Murdoch Mysteries - Season 18 Episode 18
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00:00Gracious Henry, a prisoner in the Darned Jail crafted a bomb and used it to destroy one
00:13of the walls.
00:14My oh my, how many escaped?
00:16Dozens, it says.
00:17God knows what sort of havoc they'll wreak on the city, or if we'll even be able to catch
00:22them all again.
00:23George, we're the Toronto Constabulary.
00:27We won't rest until we've caught every last one.
00:29You're absolutely right, Higgins.
00:30In fact...
00:39Good God, Henry, there's a baby hanging out the window!
00:43Out of the way! Out of the way!
00:45The baby was hanging right out of the window, you should have seen it.
01:01If we'd been there a moment later, it would have crashed to the ground.
01:07Thank goodness for George Crabtree.
01:09Yes!
01:10No, no, no, any one of you would have done the same, if you could.
01:15Marvelous work, George.
01:19You saved a life today.
01:20Yes, yes, I suppose I did.
01:23Thank you, detective.
01:24But what is life?
01:25Is the life of a child really more valuable than that of the noble fern?
01:31Some believe God created us in his image, but there are more plants than men on this
01:36earth.
01:37God didn't create plant in his image, and man as a mere lark.
01:43I believe the detective is calling me.
01:46Oh, fiddle sticks.
01:50Sir?
01:51Huh?
01:52What's that?
01:54It's my latest invention, but it isn't working.
01:57What does it do?
01:58It's a device capable of listening in and amplifying criminal conversations over great
02:04distances.
02:05Only criminal conversations are...
02:06Well, any conversations, I suppose, although I don't see the point of listening in to conversations
02:11that aren't pertinent to the commission of a crime.
02:13You know, sir, I once had an idea for a similar invention, a device that could monitor space
02:20and listen for communications from beyond the stratosphere.
02:24No one lives beyond the stratosphere.
02:27Perhaps, sir.
02:28Or perhaps we're just not listening.
02:31George, it works!
02:36You're welcome.
02:37Sir?
02:38There's been a problem at the National Bank.
02:41Good Lord!
02:43Someone's used a bomb to breach this vault!
02:45I'm not sure about that, sir.
02:47No blast residue.
02:49You're right, George.
02:51No sign of a fire or incendiary device.
02:54Perhaps the thieves used a wrecking ball.
02:57I'm not sure about that either, sir.
03:01Someone's robbed this bank using a cannon.
03:24That's right, a cannon.
03:27He said it often.
03:29It flew like a speeding train, bringing the wall crashing down.
03:34And you saw this?
03:36Yes, sir.
03:37I was sitting right here, imbibing in a refreshing bottle of ale.
03:41What time was this?
03:43Couldn't have been before 3 a.m.
03:45In the morning.
03:46And how many thieves were there?
03:48Only one, sir.
03:49One man, wheeling a cannon through the streets of Toronto.
03:53How was he able to make off with all the money while managing such a cumbersome weapon?
03:58I know, sir.
03:59He wasn't wheeling the cannon.
04:00It was of his purse.
04:02How was the thief carrying this cannon?
04:05It was attached to his arm.
04:07An entire cannon.
04:09How was he able to lift it?
04:11This was not just any man, sir.
04:14He was a mechanical man.
04:16His arms composed not of flesh, but of wrought iron.
04:21Right.
04:23If we have any more questions, we'll let you know.
04:27Hey.
04:29I take it you're not convinced by his story?
04:31No.
04:32Sir, you're not the only person on the planet who can invent things.
04:36Perhaps this mechanical man is your villainous counterpart.
04:40An ordinary man committed this robbery, George.
04:43Just like every other robbery in the history of the world.
04:46We just need to find out who.
04:49Sir, what about the bombing at the Don jail?
04:52Perhaps the man who made that bomb has also made some sort of mechanical suit of armor
04:58that allows him to break through walls and rob banks at will.
05:03A fanciful idea, George, supported not by fact, but by a town drunk.
05:10I intend to stick with the evidence.
05:12Well, I hardly think a mechanical man made of metals would leave behind finger marks.
05:19Prices have never been lower, Thomas.
05:21Verna Jones bought one at Eaton's just last week.
05:24What do we need a refrigerator for?
05:26To keep things cold.
05:28Like what?
05:29Meats, cheeses.
05:30Why do we need to keep them cold?
05:32They're going to end up in the oven anyway.
05:34You only want one because Verna Jones has got one.
05:36Thomas, you are impossible.
05:38I'll leave the Eaton's catalog out for you tonight.
05:41Oh, bloody hell.
05:43Sir, we've just returned from the National Bank, but we've yet to identify a suspect.
05:48However, we believe it could be a mad metallurgist,
05:51and that the whole thing could be connected to the breakout at the darn jail.
05:54Where am I going to find the money to buy a refrigerator?
05:57Sir, we were discussing the bank.
06:01What's to discuss?
06:03Solve the case.
06:12George Crabtree, you are one in a million.
06:16You're not so bad yourself.
06:18I've known a few men in my day, but none have come close to satisfying me like you.
06:28Let's make love all night.
06:30Effie, I have to go through these files you bought from the Crown Attorney's office.
06:34What did you want with those anyway?
06:36These are all the escapees from the breakout at the darn jail.
06:40I have a feeling one of them is responsible for the bank heist last night.
06:44I admire you, George.
06:47You're the best man I've ever known.
06:54What is it?
06:55Nothing.
06:56It's just that I know your heart will never truly be mine.
07:01Effie, what are you on about? You know it's already yours.
07:04No, don't you see?
07:06Your heart belongs to justice.
07:10Oh, Effie.
07:14Sir, I've got it.
07:17Dr. Virgil Von Drill.
07:20He was a brilliant inventor until he was arrested for stealing from the doctors in his employment.
07:25What about him?
07:27Sir, he's one of the escapees from the darn jail.
07:30And look, he was horrifically injured when one of his inventions went awry.
07:34He was crippled. He lost an arm, horrendous facial scarring, barely survived.
07:41George, this doesn't seem like the type of person that would become a criminal mastermind.
07:46Sir, think about it. This is why.
07:48This is why he encased himself in metal.
07:50To make up for his broken body and to give himself superhuman strength.
07:55George, that's an outlandish idea.
07:59Sir, there's been another robbery.
08:03I've never seen anything like it.
08:05A mechanical man, seven feet tall, wielding a mighty cannon.
08:10Do you mean to say he was carrying a cannon?
08:13It was a part of him where an ordinary man would have an arm.
08:16He had a cannon.
08:19Thank you very much, miss.
08:23Dear Lord, George, you were right.
08:25Why didn't I listen?
08:28Your mind is so often one step ahead.
08:31Damn my intransigence.
08:33Sir, don't be hard on yourself. We all miss things from time to time.
08:36Sir, there's something I haven't told you about Dr. Virgil von Zrill.
08:40At his trial, when he was convicted, he vowed vengeance, not just on the city of Toronto, but indeed on all of Canada.
08:49Sir, I fear these bank heists are just the beginning.
08:52Revenge on all of Canada.
08:55George, that would mean...
08:59We have to warn the Prime Minister.
09:02It could be dangerous.
09:04Dangerous, sir? I don't know the meaning of the word.
09:18My God, George. He's laying waste to the entire city.
09:23Sir, look.
09:29It can't be. Mr. Prime Minister.
09:31Sir, he's gone.
09:33But, George, without the Prime Minister, Canada will surely fall.
09:46You devil!
09:48You may have taken the Prime Minister, but you'll never take Station House door of the Toronto Constabulary.
09:55And you spent months writing that travesty.
09:58Sir, the publishers quite like it. I've had several offers already.
10:02It's an amusing yarn, I suppose.
10:04But what are you trying to say about the inspector's character?
10:07He's a hempeck drunk.
10:08Well, I...
10:09Crab-cheek, let me tell you.
10:10It's all right making Murdoch into a bit of a ninny and Watts a bookish bore,
10:15but I wear the trousers in my household.
10:17A drop of whiskey never stopped me from running a tight ship.
10:20Sir, when one creates a work of fiction, his name is Breckenride.
10:25And he's from Lancashire.
10:26Sir, what did you think of the ending? I'm having misgivings about it.
10:30It's a bit much.
10:31Sir? George? Where is the inspector?
10:35He's on holiday. He's back tomorrow.
10:37He's enjoying the company of a lady friend.
10:39Oh, right. Miss Mandelbaum.
10:42Well, then perhaps you'll want to join me, sir.
10:44There's been an incident down on River Street.
10:46A carriage carrying prisoners has been held up, and the convicts are on the run.
10:52Come on, bootlegs.
10:53Let us remind you how a real station house is run.
10:55The ninny and the drunk.
10:59He had a rifle. There was nothing we could do.
11:02He took my keys, opened the back door, and started letting them out one by one.
11:05How many prisoners?
11:06Eleven, sir.
11:08What did he look like?
11:10He was short.
11:11Other than that, I can't say. He had a bandana covering his face.
11:15Did he communicate with any of the prisoners that he released?
11:18By that, I mean, did any of them seem to know him?
11:21No. No, he just let them go when they ran.
11:24All right. Thank you. Get back to it, of course.
11:27Right, then. We've got the whole area cordoned off.
11:31We've got men down on Queen Street, up on Girard.
11:33And also, we've got officers from Station House Six patrolling the whole of the river in case any of them try to swim across.
11:38Good thinking, sir. They won't get far.
11:41Not while I'm in charge. Hey, Crudry.
11:46One by one, they ran off, mostly in the direction of the river.
11:55Did any of them flee in groups?
11:58Not that I saw.
12:00Did any of them speak to the gunman?
12:03Not a one. He was on his own.
12:05Other witnesses say he was wearing a bandana.
12:10That's right.
12:12A red one?
12:14Yes, sir. What about it?
12:18Good work, lads. Seven of the men caught, four still on the loose.
12:22We have posters of the missing men ready to be plastered all over town.
12:25We will not rest until these men are back behind bars.
12:28Carry on, gentlemen.
12:29Uh, sir. Sirs.
12:31I feel I have to mention the perpetrator's red bandana.
12:35What about it?
12:36Well, don't you think it's odd that the villain in my novel
12:39wears a red bandana to cover up his scar before he turns himself into a mechanical man?
12:44This is real life, Crudry, not a silly little novel.
12:47Sir, you've read George's latest novel?
12:49I have. You haven't?
12:51Oh, he's done the right number on you, Murdoch.
12:55Figure out why the man in the bandana wants to free the prisoners in the first place.
13:00I have a hunch, Henry.
13:01Why would somebody stop a police transport and let a bunch of prisoners go?
13:05Uh, by mistake?
13:07Perhaps he thought it was a different carriage that had money in it.
13:10No. Well, actually, I suppose maybe.
13:13But what if he knew one of the prisoners wanted to help him escape,
13:18but decided to let the whole lot of them go in order to hide his connection to that one prisoner?
13:23It's a bit complicated.
13:25Well, indeed. And to pull it off would take meticulous planning.
13:28I think we're looking at a master criminal.
13:32So why would a master criminal want to spring a small potato convict?
13:35That I don't know yet.
13:37But I think we should start by speaking to the greatest criminal mastermind we know.
13:42Henry! Look at that man!
13:45He's wearing a red bandana!
13:47Oi! You there! Stop!
14:02Ah!
14:06Well, well, well. Look who it is.
14:09Ralph Fellows.
14:11Enough of this daydreaming. This is ridiculous.
14:14Who's to say that Ralph Fellows is even in Toronto?
14:17No, sir. Perhaps George. Figure it out.
14:21As they all beheld George's strapping six-foot-three frame.
14:28Well, you did make a good point.
14:30Make a good point, no, George?
14:31I did?
14:32Yes. Whoever the man behind the red bandana actually is.
14:37Perhaps he did want to free one of the prisoners.
14:40But he freed all of the prisoners in order to obscure his connection.
14:44Sir, am I thinking precisely?
14:46Get the court records on all of the prisoners and see who testified on each of their behalf.
14:52Perhaps we're looking for a friend or a relative.
14:55Sir.
15:01Oh, Effie Crabtree. You are one in a million.
15:05You're not so bad yourself.
15:07I pulled those files you asked about.
15:10Looking for friends and family of the escapees.
15:13Beauty and brains to match. How did I ever get so lucky?
15:17Well, I suppose I'm a sucker for a good writer.
15:20Have you got any ideas for the new ending of your book?
15:24I'm not sure. I can't really put my finger on what's wrong with the current one.
15:28Too unbelievable?
15:31Maybe. But for me, the villain has such good history, that keeps it just real enough.
15:38And if I change him, then the whole thing goes sideways.
15:41I was talking about the hero. He's so perfect, it's not very believable.
15:47Oh, so you don't think I'm perfect?
15:52I think that the real George Crabtree is so wonderful.
15:56The real George Crabtree is so wonderful, that if he were written in a book, nobody would believe him.
16:01Stop it.
16:03Do you think I should dial back the bits where I'm an extraordinary lover?
16:07No, absolutely not. The readers love the racy bits.
16:11You're right.
16:13And the racy bits are the most believable.
16:18George Crabtree, Charles Chalk. We spoke on the telephone.
16:21Wowee! Are we ever pleased as punks to be publishing your novel? Can't wait to get it on the shelves.
16:25Well, that's wonderful, sir.
16:27Sir? Please, you don't need to be so formal.
16:29And of course, Mr. Chalk.
16:31Chick.
16:32I beg your pardon?
16:33It's Chick.
16:34Mr. Chick.
16:35Mr. Chalk.
16:36You just said it was Chick.
16:37You can call me Chick.
16:38I didn't call you Chick.
16:39You called me Mr. Chick.
16:40That's right.
16:41It's Mr. Chalk.
16:42What?
16:43George, his name is Chick, short for Charles Chalk. You can call him Mr. Chalk, or as he prefers, Chick.
16:48Mr. Chalk.
16:49Hey.
16:50Chick, I wanted to talk with you, check with you, if it's not too late to make a couple of changes to my manuscript.
16:59Hmm.
17:00Changes? The type's already set.
17:03Well, you can unset it, can't you? Unless you've already started printing.
17:08I suppose. It's a lot of work.
17:12How big are these changes?
17:13Yes, what kind of changes are you thinking about, George?
17:17Well, it's the ending. It's never quite set right with me, but if it's too much work...
17:22George, it's not too much work.
17:23It's a lot of work.
17:24Well, it's not so much work that it can't be done. You can change the ending, George.
17:29I didn't know you felt that strong about me changing it.
17:31You know, life is hard enough without people like you.
17:34I beg your pardon?
17:36How long do you need, George?
17:39A week.
17:41Then the week you should have.
17:43Philip, stand down.
17:44Stand down.
17:49We will publish the best book we can, or my name's not Chick Chock!
17:55My lord, what a sad, bitter man.
17:58Did you notice his handkerchief?
18:00Whose?
18:01Chick Chock. Mr. Chock?
18:04No. What about it?
18:05It was red.
18:07I just wondered if...
18:10Oh, I'm sure it's nothing.
18:12Thank you for buying me some more time.
18:14You know, I have half an idea...
18:17What's going...
18:18Oi, lad! What's going on?
18:20There's been a bank robbery.
18:22A bank...
18:23I'd better attend to this.
18:27Sir!
18:29That's one way to make a withdrawal.
18:31Very good, sir.
18:32Can I point out this is exactly what happened in my novel?
18:36George...
18:37Well, it's an awful coincidence, don't you think?
18:39There are stark differences between reality and your novel, George.
18:43For example, this was likely the result of an incendiary device.
18:47A gunpowder.
18:49And not the result of a cannonball fired from a mechanical man's arm.
18:55I suppose you're right, sir.
18:58I believe this is the casing of the explosive device.
19:02In metal, welded shut, and likely had a short-term release fuse.
19:08I've never seen anything like it.
19:10It's crude, homemade, and again, unlike your novel.
19:14Sir, does this mean that you've read my book already?
19:17It was a quick read, George, yes.
19:19What did you think?
19:21Well, it was brisk, compelling, expertly written.
19:26The ending, however...
19:28I know, sir. I know. I'm working on it.
19:31I found it especially related to the detective character.
19:35Well, you know, sir, you provided some inspiration for that character.
19:38I too often find I strain against the bounds of my intellect.
19:44It's quite frustrating.
19:45Well, now, sir...
19:46Luckily, I have a constable on hand,
19:49whose genius, insight, and physical prowess know no bounds.
19:53Sir, when one creates a work of fiction...
19:56Chief constable.
19:57Ludio, two in one night.
19:59What?
20:00Savings and loan on Wilton.
20:02Wall blown out exactly like that.
20:04Everything stolen.
20:05Station house three are investigating.
20:07Oh, and look, this was found at the scene.
20:09What is this?
20:12Sir!
20:13Metal armour?
20:15As if to construct a mechanical mane!
20:26Welcome back, Inspector. There's a lot been happening.
20:29So I've gathered.
20:30So, no witnesses? No leads?
20:34What in God's name is going on, man?
20:36Well, sir, the similarities to George's book
20:39are far too much of a coincidence to be ignored.
20:42You finished your novel?
20:43I did.
20:44You're a man of many talents.
20:45Please, don't encourage it.
20:47And you're saying there's a connection between these crimes and the constable's manuscript?
20:51Absolutely, sir.
20:52And last night I was reading through the case files.
20:54One of the escapees has connections to a criminal gang
20:58who have robbed banks all across Ontario.
21:01His name is James David Anderson.
21:04Was he ever caught?
21:05Sir, still on the run.
21:07Prime suspect, then?
21:08Well, sir, it is compelling,
21:10but how on earth did this Mr. Anderson obtain a copy of George's book?
21:22Chark! You're wanted for questioning down at the...
21:25What on earth is all this?
21:27What are you doing here?
21:28This is nothing. It's an advance.
21:30These bills are from the National Bank.
21:32It was you.
21:33You stole my book and used it as inspiration to go on a rampage of crime.
21:38It was an ingenious idea.
21:40All I had to do was follow your story,
21:42and soon I'd have my hands on a cool million.
21:45You're a villain.
21:46Me?
21:47It was your sick, brilliant mind that lit the path.
21:52Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
21:54Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
21:56Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
21:58Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
22:00A laugh. So maniacal.
22:02You're a bloody lunatic, Crumptree.
22:04And so is anyone who would copy your book.
22:06You're not wrong, sir, but it appears someone has.
22:09And George does make a good point.
22:12Somehow his novel got into the hands of the thief.
22:14And sir, the only person besides us who's read the thing is the publisher,
22:19who, I also noted, uses a red kerchief.
22:23A red bandana was seen by a witness at the site of the escape.
22:27Right, then.
22:28Inspector, I suggest you get hold of the file on Mr. Anderson to watch.
22:32Crumptree, you go with Murdoch.
22:34Round up this publisher and anyone else who's read your bloody book.
22:37Sir.
22:38Oh, uh, George,
22:40if you are planning on changing the ending of your book anyway...
22:44What's this?
22:45Just some mathematical and scientific corrections
22:48to help make the book more realistic.
22:51Oh.
22:54May I?
23:03James David Anderson.
23:05Known associate of Alan Henry and the Milhouse Gang.
23:08The fugitive with a connection to bank robbers?
23:13Hmm.
23:15Hmm.
23:16Something the matter, Detective?
23:18No.
23:21You seem rather taciturn today.
23:25Don't mind me.
23:27I wouldn't want to go on and on like some sort of...
23:31What was it?
23:32Uh...
23:33A blathering philosopher?
23:35Watson, when one creates a work of fiction...
23:38It's quite all right.
23:40Hmm.
23:43Don't worry, George. I liked your book.
23:45I thought I came across just as I am.
23:47You read it already?
23:48Absolutely.
23:49Well, I skimmed it for my parts.
23:54Some madman's been copying the crimes in the novel?
23:57I'm shocked. I'm shocked!
23:59It's so fantastical as to be absurd.
24:02And yet, somehow, it's true.
24:05Given the book hasn't actually been published yet,
24:07very few people have had the opportunity to read it.
24:09Oh, you can't suspect me.
24:11You carry a red handkerchief, do you?
24:13Well, yes. What does that matter?
24:14That remains to be seen.
24:16Who else have you shown the manuscript to?
24:18Well, the only people who have read it are myself and those in my employ.
24:20How many is that?
24:21Well, there's June.
24:23Of course.
24:24Mr. Abernathy.
24:25Of course.
24:26Of course, there's Philip and Frank and Jeffers.
24:28That's it.
24:30All right, we'll need all of them to come down to the station house for questioning.
24:34Of course.
24:36Sir, you don't think this will affect my book getting published, do you?
24:40Not so long as we catch whoever's behind this.
24:42And I don't think.
24:44Maybe.
24:50You shared a cell with James David Anderson?
24:52What of it?
24:54And you were both in the prison transport vehicle that was held up on River Street.
24:58I had nothing to do with that.
25:00I don't doubt as much, but I wonder if your cellmate did.
25:05Why should I know?
25:06Did he confide anything in you?
25:09No.
25:11Was he acting unusually the day of the escape?
25:14He didn't know anything.
25:16Anyway, he's probably in another province by now.
25:18I saw him heading for the rail yard.
25:21What about the man in the red bandana?
25:23Was he headed in the same direction?
25:26No.
25:27Didn't see where he went.
25:29But there was one lad who seemed to know him.
25:31How so?
25:33When he got out, he put his hand on his shoulder right before he ran off.
25:36I want men stationed at every bank in the city.
25:39Every post office, every savings and loan, every credit union.
25:42We are on the job 24 hours a day until we bring him in.
25:45Sir! Sir! Lads! Lads, wait!
25:48The mechanical man has been seen nearby.
25:50What, by some bloody drunk?
25:52No, sir. People have seen us. You or I.
25:54We're getting calls. The telephone's been ringing off the cradle.
26:04Bloody old country.
26:06He stood out of the old book.
26:08He's taking the gold.
26:10He appears to have some sort of mechanism for launching explosives
26:13and not an actual cannon.
26:15Sir, may I?
26:21My goodness.
26:22Sir, it's the chap we spoke to earlier, the trash collector.
26:25I don't care who he is.
26:27We need to bring him down before he can use those guns.
26:30Prepare to fire, sir.
26:32Do you have a better idea?
26:34Lads, take position!
26:40Ready?
26:42Fire!
26:53Take cover!
26:58Tirkon, he's an invincible killing machine.
27:00Our bullets are useless against his armour.
27:03This is no time for heroics, lads.
27:05Fall back! Fall back!
27:15Why would anyone want to turn one of Crabtree's stories into real life?
27:19Is there any chance that it's just a coincidence?
27:23That doesn't seem likely.
27:25So you think there's someone out there, as crackers as you are,
27:28walking around the streets of Toronto?
27:30I have to agree with Inspector Choi.
27:33A coincidence is just far too unlikely,
27:35given how many similarities there are to George's book.
27:38So that's it?
27:40I've created a monster.
27:42An indestructible, mechanical, killing machine monster,
27:48capable of laying waste to entire cities.
27:52Let's focus on what we do know.
27:56The Mechanical Man is one of the escaped convicts.
28:00And he evaded recapture by posing as a trash collector near the site of the escape.
28:06The man in the red bandana must have left him a change of clothes,
28:10which means they knew one another.
28:12Precisely.
28:14Whoever the Mechanical Man is,
28:16his accomplice must be someone who read George's book.
28:20We need to figure out who that is.
28:22What's the story, trash man?
28:24How did you get your dirty mitts on the manuscript?
28:26Who gave it to you? Who are you working with?
28:28What are you talking about, George?
28:30How do you know my name?
28:32Come now, there's no need to pretend we don't know one another.
28:36We don't know one another!
28:38Of course we do.
28:40How do you think I got your book? You gave it to me.
28:42What? George?
28:44What on earth are you talking about?
28:46George?
28:52Hmm.
28:54Fine. Why don't we just have done with it and lock Crabtree up?
28:58There is some truth to what George is saying.
29:00If a dead fantastical.
29:02Just a moment.
29:04George created this character.
29:07And much like we are reflections of our creator,
29:12the Mechanical Man is a reflection of...
29:16George.
29:18That is a make-believe Mechanical Man.
29:21Not whatever maniac is out there terrorizing Toronto.
29:24Perhaps the real criminal is someone who read George's book
29:30and identified with the villain character so greatly
29:34that he decided to recreate his string of crimes.
29:37So the secret to the culprit's identity may lie somewhere in George's mind.
29:43Oh, God help us all.
29:45He's right. Nobody knows that character better than you.
29:49So what do you know about him?
29:51Well, I did conceive of him as a version of myself.
29:54But instead of the world granting him grace and opportunity,
29:59it gives him nothing.
30:01In fact, he's crippled by fate, losing both an arm and a leg.
30:05So he decides to rebuild himself.
30:08To feel powerful in a world where he was powerless.
30:11Right. He doesn't think he's doing anything wrong.
30:14He thinks he's just evening the scales.
30:167.30.
30:18He looks around the world and he sees people like me.
30:23People who are happy. People who are lucky.
30:27And he thinks, why does the world give that to some people but not to me?
30:32So he's taking what he feels the world owes him.
30:35Exactly.
30:36But George, someone like that isn't just you if you'd been dealt a different hand in life.
30:42Every privilege that's been afforded to you has come because you meet the world with kindness and love.
30:48Do you think?
30:50Of course.
30:51Whoever this person is who's decided to become your villain
30:54must be consumed with everything that is the exact opposite of George Crabtree.
30:59Must be a sad and bitter man.
31:04Oh my goodness, Effie! That's it, you're brilliant!
31:07I am?
31:08A sad and bitter man.
31:12I know who it is.
31:14Sir, with some help from Effie, I made the connection.
31:18I realized that chap who does the typesetting down at the publisher's house,
31:22he fits the profile of my villain exactly.
31:25His name is Philip Armstrong.
31:27Do you have proof it's him?
31:28No, sir, but Mr. Armstrong appears in the case files of one of our Don Jail escapees.
31:33He was a character witness for Vernon Lloyd.
31:36They're friends?
31:37Brothers. Half brothers, hence the different surname.
31:40But I asked around and the description of Vernon Lloyd
31:43perfectly matches that trash collector we spoke to.
31:46And where is this Philip Armstrong now?
31:48Sir, he's waiting for us in the interview room.
31:53I don't know anything about anything.
31:56I never even read that book.
31:58Mr. Armstrong, there's no use denying it.
32:01We know you read the book.
32:03We know you donned a red bandana and released a wagon full of prisoners.
32:07One of them, your brother, Vernon Lloyd.
32:12We have constables searching for the money at your home right now.
32:15They're also searching for your brother.
32:18He's not there.
32:20So you admit it, then? It's true?
32:25Yes. Yes, it's all true.
32:27Why? Why did you do all of this?
32:31My brother always looked out for me growing up.
32:34But recently Vernon fell on hard times.
32:38It wasn't his fault.
32:40The world never cared much for us, never gave us a thing.
32:43So I made a plan for us to commit a robbery.
32:47When was this?
32:48Last year.
32:50I had it all figured out.
32:52But it went bad.
32:54Vernon got caught and it was my fault.
32:57I was free while Vernon was stuck in jail.
33:00So you decided to break him out?
33:03Thanks to you.
33:05I was actually inspired by your novel.
33:08It felt like you were telling my story.
33:12Vernon and I, we used to play in our grandfather's metal shop when we were kids.
33:16We dreamed of being invincible.
33:20Of being men made of metal.
33:23Just like in your book.
33:26I thought we could finally make those dreams come true.
33:30But it's...
33:32It's mad.
33:34Yes, of course it's mad.
33:36But I knew I could build the suit.
33:38And he had the strength to manipulate it.
33:40And together we could finally take what was ours.
33:44Alright, enough.
33:46Where is your brother now?
33:49You'll never find him.
33:51And even if you did, how could you stop him?
33:57You're going to take us to the place where you built this suit.
34:03This was grandpa's old shop.
34:07We grew up right here, learning the trade.
34:11You were lucky to have a mentor.
34:14Lucky?
34:16The old man was mean as a snake.
34:18He forced us to work with hot metal without protection.
34:22On our birthdays, he would throw pennies onto the street for us to pick up.
34:27After he'd heated them in his oven so it'd scald our fingers.
34:31That's awful.
34:33And if we complained, or cried, that's when things got really bad.
34:38Especially when he was suffering from the brass shakes.
34:43That's when he would do this.
34:47Dear God.
34:49He branded you.
34:51No wonder you sought revenge on the world.
34:54You're damn right.
34:57And we'll get it too.
34:59My brother isn't finished.
35:01We'll take everything we deserve, and leave the likes of you with nothing.
35:05Henry, take him outside.
35:10Inspector.
35:11Sir, there's no doubt Vernon Lloyd will strike again.
35:15We just have no idea where or when.
35:18I don't know how we're going to stop him.
35:21Our bullets didn't even leave a dent.
35:23He nearly killed a lot of us.
35:24Yes.
35:25I believe we have only one option.
35:28Magnets.
35:29Magnets.
35:30Well sir, he's made out of metal.
35:32We could use magnets to stop him.
35:34Yes, ingenious constable.
35:36Yes George, a very good idea, but not what I was thinking.
35:40We need to fight fire with fire.
35:43Detective.
35:45We're going to make our own suit.
35:55We're going to make our own suit.
36:16This is our best idea.
36:18Sir, the mechanical man is equipped with an automatic gun and a device that launches explosives.
36:23We can't simply send constables in there to take him down.
36:26Sir, you remember what happened last time.
36:28So now we have our own bulletproof suit.
36:30You're old crackers.
36:32Not necessarily, sir.
36:33I've equipped ours with a non-lethal device.
36:36An amplified version of my weaponized capacitor.
36:39If it strikes any part of his suit, the metal will conduct the entire electrical charge.
36:44Turning its primary feature into a weakness.
36:47Who's going to wear it?
36:49I will.
36:50Sir, I have to object.
36:52This whole situation is my fault.
36:54If it wasn't for my awe-inspiring, otherworldly imagination, none of this would be happening.
37:01I have to be the one to wear the suit.
37:03I have to destroy my own creation.
37:06Good man.
37:07Detective.
37:08Inspector.
37:09I have something.
37:10I've discovered the identity of...
37:12What is going on here?
37:14We already know the identity of the mechanical man, Watts.
37:17It's Vernon Lloyd.
37:18That's right.
37:19Never mind then.
37:20Watts, what else have you discovered?
37:22I may have some information about his next steps,
37:26but I wouldn't want to go on and on like some sort of blathering philosopher.
37:31Watts, when one creates a work of fiction...
37:33Watts, carry on.
37:34Get on with it.
37:35When Vernon Lloyd was in the Don jail, he wrote a series of letters.
37:39They were never delivered.
37:40They were intercepted by the guards.
37:44He threatens to kill every jury member and the judge for putting him behind bars.
37:49And the Crown Attorney.
37:51Wait a minute.
37:52Effie was the lead attorney on that case.
37:54Where's your wife now?
37:55She's due at the courthouse today.
37:57We have to get down there now.
37:59Right.
38:00Sir.
38:02I have to be the one.
38:05All right, George.
38:06You'll wear the suit.
38:07But I have a plan.
38:09You need to lure the mechanical man next to the statue of Queen Victoria that's out front of City Hall.
38:15Sir, why?
38:16Trust me.
38:17Get him to the statue.
38:20Come on.
38:33Effie!
38:34Get down!
38:49Effie!
38:50Stay back!
38:51George?
39:00What's happening?
39:01I think they're going to fight.
39:06Constable George Crabtree.
39:08Let's do this.
39:19Back off!
39:24George!
39:25Stay back!
39:49Back off!
40:17Sir!
40:20Do you really think this will work?
40:23We're about to find out.
40:25George!
40:26George!
40:27The statue!
40:28What are you waiting for?
40:30It's not close enough.
40:38Get back!
40:40No.
40:49It worked!
40:50No.
40:51Is that enough?
40:54George?
41:00Effie.
41:10No.
41:23Our grandfather always said we would never amount to anything.
41:26That we'd be poor our whole lives.
41:29Of course we wanted to prove him wrong.
41:32You had the money.
41:34You could have simply disappeared.
41:36And let them get away with it?
41:37Let them get away with locking my brother up?
41:39The judge and jury?
41:40That horrible lady attorney?
41:43She was just doing her job.
41:45That woman took away my freedom.
41:48All we wanted to do was just feel powerful.
41:52And for a moment, we did.
41:55And now you'll be going to prison.
41:57For a long time.
42:04What will happen in the new ending?
42:06Oh, I've got a couple of ideas.
42:08I'll send you a copy. You can read it in your cell.
42:19Wow.
42:20Your new book is a smash hit, George.
42:22The readers love the new ending.
42:24I took inspiration from real life.
42:27Instead of the hero doing it all himself,
42:29all the characters had to come together to defeat the villain.
42:327.30.
42:337.30.
42:35I'm not sure that's what made it a hit.
42:37Or no?
42:38No.
42:40I think it's because the readers like the racy bits.
42:43Myself included.
42:45Is that all?
42:48There's only one question.
42:50What are you going to write next?
42:52Another installment?
42:54You know, I've been thinking about just that.
42:57And I have two words for you.
43:00Mole men.
43:02Mole men?
43:03Mole men.
43:04They live deep beneath the Earth's surface.
43:06Subterranean.
43:07Every day exist.
43:08I've seen them with my own eyes.
43:10Dear.
43:12So, what are you going to do when you become a famous novelist?
43:15Quit your job at the constabulary?
43:17I shouldn't think so.
43:19Where else would I get the inspiration for my stories?
43:22I suppose...
43:25I could help you with the racy bits.
43:28Mrs. Cranford.
43:31Oh.
44:01You're welcome.