1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,040 The Thread would have killed me long ago 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,600 were I not somehow vital to their success. 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:10,880 Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:12,800 Welcome. Thank you, Prime Minister. 5 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,320 Someone at Chief Inspector Whitlock's office 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:16,960 immediately rang up Lord Withersea. 7 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:19,959 Warning him he was about to welcome Watson and Mrs. Hudson, 8 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,720 not to mention the ambassador's jewels. 9 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:24,240 Unless I find the jewels by tomorrow afternoon, 10 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,239 the ambassador collects 50,000 pounds. 11 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,440 The kidnappers must communicate with each other, 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,599 and then Watson and Mrs. Hudson will once more be on the move. 13 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,720 Our allies and friends are already strategically placed, 14 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,679 and I will light up the sky with two signals. 15 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,639 One color representing where Watson and Mrs. Hudson 16 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:45,440 have been kept, and the other color 17 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,560 representing where they are going. 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,680 Prepare to write a warrant for them. 19 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:51,040 What do you call it? 20 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:52,199 A wiretap, my lord. 21 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,080 I can hear and record every conversation 22 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:56,600 from the telephone of the chief inspector. 23 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,880 Now, go upstairs and provoke your superiors. 24 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,320 No call yet, sir. 25 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:14,120 No. 26 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,800 The person using the telephone I must wait to be alone 27 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:18,000 in Whitlock's office. 28 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,159 How long will that take, sir? 29 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:20,000 Not long. 30 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:21,760 The time frame I gave was designed 31 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,200 to eliminate the possibilities of a messenger. 32 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:25,240 Are you in danger, sir? 33 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,320 No, no, no, no, no. 34 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,159 It's not my safety at risk, but the lives of those 35 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:31,240 I hold most dear. 36 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,759 If I am wrong, if the culprit employing the telephone 37 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,559 in Whitlock's office does not use it again, 38 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,879 if we have nothing to record, then my trap springs 39 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:40,880 shut on the wind, 40 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,480 And my friends, my dearest friends, could die. 41 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,120 Operator, operator! 42 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:55,719 Whitlock? 43 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,240 Number, please. 44 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,480 This is Scotland Yard. 45 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,359 Ring Belgravia 483. 46 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:02,360 Quickly! 47 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,280 You have a stone in your boot. 48 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,040 I believe the cobbler can be found in Kensington. 49 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,280 Quickly. 50 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,279 The hostages are travelling from the Dowager 51 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,080 Duchess of Lincolnshire, Green, which is where 52 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,440 Shaw and the Irregulars are stationed, to Kensington, the 53 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,319 Duke of Leicester, Yellow, Where they'll have 54 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,480 to pass by Bertie. 55 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,200 Now, excuse me, Shaw, I haven't a second to lose. 56 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:36,760 But, sir, what should I do? 57 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,639 Just continue recording the calls 58 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:40,720 and pray that there is no change of plan. 59 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:42,400 Wish me luck, Swan. 60 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:34,600 Green boys, look ahead. 61 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:35,360 That's us. 62 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:44,079 Two carriages. 63 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:45,000 They may submit them up. 64 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:46,280 Half and half, lads. 65 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:47,640 You two take the second one, all right? 66 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:49,439 Come on. 67 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:14,600 That's the one. 68 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,480 Head to the Duke of Leicester. 69 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,640 That's it, Mr. Halligan, let's go! 70 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:20,600 Get! 71 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,520 Take the yellow route to the Duke of Leicester. 72 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,560 Time is of the essence, Dankworth. 73 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:26,160 Certainly, sir. 74 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:35,680 Redfloyd, carry. 75 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,440 Let's go. 76 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:38,720 Get off the road! 77 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,559 Is this it? 78 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,160 Come on, keep going! 79 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:28,480 Almost there! 80 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:29,440 Keep going! 81 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,520 Well done. 82 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:39,440 Don't take the drives. 83 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,480 Look for the hostages. 84 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:43,399 It's my sister! 85 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,560 Let me, Mrs. Okay, okay. 86 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,360 It's stuck. 87 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:48,280 It won't budge. 88 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:50,439 Let me in there. 89 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,200 Ah, Holmes. 90 00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:59,800 How kind of you to join us. 91 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,000 Thank you for following my instructions so closely. 92 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:04,240 Two carriages, my god. 93 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,280 Clever, but not clever enough. 94 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:07,120 Come on. 95 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:10,720 Is it Mr. Holmes? 96 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:12,000 Oh, my lord. 97 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:13,400 I must be dreaming. 98 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,400 Everyone seems to be floating. 99 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:17,719 There, mate. 100 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,480 Steady, Mrs. Hudson, steady. 101 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:21,080 Oh, sister. 102 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:22,120 Dear sister. 103 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,439 Help Mrs. Hudson to my carriage. 104 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:24,359 Take great care. 105 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,400 She's been heavily dosed with opium. 106 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,280 Watson, come on, Shaw. 107 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:37,840 Get this open. 108 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:39,240 Come on. 109 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,560 Watson. Oh. 110 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,120 Oh. Oh, yes. 111 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:49,799 What? You found us. 112 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:50,359 Yes, of course. 113 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:51,160 I knew you would. 114 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:52,639 Of course. 115 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:54,360 You've been very heavily sedated. 116 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:55,720 Yes. We'll get you home. 117 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,000 Yes. You can have a proper rest. 118 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:57,800 No, no, no. 119 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:59,159 No, the gold. 120 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,320 The banking, the rob... robbing the Bank of England. 121 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:03,400 What? They may have done it already. 122 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:05,120 Who? I'm going to fall. 123 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:06,600 What? 124 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,000 Take him. 125 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:11,920 Take him to my carriage. 126 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:13,319 Come on. 127 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:14,400 All right. 128 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,480 Swan! 129 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:16,239 There we go. 130 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,960 That's a good boy. 131 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:37,840 Lady Violet, how may I help you? 132 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:39,680 I must speak with the ambassador. 133 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,200 Despite the lateness of the hour, 134 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:42,920 My husband is still at the embassy. 135 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:44,520 Would you care to leave a message? 136 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,240 Sorry for the inconvenience, but I must wait for his return. 137 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,560 Then may I use your telephone? 138 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,720 I need to make an important call to Scotland Yard. 139 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,079 Chief Inspector Whitlock here. 140 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:06,440 To whom am I speaking, please? 141 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,160 Your betters, that's who. 142 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:09,960 And I have a serious problem. 143 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,240 I have already solved quite a few of your 144 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:13,759 problems, Lady Violet. 145 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,640 Including those related to the less than accidental death 146 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,040 of one of your debutantes. 147 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,280 Your taste for violence has become... 148 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,120 I'm in no mood for a lecture on morality. 149 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,080 Especially from a man who has been so handsomely rewarded 150 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:28,400 for betraying the law. 151 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,520 If you wish to escape with your prize, you'll 152 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:32,800 continue to assist me. 153 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:33,600 Assist you? 154 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,079 How? With that awful 155 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,320 girl, Amelia Rojas. 156 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,360 The American ambassador insisted I place in his household. 157 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,400 She knows I have the designs to her mother's weapon. 158 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:47,440 I want her out of the way. 159 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:51,039 Your hatred of this girl is a distraction from Holmes, 160 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,440 whom you continue to underestimate. 161 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:57,240 I have been right about Sherlock so far. 162 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,760 But the girl is more unpredictable and so a threat. 163 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,680 I am presently involved in the most delicate part 164 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,519 of our entire enterprise and Holmes must not 165 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,880 suspect that he has been led to do our bidding. 166 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,840 His arrogance won't allow him to suspect. 167 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,560 And as for the girl, have one of your idiot 168 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:17,040 inspectors pick her up and take him care of in 169 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,480 prison, like he did with Charlie the coachman. 170 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,480 There is nothing I can do to remove the girl 171 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,600 while she is at the ambassador's residence. 172 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:25,920 Very well. 173 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,000 At my first opportunity, I will kill her myself. 174 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:49,840 Shh. Keep quiet. 175 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,759 You scared me half to death. 176 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,559 I'm sorry, I couldn't go through the front door. 177 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:56,240 Why? 178 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:57,119 Because it's so late? 179 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:58,760 No, it's not the hour. 180 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:00,280 Although I'd have some explaining to do 181 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,360 if the Pinkertons had seen me. 182 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:03,840 Does the lateness of your return 183 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,560 have anything to do with Mr. Wylie? 184 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:07,320 No, no, shh. 185 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:08,760 Not at all, actually. 186 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:09,480 It's... 187 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,120 Clara, listen to me, okay? 188 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:18,280 The person who planned my kidnapping, and yours, 189 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,360 who killed Emma and murdered my mother, 190 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,400 is downstairs right now, in your father's study. 191 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,440 Who on earth are you talking about? 192 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:29,959 Lady Violet Somerset arrived two hours ago 193 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,280 and insisted on waiting for you, and helped herself 194 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,120 to our telephone. 195 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:34,359 But what could she possibly want? 196 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,680 It's quite nearly morning. 197 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,480 The sooner I talk with her, the faster she will leave. 198 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,480 If there's a problem, my darling, 199 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,400 if she's causing you distress... Nothing beyond this 200 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,680 inexcusable intrusion, which will soon be over. 201 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,520 At last. 202 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,280 Your behavior grows more reckless by the hour. 203 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,999 And your tone more presumptuous. 204 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,680 You may rank high in London society, 205 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,880 but you hold no position of legitimate power, 206 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,360 whereas I am the United States ambassador 207 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,999 to the court of St. James and the legal representative 208 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,440 of my nation in Great Britain. 209 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,160 I am well aware of your status. 210 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,920 Indeed, I consider you to be one of my most valuable employees. 211 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,360 Your... employee? 212 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:27,679 You may not wear my livery, but of no doubt 213 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:30,160 you are my servant, and on the verge of 214 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,720 receiving an extraordinary reward for your labors. 215 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,119 By this time tomorrow, I will have made you 216 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,319 a hero to the public and one of the richest 217 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:38,040 men in the world. 218 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:39,800 One of the richest? 219 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,920 May I remind you that the plan we are about to execute is mine? 220 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,479 If not for me, the success of your conspiracy 221 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,599 would have, at best, left the country you wish to 222 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,199 dominate in financial ruin. 223 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:55,160 I admit, you finessed bribing the authorities with genius, 224 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,200 and your change in what the robbery should accomplish 225 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,400 was uncommonly clever, but I chose you. 226 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,279 I came all the way to America under the pretense of 227 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,000 helping your daughter because I recognized that 228 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,840 despite conspicuous failures, you had the will, the 229 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,399 means, and immunity to accomplish what none 230 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:13,480 of the rest of us could. 231 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,280 So that you should attempt to interfere 232 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,079 with selling this weapon when you know how important 233 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:22,839 it is to my ultimate goal. 234 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,040 I find it disloyal to say the very least. 235 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,360 Especially as I created a date for your daughter's ball at 236 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,000 the cost of someone's life. 237 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,400 Which was done without my knowledge or consent. 238 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,359 You promised no murders and now there have been bodies 239 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:38,760 piling up beyond count. 240 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,519 So no, I will not allow Clara's Ball or my embassy 241 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,360 to be used as an auction house for weapons. 242 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,720 There's no more perfect place or occasion 243 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,600 for this sale to take place. 244 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,279 Every foreign diplomat in London may attend the ball 245 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:55,760 without attracting suspicion. 246 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,120 The actual exchange will be made discreetly in your stables. 247 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,079 Perhaps I misled you a little about killing people, 248 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,400 but I never denied our ultimate aim. 249 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,240 Think, please. 250 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:09,960 This is no ordinary weapon. 251 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:11,840 You could decide the outcome of this war 252 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:13,640 you seem so determined to start. 253 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,800 Do you really have so little feeling for your own country? 254 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,520 Oh, don't be naive. 255 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,200 This war will not be won on a field of battle. 256 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,280 Indeed, the victors have already been crowned. 257 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,880 They rule our boardrooms, banks, and foundries. 258 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,320 By the day of surrender without knowing it, 259 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,680 England will have been subsumed by industry, 260 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,360 and the financial system by which I must live a beggar 261 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,560 in my own family will come to an end. 262 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,240 You say I have no feeling for my country. 263 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,040 It is my country that has no feeling for me. 264 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,080 This is not the future Dan Moriarty espouses. 265 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,040 Well, he's ridiculous. 266 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,320 And, like Holmes, will have soon served his purpose. 267 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,640 The thread can dispense with the bow. 268 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,360 And the wretched girl, too. 269 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,120 How you start your war and what you hope it will accomplish 270 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,520 is up to you and your other bloody-minded accomplices. 271 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,640 But that wretched girl 272 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,400 is under my personal protection, which I will not withdraw. 273 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:20,360 Oh, really? 274 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,480 Have you forgotten all about Clara's romance 275 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:24,920 with your former coachman? 276 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,600 You encouraged his advances. 277 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,239 And taking my daughter hostage was both a 278 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:31,639 betrayal and an outrage. 279 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,999 Had you given me the keys, when I asked, your 280 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,080 daughter's seduction would have been unnecessary. 281 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:38,680 You forced my hand. 282 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:43,120 If you do so again, well, diplomatic immunity might 283 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:44,960 keep you from an arrest. 284 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:49,240 But nothing can protect you from a scandal like that. 285 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,519 Do you ever wonder, Lady Violet, if you might be 286 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,080 in over your head? 287 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,520 Hmm. I have outmaneuvered 288 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:03,440 even Sherlock Holmes. 289 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,000 You are no such challenge. 290 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,680 Hopefully wealth and universal adulation 291 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,120 will soften your outrage. 292 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,480 Hide this well. 293 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,040 Bring it with you to Clara's ball. 294 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,800 Or your daughter's introduction to society 295 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,160 will be the last night she appears in public. 296 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,840 That witch wants to destroy me. 297 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:38,480 She can't. 298 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,679 The keys she was talking about, they have to be 299 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:42,639 used at your debut. 300 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:43,800 What do they unlock? 301 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,560 Here I am, worried about my own future, 302 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,040 while Lady Violet plots your murder. 303 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,039 It's not just my life that's being threatened. 304 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,279 It's Mr. Holmes' too. 305 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:52,919 And a war? 306 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,280 I can't believe it. 307 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:56,920 Why would Lady Violet want to start a war? 308 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:58,759 Amelia, where are you going? 309 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,280 To get the answers to your questions. 310 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,919 And to make dead certain that nothing happens to you, 311 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:04,960 Michael Wylie, or to Mr. Holmes. 312 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:07,240 Take care. 313 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:09,800 I now fear Lady Violet more than anything. 314 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,080 You're not wrong. 315 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,840 Wish me luck. 316 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,560 Ms. Rojas. 317 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:26,119 Detective Swan. 318 00:17:26,120 --> 00:17:27,680 Sorry to startle you. 319 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:29,160 What are you doing here? 320 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:31,800 I've come to tell you, you're in great danger. 321 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,000 And I must protect you until morning. 322 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:42,640 The effects of the opium will wear off soon, 323 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,279 but they should fully recover. 324 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,680 When they come round, I advise fresh water, 325 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:50,560 some warm soup and a long, hot bath. 326 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:53,320 Thank you, Dr. Wells. 327 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,280 Mr. and Mrs. Halligan, I will leave our patients in your care 328 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:00,080 whilst I follow the scent. 329 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:01,440 Not to worry, Holmes. 330 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,120 We'll run these kidnappers to ground. 331 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:05,680 I'm sure you will. 332 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,400 But I must now turn my attention to the robbery 333 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,200 of a significant amount of gold from the Bank of England. 334 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,480 I do not know how you came to be aware of it. 335 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,599 The transfer of the South African gold 336 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,480 from the Wharves to the Bank was accomplished 337 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:20,800 in complete secrecy. 338 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:23,520 Bullivant supervised its transfer yesterday. 339 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,520 And even if thieves could break into the bank, 340 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,400 I mean, how would they escape 8,000 ounces of solid gold? 341 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,440 An excellent question, Bullivant. 342 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:34,719 And I must ask the Bank of England to open their vault 343 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:35,840 in order to answer it. 344 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,360 If you'll excuse me, I fear I may already be too late. 345 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,039 Ah, Mr. Holmes. 346 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,320 I hope you'll allow us to accompany you. 347 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,120 If your charges are true, we must 348 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:02,519 immediately join in the pursuit. 349 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,159 For which I presume the reporter and the photographer 350 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,159 standing behind you are indispensable? 351 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,519 If circumstances allow, we must immediately alert the public. 352 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,280 The "Daily Chronicle" was convinced 353 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:13,840 to hold off on the mid-morning edition, 354 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,280 should our news require the front page. 355 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,280 I would have spared the yard such a salacious expose, 356 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,280 but as you will. 357 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,560 Dear me, Mr. Holmes, your alarms have us terrified and perplexed. 358 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,680 This shipment of South African gold 359 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,319 is essential to the bank's capital reserves. 360 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,800 Without it, markets would collapse across the empire. 361 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:43,840 I must hope you are wrong, Mr. Holmes. 362 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,800 I assure you, Governor Kavanagh, nothing 363 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:47,400 will give me more pleasure. 364 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:54,759 Oh, thank heavens. 365 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,720 Mr. Holmes, sir, would you mind posing in front of the gold? 366 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:12,160 What gold? 367 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:15,960 Why, this gold, from South Africa, 368 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,760 securely transferred from ship to vault 369 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:21,560 under my direct supervision. 370 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,080 May I, Inspector? 371 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:26,039 Careful, Holmes. 372 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:26,960 It's quite heavy. 373 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,400 Note the fine powder appearing on the bar's exterior, 374 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,479 indicating soluble salts moving to the surface, 375 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,920 the effects of moisture possibly related to the recent rains. 376 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,440 I trust the powder will have no effect on the value. 377 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:42,600 No, not at all. 378 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,720 The gold will be worth exactly what it was 379 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:47,920 when it was loaded into your vault. 380 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,920 You see, gentlemen, these bars... 381 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,200 covering bits of lead... 382 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,999 painted a persuasive color and bearing 383 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,280 the proper imprint... 384 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,439 are one hundred percent 385 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:06,999 Counterfeit. 386 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,920 But how? 387 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,519 I saw the gold being broken open out of the crate 388 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,279 and tested and unloaded off the ship 389 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:15,520 into a convoy of carriages. 390 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,039 That much is certainly true. 391 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,640 And I drove alongside these carriages 392 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,279 all the way from the wharf to the bank. 393 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,479 I believe you. 394 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,679 And I observed the gold being carried into the bank. 395 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,000 Now that is impossible. 396 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:31,400 The vault was neither opened nor breached, yet this is not gold. 397 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,840 Ergo, the gold was never here. 398 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,759 Now, it was brought from the ships and walked past you 399 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,079 by a group of coachmen, all of whom were part of a conspiracy 400 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:41,000 to rob the bank. 401 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:43,920 They arrived at the wharf in vehicles already filled 402 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:45,879 with counterfeit bars of painted plaster, 403 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,840 and the real gold was placed in the carriage's false bottoms. 404 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:53,519 Now, you escorted the gold and these thieving coachmen 405 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,440 across London and upon arrival at the bank, 406 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,120 the counterfeit bars were loaded into the vault. 407 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,080 And the real gold was driven away 408 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,119 and where it has gone will take some thought. 409 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:04,760 But that is hardly the most important question. 410 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,199 The whereabouts of the gold is not the most 411 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,120 important question. 412 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:09,320 No, it is not. 413 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,320 The most pertinent question 414 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:17,040 is how was I able to envision this crime so quickly? 415 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,640 And with such astonishing accuracy, 416 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,479 I am used to making inferences far beyond the 417 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,079 scope of untrained minds, but criminals seldom provide 418 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,760 me with such flagrant clues, such as this plaster dust, 419 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,800 flecked with gold paint, left behind in at least 420 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,400 two of the carriages used in the robbery. 421 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,199 How did you come across these carriages? 422 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,359 Well, they were engaged again hours later 423 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:42,160 in the relocation of Watson and Mrs. Hudson. 424 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,359 Their coats were caked in gold dust, 425 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:46,480 and we rescued them just in time to be told 426 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,480 their captors were robbing the Bank of England. 427 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,240 Well, what an amazing coincidence. 428 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:52,599 Here's another. 429 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,960 I was able to have a similar carriage dismantled 430 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,439 right after it had been used in the attempted abduction 431 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,479 of my former maid, so I knew about the false buttons. 432 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,120 And I assume Scotland Yard contracted these vehicles 433 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:09,320 from the Green and Crest Asylum for the criminally insane. 434 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,280 It was an attempt to transport the gold to the vault 435 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,800 using unremarkable conveyances. 436 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:16,840 No, no, no, no. 437 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,200 This cannot be true! 438 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,480 Whoa! 439 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:38,959 Shouldn't I be taking you to Baker Street? 440 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,120 No, I need to find where Michael Wylie works. 441 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:42,520 Miss Rojas! 442 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:43,559 Wait, wait. 443 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,960 Um, ladies cannot enter the exchange. 444 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:47,959 I will go in, find this Michael Wylie, 445 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,159 and bring him out to you. 446 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:50,559 Yeah, but you don't know what he looks like. 447 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:51,280 You there! 448 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,320 Move this carriage away from the... 449 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:54,920 Scotland Yard! 450 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,520 Your badge could get me inside. 451 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:02,000 Police business! 452 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:05,000 Scotland Yard, out of the way, please! 453 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:07,360 Police business, Scotland Yard, police business! 454 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:09,279 Scotland Yard! 455 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,120 Officer! Amelia, what are you doing here? 456 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,359 Excuse me, officer, but I respectfully ask you 457 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:15,919 release Miss Rojas immediately. 458 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:17,599 Well, I can assure you, Mr. Wylie, 459 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,440 that my holding of Miss Rojas' wrist 460 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,840 was necessary to keep her on the floor of this exchange, 461 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,880 where she insisted upon hunting for you. 462 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,360 It's OK. 463 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,280 I overheard Lady Violet tell the ambassador that she wants 464 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,080 to get rid of you and me. 465 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,320 What does Lady Violet have against us, did she say? 466 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,720 Maybe it has something to do with your support of home rule. 467 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,280 How would she know about that? 468 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:39,760 Don't ask me, but... 469 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:42,280 she also wants to start a war. 470 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:43,800 What? How? 471 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:45,800 That's not possible. 472 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,080 The stock market's crashing. 473 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:52,640 Stay away from Lady Violet. 474 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:54,200 Let Sherlock Holmes deal with her. 475 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:55,480 I've got to get back to work. 476 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:56,960 What is going on? 477 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,320 Well, an epic crime. 478 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,120 The Bank of England has been robbed. 479 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:01,960 And will probably fail. 480 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:03,680 We must go now. 481 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,160 I'll take you back to Baker Street on the way to the yard. 482 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,760 No. If this is really an epic crime, 483 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:14,159 there's only one place Sherlock Holmes would be. 484 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,159 This conversation you overheard between Lady Violet and the 485 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,519 Ambassador is most revealing. 486 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,840 Now I know for certain why the jewels are so important 487 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:29,920 and where they've gone. 488 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:31,920 Where? to Chief Inspector Whitlock, 489 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,239 for whom they were always intended as a bribe. 490 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,000 He took over the search for them himself. 491 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,040 And before Lord Withersea, he shot himself. 492 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,960 He must have told Whitlock where the gems were to be found. 493 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:44,600 But what part does the ambassador play 494 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:45,600 in the bank robbery? 495 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,519 And how does he become a public hero? 496 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,160 I don't know, but I can tell you who does. 497 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:51,440 Chief Inspector Whitlock. 498 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:52,759 He told you himself. 499 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,000 Every day, the Home Office sends me a list 500 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:57,640 of potential revolutionaries, misfits, and former felons. 501 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,040 He must have hired some of them as drivers to steal the gold. 502 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,840 Whitlock brought a reporter and a photographer with him today 503 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:05,480 inside the vault. 504 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,480 Well, maybe he didn't think you'd figure out what happened. 505 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,039 Maybe he wanted to prove he's smarter than Sherlock Holmes. 506 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,360 That's a mistake many have made to their regret. 507 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:13,679 But consider this. 508 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,920 The red thread gave me the means to lay bare the robbery, so... 509 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,440 So? -So should I not also know where the gold has gone? 510 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:21,960 Why would they want you to find the gold? 511 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,960 Why would they want me to know about the robbery at all? 512 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,280 Okay, this is... 513 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,199 it's... It's what you call a 514 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,400 theory of the crime. 515 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:32,440 So how do we prove it? 516 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,240 By locating the gold without looking for it. 517 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,040 Make Whitlock tell us. 518 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,520 He's not only involved with the robbery, 519 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,560 but he's also working for Lady Violet. 520 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,320 Swan has a recording of a telephone conversation. 521 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:48,720 Kill him. 522 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,679 So? Except I promised 523 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:52,760 the Prime Minister nothing from the wiretap 524 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,080 would be used in evidence. 525 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:55,560 Well, Whitlock doesn't know that. 526 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:57,680 Yes. 527 00:26:58,520 --> 00:26:59,559 Yes, very good idea. 528 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,280 And I will follow up on Whitlock's ignorance 529 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:02,440 to the proper time, not just yet. 530 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,359 If I am right, we should be able to deduce 531 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:07,400 the gold's whereabouts based on the clues we already have. 532 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,239 Remember, I overheard Lord Withersea in the stables 533 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,399 say that the coffins were about to become more valuable. 534 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:13,880 They're worth less than they will be, 535 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:14,960 a week or two hence. 536 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,160 But Withersea's needs were more immediate. 537 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,160 And besides, who ever heard that conversation 538 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:21,280 without his knowledge? 539 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:26,559 If my theory is correct, all clues left by the red 540 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,600 thread must be deliberate. 541 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,559 The telephone calls between Whitlock and the coffin factory. 542 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,480 No, Whitlock called everyone. 543 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,160 No, it needs to be something more specific. 544 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,520 Oh. What about this? 545 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,480 A coffin screw from the ambassador's carriage. 546 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:48,880 Why do you carry this with you? 547 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,320 I guess as a keepsake. 548 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,080 From the first day we started working together. 549 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,400 Amelia, if I had known back then when we first met, 550 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,120 if I understood... 551 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,440 If I had made a better breakfast. 552 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,519 Oh, that wretched breakfast. 553 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:06,560 I shall never forget it. 554 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,840 Well, to be fair, you didn't taste it. 555 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,199 I chose life. 556 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,640 Was the sensible solution. 557 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:14,799 But you're quite right. 558 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:19,279 This screw is so specific to Withersea's factory. 559 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,680 Yes. Yes, yes. 560 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,400 That's why Wheems and Maggot were executed. 561 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,879 To cover their escape, they set fire to the very place 562 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,040 the gold was to be hidden. 563 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,360 The thread must have been furious. 564 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,440 You certainly were. 565 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,440 Do you think they left the screw there 566 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:39,560 for you to find on purpose? 567 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,840 Yes, someone brilliantly anticipated my actions, 568 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,800 but they could never have foreseen yours. 569 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,320 So, let us prove the theory by finding the gold. 570 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,560 What if the coachmen are all still there at the factory? 571 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,680 I mean, there are a lot of them. 572 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:55,720 Do we need the police? 573 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:56,880 No, no, no, no, no, no. 574 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,960 We can't afford to have Whitlock warning them by telephone. 575 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,600 Wait. I have the perfect solution. 576 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:03,959 Yes. 577 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,279 Swan, I have an idea where we might find the stolen gold, 578 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,679 and there's not a second to lose. 579 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,520 Yeah, but, sir, I should really report this. 580 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:16,240 Well, I could be wrong. 581 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:17,559 It has happened. 582 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,759 And perhaps we should make sure the gold is where we think it is 583 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,359 before informing your superiors and having this case 584 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:23,560 snatched from your hands. 585 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:24,720 Yes, sir. 586 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:26,600 Where to? 587 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:28,880 Withersea coffin Factory, on the double. 588 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:29,720 What? 589 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,999 This place is more heavily guarded than I'd hoped. 590 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,200 An observation I was on the verge of making myself. 591 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,800 I bet they chase someone into the coffin factory. 592 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,320 I hope I'm chasing someone. 593 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:55,440 You don't mean you. 594 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:57,480 I'll get the guards to follow me inside. 595 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,640 I can cut off their exit from the roof. 596 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:00,920 Trust me, Mr. Holmes. 597 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:01,760 This will work. 598 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:09,320 Don't follow me until they're all inside. 599 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,920 Hey, it's Robert, the murderer's in here! 600 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:39,320 Easy. Good day, gentlemen. 601 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,760 We ask that you remain here quietly 602 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,400 until suitable arrangements can be made. 603 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,320 What do you think you're playing at? 604 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:47,279 You're a copper. 605 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,080 I'm not, but allow me to introduce. 606 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,160 Detective Swan of Scotland Yard. 607 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,720 And I'm arresting you all in the name of the Queen. 608 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:55,280 Not to worry, Mr. Holmes. 609 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,000 I've locked the doors from up here. 610 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,640 The only place these blokes are going is prison. 611 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:00,959 Thank you, Clarence. 612 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,039 You've done more than I could have ever asked. 613 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,200 Games up, gentlemen. 614 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:05,559 Now up against the wall. 615 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:06,240 Come on. 616 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,439 Well, this is all well and good, but do they have 617 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:10,640 my stolen jewels? 618 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:11,800 No, no. 619 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,079 Bertie, for now we shall have to satisfy ourselves 620 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,600 with all this gold, but the gems will be back 621 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:17,679 in your hands soon enough. 622 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:18,480 I know where they are. 623 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,160 Now, Shaw, if you and the rest of the irregulars 624 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,079 could please find Inspector Bullivant 625 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,640 and tell him the happy news, that we 626 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,000 need some reinforcements. 627 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,719 Did we just save England again, Mr. Holmes? 628 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:29,760 We did, indeed. 629 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:31,480 Never saved England before. 630 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:32,920 How does it feel? 631 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:34,360 Well, not bad, considering. 632 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,640 Much worse for dear Mrs. Hudson than I. 633 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:38,320 How is she faring? 634 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:39,400 She's coming along. 635 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,880 Helps being tended by her twin sister. 636 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,600 I have a small gift for you. 637 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:47,920 Your buttons, I believe. 638 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,920 I'm glad to see that I did not destroy my waistcoat in vain. 639 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,080 At least you knew we were alive. 640 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,560 Come, I'm anxious to hear the whole story. 641 00:31:58,880 --> 00:31:59,880 Crime of the century. 642 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:01,440 Oh, hardly that. 643 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:02,999 Nonsense. You recovered the gold, 644 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,440 caught an entire factory filled with thieves, 645 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:06,760 rescued us. 646 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,520 About which I am most happy. 647 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:11,720 Never think otherwise. 648 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,599 But before Lord Withersea killed himself, 649 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,280 he implied a crime beyond my imagination, 650 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:19,440 and that has not happened. 651 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,600 There are so many orphaned pieces to this puzzle. 652 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,360 Why steal plans for a weapon in California? 653 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,720 Why demand keys of the American ambassador? 654 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,159 No, the robbery and the kidnappings 655 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,319 are not the whole story. 656 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,200 There's something worse. 657 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,640 What awful crime binds these disparate members 658 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:37,800 of the Red Thread together? 659 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:39,240 The Red Thread 660 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:40,760 will make a terrific title. 661 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,880 Damn it, I tire so easily. 662 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,600 The after effects of too much opium, dear boy, 663 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,920 will soon wear off. 664 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:50,960 Who on earth is that? 665 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:58,120 Oh, ah, yes, well, allow me to present Miss Amelia Rojas. 666 00:32:58,240 --> 00:32:58,920 She is my... 667 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,600 my... my... never mind. 668 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:04,479 I don't have the time. 669 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:05,600 Enough of these questions. 670 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,159 The doctor is here to measure your progress. 671 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,800 A little peace and quiet will do you good. 672 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:15,640 Amelia? 673 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:22,320 He's better. 674 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,840 You'll have your old stalking partner back soon. 675 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:26,319 Not soon enough. 676 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,679 Clara's ball is two days hence, and by then all our 677 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,000 riddles must be answered. 678 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,240 I've solved a lot of them already. 679 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:34,079 Oh, which ones? 680 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,200 Why you weren't murdered, why we were meant 681 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,799 to find the gold, and how the American ambassador 682 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,680 will become a national hero. 683 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,399 Well, your deductive powers have shown sensational progress. 684 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:47,760 How did you manage all that? 685 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:49,840 The evening paper. 686 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,599 You were mentioned, too, as the greatest 687 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,160 detective in the world. 688 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:57,279 Amelia, that is not news. 689 00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:58,280 That is not news. 690 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,840 Fortunately, I am immune to flattery, 691 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:03,200 though we should always be grateful 692 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:07,920 whenever the press elect to be precise. 693 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:09,600 Oh, for goodness sake. 694 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,199 After hearing of the robbery, the American ambassador 695 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:16,400 hurriedly put together a consortium of investors. 696 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,840 The purchase of the bank's plummeting shares 697 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,320 stopped the panic and brought stability 698 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:26,000 to the chaotic markets. 699 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:30,360 In his speech to reporters later, he explained. 700 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,679 When I heard the Bank of England's governor 701 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:34,920 had engaged the brilliant Sherlock Holmes, 702 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,000 I knew the gold would be found. 703 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,240 My broker, Sir Nigel Parks, helped me to find others 704 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,760 who would intervene, and together, we 705 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,719 were able to halt the Bank of England's 706 00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:47,440 slide toward bankruptcy by the purchase of a 707 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,160 majority of its shares. 708 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,720 But nothing we did would have mattered 709 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,040 without the greatest detective on Earth 710 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,080 exercising his miraculous abilities. 711 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:01,280 The real victory belongs to Sherlock Holmes. 712 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,360 Yes, by bringing the press with him into the vault, 713 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,800 Whitlock made sure the world would know about the robbery 714 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,479 and launched a financial panic, allowing the thread to buy the 715 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,280 bank for pennies on the pound. 716 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,080 Just this afternoon, 717 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:17,560 Ambassador Anderson made 10 million 718 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,240 off an investment of 50,000 pounds. 719 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:21,559 Yes, yes, yes, yes. 720 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,400 In the meantime, the Coachmen are carted off to jail 721 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,720 without knowing how or why they were betrayed. 722 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,439 Guess we didn't solve the crime of the century. 723 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:31,440 We helped make it possible. 724 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:36,520 Therefore, the greatest crime is yet to come. 725 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:44,160 This broker, Sir Nigel Parks, is he not Dan Moriarty's employer? 726 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,000 Did Dan also invest in this scheme? 727 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:46,960 Where would he get the money? 728 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,080 By muscling in on his father's organization, 729 00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:53,200 about which he may have known more than he let on. 730 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:57,960 Yes. 731 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,280 Let me see. 732 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:01,880 I had both my profession as a mathematician 733 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,120 and my greater enterprise to maintain. 734 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:05,760 Greater enterprise? 735 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,639 By which you mean the exploitation of human weakness 736 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,840 through opium dens, gambling, and houses of ill repute, 737 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:16,120 run by men for whom loyalty is a vice best remedied by greed. 738 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,560 And at Lady Violet's party was the young Moriarty, 739 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:22,319 who lured me outside. 740 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,240 What do you mean Amelia was denied entry? 741 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,400 That's unacceptable. 742 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:28,280 Excuse me. 743 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:29,959 Excuse me, Mr. Holmes. 744 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:31,040 I just spoke to her. 745 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,080 Wait, Mr. Holmes. 746 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,680 And if I hadn't been lured outside, 747 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,560 I would never have seen the carriage, nor known how the 748 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,719 gold went missing on its journey from the ship to the bank were 749 00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:48,720 it not for that wretched boy. 750 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,400 And of course, that's why the other coach was waiting, 751 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:54,720 for your sham abductors. 752 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,319 Kidnappers don't need getaway vehicles, they 753 00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:58,640 take their crime with them. 754 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:04,680 All of this makes perfect sense if we change but one conclusion. 755 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:06,440 What's that? 756 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,759 I'm surprised to find someone of your intellect 757 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,680 mistaken current circumstances for future prospects. 758 00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:16,520 Dan Moriarty did not kill the coachman to save you. 759 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,239 Perhaps time will reveal just how much 760 00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:20,080 you underestimate of my abilities. 761 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:21,600 You did it to save me. 762 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,999 Michael Wylie, here to visit with Professor James Moriarty. 763 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:49,920 Father. 764 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:53,720 Dear boy. 765 00:37:57,720 --> 00:37:59,440 Dear boy. 766 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:01,560 Go. 767 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:02,800 I will call you if I need you. 768 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,520 I apologize for my previous behavior. 769 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,080 It was necessary to deceive that pompous fool, Holmes. 770 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,400 I'm so relieved, dear boy. 771 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,920 But do not be dismissive of my most persistent 772 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:16,159 adversary, Pompous. 773 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,480 Oh, yes, but Holmes is no fool. 774 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,880 Not only did he rescue his friends, he foiled a perfect 775 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,479 robbery of the Bank of England. 776 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,280 I assure you, Father, in no way did Holmes foil anything. 777 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:30,320 Almost as every move in solving these crimes was designed by me. 778 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,479 What? But surely you did not... 779 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,440 I robbed the Bank of England, and it went 780 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:35,760 even better than hoped. 781 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,360 But Holmes recovered the gold and the perpetrators 782 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:39,559 have been arrested. 783 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,960 Only because these actions were vital to my success. 784 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,199 You see, by purchasing stock in the bank when it seemed 785 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,320 almost certain to fail, I gained a great fortune 786 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,240 when Holmes saved the day. 787 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,280 I wonder where a broker's clerk found enough pounds to invest 788 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,320 during an unexpected market panic. 789 00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:57,680 From you, of course. 790 00:38:57,880 --> 00:38:58,760 From me? 791 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:00,839 More specifically, those elements of the Moriarty 792 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,120 criminal syndicate I acquired through your 793 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:04,560 less loyal henchmen. 794 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,319 Accomplished by approving a more equal split 795 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:09,840 in profits and, uh... 796 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,159 Long denied promotions. 797 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,479 But you never took my businesses. 798 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:13,560 That was the red thread. 799 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:15,400 Do you still not understand? 800 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:16,720 I am the red thread. 801 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:20,200 Or the most important part of it. 802 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:22,440 And tonight we achieve a far greater ambition 803 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:23,759 than stupendous wealth. 804 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,520 There is no greater ambition than wealth. 805 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,160 It is a locus around which our entire empire revolves. 806 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,480 Before the sun rises tomorrow, I will bring that 807 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:31,600 empire to its knees. 808 00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:34,480 And I'll be well on my way to setting its colonies free, 809 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,080 now and forever. 810 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,000 We have the financial means. 811 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:40,760 We have the weapon. 812 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:46,560 Now all we need is the inciting incident. 813 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,800 You said yourself you could leave whenever you wanted. 814 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,080 A ship awaits you even now, as does a villa in 815 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:53,480 Ravenna where you can... 816 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:55,800 Hold a moment! 817 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:57,760 There is much here to consider. 818 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:01,080 First, what do you mean, bring the Empire to its knees? 819 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,720 Surely you intend no harm to Her Majesty. 820 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:08,320 Well, kill the Queen with so many princes to take her place. 821 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:09,720 No. 822 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,960 I will settle for nothing less than freeing the Crown's 823 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,480 colonies from British rule. 824 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,200 In order to achieve that, I require war. 825 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:21,519 Against England? 826 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,880 Against all nations that would subjugate free people. 827 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:25,200 I'm pressed for time. 828 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:26,840 We can explain this... -Stand up! 829 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:27,560 Yeah. 830 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,080 You're planning to sacrifice yourself 831 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,520 for some transient political cause. 832 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:35,560 It's hardly transient. 833 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:38,999 Do not worry, I am no martyr. 834 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,120 Oh, but you are. 835 00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:43,720 To steal from me and boast of it to my face 836 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:45,679 and then in recompense for your impudence, 837 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:47,200 offer me a life as a fugitive. 838 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,160 Or were you planning to use my escape as a distraction 839 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,680 to mislead the authorities into thinking that I 840 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,000 was the author of your inciting incident? 841 00:40:58,200 --> 00:40:59,240 Very good, Father. 842 00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:00,840 Very good. 843 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,880 Yes, yes, that had been what I'd hoped. 844 00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:08,160 To achieve the evening's work and have all eyes trained 845 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,680 on the disappearance of Professor Moriarty, 846 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,480 the world's most famous criminal maniac. 847 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,040 And as the search became more frantic, 848 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:21,600 would I ever arrive at this villa 849 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:25,720 Or would my body be a better answer for your treason? 850 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:32,880 Dankworth! 851 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,640 Here's your professorship, sir. 852 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:38,439 Show this young, unnatural man out and see that 853 00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:39,960 he never returns. 854 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:42,360 Admit it, Father. 855 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,520 You're a little proud of me, aren't you? 856 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,079 Moriarty's do not overthrow empires. 857 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:48,600 We corrupt them to our advantage. 858 00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:50,400 And I can feel little pride in a criminal 859 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:55,560 who, when given the chance, fails to kill Sherlock Holmes. 860 00:41:55,760 --> 00:42:00,720 You mean like you.