1 00:00:01,173 --> 00:00:03,382 Viewers like you make this program possible. 2 00:00:03,486 --> 00:00:05,626 Support your local PBS station. 3 00:00:34,137 --> 00:00:35,276 Oh, I'll do that. 4 00:00:35,380 --> 00:00:36,553 Last time you did the laundry, 5 00:00:36,657 --> 00:00:38,657 you flooded the kitchen. 6 00:00:37,658 --> 00:00:38,728 I'll do it after work. 7 00:00:39,901 --> 00:00:40,971 You're going to be late. 8 00:00:41,075 --> 00:00:42,559 I know, I know. 9 00:00:44,527 --> 00:00:46,527 You look nice. 10 00:00:45,493 --> 00:00:46,701 Thank you. 11 00:00:47,150 --> 00:00:48,634 How are things at Scotland Yard? 12 00:00:48,738 --> 00:00:51,189 Wonderful. Inspector Blake is such a gentlemen, 13 00:00:51,292 --> 00:00:52,914 so considerate, 14 00:00:53,018 --> 00:00:54,778 quite the nicest person I've worked for. 15 00:00:55,848 --> 00:00:57,848 Thank you for that. 16 00:00:56,815 --> 00:00:58,815 You don't count. 17 00:00:57,885 --> 00:00:59,714 Again, thank you. 18 00:00:59,818 --> 00:01:01,268 Oh, I'll do them. 19 00:01:01,544 --> 00:01:03,822 And yes, I'll do them properly. 20 00:01:03,994 --> 00:01:05,410 Now, get your things and go. 21 00:01:05,513 --> 00:01:07,377 - But... - Coat, hat, bag, now. 22 00:01:07,481 --> 00:01:09,172 Good morning, my dear. 23 00:01:09,345 --> 00:01:11,001 Oh Barnabus, I'm so sorry, 24 00:01:11,105 --> 00:01:13,003 I don't have time for breakfast. 25 00:01:13,107 --> 00:01:15,282 I need to be in early today, so much to do. 26 00:01:15,385 --> 00:01:16,490 This is the third time this week 27 00:01:16,593 --> 00:01:18,043 we will miss breakfast together, 28 00:01:18,147 --> 00:01:19,734 and it is the cornerstone of our day. 29 00:01:19,838 --> 00:01:22,220 There's tea in the pot, bread and jam on the table. 30 00:01:22,323 --> 00:01:23,842 Lizzie will keep you company. 31 00:01:25,775 --> 00:01:27,775 Hmm. 32 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:34,370 Miss Scarlet. 33 00:01:34,922 --> 00:01:36,922 Mr. Potts. 34 00:01:42,619 --> 00:01:44,966 I've never seen Ivy this happy, Mr. Potts, 35 00:01:45,519 --> 00:01:47,279 so, we all have to make adjustments. 36 00:01:50,972 --> 00:01:52,388 I am aware of that. 37 00:01:55,805 --> 00:01:57,807 I do not wish to be seen as a stick-in-the-mud, 38 00:01:57,910 --> 00:02:00,706 but...I am a man of routine, 39 00:02:01,535 --> 00:02:04,641 because without routine, Miss Scarlet, there is anarchy. 40 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:10,060 Well, I have a very busy day ahead of me. 41 00:02:10,164 --> 00:02:11,855 Clarence is visiting his mother for a few days, 42 00:02:11,959 --> 00:02:13,857 and I'll be alone in the office. 43 00:02:14,030 --> 00:02:15,204 So, perhaps I can trouble you 44 00:02:15,307 --> 00:02:16,860 for one more break in your routine? 45 00:02:17,965 --> 00:02:19,380 To assist me with the dishes. 46 00:02:19,691 --> 00:02:21,520 Miss Scarlet, I am yet to take my morning tea, 47 00:02:21,624 --> 00:02:23,729 let alone peruse the latest headlines. 48 00:02:24,627 --> 00:02:27,388 Mr. Potts...if we work together, 49 00:02:27,492 --> 00:02:29,079 then Ivy will be free this evening 50 00:02:29,183 --> 00:02:30,322 to give you time and attention, rather than 51 00:02:30,426 --> 00:02:31,530 doing the washing up. 52 00:02:36,294 --> 00:02:38,227 Very well, but... 53 00:02:38,330 --> 00:02:40,021 I have a specific method 54 00:02:40,125 --> 00:02:41,989 when it comes to the cleaning of dishes, 55 00:02:42,507 --> 00:02:44,681 which I must insist we adhere to. 56 00:02:45,889 --> 00:02:46,890 Right. 57 00:02:47,063 --> 00:02:48,340 Right, indeed. 58 00:02:49,445 --> 00:02:51,447 Er, I do confess, 59 00:02:51,792 --> 00:02:53,380 it's been difficult to tear myself away 60 00:02:53,483 --> 00:02:55,278 from this morning's news. 61 00:02:55,796 --> 00:02:58,730 The front-page stories are grimly compelling. 62 00:02:59,248 --> 00:03:01,250 Are you aware of the Thames Reaper? 63 00:03:01,491 --> 00:03:03,321 I am, indeed. I've been following 64 00:03:03,424 --> 00:03:04,425 the story with great interest. 65 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:06,910 Four murders in three 66 00:03:07,014 --> 00:03:08,257 short months, 67 00:03:08,429 --> 00:03:09,499 and then nothing. 68 00:03:09,603 --> 00:03:10,604 Hmm... 69 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:12,157 Until now. 70 00:03:12,502 --> 00:03:14,573 He has written a letter to the Morning Herald, 71 00:03:14,677 --> 00:03:16,817 advising he plans to kill again. 72 00:03:18,543 --> 00:03:19,613 Goodness. 73 00:03:21,408 --> 00:03:23,444 It...sent a chill down my spine 74 00:03:23,548 --> 00:03:25,791 when I read that the Thames Reaper is back. 75 00:03:26,275 --> 00:03:28,104 We will not be safe in our beds 76 00:03:28,208 --> 00:03:29,588 until he's caught. 77 00:03:30,865 --> 00:03:32,626 It pains me to say this, 78 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:35,284 there are times when I truly believe 79 00:03:35,387 --> 00:03:37,941 there is something rotten 80 00:03:38,114 --> 00:03:40,012 at the heart of this great nation. 81 00:03:40,427 --> 00:03:42,360 - Intriguing. - Er... 82 00:03:42,463 --> 00:03:44,500 You don't mind if I take this, do you, Mr. Potts? 83 00:03:44,603 --> 00:03:46,985 What, no, no, no, Miss Scarlet, Miss Scarlet. 84 00:03:50,368 --> 00:03:51,576 Anarchy. 85 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:33,273 "Thames Reaper returns." 86 00:04:33,376 --> 00:04:35,758 Get your Morning Herald. 87 00:04:37,035 --> 00:04:38,174 Read all about it. 88 00:04:51,808 --> 00:04:53,258 I think you need to refer back 89 00:04:53,362 --> 00:04:55,398 to what you've said already, indeed. 90 00:04:55,502 --> 00:04:57,020 - Mr. Barnes? - What? 91 00:04:58,159 --> 00:04:59,160 My name's Eliza Scarlet. 92 00:04:59,264 --> 00:05:00,369 I...I wondered if I might have 93 00:05:00,472 --> 00:05:01,749 a moment of your time? 94 00:05:01,853 --> 00:05:02,957 Er... 95 00:05:03,061 --> 00:05:04,994 1,200 words...by four o'clock. 96 00:05:05,097 --> 00:05:06,133 - 1,200? - Yes, Sir. 97 00:05:06,236 --> 00:05:08,236 - Sir... - No... 98 00:05:07,168 --> 00:05:08,169 That'll do, Bailey, 99 00:05:08,273 --> 00:05:10,273 thank you. 100 00:05:11,034 --> 00:05:12,415 Thank you. 101 00:05:12,691 --> 00:05:15,176 Er, if you're looking for work, 102 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:17,213 I already have a secretary. 103 00:05:17,489 --> 00:05:19,388 I'm a private detective, Mr. Barnes, 104 00:05:20,043 --> 00:05:22,183 and I would very much like to help your newspaper 105 00:05:22,287 --> 00:05:23,875 solve the mystery of the Thames Reaper. 106 00:05:25,463 --> 00:05:26,567 You have some information? 107 00:05:27,913 --> 00:05:30,295 I have a number of theories and insights, 108 00:05:30,399 --> 00:05:32,366 - as well as leads... - Madam, 109 00:05:32,470 --> 00:05:34,334 I am the editor of a national newspaper. 110 00:05:34,437 --> 00:05:36,301 I have no shortage of people to chase up leads. 111 00:05:36,405 --> 00:05:38,372 They are called journalists, 112 00:05:38,717 --> 00:05:40,581 and this building is full of them. 113 00:05:41,996 --> 00:05:44,309 It's been almost a year since the first murder, 114 00:05:44,792 --> 00:05:47,623 and no-one, not the police, not your newspaper, 115 00:05:47,726 --> 00:05:49,038 nor any of your competitors, 116 00:05:49,141 --> 00:05:50,142 has the slightest idea 117 00:05:50,246 --> 00:05:52,075 who this Thames Reaper is. 118 00:05:53,836 --> 00:05:55,872 This case needs fresh insight, 119 00:05:56,252 --> 00:05:57,598 and I will work around the clock, 120 00:05:57,702 --> 00:05:59,497 seven days a week, to bring you answers. 121 00:06:01,015 --> 00:06:03,777 And you would want to be paid for that, I presume? 122 00:06:04,571 --> 00:06:05,917 Well, that is customary, 123 00:06:06,020 --> 00:06:07,712 when someone provides a service, yes. 124 00:06:13,234 --> 00:06:14,788 You bring me something new, 125 00:06:15,582 --> 00:06:17,342 something I don't already know, 126 00:06:17,446 --> 00:06:19,171 and then perhaps I will hire you. 127 00:06:30,873 --> 00:06:32,150 Mr. Bailey... 128 00:06:32,599 --> 00:06:34,877 - my name's... - I know exactly who you are. 129 00:06:35,533 --> 00:06:37,776 There are not many lady detectives in London. 130 00:06:38,467 --> 00:06:39,778 Pleasure to meet you, Miss Scarlet. 131 00:06:40,952 --> 00:06:43,023 I hear it was you who broke the story 132 00:06:43,126 --> 00:06:45,126 of the Thames Reaper? 133 00:06:45,681 --> 00:06:47,027 Guilty as charged. 134 00:06:48,235 --> 00:06:49,581 In fact... 135 00:06:50,444 --> 00:06:52,444 these are my notes. 136 00:06:52,722 --> 00:06:54,068 1,200 words by four o'clock? 137 00:06:54,172 --> 00:06:55,656 Exactly. 138 00:06:56,243 --> 00:06:57,520 So erm... 139 00:06:58,452 --> 00:06:59,764 what brings you here? 140 00:07:00,143 --> 00:07:03,008 Well, I also have an interest in the Reaper case, 141 00:07:03,112 --> 00:07:05,112 and now that he's returned, 142 00:07:04,182 --> 00:07:05,459 I asked that your editor hire me 143 00:07:05,563 --> 00:07:06,667 to do my own investigation. 144 00:07:06,771 --> 00:07:08,842 Well, er...best of luck. 145 00:07:08,945 --> 00:07:11,327 The man has short arms and very long pockets 146 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:13,329 when it comes to paying even his own staff. 147 00:07:13,778 --> 00:07:16,090 Well, we've agreed that if I do find any new information, 148 00:07:16,194 --> 00:07:17,989 he will indeed pay me a fee. 149 00:07:18,645 --> 00:07:21,061 And it oc...occurred to me that, erm... 150 00:07:22,303 --> 00:07:24,444 well, perhaps it might benefit us both if we share 151 00:07:24,547 --> 00:07:26,653 any insight that we might have on the case. 152 00:07:36,594 --> 00:07:38,147 The Reaper story has transformed the fortunes 153 00:07:38,250 --> 00:07:39,424 of the Morning Herald. 154 00:07:39,528 --> 00:07:41,528 We were on the verge of closing 155 00:07:40,598 --> 00:07:41,978 due to poor sales. 156 00:07:42,669 --> 00:07:44,464 It's a dreadful thing to say, but... 157 00:07:45,016 --> 00:07:46,776 these murders have kept us all in a job. 158 00:07:49,192 --> 00:07:51,056 How did this story come to your attention? 159 00:07:52,541 --> 00:07:54,474 In November of last year, a body was found 160 00:07:54,577 --> 00:07:55,785 on the banks of the Thames, 161 00:07:55,889 --> 00:07:57,304 near London Bridge, 162 00:07:57,511 --> 00:07:59,444 a young man in his early 20s. 163 00:07:59,651 --> 00:08:01,204 It appeared he had drowned. 164 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:02,654 There was little other information, 165 00:08:02,758 --> 00:08:04,345 not even his name. 166 00:08:04,622 --> 00:08:06,622 Normally I would have ignored it, 167 00:08:05,657 --> 00:08:07,003 but it was a slow news day, 168 00:08:07,107 --> 00:08:08,453 so, I wrote a couple of hundred words 169 00:08:08,557 --> 00:08:10,869 that ended up hidden away on page six. 170 00:08:10,973 --> 00:08:12,595 No other newspaper reported it, 171 00:08:12,975 --> 00:08:14,183 and I gave it no more thought. 172 00:08:14,839 --> 00:08:16,839 Then... 173 00:08:16,185 --> 00:08:17,876 the next day... 174 00:08:17,980 --> 00:08:19,015 a letter arrived. 175 00:08:23,537 --> 00:08:25,435 It was typed on plain paper 176 00:08:25,539 --> 00:08:27,196 and written all in lower case. 177 00:08:27,437 --> 00:08:28,577 It simply read: 178 00:08:28,818 --> 00:08:30,786 "Edward sleeps by London Bridge." 179 00:08:31,718 --> 00:08:33,305 I'd no idea what it meant, 180 00:08:33,409 --> 00:08:34,928 but the mention of London Bridge 181 00:08:35,031 --> 00:08:37,240 made me think of the drowning the day before. 182 00:08:37,551 --> 00:08:38,932 I spoke to a police contact, 183 00:08:39,035 --> 00:08:40,899 and managed to get the name of the dead man. 184 00:08:41,141 --> 00:08:42,452 As the letter said, 185 00:08:42,556 --> 00:08:44,109 it was indeed Edward. 186 00:08:45,352 --> 00:08:46,664 Edward Turnbull. 187 00:08:48,286 --> 00:08:50,115 Had his name been released to the public? 188 00:08:50,219 --> 00:08:51,358 No. 189 00:08:51,669 --> 00:08:53,084 And the letter was posted the day before 190 00:08:53,187 --> 00:08:54,603 my story was published, 191 00:08:55,673 --> 00:08:57,778 compelling evidence that whoever wrote the letter 192 00:08:57,882 --> 00:08:59,193 murdered the victim. 193 00:09:00,263 --> 00:09:01,575 What happened then? 194 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:03,679 - "Our source." - "Our source..." 195 00:09:02,611 --> 00:09:03,957 I wrote a bigger story, 196 00:09:04,060 --> 00:09:05,475 mentioning the mysterious letter. 197 00:09:05,579 --> 00:09:06,649 "...to be continued..." 198 00:09:06,753 --> 00:09:08,444 It was a full-page article, 199 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,170 - this time on page two. - Excellent. 200 00:09:11,827 --> 00:09:13,827 "Our source..." 201 00:09:12,724 --> 00:09:14,001 Word began to spread, 202 00:09:14,105 --> 00:09:16,105 sales went up. 203 00:09:15,175 --> 00:09:16,176 Press now, now, now. 204 00:09:16,279 --> 00:09:17,384 Mr. Barnes, our editor, 205 00:09:17,487 --> 00:09:18,627 requested follow-up articles, 206 00:09:18,730 --> 00:09:20,111 poring over every detail. 207 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:23,114 By the end of the week, 208 00:09:23,217 --> 00:09:24,702 it was front page news. 209 00:09:26,117 --> 00:09:28,015 Three weeks later, another body was found, 210 00:09:28,878 --> 00:09:30,224 in a different part of the river, 211 00:09:30,328 --> 00:09:32,572 and another letter arrived. 212 00:09:36,645 --> 00:09:39,337 Again, the location and name correct. 213 00:09:39,717 --> 00:09:42,720 Again, it was lower case, anonymous, 214 00:09:42,823 --> 00:09:45,205 and formatted in the same precise fashion. 215 00:09:48,035 --> 00:09:50,659 It became our front-page story for days, if not weeks on end. 216 00:09:50,762 --> 00:09:52,695 Circulation began to rise. 217 00:09:53,075 --> 00:09:54,801 I've never seen Mr. Barnes so happy. 218 00:09:54,973 --> 00:09:56,319 - Thank you... - Keep it up. 219 00:09:56,423 --> 00:09:57,597 - I shall do. - Won't you? 220 00:09:57,700 --> 00:09:59,012 - Thank you. - Good lad. 221 00:10:02,809 --> 00:10:04,327 And the next victim was... 222 00:10:05,087 --> 00:10:06,536 a month later, 223 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,435 found up the river near Richmond? 224 00:10:08,538 --> 00:10:10,092 It was around this time, 225 00:10:10,195 --> 00:10:12,195 someone in our office, 226 00:10:10,955 --> 00:10:12,301 I can't remember who, 227 00:10:12,404 --> 00:10:14,786 began to use the moniker, 228 00:10:14,890 --> 00:10:16,374 'The Thames Reaper.' 229 00:10:17,513 --> 00:10:18,790 I didn't like the name, 230 00:10:19,101 --> 00:10:20,999 but Mr. Barnes insisted we used it. 231 00:10:22,035 --> 00:10:24,002 There is something of a... 232 00:10:24,416 --> 00:10:25,728 circus ringmaster about him. 233 00:10:27,419 --> 00:10:29,145 And the fourth victim followed the same pattern? 234 00:10:29,249 --> 00:10:30,457 Exactly the same. 235 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:31,941 But that was six months ago, 236 00:10:32,045 --> 00:10:34,047 and I believed that to be an end to the killings, 237 00:10:34,150 --> 00:10:36,843 until yesterday, when he wrote again, 238 00:10:37,222 --> 00:10:38,741 this time simply saying, 239 00:10:39,362 --> 00:10:40,916 'I have returned.' 240 00:10:48,475 --> 00:10:50,201 Get your hands off me. 241 00:10:50,304 --> 00:10:52,375 Don't you dare touch me. 242 00:10:52,893 --> 00:10:55,275 - Morning, Bob. - Good morning, Ivy. For filing. 243 00:10:55,378 --> 00:10:57,378 Oh. 244 00:10:56,414 --> 00:10:58,414 Get a move on. 245 00:10:57,415 --> 00:10:58,450 What? Alright. 246 00:10:58,554 --> 00:11:00,314 You, come on, come on. 247 00:11:03,766 --> 00:11:05,285 - Morning. - Morning, Ivy. 248 00:11:12,119 --> 00:11:13,742 Morning. 249 00:11:17,435 --> 00:11:19,435 Come. 250 00:11:19,540 --> 00:11:20,921 Morning, Inspector. 251 00:11:21,025 --> 00:11:22,474 Miss Woods, how are you today? 252 00:11:22,578 --> 00:11:23,993 Very well, thank you. 253 00:11:24,373 --> 00:11:25,615 If you carry on like this, you'll be stronger 254 00:11:25,719 --> 00:11:27,238 than any man here. 255 00:11:27,410 --> 00:11:31,069 I've managed to find those records from Clerkenwell. 256 00:11:31,173 --> 00:11:33,520 That's the original... these are the copies. 257 00:11:33,623 --> 00:11:35,660 Most efficient. Thank you. 258 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,593 And how is Miss Scarlet coping without you? 259 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,491 Well, she's been very accommodating. 260 00:11:40,251 --> 00:11:42,632 So, there'll be a hot dinner waiting for you 261 00:11:42,736 --> 00:11:44,220 when you return home this evening? 262 00:11:44,324 --> 00:11:46,153 I wouldn't go that far. 263 00:11:46,257 --> 00:11:49,225 Was there anything else you needed? 264 00:11:49,329 --> 00:11:51,089 Er, yes, but I think you have quite enough 265 00:11:51,193 --> 00:11:53,678 - to deal with already. - Nonsense, what is it you need? 266 00:11:54,092 --> 00:11:55,231 The new desk sergeant. What's his name? 267 00:11:55,335 --> 00:11:56,888 Bernard. 268 00:11:56,992 --> 00:11:58,545 He has written up the duty log for last night, 269 00:11:58,648 --> 00:11:59,891 but his handwriting is illegible. 270 00:12:00,167 --> 00:12:01,548 Leave it with me, I'll type it up and you'll 271 00:12:01,651 --> 00:12:02,998 - have it in an hour. - Which is exactly 272 00:12:03,101 --> 00:12:04,240 what I hoped you would say. Thank you. 273 00:12:04,344 --> 00:12:06,104 Oh, and these need to be 274 00:12:06,208 --> 00:12:07,796 copied and filed. They're urgent, so... 275 00:12:07,899 --> 00:12:09,038 You would rather they didn't go 276 00:12:09,142 --> 00:12:10,591 in the general filing tray? 277 00:12:10,695 --> 00:12:11,938 You read my mind. 278 00:12:12,041 --> 00:12:13,836 I'll see to it myself. 279 00:12:14,181 --> 00:12:15,424 Miss Woods... 280 00:12:17,253 --> 00:12:19,255 you're a credit to this department. 281 00:12:33,683 --> 00:12:35,168 Woo. Thank you. 282 00:12:40,863 --> 00:12:42,485 What are the postmarks on the letters? 283 00:12:43,555 --> 00:12:44,798 From all over the city, 284 00:12:44,902 --> 00:12:46,041 each one from a different borough. 285 00:12:46,144 --> 00:12:47,628 And where are the letters now? 286 00:12:47,732 --> 00:12:49,527 With the police, which is rather vexing, 287 00:12:49,630 --> 00:12:50,942 since each body was found 288 00:12:51,046 --> 00:12:53,013 in the river at a different location. 289 00:12:54,083 --> 00:12:56,085 The case spans several jurisdictions, though... 290 00:12:56,189 --> 00:12:57,984 City of London Police, the Surrey Police, 291 00:12:58,087 --> 00:12:59,779 the Bow Street Division. 292 00:13:04,369 --> 00:13:06,509 Do you really think you can find something new? 293 00:13:07,994 --> 00:13:09,789 I can certainly try. 294 00:13:11,860 --> 00:13:13,827 And you've no idea why he's resurfaced? 295 00:13:13,931 --> 00:13:15,311 Not a clue. 296 00:13:15,415 --> 00:13:16,623 Mr. Bailey? 297 00:13:16,726 --> 00:13:17,866 Yes. 298 00:13:19,695 --> 00:13:21,352 A telegram for you, Sir. 299 00:13:22,284 --> 00:13:23,354 Thank you. 300 00:13:26,357 --> 00:13:28,083 I'm being called back to the office, 301 00:13:28,186 --> 00:13:30,223 another letter's arrived. 302 00:13:35,262 --> 00:13:36,988 Thank you, Mr. Stevens. 303 00:13:41,613 --> 00:13:44,271 I would estimate he's been in the water for a day. 304 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:45,963 Perhaps a little longer. 305 00:13:48,379 --> 00:13:50,830 There's minimal discoloration of the soft tissue, 306 00:13:50,933 --> 00:13:53,177 with only slight bloating. 307 00:13:56,214 --> 00:13:58,113 There's an open wound to the back of the head, 308 00:13:58,216 --> 00:14:00,356 possible blunt trauma injury. 309 00:14:05,327 --> 00:14:07,432 Were you here when he was pulled out? 310 00:14:07,536 --> 00:14:09,536 Yes, Sir. 311 00:14:09,296 --> 00:14:10,573 Was he lifted, or dragged? 312 00:14:11,574 --> 00:14:12,782 Sir? 313 00:14:13,059 --> 00:14:14,474 Did his feet touch the ground? 314 00:14:15,544 --> 00:14:17,544 No, Sir. 315 00:14:19,651 --> 00:14:20,860 Inspector Blake? 316 00:14:24,622 --> 00:14:26,622 Inspector Blake? 317 00:14:25,623 --> 00:14:27,623 Miss Scarlet. 318 00:14:30,145 --> 00:14:32,250 Your business is to see me, or him? 319 00:14:33,044 --> 00:14:34,149 Well, both. 320 00:14:34,321 --> 00:14:35,564 May I introduce Mr. Bailey 321 00:14:35,667 --> 00:14:36,910 from the Morning Herald? 322 00:14:37,014 --> 00:14:39,014 He's the journalist covering 323 00:14:38,049 --> 00:14:39,499 the Thames Reaper story. 324 00:14:39,671 --> 00:14:40,741 You believe this is connected? 325 00:14:40,845 --> 00:14:42,295 I do, yes. 326 00:14:42,674 --> 00:14:44,987 Another letter arrived at our office not one hour ago. 327 00:14:49,336 --> 00:14:51,407 "Caleb sleeps by Limehouse docks." 328 00:14:56,999 --> 00:14:58,311 You're working with his newspaper? 329 00:14:58,414 --> 00:15:00,382 Oh, we...in a manner of speaking. 330 00:15:01,314 --> 00:15:02,971 I'll need you to give a statement. 331 00:15:03,074 --> 00:15:04,800 Gladly, yes. 332 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:06,526 I was talking to Mr. Bailey. 333 00:15:07,216 --> 00:15:09,218 I do not need a statement from you, Miss Scarlet. 334 00:15:09,322 --> 00:15:11,945 Unless there's something you can tell me that he cannot? 335 00:15:13,015 --> 00:15:14,706 Well, I've just begun my investigation, 336 00:15:14,810 --> 00:15:15,984 so not at present, no. 337 00:15:16,087 --> 00:15:17,502 Then I bid you good day. 338 00:15:17,606 --> 00:15:19,366 Escort Miss Scarlet back to her carriage. 339 00:15:40,422 --> 00:15:42,631 Ah, Mr. Potts. 340 00:15:42,734 --> 00:15:44,564 I'm in urgent need of background information 341 00:15:44,667 --> 00:15:46,667 for a case. 342 00:15:47,291 --> 00:15:49,810 Er, may I remind you of our agreement 343 00:15:49,914 --> 00:15:51,881 regarding your access to these premises? 344 00:15:52,261 --> 00:15:53,642 You need to state in writing 345 00:15:53,745 --> 00:15:54,884 the nature of your business, 346 00:15:54,988 --> 00:15:56,058 the name of your client, 347 00:15:56,162 --> 00:15:57,611 and the duration of your stay... 348 00:15:59,579 --> 00:16:01,098 with one day's notice. 349 00:16:02,996 --> 00:16:05,067 Is this about the washing up? 350 00:16:05,171 --> 00:16:06,586 No. 351 00:16:07,345 --> 00:16:09,002 - Well, not just that... - I give you my word, 352 00:16:09,106 --> 00:16:10,624 you will not have to clean another dish 353 00:16:10,728 --> 00:16:12,247 for the next week. 354 00:16:13,282 --> 00:16:14,456 Month. 355 00:16:14,870 --> 00:16:15,905 And I want a cooked breakfast 356 00:16:16,009 --> 00:16:17,493 or dinner 357 00:16:17,597 --> 00:16:19,771 on the days when Ivy is otherwise engaged. 358 00:16:21,049 --> 00:16:22,809 Very well, I accept. 359 00:16:23,189 --> 00:16:25,570 Hmm. Oh, I take it you can cook? 360 00:16:26,709 --> 00:16:28,090 I'm as good as they come. 361 00:16:28,504 --> 00:16:29,505 Hmm. 362 00:16:32,129 --> 00:16:33,889 We must make haste. 363 00:16:34,096 --> 00:16:36,098 I have a staffing shortage 364 00:16:36,202 --> 00:16:37,858 at Aldgate Mortuary, 365 00:16:37,962 --> 00:16:39,860 which requires my attention. 366 00:16:39,964 --> 00:16:40,965 Understood. 367 00:16:41,414 --> 00:16:43,209 You might be interested to know, Mr. Potts, 368 00:16:43,312 --> 00:16:45,728 that it's the Thames Reaper that I'm investigating. 369 00:16:45,970 --> 00:16:47,316 He's killed again? 370 00:16:47,420 --> 00:16:49,420 Indeed. 371 00:16:49,663 --> 00:16:51,596 Well, we've received no cadavers today. 372 00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:54,151 So, the body's most likely still at the scene, 373 00:16:54,254 --> 00:16:55,497 - or in transit. - It's just, er, 374 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:56,843 background information 375 00:16:56,946 --> 00:16:59,018 that I require on his previous victims. 376 00:16:59,259 --> 00:17:00,536 I assume that even though the bodies were found 377 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,055 in different parts of the river, 378 00:17:02,159 --> 00:17:04,159 that the records will be kept here? 379 00:17:03,229 --> 00:17:04,678 Oh, that is correct, yes. 380 00:17:04,782 --> 00:17:05,921 We are the central office 381 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,785 for all such documents. 382 00:17:07,888 --> 00:17:09,166 Ah. 383 00:17:09,269 --> 00:17:12,134 Indeed, we have a designated section 384 00:17:12,238 --> 00:17:14,964 for all the bodies pulled from the Thames. 385 00:17:15,068 --> 00:17:16,725 Yeah, drunks, 386 00:17:16,828 --> 00:17:18,416 careless boatmen, 387 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,108 suicides. 388 00:17:20,211 --> 00:17:23,007 We receive four or five bodies 389 00:17:23,111 --> 00:17:24,940 from the river each month. 390 00:17:25,216 --> 00:17:26,838 More in February. 391 00:17:27,425 --> 00:17:29,841 - Why February? - It's Valentine's Day. 392 00:17:30,497 --> 00:17:32,465 Many young men propose to their sweethearts 393 00:17:32,568 --> 00:17:35,330 and are rejected. 394 00:17:35,433 --> 00:17:38,540 I may throw myself in, if Ivy doesn't marry me soon. 395 00:17:40,231 --> 00:17:41,853 This job of Ivy's is new 396 00:17:41,957 --> 00:17:43,957 and exciting at the moment, 397 00:17:43,027 --> 00:17:44,580 but things will settle down. 398 00:17:46,341 --> 00:17:48,412 She used to think I was new and exciting once. 399 00:17:59,837 --> 00:18:02,598 Details of the coroner's reports on the other victims. 400 00:18:03,012 --> 00:18:06,050 You got access to the coroner's reports after one day? 401 00:18:06,533 --> 00:18:08,432 I wrote to them for months, and didn't get a thing. 402 00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:11,055 I have a friend at the city mortuary. 403 00:18:11,297 --> 00:18:13,126 Well, he's not exactly a friend. 404 00:18:14,265 --> 00:18:15,818 It's a long story. 405 00:18:16,336 --> 00:18:18,166 As you know, erm... 406 00:18:18,890 --> 00:18:20,892 the cause of death for the previous four victims 407 00:18:20,996 --> 00:18:22,653 was drowning. 408 00:18:23,136 --> 00:18:25,552 There were no obvious defense wounds, which... 409 00:18:25,656 --> 00:18:27,382 well, would suggest that their killer 410 00:18:27,485 --> 00:18:29,556 was someone with physical strength, 411 00:18:29,901 --> 00:18:31,938 Capable of holding their victims under water 412 00:18:32,041 --> 00:18:33,491 My theory has always been 413 00:18:33,595 --> 00:18:35,976 that he's some kind of manual worker, 414 00:18:36,149 --> 00:18:38,149 a docker perhaps? 415 00:18:37,219 --> 00:18:38,393 That was my thinking, too. 416 00:18:38,772 --> 00:18:40,878 The victims were all men in their 20s and 30s 417 00:18:40,981 --> 00:18:42,535 perfectly capable of fighting back. 418 00:18:43,329 --> 00:18:44,916 And certainly the, erm... 419 00:18:45,020 --> 00:18:47,056 third victim, Alexander Sochnev. 420 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:48,299 The Russian? Yes, he was well-built 421 00:18:48,403 --> 00:18:49,956 and over six feet tall. 422 00:18:50,059 --> 00:18:51,268 I noticed there were very few details 423 00:18:51,371 --> 00:18:53,304 on his file, just the basics. 424 00:18:53,546 --> 00:18:55,272 Not even a next of kin. 425 00:18:55,824 --> 00:18:58,171 Any idea where I can get more information on him? 426 00:18:58,275 --> 00:19:01,070 Well, as I said, each body was found in the river 427 00:19:01,174 --> 00:19:02,417 at a different location. 428 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,004 The main frustration with this case 429 00:19:04,108 --> 00:19:06,108 is that the information is spread out 430 00:19:05,178 --> 00:19:07,178 across a variety of different 431 00:19:06,179 --> 00:19:07,284 police jurisdictions. 432 00:19:10,494 --> 00:19:12,703 There is someone I could perhaps ask for help. 433 00:19:18,398 --> 00:19:19,917 Absolutely not. 434 00:19:20,020 --> 00:19:21,298 It's just a small favor. 435 00:19:21,401 --> 00:19:24,404 A small favor that could cost me my job. 436 00:19:24,646 --> 00:19:28,167 I'm not getting you confidential police files, Lizzie. 437 00:19:28,408 --> 00:19:30,376 If you want them so badly, ask Inspector Blake. 438 00:19:30,479 --> 00:19:31,963 He's a very nice man. 439 00:19:32,067 --> 00:19:33,275 So you keep saying. 440 00:19:33,379 --> 00:19:34,966 You won't change my mind, Lizzie. 441 00:19:35,277 --> 00:19:36,692 You shouldn't ask such things of me. 442 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:41,628 You're right. I'm sorry, 443 00:19:41,732 --> 00:19:43,458 I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked. 444 00:19:44,769 --> 00:19:46,771 Apology accepted...just. 445 00:19:49,705 --> 00:19:51,811 Fine, I'll ask Inspector Blake. 446 00:19:52,018 --> 00:19:53,226 What time will you finish? 447 00:19:53,330 --> 00:19:55,711 Oh, not for another couple of hours, 448 00:19:55,815 --> 00:19:57,368 some things to finish up. 449 00:19:58,335 --> 00:20:00,854 First in, last out, don't overdo it. 450 00:20:01,130 --> 00:20:02,373 You need your rest too. 451 00:20:02,477 --> 00:20:04,341 I'll be fine, now go on, off you pop. 452 00:20:05,894 --> 00:20:06,895 I'm not five. 453 00:20:07,930 --> 00:20:08,931 You are to me. 454 00:20:25,983 --> 00:20:27,916 How many times, Miss Scarlet? 455 00:20:28,434 --> 00:20:31,264 The door was open, and I knocked. 456 00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:37,719 I'm here to propose a deal. 457 00:20:39,652 --> 00:20:41,619 One that I believe is mutually beneficial. 458 00:20:44,035 --> 00:20:45,278 The Thames Reaper killings began 459 00:20:45,382 --> 00:20:46,383 before you took up your post 460 00:20:46,486 --> 00:20:48,039 at Scotland Yard. 461 00:20:48,143 --> 00:20:49,351 Er, the case notes and evidence 462 00:20:49,455 --> 00:20:50,490 are spread across London 463 00:20:50,594 --> 00:20:52,285 in different police divisions. 464 00:20:52,389 --> 00:20:54,080 And it would take you days, if not longer, 465 00:20:54,183 --> 00:20:55,392 to gather the information. 466 00:20:55,495 --> 00:20:58,360 What you need is a concise summary 467 00:20:58,464 --> 00:21:00,638 of all the key leads and clues to date. 468 00:21:04,297 --> 00:21:06,195 Names, dates, maps, coroner reports, 469 00:21:06,299 --> 00:21:07,645 together with condensed notes 470 00:21:07,749 --> 00:21:09,233 and working theories from the last year 471 00:21:09,337 --> 00:21:10,545 to the present day. 472 00:21:11,994 --> 00:21:13,893 I've been taking a keen interest in the case. 473 00:21:13,996 --> 00:21:15,343 So I can see. 474 00:21:17,137 --> 00:21:19,105 The latest killing falls under your jurisdiction, 475 00:21:19,208 --> 00:21:20,865 but the others don't. 476 00:21:21,901 --> 00:21:25,284 But, given that Scotland Yard is now investigating the case, 477 00:21:25,387 --> 00:21:27,216 I'm sure that a request could be sent 478 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:28,563 to gather all the evidence here? 479 00:21:28,666 --> 00:21:30,461 I'm surprised you didn't ask Ivy. 480 00:21:30,737 --> 00:21:32,083 I'd never put her in that position. 481 00:21:34,327 --> 00:21:35,432 So... 482 00:21:36,260 --> 00:21:37,399 What do you say? 483 00:21:37,641 --> 00:21:39,574 Hire me and I'll help you catch him? 484 00:21:41,679 --> 00:21:44,095 How much are you being paid by the Morning Herald? 485 00:21:44,199 --> 00:21:46,719 And don't lie, remember I can tell. 486 00:21:46,891 --> 00:21:48,065 No, you can't. 487 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:50,723 My fee's yet to be negotiated. 488 00:21:51,689 --> 00:21:52,966 But given that the editor would sell 489 00:21:53,070 --> 00:21:54,451 his own grandmother for a story, 490 00:21:54,554 --> 00:21:55,555 I can't imagine getting money from him 491 00:21:55,659 --> 00:21:57,659 will be much of a problem. 492 00:21:56,522 --> 00:21:57,557 If you solve this, 493 00:21:57,661 --> 00:21:58,662 he'll pay you more than I can. 494 00:21:58,765 --> 00:22:00,042 It's not just about the money, 495 00:22:00,422 --> 00:22:02,597 nor is it about the glory of catching him... 496 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:04,115 well, maybe just a little. 497 00:22:05,496 --> 00:22:06,739 It's erm... 498 00:22:07,947 --> 00:22:10,812 it's an itch that I just have to scratch. 499 00:22:11,606 --> 00:22:13,539 It's a puzzle to solve, and that puzzle's more likely 500 00:22:13,642 --> 00:22:15,748 to be solved working with you. 501 00:22:16,473 --> 00:22:17,681 Working for me. 502 00:22:17,784 --> 00:22:19,784 Semantics. 503 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:21,374 So... 504 00:22:22,237 --> 00:22:23,411 was that an offer? 505 00:22:25,136 --> 00:22:27,518 It was, on one condition. 506 00:22:35,112 --> 00:22:36,493 I cannot work for both 507 00:22:36,596 --> 00:22:38,771 your newspaper and the police. 508 00:22:39,634 --> 00:22:42,084 I'm sure you understand that it's a conflict of interest? 509 00:22:43,776 --> 00:22:44,846 I do. 510 00:22:44,949 --> 00:22:46,949 Absolutely. 511 00:22:47,883 --> 00:22:50,196 You've been very accommodating, thank you. 512 00:22:50,817 --> 00:22:53,475 You've quite restored my faith in your profession. 513 00:22:53,889 --> 00:22:56,133 I haven't had the best experience with journalists. 514 00:22:56,236 --> 00:22:57,445 Neither have I. 515 00:22:58,998 --> 00:23:00,655 In truth, I'm not sure how much longer 516 00:23:00,758 --> 00:23:02,381 I'll continue in my present career. 517 00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:05,487 I come from a family of doctors. 518 00:23:05,729 --> 00:23:07,662 My father and three older brothers. 519 00:23:09,491 --> 00:23:11,286 Are you something of a black sheep, Mr. Bailey? 520 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:12,943 Apparently so. 521 00:23:13,184 --> 00:23:14,358 Do you have any siblings? 522 00:23:14,462 --> 00:23:16,291 No...there was just me. 523 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,155 My...my parents have both passed away. 524 00:23:19,639 --> 00:23:21,883 I'm sure they'd be proud, if they could see you now. 525 00:23:28,234 --> 00:23:30,167 I assume you won't be able to share any working theories 526 00:23:30,270 --> 00:23:32,270 Scotland Yard might have? 527 00:23:31,306 --> 00:23:33,550 No, I won't. 528 00:23:34,516 --> 00:23:36,622 Oh, the conversation is closed, 529 00:23:36,725 --> 00:23:39,383 and all that is left to say is, 530 00:23:39,487 --> 00:23:40,798 best of luck, Miss Scarlet. 531 00:23:56,331 --> 00:23:57,505 Good morning, Miss Scarlet. 532 00:23:57,608 --> 00:23:59,196 Inspector Blake. 533 00:23:59,299 --> 00:24:00,956 Have you severed your dealings with the newspaper? 534 00:24:01,060 --> 00:24:02,095 I have. 535 00:24:02,889 --> 00:24:04,132 Is that true? 536 00:24:04,788 --> 00:24:06,721 I thought you could tell when I was lying. 537 00:24:08,481 --> 00:24:09,931 Very well, come along. 538 00:24:11,622 --> 00:24:13,622 Where are we going? 539 00:24:12,658 --> 00:24:14,658 We have an identification 540 00:24:13,624 --> 00:24:14,832 for the latest victim. 541 00:24:17,214 --> 00:24:18,526 I could not believe my eyes 542 00:24:18,629 --> 00:24:20,459 when I saw who it was... 543 00:24:21,045 --> 00:24:22,564 Caleb Hunt. 544 00:24:22,668 --> 00:24:25,049 Junior clerk at Aldgate Mortuary. 545 00:24:25,705 --> 00:24:27,638 One of my colleagues took delivery of his body 546 00:24:27,742 --> 00:24:29,398 yesterday afternoon. 547 00:24:29,847 --> 00:24:31,849 I was out visiting some of the other mortuaries, 548 00:24:31,953 --> 00:24:34,680 which now fall under my jurisdiction. 549 00:24:35,059 --> 00:24:36,647 Perhaps Miss Scarlet has mentioned 550 00:24:36,751 --> 00:24:38,511 that I've recently been promoted? 551 00:24:38,615 --> 00:24:39,719 She did not. 552 00:24:39,823 --> 00:24:41,514 But congratulations, Mr. Potts. 553 00:24:41,618 --> 00:24:42,826 Oh, thank you. 554 00:24:44,759 --> 00:24:47,313 As you know, there was no identification with the body, 555 00:24:47,416 --> 00:24:49,142 So, my colleague, Mr. Wormsley, 556 00:24:49,246 --> 00:24:50,419 having never met Caleb, 557 00:24:50,523 --> 00:24:51,559 failed to recognize him. 558 00:24:51,662 --> 00:24:53,146 I, on the other hand, 559 00:24:53,250 --> 00:24:54,389 had made Caleb's acquaintance 560 00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:55,735 several times at Aldgate. 561 00:24:55,839 --> 00:24:57,288 What can you tell us about him? 562 00:24:58,393 --> 00:25:01,120 A rather odd fellow. 563 00:25:01,223 --> 00:25:02,639 Withdrawn. 564 00:25:02,915 --> 00:25:05,400 Few, if...if any, friends. 565 00:25:05,814 --> 00:25:07,402 And as for his timekeeping, 566 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:08,852 well, I do not exaggerate when I say 567 00:25:08,955 --> 00:25:10,923 it was most unsatisfactory. 568 00:25:11,199 --> 00:25:14,547 So, when he did not turn up for work yesterday afternoon, 569 00:25:15,306 --> 00:25:16,618 it rang no alarm bells. 570 00:25:16,722 --> 00:25:18,722 Has the post-mortem been completed? 571 00:25:17,723 --> 00:25:19,172 Ah. Last night. 572 00:25:22,797 --> 00:25:24,453 A fracture of the skull, 573 00:25:24,833 --> 00:25:26,939 just above the nape of the neck, 574 00:25:27,042 --> 00:25:28,699 most likely the cause of death. 575 00:25:30,425 --> 00:25:31,737 Not drowning, like the others? 576 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,497 Er, the lungs of a drowned cadaver 577 00:25:33,601 --> 00:25:34,740 would be filled with water, 578 00:25:34,843 --> 00:25:36,880 due to involuntary inhalation. 579 00:25:37,294 --> 00:25:38,675 His lungs were empty. 580 00:25:38,916 --> 00:25:41,401 So, he was dead before he entered the water. 581 00:25:41,643 --> 00:25:43,887 There were scuff marks on the heels of his boots. 582 00:25:43,990 --> 00:25:45,336 I would wager he was dragged to the river, 583 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:46,924 having been killed somewhere else. 584 00:25:47,338 --> 00:25:49,338 Where did he live? 585 00:25:49,133 --> 00:25:50,549 Limehouse. 586 00:25:50,652 --> 00:25:52,205 Not far from where his body was found. 587 00:25:52,309 --> 00:25:53,621 Do you have the address? 588 00:26:02,491 --> 00:26:04,355 Come and get your fresh fish. 589 00:26:07,186 --> 00:26:08,636 Something about this latest murder 590 00:26:08,739 --> 00:26:10,361 that's different from the others, 591 00:26:10,879 --> 00:26:12,260 the letter sent by the Reaper 592 00:26:12,363 --> 00:26:14,814 arrived the same day that the body was found. 593 00:26:14,918 --> 00:26:16,713 And with the others, it was a day later? 594 00:26:17,127 --> 00:26:19,578 What do you think caused this change in behavior? 595 00:26:20,061 --> 00:26:21,821 Perhaps something forced him to panic. 596 00:26:24,134 --> 00:26:25,411 Or someone. 597 00:26:25,756 --> 00:26:27,344 Caleb's lodging room must be up here. 598 00:26:45,396 --> 00:26:46,674 Good God. 599 00:26:58,237 --> 00:26:59,928 The man was obsessed. 600 00:27:00,170 --> 00:27:02,344 Caleb Hunt's murder was no random killing. 601 00:27:06,279 --> 00:27:07,522 Go to Scotland Yard, 602 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:09,248 get some men to help with the search. 603 00:27:15,599 --> 00:27:16,980 I've sent message to the Yard, 604 00:27:17,083 --> 00:27:18,291 uniform will be here shortly 605 00:27:18,395 --> 00:27:19,603 to help with the search. 606 00:27:20,121 --> 00:27:21,329 We're perfectly capable of searching 607 00:27:21,432 --> 00:27:22,675 the room ourselves. 608 00:27:23,124 --> 00:27:24,746 It's called following procedure, Miss Scarlet. 609 00:27:24,850 --> 00:27:26,058 You should try it some time. 610 00:27:26,990 --> 00:27:28,785 Besides, we may miss something. 611 00:27:29,406 --> 00:27:31,442 I make it my business not to miss a thing. 612 00:27:34,583 --> 00:27:36,068 Cheerful fellow, wasn't he? 613 00:27:37,345 --> 00:27:39,278 Still, everyone needs a hobby, I suppose? 614 00:27:42,591 --> 00:27:43,765 He worked in the mortuary 615 00:27:43,869 --> 00:27:45,422 and saw first-hand victims. 616 00:27:45,525 --> 00:27:47,525 Perhaps he was carrying out 617 00:27:46,595 --> 00:27:48,045 his own investigation. 618 00:27:48,149 --> 00:27:49,460 Perhaps. 619 00:27:49,875 --> 00:27:51,359 Or he got too close to the killer's identity 620 00:27:51,462 --> 00:27:52,912 and became the next victim? 621 00:27:55,018 --> 00:27:58,090 There's also the possibility that he himself was the killer. 622 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,644 Perhaps the last victim fought back 623 00:28:00,748 --> 00:28:02,784 and killed him in self-defense. 624 00:28:07,375 --> 00:28:09,066 Now, what do we have here? 625 00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:15,866 Now, I would wager this was a key 626 00:28:15,970 --> 00:28:17,799 to a safe deposit box. 627 00:28:18,835 --> 00:28:20,733 I've seen similar before. 628 00:28:21,458 --> 00:28:23,356 Does it not seem odd that a man who lived in such squalor 629 00:28:23,460 --> 00:28:25,289 would have need for a safe deposit box? 630 00:28:25,393 --> 00:28:27,809 It's not only valuables people wish to hide. 631 00:28:28,603 --> 00:28:30,156 Secrets, too. 632 00:28:30,467 --> 00:28:31,744 We need to find out how many banks in London 633 00:28:31,848 --> 00:28:33,228 have safe deposit boxes. 634 00:28:33,332 --> 00:28:35,334 I would guess it's between 20 to 30. 635 00:28:35,437 --> 00:28:36,887 I will then need to apply for multiple warrants 636 00:28:36,991 --> 00:28:38,991 for multiple banks. 637 00:28:37,888 --> 00:28:39,338 That will take time, 638 00:28:39,441 --> 00:28:40,511 So, I doubt we'll be able to pursue this lead 639 00:28:40,615 --> 00:28:41,789 for at least a few days. 640 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:44,895 Or we could just go here, 641 00:28:44,999 --> 00:28:46,999 Bank of Switzerland, 642 00:28:46,069 --> 00:28:48,243 Threadneedle Street, box 17? 643 00:28:58,909 --> 00:29:01,153 This is most irregular. 644 00:29:01,636 --> 00:29:03,776 Nevertheless, I think you'll find everything covered 645 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,433 in the search warrant. 646 00:29:06,296 --> 00:29:09,195 So, if you would be kind enough to open box 17? 647 00:29:09,368 --> 00:29:10,956 If you insist. 648 00:29:14,442 --> 00:29:16,996 Er, may I ask, is the box in question 649 00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:19,033 registered to a Mr. Caleb Hunt? 650 00:29:19,136 --> 00:29:21,656 The Bank does not hold lists 651 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,762 of clients' names here. 652 00:29:24,107 --> 00:29:25,522 No names, no questions, 653 00:29:25,625 --> 00:29:27,075 absolute privacy. 654 00:29:27,317 --> 00:29:29,181 I would have thought that was obvious. 655 00:29:30,147 --> 00:29:33,219 Inspector, can you please sign here? 656 00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:39,570 And here. 657 00:29:43,712 --> 00:29:44,886 And here. 658 00:29:52,514 --> 00:29:54,447 Thank you. 659 00:29:57,347 --> 00:29:58,417 Nothing. 660 00:30:01,558 --> 00:30:04,354 Might you be able to give us a description 661 00:30:04,457 --> 00:30:06,457 of the account holder? 662 00:30:05,424 --> 00:30:06,459 There are many boxes, 663 00:30:06,563 --> 00:30:08,185 and many clients at this bank. 664 00:30:08,289 --> 00:30:09,911 I merely give them access to the room. 665 00:30:10,015 --> 00:30:11,844 I don't sit here to see which client 666 00:30:11,948 --> 00:30:13,466 opens which box. 667 00:30:13,570 --> 00:30:15,468 What a ridiculous suggestion. 668 00:30:15,572 --> 00:30:17,125 Herr Klinsman, 669 00:30:17,229 --> 00:30:18,886 I shall take you straight down to Scotland Yard, 670 00:30:18,989 --> 00:30:20,853 waste many hours of your time for no other reason 671 00:30:20,957 --> 00:30:22,993 than I find your rudeness extremely irksome. 672 00:30:25,133 --> 00:30:28,688 But what I can tell you is that there are two clients 673 00:30:28,792 --> 00:30:30,380 registered to this particular box. 674 00:30:30,483 --> 00:30:31,726 Each has their own key. 675 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:33,830 And the account holder information 676 00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:34,315 is not kept here, you say? 677 00:30:34,418 --> 00:30:37,007 It is kept in our head office in Switzerland. 678 00:30:37,732 --> 00:30:40,010 Then please, send a telegram 679 00:30:40,114 --> 00:30:42,495 and request the information. 680 00:30:43,220 --> 00:30:44,843 Does your warrant cover Switzerland, Inspector? 681 00:30:44,946 --> 00:30:47,604 No, but it will. 682 00:30:51,297 --> 00:30:52,678 Thank you. 683 00:31:00,617 --> 00:31:02,032 Pompous, jumped-up little clerk. 684 00:31:02,136 --> 00:31:04,207 I can't abide any kind of rudeness. 685 00:31:04,379 --> 00:31:05,725 I seem to remember that you were rather rude to me 686 00:31:05,829 --> 00:31:07,244 when we first met. 687 00:31:07,555 --> 00:31:09,177 Getting the warrant will take some time. 688 00:31:09,281 --> 00:31:10,627 Given that it's another country, I'll need to 689 00:31:10,730 --> 00:31:12,249 speak to the Foreign Office. 690 00:31:12,974 --> 00:31:14,596 Let's meet again when I have what we need. 691 00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:16,253 Well, in the meantime, I'll go through the case notes 692 00:31:16,357 --> 00:31:17,979 and see if there's anything I missed. 693 00:31:18,083 --> 00:31:19,291 I thought you made it your business 694 00:31:19,394 --> 00:31:20,671 not to miss a thing, Miss Scarlet? 695 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,132 Back to the station. 696 00:31:53,118 --> 00:31:55,118 Good day, Miss Scarlet. 697 00:31:54,188 --> 00:31:55,672 Oh, er, Mr. Bailey? 698 00:31:55,775 --> 00:31:57,294 I...I apologize for interrupting. 699 00:31:57,398 --> 00:31:58,399 I won't keep you. 700 00:31:59,469 --> 00:32:00,953 No, er, please. 701 00:32:07,787 --> 00:32:10,238 I have come to make you an offer, 702 00:32:10,342 --> 00:32:12,137 to which you will say no. 703 00:32:12,654 --> 00:32:13,966 The whole thing should take no longer than a minute, 704 00:32:14,070 --> 00:32:15,140 and then I will let you 705 00:32:15,243 --> 00:32:16,520 get on with your day. 706 00:32:19,075 --> 00:32:21,075 I'm listening? 707 00:32:21,629 --> 00:32:23,631 Now that you're working for Scotland Yard, 708 00:32:23,734 --> 00:32:26,461 our editor has become far more interested in you. 709 00:32:27,773 --> 00:32:29,602 Mr. Barnes wishes to offer you 710 00:32:29,706 --> 00:32:31,639 a fee to pass on any information 711 00:32:31,742 --> 00:32:34,055 that you glean from working with Scotland Yard. 712 00:32:34,331 --> 00:32:36,713 All in the strictest confidence, of course. 713 00:32:36,816 --> 00:32:38,232 Does he, now? 714 00:32:38,335 --> 00:32:41,131 He wishes me to offer a fee of 10. 715 00:32:41,338 --> 00:32:44,617 However...he confided I have the leeway to go to 20, 716 00:32:44,721 --> 00:32:46,654 if you are a tough negotiator, 717 00:32:46,757 --> 00:32:48,759 which I assume you are. 718 00:32:50,175 --> 00:32:51,555 Well, you assume correctly. 719 00:32:52,004 --> 00:32:53,143 But... 720 00:32:53,385 --> 00:32:55,559 I'm afraid the answer is no. 721 00:32:55,663 --> 00:32:57,630 Which is what I told my editor you would say, 722 00:32:57,734 --> 00:33:00,530 but he threatened to dismiss me if I didn't at least try. 723 00:33:00,909 --> 00:33:03,257 And...that was me trying. 724 00:33:06,743 --> 00:33:09,194 Well...I shall leave you to your business. 725 00:33:10,022 --> 00:33:11,541 Er, however... 726 00:33:12,093 --> 00:33:13,370 our paths may not cross again, 727 00:33:13,474 --> 00:33:15,510 so, there is something else. 728 00:33:18,444 --> 00:33:21,585 I wondered might you be free tomorrow evening, to dine? 729 00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:26,487 Er, not to discuss the case, you understand, just as... 730 00:33:28,316 --> 00:33:31,388 Well, as...two people who wish to go out to dinner. 731 00:33:33,873 --> 00:33:35,873 Oh. 732 00:33:35,427 --> 00:33:37,427 Er... 733 00:33:37,118 --> 00:33:38,292 Er... 734 00:33:40,397 --> 00:33:42,330 I shall give you some time to think on it. 735 00:33:44,056 --> 00:33:45,195 You know where to contact me. 736 00:33:46,369 --> 00:33:47,508 Good day, Miss Scarlet. 737 00:33:47,611 --> 00:33:49,061 Good day, Mr. Bailey. 738 00:34:11,463 --> 00:34:13,534 Eww. Urgh. 739 00:34:13,637 --> 00:34:14,811 Good Lord. 740 00:34:16,502 --> 00:34:17,848 Good evening, Miss Scarlet. 741 00:34:17,952 --> 00:34:19,712 Oh. Mr. Potts. 742 00:34:20,092 --> 00:34:21,852 Ivy's not home yet, I'm afraid. 743 00:34:23,095 --> 00:34:24,821 But it's nigh on eight o'clock. 744 00:34:31,621 --> 00:34:32,622 Pfft... 745 00:34:36,833 --> 00:34:38,833 Urgh. 746 00:34:38,179 --> 00:34:40,179 Urgh. 747 00:34:41,700 --> 00:34:43,046 Why do I bother? 748 00:34:43,702 --> 00:34:45,013 What's troubling you, Miss Scarlet? 749 00:34:45,117 --> 00:34:46,739 I'm tired, I'm hungry, 750 00:34:46,843 --> 00:34:48,603 and I do not have the skill or the patience 751 00:34:48,707 --> 00:34:49,915 to cook anything edible. 752 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:52,088 I thought you said you could cook? 753 00:34:51,123 --> 00:34:52,331 Well, I lied. 754 00:34:55,196 --> 00:34:57,267 Sorry, that was uncalled for. 755 00:34:58,441 --> 00:35:00,477 Cooking is a mystery to me, 756 00:35:00,581 --> 00:35:02,617 and one that I cannot seem to fathom. 757 00:35:02,721 --> 00:35:04,447 Cooking is no mystery. 758 00:35:04,930 --> 00:35:06,725 It's science, plain and simple. 759 00:35:07,035 --> 00:35:08,623 Chemistry, to be precise. 760 00:35:15,872 --> 00:35:17,770 Up you get. 761 00:35:17,874 --> 00:35:19,703 What, why? 762 00:35:19,807 --> 00:35:22,982 I am going to teach you how to cook. 763 00:35:23,086 --> 00:35:24,950 Oh, you can cook, Mr. Potts? 764 00:35:25,502 --> 00:35:28,609 How do you think I survived on my own all these years? 765 00:35:28,712 --> 00:35:30,024 In fact, my plum pudding 766 00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:32,716 is really rather delicious. 767 00:35:32,820 --> 00:35:35,271 You see, cooking is all about preparation. 768 00:35:35,512 --> 00:35:38,584 We do not try to improvise, or, God forbid, 769 00:35:38,688 --> 00:35:41,104 see it as some sort of artistic endeavor. 770 00:35:41,208 --> 00:35:44,107 Instead, we plan, plan and plan again. 771 00:35:44,487 --> 00:35:46,454 - If you say so. - I do indeed. 772 00:35:46,972 --> 00:35:49,181 Now, let's clear this little lot up 773 00:35:49,285 --> 00:35:51,010 and start afresh, shall we? 774 00:35:54,635 --> 00:35:57,362 So, that's the potatoes done. 775 00:35:57,603 --> 00:36:00,399 In the bowl. 776 00:36:00,503 --> 00:36:04,231 And we put the bowl at the top of the line, because...? 777 00:36:04,472 --> 00:36:08,407 Er, we want all our ingredients in order of usage. 778 00:36:08,994 --> 00:36:10,168 Very good. 779 00:36:10,271 --> 00:36:11,962 - Hmm. - Ah! 780 00:36:13,516 --> 00:36:15,828 I'm feeling...strangely serene. 781 00:36:15,932 --> 00:36:17,278 It's a feeling quite alien to me 782 00:36:17,382 --> 00:36:18,831 when it comes to cooking. 783 00:36:19,211 --> 00:36:20,695 I like this approach. 784 00:36:21,144 --> 00:36:24,043 I too find cooking a relaxing pursuit. 785 00:36:24,216 --> 00:36:25,459 However, I must admit, 786 00:36:25,562 --> 00:36:27,564 I prefer it when Ivy cooks for me. 787 00:36:28,427 --> 00:36:30,326 She's after all, a wonderful cook, 788 00:36:32,051 --> 00:36:33,398 and a wonderful woman. 789 00:36:35,296 --> 00:36:37,678 Ivy thinks a great deal of you, Mr. Potts, 790 00:36:37,988 --> 00:36:39,473 a great deal, indeed. 791 00:36:43,511 --> 00:36:45,133 Right. 792 00:36:45,686 --> 00:36:48,275 Onto the next stage, the cooking. 793 00:36:48,482 --> 00:36:49,897 Ah. 794 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,554 The water is now at boiling point. 795 00:36:51,657 --> 00:36:55,454 At an exact temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit. 796 00:36:55,558 --> 00:36:57,594 Potatoes, if you please? 797 00:37:00,148 --> 00:37:01,633 Erm... 798 00:37:03,359 --> 00:37:06,120 I really must congratulate you, Miss Scarlet. 799 00:37:06,431 --> 00:37:08,467 You have proved to be an excellent student. 800 00:37:08,571 --> 00:37:10,366 Diligent, willing to learn. 801 00:37:10,469 --> 00:37:12,644 Thank you, Mr. Potts. 802 00:37:12,954 --> 00:37:14,059 I wish I could say the same 803 00:37:14,162 --> 00:37:15,819 for some of my students at work. 804 00:37:16,820 --> 00:37:18,339 In particular, and I don't mean to 805 00:37:18,443 --> 00:37:20,652 speak ill of the dead, poor Caleb. 806 00:37:21,618 --> 00:37:23,171 Try as I might to teach him, 807 00:37:23,275 --> 00:37:25,139 he was not a good student. 808 00:37:25,622 --> 00:37:27,141 I had to correct his administrative errors 809 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:28,798 on more than one occasion. 810 00:37:29,626 --> 00:37:31,594 Including on a cadaver involved in the very case 811 00:37:31,697 --> 00:37:33,112 you're working on at the moment. 812 00:37:33,216 --> 00:37:35,563 The, erm, Thames Reaper? 813 00:37:35,667 --> 00:37:36,944 Yeah. 814 00:37:37,047 --> 00:37:39,084 Caleb made a woeful mistake. 815 00:37:39,567 --> 00:37:41,673 However, I'm a man of detail and duly corrected it, 816 00:37:41,776 --> 00:37:43,744 so, no harm done. 817 00:37:43,847 --> 00:37:45,021 What mistake? 818 00:37:54,168 --> 00:37:55,652 Thank you, Mr. Stevens. 819 00:38:01,313 --> 00:38:02,418 Take it down, lads. 820 00:38:02,521 --> 00:38:03,798 Sir. 821 00:38:05,697 --> 00:38:07,250 I want everything carefully itemized. 822 00:38:07,354 --> 00:38:08,700 Yes, Sir. 823 00:38:12,151 --> 00:38:13,394 So, gentle does it. 824 00:38:13,498 --> 00:38:15,396 It needs to remain intact. 825 00:38:16,915 --> 00:38:18,813 Inspector Blake, can I have a moment? 826 00:38:18,986 --> 00:38:20,056 Miss Scarlet. 827 00:38:25,233 --> 00:38:26,511 Last night, I had a conversation 828 00:38:26,614 --> 00:38:28,340 with Mr. Potts about Caleb Hunt. 829 00:38:28,927 --> 00:38:30,480 Obviously I didn't go into details 830 00:38:30,584 --> 00:38:32,482 about what we found here, but what I did learn 831 00:38:32,586 --> 00:38:34,035 was that, as a junior clerk, 832 00:38:34,139 --> 00:38:35,934 one of his responsibilities 833 00:38:36,037 --> 00:38:37,832 was to log the possessions found on the corpses 834 00:38:37,936 --> 00:38:40,352 that were brought into the mortuary. 835 00:38:40,456 --> 00:38:42,009 According to Mr. Potts, 836 00:38:42,112 --> 00:38:43,976 he was rather slapdash. 837 00:38:44,252 --> 00:38:46,151 Sometimes he'd miss things out, 838 00:38:46,254 --> 00:38:47,739 sometimes he'd make spelling mistakes, 839 00:38:47,842 --> 00:38:49,223 and this was exactly the case 840 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,604 with the third victim, 841 00:38:50,707 --> 00:38:53,365 a Russian named Aleksander Sochnev. 842 00:38:53,986 --> 00:38:55,609 Caleb misspelled the Russian's name. 843 00:38:55,712 --> 00:38:57,404 He spelled Aleksander with an 'X' 844 00:38:57,507 --> 00:38:59,095 and Sochnev with an 'F'. 845 00:38:59,198 --> 00:39:00,441 Mr. Potts noticed 846 00:39:00,545 --> 00:39:01,925 a few days later and corrected it, 847 00:39:02,029 --> 00:39:03,996 but by that time, 848 00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:06,100 the Reaper had already sent 849 00:39:05,170 --> 00:39:06,240 the letter to the newspaper, 850 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:07,793 with the exact same 851 00:39:07,897 --> 00:39:09,277 spelling mistakes. 852 00:39:10,002 --> 00:39:11,556 So, Caleb passed on the identities of the dead 853 00:39:11,659 --> 00:39:13,143 to whoever wrote the letters. 854 00:39:13,420 --> 00:39:16,008 Probably in return for money. 855 00:39:16,112 --> 00:39:17,665 And that's why the letters to the newspaper 856 00:39:17,769 --> 00:39:19,426 took a couple of days after each body was found. 857 00:39:19,529 --> 00:39:20,530 The Reaper had to wait for Caleb 858 00:39:20,634 --> 00:39:21,807 to send the information. 859 00:39:21,911 --> 00:39:23,911 Sir. 860 00:39:34,475 --> 00:39:36,408 What have you been up to, Caleb? 861 00:39:40,550 --> 00:39:42,276 It's a blackmail letter. 862 00:39:42,587 --> 00:39:45,244 Caleb Hunt requesting more money, 863 00:39:45,348 --> 00:39:46,625 since his last demand was ignored, 864 00:39:46,729 --> 00:39:48,040 and if he doesn't receive the money, 865 00:39:48,144 --> 00:39:50,144 he'll expose the truth 866 00:39:49,145 --> 00:39:50,146 about the Thames Reaper. 867 00:39:53,460 --> 00:39:54,909 He names the recipient of the letter. 868 00:39:56,808 --> 00:39:59,949 Mr. Sydney Barnes, Editor, The Morning Herald. 869 00:40:08,302 --> 00:40:10,856 This is ludicrous! 870 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,513 I am no murderer. 871 00:40:12,927 --> 00:40:15,620 I am the editor of a national newspaper. 872 00:40:15,930 --> 00:40:19,244 There is no Thames Reaper, Mr. Barnes, you made him up. 873 00:40:19,347 --> 00:40:20,590 The bodies were just some poor souls 874 00:40:20,694 --> 00:40:22,143 found in the Thames, 875 00:40:22,247 --> 00:40:24,249 accidental deaths, suicides, 876 00:40:24,698 --> 00:40:26,665 and with the help of Caleb Hunt providing identities, 877 00:40:26,769 --> 00:40:27,770 you were able to claim the deaths 878 00:40:27,873 --> 00:40:29,461 were the work of some figment 879 00:40:29,565 --> 00:40:31,152 of your imagination. 880 00:40:31,498 --> 00:40:34,604 And why on earth would I want to do that? 881 00:40:34,708 --> 00:40:35,709 Perhaps to increase circulation, because 882 00:40:35,812 --> 00:40:36,951 your newspaper was failing. 883 00:40:37,055 --> 00:40:38,228 I've never even met 884 00:40:38,332 --> 00:40:39,851 this Caleb Hunt. 885 00:40:39,954 --> 00:40:41,954 Really? 886 00:40:42,267 --> 00:40:43,682 He was blackmailing someone to give him money 887 00:40:43,786 --> 00:40:44,787 in return for his silence 888 00:40:44,890 --> 00:40:46,651 regarding the Reaper's identity. 889 00:40:47,134 --> 00:40:48,618 And according to his letter, 890 00:40:48,929 --> 00:40:50,827 that someone was you, Mr. Barnes. 891 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:53,865 And I believe this is what accounts for Caleb's murder. 892 00:40:56,626 --> 00:40:58,145 I've had no dealings with this man. 893 00:40:58,386 --> 00:40:59,905 Hmm. Come. 894 00:41:03,184 --> 00:41:04,496 Sir. 895 00:41:14,610 --> 00:41:16,404 The Bank of Switzerland have confirmed your name 896 00:41:16,508 --> 00:41:17,509 is the registered account holder 897 00:41:17,613 --> 00:41:18,959 for a safe deposit box 898 00:41:19,062 --> 00:41:20,581 used by Mr. Hunt. 899 00:41:22,272 --> 00:41:23,895 I believe this was a drop-off point for money 900 00:41:23,998 --> 00:41:26,035 between the two of you to pay for his services. 901 00:41:29,763 --> 00:41:30,867 I will not say one more word 902 00:41:30,971 --> 00:41:32,628 before speaking with my lawyer. 903 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:36,977 Barnes is denying it, of course, but... 904 00:41:37,149 --> 00:41:38,806 there's enough evidence to charge him. 905 00:41:44,053 --> 00:41:45,433 Perhaps in the future, you might ask before 906 00:41:45,537 --> 00:41:46,952 opening my new bottle of whisky. 907 00:41:49,403 --> 00:41:50,749 Well... 908 00:41:50,853 --> 00:41:54,063 I was waiting for a rather long time. 909 00:41:54,166 --> 00:41:56,893 Perhaps if you'd allowed me to attend the questioning. 910 00:41:57,273 --> 00:41:59,206 Are you negotiating with me, Miss Scarlet? 911 00:42:01,070 --> 00:42:02,865 Erm...yes. 912 00:42:05,177 --> 00:42:06,938 Perhaps in the future you may attend. 913 00:42:07,594 --> 00:42:09,043 I will think on it. 914 00:42:11,011 --> 00:42:12,219 I will need a full report of the case 915 00:42:12,322 --> 00:42:13,600 on my desk first thing. 916 00:42:14,704 --> 00:42:15,981 First thing? 917 00:42:17,396 --> 00:42:19,396 That's what I expect from my men, 918 00:42:18,432 --> 00:42:19,813 I'll not make exception for you. 919 00:42:21,262 --> 00:42:23,262 Of course. 920 00:42:23,195 --> 00:42:24,542 Is that a problem? 921 00:42:24,645 --> 00:42:26,544 Are you otherwise engaged this evening? 922 00:42:27,821 --> 00:42:30,962 Well...it was a possibility, yes. 923 00:42:35,932 --> 00:42:38,038 Good day, Inspector Blake. 924 00:42:47,426 --> 00:42:48,738 Hmm. 925 00:42:53,053 --> 00:42:54,917 I may not be home for dinner. 926 00:42:55,469 --> 00:42:56,746 At this rate, neither will I. 927 00:42:56,850 --> 00:42:58,265 Are you dining out? 928 00:42:59,956 --> 00:43:00,992 Erm... 929 00:43:01,717 --> 00:43:03,028 possibly. 930 00:43:03,926 --> 00:43:05,824 With Inspector Blake? 931 00:43:05,928 --> 00:43:07,308 No, not Inspector Blake. 932 00:43:07,412 --> 00:43:09,000 Why would you assume that? 933 00:43:09,207 --> 00:43:10,795 Well, you've been spending much time together recently. 934 00:43:10,898 --> 00:43:12,072 It's someone else. 935 00:43:13,418 --> 00:43:15,731 - Someone you haven't met. - Who? 936 00:43:15,834 --> 00:43:17,802 I just said it was someone you haven't met. 937 00:43:20,390 --> 00:43:22,427 He seems like a nice enough man. 938 00:43:22,530 --> 00:43:23,739 But? 939 00:43:24,394 --> 00:43:27,225 I'm not sure I will go. I...I don't know him well. 940 00:43:27,432 --> 00:43:30,021 That's the point in spending time together, Lizzie. 941 00:43:30,884 --> 00:43:32,817 Like me and Barnabus. 942 00:43:32,989 --> 00:43:34,508 It wasn't love at first sight. 943 00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:36,165 - It was for him. - But... 944 00:43:36,786 --> 00:43:39,099 once we spent more time together, 945 00:43:39,202 --> 00:43:40,687 we got closer. 946 00:43:41,688 --> 00:43:43,828 Speaking of Mr. Potts... 947 00:43:45,726 --> 00:43:47,728 - Huh? - I'll let you get on. 948 00:43:50,386 --> 00:43:52,250 - Miss Scarlet? - Mr. Potts. 949 00:43:57,393 --> 00:43:58,705 Barnabus... 950 00:43:58,808 --> 00:44:00,534 what are you doing here? 951 00:44:00,638 --> 00:44:01,984 I have some exciting news. 952 00:44:02,191 --> 00:44:04,365 Reverend Harvey has had a cancellation... 953 00:44:04,469 --> 00:44:06,126 next month. 954 00:44:06,436 --> 00:44:08,436 So, he wondered if we'd like to 955 00:44:07,472 --> 00:44:08,749 book it for our wedding day. 956 00:44:09,992 --> 00:44:12,684 I'm at work, Barnabus, and very busy. 957 00:44:13,029 --> 00:44:14,893 Inspector Blake is waiting on some notes, 958 00:44:14,997 --> 00:44:16,688 not to mention my other duties 959 00:44:16,792 --> 00:44:18,792 that I'm neglecting. 960 00:44:17,827 --> 00:44:18,897 But your shift ends soon, 961 00:44:19,001 --> 00:44:21,037 I was hoping to escort you home. 962 00:44:21,728 --> 00:44:23,730 I will be working late this evening. 963 00:44:24,662 --> 00:44:25,973 Again? 964 00:44:26,974 --> 00:44:28,631 I really must get on. 965 00:44:30,322 --> 00:44:31,461 Very well, my dear. 966 00:44:32,773 --> 00:44:34,257 Very well. 967 00:44:54,139 --> 00:44:55,969 I got your note. 968 00:44:56,521 --> 00:44:58,143 I booked a table at Barons. 969 00:44:58,799 --> 00:45:00,111 Oh, lovely. 970 00:45:05,841 --> 00:45:08,326 You heard about your editor, Mr. Barnes? 971 00:45:08,706 --> 00:45:10,155 The whole office has. 972 00:45:11,778 --> 00:45:13,296 I never warmed to the man. 973 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,402 But I did not think him capable of such deceit. 974 00:45:17,093 --> 00:45:18,888 I don't know the full story, of course. 975 00:45:19,371 --> 00:45:21,511 But we have all evening for you to enlighten me. 976 00:45:26,862 --> 00:45:28,311 Do not worry, Miss Scarlet. 977 00:45:28,518 --> 00:45:30,003 I merely tease. 978 00:45:30,589 --> 00:45:33,213 I shall not be trying to coax any information out of you. 979 00:45:33,938 --> 00:45:35,974 I'm very much...off duty. 980 00:45:41,324 --> 00:45:42,809 Shall we? 981 00:45:55,511 --> 00:45:57,271 Come. 982 00:45:58,859 --> 00:46:01,137 I've got those files ready for you, Inspector. 983 00:46:01,241 --> 00:46:02,483 Miss Woods. 984 00:46:02,967 --> 00:46:04,209 Why are you still here? 985 00:46:04,382 --> 00:46:06,211 Oh, well, I had to finish those reports, 986 00:46:06,315 --> 00:46:08,179 and then there was the filing to do, 987 00:46:08,282 --> 00:46:10,284 and the logbooks to transcribe. 988 00:46:10,388 --> 00:46:12,631 But another hour or so, and I'll be done. 989 00:46:12,735 --> 00:46:14,530 You cannot work this amount of hours, 990 00:46:14,633 --> 00:46:16,394 you'll make yourself ill. 991 00:46:16,497 --> 00:46:17,844 I'm fine. 992 00:46:18,327 --> 00:46:19,500 Please. 993 00:46:27,060 --> 00:46:28,337 You do not look fine. 994 00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:34,964 Perhaps I've bitten off more than I can chew. 995 00:46:36,552 --> 00:46:39,348 The truth is, between your needs 996 00:46:40,038 --> 00:46:41,764 and the rest of my duties, 997 00:46:41,868 --> 00:46:44,146 the volume of work is great, indeed. 998 00:46:45,595 --> 00:46:48,288 But I so want to do my very best for you, Inspector... 999 00:46:49,772 --> 00:46:51,360 for everyone. 1000 00:46:51,912 --> 00:46:54,294 Miss Woods, you're clearly not coping. 1001 00:46:57,504 --> 00:47:00,196 So, I believe we need to rethink your position. 1002 00:47:05,408 --> 00:47:06,893 It's beyond comprehension that a man 1003 00:47:06,996 --> 00:47:08,515 could behave such a way. 1004 00:47:08,687 --> 00:47:11,518 Not to mention how humiliating it is personally for me. 1005 00:47:14,383 --> 00:47:15,453 The paper will be a laughingstock 1006 00:47:15,556 --> 00:47:17,556 when the news breaks, 1007 00:47:16,454 --> 00:47:17,800 and so will I. 1008 00:47:18,214 --> 00:47:19,837 I've just spent the last year writing about a killer 1009 00:47:19,940 --> 00:47:21,217 who doesn't actually exist. 1010 00:47:22,943 --> 00:47:24,842 Perhaps I'll make a career change. 1011 00:47:25,497 --> 00:47:27,430 How's the private detective business these days? 1012 00:47:31,918 --> 00:47:33,609 I...I...I apologize, I... 1013 00:47:34,506 --> 00:47:35,714 promised not to talk about the case, 1014 00:47:35,818 --> 00:47:37,061 and that is all I've done. 1015 00:47:38,821 --> 00:47:40,858 Let us talk about something else entirely. 1016 00:47:42,652 --> 00:47:44,068 Like how elegant you look. 1017 00:47:47,002 --> 00:47:49,280 I'm only sorry I did not have time to change, I... 1018 00:47:49,521 --> 00:47:52,283 do you an injustice, Miss Scarlet. 1019 00:47:52,386 --> 00:47:54,388 You are too kind, Mr. Bailey. 1020 00:47:57,046 --> 00:47:58,772 As for the case, 1021 00:47:58,876 --> 00:48:00,808 I'm more than happy to discuss it, 1022 00:48:01,292 --> 00:48:02,776 and the crucial piece of evidence 1023 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,295 against Mr. Barnes. 1024 00:48:06,642 --> 00:48:07,919 There was a safe deposit box 1025 00:48:08,023 --> 00:48:10,025 in a bank on Threadneedle Street. 1026 00:48:10,266 --> 00:48:12,510 It's a place where money was deposited between... 1027 00:48:12,717 --> 00:48:16,652 your editor and the mortuary clerk, Caleb Hunt. 1028 00:48:16,755 --> 00:48:19,068 We found the clerk's key to the box, 1029 00:48:19,172 --> 00:48:20,759 but as yet no luck 1030 00:48:20,863 --> 00:48:23,141 with the key that belonged to Mr. Barnes. 1031 00:48:23,348 --> 00:48:24,418 Intriguing. 1032 00:48:25,212 --> 00:48:28,491 And now I know why. 1033 00:48:28,595 --> 00:48:30,908 Because you have it on your keyring, Mr. Bailey. 1034 00:48:34,118 --> 00:48:36,430 When we left your office, it wasn't you 1035 00:48:36,534 --> 00:48:39,019 talking about the case that unsettled me so. 1036 00:48:39,123 --> 00:48:40,918 It was watching you lock up your desk. 1037 00:48:44,852 --> 00:48:45,853 And when we arrived at the restaurant, 1038 00:48:45,957 --> 00:48:47,027 contrary to what I told you, 1039 00:48:47,131 --> 00:48:48,339 I didn't go to the powder room. 1040 00:48:49,409 --> 00:48:50,720 I went to the cloakroom... 1041 00:48:51,790 --> 00:48:53,309 to search your coat. 1042 00:48:57,417 --> 00:49:00,454 You invented the Thames Reaper story. 1043 00:49:02,836 --> 00:49:04,251 You tried to cover your tracks 1044 00:49:04,355 --> 00:49:07,323 by posing as your editor when you hired Caleb. 1045 00:49:07,841 --> 00:49:10,292 And did the same when you secured the safe deposit box. 1046 00:49:10,395 --> 00:49:12,328 But when Caleb blackmailed you with the threat 1047 00:49:12,432 --> 00:49:14,261 of exposing what you'd done... 1048 00:49:15,745 --> 00:49:17,195 you killed him. 1049 00:49:19,646 --> 00:49:22,338 I'll not sit here and be insulted by this nonsense. 1050 00:49:22,442 --> 00:49:25,307 But you yourself said the paper was on the verge of closing? 1051 00:49:25,859 --> 00:49:28,586 This was your way to improve circulation, wasn't it? 1052 00:49:35,213 --> 00:49:36,628 I sent a message to Scotland Yard 1053 00:49:36,732 --> 00:49:38,113 the moment I found the key. 1054 00:49:39,942 --> 00:49:41,392 Lads. 1055 00:49:41,806 --> 00:49:43,221 Look... 1056 00:50:04,449 --> 00:50:06,727 Mr. Bailey was in pieces just being cuffed. 1057 00:50:06,831 --> 00:50:08,902 I doubt it'll take much to get a full confession. 1058 00:50:13,527 --> 00:50:15,840 I take it you would like to attend the questioning? 1059 00:50:16,220 --> 00:50:19,326 Yes, very much so, thank you. 1060 00:50:20,500 --> 00:50:21,880 But perhaps next time you might 1061 00:50:21,984 --> 00:50:23,641 wish to wear something a little... 1062 00:50:23,744 --> 00:50:25,744 less eye-catching. 1063 00:50:47,147 --> 00:50:48,735 Barnabus. 1064 00:50:48,907 --> 00:50:49,977 Ivy? 1065 00:50:50,081 --> 00:50:52,081 You should not be out alone 1066 00:50:51,082 --> 00:50:53,082 at this time of night. 1067 00:50:51,979 --> 00:50:53,188 I have some news. 1068 00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:56,605 Some very exciting news. 1069 00:50:58,089 --> 00:51:00,333 Inspector Blake has asked me 1070 00:51:00,436 --> 00:51:03,198 to dedicate myself to his work only, 1071 00:51:03,784 --> 00:51:05,407 like his assistant. 1072 00:51:06,097 --> 00:51:07,581 Oh. 1073 00:51:07,685 --> 00:51:11,516 Oh, I'm...I'm bursting with pride, my dear. 1074 00:51:11,620 --> 00:51:12,897 I've missed you. 1075 00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,520 I've missed you. 1076 00:51:16,003 --> 00:51:18,040 Well, you'll miss me no longer. 1077 00:51:18,247 --> 00:51:21,250 From now on, my hours will be more civilized. 1078 00:51:21,354 --> 00:51:23,597 What say... 1079 00:51:23,839 --> 00:51:25,427 we have a nice glass of sherry 1080 00:51:25,530 --> 00:51:27,808 by the fireside to celebrate? 1081 00:51:28,188 --> 00:51:31,364 I wholly endorse that idea. 1082 00:51:32,261 --> 00:51:34,091 Perhaps while we sip sherry, 1083 00:51:34,194 --> 00:51:35,920 we can discuss the wedding date 1084 00:51:36,023 --> 00:51:37,680 that Reverend Harvey has offered? 1085 00:51:38,957 --> 00:51:41,339 Let's just enjoy the evening together, Barnabus. 1086 00:51:41,443 --> 00:51:43,721 We'll...we'll talk about it another time. 1087 00:51:44,963 --> 00:51:46,137 Of course, my dear. 1088 00:51:46,241 --> 00:51:49,451 Of course...another time.