1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:06,099 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 2 00:00:45,790 --> 00:00:48,560 I'm merely stating that 3 00:00:48,634 --> 00:00:51,402 given that the film was based on a Jules Verne novel, 4 00:00:51,436 --> 00:00:54,006 they could pay at least cursory attention 5 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:55,807 to scientific plausibility. 6 00:00:55,841 --> 00:00:58,277 I believe it's meant for children, William. 7 00:00:58,310 --> 00:01:00,679 Precisely. You wouldn't want them to go through life 8 00:01:00,713 --> 00:01:03,015 with a distorted understanding of physics. 9 00:01:03,048 --> 00:01:06,150 So it's not possible to reach the Moon by way of canon? 10 00:01:06,186 --> 00:01:09,120 Even if enough force could be summoned, 11 00:01:09,155 --> 00:01:11,656 the acceleration would crush you. 12 00:01:11,691 --> 00:01:15,093 I can't even begin to discuss the gravitational issues. 13 00:01:15,128 --> 00:01:18,823 (chuckling): I thought you said you loved this book as a child. 14 00:01:18,847 --> 00:01:20,299 Well, I know better now. 15 00:01:29,308 --> 00:01:31,710 You're right. 16 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:33,991 We're being followed. 17 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:35,993 - Hey, don't look now! - How do you know? 18 00:01:36,028 --> 00:01:38,063 He's been following us since the theatre. 19 00:01:38,097 --> 00:01:40,598 How many turns have we taken since leaving the theatre? 20 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:42,867 - Four. - Well, assuming 21 00:01:42,902 --> 00:01:45,037 three degrees of freedom at every turn... 22 00:01:45,070 --> 00:01:47,972 - 3 to the power of 4... - 81. 23 00:01:48,007 --> 00:01:50,542 One person in 81 would take this route. 24 00:01:50,576 --> 00:01:52,745 Yes, but not all routes are equal. 25 00:01:52,778 --> 00:01:54,979 The odds of two parties taking this exact route are... 26 00:01:55,014 --> 00:01:56,981 It's impossible to calculate. 27 00:01:57,015 --> 00:01:58,817 - Well, not impossible. - Come this way. 28 00:02:09,262 --> 00:02:11,229 There you have it. 29 00:02:11,264 --> 00:02:13,331 He didn't even look in our direction. 30 00:02:13,365 --> 00:02:15,533 I find that curious. 31 00:02:15,568 --> 00:02:17,735 He was being a gentleman. 32 00:02:17,771 --> 00:02:21,105 He assumed two lovers stealing into the shadows. 33 00:02:21,140 --> 00:02:23,341 - Mm-hmm... - (giggling) 34 00:02:23,376 --> 00:02:25,576 I think you should take me home. 35 00:02:28,147 --> 00:02:30,115 (chuckling) 36 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:32,183 (gasp) William! 37 00:02:32,218 --> 00:02:35,319 Who are you? You've been following us? 38 00:02:35,354 --> 00:02:38,990 I demand to know why. 39 00:02:39,025 --> 00:02:40,992 Get in, please. 40 00:02:41,026 --> 00:02:43,127 Not without an explanation. 41 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:45,997 One will be forthcoming. They only want you. 42 00:02:46,031 --> 00:02:49,567 - Where he goes, I go. - As you wish. 43 00:03:00,445 --> 00:03:03,816 - Ah, Detective Murdoch. - Terrence Meyers. 44 00:03:03,849 --> 00:03:06,350 I might have known you'd be behind this. 45 00:03:06,385 --> 00:03:08,753 (Julia): William. 46 00:03:08,788 --> 00:03:10,688 - Prime Minister. - Detective Murdoch, 47 00:03:10,723 --> 00:03:12,389 I apologize for the way you were summoned. 48 00:03:12,390 --> 00:03:13,990 Circumstances require it. 49 00:03:13,992 --> 00:03:17,962 Allow me to introduce my wife, Dr. Julia Ogden. 50 00:03:17,997 --> 00:03:20,966 - I'm pleased to meet you, Doctor. - It's an honour. 51 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,901 I'm afraid what we have to say is not for the citizenry. 52 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:26,437 I know this woman, sir. I believe she can be trusted. 53 00:03:26,472 --> 00:03:29,775 Very well. A crisis has arisen, Detective. 54 00:03:29,808 --> 00:03:33,312 - We have less than 20 hours. - 20 hours to what? 55 00:03:33,346 --> 00:03:35,413 To save Canada. 56 00:03:39,014 --> 00:03:41,252 "Project D has been activated. 57 00:03:41,616 --> 00:03:46,453 Unless payment of $4 million is made by 6 p.m. tomorrow, 58 00:03:46,486 --> 00:03:49,188 New York will burn." He goes on to provide 59 00:03:49,223 --> 00:03:51,692 instructions on how payment is to be made. 60 00:03:51,725 --> 00:03:54,728 - You received this? - Four hours ago. 61 00:03:54,762 --> 00:03:57,865 - What is Project D? - Project D doesn't exist. 62 00:03:57,899 --> 00:04:00,133 - Not officially, anyway. - It was an idea, 63 00:04:00,168 --> 00:04:02,536 tabled at a cabinet meeting two years ago 64 00:04:02,569 --> 00:04:05,072 by then Defence Minister William Fergus. 65 00:04:05,105 --> 00:04:07,240 - What does D stand for? - Defence. 66 00:04:07,275 --> 00:04:09,643 Although "Doomsday" may be more appropriate. 67 00:04:09,676 --> 00:04:11,677 This project called for a policy 68 00:04:11,712 --> 00:04:14,480 of guaranteed reciprocal annihilation. 69 00:04:14,514 --> 00:04:17,216 A series of enormous guns are right along the border, 70 00:04:17,252 --> 00:04:20,853 capable of delivering an explosive device up to 400 miles. 71 00:04:20,889 --> 00:04:24,490 So if one country starts a war, both are mutually assured destruction? 72 00:04:24,524 --> 00:04:26,894 After this meeting, a decision was made 73 00:04:26,927 --> 00:04:29,129 to move Mr. Fergus to a safer ministry. 74 00:04:29,163 --> 00:04:31,899 - Industrial development. - He was supposed 75 00:04:31,932 --> 00:04:34,901 to oversee construction of a federal shipping yard. 76 00:04:34,935 --> 00:04:37,704 We assumed everything was going according to plan... 77 00:04:37,738 --> 00:04:40,374 Until certain irregularities came to our attention. 78 00:04:40,408 --> 00:04:42,776 - Irregularities. - Of a nature that suggested 79 00:04:42,810 --> 00:04:45,745 Project D, in fact, was being built. 80 00:04:45,779 --> 00:04:48,348 Unfortunately, by the time we started 81 00:04:48,382 --> 00:04:51,550 an investigation, most of the pertinent documents had been removed. 82 00:04:51,586 --> 00:04:54,053 - And the minister himself? - He has disappeared. 83 00:04:54,088 --> 00:04:57,189 We followed him here to Toronto, but he's now eluded us. 84 00:04:57,225 --> 00:05:00,427 And you believe this minister to be behind this extortion? 85 00:05:00,461 --> 00:05:03,430 That's what we're hoping you can determine. 86 00:05:03,463 --> 00:05:06,333 Meyers, you know how to reach me. 87 00:05:06,367 --> 00:05:09,235 - Sir. - Right, our first priority 88 00:05:09,269 --> 00:05:11,237 is to find the minister and talk to him. 89 00:05:11,271 --> 00:05:13,240 Do you have a photograph of this Fergus fellow? 90 00:05:13,274 --> 00:05:15,742 And where does he usually stay when he's in town? 91 00:05:15,776 --> 00:05:18,812 Queen's Hotel. But he hasn't checked in yet. 92 00:05:18,846 --> 00:05:21,113 What are his habits? If he's in hiding, 93 00:05:21,149 --> 00:05:24,117 he'll change where he stays but not how he travels, or 94 00:05:24,151 --> 00:05:26,920 - the food he likes to eat. - He likes to travel by coach, 95 00:05:26,954 --> 00:05:29,122 as I understand, and he likes 96 00:05:29,156 --> 00:05:30,970 his steaks bloody, or so I'm told. 97 00:05:30,971 --> 00:05:32,466 I've never actually broken bread with the man. 98 00:05:32,492 --> 00:05:35,062 We'll see that the local hotels are apprised. 99 00:05:35,096 --> 00:05:37,230 - And steakhouses. - And steakhouses. 100 00:05:37,264 --> 00:05:39,832 Murdoch. 101 00:05:39,867 --> 00:05:42,034 The future of Canada is in peril. 102 00:05:42,069 --> 00:05:44,036 We have less than 20 hours. 103 00:05:44,072 --> 00:05:47,574 I don't believe time to be an issue. 104 00:05:47,608 --> 00:05:51,377 The trajectory of a projectile is a function 105 00:05:51,411 --> 00:05:55,548 of three variables: distance, velocity and angle. 106 00:05:55,582 --> 00:05:59,418 Assuming the angle for maximum range, 107 00:05:59,454 --> 00:06:05,024 we arrive at a muzzle velocity of 7000 feet 108 00:06:05,059 --> 00:06:07,593 per second. All of this in a vacuum, of course. 109 00:06:07,627 --> 00:06:10,129 - Your point? - No explosive force 110 00:06:10,163 --> 00:06:12,733 known to man could propel a large missile 111 00:06:12,766 --> 00:06:15,634 anywhere near that speed. 112 00:06:15,670 --> 00:06:18,634 - So it's impossible. - With today's technology, yes. 113 00:06:18,738 --> 00:06:19,906 A hoax, then? 114 00:06:19,940 --> 00:06:21,908 Well that's a relief, then. 115 00:06:21,942 --> 00:06:24,011 So who's behind this? The minister, I assume. 116 00:06:24,045 --> 00:06:27,047 Well, he initiated Project D, brought it to your attention. 117 00:06:27,081 --> 00:06:30,917 - What did he hope to gain? - Aside from $4 million? 118 00:06:30,951 --> 00:06:33,687 - Follow the money. - Well, I say we call his bluff. 119 00:06:33,721 --> 00:06:37,490 Unless someone else is responsible for this. 120 00:06:37,524 --> 00:06:41,293 - Such as? - This letter was mailed from 121 00:06:41,329 --> 00:06:43,497 Toronto in the afternoon post. 122 00:06:43,531 --> 00:06:45,932 Who else is here in town that knows about Project D? 123 00:06:48,336 --> 00:06:51,538 Myself, the Prime Minister and the Deputy Minister, Lester Mogg. 124 00:06:51,572 --> 00:06:54,975 I was signing off on the purchase invoices 125 00:06:55,009 --> 00:06:58,478 for the shipyards when I found these items included. 126 00:06:58,713 --> 00:07:01,447 Four-foot barrel sections? 127 00:07:01,482 --> 00:07:04,584 Made of high-temperature steel. 128 00:07:04,619 --> 00:07:06,920 50 barrels of liquid hydrogen. 129 00:07:06,954 --> 00:07:09,255 Not exactly the kind of materials 130 00:07:09,290 --> 00:07:11,290 one would need to build a shipyard. 131 00:07:11,324 --> 00:07:13,793 So you figured Minister Fergus was up to something? 132 00:07:13,827 --> 00:07:16,862 These items were being diverted to a warehouse in Oakville. 133 00:07:16,898 --> 00:07:19,331 We investigated that warehouse. We found it empty. 134 00:07:19,367 --> 00:07:22,601 All the items had already been removed. 135 00:07:22,637 --> 00:07:26,139 Mr. Mogg, I'm going to need the details of every meeting 136 00:07:26,173 --> 00:07:28,707 Minister Fergus has had since he began at that ministry. 137 00:07:28,742 --> 00:07:32,278 Every person he met with, what was discussed. 138 00:07:32,312 --> 00:07:36,082 - What's going on here, Murdoch? - Liquid hydrogen isn't an explosive. 139 00:07:36,117 --> 00:07:38,819 It's a propellant. 140 00:07:38,853 --> 00:07:43,290 Project D isn't a projectile, it's a rocket. 141 00:07:43,324 --> 00:07:46,725 - The difference being? - A projectile, um... 142 00:07:46,761 --> 00:07:50,629 A bullet, or a cannonball... expends its energy before leaving the barrel. 143 00:07:50,665 --> 00:07:53,899 A rocket takes its energy along with it, 144 00:07:53,935 --> 00:07:56,502 accelerating even after it leaves the barrel. 145 00:07:56,536 --> 00:07:59,673 Now, a properly directed, constantly accelerated mass 146 00:07:59,706 --> 00:08:02,975 could achieve the range necessary to reach New York. 147 00:08:03,009 --> 00:08:05,177 Crikey. 148 00:08:05,213 --> 00:08:07,180 So this thing could be real after all. 149 00:08:07,214 --> 00:08:10,016 - How much time do we have? - 16 hours. 150 00:08:18,658 --> 00:08:20,860 - What have you, George? - A spot of luck, actually, sir. 151 00:08:20,894 --> 00:08:22,829 The maître d' at House of Beef remembers 152 00:08:22,863 --> 00:08:25,197 serving Minister Fergus. Steak and mash, apparently. 153 00:08:25,233 --> 00:08:27,199 - And after that? - Dessert, I would assume, sir. 154 00:08:27,235 --> 00:08:30,536 - Something sweet. - I'm not talking about the dessert, Crabtree. 155 00:08:30,571 --> 00:08:33,139 Well, he hired a hansom cab. It took him to the King's Hotel. 156 00:08:33,173 --> 00:08:35,609 - Is that where he was staying? - Well, that's just it. 157 00:08:35,643 --> 00:08:39,245 - He's not listed as a guest. - He may have been using a false name. 158 00:08:39,279 --> 00:08:42,048 - Good work, George. - There's more, sir. 159 00:08:42,082 --> 00:08:44,618 According to ministry records, Minister Fergus on several 160 00:08:44,652 --> 00:08:46,653 occasions met with a Dr. Janice Kemps, 161 00:08:46,687 --> 00:08:48,855 but no minutes were ever recorded. 162 00:08:48,889 --> 00:08:51,057 Have you attempted to contact her? 163 00:08:51,091 --> 00:08:53,293 The medical college has no record of a Janice Kemps. 164 00:08:53,326 --> 00:08:55,294 Well, I did find an address for a Dr. Kemps 165 00:08:55,328 --> 00:08:57,264 at 2002 Trafalgar Road. 166 00:08:57,298 --> 00:08:59,198 Oakville. 167 00:08:59,533 --> 00:09:02,034 (insects buzzing) 168 00:09:02,068 --> 00:09:05,471 Dr. Kemps?! 169 00:09:05,505 --> 00:09:07,874 DR. JANICE KEMPS? 170 00:09:14,881 --> 00:09:18,051 - Dr. Kemps! - This is private property. 171 00:09:18,085 --> 00:09:20,320 - You must leave. - Detective Murdoch. 172 00:09:20,354 --> 00:09:24,024 - I need to speak with you. - Dr. Kemps is not here. 173 00:09:24,057 --> 00:09:26,125 My name is Svetlana. 174 00:09:26,159 --> 00:09:28,094 When will she be returning? 175 00:09:28,129 --> 00:09:30,429 - Soon. - Soon? 176 00:09:30,463 --> 00:09:33,466 This is a matter of some urgency. 177 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:35,701 He returns presently. 178 00:09:35,735 --> 00:09:38,538 He? Janice Kemps is a man? 179 00:09:44,378 --> 00:09:46,546 What is that? 180 00:09:46,581 --> 00:09:48,715 Is that a... a bird? 181 00:09:48,749 --> 00:09:51,350 Some kind of airplane? Oh, you are wrong. 182 00:09:51,384 --> 00:09:54,687 It's a man. An extraordinary man. 183 00:10:02,129 --> 00:10:03,929 (muttering): What in the world? 184 00:10:27,754 --> 00:10:29,722 (Svetlana sighs) 185 00:10:29,756 --> 00:10:33,726 Dr. Janice Kemps. It's an anagram. 186 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,895 - James Pendrick. - Hello, old friend. 187 00:10:41,054 --> 00:10:43,975 Do you see any reflects or bright flashes? 188 00:10:44,176 --> 00:10:46,275 Just the * from your eyes. 189 00:10:46,459 --> 00:10:48,826 Do not joke. You were above 30 000 feet. 190 00:10:48,860 --> 00:10:50,828 The pressure suit worked. 191 00:10:50,863 --> 00:10:54,065 Excuse me... you were at 30 000 feet? 192 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:56,134 I was in the stratosphere, Murdoch. 193 00:10:56,168 --> 00:10:58,102 Where the sky above me was dark. 194 00:10:58,136 --> 00:11:00,404 - How? - Hydrogen balloon, 195 00:11:00,438 --> 00:11:03,375 made of a special rubberized fabric I found in Japan. 196 00:11:03,408 --> 00:11:06,177 Why? 197 00:11:06,211 --> 00:11:09,014 Why? May as well ask why we take 198 00:11:09,048 --> 00:11:12,116 - our next breath. - Let me rephrase the question. 199 00:11:12,150 --> 00:11:14,385 What has this to do with Project D? 200 00:11:14,419 --> 00:11:18,222 Project D? 201 00:11:18,256 --> 00:11:21,725 Minister Fergus's special project. 202 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,596 My work for the minister is top secret, Murdoch. 203 00:11:24,629 --> 00:11:27,331 I can't discuss it without explicit authority. 204 00:11:27,365 --> 00:11:30,335 Mr. Pendrick, I've been charged with finding a weapon, 205 00:11:30,369 --> 00:11:33,705 made of materials I believe to have been shipped to this address. 206 00:11:33,739 --> 00:11:36,341 Detective Murdoch, 207 00:11:36,375 --> 00:11:38,576 I would have thought that you knew me better than to think 208 00:11:38,610 --> 00:11:41,446 that I, James Pendrick, would ever build a weapon of any kind. 209 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,316 Sections of high-temperature steel, 210 00:11:44,350 --> 00:11:47,251 four feet in diameter, intended for the barrel of a gun 211 00:11:47,286 --> 00:11:49,421 aimed at New York capable of firing 212 00:11:49,455 --> 00:11:51,423 a rocket carrying explosives. 213 00:11:51,456 --> 00:11:54,359 Well, there is a rocket. 214 00:11:54,393 --> 00:11:58,529 But it's not aimed at New York. 215 00:11:58,563 --> 00:12:01,932 It certainly isn't intended to carry an explosive. 216 00:12:01,967 --> 00:12:03,934 What's it intended to carry, then? 217 00:12:03,970 --> 00:12:07,538 - Me. - You? 218 00:12:07,653 --> 00:12:10,788 The intent of my invention is the exact opposite 219 00:12:10,822 --> 00:12:13,457 of war, Murdoch. 220 00:12:13,491 --> 00:12:15,259 I seek nothing less than to be an ambassador 221 00:12:15,293 --> 00:12:17,662 to a world beyond our own... 222 00:12:17,996 --> 00:12:20,331 The Moon, Murdoch. 223 00:12:22,934 --> 00:12:24,735 I intend to go to the Moon. 224 00:12:27,105 --> 00:12:29,407 - That'll be all, squire. - Sir? 225 00:12:29,442 --> 00:12:31,442 I've shown the photograph to everybody. 226 00:12:31,476 --> 00:12:33,899 The concierge says he knows Minister Fergus personally. 227 00:12:33,918 --> 00:12:35,447 He's sure he would have remembered him. 228 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,682 Go ahead, track down the cabbies and the shoe-shine boys 229 00:12:37,716 --> 00:12:40,585 who serve this hotel. See if anyone remembers what happened 230 00:12:40,619 --> 00:12:42,586 to the minister after he was dropped off last night. 231 00:12:42,620 --> 00:12:44,588 Sure. 232 00:12:44,623 --> 00:12:46,857 Why would someone take a cab to a hotel 233 00:12:46,892 --> 00:12:48,860 and then not go inside? 234 00:12:48,894 --> 00:12:50,894 Perhaps they were trying to throw us off the scent. 235 00:12:50,929 --> 00:12:53,998 Or they arranged to meet someone outside the hotel. 236 00:12:54,033 --> 00:12:56,267 Whatever for? 237 00:12:56,302 --> 00:12:58,102 Some meetings are meant to be pri... 238 00:13:00,673 --> 00:13:03,274 vate. 239 00:13:06,711 --> 00:13:10,248 - Minister Fergus? - Yep. 240 00:13:13,451 --> 00:13:16,913 As you can see, the rocket is intended to carry a man, not explosives. 241 00:13:16,937 --> 00:13:19,256 Where is this rocket now? 242 00:13:19,291 --> 00:13:21,493 70 metres below our feet. 243 00:13:21,527 --> 00:13:24,294 When it is fired, it will accelerate through the launch tube 244 00:13:24,330 --> 00:13:26,431 at three times the force of gravity. 245 00:13:26,465 --> 00:13:28,899 Your body will weigh three times as much. 246 00:13:28,933 --> 00:13:31,903 I've tested myself. I can handle it. We will continue 247 00:13:31,937 --> 00:13:33,904 to accelerate until we're outside the atmosphere, 248 00:13:33,938 --> 00:13:37,408 where we'll carry momentum into orbit over the North Pole, 249 00:13:37,442 --> 00:13:40,110 over Siberia, Mongolia... 250 00:13:40,145 --> 00:13:42,113 and when we reach the South China Sea, 251 00:13:42,148 --> 00:13:45,383 the rocket will begin to descend. At which point 252 00:13:45,418 --> 00:13:48,186 I will open the door to the rocket and, wearing my gliding suit, 253 00:13:48,220 --> 00:13:50,254 fly back to Earth, 254 00:13:50,288 --> 00:13:52,923 landing on the isle of Borneo. 255 00:13:52,957 --> 00:13:55,125 Borneo? 256 00:13:55,161 --> 00:13:57,928 - And how long will this all take? - From takeoff to landing, 257 00:13:57,962 --> 00:14:00,264 2 hours, 45 minutes. 258 00:14:00,298 --> 00:14:02,966 That's a rather long time in such an enclosed space. 259 00:14:03,001 --> 00:14:05,169 It is, and I must confess 260 00:14:05,203 --> 00:14:08,373 to suffering from bouts of claustrophobia. 261 00:14:08,407 --> 00:14:10,575 And that's why we placed the launch control 262 00:14:10,609 --> 00:14:13,610 - inside the rocket itself. - If I'm going to launch myself 263 00:14:13,645 --> 00:14:16,346 into orbit in a tin can the size of a coffin, 264 00:14:16,381 --> 00:14:18,682 I very much want to choose the moment. 265 00:14:18,716 --> 00:14:22,153 Well, I am very impressed. 266 00:14:22,187 --> 00:14:25,657 Of course you are. But I didn't do it alone, Murdoch. 267 00:14:25,691 --> 00:14:28,192 Here! This. 268 00:14:30,629 --> 00:14:32,797 "The Exploration of Cosmc Space by Means 269 00:14:32,831 --> 00:14:35,767 of Reaction Devices by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky." 270 00:14:35,801 --> 00:14:39,403 It outlines the means by which man can travel to the planets. 271 00:14:39,437 --> 00:14:42,072 I had to travel to Russia just to meet the man 272 00:14:42,106 --> 00:14:45,610 and ended up with his brilliant daughter. 273 00:14:45,644 --> 00:14:49,213 My brilliance is like the Moon next to your sun. 274 00:14:53,118 --> 00:14:56,019 We made a proposal to the Minister of Industrial Development. 275 00:14:56,054 --> 00:14:58,990 Canada could lead the world in space exploration. 276 00:14:59,024 --> 00:15:01,926 Imagine a Canadian flag planted on the Moon. 277 00:15:01,961 --> 00:15:04,629 - He agreed to fund our project. - With the proviso 278 00:15:04,663 --> 00:15:08,466 that it be kept top secret. Hence, Dr. Janice Kemps. 279 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:10,668 James... 280 00:15:10,702 --> 00:15:13,837 Minister Fergus has no interest in going to the Moon. 281 00:15:13,873 --> 00:15:16,573 He intends to use all of this technology 282 00:15:16,609 --> 00:15:20,177 to make a weapon capable of reaching New York City. 283 00:15:20,211 --> 00:15:22,413 Impossible. 284 00:15:22,447 --> 00:15:26,017 Svetlana... the experiments. 285 00:15:26,051 --> 00:15:27,985 What experiments? 286 00:15:28,019 --> 00:15:30,788 Minister Fergus insisted that we conduct 287 00:15:30,822 --> 00:15:33,024 careful experiments to determine the range of the rocket. 288 00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:35,426 It became very exact. 289 00:15:35,461 --> 00:15:37,861 Aiming for and sinking a rocket into Lake Abitibi, 290 00:15:37,897 --> 00:15:41,432 350 miles away. 291 00:15:41,466 --> 00:15:43,433 The exact distance to New York City. 292 00:15:43,469 --> 00:15:46,236 Murdoch, I've been blind. 293 00:15:46,272 --> 00:15:48,840 - Oh, my love... - No, I should have known. 294 00:15:48,874 --> 00:15:51,075 I have too much faith in humanity. 295 00:15:51,110 --> 00:15:53,278 He'll tell you; it's my fatal flaw. 296 00:15:56,315 --> 00:15:58,682 I will do anything I can to help you. 297 00:16:01,253 --> 00:16:04,589 (indistinct chatter) 298 00:16:04,623 --> 00:16:06,591 Appears he was garrotted. 299 00:16:06,625 --> 00:16:09,460 There's no blood loss that I can see, no visible wounds. 300 00:16:09,495 --> 00:16:11,461 Was he killed here, Doctor? 301 00:16:11,496 --> 00:16:13,298 I'll know more when I do the post-mortem. 302 00:16:17,469 --> 00:16:19,636 - (door closing) - Ms. James? 303 00:16:19,672 --> 00:16:22,774 I may need your assistance. Are you able to take dictation? 304 00:16:22,807 --> 00:16:24,775 I can try. 305 00:16:24,809 --> 00:16:27,644 Gentlemen, prepare the corpse. 306 00:16:27,679 --> 00:16:30,648 James Pendrick is behind all this? 307 00:16:30,682 --> 00:16:33,750 He didn't send the note. And there is no weapon. 308 00:16:33,786 --> 00:16:36,553 Well, what about the barrel sections? 309 00:16:36,588 --> 00:16:38,956 - - And the rocket fuel? Yes, there is a rocket, 310 00:16:38,990 --> 00:16:40,959 but it's pointed north. 311 00:16:40,993 --> 00:16:43,394 So we've done all this running around for nothing. 312 00:16:43,428 --> 00:16:45,196 Well, sir, someone is still trying to extort 313 00:16:45,230 --> 00:16:47,398 millions from the government. 314 00:16:47,432 --> 00:16:49,267 And a federal minister has been murdered. 315 00:16:49,301 --> 00:16:51,769 - Best not forget that. - (knocking) 316 00:16:51,803 --> 00:16:53,804 Julia! What have you? 317 00:16:53,838 --> 00:16:56,441 Given the temperature and the state of rigor, 318 00:16:56,475 --> 00:16:59,543 Minister Fergus was killed between 9 and 10 o'clock last night. 319 00:16:59,577 --> 00:17:02,513 And I've yet to examine the rest of the contents, 320 00:17:02,548 --> 00:17:05,415 but I found this in his stomach. 321 00:17:05,451 --> 00:17:09,186 59. 322 00:17:09,221 --> 00:17:12,390 It's a locker key from Union Station. 323 00:17:15,059 --> 00:17:17,028 If he took the trouble to swallow that key, 324 00:17:17,061 --> 00:17:19,564 it behooves us to find out what it opens. Agreed? 325 00:17:19,597 --> 00:17:21,598 (knocking) Sirs? 326 00:17:21,634 --> 00:17:23,601 A shoeshine boy claims he saw the Minister 327 00:17:23,635 --> 00:17:26,170 step into a carriage outside the King's Hotel last night. 328 00:17:26,204 --> 00:17:28,405 - What time was this? - About 9 o'clock. 329 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,775 That's about the time he was dropped off. 330 00:17:30,808 --> 00:17:33,443 - And guess who's renting a room at the King's Hotel? - Just tell us, Crabtree. 331 00:17:33,479 --> 00:17:35,980 Well, I have a guess. Lester Mogg. 332 00:17:36,015 --> 00:17:39,784 Deputy Minister. 333 00:17:39,817 --> 00:17:42,619 (Murdoch): Minister Fergus arranged to meet. 334 00:17:42,654 --> 00:17:45,222 Why did you not tell us? 335 00:17:45,257 --> 00:17:48,092 - (Mogg): He never showed up. - (Craig): And you didn't think that pertinent? 336 00:17:50,429 --> 00:17:54,231 - What was the meeting about? - I was hoping to convince him 337 00:17:54,266 --> 00:17:56,901 - to turn himself in. - Or perhaps you lured him to 338 00:17:56,934 --> 00:17:59,336 - the hotel so you could kill him. - Why would I kill him? 339 00:17:59,371 --> 00:18:01,372 He was our only suspect. Kill him 340 00:18:01,406 --> 00:18:03,374 and no suspicion would fall on you. 341 00:18:03,409 --> 00:18:05,977 You think I'm behind all this? 342 00:18:06,010 --> 00:18:08,211 You knew about Project D. 343 00:18:08,247 --> 00:18:10,414 You gave us just enough information 344 00:18:10,449 --> 00:18:12,616 to believe the weapon had been built. 345 00:18:12,651 --> 00:18:15,452 And you killed the minister to keep us from learning the truth. 346 00:18:15,487 --> 00:18:19,057 (small laugh) I didn't. 347 00:18:19,090 --> 00:18:21,224 Sir. 348 00:18:21,259 --> 00:18:23,827 I've been to locker 59 at Union Station. 349 00:18:23,862 --> 00:18:25,829 Look at this. 350 00:18:25,864 --> 00:18:28,532 - Is this Pendrick's rocket? - Yes. 351 00:18:28,567 --> 00:18:33,037 - The same. - But this one is aimed at... 352 00:18:33,072 --> 00:18:35,472 122 degrees. 353 00:18:35,507 --> 00:18:38,643 - Southeast. - What lies at that bearing? 354 00:18:48,186 --> 00:18:51,288 New York City. 355 00:18:52,924 --> 00:18:54,892 Mr. Ambassador. 356 00:18:54,926 --> 00:18:58,096 Prime Minister. 357 00:18:58,130 --> 00:19:01,531 Detective Murdoch. Terrence. 358 00:19:01,567 --> 00:19:04,035 To what do I owe such esteemed company? 359 00:19:04,068 --> 00:19:06,636 - (door creaking) - Please, sit. 360 00:19:06,672 --> 00:19:09,373 Alan Clegg is the ambassador? 361 00:19:09,407 --> 00:19:13,044 Can I offer you some Necco wafers? Straight from my hometown. 362 00:19:13,077 --> 00:19:16,314 Thank you, no. I'm afraid this isn't a social visit, 363 00:19:16,347 --> 00:19:18,982 Ambassador. In less than five hours, 364 00:19:19,017 --> 00:19:20,984 unless we can locate it first, 365 00:19:21,019 --> 00:19:23,554 a missile will be fired from Canadian soil towards America. 366 00:19:23,588 --> 00:19:26,324 A missile? 367 00:19:26,357 --> 00:19:28,558 What kind? 368 00:19:28,594 --> 00:19:30,661 A rogue minister has built a missile 369 00:19:30,695 --> 00:19:32,997 capable of reaching New York City. 370 00:19:33,030 --> 00:19:35,333 Purely for defensive purposes. 371 00:19:35,366 --> 00:19:38,135 But now, someone has killed the minister and is threatening 372 00:19:38,170 --> 00:19:40,403 to fire said rocket. 373 00:19:40,439 --> 00:19:42,606 What will it be carrying? 374 00:19:42,641 --> 00:19:45,876 Approximately 200 pounds of TNT. 375 00:19:45,911 --> 00:19:49,279 We're telling you now so that arrangements can be made 376 00:19:49,314 --> 00:19:52,682 on the ground to minimize loss of life. 377 00:19:52,718 --> 00:19:55,486 I can say without rancor 378 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,822 that while America appreciates your candor, 379 00:19:57,855 --> 00:20:01,659 if this rocket is fired and lives are lost, 380 00:20:01,692 --> 00:20:03,661 a state of war will exist between 381 00:20:03,694 --> 00:20:06,230 the United States and Canada. 382 00:20:11,530 --> 00:20:13,320 What are our options, gentlemen? 383 00:20:15,335 --> 00:20:18,237 - We pay the ransom. - That is not an option. 384 00:20:18,271 --> 00:20:22,407 I understand, sir. A $4 million hole wouldn't 385 00:20:22,442 --> 00:20:24,844 escape public scrutiny. Are you suggesting 386 00:20:24,877 --> 00:20:27,579 I would choose destruction of my country over my career? 387 00:20:27,614 --> 00:20:30,316 No. No, not at, at all, sir. 388 00:20:30,349 --> 00:20:33,786 - I regret if you inferred that I was inferring that... - Enough. 389 00:20:33,820 --> 00:20:36,189 You're a good spy, Meyers. 390 00:20:36,222 --> 00:20:39,325 Your skills as a toady are sadly lacking. 391 00:20:39,358 --> 00:20:42,627 I won't bankrupt this country in order to save it. 392 00:20:42,663 --> 00:20:45,064 $4 million would hardly bankrupt the country, sir. 393 00:20:45,097 --> 00:20:48,800 And what about the next payment? And the payment after that? 394 00:20:48,836 --> 00:20:50,802 Until we find this rocket, the millions will flow 395 00:20:50,837 --> 00:20:53,538 like water down a drain. 396 00:20:53,574 --> 00:20:56,142 Prime Minister, if I may? 397 00:20:56,175 --> 00:20:58,944 The schematics of this second rocket show it launching 398 00:20:58,979 --> 00:21:02,480 from an angle of 122.4 degrees. 399 00:21:02,516 --> 00:21:05,550 So, southeast. 400 00:21:05,586 --> 00:21:08,820 Assuming that the intended target is lower Manhattan, 401 00:21:08,855 --> 00:21:11,223 I can trace back along this bearing 402 00:21:11,258 --> 00:21:13,792 to where the rocket is being launched from. 403 00:21:13,826 --> 00:21:16,061 But it could be anywhere along this line? 404 00:21:16,096 --> 00:21:18,698 Yes, sir. That's why I would need 405 00:21:18,731 --> 00:21:20,700 to calculate the expected range of the rocket. 406 00:21:20,733 --> 00:21:22,902 Could you make such a calculation? 407 00:21:22,935 --> 00:21:26,638 No. Well, yes. Yes. 408 00:21:26,673 --> 00:21:29,040 But I would have to return to Mr. Pendrick's facility. 409 00:21:29,076 --> 00:21:31,443 Well, then, do so! With all haste! 410 00:21:31,478 --> 00:21:34,012 Gentlemen. Sir. 411 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,289 - Sorry if I'm interrupting. - It's quite alright, Julia. What is it? 412 00:21:44,324 --> 00:21:46,491 Someone's interfered with morgue evidence. 413 00:21:46,526 --> 00:21:49,528 - Pertaining to which case? - The latest, I'm afraid. 414 00:21:49,563 --> 00:21:51,364 Minister Fergus. 415 00:21:59,205 --> 00:22:02,040 I always place the jar with the label directly facing front. 416 00:22:02,075 --> 00:22:04,076 And this is? 417 00:22:06,246 --> 00:22:08,213 Mr. Fergus's stomach contents. 418 00:22:08,248 --> 00:22:10,615 Hmm... 419 00:22:10,651 --> 00:22:12,852 And when you returned? 420 00:22:12,885 --> 00:22:14,886 The label was skewed to the right. 421 00:22:14,922 --> 00:22:17,390 What are these? 422 00:22:17,423 --> 00:22:20,625 I've yet to do my analysis. 423 00:22:20,661 --> 00:22:23,828 Hmm... No spy worth his name 424 00:22:23,864 --> 00:22:26,632 would leave such an obvious indicator. 425 00:22:26,666 --> 00:22:28,634 He wanted us to find this. 426 00:22:28,669 --> 00:22:30,635 - You think this was the work of a spy? - Of course. 427 00:22:30,671 --> 00:22:34,173 Likely one of our own. He lacked sufficient time 428 00:22:34,207 --> 00:22:36,174 to alter the contents, so he chose instead 429 00:22:36,209 --> 00:22:39,912 to adulterate them, leaving a suspicion of said alteration. 430 00:22:39,947 --> 00:22:42,013 Unless, of course, he anticipated 431 00:22:42,048 --> 00:22:44,215 we would make that assumption. 432 00:22:44,250 --> 00:22:46,218 Was there any sign of a break -in? 433 00:22:46,252 --> 00:22:49,288 - No. - Was there anyone else in the morgue when you left? 434 00:22:49,323 --> 00:22:52,057 The morgue attendant, possibly. 435 00:22:52,092 --> 00:22:54,192 Bring him to me. 436 00:22:54,227 --> 00:22:57,063 I'd like to interview him personally. 437 00:23:03,069 --> 00:23:06,238 This is exactly the same rocket as the one we built. 438 00:23:06,272 --> 00:23:09,407 I was hoping to determine its range from these diagrams. 439 00:23:09,442 --> 00:23:12,178 Oh, if we know exact mass, we can solve for distance 440 00:23:12,211 --> 00:23:14,613 - using my father's equation. - Well, the plan calls 441 00:23:14,647 --> 00:23:17,415 for 200 pounds of TNT. I don't know the tare weight of the rocket. 442 00:23:17,451 --> 00:23:20,553 I do. This should take just a few minutes. 443 00:23:20,586 --> 00:23:22,387 We're going to have to scale this down. 444 00:23:27,227 --> 00:23:29,028 Here, here. 445 00:23:31,464 --> 00:23:34,000 - Mississauga Road? - Just east of here. What of it? 446 00:23:39,072 --> 00:23:41,207 The carbon sheet must have been folded, 447 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,075 preventing the rest of the word from printing through. 448 00:23:46,613 --> 00:23:48,480 "289 Miss." 449 00:23:48,515 --> 00:23:51,616 You think this could be Mississauga Road? 450 00:23:51,651 --> 00:23:53,451 That's all we have. 451 00:23:56,355 --> 00:23:58,324 He had nothing to do with this. 452 00:23:58,357 --> 00:24:00,625 He's worked with me for years. 453 00:24:02,628 --> 00:24:05,196 - (door closing) - (telephone ringing) 454 00:24:05,231 --> 00:24:07,199 He won't talk. 455 00:24:07,233 --> 00:24:10,135 I may need to apply more strenuous methods. 456 00:24:10,170 --> 00:24:14,874 I thought the Canadian government foreswore the use of torture. 457 00:24:14,907 --> 00:24:19,077 Technically, I'm not part of the Canadian government, Doctor. 458 00:24:19,112 --> 00:24:21,079 Just calm down. 459 00:24:21,114 --> 00:24:23,281 Who else has a key to the morgue? 460 00:24:23,316 --> 00:24:25,617 The other morgue attendants, but they'd already... 461 00:24:25,652 --> 00:24:28,386 Doctor? 462 00:24:28,422 --> 00:24:30,388 Excuse me, gentlemen. 463 00:24:30,423 --> 00:24:33,224 I need to test a theory. 464 00:24:33,259 --> 00:24:35,994 Based on assumed mass, I've calculated 465 00:24:36,028 --> 00:24:38,096 distance of 349 miles. 466 00:24:40,599 --> 00:24:42,401 349 miles... 467 00:24:49,542 --> 00:24:51,509 Mississauga Road. 468 00:24:51,545 --> 00:24:53,311 It looks like your suspicions were correct. 469 00:24:53,346 --> 00:24:55,181 Shall we? 470 00:25:05,092 --> 00:25:07,992 There's nothing here! 471 00:25:08,028 --> 00:25:10,429 Could we have missed it? 472 00:25:10,463 --> 00:25:13,798 The specifications call for a launch muzzle 473 00:25:13,834 --> 00:25:17,869 and a control room at a bearing of 122.4 degrees. 474 00:25:17,903 --> 00:25:20,071 We've passed nothing like that. 475 00:25:20,106 --> 00:25:23,108 Unless Ms. Tsiolkovsky's calculations were wrong. 476 00:25:31,250 --> 00:25:34,086 Have a look at this. 477 00:25:34,121 --> 00:25:37,556 Svetlana's calculations. 478 00:25:37,590 --> 00:25:41,759 She used the distance to calculate for the mass, 479 00:25:41,795 --> 00:25:45,096 instead of the mass to calculate the distance. 480 00:25:45,132 --> 00:25:48,166 But how would she know the distance? 481 00:25:48,201 --> 00:25:50,502 We spoke about Mississauga Road. 482 00:25:50,537 --> 00:25:54,105 You think she deliberately misled us to that location. 483 00:25:59,045 --> 00:26:01,646 How do I keep doing this? 484 00:26:01,681 --> 00:26:05,617 How can I, a man of reason and intellect, 485 00:26:05,652 --> 00:26:08,019 possess such... 486 00:26:08,054 --> 00:26:12,057 terrible judgement in those I trust... 487 00:26:12,092 --> 00:26:15,027 in those I give my heart to? 488 00:26:17,696 --> 00:26:19,664 We need to redo the calculation. 489 00:26:19,699 --> 00:26:22,968 Yes, of course. Forgive me my self-pity. 490 00:26:23,002 --> 00:26:26,638 (sighing): Let's get to work. 491 00:26:26,673 --> 00:26:28,473 (door closing) 492 00:26:31,278 --> 00:26:34,012 My landlady said you asked to see me? 493 00:26:34,047 --> 00:26:36,615 Ms. James. Did you go into 494 00:26:36,650 --> 00:26:38,616 the evidence locker earlier today, while I was out? 495 00:26:38,652 --> 00:26:43,288 - Yes, I did. - Did you remove any of the evidence? 496 00:26:43,323 --> 00:26:47,192 Yes, but just enough to conduct my experiment. 497 00:26:47,227 --> 00:26:50,028 - (sigh) - I was going to bring it back. 498 00:26:50,063 --> 00:26:53,999 Back? After you'd adulterated it with your experiment? 499 00:26:54,034 --> 00:26:56,201 Ms. James, we've wasted an hour 500 00:26:56,236 --> 00:26:59,137 chasing imaginary spies because of you. 501 00:26:59,172 --> 00:27:03,375 - I'm sorry. - I'm sorry, too. 502 00:27:03,410 --> 00:27:06,711 But I won't have someone working for me that I can't trust. 503 00:27:06,746 --> 00:27:10,715 I won't file a complaint, but 504 00:27:10,750 --> 00:27:13,652 I must ask you to hand in your key. 505 00:27:29,368 --> 00:27:32,371 - What figure did you arrive at? - 315 miles. 506 00:27:32,404 --> 00:27:34,205 So did I. 507 00:27:45,218 --> 00:27:47,019 Niagara-on-the-Lake. 508 00:27:51,258 --> 00:27:54,093 Look. It wasn't Mississauga Road. 509 00:27:54,126 --> 00:27:56,427 Mississauga Street. 510 00:27:56,462 --> 00:27:59,230 We have to notify the Niagara constabulary. 511 00:27:59,266 --> 00:28:01,133 They won't be able to stop the missile. Only I can do that. 512 00:28:01,166 --> 00:28:03,001 We can't get there on time. 513 00:28:05,438 --> 00:28:08,606 - She cut the phone line! - Of course she has. 514 00:28:08,642 --> 00:28:12,344 That won't impede us, Murdoch. That only limits our options. 515 00:28:12,378 --> 00:28:15,314 - What options? - Look at the wind gage. 516 00:28:15,347 --> 00:28:18,549 - 35 miles per hour. - From the north! 517 00:28:26,826 --> 00:28:29,228 I have an extra gliding suit, Murdoch. 518 00:28:40,874 --> 00:28:43,208 What was she doing rifling through the evidence locker? 519 00:28:43,242 --> 00:28:45,243 I believe she was trying to help. 520 00:28:45,278 --> 00:28:48,346 That's her story. 521 00:28:48,381 --> 00:28:51,215 - She's not a spy. - Of course she isn't. 522 00:28:51,250 --> 00:28:53,218 But she could well be working for one. 523 00:28:53,252 --> 00:28:56,422 She's just a young woman who showed poor judgement. 524 00:28:56,455 --> 00:28:59,825 So you're telling us the best lead we had is now a dead end? 525 00:28:59,858 --> 00:29:03,996 - I'm afraid so. - I guess it's all up to Murdoch now. 526 00:29:04,029 --> 00:29:08,000 ♪ 527 00:29:16,442 --> 00:29:18,242 (Murdoch): Ah! Ah! 528 00:29:22,502 --> 00:29:25,105 Sir, that was Oakvilles constabulary. 529 00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:27,106 Pendrick's facility's been emptied out. 530 00:29:27,141 --> 00:29:29,241 The telephone line's been cut. 531 00:29:29,277 --> 00:29:31,478 I was afraid of this. 532 00:29:31,511 --> 00:29:33,814 What? 533 00:29:33,847 --> 00:29:37,017 Clearly, whoever's behind this has cut off the lines of communication 534 00:29:37,050 --> 00:29:39,853 - and neutralized them. - Neutralized? 535 00:29:39,886 --> 00:29:42,521 Killed. 536 00:29:42,557 --> 00:29:45,726 It's a shame, really. They were both good men. 537 00:29:45,759 --> 00:29:48,095 However, gentlemen, the fate of the nation is now 538 00:29:48,128 --> 00:29:52,132 our prime concern and if Murdoch is dead... 539 00:29:52,165 --> 00:29:54,567 then our last option is expired. 540 00:29:54,602 --> 00:29:56,903 We must inform the prime minister. 541 00:29:59,207 --> 00:30:02,009 Bloody old Murdoch. Where are ya? 542 00:30:07,615 --> 00:30:11,084 - Both dead? - Most likely, sir. 543 00:30:11,118 --> 00:30:14,721 Sir, whoever is behind this is clearly ruthless. 544 00:30:14,756 --> 00:30:16,923 If they were willing to kill a crown minister, 545 00:30:16,958 --> 00:30:20,059 they wouldn't hesitate to kill men of lesser importance. 546 00:30:20,094 --> 00:30:22,395 So there's only one course of action remaining. 547 00:30:22,430 --> 00:30:24,597 I'm afraid so. 548 00:30:24,632 --> 00:30:27,534 I won't pretend I'm not disappointed. 549 00:30:27,567 --> 00:30:29,935 Should have acted more quickly when it first came to light. 550 00:30:29,971 --> 00:30:32,105 That was my error. 551 00:30:32,140 --> 00:30:34,307 How is payment to be made? 552 00:30:34,342 --> 00:30:37,376 $4 million in Dominion Bonds are to be placed in a briefcase 553 00:30:37,412 --> 00:30:40,012 and left outside Crawford's Pawn Shop. 554 00:30:40,048 --> 00:30:42,782 Right. Get to it. 555 00:30:42,817 --> 00:30:46,519 - We have less than half an hour. - Sir. 556 00:30:50,458 --> 00:30:52,659 Are you alright, Murdoch? We parachuted late. 557 00:30:55,797 --> 00:30:58,230 I flew! 558 00:30:58,266 --> 00:31:00,733 I actually flew! Ha ha ha! 559 00:31:00,768 --> 00:31:03,970 - Yeah. It's quite something, isn't it? - Yes! 560 00:31:04,005 --> 00:31:05,872 The launch tube and control room are over there. 561 00:31:07,875 --> 00:31:10,242 I flew! 562 00:31:10,278 --> 00:31:12,546 Svetlana! 563 00:31:12,579 --> 00:31:15,749 They've scuttled the launch controls. 564 00:31:15,782 --> 00:31:18,250 - [Help me!] - Svetlana. 565 00:31:18,286 --> 00:31:20,386 [James, you must help me.] 566 00:31:20,421 --> 00:31:22,655 Svetlana, where are you? 567 00:31:22,690 --> 00:31:24,990 [I'm in the barn. I've been strapped to the launch tube.] 568 00:31:25,026 --> 00:31:27,326 My God! 569 00:31:27,361 --> 00:31:30,029 The missile's about to fire. 570 00:31:35,536 --> 00:31:39,072 A man will pick up this suitcase and he will leave with it. He's not to be arrested 571 00:31:39,106 --> 00:31:41,074 or detained in any way. Is that understood? 572 00:31:41,108 --> 00:31:43,076 - (all): Yes, sir. - Sir... 573 00:31:43,111 --> 00:31:45,077 We're not letting him get away with it, Crabtree. We're letting 574 00:31:45,113 --> 00:31:48,280 him think he's getting away with it. He gets on a streetcar? 575 00:31:48,316 --> 00:31:50,683 I want two constables sitting three rows behind. 576 00:31:50,718 --> 00:31:53,119 If he changes streetcars, one of you is to follow 577 00:31:53,153 --> 00:31:55,122 and the other one is to arrange a replacement. 578 00:31:55,155 --> 00:31:57,124 You all know where the call boxes are. 579 00:31:57,157 --> 00:31:59,358 - Sir, what if he goes on foot? - Then it's the old 580 00:31:59,393 --> 00:32:01,928 follow-and-switch. We do our jobs right, 581 00:32:01,962 --> 00:32:04,931 he won't even know. Let's get to it. 582 00:32:04,965 --> 00:32:07,767 (all): Yes, sir. 583 00:32:12,306 --> 00:32:15,775 - Svetlana! - James! James! 584 00:32:15,809 --> 00:32:18,511 (out of breath): Ah, how did you find me? 585 00:32:20,914 --> 00:32:23,517 Who are you working for, Ms. Tsiolkovsky? 586 00:32:23,550 --> 00:32:26,419 - No, it's not what you think! - You don't want to know what I'm thinking. 587 00:32:28,756 --> 00:32:30,757 I don't know his name. He's from the government. 588 00:32:30,790 --> 00:32:33,727 He told me we would split $4 million. 589 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:35,595 He told me the rocket would never have to fire. 590 00:32:35,630 --> 00:32:39,199 - Why? - I did it for you, my love. 591 00:32:39,232 --> 00:32:42,903 - Me? - You are the greatest man I've ever known. 592 00:32:42,936 --> 00:32:45,404 What you could do with $2 million... 593 00:32:45,439 --> 00:32:48,174 Forget the Moon. You could bring to mankind 594 00:32:48,209 --> 00:32:51,611 all the benefits of science. A brave new world will be yours to create. 595 00:32:51,645 --> 00:32:55,347 Not like this, Svetlana. Never like this. 596 00:33:00,253 --> 00:33:02,521 We only have eight minutes to stop it. 597 00:33:02,557 --> 00:33:04,857 No, there's no stopping it. The clock is in the cone 598 00:33:04,892 --> 00:33:07,059 of the rocket. Once it's set, there's no turning it off. 599 00:33:07,094 --> 00:33:10,363 - What about the override? - No, the override has been destroyed. 600 00:33:10,397 --> 00:33:13,365 Murdoch, I have to get to that cone. 601 00:33:13,401 --> 00:33:15,568 How? 602 00:33:15,603 --> 00:33:18,939 There's only one way... down the barrel. 603 00:33:18,972 --> 00:33:22,409 - How far down is it? - 70 metres. I'll have to slide. 604 00:33:26,413 --> 00:33:29,481 - Oh, dear. Oh, dear. - What is it? 605 00:33:29,517 --> 00:33:31,684 He suffers from fear of enclosed spaces. 606 00:33:31,719 --> 00:33:34,653 It's OK. I'll, I'll get over it. I need a moment. 607 00:33:34,689 --> 00:33:37,324 We don't have a moment, Mr. Pendrick. 608 00:33:40,027 --> 00:33:42,828 Damn it, Murdoch. I'll talk you through it. 609 00:33:52,472 --> 00:33:55,842 (echoing): Use the walls to brace yourself! 610 00:33:55,875 --> 00:33:58,244 - (thump) - (grunt) 611 00:34:09,789 --> 00:34:12,025 I can't get it off! 612 00:34:12,059 --> 00:34:14,893 It's a right-handed thread! 613 00:34:14,929 --> 00:34:17,297 (muttering): That's it. 614 00:34:21,369 --> 00:34:24,403 - (dramatic music) - (indistinct chatter) 615 00:34:42,302 --> 00:34:44,838 Lester Mogg. 616 00:34:56,650 --> 00:34:59,885 (ticking) 617 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:02,688 Which wire? 618 00:35:02,722 --> 00:35:05,958 - Which wire? - Red. No, blue. No! Red. 619 00:35:05,992 --> 00:35:08,728 Pick one! 620 00:35:08,762 --> 00:35:11,530 Pick one?! 621 00:35:13,733 --> 00:35:17,336 - (loud rumbling) - Pick the other one! 622 00:35:19,005 --> 00:35:21,407 (loud drone) 623 00:35:21,442 --> 00:35:24,344 He's done it. He's done it! 624 00:35:24,458 --> 00:35:28,393 Murdoch! Murdoch, you did it! 625 00:35:28,429 --> 00:35:30,797 Contact Station House Number Four! 626 00:35:30,831 --> 00:35:32,632 (whispering): Thank you. 627 00:35:41,375 --> 00:35:43,409 The bollocks on this one. 628 00:35:43,443 --> 00:35:46,411 - What? - Huh? 629 00:35:46,447 --> 00:35:48,614 Looks like he's daring us to make a move. 630 00:35:48,648 --> 00:35:51,117 - Exactly. - Sir. 631 00:35:51,150 --> 00:35:54,487 We've just been in touch with Pendrick. Detective Murdoch's disabled the rocket. 632 00:35:54,521 --> 00:35:58,023 Has he, now? Would you like the honours, Terrence? 633 00:35:58,057 --> 00:35:59,858 You're very kind, Thomas. 634 00:36:09,235 --> 00:36:12,038 How many times do I have to tell you? 635 00:36:12,072 --> 00:36:14,507 As many times as it takes to convince me. 636 00:36:17,143 --> 00:36:20,313 I received a telephone call. I don't know who it was... 637 00:36:20,347 --> 00:36:23,516 didn't recognize the voice. 638 00:36:23,550 --> 00:36:26,385 He told me I would find the minister's papers in a briefcase 639 00:36:26,420 --> 00:36:29,222 outside of Crawford's Pawnshop. 640 00:36:29,255 --> 00:36:31,257 I was trying to help. 641 00:36:34,027 --> 00:36:35,994 Murdoch! Bloody good work. 642 00:36:36,030 --> 00:36:38,797 Likewise, sir. I understand we have a suspect in custody? 643 00:36:38,831 --> 00:36:41,034 All we did was slap the cuffs on him. 644 00:36:41,068 --> 00:36:42,264 You climbed down the barrel of a bloody cannon, 645 00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:44,576 just as it was about to be fired. And you flew, no less! 646 00:36:44,581 --> 00:36:47,239 - Oh, it was more akin to plummeting, really. - Doctor! 647 00:36:47,273 --> 00:36:50,108 - You would not believe what... - Uh, Julia! What have you? 648 00:36:50,143 --> 00:36:52,445 Ms. James has identified the mysterious 649 00:36:52,478 --> 00:36:54,447 remnants I found in the minister's stomach. 650 00:36:54,481 --> 00:36:57,483 - Ms. James? - That's why she removed the evidence. 651 00:36:57,518 --> 00:36:59,217 - She was testing a theory! - What theory? 652 00:36:59,253 --> 00:37:01,420 They're Necco wafers. 653 00:37:01,454 --> 00:37:03,922 Only sold in the Boston area. 654 00:37:10,297 --> 00:37:12,864 - Gentlemen! - Murdoch, if you will? 655 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:15,268 We found these in the stomach 656 00:37:15,302 --> 00:37:17,469 contents of Minister Fergus. 657 00:37:17,503 --> 00:37:21,507 Necco wafers, from the Boston area, I believe. 658 00:37:21,541 --> 00:37:24,409 That only proves that Minister Fergus was here. 659 00:37:24,445 --> 00:37:26,813 I never suggested otherwise. 660 00:37:26,847 --> 00:37:31,918 We also believe these carpet fibres will match your carpet. 661 00:37:31,952 --> 00:37:34,052 I'm sure they'll match those of many carpets. 662 00:37:34,088 --> 00:37:36,054 Honestly, Gentlemen. If you're trying... 663 00:37:36,090 --> 00:37:39,858 Would you bring her in, please? 664 00:37:39,893 --> 00:37:43,663 Is this him? 665 00:37:43,697 --> 00:37:46,865 Yes, this is the man of whom I spoke. 666 00:37:46,900 --> 00:37:49,969 - He promised me the money. - So... 667 00:37:53,373 --> 00:37:56,141 What is it exactly about our humble little country 668 00:37:56,175 --> 00:37:58,143 that you want so badly? 669 00:37:58,177 --> 00:38:01,648 Have you heard of Svante Arrhenius? 670 00:38:01,681 --> 00:38:04,784 The Swedish scientist who predicted that carbon dioxide 671 00:38:04,818 --> 00:38:07,487 emitted from coal burning would warm global temperatures 672 00:38:07,521 --> 00:38:09,989 by 8 degrees by the end of the century? 673 00:38:10,023 --> 00:38:12,224 In 100 years, 674 00:38:12,259 --> 00:38:14,393 when America is nothing but a boundless desert, 675 00:38:14,427 --> 00:38:17,563 Canada will have the ideal climate. 676 00:38:17,597 --> 00:38:21,601 How could I not do everything I could to save my country? 677 00:38:21,635 --> 00:38:25,070 - By bombing your own people? - It was aimed at the Irish sector. 678 00:38:25,105 --> 00:38:29,007 Alan Clegg, you are under arrest 679 00:38:29,043 --> 00:38:31,177 for the murder of Minister Fergus. 680 00:38:31,210 --> 00:38:34,414 You seem to have forgotten I have diplomatic immunity. 681 00:38:34,447 --> 00:38:37,583 Hmm... our prime minister had a little chat 682 00:38:37,617 --> 00:38:40,619 with your president earlier. Immunity's been waived. 683 00:38:40,653 --> 00:38:44,190 And I'm going to see that you hang. 684 00:38:44,224 --> 00:38:46,659 Let's be having ya. 685 00:38:52,699 --> 00:38:54,500 (officer): Easy... 686 00:39:06,201 --> 00:39:09,411 Ms. James, I appreciate your initiative, 687 00:39:09,516 --> 00:39:11,884 but why didn't you simply tell me? 688 00:39:11,918 --> 00:39:14,253 We could have tested your theory together. 689 00:39:14,286 --> 00:39:16,320 I didn't think it was my place. 690 00:39:16,356 --> 00:39:18,824 I'm just a cleaner, after all. 691 00:39:19,159 --> 00:39:21,293 Well, I think we both know that's not true. 692 00:39:21,327 --> 00:39:23,094 You have medical knowledge. 693 00:39:23,128 --> 00:39:25,563 How? 694 00:39:25,597 --> 00:39:27,932 I spent a year at the New York Medical College for Women. 695 00:39:27,967 --> 00:39:31,670 - Why didn't you finish? - My patron died. 696 00:39:31,704 --> 00:39:34,206 His son was less inclined to support my schooling. 697 00:39:36,909 --> 00:39:40,512 Well, Ms. James, I can't hire you back as a cleaner. 698 00:39:40,547 --> 00:39:42,447 I understand. 699 00:39:42,481 --> 00:39:45,516 But if I had an assistant 700 00:39:45,552 --> 00:39:48,686 who I could rely on... 701 00:39:48,722 --> 00:39:51,956 I haven't spoken to the city, 702 00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:54,293 so I don't know what I could offer you in terms of a salary, 703 00:39:54,327 --> 00:39:57,695 - but if you are interested... - Yes. Yes. 704 00:39:57,731 --> 00:40:00,965 - (giggle) - (Pendrick): Will she hang? 705 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,402 Oh, of course not. 706 00:40:03,436 --> 00:40:05,737 She'll probably have to spend some time in jail. 707 00:40:08,041 --> 00:40:10,675 I'll wait for her. 708 00:40:10,710 --> 00:40:13,112 Whatever she did, she did it for me. 709 00:40:13,146 --> 00:40:17,916 Perhaps I'm not such a bad judge of character after all. 710 00:40:17,951 --> 00:40:21,552 (loud buzzing) 711 00:40:21,588 --> 00:40:24,590 - (beeping) - Must be Meyers. 712 00:40:24,623 --> 00:40:27,358 He's in the launch room. 713 00:40:27,393 --> 00:40:29,628 I don't like him snooping around in there. 714 00:40:39,806 --> 00:40:41,974 (whistle) 715 00:40:42,007 --> 00:40:45,510 I can't believe you're going to destroy all this. 716 00:40:45,545 --> 00:40:47,846 The Americans are insisting on it. 717 00:40:51,503 --> 00:40:54,273 Not before I'm done with it. 718 00:40:54,306 --> 00:40:57,076 I'm going to launch myself into orbit, Murdoch. Tonight. 719 00:40:57,110 --> 00:40:58,978 Are you serious? 720 00:40:59,012 --> 00:41:00,980 I've already prepared the system. All I have to do is get 721 00:41:01,014 --> 00:41:02,947 inside the rocket and press the "go" switch. 722 00:41:02,983 --> 00:41:06,885 In six hours, I will be the first man in space. 723 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,588 - (beeping) - (alarm sounding) 724 00:41:09,623 --> 00:41:12,590 - (metallic buzzing) - What?! 725 00:41:12,626 --> 00:41:15,293 - What is it? - He's inside the rocket! 726 00:41:15,327 --> 00:41:17,563 - What?! - (alarm sounding) 727 00:41:17,597 --> 00:41:19,697 What the devil is he doing? 728 00:41:19,733 --> 00:41:22,034 (squeaking metal) 729 00:41:26,739 --> 00:41:29,007 - (creaking) - (bang) 730 00:41:29,041 --> 00:41:31,943 (air escaping) 731 00:41:31,978 --> 00:41:35,380 Uh, oh. 732 00:41:35,414 --> 00:41:38,150 Hey. Hey! 733 00:41:40,152 --> 00:41:42,987 No. He couldn't have! 734 00:41:43,023 --> 00:41:46,592 FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HELP ME! 735 00:41:46,626 --> 00:41:48,693 - No! - Meyers. Meyers! 736 00:41:54,733 --> 00:41:56,768 (low rumbling) 737 00:42:01,041 --> 00:42:03,342 (screaming) 738 00:42:12,952 --> 00:42:15,586 Damn. 739 00:42:15,621 --> 00:42:17,722 Indeed. 740 00:42:21,728 --> 00:42:23,728 - William? - Mm-hmm? 741 00:42:23,762 --> 00:42:25,731 Had an interesting conversation 742 00:42:25,764 --> 00:42:28,233 with the inspector today. 743 00:42:28,268 --> 00:42:31,170 You did? 744 00:42:31,204 --> 00:42:34,440 Indeed. You diffused a bomb 745 00:42:34,474 --> 00:42:37,543 - that could have caused a war? - I did. 746 00:42:37,577 --> 00:42:41,380 A bomb affixed to a rocket? 747 00:42:41,414 --> 00:42:43,916 Yes. 748 00:42:43,949 --> 00:42:45,983 So a hero, again. 749 00:42:46,018 --> 00:42:48,353 (chuckling) 750 00:42:48,387 --> 00:42:50,789 He told me something else, as well. 751 00:42:50,824 --> 00:42:53,992 Well, the inspector certainly was talkative today. 752 00:42:54,027 --> 00:42:57,061 You rode in a balloon and jumped out of it 753 00:42:57,097 --> 00:42:59,264 in some kind of suit? 754 00:42:59,298 --> 00:43:01,099 Mr. Pendrick assured me that it was safe. 755 00:43:01,134 --> 00:43:03,969 And flew? 756 00:43:04,003 --> 00:43:07,206 William Henry Murdoch, 757 00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,576 if you ever do something like that, ever again, 758 00:43:10,610 --> 00:43:13,878 you had better take me with you. 759 00:43:13,913 --> 00:43:16,347 (giggling) 760 00:43:21,454 --> 00:43:22,882 Announcer: On an all-new Murdoch. 761 00:43:23,324 --> 00:43:24,856 Death by a shot. 762 00:43:24,858 --> 00:43:26,123 You could say he drank himself 763 00:43:26,126 --> 00:43:27,492 six feet under the table. 764 00:43:27,594 --> 00:43:30,360 Announcer: And banning liquor may be the influence. 765 00:43:30,362 --> 00:43:31,295 The question is, 766 00:43:31,297 --> 00:43:33,097 is one of them willing to kill for it? 767 00:43:33,099 --> 00:43:34,865 Announcer: Murdoch Mysteries, 768 00:43:34,867 --> 00:43:36,867 next Monday at 8:00 on CBC. 769 00:43:36,869 --> 00:43:41,869 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -