 jewel box. 8 00:00:15,419 --> 00:00:17,779 I hear the 9 00:00:15,419 --> 00:00:17,779 gems is worth a palace. 10 00:00:18,259 --> 00:00:20,579 - Why kidnap Clara before you've stolen from me? 11 00:00:20,579 --> 00:00:22,099 - [Clara] Please do not tell my parents. 12 00:00:22,499 --> 00:00:24,419 - [Holmes] Don't tell your parents how you planned your 13 00:00:24,419 --> 00:00:26,019 own kidnapping and stole your mother's jewels. 14 00:00:26,019 --> 00:00:29,299 I am dealing with a vast criminal syndicate 15 00:00:29,299 --> 00:00:31,859 of unbridled reach, even inside the police. 16 00:00:39,659 --> 00:00:46,219 [DRAMATIC MUSIC] 17 00:01:01,419 --> 00:01:02,419 - They’re bringing ‘er right out, sir. 18 00:01:03,499 --> 00:01:04,219 - Thank you, Constable. 19 00:01:04,979 --> 00:01:08,619 Congratulations on your rapid apprehension of this coachman 20 00:01:08,619 --> 00:01:10,299 who kidnapped the American ambassador's daughter. 21 00:01:11,099 --> 00:01:13,179 The jewels on his person did the criminal confess? 22 00:01:13,699 --> 00:01:15,739 - No, sir, but he'll eventually tell us all. 23 00:01:16,179 --> 00:01:17,219 Sent him off to Newgate. 24 00:01:17,739 --> 00:01:18,539 - Ah. 25 00:01:18,819 --> 00:01:19,939 - But we kept the girl close. 26 00:01:21,659 --> 00:01:22,659 - Oh, no. No, no, no, no. 27 00:01:22,659 --> 00:01:25,259 Oh, no. I'm not going anywhere 28 00:01:25,259 --> 00:01:26,459 with that man. Take me back to my cell. 29 00:01:26,899 --> 00:01:27,619 - [constable] Here, here, young lady. 30 00:01:28,179 --> 00:01:30,019 Be grateful you have a benevolent employer. 31 00:01:30,619 --> 00:01:33,419 That's willing to be personally liable for your behaviour? 32 00:01:34,339 --> 00:01:35,939 You're sure she's worth the trouble, sir? 33 00:01:36,259 --> 00:01:38,139 - Well, the girl has her 34 00:01:36,259 --> 00:01:38,139 faults, but 35 00:01:38,139 --> 00:01:40,459 domestics are very difficult to train, 36 00:01:40,459 --> 00:01:42,299 and I hate the thought of having to 37 00:01:42,299 --> 00:01:44,219 start all over again with someone new. 38 00:01:45,019 --> 00:01:46,419 I'm sure the girl will calm down 39 00:01:46,419 --> 00:01:47,939 once she returns to the kitchen. 40 00:01:49,219 --> 00:01:50,139 - Usually work, sir. 41 00:01:52,179 --> 00:01:53,459 - I'm going back to Baker Street 42 00:01:53,459 --> 00:01:54,979 and getting my things and leaving. 43 00:01:55,579 --> 00:01:58,539 - Very well. On your current heading, it'll take 44 00:01:58,539 --> 00:02:01,339 approximately 131 days to reach your destination, 45 00:02:02,619 --> 00:02:05,899 depending on the schedules of various trains and steamers and 46 00:02:05,899 --> 00:02:08,619 the probability of good weather in the South Java Sea. 47 00:02:10,019 --> 00:02:11,819 - Are you saying that I'm going in the wrong direction? 48 00:02:12,099 --> 00:02:15,379 - Not wrong, merely eccentric. If you're open to a journey, a 49 00:02:15,379 --> 00:02:17,379 briefer than circumnavigating the globe, 50 00:02:17,379 --> 00:02:19,419 you could step into this cab with which I came to rescue you. 51 00:02:20,779 --> 00:02:22,779 - Rescue me? I wouldn't need rescuing 52 00:02:22,779 --> 00:02:24,579 if you hadn't abandoned me. 53 00:02:24,899 --> 00:02:27,019 - I didn't abandon you. I had to leave to 54 00:02:27,019 --> 00:02:29,779 prevent the police from recognising. Come along. 55 00:02:34,379 --> 00:02:35,939 - [Amelia] Maybe the coffin factory was meant to 56 00:02:35,939 --> 00:02:37,099 burn. Have you ever thought about that? 57 00:02:37,739 --> 00:02:39,059 And what thanks do I get for Clara? 58 00:02:39,699 --> 00:02:41,859 I'm threatened, accused, arrested, 59 00:02:42,659 --> 00:02:43,899 as if you and only you 60 00:02:44,539 --> 00:02:45,819 can decide when a criminal is caught. 61 00:02:50,019 --> 00:02:50,619 - Not through the front door. 62 00:02:51,059 --> 00:02:51,859 - Oh, blow it out your bottom. 63 00:02:52,459 --> 00:02:53,019 - Good heavens! 64 00:02:56,499 --> 00:02:57,819 - A message for you, sir. 65 00:02:57,819 --> 00:02:59,019 Not now Halligan. 66 00:02:59,619 --> 00:03:02,219 - You may pack your possessions, but you may not leave. You've 67 00:03:02,219 --> 00:03:03,579 been released into mine custody. 68 00:03:03,939 --> 00:03:05,579 - I will not spend another 69 00:03:03,939 --> 00:03:05,579 night in this 70 00:03:05,579 --> 00:03:07,419 house with your insufferable smugness. 71 00:03:08,979 --> 00:03:09,499 - Oh! 72 00:03:11,499 --> 00:03:13,219 [dramatic music] 73 00:03:17,299 --> 00:03:20,059 - Key! The key! 74 00:03:21,299 --> 00:03:22,139 - Oh, never mind. 75 00:03:23,139 --> 00:03:24,019 - Excuse me, Mr. Holmes 76 00:03:24,619 --> 00:03:27,219 It's an urgent message in need of a reply. 77 00:03:27,499 --> 00:03:32,219 - Read it to me then. A.A. Templeton Insurance Co, NY USA. 78 00:03:32,979 --> 00:03:36,419 - Request to immediately engage your services, locating jewels 79 00:03:36,419 --> 00:03:39,379 stolen from U.S. Ambassador London. Stop. 80 00:03:40,259 --> 00:03:44,219 Favourable terms expenses a £500 bonus if 81 00:03:44,219 --> 00:03:46,179 jewels were recovered or claimed legitimate. 82 00:03:47,019 --> 00:03:48,979 Grateful for your prompt reply. 83 00:03:49,339 --> 00:03:51,579 Stop. Albert Templeton, President. 84 00:03:52,299 --> 00:03:56,139 - My response to Mr. A Templeton, 85 00:03:56,139 --> 00:03:57,779 regret must decline. Stop. 86 00:03:57,779 --> 00:03:58,699 Present engagements preclude. Stop. 87 00:03:58,699 --> 00:04:01,379 Good help, hard to find. Stop. 88 00:04:07,419 --> 00:04:10,259 Amelia! Amelia, if you do not open this 89 00:04:10,259 --> 00:04:13,819 door at once, I will knock it down. Amelia! 90 00:04:15,059 --> 00:04:16,579 Amelia, very well! 91 00:04:16,579 --> 00:04:19,859 - Sir! A person of your station and reputation should not drag a 92 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:22,579 young scullery maid and throw her out on the street! 93 00:04:23,659 --> 00:04:26,979 Well, I beg you, sir. Let me do it. 94 00:04:26,979 --> 00:04:29,819 - Mrs. Halligan. I have this completely under control. 95 00:04:30,179 --> 00:04:31,139 - Consider your honor, sir! 96 00:04:31,379 --> 00:04:34,339 - And I would urge you to consider the life of your 97 00:04:34,339 --> 00:04:35,779 sister, still the rightful owner of this house. 98 00:04:36,739 --> 00:04:40,139 Now, to rescue Mrs. Hudson and Dr. Watson, I would instantly 99 00:04:40,139 --> 00:04:43,659 trade my honour, my reputation and my good fortune. 100 00:04:44,179 --> 00:04:47,419 And yours too, if it came to it. Now, saving Mrs. Hudson's life 101 00:04:47,419 --> 00:04:49,699 requires me to enter this room. 102 00:04:49,699 --> 00:04:51,299 So if Amelia does not immediately 103 00:04:51,299 --> 00:04:54,579 open this door, I will knock it down. 104 00:04:58,619 --> 00:05:01,059 [door unlocking] 105 00:05:10,259 --> 00:05:13,779 However ill-used you feel, I took you 106 00:05:13,779 --> 00:05:15,779 from the street when you had nowhere to go. 107 00:05:16,699 --> 00:05:21,699 I employed you, I fed you, and you have repaid me for these 108 00:05:21,699 --> 00:05:24,299 kindnesses by refusing to follow my instructions 109 00:05:24,699 --> 00:05:28,539 in a manner that has put my closest friends beyond reach. 110 00:05:29,139 --> 00:05:32,139 - Then why free me from the police then? If I destroyed a 111 00:05:32,139 --> 00:05:34,299 plan that you never shared with me, I'm an ingrate. 112 00:05:34,739 --> 00:05:36,819 You say we're not related, that my mother is a liar? 113 00:05:37,179 --> 00:05:41,059 - Well, you insist we are bound by blood. But first you can tell 114 00:05:41,059 --> 00:05:44,419 me how we are tied together by this. 115 00:05:45,179 --> 00:05:46,659 [dramatic music] 116 00:05:48,379 --> 00:05:50,459 - Why is this red thread so important to you? 117 00:05:50,459 --> 00:05:54,899 - Because this is the signal I told you about. The signature of 118 00:05:54,899 --> 00:05:56,819 the criminal syndicate responsible for 119 00:05:56,819 --> 00:05:58,779 the kidnapping of my friends, a red thread, 120 00:05:59,019 --> 00:06:01,739 which they leave tied to something at the scene of every 121 00:06:01,739 --> 00:06:03,779 crime they would forbid me to investigate. 122 00:06:05,539 --> 00:06:07,339 - There is a red thread like this in Clara's room. 123 00:06:07,339 --> 00:06:07,419 - Yes. 124 00:06:08,219 --> 00:06:09,259 - And that's why you left. 125 00:06:09,539 --> 00:06:14,259 - Yes. You have another. Which means you're either connected to 126 00:06:14,259 --> 00:06:16,779 the red thread or else you found it somewhere. Which is it? 127 00:06:18,099 --> 00:06:19,299 - It involves my mother's murder. 128 00:06:20,619 --> 00:06:25,499 - How? After all, this is a crime you have insisted I should 129 00:06:25,499 --> 00:06:29,259 help you solve. Well, now I am so disposed. 130 00:06:30,859 --> 00:06:34,299 Speak. Tell me everything. 131 00:06:37,139 --> 00:06:40,339 As I recall, you were absent during the attack, delivering 132 00:06:40,339 --> 00:06:42,579 designs for a parade float to Los Angeles. 133 00:06:43,859 --> 00:06:48,579 Was anything missing on your return? 134 00:06:50,339 --> 00:06:54,659 - I didn't notice right away that they took several map cases 135 00:06:54,659 --> 00:06:56,299 filled with mama's mechanical drawings. 136 00:06:57,419 --> 00:06:59,659 Surprising because many of them were very old. 137 00:07:00,499 --> 00:07:03,219 - [Holmes] Indeed. And where was the red thread? 138 00:07:07,139 --> 00:07:09,259 - [Alelia] In the most terrible place. 139 00:07:13,259 --> 00:07:13,979 Tied to this. 140 00:07:15,819 --> 00:07:20,179 - [Holmes] Ah, the murder 141 00:07:15,819 --> 00:07:20,179 weapon. Wise of you to keep it? 142 00:07:23,219 --> 00:07:23,659 And then? 143 00:07:30,259 --> 00:07:31,419 - [Amelia] I held on to her for a while. 144 00:07:32,219 --> 00:07:33,699 I don't know how long ago. 145 00:07:34,859 --> 00:07:40,259 - Of course. Of course you did. Was her body warm to the touch? 146 00:07:41,579 --> 00:07:43,779 - It was cold. Stiff. 147 00:07:45,059 --> 00:07:49,619 - So, Rigamortis established but not dissipated. Her death was 148 00:07:49,619 --> 00:07:52,459 four to twelve hours before your return, 149 00:07:52,459 --> 00:07:54,379 so there is nothing you could have done to prevent it. 150 00:07:55,379 --> 00:07:57,219 Were you able to identify the number of attacks? 151 00:07:59,579 --> 00:08:02,979 - [Amelia] I counted the hooves of four horses. They disappeared 152 00:08:03,339 --> 00:08:06,859 at the river. And the footprints it all went away. 153 00:08:08,099 --> 00:08:09,259 - So I thought out, premeditated. 154 00:08:11,139 --> 00:08:12,179 What did you do next? 155 00:08:15,859 --> 00:08:17,619 - I buried her. 156 00:08:19,939 --> 00:08:22,099 [sad music] 157 00:08:26,299 --> 00:08:27,699 - [Holmes] What is this picture? 158 00:08:28,699 --> 00:08:30,979 - [Amelia] It was her favorite photograph. Then 159 00:08:31,379 --> 00:08:32,619 the time she worked on the Wild West show. 160 00:08:34,059 --> 00:08:36,659 And this is the letter I read to 161 00:08:36,659 --> 00:08:38,379 you where she says you're my father. 162 00:08:43,219 --> 00:08:45,539 - Yes. Wild West show, the most 163 00:08:45,539 --> 00:08:48,979 celebrated theatrical event of the 19th century. 164 00:08:56,619 --> 00:08:57,859 There, there. 165 00:09:05,499 --> 00:09:08,299 Here. Here. 166 00:09:13,859 --> 00:09:15,019 Well, I'm sorry for your loss. 167 00:09:16,539 --> 00:09:18,539 Your mother's murder proves the syndicate 168 00:09:18,539 --> 00:09:21,219 behind the red thread is even larger than I feared. 169 00:09:22,139 --> 00:09:23,939 They are able to reach across the world. 170 00:09:25,099 --> 00:09:27,339 Why do they require such size and scope? 171 00:09:29,299 --> 00:09:30,459 Crime or crimes are they hoping to commit? 172 00:09:31,659 --> 00:09:35,859 What does your mother's death have to do with it? 173 00:09:36,339 --> 00:09:38,259 It appears her murder and the kidnappings 174 00:09:38,259 --> 00:09:40,859 are connected to a much greater enterprise. 175 00:09:44,339 --> 00:09:46,259 - [Holmes] Let's talk about our plan for today. 176 00:09:47,299 --> 00:09:50,379 Fortunately, we still have two living links to the red thread, 177 00:09:50,379 --> 00:09:52,779 namely Clara Anderson and Charlie the coachman. 178 00:09:52,779 --> 00:09:56,379 Now I must merely do the impossible and visit Charlie in 179 00:09:56,379 --> 00:09:58,219 prison without alerting anyone to my presence. 180 00:09:58,219 --> 00:10:00,139 And you must follow up with your friend, Clara. 181 00:10:00,579 --> 00:10:01,139 - My friend? 182 00:10:03,099 --> 00:10:06,619 Clara is a thief and a liar. She stole from her own mother. 183 00:10:07,139 --> 00:10:08,579 She's letting a man rot in jail for 184 00:10:08,579 --> 00:10:10,499 kidnapping her when she willingly went with him. 185 00:10:10,899 --> 00:10:12,659 - But Charlie did kidnap her. 186 00:10:14,339 --> 00:10:17,059 Clara planned a fake abduction unless she believed that she was 187 00:10:17,059 --> 00:10:19,499 expecting to spend her honeymoon in a coffin. 188 00:10:21,019 --> 00:10:23,859 I'd say her elopement misfired in a spectacular fashion. 189 00:10:25,059 --> 00:10:27,819 And like us, the red thread are fully aware of her 190 00:10:27,819 --> 00:10:29,379 vulnerabilities and one day will 191 00:10:29,379 --> 00:10:30,659 probably extort her for their own purposes. 192 00:10:30,659 --> 00:10:33,979 We cannot afford for her misdeeds to become public 193 00:10:33,979 --> 00:10:35,659 knowledge to be severed from us. 194 00:10:36,979 --> 00:10:38,859 - Well, I'm sure Clara thinks she got away with everything. 195 00:10:38,859 --> 00:10:40,979 - Well, he must demonstrate otherwise. Be blunt. 196 00:10:41,459 --> 00:10:44,139 She'll respond better to cruelty than to kindness and get to 197 00:10:44,139 --> 00:10:46,099 her before the authorities can question her. 198 00:10:46,099 --> 00:10:47,139 - Well, Clara has diplomatic immunity. 199 00:10:47,739 --> 00:10:50,939 - From the police, not from this insurance investigator who is 200 00:10:50,939 --> 00:10:52,419 likely to appear at the house this very day. 201 00:10:52,979 --> 00:10:53,859 I would have done so. 202 00:10:54,299 --> 00:10:55,699 - But you refused that, Job. 203 00:10:55,979 --> 00:10:59,979 - Yes. Well, the mountain 204 00:10:55,979 --> 00:10:59,979 inquiry into the kidnapping and 205 00:10:59,979 --> 00:11:02,459 the duel theft will put me in an open conflict with the red. 206 00:11:02,459 --> 00:11:04,419 thread. And for that, I'm not yet prepared for 207 00:11:04,419 --> 00:11:07,099 this detective hired by the insurance company. 208 00:11:07,099 --> 00:11:10,579 - Oh, he could lead us to both the jewels and your friends. And 209 00:11:10,579 --> 00:11:12,819 like me, he can go where you can't. 210 00:11:12,819 --> 00:11:13,579 - Very good. Very good. 211 00:11:14,659 --> 00:11:17,379 Soon you'll start to see these advantages on your own. 212 00:11:17,819 --> 00:11:21,139 And since it seems to be a speciality of yours, then I'm 213 00:11:21,139 --> 00:11:22,979 sure you can throw this investigator on the defensive, 214 00:11:22,979 --> 00:11:26,339 which will not only be good for protecting Clara, but will 215 00:11:26,339 --> 00:11:27,979 also convince the investigator to question you. 216 00:11:28,779 --> 00:11:30,179 And his interrogation will 217 00:11:30,179 --> 00:11:32,299 likely provide a theory of the crime. 218 00:11:32,299 --> 00:11:34,779 - But why would the Andersons let me into their house? 219 00:11:35,299 --> 00:11:37,539 - My horse chance was one of the horses that 220 00:11:37,539 --> 00:11:39,459 took Clara back home when her father's carriage 221 00:11:39,779 --> 00:11:41,139 So fetching him should provide an 222 00:11:41,139 --> 00:11:43,259 excellent pretext for the visit. 223 00:11:43,259 --> 00:11:47,819 And just this morning, Mrs. Anderson sent me a card thanking 224 00:11:47,819 --> 00:11:48,939 you for helping to find their daughter. 225 00:11:48,939 --> 00:11:51,979 So she would seem very well disposed. 226 00:11:52,859 --> 00:11:57,419 - All right, then. I'll bring Chance back. I'll manage Clara. 227 00:11:57,419 --> 00:11:58,379 And I'll challenge the insurance investigator. 228 00:11:59,459 --> 00:12:00,339 - Thank you. 229 00:12:00,339 --> 00:12:04,019 - If you agree that from now on, we're 230 00:12:04,019 --> 00:12:05,859 working on the case of the red thread together, 231 00:12:06,619 --> 00:12:09,419 and we won't stop before finding out who murdered my mother and 232 00:12:09,419 --> 00:12:10,379 bringing the killer to justice. 233 00:12:11,419 --> 00:12:11,499 Agreed? 234 00:12:12,939 --> 00:12:13,139 - Agreed. 235 00:12:16,379 --> 00:12:18,339 [dramatic music] 236 00:12:22,339 --> 00:12:25,499 - Now, I remember the last woman who served as my maid was found 237 00:12:25,499 --> 00:12:27,219 floating in the River Thames for no 238 00:12:27,219 --> 00:12:28,939 better reason than as a warning to me. 239 00:12:28,939 --> 00:12:32,259 So exercise great caution. Not, just for my sake, yours. 240 00:12:33,179 --> 00:12:34,819 You must learn to cultivate humility. 241 00:12:35,819 --> 00:12:36,659 - Are you sure that's possible. 242 00:12:37,819 --> 00:12:41,339 - To start necessity. You can only investigate the thread 243 00:12:41,339 --> 00:12:42,899 while seeming to pursue some other purpose. 244 00:12:44,179 --> 00:12:46,019 You must learn to hunt while looking like prey. 245 00:12:46,019 --> 00:12:47,259 - I can take care of myself. 246 00:12:47,819 --> 00:12:51,219 - No doubt. But do not confront anyone 247 00:12:51,219 --> 00:12:52,979 or even acknowledge their presence. 248 00:12:52,979 --> 00:12:55,899 Do nothing to promote suspicion or attract unwanted attention. 249 00:12:56,539 --> 00:12:59,059 -I'm visiting the ambassador's house. Reclaim your horse. 250 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:00,339 - Nicely. 251 00:13:01,139 --> 00:13:04,499 And I am calling on an imprisoned man of no interest to 252 00:13:04,499 --> 00:13:06,419 our enemies in the hopeless misdirection. 253 00:13:06,419 --> 00:13:08,499 We'll trick them into believing my journey to Newgate Prison 254 00:13:08,499 --> 00:13:10,739 has nothing to do with Charlie the Coachman. 255 00:13:12,219 --> 00:13:13,859 - Do you really think he knows where Mrs. 256 00:13:13,859 --> 00:13:15,019 Hudson and Dr. Watson have been taken? 257 00:13:15,019 --> 00:13:18,179 - Maybe not. But he certainly knows his accomplices. 258 00:13:19,059 --> 00:13:19,819 Newgate Prison! 259 00:13:20,499 --> 00:13:25,739 [mysterious music] 260 00:13:58,379 --> 00:14:01,019 [dramatic music] 261 00:14:20,859 --> 00:14:26,499 - Sherlock Holmes, C Prisoner 45262, Professor James Moriarty 262 00:14:32,859 --> 00:14:33,619 [door slams] 263 00:14:35,499 --> 00:14:40,259 [dramatic music] 264 00:15:03,739 --> 00:15:05,139 [sound of gate] 265 00:15:07,339 --> 00:15:08,259 - [Dankworth] The Professor don’t get many visitors! 266 00:15:09,339 --> 00:15:10,539 And he rarely agrees to meet anyone. 267 00:15:11,419 --> 00:15:13,139 - He'll see me, Mr. Dankworth, I promise you. 268 00:15:13,539 --> 00:15:13,939 Lead up. 269 00:15:21,059 --> 00:15:22,059 - Mr. Sherlock Holmes, 270 00:15:23,259 --> 00:15:24,859 requesting a visit which the governor allows. 271 00:15:26,899 --> 00:15:30,059 Mr. 45262, face the wall. 272 00:15:31,219 --> 00:15:32,059 Put your hands above your head. 273 00:15:35,459 --> 00:15:38,219 [sound of lock] 274 00:15:42,739 --> 00:15:44,259 - [Cassie] Didn't expect to see you again. 275 00:15:45,459 --> 00:15:46,259 Oh, I know her all right. 276 00:15:46,579 --> 00:15:47,179 She can stay. 277 00:15:52,299 --> 00:15:53,739 Ought to be ashamed of yourself 278 00:15:53,739 --> 00:15:55,099 pretending to be things you ain't. 279 00:15:55,619 --> 00:15:57,419 - Sorry, I didn't want to lie. 280 00:15:58,539 --> 00:15:59,539 Mr. Holmes made me do it. 281 00:16:00,819 --> 00:16:01,859 - What you here for today? 282 00:16:02,419 --> 00:16:03,619 - It's a collect, Mr. Holmes' horse chance. 283 00:16:05,619 --> 00:16:08,659 And while I'm here, I thought I might see Clara. 284 00:16:09,379 --> 00:16:11,219 - Clara ain't come out of her room since she got back. 285 00:16:13,619 --> 00:16:15,739 But, I'll go ask her mother. 286 00:16:16,179 --> 00:16:18,019 What should I do with you in the meantime? 287 00:16:21,099 --> 00:16:21,819 - [Dankworth] Please stay here, sir. 288 00:16:22,899 --> 00:16:24,139 while I assure myself of your safety. 289 00:16:26,579 --> 00:16:28,259 Now you listen to me, you horrible little man. 290 00:16:29,299 --> 00:16:30,859 You will be in your best behavior 291 00:16:30,859 --> 00:16:32,299 for this gentleman as he's visiting you. 292 00:16:33,299 --> 00:16:34,939 Any malarky out of here and you're for The Hole 293 00:16:35,899 --> 00:16:36,419 You got it, Professor? 294 00:16:40,459 --> 00:16:41,739 Shall I chain him for you, Sir 295 00:16:42,219 --> 00:16:42,419 - No. 296 00:16:44,259 --> 00:16:45,779 - I'll be right outside should you need me. 297 00:17:03,499 --> 00:17:07,539 - Mr. Sherlock Holmes, whom I never thought to see again 298 00:17:07,539 --> 00:17:11,259 in the waking world, what could a poor prisoner like me 299 00:17:11,259 --> 00:17:14,339 do for the greatest detective on earth? 300 00:17:14,339 --> 00:17:16,859 - Laying in on a bit thick, aren't we, Moriarty? 301 00:17:17,619 --> 00:17:20,379 - You are unused to the deprivations of the condemned. 302 00:17:21,699 --> 00:17:23,699 Better if I had not escaped the Reichenbach Falls. 303 00:17:25,019 --> 00:17:27,299 Please have a seat. 304 00:17:29,579 --> 00:17:29,699 - Thank you. 305 00:17:30,579 --> 00:17:31,099 I'll stand. 306 00:17:33,779 --> 00:17:34,579 Care for some lunch. 307 00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:37,619 I find toasting prison bread over an open flame 308 00:17:37,939 --> 00:17:39,379 burns off most of the mold. 309 00:17:41,179 --> 00:17:43,219 - Appetising as that sounds, I decline, 310 00:17:43,939 --> 00:17:46,339 though I do note in passing neither your skin 311 00:17:46,339 --> 00:17:48,939 nor your weight reflect the ravages of a prison diet. 312 00:17:50,459 --> 00:17:53,059 Perhaps you ward off those perils with roast beef 313 00:17:53,339 --> 00:17:55,979 and claret as one might infer from this gravy stain 314 00:17:55,979 --> 00:17:58,019 on your calf and this red directly beneath your chin. 315 00:17:59,419 --> 00:18:03,219 Not so incidentally, I note that though there is no cell 316 00:18:03,219 --> 00:18:05,419 next to yours on the western wall, 317 00:18:05,419 --> 00:18:08,419 the hallway outside your door goes on for another 20 feet 318 00:18:09,459 --> 00:18:09,899 in that direction. 319 00:18:11,779 --> 00:18:14,859 This ink on your fingertips from perusing the newspapers, 320 00:18:15,419 --> 00:18:17,219 none of which I see in evidence, 321 00:18:17,219 --> 00:18:20,539 not even on this metal hook by the toilet 322 00:18:20,539 --> 00:18:22,659 where most of your fellow prisoners find 323 00:18:22,659 --> 00:18:24,699 their daily news best employed. 324 00:18:25,819 --> 00:18:30,019 Perhaps the maid has been 325 00:18:25,819 --> 00:18:30,019 around to clean already. 326 00:18:33,539 --> 00:18:35,179 What an ingenious mechanism, may I? 327 00:18:36,859 --> 00:18:37,899 Oh, don't worry, James. 328 00:18:38,899 --> 00:18:41,019 I'm not here to expose corruption 329 00:18:41,299 --> 00:18:42,539 in her Majesty's prisons. 330 00:18:43,699 --> 00:18:45,619 I'm here on a much more important errand 331 00:18:45,619 --> 00:18:48,379 and one that affects us both, and I should like to discuss it 332 00:18:48,379 --> 00:18:51,299 with you without your assistant eavesdropping in the hall. 333 00:18:52,299 --> 00:18:53,819 - I'm practically deaf from all after you. 334 00:18:53,819 --> 00:18:55,179 - Be quiet, you imbecile. 335 00:18:55,979 --> 00:18:56,259 - [Dankworth] Yes, sir. 336 00:18:58,019 --> 00:18:59,859 - Pardon me if I demand proof 337 00:18:59,859 --> 00:19:01,979 this private conversation is necessary. 338 00:19:05,739 --> 00:19:09,139 [dramatic music] 339 00:19:13,139 --> 00:19:15,939 I had wondered the recent absence of your name in the 340 00:19:15,939 --> 00:19:17,699 press and the disappearance of Watson's 341 00:19:17,699 --> 00:19:19,339 fawning puffery in the strand. 342 00:19:19,939 --> 00:19:22,299 The rumor that he had finally come to his senses 343 00:19:22,539 --> 00:19:25,419 and abandoned you was always highly suspect. 344 00:19:26,299 --> 00:19:28,699 - And knowing that you still run your empire 345 00:19:28,699 --> 00:19:31,699 from behind bars, I find the decrease in those crimes 346 00:19:31,699 --> 00:19:34,259 most commonly associated with your known accomplices 347 00:19:34,499 --> 00:19:35,619 equally remarkable. 348 00:19:36,579 --> 00:19:39,339 - Touching how we keep up with each other from afar. 349 00:19:41,219 --> 00:19:41,739 Very well. 350 00:19:43,139 --> 00:19:45,819 Under the circumstances, I shall consent to spend time 351 00:19:45,819 --> 00:19:47,739 in your odious company. 352 00:19:51,299 --> 00:19:51,379 - May I? 353 00:19:57,939 --> 00:20:01,699 [sound of heavy door opening] 354 00:20:07,459 --> 00:20:07,939 Incredible. 355 00:20:10,659 --> 00:20:11,819 - Dankworth! 356 00:20:12,979 --> 00:20:13,699 - Yes, your professorship, sir. 357 00:20:14,579 --> 00:20:15,459 - One more for lunch. 358 00:20:16,659 --> 00:20:19,979 [mysterious music] 359 00:20:29,899 --> 00:20:31,139 [pages turning] 360 00:20:36,099 --> 00:20:37,339 - [Margjorie] I'm so glad you stopped by. 361 00:20:38,299 --> 00:20:42,659 your efforts to find our daughter were very brave. 362 00:20:43,539 --> 00:20:46,099 Cara will be down in a moment to thank you in person. 363 00:20:47,019 --> 00:20:48,819 But my husband and I are very anxious 364 00:20:48,819 --> 00:20:50,219 to express our gratitude. 365 00:20:51,019 --> 00:20:53,819 So we thought since you will accept no reward, 366 00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:57,219 perhaps you would consider the offer to join our household. 367 00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:00,219 - Excuse me? 368 00:21:00,899 --> 00:21:03,459 - In the capacity of Clare's personal chaperone, 369 00:21:04,019 --> 00:21:06,139 given recent events, I would feel more secure 370 00:21:06,379 --> 00:21:11,899 if Clara had someone with whom to go to dress shops 371 00:21:12,379 --> 00:21:15,819 and to the theater and other 372 00:21:12,379 --> 00:21:15,819 social engagements. 373 00:21:16,219 --> 00:21:19,539 - Would Clara enjoy this sort of company? 374 00:21:19,979 --> 00:21:21,379 - She has no friends in London, 375 00:21:22,139 --> 00:21:24,139 and you've proven to be loyal and discreet. 376 00:21:24,979 --> 00:21:27,019 And it would mean quite a step up 377 00:21:27,019 --> 00:21:28,459 in your social standing, Amelia. 378 00:21:29,259 --> 00:21:31,859 Just think of all the great events 379 00:21:31,859 --> 00:21:34,779 to which you would be adjacent. 380 00:21:37,019 --> 00:21:39,099 Oh, look, there she is now. 381 00:21:40,099 --> 00:21:41,459 Clara, darling, look who's come for a visit. 382 00:21:42,779 --> 00:21:44,459 - How very kind you are, Amelia, 383 00:21:44,739 --> 00:21:46,419 and with everything else you have to do, 384 00:21:46,659 --> 00:21:49,739 but I'm afraid I'm not yet quite myself. 385 00:21:50,819 --> 00:21:52,939 Perhaps if you're able to return next week? 386 00:21:53,499 --> 00:21:55,139 - Don't be silly, Clara, sit. 387 00:21:57,499 --> 00:22:00,179 I'll see about more tea while you thank Amelia. 388 00:22:00,699 --> 00:22:02,579 I shouldn't be gone longer than it takes the kettle to boil. 389 00:22:08,419 --> 00:22:10,299 - Please don't say you've come to tell my parents everything. 390 00:22:10,699 --> 00:22:11,419 - Why shouldn't I? 391 00:22:12,859 --> 00:22:14,499 You stole your own mother's jewels. 392 00:22:14,939 --> 00:22:17,379 You aren't kidnapped, but willingly left with Charlie, 393 00:22:17,779 --> 00:22:19,659 who is now in prison and liable to hang. 394 00:22:19,979 --> 00:22:23,419 - No, Charlie cannot hang unless I testify against him. 395 00:22:23,819 --> 00:22:26,059 And my father has invoked diplomatic immunity 396 00:22:26,059 --> 00:22:27,379 to keep me out of court. 397 00:22:27,939 --> 00:22:29,259 - Diplomatic immunity won't protect you 398 00:22:29,259 --> 00:22:30,219 from the insurance company. 399 00:22:31,059 --> 00:22:31,579 - The what? 400 00:22:32,339 --> 00:22:34,779 Your father has filed a claim against the missing jewels, 401 00:22:35,499 --> 00:22:37,499 a private investigator is on the way, 402 00:22:37,499 --> 00:22:41,019 is perhaps already here to find out how they were stolen. 403 00:22:42,099 --> 00:22:43,979 - But what am I to do? 404 00:22:45,059 --> 00:22:45,899 - Go ahead and lie. 405 00:22:47,259 --> 00:22:50,819 Why not add a fraud of 50,000 pounds 406 00:22:50,819 --> 00:22:51,739 to your list of crimes? 407 00:22:52,139 --> 00:22:54,219 - Dear God, what have I done? 408 00:22:55,299 --> 00:22:57,459 My father will be sent home in disgrace 409 00:22:58,059 --> 00:23:00,299 and no one will ever marry me. 410 00:23:00,659 --> 00:23:02,659 - stop crying 411 00:23:03,179 --> 00:23:04,579 Your mother will be back any moment 412 00:23:04,579 --> 00:23:05,299 and you can't look hysterical. 413 00:23:06,579 --> 00:23:07,219 Course you'll be able to marry. 414 00:23:08,019 --> 00:23:09,859 - No, you don't understand. 415 00:23:10,219 --> 00:23:12,419 You are a person of 416 00:23:10,219 --> 00:23:12,419 no importance 417 00:23:12,779 --> 00:23:14,219 and can wed whom you choose. 418 00:23:14,779 --> 00:23:16,339 I am not so fortunate. 419 00:23:18,579 --> 00:23:20,139 And if my secret should be discovered. 420 00:23:24,299 --> 00:23:25,299 - [Moriarty] What a desperate predicament. 421 00:23:26,979 --> 00:23:28,499 As you are obviously aware, 422 00:23:28,779 --> 00:23:31,539 many of the small businesses in which I have maintained 423 00:23:31,819 --> 00:23:34,099 - gambling fraud opium 424 00:23:34,099 --> 00:23:35,299 - have been absorbed 425 00:23:35,299 --> 00:23:37,739 by the red thread in some of my trusted lieutenants 426 00:23:37,739 --> 00:23:39,099 along with them. 427 00:23:39,099 --> 00:23:42,579 And you are unable to move against this presumptuous 428 00:23:42,579 --> 00:23:44,779 criminal syndicate whilst Watson and the landlady 429 00:23:44,779 --> 00:23:45,619 remain in their power. 430 00:23:46,299 --> 00:23:46,699 I wonder. 431 00:23:47,379 --> 00:23:47,899 - You wonder what? 432 00:23:48,819 --> 00:23:50,819 - Attempting to control your behavior through hostages 433 00:23:50,819 --> 00:23:52,739 is dangerous and clumsy. 434 00:23:52,739 --> 00:23:56,899 If the thread are truly worried about your conduct. 435 00:23:56,899 --> 00:23:58,339 - Then why not just kill me? 436 00:23:59,499 --> 00:24:02,139 I see confinement has not dimmed your intellect 437 00:24:02,139 --> 00:24:04,579 which is, as ever, entirely wasted. 438 00:24:05,899 --> 00:24:07,939 - Leaving you alive is a grave error. 439 00:24:09,099 --> 00:24:10,579 They will regret it as much as I. 440 00:24:11,859 --> 00:24:13,299 - But you agree with my premise 441 00:24:13,299 --> 00:24:15,659 that to destroy the red thread would be to the advantage 442 00:24:15,659 --> 00:24:16,619 of as both? 443 00:24:16,619 --> 00:24:17,019 - Oh yes. 444 00:24:17,859 --> 00:24:19,059 I very much concur. 445 00:24:20,419 --> 00:24:22,019 Now, if I'm not mistaken, 446 00:24:22,699 --> 00:24:24,459 you're about to make a request, are you not? 447 00:24:24,459 --> 00:24:24,859 - I am. 448 00:24:26,419 --> 00:24:29,779 Yes, ostensibly I have come to Newgate Prison 449 00:24:29,779 --> 00:24:30,739 to visit you. 450 00:24:31,059 --> 00:24:33,259 In reality, however, I should like to interview 451 00:24:33,259 --> 00:24:36,019 an agent of the red thread incarcerated here 452 00:24:36,019 --> 00:24:38,379 for kidnapping the American ambassador's daughter. 453 00:24:39,219 --> 00:24:41,419 - How it must gall you to beg for my assistance. 454 00:24:41,979 --> 00:24:42,779 - Not at all. 455 00:24:43,219 --> 00:24:47,139 - As you pointed out, our interests momentarily align 456 00:24:47,139 --> 00:24:49,179 and it is well known that you are in effect, 457 00:24:49,539 --> 00:24:53,179 if not in name, the Prince Regent of this prison. 458 00:24:53,579 --> 00:24:54,139 - Oh, come, come. 459 00:24:54,539 --> 00:24:55,219 You exaggerate. 460 00:24:56,459 --> 00:24:57,259 - [Dankworth] More tea for prison. 461 00:24:57,819 --> 00:24:59,819 - Ah, perhaps half a cup. 462 00:25:00,939 --> 00:25:02,819 Supposing I agree, how would 463 00:25:00,939 --> 00:25:02,819 you get to and from 464 00:25:02,819 --> 00:25:03,859 this idiot cell? 465 00:25:04,419 --> 00:25:06,499 - Mr. Dankworth could escort me there 466 00:25:06,499 --> 00:25:07,179 and bring me back. 467 00:25:07,459 --> 00:25:09,859 - And to avoid being recognized in transit. 468 00:25:10,579 --> 00:25:12,619 - I would temporarily change clothes. 469 00:25:13,619 --> 00:25:14,259 With you. 470 00:25:14,939 --> 00:25:18,139 - Well, well, I've always wondered what it's like 471 00:25:18,139 --> 00:25:19,739 inside that stuffed shirt of yours. 472 00:25:21,099 --> 00:25:24,219 Ah, but what about your horrifying face, 473 00:25:24,219 --> 00:25:26,699 which many a prisoner here has good reason to remember? 474 00:25:27,299 --> 00:25:29,979 - Well, the coachman is newly arrived from America 475 00:25:30,299 --> 00:25:32,739 and will not recognize me and as Mr. Dankworth 476 00:25:33,579 --> 00:25:34,139 needs me around. 477 00:25:35,779 --> 00:25:38,099 I shall wear this hood over my head 478 00:25:38,099 --> 00:25:40,219 as do the most dangerous prisoners? 479 00:25:40,219 --> 00:25:42,259 For I am dangerous, Moriarty very dangerous, 480 00:25:42,619 --> 00:25:43,299 lest you forget. 481 00:25:45,259 --> 00:25:48,219 - I have cause the recollect every moment of my life. 482 00:25:50,019 --> 00:25:50,619 You're not worried. 483 00:25:51,179 --> 00:25:53,619 This coachman will consider you a spy, 484 00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:55,019 planted by the police. 485 00:25:55,739 --> 00:25:58,659 - No, I have more information on him than the police 486 00:25:58,659 --> 00:26:01,339 and some of it gathered from a source they cannot question. 487 00:26:01,939 --> 00:26:04,779 - Oh, and whom would that be? 488 00:26:06,499 --> 00:26:06,899 - [Ambassador Anderson] Clara? 489 00:26:07,819 --> 00:26:08,179 Clara! 490 00:26:10,299 --> 00:26:11,659 Dear Lord, there you are. 491 00:26:12,939 --> 00:26:15,579 I'm sorry to interrupt, but I have a visitor 492 00:26:15,579 --> 00:26:16,939 who needs to talk to us. 493 00:26:16,939 --> 00:26:18,299 - Clara's still recovering. 494 00:26:18,299 --> 00:26:20,099 Could this visitor not come back another time? 495 00:26:20,099 --> 00:26:21,099 - I'm afraid not. 496 00:26:21,459 --> 00:26:23,499 Our daughter has been returned, but the jewels haven't 497 00:26:24,419 --> 00:26:26,219 and our insurance claim against them must be pursued 498 00:26:26,219 --> 00:26:26,699 with urgency. 499 00:26:27,659 --> 00:26:30,659 I am sorry, young lady, to end your visit prematurely. 500 00:26:31,659 --> 00:26:34,019 - But won't the investigator want to speak to me too? 501 00:26:35,179 --> 00:26:36,739 If he's going to be questioning Clara, 502 00:26:37,179 --> 00:26:38,499 I was there for some of it. 503 00:26:39,219 --> 00:26:40,059 - Amelia's quite right. 504 00:26:41,059 --> 00:26:42,139 She helped rescue our daughter. 505 00:26:43,379 --> 00:26:44,219 - Oh, very well. 506 00:26:45,099 --> 00:26:45,899 Wait here. 507 00:26:49,739 --> 00:26:50,899 [prison door opens] 508 00:26:51,179 --> 00:26:53,099 - [Dankworth] Better watch your steps, sir. 509 00:26:53,339 --> 00:26:57,179 [mysterious music] 510 00:27:10,219 --> 00:27:10,619 Here we are. 511 00:27:19,019 --> 00:27:19,619 - What's this? 512 00:27:21,619 --> 00:27:23,539 I wouldn't remain in there a moment longer than necessary. 513 00:27:27,499 --> 00:27:30,299 - Ah, Charlie, you have a gentleman visit, huh? 514 00:27:31,019 --> 00:27:31,939 No funny business, now. 515 00:27:33,139 --> 00:27:33,579 - Yeah, fine. 516 00:27:37,179 --> 00:27:38,659 Charlie Holroyd at your service. 517 00:27:39,979 --> 00:27:40,859 I'm not talking to anyone. 518 00:27:41,259 --> 00:27:42,939 - You better have a lot to say. 519 00:27:43,459 --> 00:27:46,019 Come to demand explanations for your betrayal. 520 00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:46,539 - Demand. 521 00:27:50,619 --> 00:27:53,059 I'll blacken your eye and then see what you demand, old-timer. 522 00:27:56,459 --> 00:27:57,059 I owe you nothing. 523 00:27:57,859 --> 00:27:58,659 - Are you sure about that? 524 00:28:03,939 --> 00:28:05,139 Perhaps you should reconsider. 525 00:28:10,499 --> 00:28:10,979 Even in here?- 526 00:28:11,539 --> 00:28:13,139 - Everywhere else you might hope to go. 527 00:28:14,019 --> 00:28:16,139 You can escape from the law, but never from us. 528 00:28:17,339 --> 00:28:20,339 And if you value your life, you will tell me at once 529 00:28:20,339 --> 00:28:22,979 why you've deviated so far from our plan. 530 00:28:23,339 --> 00:28:25,219 - If you know the plan, why don't you tell me what it was. 531 00:28:26,219 --> 00:28:28,099 - Would you wish me to detail your mistakes? 532 00:28:30,659 --> 00:28:33,299 You were to get the stupid girl to fall in love with you, 533 00:28:33,659 --> 00:28:35,739 an easy enough task for a man of your appearance 534 00:28:35,739 --> 00:28:36,699 and disposition. 535 00:28:36,699 --> 00:28:38,419 Indeed, you were chosen for this assignment 536 00:28:38,419 --> 00:28:41,379 as much for your looks and your skill with horses. 537 00:28:43,659 --> 00:28:46,259 Once you had romanced Miss Anderson in America, 538 00:28:46,259 --> 00:28:48,699 you were to convince her you wished to elope, 539 00:28:49,219 --> 00:28:51,499 steal her mother's jewels for a proper income. 540 00:28:51,499 --> 00:28:54,219 In reality, however, she was to be held hostage 541 00:28:54,219 --> 00:28:56,339 in exchange for her father's cooperation 542 00:28:56,339 --> 00:28:58,939 in a scheme I may not reveal. 543 00:28:59,779 --> 00:29:00,499 - Well, I know, anyway. 544 00:29:03,579 --> 00:29:04,939 Weems and Magott mentioned keys 545 00:29:04,939 --> 00:29:06,539 they wanted the ambassador to hand over, 546 00:29:06,539 --> 00:29:08,019 but what they're meant to unlock, I have no idea. 547 00:29:08,419 --> 00:29:09,939 - Then there is the matter of the jewels. 548 00:29:10,659 --> 00:29:12,059 - Weems and Magott told me to give the jewels to them. 549 00:29:12,939 --> 00:29:14,499 And in Weems and Maggot also, 550 00:29:14,899 --> 00:29:16,579 order you to try and sell the jewels 551 00:29:16,579 --> 00:29:18,699 to one Mr. Clarence Halfpenny, 552 00:29:18,699 --> 00:29:21,299 did they order you to take the girl with you back to America? 553 00:29:21,299 --> 00:29:23,459 Did they order you to burn the hostages 554 00:29:23,779 --> 00:29:25,859 and themselves alive in the coffin factory 555 00:29:26,139 --> 00:29:27,139 whilst you escaped? 556 00:29:27,379 --> 00:29:27,859 - Burned alive? 557 00:29:29,379 --> 00:29:31,379 No, no, Weems and Maggot, they took the gems 558 00:29:31,379 --> 00:29:33,299 and the other hostages and rode away with them. 559 00:29:33,299 --> 00:29:35,499 - Neither Weems, nor Maggot, nor the jewels, 560 00:29:35,499 --> 00:29:36,939 nor the doctor and the housekeeper 561 00:29:37,179 --> 00:29:38,579 ever arrived at the rendezvous point. 562 00:29:39,379 --> 00:29:39,939 - They're not in Richmond? 563 00:29:40,299 --> 00:29:41,379 - And are missing still. 564 00:29:42,179 --> 00:29:44,299 When you tried to sail back to America with Clara 565 00:29:44,299 --> 00:29:46,179 where you thought to set up a pretty household 566 00:29:46,179 --> 00:29:47,139 with the stolen jewels. 567 00:29:47,739 --> 00:29:49,059 - No, I don't have the jewels. 568 00:29:49,059 --> 00:29:50,219 Weems and Maggot have them, okay? 569 00:29:51,699 --> 00:29:53,139 Wait, no, no. 570 00:29:54,619 --> 00:29:56,219 We left the coffin factory 571 00:29:56,219 --> 00:29:57,939 because there was a call on the telephone from the police. 572 00:29:59,219 --> 00:30:00,779 You were tipped off by your man on the inside, 573 00:30:00,779 --> 00:30:01,979 I swear, ask him. 574 00:30:02,379 --> 00:30:03,819 - And were you a part of that telephone call? 575 00:30:04,619 --> 00:30:06,859 Or did you only hear one side of the conversation? 576 00:30:07,659 --> 00:30:09,659 Did you consider it was staged for your benefit? 577 00:30:11,179 --> 00:30:12,139 They would give up the jewels. 578 00:30:13,739 --> 00:30:14,139 Dankworth! 579 00:30:15,379 --> 00:30:16,019 [prison door opens] 580 00:30:18,739 --> 00:30:19,099 - Wait. 581 00:30:20,979 --> 00:30:24,859 Wait, no, no, I did try to run away with Clara, sure. 582 00:30:24,859 --> 00:30:26,459 But I fell in love with her. 583 00:30:26,859 --> 00:30:28,619 But I never burned anyone. 584 00:30:29,699 --> 00:30:31,699 You have to believe me, I've told you everything. 585 00:30:31,699 --> 00:30:35,299 [dramatic music] 586 00:30:41,099 --> 00:30:42,219 - [Ambassador Anderson] This way, please. 587 00:30:44,019 --> 00:30:45,419 Mr. Birdwhistle 588 00:30:45,779 --> 00:30:47,779 My wife, daughter, and her friend, Amelia. 589 00:30:49,739 --> 00:30:50,819 - Birtwistle, sir. 590 00:30:51,659 --> 00:30:52,859 a T not a D. 591 00:30:53,899 --> 00:30:56,899 And no H, which would be silent in any case. 592 00:30:57,579 --> 00:30:58,939 - My apologies, sir. 593 00:30:58,939 --> 00:31:00,539 My American ears sometimes fail me. 594 00:31:01,219 --> 00:31:02,659 Have you completed your inquiries? 595 00:31:02,939 --> 00:31:04,299 - Only those which were least important. 596 00:31:05,099 --> 00:31:07,099 Police have already determined the jewels were missing 597 00:31:07,739 --> 00:31:10,299 and that the arrested kidnapper did not have them. 598 00:31:10,299 --> 00:31:11,139 But I'm curious. 599 00:31:12,059 --> 00:31:14,859 I'm very curious as to why your wife's valuables 600 00:31:14,859 --> 00:31:16,539 were not in a secure English bank 601 00:31:17,299 --> 00:31:18,779 instead of a box that could have been broken 602 00:31:19,019 --> 00:31:19,979 into by a child. 603 00:31:21,059 --> 00:31:22,499 - As to why we had the jewels. 604 00:31:22,979 --> 00:31:25,019 They were stolen the very night we arrived from America. 605 00:31:25,819 --> 00:31:28,459 - Then there's the little matter of the delay 606 00:31:28,459 --> 00:31:31,259 in reporting the theft after Clara went missing. 607 00:31:32,419 --> 00:31:34,739 - Our daughter was abducted before we'd even unpacked. 608 00:31:35,339 --> 00:31:37,339 And at first we gave no thought to the gems. 609 00:31:38,139 --> 00:31:39,579 I instigated a search for them myself, 610 00:31:39,979 --> 00:31:41,339 hoping they were still present 611 00:31:41,339 --> 00:31:44,099 and could be found before further disturbing my wife. 612 00:31:44,099 --> 00:31:46,499 - Well, I'm sure your discomfort was sevenfold 613 00:31:46,499 --> 00:31:48,499 when you learned the coachman had found his way 614 00:31:48,499 --> 00:31:49,899 into your wife's bedroom at night. 615 00:31:49,899 --> 00:31:51,059 Or was that not so unusual? 616 00:31:51,699 --> 00:31:52,939 - I beg your pardon, sir. 617 00:31:52,939 --> 00:31:54,819 - What the devil do you mean? 618 00:31:54,819 --> 00:31:55,419 - Forgive me, please. 619 00:31:55,699 --> 00:31:57,139 There was no attempt to offend. 620 00:31:57,819 --> 00:31:59,099 I'm unfamiliar with how 621 00:32:00,659 --> 00:32:03,259 Wealthy Americans conduct relations with their servants. 622 00:32:04,299 --> 00:32:05,859 - It could hardly be called a relationship. 623 00:32:06,699 --> 00:32:08,579 Charlie worked for us in America 624 00:32:08,579 --> 00:32:11,259 and came here some weeks before us, 625 00:32:11,859 --> 00:32:14,379 and he was in and out of the house and stables 626 00:32:14,379 --> 00:32:15,699 during that entire time. 627 00:32:16,539 --> 00:32:17,619 - What trust you put in him? 628 00:32:19,139 --> 00:32:20,819 I'm sorry to have to say, 629 00:32:21,139 --> 00:32:23,339 but in retrospect it appears careless. 630 00:32:24,499 --> 00:32:24,939 But wait. 631 00:32:26,299 --> 00:32:29,099 If the coachman was here some weeks before, 632 00:32:29,979 --> 00:32:32,259 how could he have known the jewels were in your bedroom? 633 00:32:32,659 --> 00:32:35,019 - How the coachman knew anything is something to ask him. 634 00:32:35,859 --> 00:32:38,339 Do you want the Andersons to guess what he was thinking? 635 00:32:39,339 --> 00:32:40,899 But aren't you more interested in the facts? 636 00:32:41,299 --> 00:32:43,499 - All my interest in the facts is all consuming, 637 00:32:43,499 --> 00:32:44,659 and I will know them before I'm done. 638 00:32:45,859 --> 00:32:46,859 Now, young Miss Anderson, 639 00:32:48,019 --> 00:32:49,659 I must hear all your recollections 640 00:32:49,659 --> 00:32:51,139 you've so far withheld from the police. 641 00:32:52,339 --> 00:32:53,859 It's just the kidnapping and theft 642 00:32:53,859 --> 00:32:56,339 was so brilliantly conceived and daringly executed. 643 00:32:57,339 --> 00:32:59,019 I hope you might shed some light 644 00:32:59,019 --> 00:33:00,339 on how those crimes were carried out. 645 00:33:04,539 --> 00:33:06,019 - [Moriarty] Did you fool him good and proper? 646 00:33:06,979 --> 00:33:08,859 Is the red thread unraveled? 647 00:33:09,579 --> 00:33:10,099 - Frayed a little. 648 00:33:10,779 --> 00:33:11,259 We'll see. 649 00:33:12,259 --> 00:33:13,139 - Well, you can tell me. 650 00:33:13,419 --> 00:33:15,859 A problem shared is a problem halved, as they say. 651 00:33:15,859 --> 00:33:18,099 - Best we each work our own side of the street 652 00:33:18,099 --> 00:33:20,019 on that point, you will have to trust me. 653 00:33:20,499 --> 00:33:22,459 - Oddly, I don't think of us 654 00:33:20,499 --> 00:33:22,459 as trusting people. 655 00:33:22,899 --> 00:33:24,779 For example, did you really believe 656 00:33:24,779 --> 00:33:27,259 I would allow you to walk into my cell, ask for help, 657 00:33:28,059 --> 00:33:29,579 and then give me nothing in return? 658 00:33:29,859 --> 00:33:31,979 - I've already said I would pursue our mutual interest. 659 00:33:31,979 --> 00:33:34,539 And to that end, please return my clothes. 660 00:33:34,539 --> 00:33:35,139 I must leave at once. 661 00:33:35,939 --> 00:33:37,739 - Oh, Sherlock. 662 00:33:39,739 --> 00:33:40,619 I am at my leisure. 663 00:33:41,899 --> 00:33:43,699 I could, without difficulty, 664 00:33:44,219 --> 00:33:46,579 hold you here until nightfall, possibly beyond, 665 00:33:46,579 --> 00:33:49,379 unless you wish to leave this place dressed as a prisoner 666 00:33:49,379 --> 00:33:51,579 with everyone knowing the true purpose of your visit. 667 00:33:51,579 --> 00:33:52,339 - You did that. 668 00:33:53,139 --> 00:33:55,059 I would stop at nothing to destroy you. 669 00:33:55,939 --> 00:33:57,059 - Oh, but by that it would be too late 670 00:33:57,059 --> 00:33:58,499 for Watson and Mrs. Hudson. 671 00:33:59,419 --> 00:34:00,459 No. 672 00:34:00,459 --> 00:34:01,059 You should not be leaving here 673 00:34:01,059 --> 00:34:03,139 before agreeing to my terms. 674 00:34:05,859 --> 00:34:06,859 - [Birtwistle] This will not do. 675 00:34:06,859 --> 00:34:08,219 This will not do at all. 676 00:34:09,619 --> 00:34:11,499 No sleeping draught could have wiped out 677 00:34:11,499 --> 00:34:12,659 the memory of your whole ordeal. 678 00:34:13,219 --> 00:34:14,059 - I forbid you. 679 00:34:14,539 --> 00:34:16,779 I'm using that insinuating tone with my daughter. 680 00:34:16,779 --> 00:34:19,379 - Do not mistake me for one of your pet Pinkertons, 681 00:34:20,619 --> 00:34:23,299 nor some London Bobby cowering before diplomatic immunity. 682 00:34:23,739 --> 00:34:24,499 I will have the truth, 683 00:34:24,939 --> 00:34:26,459 or you will be paid nothing for your claim. 684 00:34:27,499 --> 00:34:29,139 - Father, please let me answer him. 685 00:34:33,579 --> 00:34:36,779 As I told you, sir, I went to sleep in my room 686 00:34:36,779 --> 00:34:38,139 and I woke inside the coffin 687 00:34:38,139 --> 00:34:39,659 with no memory of how I got there. 688 00:34:40,459 --> 00:34:42,499 I was kept inside the coffin except for... 689 00:34:44,859 --> 00:34:47,099 Those activities, the body has no choice but to perform. 690 00:34:47,859 --> 00:34:49,899 And on these occasions, I was blindfolded. 691 00:34:50,419 --> 00:34:52,299 And every second of my confinement, 692 00:34:53,499 --> 00:34:56,339 I was in terror for my life and my honor. 693 00:34:56,859 --> 00:34:58,259 - Where was the 694 00:34:56,859 --> 00:34:58,259 coachman during this? 695 00:34:59,139 --> 00:35:00,059 - Could I possibly know? 696 00:35:00,459 --> 00:35:02,379 - When did he take you from the coffin factory? 697 00:35:02,659 --> 00:35:03,779 How was it? 698 00:35:03,779 --> 00:35:05,739 You were on the brink of boarding a ship, 699 00:35:05,739 --> 00:35:06,739 holding his hand. 700 00:35:07,019 --> 00:35:08,019 - Holding his hand. 701 00:35:08,379 --> 00:35:09,219 - Amelia, please don't. 702 00:35:09,219 --> 00:35:09,779 - I was there. 703 00:35:10,819 --> 00:35:13,539 I saw her get pulled from a dark box 704 00:35:13,539 --> 00:35:15,299 into the blinding light of day. 705 00:35:15,579 --> 00:35:19,459 How could you expect her to resist a dangerous criminal 706 00:35:19,459 --> 00:35:22,019 who was dragging her to the gates of the London dock? 707 00:35:22,419 --> 00:35:24,019 Would you like to examine her knees? 708 00:35:24,019 --> 00:35:25,259 Is that what you came here to do? 709 00:35:25,259 --> 00:35:26,499 - Course not, I was only, 710 00:35:26,499 --> 00:35:27,499 - I see a ring on your finger. 711 00:35:27,899 --> 00:35:29,099 Tell me, Mr. Birtwistle. 712 00:35:29,099 --> 00:35:32,019 Did you court your wife by drugging her? 713 00:35:32,499 --> 00:35:34,619 Did you yank her to the altar in a coffin? 714 00:35:34,899 --> 00:35:37,179 Is that how you do things in the Birtwistle household? 715 00:35:37,179 --> 00:35:38,219 - That's quite enough, young lady. 716 00:35:38,219 --> 00:35:38,659 That's quite enough. 717 00:35:40,739 --> 00:35:43,739 Now I apologize for the indelicate nature of my 718 00:35:43,739 --> 00:35:45,219 questions but do understand. 719 00:35:46,379 --> 00:35:48,499 When there's tens of thousands of pounds at stake, 720 00:35:48,499 --> 00:35:49,419 I must be thorough. 721 00:35:50,179 --> 00:35:51,059 - And thoroughness demands cruelty? 722 00:35:51,619 --> 00:35:52,179 - Not at all. 723 00:35:53,899 --> 00:35:54,539 Amelia, is it? 724 00:35:55,739 --> 00:35:57,179 And you were present at the rescue. 725 00:35:58,739 --> 00:36:00,179 Perhaps I could speak to you in private. 726 00:36:01,139 --> 00:36:02,659 - Well, of course you can. 727 00:36:02,659 --> 00:36:04,259 That's why we insisted on her being present. 728 00:36:06,939 --> 00:36:08,059 - Allow me to show you out. 729 00:36:09,539 --> 00:36:09,939 - Good day. 730 00:36:10,619 --> 00:36:13,619 [dramatic music] 731 00:36:21,459 --> 00:36:23,939 - You are a most unexpected sort of person. 732 00:36:24,859 --> 00:36:27,699 American, a maid, rescuer, 733 00:36:28,299 --> 00:36:30,819 stable lad, and attorney. 734 00:36:32,539 --> 00:36:34,819 But you provided sound representation 735 00:36:34,819 --> 00:36:35,299 for Clara Anderson. 736 00:36:36,699 --> 00:36:38,339 - I only said what you already know, 737 00:36:38,899 --> 00:36:42,459 which is the jewels have been stolen and can't be found. 738 00:36:43,059 --> 00:36:45,259 And there's so many places to look, 739 00:36:45,259 --> 00:36:47,819 such as the coffin factory, where at one point 740 00:36:47,819 --> 00:36:50,019 there were at least three hostages being held, 741 00:36:50,019 --> 00:36:51,419 and yet here you are covering old ground. 742 00:36:51,899 --> 00:36:54,379 - Don't be impertinent. Besides which, I know the factory 743 00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:55,579 to be owned by Lord Witherseal 744 00:36:56,179 --> 00:36:59,059 And I assure you, Withersea is in possession 745 00:36:59,059 --> 00:37:01,539 of a considerable fortune which he has no need 746 00:37:01,539 --> 00:37:03,459 to increase through kidnapping or thievery. 747 00:37:03,899 --> 00:37:04,379 And, 748 00:37:05,019 --> 00:37:07,179 He will eventually comply with my request 749 00:37:07,179 --> 00:37:09,579 for a list of his partners and employee. 750 00:37:10,619 --> 00:37:10,979 - Eventually? 751 00:37:12,099 --> 00:37:13,219 Why don't you have that list already? 752 00:37:14,419 --> 00:37:16,419 Is it because you can't bully Lord Withersea 753 00:37:16,419 --> 00:37:18,539 the way you just bullied a young, helpless girl? 754 00:37:19,139 --> 00:37:20,499 - I am a bully when need drives me. 755 00:37:21,939 --> 00:37:22,979 I do have other arts. 756 00:37:23,259 --> 00:37:24,579 I could teach you my methods, 757 00:37:24,579 --> 00:37:25,859 provided you don't already know everything. 758 00:37:26,139 --> 00:37:28,499 Show promise as an investigator, 759 00:37:29,539 --> 00:37:33,099 and would likely take others off guard as you have me. 760 00:37:33,419 --> 00:37:34,219 - I'll think about it. 761 00:37:34,899 --> 00:37:35,899 For now, this is where we part ways. 762 00:37:36,899 --> 00:37:38,419 - If you help me find the jewels, 763 00:37:38,779 --> 00:37:40,179 it could be worth a bonus of, whoa, 764 00:37:40,699 --> 00:37:42,179 shall we say 100 pounds? 765 00:37:42,979 --> 00:37:44,259 - A fifth of what you were offered. 766 00:37:44,819 --> 00:37:45,219 How generous. 767 00:37:46,379 --> 00:37:47,179 Good day, Mr. Birtwistle. 768 00:37:48,179 --> 00:37:48,459 [chuckle] 769 00:37:50,499 --> 00:37:51,779 - And she calls me a bully. 770 00:37:54,499 --> 00:37:56,139 - [Moriarty] Losing a child is difficult, 771 00:37:56,779 --> 00:37:58,539 especially when you've no one but yourself to blame. 772 00:37:59,899 --> 00:38:03,099 After my wife died, I was so concentrated on my work 773 00:38:03,379 --> 00:38:06,779 that I neglected my young son at an enormous cost. 774 00:38:07,099 --> 00:38:08,659 - I remember the story. 775 00:38:08,659 --> 00:38:09,939 His name was Daniel. 776 00:38:10,939 --> 00:38:13,059 - Oh, Dan, as we called him. 777 00:38:14,419 --> 00:38:15,979 Just before his 10th birthday, 778 00:38:16,419 --> 00:38:18,219 when I was away on the continent, 779 00:38:18,819 --> 00:38:22,379 Dan was arrested on some trifling matter. 780 00:38:23,259 --> 00:38:26,019 - Connected to the theft of a clergyman's gold timepiece, 781 00:38:26,019 --> 00:38:26,459 as I recall. 782 00:38:27,379 --> 00:38:28,219 - Gold plated. 783 00:38:31,979 --> 00:38:34,179 I like to think he meant it as a gift for me. 784 00:38:34,939 --> 00:38:36,499 In any case, during my absence, 785 00:38:36,819 --> 00:38:40,019 he was shipped off to Australia under the Home Children Act. 786 00:38:40,379 --> 00:38:42,659 - But surely your corruptive influence was great even then. 787 00:38:43,059 --> 00:38:44,259 - His pardon was quick, yes, 788 00:38:44,699 --> 00:38:49,419 but in the time it took to reach him, he had disappeared. 789 00:38:49,739 --> 00:38:51,059 Off to Melbourne, some said. 790 00:38:51,659 --> 00:38:53,219 None of my employees could find him. 791 00:38:53,939 --> 00:38:55,299 That was many years ago. 792 00:38:58,299 --> 00:38:59,819 Lately, however, there have been reports 793 00:38:59,819 --> 00:39:02,419 of a young Australian lad, newly arrived in London, 794 00:39:02,419 --> 00:39:04,819 who looks very much like a grown-up version of my Dan. 795 00:39:05,579 --> 00:39:09,019 - Your story is almost endlessly Dickensian. 796 00:39:09,019 --> 00:39:10,339 Will I find my clothes, do you think, 797 00:39:10,339 --> 00:39:11,739 somewhere at the end of this plot? 798 00:39:12,059 --> 00:39:13,419 - Well, I will return your suit, 799 00:39:13,419 --> 00:39:15,219 give my support in attacking the thread, 800 00:39:16,339 --> 00:39:18,579 maintain my silence about your 801 00:39:16,339 --> 00:39:18,579 kidnapped friends, 802 00:39:18,579 --> 00:39:25,099 if you agree to find my son and bring him here for a visit. 803 00:39:25,699 --> 00:39:28,099 - Well, cannot your own organisation track him down? 804 00:39:28,099 --> 00:39:30,739 Has your small army of familiars utterly failed you? 805 00:39:30,739 --> 00:39:32,339 - I cannot let my colleagues know 806 00:39:32,339 --> 00:39:34,139 that my own son dare ignore me. 807 00:39:34,819 --> 00:39:36,019 I doubt if you can understand 808 00:39:36,019 --> 00:39:36,819 what it's like to have a child. 809 00:39:39,139 --> 00:39:40,259 - I'm not without imagination. 810 00:39:42,659 --> 00:39:45,219 - I am very concerned that in their attempt to absorb my 811 00:39:45,219 --> 00:39:48,979 empire the thread do no harm to my Dan. 812 00:39:49,779 --> 00:39:51,779 - Very well, very well, 813 00:39:51,779 --> 00:39:53,819 but I can accept no fee for this undertaking. 814 00:39:54,179 --> 00:39:55,979 - I do not intend to offer you one. 815 00:39:55,979 --> 00:39:58,379 - Well, it is usual when hiring a consulting detective. 816 00:39:58,819 --> 00:40:00,539 - You're not being hired, you're being extorted. 817 00:40:00,939 --> 00:40:02,419 - No, I'm doing you a favour 818 00:40:02,419 --> 00:40:04,939 and one much less onerous than I'd anticipated. 819 00:40:04,939 --> 00:40:05,859 - What is it, Dankworth? 820 00:40:06,379 --> 00:40:07,259 - I'm sorry your professorship. 821 00:40:08,779 --> 00:40:10,099 It's a bit unusual, it concerns us all. 822 00:40:14,139 --> 00:40:16,459 [quiet dramatic music] 823 00:40:18,339 --> 00:40:19,899 - I'm sorry, Holmes, your presence here 824 00:40:19,899 --> 00:40:20,699 has become inconvenient. 825 00:40:21,019 --> 00:40:22,219 I regret you must rush away. 826 00:40:22,819 --> 00:40:24,859 - Oh, we are well past the point I could have rushed anywhere. 827 00:40:25,179 --> 00:40:26,419 Indeed, you have detained me 828 00:40:26,419 --> 00:40:28,659 almost past the point of human endurance. 829 00:40:29,019 --> 00:40:31,259 - That is what this place was designed to do. 830 00:40:31,539 --> 00:40:32,939 Dankworth, please be certain 831 00:40:31,539 --> 00:40:32,939 Mr. Holmes 832 00:40:32,939 --> 00:40:34,339 has taken out in such a way 833 00:40:34,339 --> 00:40:36,379 that the contents of this note become clear to him. 834 00:40:37,579 --> 00:40:39,939 [footsteps] 835 00:40:40,739 --> 00:40:41,139 - This way, sir. 836 00:40:42,379 --> 00:40:43,619 - What's the problem, Mr. Dankworth, 837 00:40:43,619 --> 00:40:44,579 that's not the way I came in. 838 00:40:44,819 --> 00:40:46,739 - No, that's the way you must leave. 839 00:40:52,259 --> 00:40:53,659 - [prison guard] Come on, Tom. Get yourself up. 840 00:40:53,659 --> 00:40:55,219 I'm asking you to get down. 841 00:40:56,019 --> 00:40:56,459 [uninteligable] 842 00:40:58,219 --> 00:40:58,859 - [prison guard] He's dead, Governor. 843 00:40:59,459 --> 00:41:00,699 Killed himself and saved us the trouble. 844 00:41:00,939 --> 00:41:06,099 [dramatic music] 845 00:41:17,539 --> 00:41:19,739 [voices in park] 846 00:41:20,739 --> 00:41:24,179 [horse stepping] 847 00:41:32,139 --> 00:41:35,779 [mysterious music] 848 00:42:01,779 --> 00:42:05,339 [sound of struggle] 849 00:42:09,099 --> 00:42:10,539 - Let me up or I'll blow your head off. 850 00:42:12,739 --> 00:42:13,779 [gun cocking] 851 00:42:14,139 --> 00:42:14,939 Lady's choice 852 00:42:18,619 --> 00:42:23,619 [dramatic music]