All language subtitles for Past Malice An Emma Fielding Mystery 2018

I CAN'T KEEP THEM
WAITING MUCH LONGER.

YOU KNOW
PROFESSOR FIELDING.

SHE'LL MAKE HER APPEARANCE
WHEN SHE'S READY.

OKAY.

I JUST HAD TO CHECK

ONE MORE THING.

PROFESSOR FIELDING,

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THIS DISCOVERY?

WELL, THESE ARROWHEADS
AND SHARPENED STONES PROVE

THAT THIS WAS
A HUNTING GROUND

FOR SEVERAL PRIMITIVE
HUMAN TRIBES.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU?

WELL, A MANDATORY VACATION.

ALTHOUGH,
I'D RATHER KEEP DIGGING.

UH, PROFESSOR FIELDING...

HOW DOES
THIS DIG COMPARE

TO YOUR FIND
IN ROCHESTER IN 2008?

WELL, I'D SAY THIS ONE
IS MUCH BETTER.

THIS TIME, WE DID NOT DIG UP
AN OLD SEPTIC TANK.

HI.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

-THANK YOU.
-THANKS, GUYS.

ADELLE!

LOOK AT YOU,
ALL PROFESSIONAL!

HOW ARE THINGS

AT THE MASSACHUSETTS
HISTORIC TRUST?

OH, I RULE IT
WITH AN IRON FIST.

AN IRON FIST
WITH MANICURED NAILS!

NICE!

I GUESS I'M NOT
DOWN IN THE DIRT

LIKE WE USED TO BE,

BUT YOU KNOW
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION'S

ALWAYS BEEN MY INTEREST.

WELL, I'M GLAD
THINGS ARE GOING WELL.

WELL, ACTUALLY,
EMMA, THEY'RE NOT.

I NEED YOUR HELP.

WHAT'S WRONG?

HAVE YOU HEARD
OF THE CHANDLER CASTLE?

THAT GREAT PLACE
UP IN ESSEX COUNTY?

MM-HMM.

WANTED TO DIG AROUND
IN THERE MY WHOLE LIFE,

BUT THE OWNERS
WON'T ALLOW IT.

WELL, I'M
WORKING ON A DEAL

THAT WOULD ALLOW
THE STATE TO PURCHASE IT

THROUGH THE TRUST.

OH! I BET THERE'S SOME
FANTASTIC FINDS UP THERE.

THE ARCHEOLOGIST ON-SITE--

AND I REALLY WISH
IT WERE YOU--

CLAIMS TO HAVE MADE

A QUOTE-UNQUOTE
"GROUND-BREAKING DISCOVERY."

WHAT DISCOVERY?

THAT'S JUST IT.
HE WON'T TELL ANYONE.

HE SAYS HE'S GONNA
REVEAL IT NEXT WEEK.

THAT'S AN ODD WAY
TO GO ABOUT IT.

WHO IS HE?

PROFESSOR
THOMAS WEBSTER.

-OH...
-YOU KNOW HIM?

JUST BY REPUTATION.

HE'S A BIT
OF AN ECCENTRIC.

THAT'S A VERY NICE WORD
FOR WHAT HE IS.

AND THERE'S
ANOTHER THING.

THE ONE BIG ARTIFACT
HE'S FOUND SO FAR...

IS MISSING.

WOW!

IT WAS STOLEN?

LOOKS LIKE IT.

AND A NUMBER
OF ARTIFACTS--

PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES--

ALL MISSING FROM THE CASTLE
IN THE LAST WEEK.

THIS IS SERIOUS!

HAVE YOU CALLED THE POLICE?

YEAH, I LET THE SHERIFF KNOW,
AND HE'S INVESTIGATING IT,

BUT WHAT WOULD REALLY
MAKE ME FEEL BETTER

IS IF I HAD AN ARCHEOLOGIST
ON-SITE I COULD TRUST.

OKAY...

I THINK SOMETHING
VERY WRONG

IS GOING ON
AT CHANDLER CASTLE.

WELL...

AS YOU HEARD, I DO HAVE
A WEEK OFF COMING UP.

MM-HMM...

YOU KNOW I CAN'T
RESIST A MYSTERY.

AH! I WAS
COUNTING ON IT!

I'LL COME UP SATURDAY
WITH MY GRAD STUDENTS.

AND I DO WANT TO BRING IN
ANOTHER CONSULTANT,

SOMEONE WHO KNOWS MORE
ABOUT ART THEFT THAN I DO.

WHATEVER YOU NEED!

THE CASTLE'S HUGE,

AND THEY'D BE
HAPPY TO HOST US.

I THINK IT'S BEST
IF WE STICK TOGETHER.

IT WOULD BE
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES.

HEY!

HEY!

WELL?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

AN IMPRESSIVE STRUCTURE.

IT'S PRETTY SPOOKY,
THOUGH, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT.

"SPOOKY" IS NOT A TERM
WE USE MUCH IN ARCHEOLOGY.

WELL, WE SURE USE IT
A LOT IN TOURISM!

NOW, THIS CASTLE
EVEN COMES EQUIPPED

WITH ITS OWN
LEGENDARY CURSE.

DOES IT?

YEAH, SOMETHING ABOUT,
EVER SINCE THE COLONIAL ERA,

ALL THE CHANDLERS
DYING ONE BY ONE.

AND HAVE THEY?

WELL, THEY'RE
ALL DEAD,

EXCEPT THE ONE
WHO'S ALIVE.

HOW'D THEY DIE?

OLD AGE, I THINK.

SPOOKY.

YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, WEBSTER!

I'LL MAKE SURE OF IT!

LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

HEY!

WHO WAS THAT?

A FRIEND OF PROFESSOR
WEBSTER'S, I THINK.

THAT WAS HIS "FRIEND"?

WHEN YOU MEET HIM,
YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.

WOW.

HELLO, MISS ADELLE.

HELLO!

AND PROFESSOR FIELDING,
I PRESUME?

YOU PRESUME CORRECTLY.

LET ME SHOW YOU
TO YOUR ROOM.

IS THAT THE BUTLER?

ACTUALLY, THAT'S
THE HOUSE MANAGER,

SHERMAN ARLINGTON,

BUT HE THINKS
HE RUNS THE PLACE.

OH.

PROFESSOR FIELDING.

I TRUST
YOU FOUND YOUR WAY?

GOT A LITTLE TURNED
AROUND AT THE SOLARIUM,

BUT I FIGURED IT OUT.

THEY'RE EXPECTING YOU
IN THE LIBRARY.

LEAD THE WAY.

THAT WAY, I WON'T
HAVE TO LEAVE

A TRAIL OF
BREAD CRUMBS.

DO YOU KNOW THE HISTORY
OF THE CASTLE?

WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME?

THE CASTLE WAS BUILT

BY CORVUS CHANDLER
IN 1867,

BUT THE CHANDLERS
HAVE OWNED THIS LAND

FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL.

CORVUS CONSTRUCTED
THE CASTLE ON THE SITE

OF THE CHANDLERS'
ANCESTRAL HOME.

THERE HE IS.

THOUGH CORVUS
IS LONG DEAD,

HIS SPIRIT LIVES ON
IN THIS HOUSE.

NICE PLACE, CORVUS.

WHEN A FIRE DESTROYED A PORTION
OF THE OLD HOUSE,

CORVUS TORE IT DOWN

AND BUILT THIS CASTLE
IN IMITATION

OF THE WALTER SCOTT BOOKS
HE'D LOVED IN HIS YOUTH.

HE--

HE'S NOT TELLING YOU
THAT SILLY STORY, IS HE?

YOU KNOW, OLD MAN CORVUS

HE NEVER READ A BOOK
IN HIS LIFE.

IN FACT, HALF OF THESE VOLUMES,
THEY'RE JUST PROPS.

ADELLE, YOU ARE LOOKING
AS LOVELY AS EVER.

AND DON'T TELL ME,
IS THIS PROFESSOR FIELDING?

IT IS.

BRAY CHANDLER.

YOU DO NOT LOOK
LIKE AN ARCHEOLOGIST.

I KNOW. YOU WERE
EXPECTING INDIANA JONES.

YOU WOULD LOOK
VERY GOOD IN THAT HAT.

I TRIED. I DO NOT.

ADELLE, HAVE YOU
RECONSIDERED MY OFFER

TO GO HORSEBACK RIDING

OR HAVE A CANDLELIGHT DINNER

OR, SAY, SWIM IN THE MOONLIGHT?

NO. YOU DON'T GIVE UP,
THOUGH, DO YOU?

WELL, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A PART OF MY CHARM.

BRAY?

WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

SOME MORE STUFF MISSING?

YOU'D BETTER COME AND SEE THIS.

WHICH ONE WAS IT?

AN F.E. CHURCH
LANDSCAPE

FROM THE HUDSON
RIVER SCHOOL.

OOH, THAT SOUNDS PRICEY.

YEAH, ANOTHER CHURCH
WENT FOR ABOUT $80,000

LAST YEAR
AT AN AUCTION.

OUCH. SO HOW MANY
HAVE BEEN STOLEN?

WELL, I'M STILL
TAKING INVENTORY,

BUT WITH THE FULPER
POTTERY PIECES MISSING,

THAT MAKES EIGHT.

WHAT WOULD I DO
WITHOUT YOU, PERRY?

OH! HOW RUDE OF ME.

PROFESSOR FIELDING,
THIS IS

MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT,
PERRY QUINN,

YOU'RE HERE TO KEEP AN EYE
ON PROFESSOR WEBSTER?

I'M JUST HERE
TO CONSULT WITH HIM.

RIGHT. "CONSULT."

AND KEEP AN EYE ON.

WE DON'T TRUST HIM,
PROFESSOR FIELDING.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ME?

PROFESSOR WEBSTER.

PROFESSOR FIELDING.

I'VE--
I READ YOUR LATEST PAPER

ON THE EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS
IN NEWFOUNDLAND.

A VERY NICE TRY.

"NICE."

THAT'S WHAT
I WAS GOING FOR.

AND I UNDERSTAND
YOU ARE HERE TO CONSULT WITH ME?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, PERHAPS WE SHOULD
SPEAK IN MY LAB.

AWAY FROM THE PRYING EYES
OF AMATEURS.

LEAD THE WAY.

IT'S JUST
A MAKESHIFT LAB.

I'LL BUILD SOMETHING
MORE PERMANENT LATER.

YOU WILL?

TO SHOWCASE
MY DISCOVERIES.

THESE ARE JUST FRAGMENTS

THAT I'VE FOUND
IN THE BASEMENT.

SOME WONDERFUL FINDS.

THIS IS GARBAGE.

YOU CAN LEARN A LOT
FROM GARBAGE.

I HAVE MORE SIGNIFICANT
FINDS ELSEWHERE.

YOU GONNA
SHARE THEM WITH ME?

IN TIME. I NEED TO KEEP THEM
OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE FOOLS.

THE FOOLS?

THEM.

BRAY CHANDLER--

HE'S ONLY INTERESTED
IN HOW MUCH MONEY HE CAN MAKE.

PERRY QUINN,

SHE JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE
THE SILVERWARE IS ACCOUNTED FOR.

ADELLE FISHER WOULD BE HAPPY

IF I FOUND THE LOST ARK
ON THE PROPERTY,

BECAUSE THEN SHE COULD BRING IN
MORE TOURISTS.

AND SHERMAN ARLINGTON
JUST WANTS EVERYONE TO LEAVE

SO HE CAN HAVE THE CASTLE
TO HIMSELF.

WOW. DO YOU TREAT EVERYONE
WITH SO MUCH CONTEMPT?

THEY'VE EARNED IT.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAN THROW YOU
OFF THE ESTATE AT ANY TIME.

THEY'D NEVER DO THAT.

I KNOW TOO MUCH.

REALLY?

I'M AN ARCHEOLOGIST.

IT'S MY JOB
TO DIG UP SECRETS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
HOW MUCH MONEY BRAY OWES?

AND TO WHOM?

YOU SEE, I HAVE
INFORMATION LIKE THAT

ON ALL OF THEM.

THEY'LL NEVER
GET RID OF ME.

SOUNDS LIKE BLACKMAIL.

I PREFER TO THINK
OF IT AS LEVERAGE.

WHAT ABOUT THAT MISSING DAGGER?

DOES YOUR
ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE

TELL YOU WHERE
TO LOOK FOR THAT?

WHY DON'T YOU

ASK YOUR FRIEND,
ADELLE, ABOUT THAT?

WHAT ARE YOU
IMPLYING?

I DON'T IMPLY.

I HINT.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE DAGGER?

IT'S OLD.
CIRCA 15TH-CENTURY.

YOU FOUND THIS HERE?

IT'S CALLED AN "ATHAME".

A WITCH'S DAGGER.

REFERENCES TO IT

APPEAR IN A TOME
FROM THE MIDDLE AGES--

THE KEY OF SOLOMON.

ARE YOU ONE
OF THOSE PEOPLE

WHO THINKS
COLONIAL AMERICA

WAS FULL OF WITCHES?

YOU'VE HEARD OF SALEM?

WELL, PEOPLE
ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT,

NOT ACTUAL WITCHES.
COME ON.

I WAS WRONG ABOUT YOU.

YOU'RE AS FOOLISH
AS THE REST OF THEM.

LIKE, SO-- THAT'S IT?

YOU'RE DONE WITH ME?

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M SAYING.

WHOEVER STOLE THAT KNIFE
DID IT FOR ONE OF TWO REASONS--

EITHER BECAUSE THEY KNEW
HOW VALUABLE IT WAS, OR--

OR THEY WANT TO PERFORM
A SPELL WITH IT?

YOU SAID IT.
NOT ME.

YOU SEE, THIS CASTLE IS
BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION

OF A MUCH OLDER
STRUCTURE.

MUCH OLDER.

DOWN THERE, IN THE BASEMENT,
WHERE I'M DIGGING,

NEAR THE CENTURIES-OLD CRYPT,

I'M FINDING
THE MOST AMAZING THINGS.

FINE. LET ME SEE THEM.

NO.

NOT NOW. IT'S NOT TIME.
TONIGHT.

MEET ME AT 8:00.

I'LL SHOW YOU THEN.

YOU RANG?

WOW. YOU SAID THAT.

AGENT CONNER, FBI.

CONNER!

PROFESSOR FIELDING!

HEY!

HEY.

HI. UM, JIM CONNER.
FBI, ANTIQUITIES DIVISION.

ADELLE FISHER.

-HI!
-HELLO.

WOW. YOU KNOW AN FBI AGENT.

SHE ACTUALLY HELPED ME
SOLVE A CASE RECENTLY.

YOU ADMIT
THAT I HELPED YOU?

WELL, AS A CONSULTANT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING.

WELL, WHEN YOU... WHEN YOU
ASKED FOR MY ASSISTANCE,

I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO COME.

SO, WHY DIDN'T
YOU TELL ME

YOU HAD A DASHING
FBI AGENT

ON SPEED DIAL?

AND WHY AREN'T YOU
MAKING A MOVE?

IT'S A WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

OH.

-MM-HMM.
-WELL, I THINK--

THAT YOU SHOULD BE
WORKING ON THAT RELATIONSHIP.

I DON'T KNOW, I-I THINK
IT WOULD BE COMPLICATED.

WELL, YOU KNOW, A WISE MENTOR
ONCE TOLD ME,

"ADELLE, IF IT WERE EASY,

IT WOULDN'T BE WORTH IT."

WOW...

HMM?

THAT MENTOR OF YOURS
IS REALLY SMART.

OH, SHE IS.

YOU DON'T WANT
TO GET ON HER BAD SIDE.

HEY.

WHAT'S YOUR OPINION
ABOUT THAT?

UH, FRENCH OR ITALIAN,
DATES FROM THE 15TH CENTURY.

THAT'S, UH...

THE 1400S, RIGHT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WHY DO YOU
DO IT LIKE THAT?

IT'S VERY CONFUSING.

I WILL BRING THAT UP

AT THE NEXT HISTORICAL
DATING CONVENTION.

COULD YOU?

YOU'RE JOKING, RIGHT?

A LITTLE.

SO, ALL THE REST
OF THE STUFF HE FOUND

IS FROM THE 17TH CENTURY?

YEAH. IT DOESN'T
REALLY FIT.

HUH. DO YOU THINK

WEBSTER LIED ABOUT
FINDING IT HERE?

NOT NECESSARILY.

IT COULD BE SOMEBODY BROUGHT IT
OVER FROM ENGLAND,

AS AN HEIRLOOM.

OH. WHO DO YOU
THINK STOLE IT?

I DON'T REALLY
HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION

TO MAKE THAT KIND OF HYPOTHESIS.

WHAT'S YOUR GUT TELL YOU?

AT HARVARD, WE WERE TRAINED
TO TRUST THE FACTS,

NOT OUR GUT.

REALLY? AT QUANTICO,
THEY TOLD US THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

SO...
GIVE IT A TRY.

NOT GETTING ANYTHING.

KEEP TRYING.

I'LL TELL YOU THIS.

WEBSTER'S HIDING SOMETHING.

YES! YEAH. YOU'RE LEARNING.

OH...

IT'S 8:00.

WASN'T WEBSTER
SUPPOSED TO COME TO YOU?

I THINK SO.

WHAT DON'T
YOU LIKE ABOUT HIM?

I NEVER SAID
I DIDN'T LIKE HIM.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.

OKAY.

I THINK
HE'S FULL OF HIMSELF.

THINKS HE'S ALWAYS RIGHT,

AND EVERYBODY ELSE
IS ALWAYS WRONG.

SO, IN OTHER WORDS,
HE'S AN ARCHEOLOGIST?

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD.

SIMILAR TO FBI AGENTS.

POINT TAKEN.

WHAT DO YOU SAY
WE GO SURPRISE HIM?

WE?

I THINK
YOU SHOULD MEET HIM.

OH... GOOD TIMING.

THANK GOODNESS
FOR MODERN TECHNOLOGY.

YEAH.

PROFESSOR WEBSTER?

HELLO?

PROFESSOR WEBSTER?

WHERE IS HE?

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE
HE'S IN ONE OF THESE?

OH. NOT FUNNY.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
PLACES LIKE THIS EXISTED,

EXCEPT IN VAMPIRE MOVIES.

AH. CHANDLERS HAVE BEEN
BURYING THEIR DEAD HERE

SINCE THE 1700S.

SEE?

OH, YEAH.
POOR GUY DIED YOUNG.

YEAH, 40 WAS A RIPE
OLD AGE BACK THEN.

GIVE ME THE 21ST
CENTURY ANY DAY.

HOW LONG'S WEBSTER
BEEN WORKING DOWN HERE?

COUPLE WEEKS.

SAID HE'S MADE
SOME FANTASTIC FINDS.

YOU'RE NEVER GONNA FIND
WEBSTER DOWN THERE.

THAT WHAT
YOUR GUT TELLS YOU?

THAT'S WHAT
MY EYES TELL ME.

OH.

CONNER!

FIND SOMETHING?

IT'S WEBSTER.

HE'S DEAD.

HOW'D HE DIE?

AND HOW DID
HE GET IN HERE?

WELL... HE'S DEAD, ALL RIGHT.

BUT HOW
DO WE GET TO HIM?

COULD BUST DOWN THE WALL.

WE COULD,

BUT I BELIEVE THAT WOULD
COMPROMISE THE CRIME SCENE.

AM I RIGHT,
AGENT CONNER?

YEAH,
THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, NOT TO MENTION

RUINING THE INTEGRITY
OF THE HISTORIC SITE.

WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

NO. WHAT
WE GOTTA DO IS,

IS WE GOTTA FIND
ANOTHER WAY INTO THAT ROOM.

THIS IS REALLY GONNA
UPSET MY TIMETABLE.

I'M SURE PROFESSOR WEBSTER
IS VERY SORRY

THAT HE'S INCONVENIENCED YOU.

OKAY, BUT
WHAT IF IT'S TRUE?

WHAT IF
THE CURSE IS REAL?

OH, MY--

PERRY. COME ON.
THERE IS NO CURSE.

YOU KNOW THE LIGHTS.

THEY ALWAYS FLICKER
IN THIS CRUMMY HOUSE.

I'M WORRIED
ABOUT YOU, BRAY.

I'LL BE FINE.

AFTER ALL, I HAVE YOU
LOOKING AFTER ME, RIGHT?

EMMA?

I CAN CALL YOU EMMA, RIGHT?

I NEED YOUR HELP.

SEE, I HAVE
THESE INSURANCE DOCUMENTS

ON ALL THE ITEMS THAT
ARE MISSING IN THE CASTLE.

I DON'T THINK THIS
IS THE RIGHT TIME--

THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY
ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDS,

BUT THEY'RE VERY VALUABLE,

SO I WAS HOPING YOU COULD

SHOW THEM TO AGENT CONNER
AND JUST GET HIS INPUT?

SURE.

THE ATHAME DAGGER?

YEAH, I-I ADDED THAT
ON THE LIST OF INSURANCE CLAIMS.

PROFESSOR WEBSTER
JUST FOUND THIS A FEW DAYS AGO.

PERRY IS VERY EFFICIENT.

WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME?

I NEED TO TALK TO ADELLE
FOR A SECOND.

WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT,

I WANT YOU TO LET ME
TAKE OVER THE EXCAVATION.

I WAS HOPING
YOU WOULD.

DO YOU THINK THIS WHOLE THING
COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT FIND?

IT COULD BE.

OR IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE.

WHEN THE POLICE
ARE DONE WITH THE CRIME SCENE,

I INTEND TO FIND OUT.

MAYBE SOMETHING THERE WILL
POINT TO WHO KILLED WEBSTER.

AGENT CONNER,

NOW, I'M NOT TOO PROUD
TO ASK FOR SOME HELP,

IF THERE DOES HAPPEN
TO BE FOUL PLAY HERE...

'CAUSE WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT
ON SEASONED INVESTIGATORS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO OVERSEE
THE INVESTIGATION, IF YOU WANT.

OH...

SORRY... SORRY.

HI, PROFESSOR FIELDING.

WHERE DO YOU
WANT US?

THIS IS JUST LIKE
A CLASSIC DETECTIVE STORY.

A REAL
"LOCKED ROOM" MYSTERY.

YEAH, BUT IN
LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES,

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
THE MURDERER GOT IN THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW
HOW THE VICTIM DID.

YOU WANT TO GET
A BETTER LOOK?

YES.

COOL. I'VE BEEN DEVELOPING
A LITTLE ROBOTIC CAMERA

FOR EXPLORING
HARD-TO-GET-TO PLACES.

IT MIGHT BE JUST RIGHT
FOR THIS.

LET'S SEE IT.

ROLL IT OVER THERE,
CLOSER TO THE BODY.

YOU'VE GOTTA LOVE TECHNOLOGY!

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
IT'S ALL TRUE.

WHAT'S TRUE?

THE CURSE!

THE CURSE
OF THE CHANDLERS.

IT GOES BACK
CENTURIES,

TO THE HOUSE THAT WAS HERE
BEFORE THE CASTLE.

THIS'LL BE GOOD.

YOU DON'T REALLY
BELIEVE IN CURSES, DO YOU?

I DIDN'T. UNTIL NOW.

THEY SAY A WITCH
THAT WAS BURNED AT THE STAKE

PLACED A CURSE ON THE CHANDLERS
IN THE 1680S.

OKAY, FIRST OF ALL...

WITCHES WEREN'T ACTUALLY BURNED
AT THE STAKE IN NEW ENGLAND,

THEY WERE HANGED.

SECONDLY, THOMAS WEBSTER
WASN'T A CHANDLER.

YEAH, BUT HE WORKED
FOR THE CHANDLERS,

AND SO DO ALL OF US.

OKAY, TRUST ME,

THE EXPLANATION
FOR WEBSTER'S DEATH

IS NOT SUPERNATURAL.

EMMA.

WHAT DOES THAT SAY?

OKAY, SO, SO JUST BECAUSE
I'M AN ARCHEOLOGIST,

YOU AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME
I KNOW LATIN?

OH... YOU DON'T?

WELL, AS A MATTER
OF FACT, I DO.

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN
TELL ME WHAT THAT SAYS?

OKAY, UH...

"MALEDICTUS

"QUI HANC CONTRITIONEM

"FIRMANENTUM.

QUAD INTRAT MORS ILLI."

WHICH, ROUGHLY TRANSLATED,
MEANS...

"CURSED BE HE
THAT BREACHES THE VAULT.

DEATH TO HIM THAT ENTERS."

OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT.

I TOLD YOU.
IT'S TRUE.

THE CURSE.
IT'S REAL!

HEY!

HEY. DO YOU KNOW
THE WAY TO YOUR ROOM?

UH, TURN RIGHT
AT THE SUIT OF ARMOR.

-YES.
-OH!

DO YOU KNOW THAT MAN
WHO WAS ARGUING WITH WEBSTER

THIS AFTERNOON?

NO, BUT WEBSTER HAS
A LOT OF STRANGE ASSOCIATES.

MM.

WHAT WAS THAT?

THE WIND?

NO, THAT WAS TOO SPOOKY
TO BE THE WIND.

SORRY. THAT WORD AGAIN.

I'LL GIVE YOU A PASS.

YOU DON'T THINK
THAT IT COULD BE THE...

WHAT?

THE CURSE.

GO TO BED.

HEY! YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
ROOMMATES AGAIN, DO YOU?

GO TO BED, ADELLE.

OKAY.

GOOD NIGHT, CORVUS.

YEAH?

YOU UP?

SORT OF.

YOU DECENT?

OH. YEAH.

YOU KNOW, IT'S TRADITIONAL
TO ASK THAT BEFORE YOU WALK IN.

SORRY. HERE. COFFEE.

THANK YOU.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

IT'S 6:00 A.M.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN UP?

WELL, I SLEPT LATE.
GOT UP AT 5:30.

YOU JUST DECIDED TO COME OVER
AND DO SOME CONSULTING?

EXACTLY.

ABOUT THE MURDER?

YEP.

SO NOW I'M OFFICIALLY
A CONSULTANT?

YEAH, I WOULD'VE BROUGHT YOU
AN IRON-ON BADGE,

BUT I'M FRESH OUT.

HEY, UM, I SAW SOMEBODY THREATEN
WEBSTER YESTERDAY,

BEFORE HE WAS KILLED.

YEAH?

WHO?

HE WAS MIDDLE-AGED,
WELL-DRESSED,

AND HE, UH, DROVE
AN OLD SILVER ROLLS-ROYCE.

THAT'S GOOD CONSULTING.

THANK YOU.

LISTEN, I'M SORRY,
BUT I'M GONNA

HAVE TO BREAK DOWN
THAT WALL.

WHAT? YOU CAN'T!

I HAVE TO.
I HAVE NO CHOICE.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT
DESTROYING EVIDENCE, TOO,

BUT I CAN'T FIND A WAY
TO GET IN THERE,

AND I CAN'T JUST
LEAVE WEBSTER LAYING THERE.

"LYING THERE."

WHAT?

I'M SORRY.
IT'S THE TEACHER IN ME.

I'LL REMEMBER THAT
FOR THE EXAM.

WHEN DO YOU
HAVE TO KNOCK IT DOWN?

UH, THE WORKMEN ARE COMING
AT 11:00.

OKAY. THAT GIVES ME TILL 11:00.

TO DO WHAT?

TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WEBSTER GOT IN THERE.

HOW'D YOU SLEEP?

I NEVER SLEEP WELL
IN A STRANGE HOUSE,

AND THIS IS
A PRETTY STRANGE HOUSE.

YOU SEE WHAT
I DID THERE?

YEAH, I SAW.

DID YOU HEAR
SOMETHING LAST NIGHT?

OH, YOU MEAN LIKE

THE WAILING
OF A DOOMED SOUL?

SHUT UP.

IT WAS THE WIND.

I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYONE
IN THE 21ST CENTURY

ACTUALLY BELIEVES
IN CURSES.

THAT STUFF WAS RIDICULOUS
BACK IN THE SALEM DAYS.

HEY, SALEM
IS NOTHING TO LAUGH AT.

I'VE STUDIED THE NEW ENGLAND
WITCH HUNTS IN GREAT DETAIL.

THEY COST HUNDREDS OF
INNOCENT PEOPLE THEIR LIVES.

YEAH, I KNOW THAT, BUT...

MOSTLY WOMEN AND MIDWIVES

WHO DIDN'T FIT
INTO PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY,

NOT TO MENTION THE CONFLICT

BETWEEN THE TRADITIONAL FARMERS
AND THE NEW MERCANTILE CLASS.

WOW.

IT'S AMAZING.

YOU CAN EVEN MAKE
WITCH HUNTS SOUND BORING.

OH, THANK YOU.

-WHAT WAS THAT?
-I DON'T KNOW.

COME ON.

THERE'S NO DOOR.

SO, WE SAW
ON THE ROBOTIC CAMERA

THAT THERE IS NO DOOR,

AND THERE'S NO POINT OF ENTRY
ON THE INSIDE.

SO HOW DID WEBSTER
GET IN THERE, HMM?

THE BODY'S OVER HERE,
PROFESSOR.

IN ARCHEOLOGY,

WE START AT THE EDGES,

LEARN WHAT WE CAN,

AND MOVE TO THE CENTER
OF THE SITE.

DIDN'T THEY TEACH YOU ANYTHING
LIKE THAT AT QUANTICO?

YEAH. WE CALLED IT
"SECURING THE PERIMETER."

AH. YOU'RE LEARNING.

YOU LIGHTING
MORE CANDLES OVER THERE?

YES. I LIKE TO SEE THE PLACE THE
WAY PEOPLE SAW IT BACK THEN.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE
ANY ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

JUST CANDLES.

BESIDES... WHO KNOWS HOW LONG
THE POWER WILL LAST DOWN HERE.

HUH! LOOK.

WE'RE GONNA
NEED A CROWBAR.

WHAT?

HOLD ON.

WHERE DO YOU
THINK THAT GOES?

ONLY ONE WAY
TO FIND OUT.

ROBOTIC CAMERA?

I PREFER
THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.

OF COURSE YOU DO.

YEAH. COME ON.
HELP ME UP.

-WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
-WHAT?

I THINK
I SHOULD GO FIRST.

WHY? I HAVE
MORE EXPERIENCE

WITH THIS
THAN YOU DO!

NO, NO, NO. IT'S NOT
ABOUT EXPERIENCE.

IS IT BECAUSE I'M A CIVILIAN?

-NO.
-A WOMAN?

THERE'S NO RIGHT ANSWER
TO THAT QUESTION.

OKAY. HERE.

OKAY.

LOOK.

I'M GONNA TIE THIS
AROUND MY WAIST.

AND YOU'RE GONNA
HOLD ONTO ONE END--

-NO.
-AND THEN...

...I'M GONNA TUG ON IT
IF THERE'S TROUBLE.

WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE?

WELL, YOU KNOW,
IF I GET STUCK ON SOMETHING.

WHY?

DID YOU THINK I MEANT,
LIKE, A GHOST?

NO.

MAYBE A LITTLE.

EMMA!

EMMA? EMMA!
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

EMMA!

EMMA?

EMMA?

YOU OKAY?

LOOK AT ALL THIS.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DOES IT
LOOK LIKE?

LOOKS LIKE SOME KINDA
ALTAR OF SOME KIND?

CLOSE.

IT APPEARS TO BE
A WITCH'S WORKSHOP,

CIRCA 1680.

THAT'S A WHEEL OF THE YEAR.

A SCRYING MIRROR.

ALL THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE.

THIS WAS WEBSTER'S
DISCOVERY?

SEEMS TO BE.

THERE'S EVEN A JOURNAL.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT ABOUT THE BODY?

WELL, THAT'S
YOUR DEPARTMENT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WELL, I NEED
A MEDICAL EXAMINER IN HERE.

LOOKS LIKE HE DIED FROM
STAB WOUNDS TO THE BACK.

WHAT IS THAT?

I WOULD CALL THIS
AN EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS DEATH,

LIKELY MURDER.

YOU CAN TELL THAT
WITHOUT DOING AN AUTOPSY?

WELL, HE HAD A KNIFE WOUND
TO HIS BACK.

THERE WAS NO KNIFE
AT THE CRIME SCENE...

AGENT CONNER...

I THINK I'M GONNA
TO TAKE YOU UP

ON YOUR OFFER
TO LEAD THIS INVESTIGATION.

WHOA. NOW,
WHAT IS THAT?

UH, THAT IS
A CABALISTIC SYMBOL.

IT REPRESENTS
A STONE-THROWING SPIRIT.

STONE-THROWING?

YOU DON'T THINK...

NO. IT COULDN'T BE.

COULD IT?

WHAT'S IT SAY?

IT LOOKS LIKE THE JOURNAL OF
A WOMAN NAMED ABIGAIL ENDICOTT.

SHE WAS A SERVANT
IN THE CHANDLER HOUSEHOLD.

APPARENTLY, SHE WAS ACCUSED
OF WITCHCRAFT,

AND PUT A CURSE
ON THE CHANDLER ESTATE

AND ALL ITS BLOODLINES.

WHOA!

WELL, IF IT'S AUTHENTIC,
WHICH HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED.

IMAGINE IF IT IS.
OH, MY GOSH!

THAT WOULD MAKE THIS PLACE
SUCH A TOURIST ATTRACTION.

COMING THROUGH!

ANY SIGN OF A KNIFE?

NOTHING YET.

OKAY, WELL,
WE HAD IT CONFIRMED.

WEBSTER...

DIED FROM
A STAB IN HIS BACK.

MAYBE BY SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

YEAH, THAT
FITS THE BILL.

YEAH, THAT'S
THE ATHAME DAGGER.

OH, THE WITCH'S
DAGGER?

OH, DON'T LOOK AT ME!
THAT'S WHAT WEBSTER CALLED IT.

THE QUESTION IS,
WHO HAS IT NOW?

AND WHO USED IT
TO KILL THOMAS WEBSTER?

OH...

SO THE GUY I SAW
OUTSIDE THE CASTLE LIVES HERE?

THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE HERE TO FIND OUT.

SO HOW'D YOU FIND HIM?
SOME FANCY DETECTIVE WORK?

UH, WELL,

YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU SAW
AN OLD SILVER ROLLS-ROYCE,

SO I CALLED A FRIEND OF MINE
AT THE FBI

AND HE RAN A SEARCH
OF THIS AREA,

AND THIS IS THE HIT
THAT CAME BACK.

WOW. THAT'S...

IMPRESSIVE?

I WAS GONNA SAY
"CHEATING", BUT...

SO ARE WE GONNA TALK TO HIM?

I PREFER TO TALK TO HIM ALONE.

BUT I NEED YOU HERE
TO I.D. HIM,

MAKE SURE
IT'S THE SAME GUY

IT'S A STAKEOUT!

YEAH, I GUESS, YOU KNOW,
IN A SENSE.

DID YOU GET ANY DONUTS?

WHY WOULD YOU ASK THAT?

WELL, 'CAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS

THAT YOU EAT DONUTS
ON A STAKEOUT,

I CAN'T...

I KNEW IT!

AHH!

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING,

PROFESSOR FIELDING.

BELIEVE ME, I'M NOT.

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT.

I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO
THAT...

IF I WANTED
TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY,

AS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST,

I HAD TO BE
SURE OF MYSELF.

EVERYONE WAS GONNA
SECOND-GUESS ME, SO...

I COULDN'T
SECOND-GUESS MYSELF.

THAT'S... SMART.

WELL...

EMMA...

DO YOU THINK YOU--

MAYBE YOU AND I
COULD GO--

SOMEBODY'S COMING.

IS THAT HIM?

NO.

YOU SURE?

YEAH.

OKAY.

I GUESS...

IT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT EASY.

NOTHING WORTHWHILE EVER IS.

HELLO, SHERMAN.

HELLO, PROFESSOR.

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST,
YOU KNOW.

FIRST WHAT?

THE FIRST MURDER
IN THIS HOUSE.

YOU WANT TO TELL ME ABOUT IT?

OLD MAN CHANDLER
WAS A SAINT.

AS LONG AS HE WAS ALIVE,
THIS PLACE WAS SAFE.

I TOOK CARE OF IT.

ONCE HE DIED,
IT ALL CHANGED.

AND YOU THINK
HE WAS MURDERED?

THAT'S NOT
HOW THEY TOLD IT.

YOU SEE,

OLD MAN CHANDLER

HAD BEGUN TO LOSE TOUCH
WITH THE WORLD.

DEMENTIA?

HE RAN FROM THE HOUSE
ONE NIGHT,

CONVINCED THAT
A GHOST WAS PURSUING HIM.

HE WAS FOUND DEAD
IN THE WOODS.

APPARENTLY, HE TRIPPED
AND HIT HIS HEAD

ON THE STONY PATH.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT?

HE'D WALKED THAT PATH
EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE

FOR 70 YEARS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED?

SOME SAY IT WAS
THE CURSE OF THE CHANDLERS.

I SAY...

LOOK AT WHO INHERITED,
AND RAN THROUGH,

THE FORTUNE
IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS.

SO, YOU THINK BRAY KILLED
HIS FATHER AND WEBSTER?

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING.

I'M JUST
THE HOUSE MANAGER.

NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
PROFESSOR.

THIS CHANDELIER
WON'T CLEAN ITSELF.

YOU OKAY?

YEAH. YEAH, I GUESS.

IT'S JUST MY BACK.

CRAWLING THROUGH THOSE TUNNELS
REALLY DID A NUMBER ON IT.

HAS IT BOTHERED
YOU FOR LONG?

YEAH, FOR A WHILE.
EVER SINCE I GOT SHOT.

YOU KNOW,

YOU NEVER TOLD ME
HOW THAT HAPPENED.

YOU WANT
TO TALK ABOUT IT?

I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE
ABOUT IT.

YOU NEVER
TALKED TO ME.

IS THAT GONNA HELP?

WOULDN'T HURT.

MAYBE LATER.

SO WHO DO YOU THINK
KILLED PROFESSOR WEBSTER?

WELL, THERE'S
NO SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE

WITH MOTIVES
AT THE CASTLE.

SUCH AS?

SHERMAN.

HE HATES THE IDEA OF
THE CASTLE BEING SOLD.

MAYBE HE THOUGHT
KILLING WEBSTER

WOULD PUT THE KIBOSH
ON THAT IDEA.

SO THE BUTLER DID IT?

WELL--
THE GROUNDSKEEPER.

BUT I DON'T THINK SO.

WHAT ELSE?

WHAT ABOUT BRAY?

BECAUSE WEBSTER
WAS HOARDING

ALL THESE VALUABLE
ANTIQUITIES,

AND MAYBE BRAY WANTED
TO GET AHOLD OF THEM.

SOMETHING TELLS ME

BRAY DOESN'T WANT TO GET
HIS HANDS THAT DIRTY.

PERRY?

WHY PERRY?

SHE'S ALWAYS TALKING
ABOUT THE CURSE.

AH, SO SHE'S USING THAT
TO THROW US OFF THE TRAIL?

BUT THEN WHY DID SHE
DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

WHAT ELSE?

THAT'S IT.

WHAT ABOUT ADELLE?

-NO!
-YES.

SHE HATED WEBSTER, TOO.

AND HE ALL BUT ACCUSED HER
OF STEALING THE KNIFE.

SO MAYBE SHE KILLED HIM
TO KEEP HIM QUIET.

NO-- NO WAY!

WHY? BECAUSE YOU LIKE HER?

WELL, I-I DON'T THINK
SHE WOULD KILL HIM.

I DON'T THINK
SHE WOULD STEAL THE DAGGER.

WHY WOULD SHE?
WHAT WOULD SHE DO WITH IT?

I DON'T KNOW...
I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I'M GONNA FIND OUT.

I'M GONNA GO LOOK BACK
INTO WEBSTER'S PAST,

TO SEE IF THERE ISN'T
ANYTHING I HAVEN'T OVERLOOKED.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

WELL, TALK TO PEOPLE.

FIND OUT ABOUT THINGS.

INVESTIGATE?

YES. N--
WELL, NO, NO. NO.

IT'S LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE
AN ARCHAEOLOGIST,

AND YOU'RE ONSITE
AND YOU... SOMETHING UP.

YOU SHOVEL TO...?

DIGGING.

DIG UP. YES. THAT'S IT.

MISS FISHER.

HELLO, AGENT CONNER.

HEY, CAN I ASK
YOU SOMETHING?

OF COURSE.
WHY? WHAT ABOUT?

WELL, IT'S ABOUT
PROFESSOR FIELDING...

OH... OH? IS IT?

OKAY.

WELL, IT'S--
I WANTED TO SAY...

I MEAN, HOW LONG
HAVE YOU KNOWN HER?

AGENT CONNER,
ARE YOU NERVOUS?

NO! NO.

DO YOU--
YOU WANT TO KNOW

IF SHE'S SAID ANYTHING
ABOUT YOU, IS THAT IT?

NO! YOU KNOW...

IF-- I MEAN...

WELL...

I CAN SAY THIS.

IF YOU LIKE HER,

YOU'RE ON
THE RIGHT PATH.

REALLY?

YEAH. I MEAN,
SHE HASN'T SAID ANYTHING.

SHE DOESN'T SHARE
MUCH, BUT, UM...

I KNOW HER WELL.
I CAN TELL.

YOU'VE KNOWN HER
A LONG TIME?

UH... YEAH, GOSH.

I GUESS IT'S BEEN
ABOUT SEVEN YEARS NOW.

WE MET ON A DIG
IN SOUTH AMERICA,

AND I WAS WORKING FOR
THE STATE DEPARTMENT,

AND I WAS JUST AN AIDE,
YOU KNOW, SHE WAS ALREADY

THE "FAMOUS"
PROFESSOR FIELDING,

BUT SHE TOOK ME
UNDER HER WING,

SHE MENTORED ME,

AND, UM, I WOULDN'T
HAVE THIS JOB

WITH THE HISTORIC TRUST,
IF IT WEREN'T FOR HER.

HMM! BY THE WAY,
HOW'S THE TRUST DOING?

NOT GREAT.

THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
DOESN'T THINK

WE SERVE MUCH
OF A PURPOSE,

SO THEY WANT
TO CUT OUR FUNDING.

SO YOU MUST HAVE A LOT
RIDING ON THIS ACQUISITION.

I DO.

THAT'S ROUGH.

ALTHOUGH YOU CAN PROBABLY
GET ANY OTHER JOB, RIGHT?

COULD I?

HOW MANY POSITIONS LIKE MINE
ARE REALLY OUT THERE?

I'D, UH, I'D HAVE
TO START OVER.

SORRY.

OKAY.

UM, UH--

DID YOU JUST INTERROGATE ME?

I DID.

DIDN'T HURT TOO MUCH, DID IT?

BRAY SHOWED ME
THE INSURANCE DOCUMENTS.

YOU HAVE AN EYE FOR ANTIQUES.

YEAH, MY HOUSE DATES
BACK TO THE 1700S.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT GRAND
ENOUGH TO BE OF ANY INTEREST,

BUT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO FIND WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL.

OH, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT.

WELL, I'D LIKE THAT.

I'M WORRIED,
PROFESSOR FIELDING.

ABOUT WHAT?

-THE CURSE.
-OH--

I KNOW THAT
YOU THINK IT'S SILLY,

BUT WHAT
IF IT'S REAL?

WHAT IF SOMETHING UNEARTHLY

IS BEING RELEASED
INTO THE WORLD,

AND IT'S JUST
GAINING IN STRENGTH?

OH, PERRY.

ONE MAN
HAS ALREADY DIED.

AND BRAY COULD BE NEXT.

YOU REALLY CARE
ABOUT HIM, DON'T YOU?

HE'S MY BOSS.

EXAMINING
POTTERY SHARDS.

THIS IS EXCITING.

I WISH WE COULD HAVE

A LOOK AT THAT STUFF
DOWN IN THE CELLAR.

YOU SAID IT.

THAT STONE,
FOR EXAMPLE.

IT'S A SCRYING MIRROR.

THEY USED STONE
INSTEAD OF GLASS

TO PEER
INTO THE FUTURE.

YOU DON'T REALLY
BELIEVE THAT, DO YOU?

WELL, THE POINT IS

THAT THEY DID,
BACK THEN.

AND THAT
CABALISTIC SYMBOL

CARVED
INTO THE WALL--

IT'S THE SAME DESIGN THAT
WAS ON THE MISSING DAGGER,

AND DRAWN IN THE DIRT
NEAR WEBSTER'S HEAD.

THE SYMBOL OF
THE STONE-THROWING SPIRIT,

WHICH IS ALSO REPRESENTED
BY AN OWL.

COOL.

OKAY, SO WHO DO
YOU THINK WAS--

COME ON!

OKAY, WE HAVE TO TELL
SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS.

PROFESSOR FIELDING!

YES?

WE THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW--
THERE'S BEEN A ROCK-THROWING.

COME AGAIN?

AT THE LAB.
THERE HAVE BEEN

STONES
THROWN AT US.

I TRIED TO RECORD IT,
BUT...

WELL, WHO THREW THEM?

THAT'S JUST
THE THING.

NOBODY.

YEAH. THERE WAS
NO ONE THERE.

JUST A MINUTE.

IT'S YOU.

HOW YOU DOING, TRAP?

I DON'T GO BY
THAT NAME ANYMORE, CONNER.

I'VE TURNED MY LIFE AROUND.

I'M CLEAN
AND STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW.

UH-HUH.

YOU WERE ARRESTED TWO WEEKS AGO
ON SUSPICION

OF FENCING
STOLEN MERCHANDISE.

WELL, YOU CAN'T
EXPECT A MAN

NOT TO HAVE
A FEW SLIP-UPS.

I'M ONLY HUMAN.

BESIDES,
THEY LET ME GO.

BECAUSE YOU GAVE 'EM
INFORMATION.

YOU A CRIMINAL INFORMANT
NOW, TRAP?

I DON'T LIKE LABELS.

LISTEN, ANYONE BEEN IN HERE,
TRYING TO SELL THIS THIS WEEK?

IN THE PAST WEEK? NO.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

WHAT'S THAT?

WHAT'S WHAT?

"WHAT'S WHAT?"
WHAT'S THAT?

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN,
THAT'S AN F.E. CHURCH,

FROM THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL?

GOOD EYE.

THANK YOU.

WHERE'D YOU GET IT?

WELL, IT'S NOT HOT,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.

NO, SIR.
I'M SELLING IT ON COMMISSION.

REALLY?

I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT WAS TAKEN
FROM THE CHANDLER MANSION.

THAT'S THE PROPERTY
OF BRAY CHANDLER.

SURE IT IS.

HE'S THE ONE
WHO BROUGHT IT HERE,

ALONG WITH ALL
THIS OTHER STUFF.

HOW'S THE CHANDELIER-CLEANING
GOING?

JUST FINE,
PROFESSOR.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A SLINGSHOT
AROUND HERE, SHERMAN?

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.

I'D NEVER PERMIT IT.

THE GLASS
IN THESE WINDOWS

WAS PRESSED IN THE 1850S,
IT'S IRREPLACEABLE.

YOU TAKE GREAT PRIDE
IN THIS HOUSE, DON'T YOU?

I DO.

YOU DON'T LIKE THE IDEA
OF IT BEING SOLD TO THE STATE.

IF YOUR FAMILY HAD WORKED
THE SAME LAND FOR GENERATIONS,

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL

TO SEE IT TURNED OVER
FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO RUN?

HOW ABOUT IT
BEING TURNED OVER TO BRAY?

BRAY.

OF COURSE NOT.

THIS HOUSE SHOULD BELONG
TO THE ARLINGTONS.

WE'VE TAKEN
CARE OF IT,

NURTURED IT,
THROUGH THE CENTURIES.

IF THE WORLD WERE FAIR...

BUT THE WORLD ISN'T FAIR.

NO. IT'S MORE LIKE NATURE.

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST,
YOU KNOW.

BUT BRAY
ISN'T THE FITTEST?

DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH.

OF COURSE, HE THINKS
HE'S BETTER THAN EVERYBODY,

BUT HE'S NOT.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

OH, I COULD.

I COULD TELL YOU
THINGS ABOUT BRAY CHANDLER.

I DON'T THINK YOU COULD.

I THINK YOU'RE BLUFFING.

BLUFFING?

YOU DON'T KNOW.

YOU DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH

ABOUT HOW OLD MAN CHANDLER
REALLY DIED.

WHY DON'T YOU SAY IT?

DID BRAY CHANDLER--

OH! MY EARS ARE BURNING.

WHAT WERE YOU ABOUT TO SAY
ABOUT ME, SHERMAN?

YOU OKAY?

JUST BARELY.

SHERMAN?

DID YOU DO THAT
DELIBERATELY?

OF COURSE NOT, SIR.
THE ROPE SLIPPED.

I SEE.

RIGHT AS I WAS WALKING
UNDERNEATH IT?

AFRAID SO, SIR.

CLEAN THIS MESS UP RIGHT NOW.

AS YOU WISH, SIR.

I'LL TELL YOU MORE.

MEET ME AT
THE END OF THE PATH,

BEHIND THE HOUSE.

AFTER DINNER.

HEY! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

AH, FOLLOWING LEADS. YOU?

-DIGGING.
-YEAH? DID YOU FIND ANYTHING?

I DON'T KNOW YET,
BUT SHERMAN'S GOING TO TELL ME.

I'M MEETING HIM NOW.

-SHERMAN?
-YEAH.

LISTEN.
I FOUND OUT

WHO'S STEALING
BRAY CHANDLER'S ANTIQUES,

AND YOU'RE NEVER GONNA
GUESS WHO IT IS.

BRAY CHANDLER.

YOU'RE NO FUN.

I BET HE'S STEALING
FROM HIMSELF,

SELLING THE PIECES,

AND COLLECTING
ON THE INSURANCE.

SURPRISED IT DIDN'T
OCCUR TO YOU.

IT DID, BUT I HAD
TO CONFIRM IT,

BECAUSE I'M A PROFESSIONAL
INVESTIGATOR.

WHAT AM I?

YOU'RE
A GIFTED AMATEUR.

YEAH. I'LL
TAKE THE "GIFTED".

COME ON.

WHY DON'T YOU LET ME
MEET SHERMAN INSTEAD?

WHY? HE WANTS
TO TALK TO ME.

I LIKE TO PROTECT
MY CONSULTANTS.

IF I'D KNOWN YOU WERE
GONNA ACT LIKE THIS,

I NEVER WOULD'VE
TOLD YOU ABOUT IT.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I'M THE FBI.

OH, PLEASE.

OKAY, YOU CAN FOLLOW ME,
AND IF HE PULLS OUT A KNIFE,

YOU CAN ARREST HIM.

AFTER HE STABS YOU?

VERY FUNNY.

NO, I'M NOT JOKING.

LOOK, JUST LET ME SEE
WHAT I CAN GET OUT OF HIM.

OKAY, BUT STAY CLOSE.

THANK YOU.

SHERMAN?

SHERMAN? ARE YOU HERE?

SHERMAN? WHERE ARE YOU?

SHERMAN!

CONNER.
YOU BETTER BE BEHIND ME.

I'M BEHIND YOU.

CONNER!

THIS MAN'S ALSO
BEEN STABBED IN THE BACK.

I'D CALL THAT
AN EVEN-MORE-SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

DOES IT APPEAR TO BE
THE SAME TYPE

OF BLADE THAT KILLED
PROFESSOR WEBSTER?

HARD TO SAY FOR CERTAIN
UNTIL I CAN PERFORM AN AUTOPSY,

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT TO ME.

STILL NO SIGN
OF THAT DAGGER.

WE HAVEN'T HAD
A MURDER IN THIS TOWN

IN OVER 10 YEARS.

NOW WE'VE HAD TWO
IN THE SAME WEEK.

WE'RE GONNA FIND
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

MISS QUINN!

AGENT CONNER.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU
A FEW QUESTIONS

ABOUT SHERMAN ARLINGTON.

POOR SHERMAN.

YOU WERE CLOSE?

WELL, NO, BUT HE WAS
THE LIFE'S BLOOD OF THIS HOUSE.

HE DID HIS BEST
TO MAINTAIN IT.

HE WAS TRYING
TO TELL US SOMETHING,

AND I THINK
IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING

TO DO WITH
BRAY'S FATHER'S DEATH.

WELL, IT WAS SUDDEN.

AND SUSPICIOUS.

SHERMAN BELIEVED THAT, UH,
BRAY MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

-BRAY?
-MM-HMM.

OH, THAT'S ABSURD! HE COULDN'T
HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT.

THAT'S THE CURSE.

I COULD BE NEXT.

NOW THAT THE POLICE
ARE DONE HERE,

IT'S TIME TO MAKE THIS PLACE
MORE ACCESSIBLE.

YOU WANT TO JOIN IN?

-WELL...
-COME ON!

YOU SAID YOU WERE SUPPOSED
TO DO MORE THAN JUST OBSERVE.

WORK!

ALL RIGHT,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

HERE?

-THAT LOOKS GOOD.
-YEAH?

YEAH.
THAT'S GOOD.

HEY, MR. PEREZ.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

AGENT CONNER. YES.

IT'S ABOUT
WALDON CHANDLER'S DEATH.

OLD MAN CHANDLER?

YEAH.

THAT WAS
THREE YEARS AGO.

FOUND IN THE WOODS
BEHIND THE CASTLE,

DIED FROM
A FRACTURED SKULL.

FRACTURED
FROM A FALL?

POSSIBLY. I CAN'T SAY
HOW THE BLOW HAPPENED,

ONLY THAT
IT KILLED HIM.

COULD HE HAVE SUSTAINED
THE BLOW BEFORE HE FELL?

MAYBE,
BUT HE WAS OLD.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON
FOR THE ELDERLY

TO HAVE A FATAL FALL.

BUT YOU'RE NOT SURE?

WELL, I'M NOT
A DETECTIVE,

THAT'S YOUR JOB.

HOW DID BRAY CHANDLER
REACT TO IT?

HE SAID...

"IT MUST HAVE
BEEN HIS TIME."

THAT'S NOT MUCH
OF A REACTION.

AFTER YEARS
OF BEING AWAY,

BRAY SHOWED UP

THE DAY AFTER
HIS FATHER'S DEATH.

HE ARRIVED JUST IN TIME

TO TAKE OVER THE CASTLE
AND HIS INHERITANCE.

AND YOU THINK
THAT'S SUSPICIOUS?

WELL, AS I SAID,
I'M NOT A DETECTIVE,

BUT IF WALDON WAS KILLED...

BRAY CHANDLER
WOULD BE THE PRIME SUSPECT.

HE'D HAVE PLENTY OF REASON
TO KILL WEBSTER AND SHERMAN,

TO KEEP THEM QUIET.

SEE? THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD
I'M NOT A DETECTIVE.

WELL, AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T
BLAME THE CHANDLER CURSE.

WELL, I CAN UNDERSTAND
WHY PEOPLE BELIEVE IT.

REALLY?

THAT FIRE
THAT BURNED DOWN

THE ORIGINAL
CHANDLER HOUSE?

IT KILLED
CORVUS'S FATHER,

AND CORVUS HIMSELF

DIED FALLING DOWN
A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.

NOT ONE OF THE CHANDLER HEIRS
HAS DIED A NATURAL DEATH.

OKAY. THANKS.

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

OKAY, ABIGAIL WAS IN
SAMUEL CHANDLER'S EMPLOY

IN 1689.

SAMUEL ACCUSED HER
OF WITCHCRAFT.

SHE VOWED REVENGE ON HIM
AND THE ENTIRE CHANDLER FAMILY.

SHE CALLED ON
THE STONE-THROWING SPIRIT

TO DO HER BIDDING, AND...

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

-IT'S SO DRAMATIC!
-YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT,

IT'S TOO DRAMATIC.

IT'S TOO PERFECT.

IT'S LIKE--
IT'S LIKE A MOVIE.

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE THINK

THAT WITCHCRAFT WAS LIKE
IN NEW ENGLAND.

EXACTLY! IT'S TERRIFIC.

NO! NO.

IT'S LIKE
THIS SCRYING MIRROR.

I'VE NEVER SEEN
A SCRYING MIRROR.

I'VE READ ABOUT THEM,

BUT NEVER A PRIMARY SOURCE,

IT'S ALWAYS
A SECOND-PERSON ACCOUNT.

IT'S...

CAREY?

CAREY, WOULD--
WOULD YOU COME HERE?

COULD YOU LOOK AT THAT?

DO YOU SEE THAT?

OH, NO...

YOU SEE THAT,
DON'T YOU?

HOW HIGHLY-POLISHED
THAT IS?

WHAT?

IT'S POLISHED
USING A BUFFER.

AN ELECTRIC ONE.

AND THAT MEANS...?

WELL...

IT MEANS IT WAS PLACED HERE
IN THE 20TH OR 21ST CENTURY.

AND THAT MEANS...

THIS WHOLE FIND
MIGHT BE A HOAX.

SO, DO YOU REALLY THINK
IT'S A HOAX?

I'M NOT SAYING THAT,

JUST THAT THERE
ARE QUESTIONS.

JUST WHEN I THINK
WE HAVE SOMETHING.

I HAD A WHOLE
PRESS RELEASE WRITTEN UP.

I GOT TO GO MAKE SOME CALLS.

THE TRUTH IS WHAT IT IS,
EVEN IF IT'S INCONVENIENT.

WHERE'S
MY CELL PHONE?

OH, HERE IT IS.

OH. THANKS.

EMMA FIELDING.

OH. YEAH. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

EMMA.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

SHH...
IT'S A STAKEOUT.

WHAT FOR?

IT'S FOR
THE ROCK-THROWER.

WHY?

WELL, WE DON'T HAVE
ANY LEADS,

AND IF IT'S NOT A SPIRIT
THROWING THE ROCKS--

IT'S NOT.

WELL, THEN...

I WANT TO FIND OUT
WHO IT IS.

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED!

DOES THAT MEAN
SOMEONE'S THROWING ROCKS?

YEAH.

PLEASE JUST SAY THAT
NEXT TIME.

IT CAME FROM
BEHIND THOSE TREES.

HEY!

ADELLE?

I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU ARRESTED ADELLE.

SHE'S NOT UNDER ARREST,
SHE'S UNDER SUSPICION.

OH, PLEASE.

WELL, YOU SAW HER.
SHE WAS THROWING ROCKS.

I DIDN'T SEE HER
THROW ROCKS.

DID YOU SEE HER
THROW ROCKS?

I-- WE SAW HER
HOLDING ROCKS.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE.

YOU'RE A LAWYER NOW?

I WANT TO TALK TO HER.

OKAY, WE'LL TALK
TO HER TOGETHER.

FINE. WHY?

WELL, MAYBE SHE'LL
OPEN UP TO YOU.

OKAY.

BUT I THINK
SHE WAS FRAMED.

I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK
SHE THREW THOSE ROCKS.

I THREW SOME ROCKS!

WHAT?

I ONLY THREW A COUPLE,
LIKE, TWO OR THREE.

I THOUGHT
YOU WANTED ME TO.

-ME?
-YEAH!

YOU SENT ME
THAT TEXT.

"GO TO THE WOODS,
DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

FOR PUBLICITY."

I NEVER SENT YOU A TEXT.

BUT YOU DID. HERE.

-CAN I SEE THAT?
-WELL-- YEAH.

WHO SENT THIS TEXT
FROM YOUR PHONE?

I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN...

I KNOW THAT'S MY PHONE,
BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I NEVER SENT THAT TEXT.

WAS YOUR PHONE OUT OF YOUR SIGHT
ANY TIME THIS AFTERNOON?

NO.

WELL, UM...

SORT OF.

WE WERE EXCAVATING,

AND THE PHONE WAS
IN MY JACKET POCKET.

BUT DID YOU HAVE
A PASS LOCK ON IT, A CODE?

I FIND THEM ANNOYING.

PERFECT.

BUT WHY WOULD
THROWING ROCKS

BE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
FOR PUBLICITY?

WELL, YOU SAID

YOU WERE GONNA PROVE
THE CURSE WAS A HOAX,

AND THEN THAT WOULD
RUIN MY PLAN

FOR PUBLICITY
FOR THE CASTLE.

SO, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
I'LL GO AND THROW SOME ROCKS--

A FEW HARMLESS ROCKS--

AND MAYBE

PEOPLE WILL THINK
"MAYBE THE CURSE IS REAL."

I DID IT
FOR THE SAKE OF TOURISM.

OH, ADELLE.

I NEVER THREW ANY BEFORE.
REALLY, I DIDN'T.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THREW THOSE.
THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME.

ADELLE FISHER,
I'M PLACING YOU UNDER ARREST

FOR THE MURDERS
OF THOMAS WEBSTER

AND SHERMAN ARLINGTON.

WHAT?

I FOUND THIS
IN YOUR ROOM.

IF YOU COULD STAND, PLEASE.

THIS WAY.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL
BE USED AGAINST YOU.

SHE DIDN'T DO IT.

WHAT? OKAY, THEN WHY
WAS THE KNIFE IN HER ROOM?

SOMEBODY SET HER UP.
WHAT ABOUT THE TEXT?

SHE COULD HAVE
SENT THAT TO HERSELF.

WHY ON EARTH
WOULD SHE DO THAT?

WELL, TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE SHE GOT FRAMED.

WHAT IF SHE DID?

LISTEN, OUTSIDE
OF MYSTERY NOVELS,

HARDLY ANYONE
EVER GETS FRAMED.

I MEAN, IN LIFE,

IF IT LOOKS
LIKE YOU DID IT,

GENERALLY, YOU DID IT.

BUT WHY
WOULD SHE DO IT?

WHY WOULD SHE
KILL SHERMAN?

HE KNEW THAT
SHE KILLED WEBSTER?

WELL, WHY WOULD
SHE KILL WEBSTER?

I DON'T KNOW! BECAUSE
THEY HATED EACH OTHER.

I MEAN, THEY PERPETRATED
A HOAX TOGETHER

AND THEY HAD
A DISAGREEMENT.

LISTEN. LOOK.

IF SHE'S THE KILLER,

THEN, YOU KNOW,
SHE'S LOCKED UP,

AND IF SHE'S INNOCENT,

WELL, THEN, AT LEAST
SHE'S SAFE IN THERE.

ANGRY, BUT SAFE.

WHAT DO WE DO?

I NEED TO DO
SOME MORE DIGGING.

DO YOU THINK EVERYTHING
IN THE HIDDEN CHAMBER'S A FRAUD?

I CAN'T SAY YET.
MAYBE SOME OF IT'S REAL.

DEFINITELY NOT ALL.

WHO'S CAPABLE OF PULLING OFF
A HOAX LIKE THAT?

WEBSTER.

WEBSTER?
WHY WOULD HE DO IT?

UH, FAME? ATTENTION? MONEY?

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY
IN ARCHEOLOGY?

THERE'S A MARKET
FOR ANYTHING RARE.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO VISIT
AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE.

OKAY.

JUST A MINUTE.

JUST A MINUTE.

YOU AGAIN.

HEY, TRAP.
HOW YOU DOING?

WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU
TO MY FRIEND,

PROFESSOR EMMA FIELDING.

WE CAME BY

TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT MERCHANDISE

YOU'RE HOLDING FOR ME
IN THE BACK.

BE MY GUEST.

SO, UH...

YOU'RE SURE THAT THIS IS THE GUY
THAT BROUGHT THIS STUFF IN?

THAT'S HIM, ALL RIGHT.

YEAH? NOT HIM?

NOPE. NEVER SAW HIM BEFORE.

WHAT ABOUT HIM?

PROFESSOR WEBSTER?

NOPE. HAVEN'T DONE BUSINESS
WITH HIM IN A WHILE.

YOU KNOW
PROFESSOR WEBSTER?

KNEW HIM.

HE DIED.
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD?

YEAH. WE HEARD.

HOW WERE YOU
ACQUAINTED WITH HIM?

WELL, I DON'T JUST DEAL
WITH STOLEN GOODS, YOU KNOW.

I'M ALSO
A LEGITIMATE BUSINESSMAN,

WITH SEVERAL
LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES.

SUCH AS?

I BROKER DEALS.

WHAT KIND OF DEALS?

BETWEEN PEOPLE
WHO HAVE INTERESTING ITEMS

AND PEOPLE WHO WANT
INTERESTING ITEMS.

IT'S ALL LEGAL
AND ABOVE-BOARD.

AT LEAST I THOUGHT IT WAS.

OH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO EXPLAIN THAT.

THE PROFESSOR WOULD SUPPLY ME
WITH HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS

THAT HAD...

QUESTIONABLE PROVENANCE

FOR A SELECT CLIENTELE.

ARTICLES STOLEN FROM MUSEUMS?

I DON'T ASK
WHERE THEY'RE FROM.

I'M JUST WHAT YOU WOULD CALL
A CONDUIT

FOR CERTAIN WEALTHY PEOPLE
WITH A TASTE FOR HISTORY.

WHAT WENT WRONG?

WELL, MAYBE YOU BETTER TALK
TO VICTOR BRADFORD.

VICTOR BRADFORD.

WOW...

YEAH. WOW.

SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION.

YEAH, SOME OF THESE THINGS
SHOULD BE IN A MUSEUM.

REALLY. THEY SHOULD
BE IN A MUSEUM.

YES. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT.

SEBASTIAN TELLS ME

YOU'RE SOMEONE
I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO MEET.

WAS HE RIGHT?

EMMA FIELDING.

PROFESSOR FIELDING!
YES, OF COURSE!

UH, WELL, I HAVE

FOLLOWED YOUR WORK SOMEWHAT
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME
TO SHARE MY TREASURES

WITH A SCHOLAR
OF YOUR RENOWN.

PLEASE, ALLOW ME
TO SHOW YOU MY COLLECTION.

THAT'S HIM.

WHO?

THE GUY WHO WAS
FIGHTING WITH WEBSTER

THE DAY
HE WAS KILLED.

NOW, THESE ARE MARVELS.

AN ACTUAL PIECE OF
THE MAYFLOWER'S FIGUREHEAD.

A SET OF PAUL REVERE SPOONS.

AND A SADDLE ONCE OWNED
BY GEORGE WASHINGTON.

TREASURES
OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

WELL, SEBASTIAN SAID YOU HAD
A REMARKABLE COLLECTION.

YES, WELL, SEBASTIAN'S NOT
THE MOST RELIABLE SOURCE,

BUT HE HAS HIS EAR
TO THE GROUND.

HE TIPPED ME OFF
TO MANY OF THE ITEMS

I'VE COLLECTED
OVER THE YEARS.

WHAT ABOUT THOMAS WEBSTER?

OH... PROFESSOR WEBSTER.

TERRIBLE THING THAT WAS.

-MM-HMM.
-TERRIBLE.

BUT YES, HE HIMSELF SUPPLIED ME

WITH MANY LOVELY PIECES
OVER THE YEARS.

A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP.

WHY DID YOU HAVE A FIGHT
WITH HIM THE OTHER DAY?

THE OTHER DAY?

MM-HMM.

I DIDN'T.

YOU DID.

I'M THE ONE YOU RAN INTO
AT CHANDLER CASTLE.

OH.

OH, YES.
OF COURSE.

WELL, YOU SEE, THE THING IS,

WEBSTER WAS A BIT OF
A PRICKLY FELLOW,

AND ONE WAS BOUND TO HAVE

THE OCCASIONAL ALTERCATION
WITH HIM, FROM TIME TO TIME.

IT WAS NOTHING SERIOUS.

WHAT'S THAT?

OH! THAT'S... NOTHING.
NOTHING AT ALL.

NOTHING OF NOTE.

I'M STILL WAITING ON
THE AUTHENTICATION.

IT WAS JUST SOMETHING CHEAP
THAT I PICKED UP.

I'M SURE IT'S NOTHING.

THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE NOTHING.

I'M SORRY,

I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR CREDENTIALS
EARLIER. MISTER...?

I'M JIM CONNER. FBI.

ANTIQUITIES DIVISION.

BUT DON'T WORRY.

THIS ISN'T
AN OFFICIAL VISIT.

YOU EAT LIKE THAT
ALL THE TIME?

YEAH, EVERY
CHANCE I GET.

WHAT, DO YOU

ONLY EAT SALAD
AND VEGETABLES?

MM-HMM.
YEAH. IT'S HEALTHY.

MM-HMM.

LIFE'S TOO SHORT.

YEAH, IT IS
IF YOU EAT LIKE THAT.

SO... WHAT DO
WE KNOW SO FAR?

OKAY. LET'S START
WITH BRAY CHANDLER.

OKAY. WE KNOW
HE'S BEEN STEALING

HIS OWN PRICELESS
POSSESSIONS.

-MM-HMM.
-WHY?

YOU TELL ME.

UH, WELL...

HE'S FENCING THEM

AND COLLECTING
THE INSURANCE.

TWO FOR
THE PRICE OF ONE.

DOUBLE-DIPPING. WHY?

BECAUSE
HE NEEDS THE MONEY.

HE SPENT
HIS INHERITANCE.

OKAY. WHAT ABOUT
VICTOR BRADFORD?

WELL...

HE'S DEFINITELY
HIDING SOMETHING.

YEAH. WE CAN
AGREE ON THAT.

MM! THE DOCUMENTS--

I DIDN'T GET A VERY
GOOD LOOK AT THEM,

BUT THEY LOOKED
LIKE THEY WERE

MID-17TH CENTURY,
ANGLO-AMERICAN.

CERTAINLY
WASN'T "NOTHING".

MM-MM. AND IT WAS
IN A SHIPPING TUBE,

LIKE HE'D JUST GOTTEN
IT BACK FROM SOMEWHERE.

HE SAID HE WAS GETTING
IT AUTHENTICATED.

MM-HMM.

IF YOU HAD A MID-17TH
ANGLO-AMERICAN DOCUMENT,

WHO WOULD YOU GO TO?

PROFESSOR RAYMOND HOPLEY
AT HARVARD.

HE'S CONSIDERED THE EXPERT.

WHO ARE YOU CALLING?

I'M CALLING HARVARD.

PROFESSOR HOPLEY.

YOU CAN'T
JUST CALL HARVARD.

THESE ARE BUSY PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

WHAT, DO YOU HAVE
HARVARD ON SPEED DIAL?

HI. THIS IS
AGENT JIM CONNER FROM THE FBI.

I NEED TO SPEAK
TO A PROFESSOR RAYMOND HOPLEY.

UH-HUH. URGENT MATTER, YES.
THANK YOU.

OR YOU COULD JUST...
DO THAT.

IT'S THE FBI.

UH, HELLO,
PROFESSOR HOPLEY.

I BELIEVE YOU MAY HAVE
AUTHENTICATED

A DOCUMENT FOR
A MR. VICTOR BRADFORD.

OH, IT WAS A FORGERY?

CAN YOU FILL ME IN
ON THE DETAILS, PROFESSOR?

AH, ONE MORE THING,
MR. BRADFORD.

AND THIS TIME...

IT IS AN OFFICIAL VISIT.

THIS WAS TO HAVE BEEN

THE CORNERSTONE
OF MY COLLECTION.

MY PRIZE POSSESSION.

THE FOUNDING DOCUMENT

OF AMERICAN GOVERNANCE.

THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.

BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

THERE ARE NO ORIGINAL COPIES
OF THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT,

UNTIL THOMAS WEBSTER
CONVINCED ME OTHERWISE

LAST YEAR,

TO THE TUNE
OF $100,000.

I SIMPLY HAD TO HAVE IT.

BUT IT'S FAKE.

HOW DO
YOU KNOW THAT?

WELL, IF IT WAS FOUND,

THE NEWSFEEDS WOULD BE
BLOWING UP ALL OVER AMERICA.

YOU COULDN'T KEEP IT QUIET.

IT'S TOO BIG A PART
OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

YOU SEE, I WANTED
TO BELIEVE SO BADLY,

I ALLOWED MY HEART
TO RUN AWAY WITH MY HEAD.

MY ANCESTORS CAME OVER
ON THE MAYFLOWER.

I'M A DIRECT DESCENDANT
OF WILLIAM BRADFORD,

AND TO OWN A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS

WOULD BE LIKE CLOSING
A CIRCLE OF HERITAGE

FOR MY FAMILY.

WELL, YOU MUST HAVE
HAD IT AUTHENTICATED.

YES, OF COURSE,
BY EXPERTS.

I HAD THE PARCHMENT ANALYZED,
I HAD THE INK EVALUATED,

BY ONE OF THE NATIONS'S
LEADING AUTHORITIES.

IT ALL CHECKED OUT.

AND THEN, ABOUT A YEAR
AFTER I BOUGHT IT...

...THE INK STARTED TO RUN.

OH...

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

AFTER ALMOST 400 YEARS,
THE INK NOW STARTS TO RUN?

SO I HAD ANOTHER AUTHORITY
ANALYZE IT.

THAT'S PROFESSOR HOPLEY
AT HARVARD?

YES, THAT'S RIGHT,

AND HE HAD
A MUCH DIFFERENT ANSWER.

THE INK CONTAINED OILS
NATIVE ONLY TO SOUTH AMERICA.

THE PARCHMENT
HAD BEEN AGED ARTIFICIALLY.

IT WAS NOT
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.

I'D BEEN HAD.

HOW DID THE FIRST EXPERTS
GET IT SO WRONG?

MAYBE BECAUSE

THE FIRST SET OF EXPERTS
SPLIT THE MONEY WITH WEBSTER.

WHY DIDN'T YOU REPORT
THAT TO THE POLICE?

BECAUSE YOU WERE
TOO HUMILIATED.

TO BE TAKEN IN
BY SUCH AN OBVIOUS FRAUD?

YOU WOULD'VE BEEN
A LAUGHINGSTOCK.

I PREFERRED
TO HANDLE THIS MORE QUIETLY,

SO I WENT TO PROFESSOR WEBSTER,
I DEMANDED

THAT HE RETURN THE MONEY
TO ME,

BUT HE LAUGHED.

SO, I GAVE HIM AN ULTIMATUM.

I TOLD HIM EITHER HE WOULD
HAVE THE MONEY FOR ME

BY THE END OF THE WEEK,
OR THERE WOULD BE HELL TO PAY.

THE END OF THE WEEK
CAME AROUND,

AND HE HAD NOTHING,

AND HE DIDN'T CARE.

HE CHALLENGED ME
TO GO TO THE AUTHORITIES

SO THAT I WOULD
LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT.

YOU WERE ANGRY.

YES, I WAS.

ANGRY ENOUGH TO KILL HIM?

OF COURSE NOT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
ARREST BRADFORD?

DIDN'T YOU
SEE HIS EYES?

WHAT,
KILLER EYES?

YES!

WELL, UNFORTUNATELY,

THERE'S NO FOOLPROOF
OPHTHALMOLOGICAL METHOD

OF SPOTTING MURDERERS.

BESIDES, HE CLAIMED
HE WAS AT AN ESTATE SALE

WHEN THE MURDER
WAS HAPPENED,

SO I THINK I SHOULD
GO LOOK INTO THAT.

CORROBORATE HIS ALIBI?

AH-HAH! NOW
YOU'RE LEARNING.

PURSUE ALL AVENUES

UNTIL ONE OF THEM
LEADS TO THE TRUTH.

BUT WHAT ELSE DOES

BRADFORD'S STORY
TELL US?

OKAY, WEBSTER WAS
A SCAM ARTIST.

AND THE HOAX
AT CHANDLER CASTLE

WAS ONE OF HIS SCAMS.

HOW DOES THAT
MAKE HIM MONEY?

IT WOULDN'T.

UNLESS SOMEONE WAS
PAYING HIM TO DO IT.

WELL, BUT-- BUT IF HE MADE
ALL THAT MONEY CONNING BRADFORD,

WHY WOULD HE NEED MORE?

TRUST ME. THE ONE THING
I UNDERSTAND AS AN FBI AGENT,

PEOPLE DON'T COMMIT CRIMES
'CAUSE THEY NEED MONEY,

THEY COMMIT CRIMES
BECAUSE THEY WANT MORE.

SO, TELL ME.

WHO WOULD PAY WEBSTER
TO CREATE THE HOAX?

UH, BRAY CHANDLER.
HE WAS BROKE.

TOTALLY OUT OF MONEY.

HE'S SELLING THE CASTLE
TO THE TRUST,

AND HE NEEDED IT
TO BE MORE VALUABLE,

SO HE COULD CHARGE
MORE MONEY.

BUT IF BRAY
HAD NO MONEY,

THEN HOW WOULD
HE PAY WEBSTER?

WELL, MAYBE THAT'S WHY

HE WAS SELLING OFF
ALL HIS ANTIQUITIES.

WHY DO YOU GET TO ASK
ALL THE QUESTIONS?

BECAUSE I'M THE FBI.
THAT'S WHAT I DO.

BESIDES, I LIKE
THE WAY YOU THINK.

THANK YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
FOR ME,

JUST GO AHEAD.

-ANY QUESTION?
-MM-HMM.

WELL, WITHIN REASON.

HOW'D YOU GET SHOT?

I WAS, UH, INVESTIGATING
A COUNTERFEITING RING.

I GOT MYSELF CORNERED
IN THIS OLD WAREHOUSE

WITH SOME CRIMINALS.

BUT MY CONTACT
WAS A FEDERAL AGENT

WHO WAS UNDERCOVER
WITH THE GANG.

YOU REALLY DO
THAT SORT OF THING?

YEAH. ALL THE TIME.

ANYWAY...

SHE INTERVENED
TO HELP ME,

AND BLEW HER COVER.

HER COVER?

YOU GONNA LET ME FINISH?

SORRY.

SO,

ANYWAY, THINGS GOT
PRETTY HAIRY FROM THERE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF GUNFIRE.

BUT IT WAS MY FAULT
THAT SHE BLEW HER COVER,

SO I WAS NOT GONNA LET HER
TAKE A BULLET FOR THAT.

SO YOU SAVED HER.

YEAH. THE WAY I SEE IT,
SHE SAVED ME.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

NO.

OH. GOOD.

I'M GONNA GO CHECK OUT
BRADFORD'S ALIBI,

SO YOU WANT ME TO DROP YOU OFF
AT THE CASTLE?

ANOTHER QUESTION
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D HEAR.

YEAH.

HEY. EXCUSE ME.

IS THIS
THE PETERSON ESTATE SALE?

OH, WELL, IT WILL BE.

WE DON'T OPEN TO BUYERS
UNTIL TOMORROW.

OH! TOMORROW?

OH. MUST HAVE
THE DATE WRONG.

ARE YOU THE OWNER
OF THE ESTATE?

OH, NO.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,

I'M RUNNING THIS SALE
FOR THE ESTATE COMPANY.

ELEANOR LAWTON.

HI. JIM CONNER.

YOU KNOW, USUALLY,
WHEN I MISS AN APPOINTMENT,

I, UH,
IT'S A BAD THING,

BUT, WELL, AT LEAST
I MET YOU.

OH. UH, CAN I HELP YOU
WITH ANYTHING ELSE?

OH, NO. I MEAN,

NOT UNLESS YOU'VE SEEN
VICTOR BRADFORD.

I WAS SUPPOSED
TO MEET HIM HERE.

OH, VICTOR. HE COMES
TO ALL THE ESTATE SALES,

BUT HE WON'T BE HERE
UNTIL TOMORROW.

AH, TOMORROW.

YOU KNOW, THIS HAPPENED
LAST WEEKEND.

I MISSED HIM AT
THE ANDERSON ESTATE SALE.

OH, WHAT A SHAME!

HE MADE SEVERAL
LARGE PURCHASES.

HE DID?
HE WAS THERE? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.
I'LL SEE YOU AROUND.

WELL?

BRADFORD'S ALIBI CHECKED OUT.

"KILLER'S EYES"
NOTWITHSTANDING.

WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US?

WHAT ABOUT HIM?

YOU THINK
BRAY'S OUR MAN?

IT'S A THEORY.

YEAH, YOU THINK HE KILLED
HIS FATHER, TOO?

THAT'S
A TERRIBLE THOUGHT.

IT IS.

AND THEN HE WOULD'VE
HAD TO KILL SHERMAN

TO STOP HIM
FROM GIVING YOU PROOF.

AND HE KILLED WEBSTER?

IT COULD BE.

CAN YOU PROVE IT?

NO. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

I'M A LONG WAY
FROM PROVING ANYTHING.

WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO?

HEY, BRAY!

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND?

I WANT TO ASK YOU
SOMETHING.

OF COURSE.
ANYTHING FOR THE FBI.

WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE TO KNOW?

WELL, WE WERE JUST WONDERING.

DID YOU
KILL PROFESSOR WEBSTER?

WHAT?

HOW ABOUT SHERMAN ARLINGTON,
DID YOU KILL HIM, TOO?

IS THIS A JOKE?

YOUR FATHER?

DID YOU KILL HIM?

OKAY, THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

OH, BUT THE FIRST TWO WERE?

-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
-WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE--

...BEEN SELLING THINGS
OFF FROM THE HOUSE.

THAT DOESN'T
MAKE ME A MURDERER.

OKAY, I WANT YOU
OUT OF THIS HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

NO, SHE HASN'T FINISHED
HER RESEARCH.

YEAH, THE RESEARCH IS OVER.

WHAT WAS THAT
SUPPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH?

IF HE'S GUILTY,
HE'LL SHOW HIS HAND.

WHAT IF HE'S INNOCENT?

THEN I JUST GOT YOU FIRED.

THANKS FOR THAT.

I'M GONNA GO TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK DOWNSTAIRS,

YOU KNOW,
IN CASE IT'S MY LAST CHANCE.

I'M GONNA GO FOLLOW BRAY.

THIS IS JIM CONNER.

LEAVE A MESSAGE.

CONNER. IT'S ME.

I KNOW WHO THE MURDERER IS.

MEET ME IN THE CRYPT.

PERRY?

EMMA.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T
LIKE EXPLORING DOWN HERE,

WHAT WITH THE CURSE
AND ALL.

OR...

SHOULD I SAY HOAX?

IT'S A GOOD ONE.

ALL THE FINDS ARE OLD.

GENUINELY OLD.

ALTHOUGH, THEY
WEREN'T FOUND HERE.

THEY WERE COLLECTED
AND PLACED HERE,

BY SOMEONE WHO KNEW HOW.

- WHO?
- OH...

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU.

YOU SUPPLIED THE ARTIFACTS,
DIDN'T YOU?

FROM YOUR
ANCESTRAL HOME?

OH. MY ANCESTORS
WEREN'T WITCHES.

OF COURSE NOT!

THAT'S WHY PROFESSOR WEBSTER

HAD TO ADD ALL THE WRITING
ON THE WALL,

AND ALTER THE ARTIFACTS,
JUST A LITTLE BIT,

TO MAKE IT CONVINCING.

OKAY, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T
DO A VERY GOOD JOB.

THERE WAS A MARK
ON-- ON THE MORTAR.

THE LETTER "Q" FOR QUINN.

YOUR LAST NAME.

WHY ON EARTH
WOULD I DO THAT?

THAT'S WHAT
I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT.

YOU WOULDN'T BENEFIT
FROM THE SALE

OF THE CASTLE,

OR FROM INCREASING THE VALUE
WITH THE HOAX.

ONLY BRAY WOULD.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH...

AND THEN I GOT IT.

YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH BRAY.

YOU TRY TO HIDE IT,

BUT IT EATS YOU UP INSIDE.

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.

YOU KNEW THAT BRAY WAS
IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE,

THAT HE WAS SELLING
HIS ANTIQUES

AND SAYING THEY'D BEEN STOLEN.

SO WHAT IF I KNEW?

YOU THOUGHT,

IF YOU ENGINEERED THE SALE
OF CHANDLER CASTLE,

YOU COULD HELP BRAY,

AND IF YOU BUILT UP
THIS IDEA OF A CURSE,

THEN YOU COULD
TURN THE CASTLE

INTO A REAL TOURIST ATTRACTION,

AND YOU COULD HELP BRAY,

AND THEN BRAY
WOULD BE GRATEFUL,

AND HE'D NOTICE YOU,

AND YOU COULD WIN HIS HEART.

OH, THAT'S...

VERY ROMANTIC OF ME.

DO YOU THINK SO?

I THINK
IT'S KIND OF SAD.

BESIDES,

HOW COULD I GET
PROFESSOR WEBSTER TO HELP ME?

OH, YOU OFFERED
TO PAY HIM.

BUT THEN...

I THINK HE PROBABLY
DEMANDED MORE MONEY,

SO YOU KILLED HIM.

GO ON.
THIS IS VERY INTERESTING.

WELL, WHAT
BETTER WAY

TO CEMENT
THE IDEA OF A CURSE

THAN WITH A MYSTERIOUS DEATH?

AND I SUPPOSE
I KILLED SHERMAN, TOO.

HOW COME?

WELL, SIMPLE.

I THINK HE FIGURED OUT
IT WAS A HOAX

AND WAS GONNA TELL ME.

DID I THROW
THE ROCKS, TOO?

YEAH.

AND I THINK YOU HID THE KNIFE
IN ADELLE'S ROOM

AND TRIED TO FRAME HER,

BECAUSE YOU WERE JEALOUS

OF ALL THE ATTENTION
BRAY WAS ALWAYS PAYING HER.

YOU'RE MAKING ME SOUND LIKE
A CRAZY PERSON.

OH, I THINK YOU ARE.

I MEAN, ONLY A CRAZY PERSON
WOULD THINK

THEY COULD HOODWINK THE ENTIRE
ARCHEOLOGICAL COMMUNITY.

I THINK WEBSTER
KNEW THAT.

HE WAS
PLAYING YOU.

HE WAS MAKING THE HOAX
LAST AS LONG AS HE COULD

SO HE COULD MILK YOU
FOR ALL HE COULD.

HE THOUGHT HE WAS CLEVER,

BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
HE WAS DEALING WITH, DID HE?

NO.

I DON'T THINK YOU DO, EITHER.

YOU MIGHT SAY YOU'RE TOO SMART
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.

LOOK LIKE WE'LL HAVE
TO CHALK UP ANOTHER DEATH

TO ABIGAIL'S CURSE.

HEY! HOLD ON.

HOLD ON A MINUTE!

WHY SHOULD I?

BECAUSE I'M THE FBI!

I CAN FIND YOU,
WHEREVER YOU GO.

LOOK. I DIDN'T DO IT.

OKAY? I KNOW I LOOK GUILTY.

I-I ALWAYS LOOK GUILTY.
THIS IS JUST HOW I LOOK!

I DON'T THINK
YOU KILLED ANYBODY.

BUT I THINK
YOU KNOW WHO DID.

I DON'T!

OKAY? I'M NOT THAT SMART.
I WAS JUST BORN RICH.

IF IT WASN'T FOR PERRY,

I'D BE LIVING
ON THE STREETS.

FOR PERRY?

YES! SHE HAS
THE BRAINS.

IT WAS HER IDEA TO REPORT
THE STUFF MISSING

AND TO CLAIM
THE INSURANCE MONEY.

WHERE IS SHE NOW?

I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY. COME ON.

COME ON.

DO YOU THINK
ANYBODY'S GONNA THINK

ABIGAIL'S USING A .38
FOR HER CURSE NOW?

NO.

BUT THEY'LL BELIEVE THE CURSE
MADE YOU COMMIT SUICIDE.

OLEANDER.

JUST LIKE THEY USED TO USE
IN THE OLD DAYS.

QUICK AND PAINLESS.

SORRY.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SHOOT ME.

HOW ARE YOU
GONNA EXPLAIN THAT?

WELL...

I'LL BE A LITTLE
INCONVENIENCED AT FIRST,

BUT YOU'LL DEFINITELY BE DEAD.

OH!

BRAY!

HOW COULD YOU?

IT WAS THE CURSE.

IT WAS--
IT WAS ABIGAIL'S CURSE.

YOU KILLED THEM.

-NO.
-YOU KILLED THEM!

I-- I...
I DID IT FOR YOU.

I--

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
STAND UP!

BRAY!

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN,

AND WILL, BE USED
AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

IT'S OKAY.

YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY.

DIDN'T ADELLE LOOK
SO HAPPY TO BE OUT OF JAIL?

YEAH.
BRAY'S GONNA BE OKAY.

HE'S GONNA HAVE
SERIOUS BACK PAIN

FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

HE'LL PROBABLY
GET JAIL TIME HIMSELF

FOR ALL THAT INSURANCE FRAUD.

YOU KNOW, IT'LL
BE GOOD FOR HIM.

MAYBE IT'LL MAKE HIM
GROW UP A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW, PERRY DID
ALL OF THAT FOR LOVE.

-YEAH.
-THROWING ALL THOSE ROCKS...

MAKING ALL THOSE WEIRD
NOISES IN THE NIGHT--

SHE EVEN ARRANGED FOR
THAT CLOSE CALL WITH THE AX,

TO CONVINCE US
OF THE CURSE.

SHE KILLED TWO MEN.

ALL FOR UNREQUITED LOVE.

IT'S ONE OF THE THREE
MOTIVES OF MURDER.

REVENGE, MONEY,
AND LOVE.

I THINK IT'S
THE SADDEST MOTIVE.

WELL, I DIDN'T THINK
YOU WERE SUCH A ROMANTIC.

IT'S BEEN NICE
WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN.

YES. YES, IT HAS.

IN SPITE OF THE DANGER
AND TRAGEDY AND ALL.

WE SHOULD REALLY TRY
HANGING OUT TOGETHER

WHEN THERE'S
NOT A MURDER INVOLVED.

IT WOULD BE A NICE CHANGE.

YOU KNOW,
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

ONLY ONE?

-YEAH.
-MM-HMM?

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
TO BRAY'S FATHER?

WAS HE MURDERED OR NOT?

I DON'T THINK
PERRY KILLED HIM.

NO. I DON'T EITHER.

SO EITHER IT WAS AN ACCIDENT,
LIKE THEY THOUGHT, OR...

OR?

...THE CURSE.

NO!

NO, NO.

SEE YOU AROUND,
AGENT CONNER.

I'LL SEE YOU AROUND, PROFESSOR.

HEY, UM... HEY, HEY.

WE SHOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW...

WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A COFFEE
SOMETIME, TOGETHER.

CONSULT?

YES! EXACTLY.

CONSULT.

THAT'D BE NICE.