1 00:00:00,442 --> 00:00:02,473 NARRATOR: Previously on "Queens of Mystery"... 2 00:00:02,475 --> 00:00:04,240 Oh, I do hope you win. 3 00:00:04,242 --> 00:00:07,407 You people are killing me with your constant demands. 4 00:00:07,409 --> 00:00:08,540 HIDDLEDEAN: The winner is... 5 00:00:08,542 --> 00:00:09,674 - [APPLAUSE] - Thank you. 6 00:00:09,676 --> 00:00:10,774 - [METAL SINGS, THUDS] - [MAN GRUNTS] 7 00:00:10,776 --> 00:00:11,974 [INDISTINCT SHOUTING AND SCREAMING] 8 00:00:11,976 --> 00:00:13,774 - Oh, my God! - Help! 9 00:00:13,776 --> 00:00:15,974 Oscar Prescott, 42, single. 10 00:00:15,976 --> 00:00:18,007 Oscar and I were lovers. 11 00:00:18,009 --> 00:00:19,107 Snake! 12 00:00:19,109 --> 00:00:20,540 You don't think Beth had anything to do 13 00:00:20,542 --> 00:00:22,407 - with Oscar's death, do you? - Not without good reason. 14 00:00:22,409 --> 00:00:24,407 - Are those the...? - Missing pages? Yes. 15 00:00:24,409 --> 00:00:26,573 The inspector wants this investigation done by the book. 16 00:00:26,575 --> 00:00:27,542 Anybody here? 17 00:00:29,175 --> 00:00:30,342 [CRASHING] 18 00:01:24,869 --> 00:01:29,869 Subtitles by explosiveskull 19 00:01:33,509 --> 00:01:35,109 [DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE] 20 00:01:39,842 --> 00:01:41,740 HIDDLEDEAN: What's happened? 21 00:01:41,742 --> 00:01:43,509 Oh, my goodness. 22 00:01:45,676 --> 00:01:47,707 Oh. How... 23 00:01:47,709 --> 00:01:48,707 How... 24 00:01:48,709 --> 00:01:51,041 The how was apparent to anyone 25 00:01:51,043 --> 00:01:52,807 acquainted with the rudimentary physics 26 00:01:52,809 --> 00:01:54,809 of the domino effect. 27 00:01:56,976 --> 00:01:57,974 What's over there? 28 00:01:57,976 --> 00:01:59,240 The real question... 29 00:01:59,242 --> 00:02:01,340 Oh, my Lord. 30 00:02:01,342 --> 00:02:03,007 ...was, "Why?" 31 00:02:03,009 --> 00:02:04,976 ASHTON: Beth? 32 00:02:15,542 --> 00:02:17,208 [CAWS] 33 00:02:39,009 --> 00:02:40,442 [DOOR UNLOCKS] 34 00:02:42,909 --> 00:02:44,940 An ardent campaigner, 35 00:02:44,942 --> 00:02:47,340 double-murder suspect Beth Stone 36 00:02:47,342 --> 00:02:51,607 has spent a lifetime fighting against injustice. 37 00:02:51,609 --> 00:02:54,774 Today, however, she did not fight. 38 00:02:54,776 --> 00:02:57,540 She did not even declare her innocence. 39 00:02:57,542 --> 00:03:00,074 She did precisely nothing. 40 00:03:00,076 --> 00:03:03,640 For Beth Stone had something more pressing on her mind 41 00:03:03,642 --> 00:03:06,373 than the possibility of a lifetime in prison... 42 00:03:06,375 --> 00:03:12,308 the future happiness of her beloved niece, Matilda. 43 00:03:24,409 --> 00:03:26,507 All ready? On my count, then. 44 00:03:26,509 --> 00:03:30,076 Right. Three, two, one, lift. 45 00:03:32,575 --> 00:03:34,043 [GRUNTS] 46 00:03:50,375 --> 00:03:52,240 It's Tobias Young. 47 00:03:52,242 --> 00:03:54,007 Oscar Prescott's new agent. 48 00:03:54,009 --> 00:03:55,740 Suggesting there was an old agent. 49 00:03:55,742 --> 00:03:56,740 Guy Ashton. 50 00:03:56,742 --> 00:03:58,573 Not wanting to state the obvious, 51 00:03:58,575 --> 00:04:02,173 the victim's body shows signs consistent with crush injuries. 52 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:04,141 Death was most likely instantaneous. 53 00:04:04,143 --> 00:04:05,573 That's one small mercy. 54 00:04:05,575 --> 00:04:08,009 As is the fact we don't have to look far to find our culprit. 55 00:04:09,175 --> 00:04:11,041 With respect, sir. 56 00:04:11,043 --> 00:04:13,074 Your aunt was caught red-handed, Stone. 57 00:04:13,076 --> 00:04:15,306 But anyone could've come in here under the cover of darkness. 58 00:04:15,308 --> 00:04:16,373 Matilda... 59 00:04:16,375 --> 00:04:18,173 Sergeant Stone's right, Inspector. 60 00:04:18,175 --> 00:04:21,041 There are several points of entry. 61 00:04:21,043 --> 00:04:23,306 I hope this isn't a reluctance to face the facts, Sergeant. 62 00:04:23,308 --> 00:04:25,141 If Aunt Beth had anything to do with these murders, 63 00:04:25,143 --> 00:04:27,043 I won't hesitate to charge her. 64 00:04:33,143 --> 00:04:35,609 T-R-U... truncheon. 65 00:04:40,976 --> 00:04:42,607 We've come to see our sister. 66 00:04:42,609 --> 00:04:43,940 Not possible, I'm afraid. 67 00:04:43,942 --> 00:04:45,974 We thought you'd say that. 68 00:04:45,976 --> 00:04:49,041 WOMAN: Terry? Terry? Is that you? Pick up the phone. 69 00:04:49,043 --> 00:04:50,074 Mum? 70 00:04:50,076 --> 00:04:52,607 - Terry, is that you? - Yes, Mum. 71 00:04:52,609 --> 00:04:53,807 No, Mum. 72 00:04:53,809 --> 00:04:55,607 - What are you playing at, Terry? - But... 73 00:04:55,609 --> 00:04:58,173 I didn't know you knew each other. 74 00:04:58,175 --> 00:04:59,507 I will, yes. 75 00:04:59,509 --> 00:05:02,840 - What do you want for dinner? - Tea? 76 00:05:02,842 --> 00:05:04,373 Alphabetti Spaghetti. 77 00:05:04,375 --> 00:05:06,143 Thank you. 78 00:05:11,776 --> 00:05:13,942 If you'd like to follow me. 79 00:05:26,208 --> 00:05:27,842 10 minutes. 80 00:05:33,709 --> 00:05:35,642 [DOOR CLOSES, LOCKS] 81 00:05:37,742 --> 00:05:41,173 We know you lied to Matilda about knowing Oscar Prescott. 82 00:05:41,175 --> 00:05:43,407 I saw the pair of you arguing. 83 00:05:43,409 --> 00:05:46,507 - We weren't arguing. - You were manhandling him. 84 00:05:46,509 --> 00:05:50,007 I was trying to get him to show me something in the library. 85 00:05:50,009 --> 00:05:52,640 Then why not tell Mattie that instead of lying to her? 86 00:05:52,642 --> 00:05:56,173 It was for Matilda's own good. 87 00:05:56,175 --> 00:05:58,308 Oscar found out about Dragomir. 88 00:06:05,342 --> 00:06:08,206 Oscar Prescott had spent the previous summer 89 00:06:08,208 --> 00:06:10,173 as a writer-in-residence, 90 00:06:10,175 --> 00:06:14,340 working in the castle's extensive library, 91 00:06:14,342 --> 00:06:18,141 where he came across an article from an obscure local journal 92 00:06:18,143 --> 00:06:22,807 about the town's Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Society 93 00:06:22,809 --> 00:06:27,573 and a visiting academic, Professor Alexander Dragomir, 94 00:06:27,575 --> 00:06:31,440 a biographer researching the mysterious death of Poe, 95 00:06:31,442 --> 00:06:34,674 the founding father of the modern detective story. 96 00:06:34,676 --> 00:06:38,007 I thought we'd heard the last of Dragomir. 97 00:06:38,009 --> 00:06:39,842 So did I. 98 00:06:40,809 --> 00:06:42,807 But the article also mentioned 99 00:06:42,809 --> 00:06:47,173 that he hired a local research assistant. 100 00:06:47,175 --> 00:06:48,609 - Eleanor. - Eleanor. 101 00:06:50,409 --> 00:06:52,041 Although Matilda's mother 102 00:06:52,043 --> 00:06:54,473 working for a visiting Bulgarian academic 103 00:06:54,475 --> 00:06:56,575 wasn't in itself a scandal... 104 00:06:58,043 --> 00:07:01,141 ...the timing of said employment, 105 00:07:01,143 --> 00:07:03,540 precisely nine months and nine days 106 00:07:03,542 --> 00:07:06,440 before the date of Matilda's birth, 107 00:07:06,442 --> 00:07:10,540 was a secret her aunts were determined to take with them 108 00:07:10,542 --> 00:07:12,442 to their graves. 109 00:07:14,609 --> 00:07:17,473 Oscar saw Eleanor's surname, 110 00:07:17,475 --> 00:07:19,240 asked if we were related. 111 00:07:19,242 --> 00:07:22,074 What you saw was me trying to get Oscar 112 00:07:22,076 --> 00:07:24,909 to show me the article, except he was too busy. 113 00:07:25,909 --> 00:07:28,273 If I tell Matilda the truth, 114 00:07:28,275 --> 00:07:31,609 she'll find out about Dragomir, and none of us want that. 115 00:07:33,709 --> 00:07:35,141 So where's the article now? 116 00:07:35,143 --> 00:07:38,575 That's the problem. I have no idea. 117 00:07:41,275 --> 00:07:44,206 Despite past generations of the Hiddledean family 118 00:07:44,208 --> 00:07:46,940 being enthusiastic bibliophiles, 119 00:07:46,942 --> 00:07:50,273 archivists they were not. 120 00:07:50,275 --> 00:07:54,206 Of the tens of thousands of books, newspapers, and journals 121 00:07:54,208 --> 00:07:56,074 collected over the years, 122 00:07:56,076 --> 00:08:00,575 not a single one had ever been catalogued. 123 00:08:01,642 --> 00:08:03,208 ASHTON: Beth? 124 00:08:07,676 --> 00:08:10,507 I've been searching for it ever since. 125 00:08:10,509 --> 00:08:12,141 So how do we get you out of this mess 126 00:08:12,143 --> 00:08:14,674 without Matilda finding out about Dragomir and that article? 127 00:08:14,676 --> 00:08:16,874 So you do believe I'm not the murderer? 128 00:08:16,876 --> 00:08:19,141 [SNORTS] 129 00:08:19,143 --> 00:08:20,674 Of course. 130 00:08:20,676 --> 00:08:24,440 We were never in any doubt. 131 00:08:24,442 --> 00:08:28,306 If we could only find the real murderer, 132 00:08:28,308 --> 00:08:30,940 Matilda would be forced to let me go, 133 00:08:30,942 --> 00:08:33,143 and all of this could be forgotten. 134 00:08:35,742 --> 00:08:37,043 What? 135 00:08:38,109 --> 00:08:41,043 Don't tell me you already have a suspect in mind? 136 00:08:43,009 --> 00:08:45,640 NARRATOR: In fact, Cat and Jane Stone 137 00:08:45,642 --> 00:08:49,308 had two possible suspects in mind. 138 00:08:51,175 --> 00:08:52,273 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 139 00:08:52,275 --> 00:08:54,573 CAT: It's Cat. I'm coming in. 140 00:08:54,575 --> 00:08:57,409 I hope you brought coffee. 141 00:09:03,575 --> 00:09:07,540 Do you want to explain, or shall I make an educated guess? 142 00:09:07,542 --> 00:09:09,208 [SIGHS] 143 00:09:12,509 --> 00:09:13,842 [GROANS] 144 00:09:15,709 --> 00:09:19,043 I met Sadie Hanson at last year's festival. 145 00:09:21,642 --> 00:09:24,041 She said she wanted to be a writer herself someday, 146 00:09:24,043 --> 00:09:27,340 and she'd written some Catherine Parr fan fiction, 147 00:09:27,342 --> 00:09:28,974 and I promised to read it. 148 00:09:28,976 --> 00:09:31,306 And? 149 00:09:31,308 --> 00:09:33,475 I kept my promise. 150 00:09:39,009 --> 00:09:40,609 It was good. 151 00:09:43,642 --> 00:09:45,776 I mean, it was really good. 152 00:09:47,676 --> 00:09:50,074 So you changed the title, made a few tweaks, 153 00:09:50,076 --> 00:09:52,440 and submitted it as your own work. 154 00:09:52,442 --> 00:09:54,776 The rumors were true. 155 00:09:56,275 --> 00:09:58,907 I was burned out. 156 00:09:58,909 --> 00:10:02,007 It had been three years since my last book. 157 00:10:02,009 --> 00:10:04,340 My publisher was threatening to take back my advance, 158 00:10:04,342 --> 00:10:06,507 for God's sake. 159 00:10:06,509 --> 00:10:07,976 And Sadie Hanson? 160 00:10:15,776 --> 00:10:18,840 WOLFE: She read "Murder on the Mary Rose" 161 00:10:18,842 --> 00:10:21,609 and recognized it as her own work. 162 00:10:25,642 --> 00:10:28,273 Please don't do this to me. 163 00:10:28,275 --> 00:10:31,575 And then I did something I'll regret for the rest of my life. 164 00:10:34,308 --> 00:10:38,409 I told her if she didn't keep her mouth shut... 165 00:10:39,776 --> 00:10:41,740 Isabella, please. 166 00:10:41,742 --> 00:10:45,009 ...I'd ruin any chance she had of becoming a writer. 167 00:10:47,009 --> 00:10:50,273 And two days ago, Oscar came to my room. 168 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:53,308 Sadie had sent him a copy of her manuscript. 169 00:10:55,642 --> 00:10:56,707 Yeah? 170 00:10:56,709 --> 00:10:58,206 And when he saw my book, 171 00:10:58,208 --> 00:11:00,509 he knew I'd plagiarized her work. 172 00:11:02,742 --> 00:11:05,740 I tried to persuade him to see my point of view. 173 00:11:05,742 --> 00:11:07,206 You're a murderer 'cause she's dead. 174 00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:08,041 You killed her. 175 00:11:08,043 --> 00:11:09,640 And that's when he told me... 176 00:11:09,642 --> 00:11:11,674 - Because of you. - No! 177 00:11:11,676 --> 00:11:14,143 ...that Sadie had taken her own life. 178 00:11:15,709 --> 00:11:19,107 It was the first I knew about it. 179 00:11:19,109 --> 00:11:21,776 And what did Oscar want? Money? 180 00:11:23,143 --> 00:11:25,175 Justice. 181 00:11:26,175 --> 00:11:29,141 Justice for Sadie. 182 00:11:29,143 --> 00:11:33,540 He said I had 48 hours to come clean, 183 00:11:33,542 --> 00:11:36,173 or he'd tell the world what I'd done. 184 00:11:36,175 --> 00:11:39,740 And you knew if the truth came out, it would ruin your career. 185 00:11:39,742 --> 00:11:42,240 You can't seriously think I killed Oscar. 186 00:11:42,242 --> 00:11:43,974 You all but killed Sadie Hanson. 187 00:11:43,976 --> 00:11:45,240 She killed herself! 188 00:11:45,242 --> 00:11:46,573 Yeah, you keep telling yourself that. 189 00:11:46,575 --> 00:11:48,206 Oh, Cat. 190 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:50,740 - I'll see you around, Isabella. - Cat. 191 00:11:50,742 --> 00:11:54,141 Please don't go. No one can know about this. 192 00:11:54,143 --> 00:11:55,609 Cat! 193 00:12:07,809 --> 00:12:09,907 Interview between Detective Sergeant Matilda Stone 194 00:12:09,909 --> 00:12:11,473 and Elizabeth Margaret Stone. 195 00:12:11,475 --> 00:12:13,273 P.C. Terry Foster is also present. 196 00:12:13,275 --> 00:12:16,107 The accused has waived her right to counsel. 197 00:12:16,109 --> 00:12:19,540 You lied when you told me you didn't know Oscar Prescott. 198 00:12:19,542 --> 00:12:20,507 No comment. 199 00:12:20,509 --> 00:12:22,874 A witness saw you arguing with him 200 00:12:22,876 --> 00:12:24,074 on the morning of his death. 201 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:26,041 What were you arguing about? 202 00:12:26,043 --> 00:12:27,043 No comment. 203 00:12:28,275 --> 00:12:31,208 Please, Aunt Beth. I'm trying to help you. 204 00:12:32,409 --> 00:12:34,842 Why were you in the library last night? 205 00:12:39,043 --> 00:12:41,607 You've known me all your life, Matilda. 206 00:12:41,609 --> 00:12:43,940 I couldn't love you more if you were my own child. 207 00:12:43,942 --> 00:12:46,308 Well, because in many ways you are. 208 00:12:47,375 --> 00:12:49,674 I won't tell you why I was talking with Oscar Prescott, 209 00:12:49,676 --> 00:12:53,340 and I won't tell you why I was in the library. 210 00:12:53,342 --> 00:12:55,674 I want you to trust me when I tell you 211 00:12:55,676 --> 00:12:58,143 that I did not kill anyone. 212 00:13:00,842 --> 00:13:03,409 Sergeant Stone, a word. 213 00:13:04,709 --> 00:13:05,840 [RECORDER CLICKS] 214 00:13:05,842 --> 00:13:08,709 MATILDA: Interview suspended at 11:35. 215 00:13:15,009 --> 00:13:16,674 I want that woman charged with double murder. 216 00:13:16,676 --> 00:13:17,807 But, sir... 217 00:13:17,809 --> 00:13:19,373 She was seen arguing with Oscar Prescott 218 00:13:19,375 --> 00:13:22,074 the morning of his death and was caught red-handed 219 00:13:22,076 --> 00:13:23,240 at the scene of Tobias Young's murder. 220 00:13:23,242 --> 00:13:24,674 But there are more-viable suspects. 221 00:13:24,676 --> 00:13:26,840 Guy Ashton, for one. 222 00:13:26,842 --> 00:13:28,774 He has a temper and was seen arguing 223 00:13:28,776 --> 00:13:30,974 with both Prescott and Young. 224 00:13:30,976 --> 00:13:32,407 Please, sir, my aunt's in custody. 225 00:13:32,409 --> 00:13:34,074 She's not going anywhere. 226 00:13:34,076 --> 00:13:36,306 Give me until the end of the day to prove it's not her. 227 00:13:36,308 --> 00:13:38,208 If I can't, then I'll charge her. 228 00:13:39,208 --> 00:13:41,540 - You have until lunch. - But that's two hours. 229 00:13:41,542 --> 00:13:43,440 Take it or leave it, Sergeant. 230 00:13:43,442 --> 00:13:45,540 NARRATOR: Matilda would take it. 231 00:13:45,542 --> 00:13:48,206 [CELLPHONE RINGS] 232 00:13:48,208 --> 00:13:50,141 - Aunt Jane. - You have to get down here. 233 00:13:50,143 --> 00:13:51,340 It's Guy Ashton. 234 00:13:51,342 --> 00:13:55,375 He's on the roof, and he's threatening to jump. 235 00:14:09,676 --> 00:14:12,206 ASHTON: Get out the way! I'm gonna do it! 236 00:14:12,208 --> 00:14:14,007 Get out the way! 237 00:14:14,009 --> 00:14:15,609 You think I'm joking?! 238 00:14:22,076 --> 00:14:23,840 What's that bird doing there? 239 00:14:23,842 --> 00:14:25,074 Get him away! 240 00:14:25,076 --> 00:14:26,375 [CAWS] 241 00:14:27,709 --> 00:14:29,206 - Guy. - What?! 242 00:14:29,208 --> 00:14:32,407 - It's Detective Sergeant Stone. - Stand back or I'll jump! 243 00:14:32,409 --> 00:14:34,407 Why don't you tell me what all this is about? 244 00:14:34,409 --> 00:14:36,840 - It's over. - What is? 245 00:14:36,842 --> 00:14:39,409 - He's been fired. - You all think I did it. 246 00:14:42,308 --> 00:14:44,107 I loved Oscar. 247 00:14:44,109 --> 00:14:45,173 And Tobias Young? 248 00:14:45,175 --> 00:14:46,774 Duplicitous toad. 249 00:14:46,776 --> 00:14:49,607 I'm glad he's dead, but I swear I had nothing to do with it. 250 00:14:49,609 --> 00:14:50,907 I believe you, Guy. 251 00:14:50,909 --> 00:14:53,206 You're just saying that so I'll come down. 252 00:14:53,208 --> 00:14:55,807 Matilda was just saying it so that he would come down. 253 00:14:55,809 --> 00:14:58,440 No! There are more-viable suspects. 254 00:14:58,442 --> 00:15:02,340 In fact, I'm close to making an arrest. 255 00:15:02,342 --> 00:15:03,774 [BEEPING] 256 00:15:03,776 --> 00:15:04,642 Ah... 257 00:15:05,909 --> 00:15:07,976 [BEEPING INTENSIFIES] 258 00:15:09,375 --> 00:15:11,742 - Aah! - Help! 259 00:15:12,542 --> 00:15:14,074 Pull! 260 00:15:14,076 --> 00:15:15,809 - ASHTON: Aah! - [BEEPING CONTINUES] 261 00:15:17,409 --> 00:15:19,575 Get the paramedics. 262 00:15:26,409 --> 00:15:27,974 - Will he be okay? - He's fine. 263 00:15:27,976 --> 00:15:29,840 But we're gonna have to keep him in overnight 264 00:15:29,842 --> 00:15:31,173 just as a precaution. 265 00:15:31,175 --> 00:15:32,440 George, Matt. 266 00:15:32,442 --> 00:15:33,342 Jane. 267 00:15:34,475 --> 00:15:36,674 Is there anyone around here you lot don't know? 268 00:15:36,676 --> 00:15:38,907 JANE: Statistically that's highly probable, 269 00:15:38,909 --> 00:15:42,840 but in reality, no. 270 00:15:42,842 --> 00:15:44,907 Don't get angry, 271 00:15:44,909 --> 00:15:47,707 but I broke into Max Sinclair's room last night. 272 00:15:47,709 --> 00:15:51,840 - Aunt Jane! - I found this in his fireplace. 273 00:15:51,842 --> 00:15:53,740 "BBFA." 274 00:15:53,742 --> 00:15:56,507 The Bora Bora Football Association? 275 00:15:56,509 --> 00:15:59,707 The British Board of Forensic Accountants. 276 00:15:59,709 --> 00:16:03,940 Think of them as detectives with an abacus. 277 00:16:03,942 --> 00:16:05,774 I did some digging, 278 00:16:05,776 --> 00:16:08,640 comparing Sinclair Publishing's annual reports 279 00:16:08,642 --> 00:16:10,306 with sales records of Oscar's books. 280 00:16:10,308 --> 00:16:11,874 Max was skimming. 281 00:16:11,876 --> 00:16:15,473 He was shortchanging Oscar by thousands every month. 282 00:16:15,475 --> 00:16:16,940 And Oscar found out? 283 00:16:16,942 --> 00:16:21,206 I'm betting he hired a forensic accountant to investigate. 284 00:16:21,208 --> 00:16:22,807 At that precise moment, 285 00:16:22,809 --> 00:16:27,340 Maximilian Sinclair was laying a wager of a different kind. 286 00:16:27,342 --> 00:16:31,173 A wager that he could sneak away from Hiddledean Castle 287 00:16:31,175 --> 00:16:32,373 without being noticed. 288 00:16:32,375 --> 00:16:34,173 Hey! You! 289 00:16:34,175 --> 00:16:35,007 He was wrong. 290 00:16:35,009 --> 00:16:36,009 Stop! 291 00:16:57,842 --> 00:16:59,141 [ENGINE CRANKING] 292 00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:01,273 Oh! Damn it! 293 00:17:01,275 --> 00:17:02,609 We need to talk. 294 00:17:03,909 --> 00:17:05,642 Yours, I believe. 295 00:17:09,308 --> 00:17:11,373 Why were you arguing with Oscar Prescott? 296 00:17:11,375 --> 00:17:12,509 Okay. 297 00:17:14,076 --> 00:17:17,407 I was massaging the books. 298 00:17:17,409 --> 00:17:20,876 - And Oscar found out. - He hired a forensic accountant. 299 00:17:21,676 --> 00:17:24,807 Oscar showed me their report on the morning he was murdered. 300 00:17:24,809 --> 00:17:27,507 The report you stole and burned in your room. 301 00:17:27,509 --> 00:17:29,173 He told me he'd go to the police 302 00:17:29,175 --> 00:17:33,907 unless I handed over a controlling share of my company. 303 00:17:33,909 --> 00:17:37,340 30 years I toiled to build up that firm. 304 00:17:37,342 --> 00:17:39,407 30 years. 305 00:17:39,409 --> 00:17:41,640 And he wanted me to hand over control 306 00:17:41,642 --> 00:17:43,340 for a fraction of what it's worth. 307 00:17:43,342 --> 00:17:45,542 - And so you killed him? - What? 308 00:17:46,942 --> 00:17:49,707 Murder was the last thing on my mind. 309 00:17:49,709 --> 00:17:52,373 You'd lost a controlling share of your company. 310 00:17:52,375 --> 00:17:54,208 But I still owned 49%. 311 00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:58,206 And the deal tied Oscar to Sinclair Publishing for life. 312 00:17:58,208 --> 00:18:01,173 Even as a minority shareholder, I was set to make a fortune. 313 00:18:01,175 --> 00:18:05,542 So, no, Sergeant, I did not kill Oscar Prescott. 314 00:18:07,275 --> 00:18:09,041 JANE: What will happen to him now? 315 00:18:09,043 --> 00:18:10,707 MATILDA: That's down to the fraud office. 316 00:18:10,709 --> 00:18:12,642 But he's finished as a publisher. 317 00:18:13,742 --> 00:18:15,607 JANE: You don't think he's our killer? 318 00:18:15,609 --> 00:18:18,041 Too greedy. 319 00:18:18,043 --> 00:18:21,607 Oscar was worth far more to him alive than dead. 320 00:18:21,609 --> 00:18:24,840 If he didn't kill Oscar Prescott, who did? 321 00:18:24,842 --> 00:18:26,575 The truth, Aunt Jane? 322 00:18:27,709 --> 00:18:29,676 I don't know. 323 00:18:31,208 --> 00:18:32,143 Hmm. 324 00:18:46,942 --> 00:18:48,940 I hear you had an eventful morning, Sergeant. 325 00:18:48,942 --> 00:18:50,141 Sir. 326 00:18:50,143 --> 00:18:52,640 But still no arrests for murder? 327 00:18:52,642 --> 00:18:53,974 I want your aunt charged, 328 00:18:53,976 --> 00:18:56,076 or I want your warrant card on my desk. 329 00:19:07,542 --> 00:19:09,240 I'll ask you again. 330 00:19:09,242 --> 00:19:11,041 Why were you arguing with Oscar Prescott, 331 00:19:11,043 --> 00:19:13,809 and what were you doing in the library last night? 332 00:19:14,809 --> 00:19:16,306 Failure to answer these questions 333 00:19:16,308 --> 00:19:18,842 will result in you being charged with double murder. 334 00:19:20,208 --> 00:19:23,807 You do what you have to do, Mattie. 335 00:19:23,809 --> 00:19:26,273 So you're refusing to answer my questions? 336 00:19:26,275 --> 00:19:27,575 Get on with it, Sergeant. 337 00:19:28,575 --> 00:19:30,206 - Matilda. - Not now, Foster. 338 00:19:30,208 --> 00:19:31,640 - It's important, sir. - I said not now. 339 00:19:31,642 --> 00:19:34,173 But Benjamin Kingston's at the front desk. 340 00:19:34,175 --> 00:19:36,642 And he wants to confess to both killings. 341 00:19:43,308 --> 00:19:44,607 I did it. 342 00:19:44,609 --> 00:19:47,407 I killed Oscar. 343 00:19:47,409 --> 00:19:48,909 Why? 344 00:19:49,976 --> 00:19:51,409 Jealousy. 345 00:19:52,676 --> 00:19:54,774 You were right. 346 00:19:54,776 --> 00:19:56,976 I hated seeing how successful he'd become. 347 00:19:58,509 --> 00:20:00,007 I thought you two were friends. 348 00:20:00,009 --> 00:20:02,041 Contemporaries. 349 00:20:02,043 --> 00:20:03,707 He was a hack. 350 00:20:03,709 --> 00:20:06,575 Flaunting his fame in my face. 351 00:20:08,842 --> 00:20:10,607 Beating me to the Golden Pick-Axe 352 00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:12,240 was the final straw. 353 00:20:12,242 --> 00:20:14,709 When the lights failed... 354 00:20:16,575 --> 00:20:17,876 ...I took my chance. 355 00:20:19,043 --> 00:20:20,242 And Tobias Young? 356 00:20:21,542 --> 00:20:25,141 Degenerate gambler was my agent. 357 00:20:25,143 --> 00:20:26,907 Borrowed a fortune from me over the years, 358 00:20:26,909 --> 00:20:28,573 except he wouldn't pay it back. 359 00:20:28,575 --> 00:20:30,874 Kept asking for more. 360 00:20:30,876 --> 00:20:32,208 So you killed him? 361 00:20:34,076 --> 00:20:36,809 I had a taste for it by then. 362 00:20:50,976 --> 00:20:52,273 You're free to go. 363 00:20:52,275 --> 00:20:53,440 Inspector Thorne's satisfied 364 00:20:53,442 --> 00:20:55,109 you had nothing to do with either murder. 365 00:20:56,208 --> 00:20:59,409 Follow P.C. Foster. He'll return your belongings. 366 00:21:08,342 --> 00:21:11,573 Congratulations on solving your first case, Sergeant. 367 00:21:11,575 --> 00:21:12,840 Thank you, sir. 368 00:21:12,842 --> 00:21:15,009 You know what Napoleon said about his generals? 369 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:19,440 He'd rather they were lucky than good. 370 00:21:19,442 --> 00:21:20,776 Not sure I agree. 371 00:21:22,342 --> 00:21:24,640 Have the paperwork on my desk first thing. 372 00:21:24,642 --> 00:21:25,909 Sir. 373 00:21:45,175 --> 00:21:46,306 - Oh! - Oh! 374 00:21:46,308 --> 00:21:47,407 [LAUGHTER] 375 00:21:47,409 --> 00:21:49,373 To Beth being free 376 00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:52,507 and Detective Sergeant Matilda Stone 377 00:21:52,509 --> 00:21:55,074 solving her first-ever murder. 378 00:21:55,076 --> 00:21:56,573 - Whoo-hoo! - Whoo-hoo! 379 00:21:56,575 --> 00:21:58,674 [LAUGHS] 380 00:21:58,676 --> 00:22:01,373 Oh, what's the matter, kid? You should be happy. 381 00:22:01,375 --> 00:22:03,141 I am. It's just... 382 00:22:03,143 --> 00:22:06,007 I didn't so much solve the case as have it handed to me. 383 00:22:06,009 --> 00:22:08,107 - A win's a win. - Mm. 384 00:22:08,109 --> 00:22:10,041 None of it feels right. 385 00:22:10,043 --> 00:22:11,807 Not even Baron Tollage being the murderer 386 00:22:11,809 --> 00:22:13,507 in "Brown Bread" makes sense. 387 00:22:13,509 --> 00:22:16,206 I just can't help thinking something's missing. 388 00:22:16,208 --> 00:22:20,240 I told you. Let us look at the manuscript. 389 00:22:20,242 --> 00:22:21,676 Missing. 390 00:22:31,475 --> 00:22:33,109 Missing. 391 00:22:34,009 --> 00:22:35,876 Of course! 392 00:22:36,976 --> 00:22:39,607 - I'll be back. - Bye, love. 393 00:22:39,609 --> 00:22:41,909 - CAT: See ya. - JANE: Take care. 394 00:22:42,909 --> 00:22:44,674 Ohh. 395 00:22:44,676 --> 00:22:47,407 I wish she would let us look at the manuscript. 396 00:22:47,409 --> 00:22:49,240 Mm? 397 00:22:49,242 --> 00:22:50,573 Oh, what? 398 00:22:50,575 --> 00:22:55,874 Matilda fell asleep on the sofa reading it. 399 00:22:55,876 --> 00:22:59,074 So I made three copies. 400 00:22:59,076 --> 00:23:01,707 - So you stole police evidence? - Ohh! 401 00:23:01,709 --> 00:23:03,874 Technically, I just copied it. 402 00:23:03,876 --> 00:23:04,907 I gave it back. 403 00:23:04,909 --> 00:23:06,840 Well, in that case. 404 00:23:06,842 --> 00:23:08,175 Give it here. 405 00:23:29,076 --> 00:23:31,308 Thank you. 406 00:23:31,742 --> 00:23:33,043 [BIRD CAWING IN DISTANCE] 407 00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:39,009 [TOOL BUZZING] 408 00:24:02,876 --> 00:24:04,876 [KNOCKING] 409 00:24:07,275 --> 00:24:08,776 [DOOR UNLOCKING] 410 00:24:14,076 --> 00:24:16,041 Well, I'm surprised to see you again, Sergeant. 411 00:24:16,043 --> 00:24:17,507 I have some questions to ask you 412 00:24:17,509 --> 00:24:19,076 about the works you sent for restoration. 413 00:24:20,143 --> 00:24:22,976 Your mother, I believe? 414 00:24:23,909 --> 00:24:25,707 Oh. 415 00:24:25,709 --> 00:24:29,742 "Brown Bread" is based on a true story involving your parents. 416 00:24:32,076 --> 00:24:33,707 [SIGHS] 417 00:24:33,709 --> 00:24:35,409 Do come in. 418 00:24:41,442 --> 00:24:45,940 My parents narrowly avoided a scandal in the '60s. 419 00:24:45,942 --> 00:24:47,009 Do sit down, please. 420 00:24:48,642 --> 00:24:53,707 Lord Blenning was killed hunting on our land, 421 00:24:53,709 --> 00:24:57,440 and the rumor was that he was having an affair with my mother 422 00:24:57,442 --> 00:24:59,976 and that my father had shot him. 423 00:25:01,876 --> 00:25:03,907 The description of the baron and the one-eyed baroness 424 00:25:03,909 --> 00:25:07,240 in Oscar's book could only be my parents. 425 00:25:07,242 --> 00:25:09,041 So you sent the paintings and photographs away 426 00:25:09,043 --> 00:25:10,940 to avoid anyone making the connection? 427 00:25:10,942 --> 00:25:14,206 My mother is 93, Sergeant. 428 00:25:14,208 --> 00:25:17,807 A scandal of that magnitude would finish her off. 429 00:25:17,809 --> 00:25:22,907 I needed to know whether Oscar had named the baron... 430 00:25:22,909 --> 00:25:25,173 my father... as the killer. 431 00:25:25,175 --> 00:25:27,807 So I thought if I gave Oscar the award, 432 00:25:27,809 --> 00:25:29,740 I could steal the manuscript from his bag 433 00:25:29,742 --> 00:25:31,507 while he was at the lectern. 434 00:25:31,509 --> 00:25:33,907 And all I had to do was arrange for the lights to fail 435 00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:35,974 at precisely the right moment. 436 00:25:35,976 --> 00:25:38,842 Except you hadn't bargained on Oscar performing a reading. 437 00:25:40,308 --> 00:25:44,107 But you had to find a way to stop him, so you killed him? 438 00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:46,540 What? 439 00:25:46,542 --> 00:25:48,473 I killed Oscar? 440 00:25:48,475 --> 00:25:49,840 In order to steal the manuscript, 441 00:25:49,842 --> 00:25:52,573 what, and then post the last five pages 442 00:25:52,575 --> 00:25:54,707 on the noticeboard the next day? 443 00:25:54,709 --> 00:25:57,573 But I didn't want the world to make the connection 444 00:25:57,575 --> 00:25:59,507 between the killer and my father. 445 00:25:59,509 --> 00:26:02,240 Why on earth would I do that? 446 00:26:02,242 --> 00:26:03,640 Hmm? 447 00:26:03,642 --> 00:26:07,373 Have you ever considered maybe the rumors were true? 448 00:26:07,375 --> 00:26:09,907 That Oscar uncovered evidence of your father's guilt? 449 00:26:09,909 --> 00:26:11,840 Oh, you misunderstand me, Sergeant. 450 00:26:11,842 --> 00:26:13,774 My father was guilty. 451 00:26:13,776 --> 00:26:16,273 Yeah, no, that's the whole point. 452 00:26:16,275 --> 00:26:18,273 Well, I-I always knew that. 453 00:26:18,275 --> 00:26:20,475 After I saw him burying the rifle in the garden. 454 00:26:21,609 --> 00:26:23,840 I never told Mother. 455 00:26:23,842 --> 00:26:27,043 It would break her heart if she ever found out the truth. 456 00:26:29,475 --> 00:26:31,940 Oh, golly, I'm beginning to wish 457 00:26:31,942 --> 00:26:33,540 I'd given the Golden Pick-Axe Award 458 00:26:33,542 --> 00:26:35,674 to Isabella Wolfe after all. 459 00:26:35,676 --> 00:26:37,206 Isabella Wolfe? 460 00:26:37,208 --> 00:26:38,707 Don't you mean Benjamin Kingston? 461 00:26:38,709 --> 00:26:40,807 No, I don't. Why would I mean that? 462 00:26:40,809 --> 00:26:41,940 Well, I understood you enticed 463 00:26:41,942 --> 00:26:43,373 Benjamin Kingston to the festival 464 00:26:43,375 --> 00:26:46,007 by promising him he'd win the Golden Pick-Axe. 465 00:26:46,009 --> 00:26:47,940 No, I had much simpler bait to lure him. 466 00:26:47,942 --> 00:26:49,074 I invited Oscar. 467 00:26:49,076 --> 00:26:52,940 And wherever Oscar goes, Emily goes too. 468 00:26:52,942 --> 00:26:55,041 And I knew that Benjamin would never miss 469 00:26:55,043 --> 00:26:58,107 the opportunity of spending a weekend in Emily's company. 470 00:26:58,109 --> 00:26:59,609 He'll do anything for her. 471 00:27:00,742 --> 00:27:02,840 Prescott's done a Christie. 472 00:27:02,842 --> 00:27:06,940 And in that very moment, everything became clear. 473 00:27:06,942 --> 00:27:08,573 I know who the killer is. 474 00:27:08,575 --> 00:27:10,175 Crikey. 475 00:27:14,842 --> 00:27:18,940 Well, one thing we can all agree with Matilda on 476 00:27:18,942 --> 00:27:22,840 is that Baron Tollage definitely wasn't the murderer. 477 00:27:22,842 --> 00:27:25,107 Agreed. 478 00:27:25,109 --> 00:27:27,007 Meaning the missing pages that Matilda took 479 00:27:27,009 --> 00:27:29,306 from the noticeboard are fake. 480 00:27:29,308 --> 00:27:31,240 And that Oscar Prescott's death 481 00:27:31,242 --> 00:27:33,407 and the stolen pages are connected after all. 482 00:27:33,409 --> 00:27:35,173 JANE: Someone's gone to a lot of effort 483 00:27:35,175 --> 00:27:36,840 to make sure the real ending to "Brown Bread" 484 00:27:36,842 --> 00:27:38,707 remains a secret. 485 00:27:38,709 --> 00:27:41,473 Well, I figured out by page 50 the baroness did it. 486 00:27:41,475 --> 00:27:43,740 That's nonsense. It can't be her. 487 00:27:43,742 --> 00:27:45,807 It has to be Theodore Gill III. 488 00:27:45,809 --> 00:27:48,007 - [EXHALES SHARPLY] - You're both wrong. 489 00:27:48,009 --> 00:27:50,273 It's Lady Helmhurst. 490 00:27:50,275 --> 00:27:53,807 While Beth, Cat, and Jane Stone disagreed 491 00:27:53,809 --> 00:27:56,809 about the identity of a fictional killer... 492 00:27:58,842 --> 00:28:01,141 ...their niece edged ever closer 493 00:28:01,143 --> 00:28:03,306 to confirming her own suspicions 494 00:28:03,308 --> 00:28:06,208 about the identity of a real-life one. 495 00:28:32,509 --> 00:28:33,942 The missing pages. 496 00:28:38,575 --> 00:28:40,240 "Palmer coolly turned 497 00:28:40,242 --> 00:28:44,141 to take in the guests' expectant faces and declared..." 498 00:28:44,143 --> 00:28:45,440 PALMER: And the murderer is... 499 00:28:45,442 --> 00:28:46,275 [CREAKING] 500 00:29:02,342 --> 00:29:03,373 [CAWS] 501 00:29:03,375 --> 00:29:06,007 So we're all agreed. 502 00:29:06,009 --> 00:29:08,308 It can't be Dr. Reynolds either. 503 00:29:12,242 --> 00:29:14,074 That's everyone eliminated. 504 00:29:14,076 --> 00:29:15,674 Not quite everyone. 505 00:29:15,676 --> 00:29:17,407 What did Sherlock Holmes say? 506 00:29:17,409 --> 00:29:19,373 Once you have eliminated the impossible... 507 00:29:19,375 --> 00:29:22,640 Whatever remains, however improbable... 508 00:29:22,642 --> 00:29:26,473 Must be the truth. 509 00:29:26,475 --> 00:29:28,540 - Of course. - Of course. 510 00:29:28,542 --> 00:29:31,308 He's the only person not on our list. 511 00:29:32,909 --> 00:29:34,907 What the Stone sisters had deduced 512 00:29:34,909 --> 00:29:40,874 by a process of elimination was that Lord Grint's killer was... 513 00:29:40,876 --> 00:29:42,440 Me. 514 00:29:42,442 --> 00:29:45,240 Charlie Reginald Palmer. 515 00:29:45,242 --> 00:29:48,240 You see, I'm not a well man. 516 00:29:48,242 --> 00:29:50,206 X-ray showed a shadow on the old lung. 517 00:29:50,208 --> 00:29:52,141 Six months tops, the docs reckon. 518 00:29:52,143 --> 00:29:54,473 Now, I'm not one of life's lingerers. 519 00:29:54,475 --> 00:29:56,607 I can't be dealing with all that hospice malarkey. 520 00:29:56,609 --> 00:29:57,940 Not for me. 521 00:29:57,942 --> 00:29:59,507 But I couldn't leave this little world 522 00:29:59,509 --> 00:30:01,442 before settling an old family score. 523 00:30:02,409 --> 00:30:05,240 Lord Grint was a man of dubious scruples 524 00:30:05,242 --> 00:30:08,607 who, I recently discovered, was single-handedly responsible 525 00:30:08,609 --> 00:30:10,976 for the demise of my beloved big sister, Ida. 526 00:30:12,776 --> 00:30:14,809 - [GUNSHOT] - [BULLET RICOCHETING] 527 00:30:15,143 --> 00:30:16,709 Ooh! 528 00:30:28,275 --> 00:30:30,306 PALMER: So, honors even. 529 00:30:30,308 --> 00:30:32,275 An eye for an eye and all that. 530 00:30:34,542 --> 00:30:36,340 I've had my fill of this life. 531 00:30:36,342 --> 00:30:40,043 It's been fun while it lasted, but nothing lasts forever. 532 00:30:40,976 --> 00:30:42,308 Does it? 533 00:30:45,509 --> 00:30:46,907 Toodle pip, old chums. 534 00:30:46,909 --> 00:30:48,275 [GUNSHOT ECHOES] 535 00:30:53,842 --> 00:30:56,306 So who would steal the end of the manuscript, 536 00:30:56,308 --> 00:30:57,807 then kill Oscar to stop the world 537 00:30:57,809 --> 00:31:00,206 knowing this was Charlie Palmer's last case? 538 00:31:00,208 --> 00:31:01,909 Charlie Palmer's biggest fan. 539 00:31:05,542 --> 00:31:06,642 We have to warn Matilda. 540 00:31:21,043 --> 00:31:23,807 I know you're in here. 541 00:31:23,809 --> 00:31:27,707 And I know why you killed Oscar and Tobias. 542 00:31:27,709 --> 00:31:29,709 Emily? 543 00:31:33,208 --> 00:31:36,041 Like Christie with Poirot and Doyle with Holmes, 544 00:31:36,043 --> 00:31:39,674 Oscar had grown tired of his brilliant creation. 545 00:31:39,676 --> 00:31:43,041 Charlie Palmer had become a millstone around his neck. 546 00:31:43,043 --> 00:31:45,809 It's all people ever wanted from him. 547 00:31:49,442 --> 00:31:52,442 You got an early look at Oscar's manuscript, didn't you? 548 00:32:04,809 --> 00:32:07,007 You learned Oscar was going to kill off 549 00:32:07,009 --> 00:32:08,874 your beloved Charlie Palmer. 550 00:32:08,876 --> 00:32:10,074 Toodle pip, old chums. 551 00:32:10,076 --> 00:32:11,507 [GUNSHOT ECHOES] 552 00:32:11,509 --> 00:32:14,709 It's why you pretended to faint at the awards ceremony. 553 00:32:16,909 --> 00:32:19,206 And when Oscar turned his back on you... 554 00:32:19,208 --> 00:32:20,240 Oscar... 555 00:32:20,242 --> 00:32:21,473 ...you knew he was going to reveal 556 00:32:21,475 --> 00:32:23,273 Charlie Palmer was the murderer, 557 00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:26,173 and there would be no going back. 558 00:32:26,175 --> 00:32:29,473 You couldn't let that happen, could you, Emily? 559 00:32:29,475 --> 00:32:34,273 All this time I thought it was Oscar you loved, but it wasn't. 560 00:32:34,275 --> 00:32:36,107 It was Charlie Palmer. 561 00:32:36,109 --> 00:32:37,407 When the lights failed that night, 562 00:32:37,409 --> 00:32:39,206 you knew there was only one way 563 00:32:39,208 --> 00:32:43,876 to save the man you loved, and that was to kill Oscar. 564 00:32:45,009 --> 00:32:46,173 [METAL SINGS] 565 00:32:46,175 --> 00:32:47,342 - [THUDS] - [GRUNTS] 566 00:32:48,475 --> 00:32:52,076 - [SCREAMING] - Oh, my God, Oscar! 567 00:33:02,275 --> 00:33:04,041 I begged Oscar not to kill Charlie off, 568 00:33:04,043 --> 00:33:05,041 but he wouldn't listen. 569 00:33:05,043 --> 00:33:06,240 It's over, Emily. 570 00:33:06,242 --> 00:33:08,107 My inspector's on his way with a dozen officers. 571 00:33:08,109 --> 00:33:10,573 [LAUGHS] You're lying. 572 00:33:10,575 --> 00:33:11,876 [BOTH GRUNTING] 573 00:33:38,143 --> 00:33:40,542 All right. 574 00:33:42,642 --> 00:33:44,043 I give in. 575 00:33:48,909 --> 00:33:49,976 [GRUNTS] 576 00:34:12,208 --> 00:34:14,206 You've never been in love, 577 00:34:14,208 --> 00:34:15,876 have you, Sergeant? 578 00:34:17,308 --> 00:34:19,143 Not real love. 579 00:34:20,742 --> 00:34:22,976 Pure love. 580 00:34:24,776 --> 00:34:26,607 That's what Charlie and I have. 581 00:34:26,609 --> 00:34:30,740 Real, pure love. 582 00:34:30,742 --> 00:34:34,473 And I'm not gonna let Oscar or Tobias 583 00:34:34,475 --> 00:34:35,940 or you... 584 00:34:35,942 --> 00:34:37,640 [CHOKING] 585 00:34:37,642 --> 00:34:39,308 ...come between us. 586 00:34:44,275 --> 00:34:46,308 CAT: How about us?! 587 00:34:48,942 --> 00:34:50,242 [COUGHING] 588 00:34:59,942 --> 00:35:01,242 [POLICE RADIO CHATTER] 589 00:35:05,076 --> 00:35:07,340 We always had your back, kid. 590 00:35:07,342 --> 00:35:10,774 Did Emily say why she killed Tobias? 591 00:35:10,776 --> 00:35:12,340 He was blackmailing her. 592 00:35:12,342 --> 00:35:16,041 After killing Oscar and stealing the pages of the manuscript, 593 00:35:16,043 --> 00:35:18,740 she forged her own ending to "Brown Bread," 594 00:35:18,742 --> 00:35:21,375 one that didn't pin the murder on Charlie Palmer. 595 00:35:24,109 --> 00:35:26,273 She secretly posted her pages on the noticeboard 596 00:35:26,275 --> 00:35:29,840 for the world to discover, but Tobias Young saw her. 597 00:35:29,842 --> 00:35:32,473 He realized Emily must've been responsible for killing Oscar 598 00:35:32,475 --> 00:35:35,143 so he decided to cash in on what he knew. 599 00:35:36,009 --> 00:35:38,473 Tobias had seen how expert Emily was 600 00:35:38,475 --> 00:35:42,340 at forging Oscar's handwriting, so he blackmailed her... 601 00:35:42,342 --> 00:35:43,840 Now witness it. 602 00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:46,440 ...into forging Oscar's signature on a contract 603 00:35:46,442 --> 00:35:49,475 signing Oscar to his agency. 604 00:35:55,043 --> 00:35:56,109 Excellent. 605 00:35:58,143 --> 00:36:00,809 But Emily knew the blackmailing wouldn't stop there. 606 00:36:03,143 --> 00:36:05,308 And from that moment on... 607 00:36:08,143 --> 00:36:10,575 ...Tobias Young's time was up. 608 00:36:25,208 --> 00:36:26,709 [THUD ECHOES] 609 00:36:31,475 --> 00:36:34,774 You said Benjamin Kingston knew Emily killed Oscar. 610 00:36:34,776 --> 00:36:36,776 From the moment he read the fake missing pages. 611 00:36:37,976 --> 00:36:40,707 Benjamin had been secretly in love with Emily for years, 612 00:36:40,709 --> 00:36:43,573 so he lied to cover for her. 613 00:36:43,575 --> 00:36:46,840 Every author's writing style is unique, 614 00:36:46,842 --> 00:36:48,907 like a fingerprint. 615 00:36:48,909 --> 00:36:51,240 I'd know Oscar's anywhere. 616 00:36:51,242 --> 00:36:52,940 And when he mistakenly thought 617 00:36:52,942 --> 00:36:55,041 I was getting close to the truth... 618 00:36:55,043 --> 00:36:56,740 You're just saying that so I'll come down. 619 00:36:56,742 --> 00:36:59,206 No! There are more-viable suspects. 620 00:36:59,208 --> 00:37:02,175 In fact, I'm close to making an arrest. 621 00:37:06,909 --> 00:37:09,306 Lives ruined. People dead. 622 00:37:09,308 --> 00:37:11,807 All for the sake of some silly fictional character. 623 00:37:11,809 --> 00:37:15,041 Charlie Palmer was as real to Emily as you are to me. 624 00:37:15,043 --> 00:37:16,440 She loved him. 625 00:37:16,442 --> 00:37:19,109 Well, fiction can be so much more interesting than real life. 626 00:37:22,143 --> 00:37:23,475 Sergeant Stone. 627 00:37:25,242 --> 00:37:27,874 Wanted to say, uh, well done. 628 00:37:27,876 --> 00:37:28,907 To all of you. 629 00:37:28,909 --> 00:37:31,240 That's very kind of you, Inspector. 630 00:37:31,242 --> 00:37:33,807 Yes, well, that said, 631 00:37:33,809 --> 00:37:35,373 I expect you ladies to steer well clear 632 00:37:35,375 --> 00:37:37,107 of Sergeant Stone's investigations in future. 633 00:37:37,109 --> 00:37:38,206 Do I make myself clear? 634 00:37:38,208 --> 00:37:39,940 - Crystal. - Perfectly. 635 00:37:39,942 --> 00:37:41,709 Whatever. 636 00:37:43,109 --> 00:37:45,308 - I'll see you at the station. - Sir. 637 00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:01,141 [DOOR OPENS] 638 00:38:01,143 --> 00:38:03,308 PALMER: Everything all right, old girl? 639 00:38:04,609 --> 00:38:05,876 Charlie? 640 00:38:08,475 --> 00:38:12,609 What? Didn't think I was gonna leave you all alone, did you? 641 00:38:33,208 --> 00:38:34,206 Goodbye. 642 00:38:34,208 --> 00:38:36,342 Do hope to see you again next year. 643 00:38:38,242 --> 00:38:39,509 Isabella. 644 00:38:42,776 --> 00:38:44,573 Oh, yes, goodbye. 645 00:38:44,575 --> 00:38:46,107 About Oscar's book... 646 00:38:46,109 --> 00:38:47,907 Well, now you've found the real ending, 647 00:38:47,909 --> 00:38:50,107 I don't see anything to fear from its publication. 648 00:38:50,109 --> 00:38:51,940 - What?! - Nothing, Mother! 649 00:38:51,942 --> 00:38:54,373 I'm just commenting on the weather! 650 00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:57,007 Although I can't say I'm ever going to 651 00:38:57,009 --> 00:38:58,707 let anyone near the library again. 652 00:38:58,709 --> 00:39:02,074 It's strictly off limits to the general public from now on. 653 00:39:02,076 --> 00:39:03,074 [DOGS BARKING] 654 00:39:03,076 --> 00:39:06,240 Plato! Come here! 655 00:39:06,242 --> 00:39:07,074 Come on! 656 00:39:07,076 --> 00:39:08,607 Whatever the reasons, 657 00:39:08,609 --> 00:39:11,206 Beth, Cat, and Jane Stone contented themselves 658 00:39:11,208 --> 00:39:13,373 that the existence of Professor Dragomir 659 00:39:13,375 --> 00:39:16,141 and his connection to their sister Eleanor 660 00:39:16,143 --> 00:39:20,076 was at least safe from Matilda for now. 661 00:39:23,442 --> 00:39:25,373 Mr. Ashton. 662 00:39:25,375 --> 00:39:27,041 How are you feeling? 663 00:39:27,043 --> 00:39:29,074 Yes, uh, a-a lot better. 664 00:39:29,076 --> 00:39:33,373 Um [CHUCKLES] thanks to Sergeant Stone here. 665 00:39:33,375 --> 00:39:35,709 Well, you saved my life. 666 00:39:37,509 --> 00:39:39,807 I'm so ashamed. 667 00:39:39,809 --> 00:39:42,676 You heard about Emily? 668 00:39:43,676 --> 00:39:46,740 A crime of passion if I ever heard one. 669 00:39:46,742 --> 00:39:48,240 Will you be back next year? 670 00:39:48,242 --> 00:39:49,907 Oh, God, no. 671 00:39:49,909 --> 00:39:51,774 No, I'm... I'm getting out of this game. 672 00:39:51,776 --> 00:39:56,407 I'm retiring as of today. 673 00:39:56,409 --> 00:39:58,674 I thought I'd get to know my grandchildren. 674 00:39:58,676 --> 00:40:01,173 Take some very long walks. 675 00:40:01,175 --> 00:40:03,173 Read. 676 00:40:03,175 --> 00:40:05,840 Perhaps you ladies could recommend a book? 677 00:40:05,842 --> 00:40:07,440 [SNORTS] 678 00:40:07,442 --> 00:40:09,208 Thank you again. 679 00:40:12,776 --> 00:40:14,640 ARTHUR: Where to, m'lady? 680 00:40:14,642 --> 00:40:16,240 BARONESS: What?! 681 00:40:16,242 --> 00:40:18,240 - Mattie. - Hmm? 682 00:40:18,242 --> 00:40:19,507 I forgot to mention... 683 00:40:19,509 --> 00:40:22,007 We've arranged a little date for you tonight. 684 00:40:22,009 --> 00:40:23,907 What do I want to go on a blind date for? 685 00:40:23,909 --> 00:40:26,007 Well, it's not a blind date. 686 00:40:26,009 --> 00:40:27,573 You've met him before. 687 00:40:27,575 --> 00:40:29,107 And let's just say he's a certain 688 00:40:29,109 --> 00:40:32,640 eligible medical practitioner from around these parts. 689 00:40:32,642 --> 00:40:38,206 Matilda had a sudden and explicable change of heart. 690 00:40:38,208 --> 00:40:41,807 I suppose one date wouldn't hurt. 691 00:40:41,809 --> 00:40:43,141 Come on. 692 00:40:43,143 --> 00:40:45,173 BETH: [LAUGHS] 693 00:40:45,175 --> 00:40:46,009 Get in. 694 00:41:21,143 --> 00:41:23,440 Waiting for her blind date to arrive, 695 00:41:23,442 --> 00:41:25,273 Detective Sergeant Matilda Stone 696 00:41:25,275 --> 00:41:26,473 couldn't help but wonder 697 00:41:26,475 --> 00:41:29,540 what romance the evening would bring. 698 00:41:29,542 --> 00:41:32,107 DR. LYNCH: Sergeant Stone? 699 00:41:32,109 --> 00:41:34,942 Matilda's heart skipped a beat. 700 00:41:36,308 --> 00:41:38,041 Daniel. 701 00:41:38,043 --> 00:41:41,676 I, uh, hoped it was you. 702 00:41:42,208 --> 00:41:44,141 You did? 703 00:41:44,143 --> 00:41:46,842 Matilda's heart skipped two beats. 704 00:41:49,475 --> 00:41:51,573 Daniel darling. What's taking you so long? 705 00:41:51,575 --> 00:41:53,306 Everyone's waiting. 706 00:41:53,308 --> 00:41:55,409 Matilda's heart stopped beating. 707 00:41:57,076 --> 00:41:58,540 Who's this? 708 00:41:58,542 --> 00:42:01,273 This is the new detective I was telling you about. 709 00:42:01,275 --> 00:42:02,607 - Martha? - Matilda. 710 00:42:02,609 --> 00:42:03,709 Matilda. 711 00:42:04,575 --> 00:42:07,407 Natasha. Daniel's fiancée. 712 00:42:07,409 --> 00:42:08,974 We're not officially engaged. 713 00:42:08,976 --> 00:42:13,373 It's always so nice to meet one of Daniel's police colleagues. 714 00:42:13,375 --> 00:42:15,774 You're such a funny little bunch of people. 715 00:42:15,776 --> 00:42:16,807 Come along now, darling. 716 00:42:16,809 --> 00:42:18,707 We're all waiting for you before we order. 717 00:42:18,709 --> 00:42:19,907 Maybe you'd like to join us? 718 00:42:19,909 --> 00:42:21,940 I think she has better things to do than... 719 00:42:21,942 --> 00:42:22,842 GEORGE: Matilda. 720 00:42:23,842 --> 00:42:26,043 Sorry I'm late. 721 00:42:27,208 --> 00:42:29,340 We'll leave you two lovebirds to it. 722 00:42:29,342 --> 00:42:30,674 Nice to meet you, Martha. 723 00:42:30,676 --> 00:42:32,074 Come along, darling. 724 00:42:32,076 --> 00:42:33,674 Have a nice evening. 725 00:42:33,676 --> 00:42:36,275 Your aunts, they said you like pansies. 726 00:42:38,308 --> 00:42:39,442 Sorry? 727 00:42:41,976 --> 00:42:43,940 Yes! I do. 728 00:42:43,942 --> 00:42:46,676 Thank you. Please, take a seat. 729 00:42:57,109 --> 00:42:59,974 Dr. Daniel Lynch suddenly found himself 730 00:42:59,976 --> 00:43:02,807 feeling oddly out of place at a table where, 731 00:43:02,809 --> 00:43:07,774 only moments before, he'd felt perfectly at home. 732 00:43:07,776 --> 00:43:09,640 Daniel. 733 00:43:09,642 --> 00:43:11,807 Daniel! Wake up. 734 00:43:11,809 --> 00:43:13,473 What's gotten into you this evening? 735 00:43:13,475 --> 00:43:15,742 Sorry. Where were we? 736 00:43:16,942 --> 00:43:19,940 As for Matilda, 737 00:43:19,942 --> 00:43:22,874 the evening may not have worked out as planned, 738 00:43:22,876 --> 00:43:25,573 but she was nevertheless content. 739 00:43:25,575 --> 00:43:28,041 She was home in her treasured Wildemarsh, 740 00:43:28,043 --> 00:43:30,473 reunited with her beloved aunts, 741 00:43:30,475 --> 00:43:33,440 living above her favorite place in the world, 742 00:43:33,442 --> 00:43:36,208 and doing a job she cherished. 743 00:43:38,208 --> 00:43:40,173 And unbeknown to her, 744 00:43:40,175 --> 00:43:46,007 a fraction over 316 yards, two feet, and eight inches away 745 00:43:46,009 --> 00:43:49,707 works a man who might... just might... 746 00:43:49,709 --> 00:43:51,707 be able to shed light 747 00:43:51,709 --> 00:43:55,308 on the riddle of her mother's disappearance. 748 00:43:58,076 --> 00:43:58,909 [KNOCKS] 749 00:44:00,109 --> 00:44:01,575 [KNOCK ECHOES] 750 00:44:03,043 --> 00:44:05,009 [CAW ECHOES] 751 00:44:06,009 --> 00:44:07,842 [TOOL BUZZING] 752 00:44:45,026 --> 00:44:50,026 Subtitles by explosiveskull