1 00:00:19,253 --> 00:00:22,421 As I explained when we spoke on the phone, 2 00:00:22,423 --> 00:00:24,623 my methods of detection are based 3 00:00:24,625 --> 00:00:26,558 on an almost unswerving belief 4 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,094 in the fundamental interconnectedness 5 00:00:29,096 --> 00:00:31,363 of all things, 6 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:34,066 as anyone who follows the principles of quantum mechanics 7 00:00:34,068 --> 00:00:36,468 to their logical extremes cannot help but accept. 8 00:00:40,307 --> 00:00:41,440 Oh, it's lovely tea. 9 00:00:41,442 --> 00:00:42,808 Thank you. 10 00:00:43,744 --> 00:00:47,813 My methods invariably necessitate 11 00:00:47,815 --> 00:00:50,215 a variety of expenses 12 00:00:50,217 --> 00:00:54,820 that, to the untrained eye, may appear somewhat tangential. 13 00:00:54,822 --> 00:00:58,390 I assure you these expenses are essential and non-negotiable 14 00:00:58,392 --> 00:01:01,627 and payable in advance, naturally. 15 00:01:05,199 --> 00:01:09,368 I see you're charging me for the purchase of a new refrigerator. 16 00:01:09,370 --> 00:01:12,471 I no longer have access to my old refrigerator. 17 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:20,145 Whatever it takes, Mr. Gently. 18 00:01:20,147 --> 00:01:23,515 I just want you to find Henry and bring him home again. 19 00:01:23,517 --> 00:01:26,185 I can't tell you how worried I am. 20 00:01:26,187 --> 00:01:27,853 He's all I have. 21 00:01:27,855 --> 00:01:32,324 This is what I do, Mrs. Jordan. 22 00:01:32,326 --> 00:01:36,361 It is, as the French say, my raison d'être. 23 00:01:37,631 --> 00:01:39,765 It would be useful to have a recent photograph 24 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:41,166 for identification purposes. 25 00:01:41,168 --> 00:01:42,868 Oh. 26 00:01:42,870 --> 00:01:44,837 Oh. 27 00:01:44,839 --> 00:01:47,372 This was taken last Christmas. 28 00:01:50,144 --> 00:01:51,710 A hat rather suits him. 29 00:02:24,211 --> 00:02:26,278 Mrs. Jordan... Dirk Gently. 30 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:27,646 I was wondering if you'd be so good 31 00:02:27,648 --> 00:02:30,482 as to provide me with your neighbor's telephone number. 32 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,526 Hi. This is Susan. 33 00:02:40,528 --> 00:02:42,448 Leave a message after the beep. 34 00:02:43,164 --> 00:02:46,265 Pick up the phone. 35 00:02:46,267 --> 00:02:49,234 Pick up the phone. 36 00:02:56,644 --> 00:02:58,277 Rule one of housebreaking... 37 00:02:58,279 --> 00:03:01,413 Never answer the phone when you're in the middle of a job. 38 00:03:01,415 --> 00:03:02,748 Who is this? 39 00:03:02,750 --> 00:03:05,984 Rule two... Preparation is everything. 40 00:03:05,986 --> 00:03:07,619 Wear gloves, MacDuff. 41 00:03:07,621 --> 00:03:09,321 Your fingerprints will be all over the house! 42 00:03:09,323 --> 00:03:11,323 How do you know my name? Who is this? 43 00:03:11,325 --> 00:03:13,892 Come over to the window. 44 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,841 Rule three... Never show your face at the window. 45 00:03:23,237 --> 00:03:24,603 Oh! 46 00:03:29,944 --> 00:03:31,243 Dirk? 47 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,304 What are you doing here? 48 00:03:42,305 --> 00:03:44,689 Well, unlike yourself, I'm engaged in legitimate business. 49 00:03:44,692 --> 00:03:46,291 Right, no, that's... I'm not a burglar. 50 00:03:46,293 --> 00:03:49,228 I'm... I live here. 51 00:03:49,230 --> 00:03:51,396 With, uh... with Susan Harmison. 52 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:53,699 She was at university with us. 53 00:03:53,701 --> 00:03:55,434 Was she a great big fat girl with a lazy eye? 54 00:03:55,436 --> 00:03:58,237 No. She's my girlfriend. 55 00:03:58,239 --> 00:04:00,639 Susan. You remember. This is her house. 56 00:04:00,641 --> 00:04:02,507 You make a habit of stealing from your girlfriends, MacDuff? 57 00:04:02,509 --> 00:04:03,875 No, I'm not stealing. 58 00:04:03,877 --> 00:04:05,944 That... 'Cause I wasn't in... 59 00:04:05,946 --> 00:04:08,380 This is not a... I sent her an e-mail. 60 00:04:08,382 --> 00:04:09,815 so perfect! 61 00:04:09,817 --> 00:04:11,883 You're such a cold, heartless, smug bitch! 62 00:04:11,885 --> 00:04:13,752 If she thinks her laptop has been stolen, 63 00:04:13,754 --> 00:04:15,921 then maybe I can hack into her account 64 00:04:15,923 --> 00:04:17,923 and delete the e-mail before she reads it. 65 00:04:17,925 --> 00:04:20,292 Oh, you'll have to let me know if I can be of any assistance. 66 00:04:20,294 --> 00:04:22,894 My fees are almost ridiculously modest. 67 00:04:29,670 --> 00:04:31,336 You're a detective. 68 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:34,973 Your neighbor, Mrs. Jordan, has retained my services 69 00:04:34,975 --> 00:04:37,042 to help locate her cat. 70 00:04:37,044 --> 00:04:39,745 Right. Okay. 71 00:04:39,747 --> 00:04:41,713 Yeah. No, I heard he was missing. 72 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:43,996 You don't by any chance know where he is, do you? 73 00:04:45,019 --> 00:04:47,059 Have you looked around the warehouse? 74 00:05:02,536 --> 00:05:04,770 I haven't seen you since we left university. 75 00:05:04,772 --> 00:05:07,472 That is... incredible. 76 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:09,374 I suspect our meeting like this 77 00:05:09,376 --> 00:05:11,476 will prove to be more significant 78 00:05:11,478 --> 00:05:14,046 than either of us can possibly imagine. 79 00:05:14,048 --> 00:05:16,448 Are you breaking in? 80 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:23,322 Should you be going in there? 81 00:05:27,594 --> 00:05:28,794 Dirk? 82 00:05:33,834 --> 00:05:35,567 Dirk? 83 00:05:56,156 --> 00:05:58,357 What is this place? 84 00:06:35,462 --> 00:06:37,429 Incorrect access code. 85 00:06:37,431 --> 00:06:39,731 Security violation. 86 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:44,403 Operating station will explode in 20 seconds. 87 00:06:44,405 --> 00:06:46,104 - Explo... Did she... -20... 88 00:06:46,106 --> 00:06:49,641 She just said this place will explode? 89 00:06:49,643 --> 00:06:50,909 - Okay, that's... -...16, 15... 90 00:06:50,911 --> 00:06:53,011 We... Can we... Can we get out, please? 91 00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:55,714 - She's bluffing. -...13, 12, 11... 92 00:06:55,716 --> 00:06:57,149 Run! 93 00:06:57,151 --> 00:06:59,684 9, 8, 7, 94 00:06:59,686 --> 00:07:02,687 6, 5, 4, 95 00:07:02,689 --> 00:07:05,223 3, 2, 1. 96 00:07:07,628 --> 00:07:08,660 Aah! 97 00:07:08,662 --> 00:07:10,929 Aah! 98 00:07:41,094 --> 00:07:43,662 It's very good to see you again, Richard MacDuff. 99 00:07:47,768 --> 00:07:49,201 Whoa. 100 00:08:25,706 --> 00:08:28,974 It was probably drug addicts. Kids, you know? 101 00:08:28,976 --> 00:08:32,043 Smacked out and cracked up on crack and smack. 102 00:08:32,045 --> 00:08:34,546 owned by electronics entrepreneur Gordon Way. 103 00:08:34,548 --> 00:08:35,814 The billionaire inventor 104 00:08:35,816 --> 00:08:37,949 was reported missing on Friday evening 105 00:08:37,951 --> 00:08:40,152 and is now feared to have died in the blast. 106 00:08:40,153 --> 00:08:42,153 Inspector Gilks, can you confirm 107 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:43,722 whether a body has been found? 108 00:08:43,724 --> 00:08:45,323 Not at this time. 109 00:08:45,325 --> 00:08:47,859 The fire service is still searching the building. 110 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:49,261 What I can say is that 111 00:08:49,263 --> 00:08:52,264 we are launching a missing-persons inquiry. 112 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,601 So there will be an announcement made... 113 00:08:58,005 --> 00:08:59,271 What are you doing today? 114 00:08:59,273 --> 00:09:01,072 Oh, don't... don't start all that again. 115 00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:03,208 I'm not starting anything. I was just asking. 116 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:05,143 Well, don't just ask. 117 00:09:06,747 --> 00:09:09,548 I don't care that you haven't got a job. 118 00:09:09,550 --> 00:09:12,751 I don't care that you sit at home all day watching TV. 119 00:09:12,753 --> 00:09:16,154 I don't even care that you've stopped taking regular showers. 120 00:09:17,257 --> 00:09:20,825 You can do whatever you want, so long as it makes you happy. 121 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:22,661 But it obviously doesn't. 122 00:09:24,998 --> 00:09:26,298 I'll see you tonight. 123 00:09:36,043 --> 00:09:37,943 Hi. This is Gordon. Please leave a message. 124 00:09:37,945 --> 00:09:40,979 Gordon, it's Susan. 125 00:09:40,981 --> 00:09:43,348 You were on the news. They said you were missing. 126 00:09:43,350 --> 00:09:44,916 What were you doing at the warehouse 127 00:09:44,918 --> 00:09:46,918 at the end of my street? 128 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,055 Just let me know you're okay. Call me. 129 00:09:52,059 --> 00:09:53,892 Did you hear the explosion? 130 00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:56,928 No. I was out last night. 131 00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:58,964 Any sign of Henry? 132 00:09:58,966 --> 00:10:00,332 No. 133 00:10:00,334 --> 00:10:03,301 I've hired a detective to find him. 134 00:10:34,868 --> 00:10:35,967 Hi. 135 00:10:37,237 --> 00:10:40,071 Looking for Dirk. Is he... Is he in? 136 00:10:40,073 --> 00:10:41,373 He might be. 137 00:10:41,375 --> 00:10:43,274 Then again, he might not be. 138 00:10:43,276 --> 00:10:44,876 Until he pays my wages, 139 00:10:44,878 --> 00:10:47,679 his whereabouts are no longer my concern. 140 00:10:47,681 --> 00:10:49,881 Is that MacDuff? Send him in. 141 00:10:49,883 --> 00:10:50,982 Uh! 142 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:54,152 Give him this. 143 00:11:10,337 --> 00:11:12,137 Did my assistant offer you tea? 144 00:11:12,139 --> 00:11:13,905 Um... 145 00:11:14,941 --> 00:11:18,476 I think you no longer have an assistant. 146 00:11:19,446 --> 00:11:21,713 Make yourself comfortable, MacDuff. 147 00:11:27,254 --> 00:11:30,288 I always wondered what happened to you. 148 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:33,358 University said you'd been expelled for cheating. 149 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,460 Yes, I understand that was the official explanation. 150 00:11:35,462 --> 00:11:37,542 I wouldn't choose to believe it myself. 151 00:11:38,932 --> 00:11:41,332 So, what exactly is a holistic detective? 152 00:11:41,334 --> 00:11:45,236 The term refers to my methods, in that they are holistic, 153 00:11:45,238 --> 00:11:48,807 and, in the proper sense of the word, chaotic. 154 00:11:48,809 --> 00:11:51,843 I operate by investigating the fundamental interconnectedness 155 00:11:51,845 --> 00:11:53,445 between all things. 156 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:55,914 Right. 157 00:11:57,050 --> 00:11:58,316 Does that work? 158 00:11:58,318 --> 00:12:00,151 Unquestionably. 159 00:12:00,153 --> 00:12:01,853 The thing that most people fail to appreciate 160 00:12:01,855 --> 00:12:04,155 is that the connections between cause and effect 161 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:07,225 is invariably much more subtle and complex 162 00:12:07,227 --> 00:12:09,394 than most people would naturally suppose. 163 00:12:09,396 --> 00:12:12,097 Take the circumstances of our meeting last night... 164 00:12:12,099 --> 00:12:14,799 the missing cat, the exploding warehouse. 165 00:12:14,801 --> 00:12:17,368 No doubt you're still clinging to the misguided belief 166 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:19,003 that it was all just a coincidence. 167 00:12:19,005 --> 00:12:20,371 Well, it was, wasn't it? 168 00:12:20,373 --> 00:12:22,173 And yet here you sit 169 00:12:22,175 --> 00:12:24,442 with Miss Harmison's laptop computer tucked under your arm, 170 00:12:24,444 --> 00:12:26,277 which no doubt means you require my assistance 171 00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:28,546 in hacking into her e-mail account. 172 00:12:30,117 --> 00:12:31,549 Come with me, MacDuff. 173 00:12:34,521 --> 00:12:36,287 Oh. 174 00:12:48,835 --> 00:12:50,502 I only came back to make sure you notice me 175 00:12:50,504 --> 00:12:52,437 when I finally leave for good. 176 00:12:58,078 --> 00:13:00,478 Perhaps you'd be so kind as to place a stationery order. 177 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,520 I believe we're out of Post-it notes. 178 00:13:09,389 --> 00:13:11,890 Ah! My refrigerator. Excellent. 179 00:13:11,892 --> 00:13:13,992 Straight up to the top floor, if you will. 180 00:13:13,994 --> 00:13:15,493 Nice fridge. 181 00:13:15,495 --> 00:13:17,862 My cleaner has padlocked the fridge in my flat. 182 00:13:17,864 --> 00:13:19,130 We're engaged in a standoff 183 00:13:19,132 --> 00:13:20,932 from which neither of us is prepared to back down. 184 00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:23,268 It is the cold war writ small. 185 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:31,976 Oh, my God. 186 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:33,244 Yeah, is... 187 00:13:33,246 --> 00:13:36,548 This is the same car you drove at university. 188 00:13:36,550 --> 00:13:40,985 The Princess has proved herself a loyal and faithful servant. 189 00:13:44,925 --> 00:13:47,126 Can't believe you're still driving this thing. 190 00:13:56,837 --> 00:14:00,505 I think you'll find all good detectives drive classic cars. 191 00:14:00,507 --> 00:14:02,440 I'm not sure an Austin Leyland Princess 192 00:14:02,442 --> 00:14:06,077 quite counts as a classic, but, um... 193 00:14:22,562 --> 00:14:26,064 So how on earth did you end up becoming a private detective? 194 00:14:26,066 --> 00:14:28,132 Have you heard of Schrodinger's cat? 195 00:14:28,134 --> 00:14:29,901 Should I have? 196 00:14:29,903 --> 00:14:31,970 It's an experiment devised by the eminent Dr. Schrodinger 197 00:14:31,972 --> 00:14:33,438 to investigate probability. 198 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,273 I'm guessing it involves a cat. 199 00:14:35,275 --> 00:14:37,192 Yeah. 200 00:14:37,193 --> 00:14:39,110 You take said cat, and you place it in a sealed box 201 00:14:39,112 --> 00:14:41,613 along with a small lump of radioactive material 202 00:14:41,615 --> 00:14:45,149 and a phial of mildly poisonous gas. 203 00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:48,419 Within a given period of time, there's an exactly 50-50 chance 204 00:14:48,421 --> 00:14:51,055 that an atom in the radioactive lump will decay 205 00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:52,357 and emit an electron, 206 00:14:52,359 --> 00:14:54,225 triggering the release of the gas, 207 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:56,494 rendering the cat unconscious. 208 00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:58,463 - Is that even ethical. - Some would say not. 209 00:14:58,465 --> 00:15:00,498 Anyhow, on one occasion, 210 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:02,233 Dr. Schrodinger and his colleagues 211 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:03,468 opened the box and discovered 212 00:15:03,470 --> 00:15:06,504 that the cat was neither conscious nor unconscious 213 00:15:06,506 --> 00:15:07,639 but was in fact... 214 00:15:09,209 --> 00:15:12,577 completely missing. 215 00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:14,512 I was called in to investigate. 216 00:15:14,514 --> 00:15:16,281 I was quickly able to deduce 217 00:15:16,283 --> 00:15:18,216 that the cat had merely got fed up 218 00:15:18,218 --> 00:15:21,185 with repeatedly being locked in a box and occasionally gassed 219 00:15:21,187 --> 00:15:22,387 and had taken the first opportunity 220 00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:23,354 to hoof it out the window. 221 00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:25,456 Bernice. 222 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:27,358 Hey. 223 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:28,960 That was the cat's name. 224 00:15:28,962 --> 00:15:30,395 Bernice came running 225 00:15:30,397 --> 00:15:32,638 and was restored to the box that very afternoon. 226 00:15:33,533 --> 00:15:35,633 One thing led to another, and it all culminated 227 00:15:35,635 --> 00:15:37,755 in the thriving career you see before you. 228 00:15:46,613 --> 00:15:48,579 Gentleman needs to access his girlfriend's e-mail account. 229 00:15:48,581 --> 00:15:50,048 Give me 10 minutes. 230 00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:53,551 Oh. No. Hey. Where are you going? 231 00:15:53,553 --> 00:15:54,953 Relax, MacDuff. He's a professional. 232 00:15:54,955 --> 00:15:56,721 He's a 10-year-old. 233 00:16:05,332 --> 00:16:08,166 200 of your cheapest cigarettes, please. 234 00:16:09,202 --> 00:16:11,703 That'll be £50, my friend. 235 00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:17,742 I seem to have left my wallet at the office. 236 00:16:17,744 --> 00:16:19,905 We'll offset the cost against your account. 237 00:16:22,048 --> 00:16:24,082 How much is this actually gonna cost me? 238 00:16:24,084 --> 00:16:25,650 Well, I'm surprised at you, MacDuff. 239 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:27,719 What price would you place on saving your relationship 240 00:16:27,721 --> 00:16:30,488 from ending in a black sea of acrimony and despair? 241 00:16:34,561 --> 00:16:37,128 We'll be needing a newspaper as well, MacDuff. 242 00:16:42,702 --> 00:16:46,037 It transpires the exploding warehouse we encountered 243 00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:48,339 shortly after our meeting is, in fact, the property 244 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:50,641 of the missing billionaire, Gordon Way. 245 00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:52,603 His car was found parked outside. 246 00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:56,414 Told you we shouldn't have gone in there. 247 00:16:56,416 --> 00:16:58,383 Yet, because we did, we now know that Gordon Way 248 00:16:58,385 --> 00:17:01,019 was not, in fact, inside the warehouse when it exploded. 249 00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:03,254 You think we should talk to the police? 250 00:17:03,256 --> 00:17:05,456 As any Irishman will tell you, when things start exploding, 251 00:17:05,458 --> 00:17:07,692 it's best to avoid the police at all costs. 252 00:17:12,766 --> 00:17:15,600 I took the liberty of updating your virus protection. 253 00:17:15,602 --> 00:17:17,802 It's connected to the school's Wi-Fi. 254 00:17:17,804 --> 00:17:20,638 You'll find your girlfriend's e-mail account is already open. 255 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,440 Excellent work. 256 00:17:22,442 --> 00:17:25,109 Hey, what you... Are you paying him in cigarettes? 257 00:17:25,111 --> 00:17:26,711 Surely we're all allowed some pleasures, MacDuff. 258 00:17:26,713 --> 00:17:27,678 Delete at will. 259 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,647 She hasn't read it. 260 00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:32,683 Thank you. 261 00:17:32,685 --> 00:17:34,552 I shall return to my office so I can prepare your invoice. 262 00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:37,422 There's an e-mail from Gordon Way. 263 00:17:39,159 --> 00:17:41,159 Why is Gordon Way e-mailing Susan? 264 00:17:41,161 --> 00:17:42,527 Presumably it's for the same reason 265 00:17:42,529 --> 00:17:44,079 that the missing billionaire 266 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:45,630 owns a warehouse next door but one to her house. 267 00:17:45,632 --> 00:17:47,265 Or would you also propose to dismiss this 268 00:17:47,267 --> 00:17:48,666 as a mere coincidence, MacDuff? 269 00:17:48,668 --> 00:17:49,700 She's never said that she knows him. 270 00:17:49,702 --> 00:17:52,270 Don't you get it? 271 00:17:52,272 --> 00:17:53,738 The circumstances of our meeting, 272 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:56,574 the exploding warehouse, Gordon Way's disappearance... 273 00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:58,609 These are all part of a web of events 274 00:17:58,611 --> 00:18:00,645 connected by a common thread. 275 00:18:00,647 --> 00:18:03,214 Discovering this thread will unavoidably lead us 276 00:18:03,216 --> 00:18:05,417 to determine the whereabouts of Henry the cat. 277 00:18:06,286 --> 00:18:07,552 I'm sorry, but is a missing cat 278 00:18:07,554 --> 00:18:09,320 really the most important issue right now? 279 00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:12,090 It is the issue I have been retained to investigate. 280 00:18:12,092 --> 00:18:13,691 So from a professional and, more importantly, 281 00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:15,460 a financial point of view, I'd have to say yes. 282 00:18:15,462 --> 00:18:17,228 Yes, most definitely, the cat is the issue. 283 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:19,363 Well, I'm not sure I want to get involved in all this. 284 00:18:19,365 --> 00:18:21,365 You are already involved, MacDuff, and to a greater degree 285 00:18:21,367 --> 00:18:23,287 than you can possibly comprehend. 286 00:18:24,504 --> 00:18:26,588 Are you not at all curious 287 00:18:26,589 --> 00:18:28,673 as to why Gordon Way has been e-mailing your girlfriend? 288 00:18:28,675 --> 00:18:30,308 Of course I'm curious. 289 00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:32,777 Then we must immerse ourselves in Gordon's life 290 00:18:32,779 --> 00:18:34,846 and rifle through its contents. 291 00:18:34,848 --> 00:18:36,447 Now, it seems a Dr. Gerstenberger 292 00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:37,615 was the last person to see Gordon Way. 293 00:18:37,617 --> 00:18:38,883 We must track him down. 294 00:18:38,885 --> 00:18:41,519 Right. And how are we gonna do that? 295 00:18:41,521 --> 00:18:45,423 Suppose we're gonna follow the web of interconnected events. 296 00:18:45,425 --> 00:18:46,624 Don't be ridiculous, MacDuff. 297 00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:48,626 I'm gonna phone directory inquiries. 298 00:18:57,804 --> 00:18:59,670 Do you not find it at all curious 299 00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:01,472 that both Gordon Way and Henry the cat 300 00:19:01,474 --> 00:19:04,842 disappeared on the same day? 301 00:19:04,844 --> 00:19:08,646 What, you think Gordon Way is somehow involved with Henry? 302 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:11,782 I know nothing of Gordon Way's sexual proclivities, 303 00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:14,218 feline or otherwise. 304 00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:16,254 Let us hope Dr. Gerstenberger 305 00:19:16,256 --> 00:19:18,216 can shed some light on the matter. 306 00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:33,404 What are you doing? 307 00:19:44,317 --> 00:19:45,983 You need to lie on the grass. 308 00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:47,451 - What? - Right here. 309 00:19:47,453 --> 00:19:49,493 Place yourself on the grass like this. 310 00:19:50,523 --> 00:19:51,656 I'm not lying on the grass. 311 00:19:51,658 --> 00:19:54,225 - Why not? - Because I don't... I'm not. 312 00:19:55,628 --> 00:19:58,396 Gordon Way was seeing a therapist whose files, 313 00:19:58,398 --> 00:19:59,730 if we can gain access to them, 314 00:19:59,732 --> 00:20:01,465 I'm certain will contain pertinent 315 00:20:01,467 --> 00:20:04,435 or, at the very least, gossip-worthy material. 316 00:20:04,437 --> 00:20:06,877 Okay. What has that got to do with me lying on the grass? 317 00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:14,912 Do you wish to know the nature of Gordon Way's intentions 318 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:17,481 towards your girlfriend or not? 319 00:20:19,886 --> 00:20:25,389 Then I would kindly ask you to prostrate yourself on the grass. 320 00:20:35,602 --> 00:20:36,901 This is ridiculous. 321 00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:46,577 Right. Now, don't move. 322 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:48,499 Not a single muscle, understood? 323 00:20:50,049 --> 00:20:51,916 What am I doing? 324 00:21:00,393 --> 00:21:03,394 No one knows who I am! 325 00:21:03,396 --> 00:21:05,429 Do you know who I am? Do you know me? 326 00:21:05,431 --> 00:21:06,597 No, uh... 327 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:08,899 Do you? 328 00:21:08,901 --> 00:21:11,636 I'm right here! 329 00:21:11,638 --> 00:21:13,571 Gerstenberger! 330 00:21:13,573 --> 00:21:16,007 - Where are you, Gerstenberger?! - You can't go in there. 331 00:21:16,009 --> 00:21:19,877 They don't know who I am. They don't have any idea! 332 00:21:19,879 --> 00:21:24,315 You... You, of all people. Tell me you know who I am! 333 00:21:24,317 --> 00:21:25,416 Are you a patient? 334 00:21:25,418 --> 00:21:27,351 He doesn't know who I am! 335 00:21:27,353 --> 00:21:28,686 I'm sorry. He just burst in. 336 00:21:28,688 --> 00:21:31,355 This is my face! 337 00:21:31,357 --> 00:21:33,090 It's okay. I can handle this. 338 00:21:33,092 --> 00:21:36,427 It's fine. Just close the door. 339 00:21:36,429 --> 00:21:39,063 Why don't you start by telling me your name? 340 00:21:39,065 --> 00:21:40,865 Oh, the time for names has come and gone 341 00:21:40,867 --> 00:21:42,033 and come and gone again. 342 00:21:42,035 --> 00:21:43,901 Names no longer matter. 343 00:21:43,903 --> 00:21:45,102 What are you doing? 344 00:21:45,104 --> 00:21:47,305 - Don't! - Goodbye, cruel world! 345 00:21:47,307 --> 00:21:48,572 No! 346 00:21:50,043 --> 00:21:52,410 Call an ambulance! 347 00:22:19,605 --> 00:22:21,572 Jesus, no. 348 00:22:27,413 --> 00:22:28,546 Hello. 349 00:22:28,548 --> 00:22:29,680 Who the hell are you? 350 00:22:29,682 --> 00:22:31,782 No one. 351 00:22:36,723 --> 00:22:38,356 Okay. 352 00:22:38,358 --> 00:22:39,757 Have a nice day. 353 00:22:45,765 --> 00:22:47,465 Oh, what is up with these gears? 354 00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:50,501 It's like playing Russian roulette. 355 00:22:52,472 --> 00:22:54,105 Anything interesting? 356 00:22:54,107 --> 00:22:56,874 There's no reference to any inappropriate feelings 357 00:22:56,876 --> 00:22:58,642 toward cats... 358 00:22:58,644 --> 00:23:00,678 or, indeed, any other animals. 359 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,913 It would appear any feelings of a sexual nature 360 00:23:02,915 --> 00:23:04,648 Gordon Way may have had 361 00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:08,018 were exclusively directed towards your girlfriend. 362 00:23:08,020 --> 00:23:10,488 He mentioned Susan? What does it say? 363 00:23:10,490 --> 00:23:12,189 A brief but illuminating extract... 364 00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:14,558 "The patient is obsessively fixated" 365 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:15,893 on a Miss Susan Harmison, 366 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:17,795 with whom he had a relationship at university. 367 00:23:17,797 --> 00:23:19,730 The relationship ended in 1994, 368 00:23:19,732 --> 00:23:22,433 but the patient remains consumed 369 00:23:22,435 --> 00:23:26,137 "by overwhelming feelings of loss and regret." 370 00:23:26,139 --> 00:23:27,805 Wait, she went out with Gordon Way? 371 00:23:27,807 --> 00:23:29,740 She's... She's never even mentioned him. 372 00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:32,176 Oh, they met at a hotel last week. 373 00:23:36,115 --> 00:23:38,155 Might I suggest we adjourn to the pub? 374 00:23:42,989 --> 00:23:46,023 He is completely obsessed with her. 375 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:50,060 Do you think she's sleeping with him? 376 00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:54,765 We must consider the facts. 377 00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:57,902 They have been meeting illicitly. 378 00:23:57,904 --> 00:24:01,539 Miss Harmison has lied to you about said liaisons. 379 00:24:01,541 --> 00:24:03,674 Gordon Way is a billionaire. 380 00:24:03,676 --> 00:24:05,509 Even as a confirmed heterosexual, 381 00:24:05,511 --> 00:24:07,878 I'd have to say he's an extremely attractive man. 382 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,114 You, on the other hand... 383 00:24:10,116 --> 00:24:11,582 You look like him. 384 00:24:12,919 --> 00:24:14,251 Thanks. 385 00:24:14,253 --> 00:24:16,921 Makes me feel so much better. 386 00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:18,489 Perhaps it would be productive 387 00:24:18,491 --> 00:24:20,257 if I were to speak to Miss Harmison. 388 00:24:20,259 --> 00:24:21,559 No, Dirk. 389 00:24:21,561 --> 00:24:23,194 No. 390 00:24:23,196 --> 00:24:25,029 Thought she might be of some assistance 391 00:24:25,031 --> 00:24:27,164 in helping discover the whereabouts of Henry the cat. 392 00:24:27,166 --> 00:24:30,734 I'm sorry, I just... I can't believe this is happening, Dirk. 393 00:24:30,736 --> 00:24:32,970 As much as I'd like to stay and help you drown your sorrows, 394 00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:35,239 I have some errands to run. 395 00:24:44,183 --> 00:24:46,303 Your friend said you'd pay for the drinks. 396 00:24:49,121 --> 00:24:52,590 The next patient is on their way to you, Dr. Harmison. 397 00:24:54,193 --> 00:24:55,726 And what can I do for you? 398 00:24:56,829 --> 00:24:58,796 Susan. Susan Harmison. 399 00:24:58,798 --> 00:25:01,832 It's Dirk Gently. We were at university together. 400 00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:03,267 Oh, my God. 401 00:25:03,269 --> 00:25:06,504 What an amazing coincidence. 402 00:25:06,506 --> 00:25:07,627 I thought you were dead. 403 00:25:09,509 --> 00:25:13,077 I understand that rumor was popular in certain circles. 404 00:25:15,248 --> 00:25:17,248 So, what can I do for you? 405 00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:18,749 Um... 406 00:25:18,751 --> 00:25:20,918 Oh, well, I seem to have developed a slight twinge 407 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,753 in my shoulder. 408 00:25:22,755 --> 00:25:24,989 I see. 409 00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:27,825 If you could just lower your trousers and pants. 410 00:25:27,827 --> 00:25:29,960 You... You understand the... the twinge is in my shoulder? 411 00:25:29,962 --> 00:25:32,029 That's the thing with the human body... 412 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,901 Everything's connected. 413 00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:39,570 Right. 414 00:25:59,625 --> 00:26:01,825 Place your hands on the bed. 415 00:26:03,963 --> 00:26:05,095 Okay. 416 00:26:11,971 --> 00:26:15,239 Uh, I thought you might be here to talk to me about Ruth's cat. 417 00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:18,576 Yeah, she told me that she'd hired you. 418 00:26:18,578 --> 00:26:21,912 I couldn't believe it was actually you. 419 00:26:21,914 --> 00:26:24,114 Well, I take it that that's why you're here? 420 00:26:27,853 --> 00:26:29,687 Oh, yeah, I'll just... 421 00:26:29,689 --> 00:26:32,790 Dirk, I have a waiting room full of patients. 422 00:26:32,792 --> 00:26:34,992 I don't have time for your bullshit. 423 00:26:35,795 --> 00:26:39,263 I was hoping I might talk to you about... Gordon Way. 424 00:26:43,836 --> 00:26:47,705 Did you ever see Henry and Gordon together? 425 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,207 Henry's a cat. 426 00:26:50,209 --> 00:26:53,110 What on earth would they be doing together? 427 00:26:53,112 --> 00:26:55,145 That's what I'm hoping to find out. 428 00:26:56,382 --> 00:26:59,883 May I ask what happened when you saw Gordon last week? 429 00:27:02,622 --> 00:27:04,054 He asked me to marry him. 430 00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:06,156 Marry me. 431 00:27:06,158 --> 00:27:08,859 He's been asking me every couple of years 432 00:27:08,861 --> 00:27:11,028 since we left university. 433 00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:13,697 And your response to his heartfelt proposal? 434 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,333 I said what I've always said. 435 00:27:16,335 --> 00:27:19,803 We had our chance, and you blew it. 436 00:27:19,805 --> 00:27:21,438 How did he take it? 437 00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:25,709 Not well. He never did. 438 00:27:25,711 --> 00:27:29,947 The night I said I'd meet you, I should have been there. 439 00:27:29,949 --> 00:27:32,683 What night was he referring to? 440 00:27:32,685 --> 00:27:35,052 It was the night we split up. 441 00:27:35,054 --> 00:27:36,820 Even back then, 442 00:27:36,822 --> 00:27:40,424 Gordon was obsessed with computers and technology. 443 00:27:41,694 --> 00:27:43,293 He didn't have time in his life for me. 444 00:27:43,295 --> 00:27:45,763 ¶ Baby, if you've got to... ¶ 445 00:27:45,765 --> 00:27:49,667 If you're not at my house at 8:00, it's over, 446 00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:50,801 we're finished. 447 00:27:50,803 --> 00:27:52,369 I'll be there. 448 00:27:53,439 --> 00:27:56,140 I promise. 449 00:27:56,142 --> 00:27:58,208 Am I to understand that he didn't show up? 450 00:27:58,210 --> 00:28:01,211 He made up some ridiculous story 451 00:28:01,213 --> 00:28:03,981 about how he was on his way to see me when he was hit by a car. 452 00:28:03,983 --> 00:28:07,051 Yeah, there was always some excuse. 453 00:28:07,053 --> 00:28:08,919 I have on occasion used that one myself. 454 00:28:08,921 --> 00:28:11,355 Well, I was too angry to forgive him. 455 00:28:11,357 --> 00:28:13,757 You know what you're like at that age. 456 00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:15,192 It was my birthday. 457 00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:17,154 So you'll remember the exact date? 458 00:28:18,431 --> 00:28:21,198 It was, uh, third year of university, 459 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,168 so it will have been the 5th of December, 1994. 460 00:28:24,170 --> 00:28:26,336 And where was Gordon supposed to meet you? 461 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,941 I was... I was living with my parents. 462 00:28:30,943 --> 00:28:34,278 I live there now. Moved back after my dad died. 463 00:28:35,848 --> 00:28:37,848 Next door but one to the warehouse. 464 00:28:38,517 --> 00:28:41,018 Did you know Gordon owned the warehouse? 465 00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:42,519 No. 466 00:28:42,521 --> 00:28:46,223 No, he never told me. What was he using it for? 467 00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:49,727 Perhaps one can see into your bathroom from its roof. 468 00:28:57,903 --> 00:29:00,304 Here you are, Mr. Gently. 469 00:29:00,306 --> 00:29:02,806 Tea. Excellent. 470 00:29:06,212 --> 00:29:08,912 Lovely photograph of you and Henry, Mrs. Jordan. 471 00:29:08,914 --> 00:29:12,116 Oh, that's not Henry. That's George. 472 00:29:12,118 --> 00:29:15,385 I said I wouldn't get another cat when George died. 473 00:29:15,387 --> 00:29:17,755 One day I was passing a pet shop, 474 00:29:17,757 --> 00:29:20,524 and I saw the sweetest little kitten in the window. 475 00:29:20,526 --> 00:29:23,927 He reminded me so of George, I couldn't resist. 476 00:29:23,929 --> 00:29:25,529 And that was Henry? 477 00:29:25,531 --> 00:29:27,097 Yes. 478 00:29:30,469 --> 00:29:32,870 Is anything wrong, Mrs. Jordan? 479 00:29:32,872 --> 00:29:35,572 Oh, yes... It's just my medication. 480 00:29:36,442 --> 00:29:38,142 Well, I... I sincerely hope 481 00:29:38,144 --> 00:29:39,810 it's nothing that will impede you in any way 482 00:29:39,812 --> 00:29:42,279 before this case is brought to a satisfactory conclusion... 483 00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:45,015 the i's dotted, the t's crossed, and the... 484 00:29:47,153 --> 00:29:49,854 invoice paid. 485 00:29:49,855 --> 00:29:52,556 I believe I still have some life left in me, Mr. Gently. 486 00:29:54,026 --> 00:29:56,827 Well, most deliriously happy to hear that, Mrs. Jordan. 487 00:29:56,829 --> 00:30:01,598 So may I ask how it was that George came into your life? 488 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,100 Oh. 489 00:30:03,102 --> 00:30:05,536 One day he just came running into the house. 490 00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:11,141 Ah! Where did you come from? 491 00:30:11,143 --> 00:30:14,077 I put up posters and asked all the neighbors. 492 00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:14,878 Oh! 493 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,514 I never found his owners. 494 00:30:17,516 --> 00:30:19,550 He seemed happy here, so I kept him. 495 00:30:19,552 --> 00:30:23,420 He was with me until 2006, 496 00:30:23,422 --> 00:30:26,890 and he's buried under the rose bush in the back garden. 497 00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:32,529 So, uh, when was this that George appeared? 498 00:30:32,531 --> 00:30:35,165 Well, I can probably tell you the date. 499 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,507 May I inquire as to the identity of the gentleman 500 00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:45,108 with the bouffant mustache? 501 00:30:45,110 --> 00:30:48,011 Oh, that was my husband, Harry. 502 00:30:49,248 --> 00:30:51,048 I take it he is, sadly, no longer with us? 503 00:30:51,050 --> 00:30:53,016 I have no idea. 504 00:30:53,018 --> 00:30:56,253 He walked out on me soon after that photograph was taken. 505 00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:57,855 I find men with mustaches 506 00:30:57,857 --> 00:31:00,190 to be particularly dishonorable beings. 507 00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:03,160 Hitler and Tom Selleck being cases in point. 508 00:31:04,430 --> 00:31:07,664 This was taken the day he came into the house... 509 00:31:07,666 --> 00:31:11,635 5th of December, 1994. 510 00:31:15,341 --> 00:31:19,376 The same date Susan and Gordon split up. 511 00:31:21,113 --> 00:31:22,379 Interesting. 512 00:31:22,381 --> 00:31:24,147 Um... 513 00:31:26,018 --> 00:31:28,318 Did you ever happen to see this gentleman 514 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:32,155 coming and going from the warehouse next door? 515 00:31:40,499 --> 00:31:45,369 Uh, no, I've... I've never seen him before. 516 00:31:46,672 --> 00:31:48,639 You said he knows Susan? 517 00:31:48,641 --> 00:31:50,007 Susan and Gordon Way 518 00:31:50,009 --> 00:31:51,475 were involved with each other at university. 519 00:31:51,477 --> 00:31:54,344 You think he has something to do with Henry going missing? 520 00:31:54,346 --> 00:31:55,545 I would have to say yes, 521 00:31:55,547 --> 00:31:57,314 in that every particle in the universe affects, 522 00:31:57,316 --> 00:32:00,550 however faintly and obliquely, every other particle. 523 00:32:00,552 --> 00:32:02,519 I find this to be particularly true 524 00:32:02,521 --> 00:32:05,455 when those particles are arranged in the form of a cat. 525 00:32:05,457 --> 00:32:06,390 May I? 526 00:32:06,392 --> 00:32:08,592 Oh. Oh, yes, of course. 527 00:32:17,503 --> 00:32:19,269 So how's Gordon Way? 528 00:32:19,271 --> 00:32:20,938 Have you seen him lately? 529 00:32:22,975 --> 00:32:24,208 Yes. 530 00:32:24,209 --> 00:32:25,442 And how was the hotel? Was that nice? 531 00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:28,078 Comfy beds? Monsoon shower? 532 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:29,212 We had coffee. 533 00:32:29,214 --> 00:32:31,048 Right, you had coffee. 534 00:32:31,050 --> 00:32:32,516 Meaning you had "coffee"? 535 00:32:32,518 --> 00:32:34,484 I mean, we had coffee. 536 00:32:34,486 --> 00:32:37,521 Okay. Just coffee. Like milk-and-two-sugars coffee? 537 00:32:37,523 --> 00:32:39,423 Little Amaretti biscuit? 538 00:32:39,425 --> 00:32:41,458 Have you been talking to Dirk? 539 00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:43,420 Have you been talking to Dirk? 540 00:32:44,463 --> 00:32:46,530 Are you sleeping with Gordon Way? 541 00:32:46,532 --> 00:32:47,564 Is that what you think of me? 542 00:32:47,566 --> 00:32:49,199 Just answer the bloody question. 543 00:32:49,201 --> 00:32:51,101 I have tried to make you happy. 544 00:32:51,103 --> 00:32:53,203 I've... I've tried. 545 00:32:53,205 --> 00:32:55,572 I have really tried, but... 546 00:32:57,242 --> 00:32:59,609 I don't know what you want from me. 547 00:32:59,611 --> 00:33:01,778 I need a reason for us to be together. 548 00:33:01,780 --> 00:33:05,315 No, don't... You don't get to blame me for this, okay? 549 00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:08,018 You don't end this. I do. 550 00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:10,187 You should know I sent you an e-mail. 551 00:33:10,189 --> 00:33:11,555 Cold, heartless, smug bitch! 552 00:33:12,491 --> 00:33:14,992 I got in first. I ended this. Me. 553 00:33:14,994 --> 00:33:17,260 Can you just go, please? 554 00:33:20,699 --> 00:33:22,599 Please, just go. 555 00:33:50,329 --> 00:33:52,796 Detective Inspector Gilks. 556 00:33:52,798 --> 00:33:55,399 What a pleasant and unexpected surprise. 557 00:33:55,401 --> 00:33:57,200 Why are you even in the vicinity 558 00:33:57,202 --> 00:33:59,036 of one of my crime scenes, Gently? 559 00:33:59,038 --> 00:34:03,540 And think very carefully before you answer because... 560 00:34:04,443 --> 00:34:06,276 if you so much as mention 561 00:34:06,278 --> 00:34:10,247 the interconnectedness of all things, 562 00:34:10,249 --> 00:34:13,083 I'll have you arrested under the antiterror laws. 563 00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:17,087 Actually, I'm looking for a cat. 564 00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:46,883 So me and Susan... 565 00:34:46,885 --> 00:34:50,187 It's all over. 566 00:34:50,189 --> 00:34:51,555 Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, MacDuff. 567 00:34:51,557 --> 00:34:53,457 You'll find ice in the freezer compartment. 568 00:34:53,459 --> 00:34:55,092 Oh. 569 00:34:57,830 --> 00:35:01,264 She said nothing at all happened between her and Gordon Way. 570 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:02,566 I'm supposed to believe that. 571 00:35:02,568 --> 00:35:04,334 You should believe it, MacDuff. 572 00:35:04,336 --> 00:35:06,236 The hotel manager has confirmed 573 00:35:06,238 --> 00:35:08,305 Miss Harmison's account of events. 574 00:35:08,307 --> 00:35:09,606 She met Gordon Way in the restaurant. 575 00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:12,242 He had a cappuccino, Miss Harmison a latte. 576 00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:15,912 They had a brief conversation and went their separate ways. 577 00:35:15,914 --> 00:35:20,250 But I-I... I accused her of cheating. 578 00:35:20,252 --> 00:35:22,119 Ah, to the contrary, MacDuff. 579 00:35:22,121 --> 00:35:23,820 I am led to believe Miss Harmison 580 00:35:23,822 --> 00:35:26,523 has repeatedly rejected Gordon Way's advances. 581 00:35:26,525 --> 00:35:29,559 She's a keeper, MacDuff. 582 00:35:39,371 --> 00:35:41,304 I am such a screw-up. 583 00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:43,740 Oh, come on, MacDuff. Buck up. Things can't be that bad. 584 00:35:44,843 --> 00:35:47,477 I'm single, I'm homeless, I'm unemployed... 585 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:48,778 You're unemployed? Really? 586 00:35:48,780 --> 00:35:50,820 I had assumed you were a veterinarian. 587 00:35:52,551 --> 00:35:54,518 I was a business analyst for a power company. 588 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,520 I was made redundant six months ago. 589 00:35:57,422 --> 00:35:59,389 That's a perfect example of interconnectedness. 590 00:35:59,391 --> 00:36:00,790 You see, a clinically obese American 591 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:02,926 fails to pay his mortgage, the ripples cross the ocean, 592 00:36:02,928 --> 00:36:04,561 and you are cast onto the slag heap 593 00:36:04,563 --> 00:36:05,695 of the long-term unemployed. 594 00:36:05,697 --> 00:36:07,864 Is all that meant to make me feel better? 595 00:36:07,866 --> 00:36:08,965 - How are you managing? - Hmm? 596 00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:12,302 I mean... financially. 597 00:36:12,304 --> 00:36:14,871 There was a very generous redundancy package. 598 00:36:14,873 --> 00:36:15,639 Was there? 599 00:36:15,641 --> 00:36:17,121 - Yeah. - Mm. 600 00:36:17,576 --> 00:36:19,743 Mm. 601 00:36:19,745 --> 00:36:21,878 Well, MacDuff, we must insure you do not fritter it away 602 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,581 on some indulgent whim. 603 00:36:27,419 --> 00:36:30,187 See you've been busy. 604 00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:31,788 Yeah, it's a chronological timeline 605 00:36:31,790 --> 00:36:34,391 of all salient events and occurrences. 606 00:36:34,393 --> 00:36:36,913 We must look for the solution in the connection between them. 607 00:36:38,363 --> 00:36:39,496 Do you remember what you were doing 608 00:36:39,498 --> 00:36:40,897 on the 5th of December, 1994? 609 00:36:40,899 --> 00:36:41,831 Not a clue. 610 00:36:43,735 --> 00:36:46,469 I don't know, do I? 1994? 611 00:36:47,739 --> 00:36:51,208 I suppose I would have been at university. 612 00:36:59,618 --> 00:37:02,519 Richard MacDuff. 613 00:37:02,521 --> 00:37:03,753 Yes? 614 00:37:06,792 --> 00:37:09,292 When a series of highly peculiar events occur 615 00:37:09,294 --> 00:37:11,561 surrounding a particular person, 616 00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:14,297 we must consider the possibility that this person 617 00:37:14,299 --> 00:37:18,034 is, in fact, the connection. 618 00:37:20,339 --> 00:37:23,006 I believe you, MacDuff, hold the key to finding Henry the cat! 619 00:37:23,008 --> 00:37:24,858 Me? 620 00:37:24,859 --> 00:37:26,709 I would suggest you allow me to hypnotize you. 621 00:37:26,712 --> 00:37:28,832 You think I'm gonna let you hypnotize me? 622 00:37:30,716 --> 00:37:32,649 I'm not some gullible old woman, Gently. 623 00:37:32,651 --> 00:37:34,417 You're not gonna con me into buying you a new fridge. 624 00:37:34,419 --> 00:37:36,453 I already have a fridge. I've no need of another. 625 00:37:36,455 --> 00:37:38,495 What can you possibly hope to uncover? 626 00:37:38,957 --> 00:37:40,757 I believe you hold vital information 627 00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:42,926 behind the locked door of your unconsciousness. 628 00:37:42,928 --> 00:37:44,794 We need to smash the door open and retrieve it. 629 00:37:44,796 --> 00:37:46,963 I don't trust hypnosis. You could make me do anything. 630 00:37:46,965 --> 00:37:49,366 Oh, get a grip, MacDuff! 631 00:37:49,368 --> 00:37:52,669 This isn't freshers' week at the students' union! 632 00:37:52,671 --> 00:37:55,939 I'm not gonna make you dance around like Elvis 633 00:37:55,941 --> 00:37:59,476 and have sex with a watermelon! 634 00:37:59,478 --> 00:38:02,545 Are you not at all curious as to the sequence of events 635 00:38:02,547 --> 00:38:05,882 that led you to your present nadir?! 636 00:38:12,858 --> 00:38:14,691 How does it all work? 637 00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:23,400 Relax your body. 638 00:38:25,504 --> 00:38:28,338 Keep looking at the spoon. 639 00:38:29,007 --> 00:38:31,975 You are feeling sleepy. 640 00:38:38,784 --> 00:38:40,450 I'm not gonna... 641 00:38:42,721 --> 00:38:46,890 It's the 5th of December, 1994. 642 00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:52,095 What's your most vivid memory from that day? 643 00:38:52,097 --> 00:38:54,464 I'm shouting at someone. 644 00:38:56,635 --> 00:38:57,867 It was you, Dirk. 645 00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:01,938 It was you. You told me you were clairvoyant. 646 00:39:01,940 --> 00:39:05,942 Said you could predict all the questions in the exam. 647 00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:07,344 Every one was wrong. 648 00:39:11,350 --> 00:39:12,110 Dirk! 649 00:39:15,954 --> 00:39:18,621 I want my money back, Dirk. I want my money back. 650 00:39:18,623 --> 00:39:20,623 Dirk... Stop the car, Dirk. Stop the car! 651 00:39:20,625 --> 00:39:23,460 Unh! 652 00:39:25,664 --> 00:39:28,565 It was Gordon Way. You reversed into him. 653 00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:31,034 Did I? 654 00:39:32,637 --> 00:39:34,938 Don't just stand there, MacDuff. Help the man. 655 00:39:40,746 --> 00:39:43,747 Open your mind, MacDuff. 656 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:50,787 When you come 'round, 657 00:39:50,789 --> 00:39:53,656 you will disregard your doubts, 658 00:39:53,658 --> 00:39:58,094 seeing it as a sensible and lucrative business opportunity. 659 00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:02,966 It was Gordon Way. 660 00:40:02,968 --> 00:40:05,034 You reversed into him. 661 00:40:05,036 --> 00:40:07,396 I believe you can still see the dent in the Princess. 662 00:40:19,618 --> 00:40:21,651 That Gordon was carrying flowers would suggest 663 00:40:21,653 --> 00:40:23,620 that he was, in fact, on his way to meeting Susan. 664 00:40:23,622 --> 00:40:25,555 It appears we have two key dates... 665 00:40:25,557 --> 00:40:27,724 the 5th of December, 1994, 666 00:40:27,726 --> 00:40:32,729 and the 29th of October, 2010. 667 00:40:32,731 --> 00:40:34,097 That's it. 668 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,733 Of course. 669 00:40:38,236 --> 00:40:40,156 Of course that's what you'd do. 670 00:40:43,975 --> 00:40:45,141 What? 671 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,580 You know where he is? 672 00:40:50,582 --> 00:40:51,915 Why did nothing change? 673 00:40:51,917 --> 00:40:54,784 Something... Something went wrong. 674 00:40:59,624 --> 00:41:02,892 A cat appears. A husband disappears. 675 00:41:02,894 --> 00:41:04,934 Do you mind telling me what's going on? 676 00:41:06,264 --> 00:41:08,598 You know, we make a good team, MacDuff. 677 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:09,866 Do we? 678 00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:11,568 The way we bounce ideas off one another. 679 00:41:11,570 --> 00:41:14,504 We're like a single amorphous organism but with two brains. 680 00:41:14,506 --> 00:41:15,939 Yeah, except one brain 681 00:41:15,941 --> 00:41:17,841 doesn't want to tell the other brain what's going on. 682 00:41:17,843 --> 00:41:20,610 I've been looking for someone like you. 683 00:41:20,612 --> 00:41:23,880 Someone with a raw natural talent. 684 00:41:23,882 --> 00:41:26,202 You should think about coming into business with me. 685 00:41:26,751 --> 00:41:27,917 That's not a bad idea. 686 00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:30,653 Gently and MacDuff. 687 00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:31,615 Think about it. 688 00:41:35,093 --> 00:41:37,594 But first I need you to phone Susan. 689 00:41:37,596 --> 00:41:39,696 Find out if she knows anything about Mrs. Jordan's husband. 690 00:41:39,698 --> 00:41:41,231 No, no, no, I can't. I can't. 691 00:41:41,233 --> 00:41:42,699 I accused her of cheating. 692 00:41:42,701 --> 00:41:45,001 If you are to become my business partner, MacDuff, 693 00:41:45,003 --> 00:41:48,037 you've got to start showing some backbone! 694 00:42:00,185 --> 00:42:01,518 Hello? 695 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:02,853 Susan, it's me. 696 00:42:02,854 --> 00:42:04,187 Listen, don't... don't hang up. It's important. 697 00:42:04,189 --> 00:42:05,588 Um, I'm with Dirk. 698 00:42:05,590 --> 00:42:08,124 I need to ask you about Ruth. 699 00:42:08,126 --> 00:42:09,967 Do you remember her husband? 700 00:42:14,833 --> 00:42:17,333 Big bouffant mustache. 701 00:42:17,335 --> 00:42:19,185 Right. 702 00:42:19,186 --> 00:42:21,266 Okay, do you know what happened to him? 703 00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:25,808 He walked out on Ruth years ago. 704 00:42:27,245 --> 00:42:29,178 Look, I'm on my way 'round to see her. 705 00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:31,180 I'll get her to call Dirk. 706 00:42:35,020 --> 00:42:37,220 Is that it? 707 00:42:38,690 --> 00:42:39,889 Yeah. 708 00:42:48,166 --> 00:42:49,699 That may have been a good opportunity 709 00:42:49,701 --> 00:42:51,768 to say something to the girl. 710 00:42:51,770 --> 00:42:53,136 She doesn't know anything. 711 00:42:53,138 --> 00:42:55,738 She's... She's on her way 'round to Ruth's. 712 00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:57,073 She's gonna get her to call you. 713 00:42:57,075 --> 00:42:58,942 She's going to see Mrs. Jordan? 714 00:42:58,944 --> 00:43:00,343 Yeah. What? 715 00:43:00,345 --> 00:43:02,245 I fear Susan may be in grave danger. 716 00:43:02,247 --> 00:43:03,680 What, from little old Ruth? 717 00:43:03,682 --> 00:43:05,148 Well, perhaps "grave" is pushing it. 718 00:43:05,150 --> 00:43:07,917 I fear Susan may be in an indeterminate amount of danger. 719 00:43:07,919 --> 00:43:10,620 - That's still dangerous. - Indeterminately so. 720 00:43:28,673 --> 00:43:31,240 Come on, you beautiful bitch! 721 00:43:32,777 --> 00:43:34,344 He's so unhappy. 722 00:43:34,346 --> 00:43:35,845 But... 723 00:43:37,315 --> 00:43:39,782 he won't talk about it. 724 00:43:39,784 --> 00:43:44,087 I think he blames me for losing his job. 725 00:43:44,089 --> 00:43:46,289 Men can be pricks. 726 00:43:50,862 --> 00:43:52,061 I really miss him. 727 00:43:56,034 --> 00:43:59,936 Oh, uh, Richard called me just before I came 'round. 728 00:43:59,938 --> 00:44:02,238 Dirk was asking about your husband. 729 00:44:05,276 --> 00:44:08,011 Why was he asking about Harry? 730 00:44:08,013 --> 00:44:09,646 God knows. 731 00:44:09,648 --> 00:44:12,882 I know it's none of my business, but... 732 00:44:13,852 --> 00:44:15,084 Dirk's a con man. 733 00:44:15,086 --> 00:44:16,386 He always has been. 734 00:44:27,799 --> 00:44:29,732 Mr. Gently tells me 735 00:44:29,734 --> 00:44:32,235 you were involved with Gordon Way at university. 736 00:44:32,237 --> 00:44:34,671 I read about him in the newspaper. 737 00:44:34,673 --> 00:44:35,471 Mm. 738 00:44:35,473 --> 00:44:37,206 He's missing. 739 00:44:44,082 --> 00:44:46,049 Is everything all right, Ruth? 740 00:44:53,258 --> 00:44:54,824 I'll go. 741 00:45:05,970 --> 00:45:07,370 Are you okay? 742 00:45:09,808 --> 00:45:11,040 Why shouldn't I be? 743 00:45:11,042 --> 00:45:12,842 Well... 744 00:45:14,379 --> 00:45:16,145 Not... Not... Not really sure. 745 00:45:16,147 --> 00:45:18,347 Mrs. Jordan, I believe I've established the whereabouts 746 00:45:18,349 --> 00:45:19,349 of Henry the cat. 747 00:45:32,864 --> 00:45:34,705 Anytime you're ready, Dirk. 748 00:45:39,337 --> 00:45:41,504 Five sugars, Mrs. Jordan, thank you. 749 00:45:46,211 --> 00:45:50,113 Let me take you back to 1994. 750 00:45:50,115 --> 00:45:52,415 A momentous year. 751 00:45:52,417 --> 00:45:55,985 Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa. 752 00:45:57,088 --> 00:45:59,822 The Channel Tunnel opened. 753 00:45:59,824 --> 00:46:02,325 East 17 were riding high in the charts. 754 00:46:02,327 --> 00:46:03,826 East 17? 755 00:46:03,828 --> 00:46:06,796 A series of events was to unfold 756 00:46:06,798 --> 00:46:08,297 that would dramatically alter the lives 757 00:46:08,299 --> 00:46:10,333 of every single person in this room. 758 00:46:11,903 --> 00:46:14,937 The 5th of December of that year. 759 00:46:14,939 --> 00:46:17,073 Gordon Way is hurrying 760 00:46:17,075 --> 00:46:19,342 to meet his then girlfriend, Miss Harmison, 761 00:46:19,344 --> 00:46:20,910 when he is, unfortunately, 762 00:46:20,912 --> 00:46:22,912 prevented from reaching his destination. 763 00:46:22,914 --> 00:46:25,148 Because Dirk reversed his car into him. 764 00:46:25,950 --> 00:46:27,216 Stop the car! 765 00:46:29,053 --> 00:46:30,853 It was true. 766 00:46:30,855 --> 00:46:34,056 Your subsequent rejection was a cruel and devastating blow 767 00:46:34,058 --> 00:46:36,125 from which Gordon never fully recovered. 768 00:46:36,127 --> 00:46:40,029 So he set about building a time machine. 769 00:46:43,568 --> 00:46:45,935 In the warehouse next door. 770 00:46:47,071 --> 00:46:49,372 Myself and MacDuff stumbled across it, 771 00:46:49,374 --> 00:46:51,294 and the time machine was no more. 772 00:46:52,977 --> 00:46:54,076 A time machine? 773 00:46:55,146 --> 00:46:56,546 Heh! 774 00:46:56,548 --> 00:46:58,881 Oh, this is crap. 775 00:46:58,883 --> 00:47:00,923 Please don't tell me you believe this. 776 00:47:02,153 --> 00:47:04,220 As you repeatedly told Gordon over the years, 777 00:47:04,222 --> 00:47:05,588 traveling back in time 778 00:47:05,590 --> 00:47:08,257 represented his only chance of winning you back. 779 00:47:08,259 --> 00:47:11,093 We had our chance, and you blew it. 780 00:47:11,095 --> 00:47:12,461 It's too late. 781 00:47:12,463 --> 00:47:14,831 You are actually insane, aren't you? 782 00:47:14,833 --> 00:47:16,265 Am I? 783 00:47:16,267 --> 00:47:18,835 On the 29th of October of this year, 784 00:47:18,837 --> 00:47:21,604 Gordon Way prepared to travel back in time. 785 00:47:23,842 --> 00:47:26,576 Sequence initiated. 786 00:47:27,879 --> 00:47:29,879 But Gordon wasn't alone in the warehouse. 787 00:47:29,881 --> 00:47:32,081 He had company! Henry. 788 00:47:48,666 --> 00:47:51,033 You think Henry may have 789 00:47:51,035 --> 00:47:53,169 traveled through time, Mr. Gently? 790 00:47:53,171 --> 00:47:55,004 Indeed I do, Mrs. Jordan. 791 00:47:55,006 --> 00:47:57,373 And I believe time travel must be terrifying 792 00:47:57,375 --> 00:48:00,910 and disorientating, particularly for a cat. 793 00:48:00,912 --> 00:48:04,981 When Henry reappeared on the timeline in 1994, 794 00:48:04,983 --> 00:48:07,350 it's only natural he'd head for somewhere he felt safe. 795 00:48:07,352 --> 00:48:09,051 He ran home. 796 00:48:10,121 --> 00:48:12,455 Oh! 797 00:48:12,457 --> 00:48:16,392 Ah! Where did you come from? 798 00:48:16,394 --> 00:48:18,461 You think that was Henry? 799 00:48:18,463 --> 00:48:20,897 That is, until you renamed him George. 800 00:48:20,899 --> 00:48:22,899 It was the same cat? 801 00:48:22,901 --> 00:48:24,500 Dirk, this isn't funny. 802 00:48:24,502 --> 00:48:26,002 He's making it up. 803 00:48:26,004 --> 00:48:27,503 No. 804 00:48:27,505 --> 00:48:31,007 They were so alike, their mannerisms, in every way. 805 00:48:31,009 --> 00:48:34,043 They were the same cat. 806 00:48:34,045 --> 00:48:36,379 - I'm sure they were. - Ruth, no. 807 00:48:36,381 --> 00:48:38,080 Henry isn't missing. 808 00:48:38,082 --> 00:48:39,248 He never was. 809 00:48:39,250 --> 00:48:41,517 He's always been here with you. 810 00:48:41,519 --> 00:48:45,054 Henry was born in 2007, 811 00:48:45,056 --> 00:48:47,023 and he died in 2006. 812 00:48:47,025 --> 00:48:50,960 He had 14 happy years in between. 813 00:48:51,062 --> 00:48:54,263 Henry's under the rosebush in the back garden 814 00:48:54,265 --> 00:48:55,932 exactly where you buried him. 815 00:48:55,934 --> 00:48:58,134 I couldn't bear the thought 816 00:48:58,136 --> 00:49:01,137 of him out there somewhere on his own. 817 00:49:01,139 --> 00:49:04,974 I can't tell you how much this means to me. 818 00:49:04,976 --> 00:49:06,609 Thank you, Mr. Gently. 819 00:49:06,611 --> 00:49:08,744 Oh, you are so welcome. 820 00:49:08,746 --> 00:49:10,680 I believe you'll find the bill for my services 821 00:49:10,682 --> 00:49:12,114 distressingly modest. 822 00:49:12,116 --> 00:49:13,516 Don't you dare. 823 00:49:13,518 --> 00:49:16,686 Ruth, I'm sorry. He's lying. 824 00:49:16,688 --> 00:49:19,388 Oh, I believe him. 825 00:49:21,259 --> 00:49:24,126 - Let me find my checkbook. - Okay. 826 00:49:37,008 --> 00:49:39,008 I am curious about one thing, Mrs. Jordan. 827 00:49:39,010 --> 00:49:41,177 What caused you to murder your husband? 828 00:49:42,246 --> 00:49:44,513 You're leaving. You're mentally deranged. 829 00:49:45,683 --> 00:49:50,252 He was an abusive, unpleasant bastard, Mr. Gently. 830 00:49:50,254 --> 00:49:52,788 And on this particular occasion, 831 00:49:52,790 --> 00:49:56,492 he was an abusive, unpleasant bastard to George. 832 00:49:56,494 --> 00:49:59,495 Or... Or should I call him Henry? 833 00:49:59,497 --> 00:50:01,797 Whichever he was. 834 00:50:01,799 --> 00:50:04,166 He was mean to my cat. 835 00:50:04,168 --> 00:50:06,268 Come here, you little shit. 836 00:50:06,270 --> 00:50:08,104 Oh, yeah. 837 00:50:08,106 --> 00:50:10,206 Yes. 838 00:50:10,208 --> 00:50:12,708 Probably crawling with fleas, yeah. 839 00:50:12,710 --> 00:50:14,577 Don't you dare hurt him! 840 00:50:14,579 --> 00:50:17,179 Let him go, Harry! 841 00:50:17,181 --> 00:50:19,081 Let him go! 842 00:50:22,186 --> 00:50:23,552 Of course, at this moment, 843 00:50:23,554 --> 00:50:25,521 Gordon was hurrying to Susan's house. 844 00:50:25,523 --> 00:50:29,558 ¶ ...you are sleeping ¶ 845 00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:31,394 ¶ And hold your hand ¶ 846 00:50:31,396 --> 00:50:38,034 ¶ Don't understand what's going on ¶ 847 00:50:38,302 --> 00:50:39,502 Is everything okay? 848 00:50:39,504 --> 00:50:44,707 ¶ ...return to haunt me ¶ 849 00:50:44,709 --> 00:50:48,077 ¶ Though it's for you all that I do ¶ 850 00:50:48,079 --> 00:50:50,146 ¶ Seems to be wrong ¶ 851 00:50:50,148 --> 00:50:51,347 Is he... 852 00:50:54,419 --> 00:50:56,152 I... I panicked. 853 00:50:56,154 --> 00:50:58,154 I... I didn't mean to kill him. 854 00:50:58,156 --> 00:51:00,056 When you showed me the photograph 855 00:51:00,058 --> 00:51:03,359 of Gordon Way in the newspaper, I couldn't believe my eyes. 856 00:51:03,361 --> 00:51:04,561 Oh, I must have missed that. 857 00:51:07,865 --> 00:51:09,532 So it appears we have established 858 00:51:09,534 --> 00:51:11,200 the final resting place of Gordon Way, 859 00:51:11,202 --> 00:51:12,768 for which, no doubt, I won't be rewarded. 860 00:51:12,770 --> 00:51:14,703 Ruth, it can't have been Gordon. 861 00:51:14,705 --> 00:51:17,306 It... It can't. 862 00:51:17,308 --> 00:51:19,742 You must be confused. It's impossible. 863 00:51:19,744 --> 00:51:20,876 Oh. 864 00:51:20,878 --> 00:51:23,245 Susan has a point, Mr. Gently. 865 00:51:23,247 --> 00:51:25,681 I doubt anybody would believe it. 866 00:51:25,683 --> 00:51:28,651 You can't prove any of this. 867 00:51:28,653 --> 00:51:32,121 And besides, all of you will soon be dead. 868 00:51:33,291 --> 00:51:35,858 Your tea is laced with a cocktail 869 00:51:35,860 --> 00:51:39,161 of paracetamol, sleeping pills, and beta-blockers. 870 00:51:39,163 --> 00:51:42,565 Extremely lethal, I would imagine. 871 00:51:42,567 --> 00:51:44,533 - Oh, my God. - Ruth, how could you? 872 00:51:44,535 --> 00:51:48,237 I have no intention of seeing out my days in prison. 873 00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:50,080 We need to get to a hospital. 874 00:51:54,412 --> 00:51:55,644 We should take Susan's car. 875 00:51:58,065 --> 00:52:00,483 Ho ho! Ye of little faith, MacDuff! 876 00:52:01,686 --> 00:52:03,152 Oh! 877 00:52:09,427 --> 00:52:10,610 I'm sorry. 878 00:52:10,611 --> 00:52:11,794 I know you weren't sleeping with Gordon Way. 879 00:52:11,796 --> 00:52:13,329 I should have trusted you. 880 00:52:13,330 --> 00:52:14,863 It's not you. It's me. It's confidence. 881 00:52:14,866 --> 00:52:16,899 I couldn't imagine why someone like you 882 00:52:16,901 --> 00:52:18,634 would want to be with me, and you're everything. 883 00:52:18,636 --> 00:52:20,736 And if we get through this, I will fix it. I will. 884 00:52:20,738 --> 00:52:23,606 I'll get a job, I'll stop being so bloody miserable, 885 00:52:23,608 --> 00:52:25,808 and I'll... I'll take a shower every day, twice a day. 886 00:52:25,810 --> 00:52:27,850 And I won't leave my pants everywhere. 887 00:52:29,347 --> 00:52:31,747 Gilks, it's Dirk Gently. 888 00:52:31,749 --> 00:52:33,816 I want to report a most heinous crime. 889 00:52:33,818 --> 00:52:35,951 I have been poisoned! 890 00:52:37,288 --> 00:52:40,322 It's no laughing matter, Gilks. 891 00:52:40,324 --> 00:52:43,492 A devious, evil bitch! That's who did it! 892 00:53:05,616 --> 00:53:07,783 We've completed a full range of tox screens. 893 00:53:08,686 --> 00:53:11,820 We couldn't find any trace of any drugs of any kind. 894 00:53:13,191 --> 00:53:15,391 Why did you think you'd been poisoned? 895 00:53:34,845 --> 00:53:36,412 Let them in. 896 00:53:43,487 --> 00:53:45,421 Jesus, no. 897 00:53:45,423 --> 00:53:49,425 Is this your "devious, evil bitch," Gently? 898 00:53:49,427 --> 00:53:52,828 Apparently not, as in we weren't, in fact, poisoned. 899 00:53:52,830 --> 00:53:54,863 Well, it's clearly an overdose. 900 00:53:54,865 --> 00:53:57,633 Do you want to tell me why she might want to take her own life? 901 00:53:57,635 --> 00:54:01,604 Uh, whatever her reasons were, 902 00:54:01,606 --> 00:54:03,472 I was not privy to them. 903 00:54:03,474 --> 00:54:05,040 You did this. 904 00:54:05,042 --> 00:54:07,476 You told her that Henry wasn't coming back. 905 00:54:07,478 --> 00:54:08,777 He was all she had to live for. 906 00:54:08,779 --> 00:54:10,679 I believe I told her Henry was already back. 907 00:54:10,681 --> 00:54:13,015 That is crap, and you know it. 908 00:54:13,017 --> 00:54:14,283 Who's Henry? 909 00:54:14,285 --> 00:54:16,552 Oh, he was her cat. 910 00:54:16,554 --> 00:54:17,853 She was lonely and vulnerable, 911 00:54:17,855 --> 00:54:20,289 and you exploited her, you heartless shit. 912 00:54:20,291 --> 00:54:23,058 My explanation of events may to you seem... 913 00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:32,368 You really have a way with people, don't you, Gently? 914 00:54:32,370 --> 00:54:37,339 D-Did the deceased by any chance leave a check for me? 915 00:54:37,808 --> 00:54:38,841 Get out. 916 00:54:38,843 --> 00:54:39,908 - Have you looked? - Uh! 917 00:54:39,910 --> 00:54:41,777 - All right. - Out. Uh! 918 00:54:41,779 --> 00:54:43,445 I'm going. 919 00:54:47,585 --> 00:54:49,585 I know this sounds a little bit left field, 920 00:54:49,587 --> 00:54:52,788 but, um, I'm excited. 921 00:54:52,790 --> 00:54:56,458 I've got a really, really... I've got a good feeling. 922 00:54:56,460 --> 00:54:57,860 I've invested my redundancy money 923 00:54:57,862 --> 00:54:59,762 into Dirk's detective agency. 924 00:54:59,764 --> 00:55:02,398 Now, I've negotiated a really good deal. 925 00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:04,099 The agency makes a healthy profit. 926 00:55:04,101 --> 00:55:06,869 Dirk drives a 30-year-old Austin Leyland Princess. 927 00:55:06,871 --> 00:55:09,538 Yeah, no... But, no, he's showed me the accounts. 928 00:55:09,540 --> 00:55:12,441 He showed you some bits of paper with numbers written on, 929 00:55:12,443 --> 00:55:14,943 and you gave him 20 grand. 930 00:55:14,945 --> 00:55:16,345 Are you out of your mind? 931 00:55:16,347 --> 00:55:19,848 No, it... it seemed like a... It's a good idea. 932 00:55:19,850 --> 00:55:21,483 He suggested it right after he hypnotized me. 933 00:55:21,485 --> 00:55:23,652 And I-I... 934 00:55:23,654 --> 00:55:24,753 Dirk hypnotized you, 935 00:55:24,755 --> 00:55:26,655 and you suddenly think it's a great idea 936 00:55:26,657 --> 00:55:28,590 to go into business with him? 937 00:55:29,794 --> 00:55:31,660 Oh, my God. 938 00:55:31,662 --> 00:55:34,096 I'm not saying any more. It's your money. 939 00:55:36,116 --> 00:55:38,317 I'm going next door to sort out Ruth's things. 940 00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:43,639 Oh. 941 00:55:48,646 --> 00:55:50,512 Janice, hello. It's Richard MacDuff. 942 00:55:50,514 --> 00:55:52,014 Is Dirk there? 943 00:55:54,719 --> 00:55:56,759 What do you mean he's out the country? 944 00:56:29,387 --> 00:56:32,554 Gordon, it's Susan. You were on the news. 945 00:56:32,556 --> 00:56:34,123 They said you were missing. 946 00:56:34,125 --> 00:56:35,624 What were you doing at the warehouse 947 00:56:35,626 --> 00:56:37,025 at the end of my street? 948 00:56:37,027 --> 00:56:41,163 Just let me know you're okay. Call me. 949 00:56:56,414 --> 00:56:59,948 ¶ Baby, if you've got to go away ¶ 950 00:56:59,950 --> 00:57:04,153 ¶ Don't think I can take the pain ¶ 951 00:57:04,155 --> 00:57:08,190 ¶ Won't you stay another day? ¶ 952 00:57:11,061 --> 00:57:15,197 ¶ Oh, don't leave me alone like this ¶ 953 00:57:15,199 --> 00:57:18,867 ¶ Don't you say it's the final kiss ¶ 954 00:57:18,869 --> 00:57:25,207 ¶ Oh, won't you stay another day? ¶ 955 00:57:26,043 --> 00:57:28,777 ¶ Don't you know we've come... ¶ 956 00:57:28,779 --> 00:57:31,847 No, his name is Dirk Gently. He's a guest at the hotel. 957 00:57:40,991 --> 00:57:42,591 Hello? 958 00:57:42,593 --> 00:57:44,026 Dirk? Dirk, it's Richard. 959 00:57:44,028 --> 00:57:45,894 Um, yeah. 960 00:57:45,896 --> 00:57:48,530 No, look, I've changed my mind about investing in the agency. 961 00:57:48,532 --> 00:57:49,832 I want my money back. 962 00:57:49,833 --> 00:57:51,133 I'm afraid that won't be possible, 963 00:57:51,135 --> 00:57:53,969 on account that the money is no longer in my possession. 964 00:57:53,971 --> 00:57:55,904 What, none of it? What? 965 00:57:57,241 --> 00:57:59,675 Expenses? What expenses? 966 00:57:59,677 --> 00:58:01,977 A most intriguing case, MacDuff. 967 00:58:01,979 --> 00:58:04,847 Um, I have plotted and triangulated the vectors 968 00:58:04,849 --> 00:58:06,715 of all the various events and occurrences 969 00:58:06,717 --> 00:58:09,952 and traced them to a five-star hotel in Barbados.