The Murdoch Mysteries (2004) s18e17 Episode Script

- Sir! Mrs. Brackenreid.
- Oh!
What are you doing in this part of town?
I'm escorting Margaret to an
appointment to see a quack.
Uh! He is a highly regarded
medicinal expert, Thomas. (CHUCKLING)
I've been having the worst
aches in my wrists from typing.
- (ENGINE REVVING LOUDLY)
- And what this man does is he offers cur
(LOUD CRASH)
(SCREAMING)
- Duty calls, darling! You be safe.
- I will.
- Make way!
- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
An aeroplane.
Never did like them.
Always falling from the bloody sky.
(GASPS)
Says Arcadia.
Given the size of the pilot,
I-I'd say it's a woman.
Given the crash, hardly surprising.
Why do I feel we've seen this before?
- Sir!
- (ENGINE REVVING LOUDLY)
My God!
I believe it's landing.
Not landing.
- (CRASHING)
- (HORSE NEIGHING)
(CROWD GASPING)
What have we got, Murdoch?
Sir, some sort of flying machine.
Sir, I think the pilot
is still in the machine!
Be careful, George! Don't
touch any of the metal.
It may still be hot.
Bloody hell, Murdoch.
- You don't think that?
- No, sir.
I don't think the pig was
in control of the aircraft.
Except this time, the aircraft
is piloted by a human being.
And given the heat from the fire,
I-I would say this aircraft was
fuelled with liquid hydrogen.
Liquid hydrogen? What's that?
Liquid hydrogen isn't an explosive.
It's a propellant.
Project D isn't a
projectile. It's a rocket.
(BRACKENREID): Crikey.
It certainly isn't intended
to carry an explosive.
What's it intended to carry then?
Me.
You?
The intent of my invention
is the exact opposite of war, Murdoch.
I seek nothing less
than to be an ambassador
to a world beyond our own.
The moon, Murdoch.
I intend to go to the moon.
Sir, I believe we may be looking
at the piloted version of
James Pendrick's rocket.
You don't think this had
anything to do with Pendrick?
Sir, I-I don't believe anyone
in the world but James Pendrick
has ever built a functioning aircraft
fuelled by liquid hydrogen.
But the pilot's a woman.
Meaning if he built this thing
Then he's responsible for her death.
(THEME MUSIC)
- This is the aircraft?
- What's left of it.
What have you learned
about the pilot, Miss Hart?
Very little, I'm afraid.
She hadn't had any children,
nor suffered any broken bones.
Beyond that, I can't tell you anything
given the state of the body.
And we still have no information
as to this aircraft's origin.
Nor the whereabouts of James Pendrick.
There were a few items on the body
that didn't burn in the fire;
a piece of melted gold.
Could be an earring, piece of jewelry?
Perhaps.
But this was of the greatest interest.
A piece of metal that
had withstood the fire.
For it to withstand a
liquid hydrogen fire,
it would have to be made of tungsten,
or some other steel alloy.
(BRACKENREID): Something on the back.
Yes. "Ashmi."
I know that name.
There's somebody I'd like you to meet.
This is Ashmi, my assistant.
The way you are looking at me
is both flattering and uncomfortable.
Pendrick's assistant.
I remember her. She betrayed him.
- Murdoch.
- James.
- It's gone.
- What's gone?
(STAMMERING) The, the
formulation, my research!
- All of it! It's gone!
- Slow down! What's happened?
I left my lab last
night to get some rest.
When I returned, Ashmi had vanished,
and all my work along with her.
I hate to say it, but she may
have been planning this all along.
But she made one mistake!
A letter, addressed to
Ashmi. From Panama City.
(REVVING)
Who are you? Identify yourself.
You.
Pendrick's assistant.
The name is Ashmi, Detective.
Was she working with him again?
For her to have this sort of tag,
it means she was involved
in this Arcadia Project
in some official capacity.
But she was an expert
in pharmaceuticals.
Why would she be working on
a rocket-powered aeroplane?
I know someone who
might be able to tell us.
This is private
property. You must leave.
Detective Murdoch. I
need to speak with you.
Dr. Kemps is not here.
My name is Svetlana.
When will she be returning?
- Soon.
- Soon?
This is a matter of some urgency.
He returns presently. (CHUCKLING)
Janice Kemps is a man?
(PANTING)
(BRIGHT MUSIC)
James Pendrick.
Hello, old friend.
"The Exploration of Cosmic Space
By Means of Reaction Devices"
by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.
It outlines the means by which
man can travel to the planets.
I had to travel to Russia
just to meet the man.
And ended up with his
brilliant daughter.
My brilliance is like
moon next to your sun.
Svetlana Tsiolkovsky.
We meet again.
I assume you know why you're here?
I have no idea.
We're looking for James Pendrick.
I suspect you have some
idea of his whereabouts.
You suspect wrong.
We found a wrecked aircraft
this morning on Gerrard Street.
It was powered by liquid hydrogen.
I know nothing of this.
My constables found these
in your residence today.
Schematics for an experimental aircraft.
Yes. I was designing a
specialized aeroplane with James.
It was to soar great distances
in order to deliver
medicine around the world.
Medicine?
James discovered an antibacterial drug
that would be systemically active.
You mean it could cure
bacterial infection
anywhere in the body.
He called it "anti-biotic medicine."
It would cure all disease.
His dream was to have it aerosolized
and distributed automatically
over every city in the world
through a mechanism on
the long-range aircraft.
We called the project ARCADIA.
Autonomous Rocket-Charged
Aerosolized Dispersal Aircraft.
Also the Greek word for Utopia.
- Did it work?
- We never got that far.
Before it was completed,
James disappeared.
And what about Ashmi Desai?
- Who?
- Mr. Pendrick's former
I believe she was the person
piloting this aircraft when it crashed.
I've never heard of her.
Did Mr. Pendrick recently have cause
to replace you as his assistant?
If he did, it would break my heart.
I love James, Detective. I always have.
(GRUNTS)
Well, this appears to be the aerosolized
particle device she spoke of.
- Good Lord.
- What? What is it?
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
I've only seen this sort
of solution once before.
I put a bullet between the only
eyes that ever trusted me completely.
Your dog contracted rabies?
Yes.
And I swore no man would ever
have to go through what I did.
So you attempted a cure?
I read everything I could.
There was so much unknown.
I wanted to experiment,
but rabies takes weeks to manifest.
I needed a version of the disease
that would take days at best.
So you teamed up with Dr. Quinlan?
Yes and we succeeded
in creating a strain
that breached the blood-brain barrier.
Instant rabies.
Hello, gentlemen.
Clegg.
How's the eye?
How did you know, Clegg?
Soldiers of Columbia have a
thousand eyes that never close.
It's how we knew Mr.
Pendrick had created
the most terrifying disease
humanity has ever seen.
And we couldn't let that go to waste.
No! Julia! No!
If Mr. Pendrick has
the cure, she will live.
And if not? Well, you've seen the film.
Julia.
Pendrick's instant rabies.
He set it up to spray all over Toronto?
Someone did.
Rabies can be transmitted
via aerosolized particles
through the eyes, nose and mouth.
If this had been detonated,
it could have killed
everyone in the city.
Why would James do that?
James was a man of peace, not war.
It's not yours.
I will not have my
name on a war machine.
You betrayed your country, sir.
We have but one life, Murdoch.
I have to be true to myself.
I think you're correct, sir.
I don't believe James
Pendrick was behind this.
That's exactly right.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Terence Meyers.
Why am I not surprised?
And why are we correct?
That James Pendrick is not behind this,
because James Pendrick is dead.
I can't believe James Pendrick is dead.
How did it happen?
Pendrick and I had been working together
for much of the past year. But
- several months ago
- He'd been working with you?
I wouldn't expect that,
given your history.
(BUZZER SOUNDING)
Must be Meyers.
He's in the launch room.
Don't like him snooping around in there.
Hm.
(WHISTLES)
Not before I'm done with it.
I'm going to launch myself
into orbit, Murdoch. Tonight.
(BUZZER SOUNDING)
(ELECTRONICS BEEPING)
What?
What is it?
- He's inside the rocket!
- What?
What the devil is he doing?
Uh-oh.
Hey! Hey!
(BUZZER SOUNDING)
No. He couldn't have!
(SHOUTING): No! For the
love of God! Help me!
Meyers! Meyers!
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(LOUD RUMBLING)
(SCREAMING)
Damn.
- (SCOFFS)
- Well,
Pendrick is not without his faults,
but the man is a
genius, and in this case,
our aims aligned.
He wanted to rid the world of disease,
and Canada had the money to fund it.
The Canadian government
didn't have other purposes
for a long-range
rocket-powered aircraft?
So what happened to Pendrick?
There was a fire in his
laboratory several months ago, and
there were no survivors.
An accident with the liquid hydrogen?
No. I believe it was a murder
by an operative of the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottomans?
How do they know anything
about James Pendrick?
Ironically, through one of
Pendrick's own inventions.
What on earth is this device?
Images and texts are
processed by the computer
and then transmitted to local receivers,
which are connected to a network.
We call it cellular telegraphy.
All our transmissions are first recorded
to a coil of magnetic wire.
(MURDOCH): What am I looking at here?
He was a participant in our Face Space.
Face Space?
When a group of people gather together
in a mutual conversation,
we call it a Chat Space.
When they transmit images,
we call it a Face Space.
- It's just marketing.
- Oh.
So you can send a message to
anyone in the world with this?
If they have a Portal, yes.
We currently have a thousand machines.
We want to make that a
million. And then a billion.
Pendrick Parlour.
I thought he shut that down.
Well, the Parlour is the machines,
so as long as people
use them, they exist.
What did you know about it?
Canada became aware
of Pendrick's Parlour
as an alternative means
of encrypted communication.
Much more secure than
trusting a mail carrier
or a telegraph operator.
Unfortunately, the
Ottomans gained access.
Not so secure after all.
These days we have much
more secure passcodes.
In the past, everyone used
the names of their pets.
George Crabtree, I presume.
- Ah, yes. We met yesterday.
- Not by name.
I'm Melody Struthers,
assistant machine instructor.
So I was able to reverse
engineer the passcode.
And it was Tesla. So?
Tesla was the name of
Pendrick's dog at the time.
- Coincidence?
- Yes, it has to be.
- What was your passcode?
- Violet.
- Who's Violet?
- She was my dog.
But this is Pendrick
we're talking about.
I mean, he-he's trying to
save humanity, not destroy it.
But the Ottomans cracked the code,
intercepted our messages,
found out about ARCADIA,
and conscripted someone to steal it.
How?
They used sophisticated
recruitment techniques
to find a vulnerable
Canadian Parlour user
on something called Chat Space.
They turned an ordinary
Canadian into an Ottoman agent
simply by typing a few lies
from somewhere around the world?
Murdoch, manipulating a simple mind
is easier than one might think.
One simply has to inundate
the target with misinformation
and then convince him he
has to commit acts of treason
in order to save the world.
So Pendrick was killed by some half-wit
sitting behind a computer?
And that half-wit stole
the plans for ARCADIA,
built a biological weapon
that is capable of killing
the citizens of Toronto.
How do you know about this?
We monitor all Parlour transmissions.
Then why didn't you
simply stop this plot
to kill all the citizens of Toronto?
Because we didn't know if
the threat was credible.
We didn't know that the Ottomans
actually had instant rabies.
Plus, Pendrick's Parlour is
filled with a myriad of schemes,
many of them nothing more than
the fantasies of schoolboys.
It is, indeed, a
chaotic web of darkness.
Why the Ottomans?
Because the Ottomans have
aligned themselves with the Germans
and the Austrians against the Entente.
They anticipate a war the likes of which
the world has never seen.
With this technology,
it ends before it begins.
By exterminating the enemy.
We need to find who did this
before they try it again.
Even if some Parlour half-wit
was able to steal Pendrick's schematics,
there is no way they
could build the ARCADIA.
They would have to have had help.
Oh, no.
She's gone!
Miss Tsiolkovsky! Stop!
What are you doing? Why did you run?
You built ARCADIA, didn't you?
It's true. I did.
But I had nothing to do with
turning it into a weapon.
I built it for love.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
- Svetlana!
- Oh! James! James.
How did you find me?
Who are you working
for, Miss Tsiolkovsky?
I don't know his name.
He's from the government.
He told me we would split
four million dollars.
He told me the rocket
would never have to fire.
Why?
I did it for you, my love!
Me?
You are the greatest
man I've ever known.
What you could do with
two million dollars!
Forget the moon!
You could bring to mankind
all the benefits of science.
A brave new world would
be yours to create.
Whatever she did, she did it for me.
Perhaps I'm not such a bad
judge of character after all.
James and I have
always loved each other.
I wanted to complete his vision.
You did it with the
help of the Ottomans.
What? I don't know what you mean.
How did the rabies virus
end up on the aircraft?
- A-And why did the aircraft
crash? - I don't know.
Then why did you lie to us?
I knew you would blame
me for the death of Ashmi.
So you did know her.
A group of James' former
assistants came together,
myself and Ashmi,
as well as Sam Trenwith
and Melody Struthers.
It's gone! Ashmi!
- Yes, Mr. Pendrick?
- Where is it?
- Who's been in my safe?
- No one.
- No one but you.
- And lastly, my assistant,
Mr. Sam Trenwith, without
whom I'd be entirely lost.
Now, that is just shameless flattery,
but it does happen to be true.
Sir!
We went through the contents
of Mr. Trenwith's desk.
Uh, he seems to have an odd
preoccupation with Mr. Pendrick, sir.
Found poems.
You knew he was going
to test his theory.
I couldn't let the information get out,
not on the eve of the share offering.
James needs that money for phase one.
Mr. Trenwith, there isn't
going to be a phase one.
Mr. Pendrick's flash won't work.
As of this particular moment, maybe.
But James will figure it out.
He always does. He is a genius.
Whatever did I do to
deserve such loyalty?
I believe he was in love with you.
I'm Melody Struthers,
assistant machine instructor.
I'm not sure what that means.
It means I write coded
instructions for the machines,
and Professor Harding gets the credit.
- Ah!
- We'll be working together.
You come up with brilliant ideas,
and I'll explain in boring
detail why they can't work.
Are you also considered indispensable
to the future of the humanity?
I'm needed for my innovative
approach to applied mathematics.
Ah, indeed. Uh, Dr. Ogden,
this is Melody Struthers.
Do you know what this is all about?
Not the foggiest. And
if anyone else does,
they're not saying.
We all wanted to honour James.
We would never betray
him by building a weapon.
I'm sorry to have to
tell you this, but
James Pendrick is dead.
We feared this might be the case.
We worked on ARCADIA hoping
every day for his return,
but knowing, perhaps, we
were building his monument.
Thomas! Where were you?
You were supposed to pick
me up at my appointment.
Bloody hell, woman. I've
got things on my mind.
(WHISPERING): Don't you
speak to me like that.
Margaret, James Pendrick is dead.
Oh, no, Thomas, I'm so sorry.
So am I.
(LAUGHING)
Um, excuse me.
Sir?
- James Pendrick!
- Murdoch!
- What's so amusing?
- Nothing. Nothing.
- What are you doing here?
- I just popped in to see
- my old friend, Tommy Two Cakes.
- I told you about that!
Oh, you like the name fine enough!
I ran into James at the World's Fair.
- He showed me around.
- Not as much as you did me.
Your inspector is a
man of great appetite.
I just wish I had time to see
everything the fair had to offer.
You might have, had you not spent
so much time on Mr. Ferris' wheel.
It was like flying!
Man's achievements
when gathered together
- are an impressive sight.
- You can say that again, James.
Those Egyptians were a clever bunch.
I never knew that about them.
We flew!
I'm sorry, Murdoch?
We flew, over the falls.
- Now that was something.
- Yes.
Yes, of course.
But, you know, what
is interesting, Thomas,
is that Egyptians aside, the
most impressive achievements
on view at the fair have all come
into being in the last ten years.
I'm leaving on the next train,
but it is a journey fraught with danger.
I only wish I had a partner.
(MURDOCH): Sir, are you
quite sure about this?
Of course he is. It'll be
the adventure of a lifetime.
Tom, the journey begins.
You only live once.
Why not make it forever?
Come here, Margaret.
I'll miss him.
Of course you will.
I'll go home and make some dinner.
William, you are welcome to join us.
Thank you.
You all right, Murdoch?
You probably knew him the best.
Oh, I don't know, sir.
I suppose you're right.
Sir, look out!
James Pendrick.
Detective Murdoch. We meet again.
It's flying! We're flying!
What did you expect, man?
I'm James Pendrick.
(LAUGHING)
You've all noticed these.
They're very easy to use.
Simply affix them like this.
Now, prepare to be
transported to a new world!
A world where all your
senses are engaged.
(SNARLING)
Oh!
(ROARING)
(LAUGHING)
Moving pictures are this century's
predominant form of entertainment.
I'm willing to bet on
it, for young and old.
- I highly doubt that.
- (LAUGHING)
How many bombs have
you defused, Murdoch?
Uh, two?
That's two more than I.
(BRIGHT MUSIC)
I have an extra gliding suit, Murdoch.
Ah, ah!
Are you all right,
Murdoch? We parachuted late.
I flew!
- I actually flew! (LAUGHING)
- Yes.
- It's quite something, isn't it?
- Yes!
The launch tube and
control room are over there.
I flew!
Sir, I don't think James
Pendrick would want our tears.
He would want us to clear his good name.
You're spot on, Murdoch.
So? Progress?
We'll be keeping Miss
Tsiolkovsky in custody
until we know more.
But I believe another of
Mr. Pendrick's assistants
could be the Ottoman
operative we're looking for.
Figure it out, gentlemen.
In the meantime, I'll
be taking the rabies.
It's an asset of the
Canadian government.
Fine. We don't want it here.
Where is it?
- What?
- The rabies vial!
It was right there, and now it's gone.
Then the operative we seek
is within this station house.
That vial was stolen
within the last hour.
We've checked Miss
Tsiolkovsky, but she's clean.
One of your constables, then.
(BRACKENREID): My men are trustworthy.
I'm sure most of your
men are trustworthy, sir,
but one of them may well be a spy.
We should kill them all just to be sure.
It could also have been
the Chief Constable,
or myself, for that matter. Do
you propose to kill us, as well?
Every man here will be checked.
No one comes in or goes
out until we find the vial.
You have the afternoon
to find the culprit.
Where are you going?
I have to attend to a
matter of well, you know.
Mr. Meyers,
just as the chief constable
and myself could be the culprit,
so could you.
I beg your pardon?
You were here in the
station house unattended
the entire time we chased
down Miss Tsiolkovsky.
Murdoch, have I ever lied to you?
I'm Lyle Anderson.
And you are?
I became God.
It's time for the truth, Meyers.
I've told you the truth.
I never did say McCarthy
was real. I just
neglected to tell you he wasn't.
Enough lies, Mr. Meyers!
I have no idea what
you're talking about.
You actually own an insurance company?
Yes, I do. No, not
at Not at all, sir.
I-I regret if you inferred
that I was inferring that
Enough.
I cede the point. Go ahead.
(CURIOUS MUSIC)
What's this?
I was testing a new fountain pen.
You quite finished?
- I don't trust him, Murdoch.
- Neither do I.
- Do you think he took the vial?
- I have no idea.
But I'd like to find
out what he's up to.
Do you still have the
Pendrick Portal in your office?
No, no, no, no. I got
too wrapped up in it.
(LAUGHING) Look at this:
someone sent out a photo of a cat
hanging from a clothesline. (LAUGHING)
Bloody priceless!
I was going to throw it in the garbage,
but then Margaret took to it.
Your wife has been
using a Pendrick Portal?
- Ah! She types nonstop.
She's at it night and day.
Ah, Margaret!
Mrs. Brackenreid.
I must say I'm surprised to learn
that you are a Parlour machine user.
Oh, it's a marvel.
You can speak to anyone on here.
We trade recipes and remedies.
I found out about the man
who is healing my wrists
from a Parlour user.
You got medical advice from a stranger
communicating to you through a computer?
Why not seek care from the
Women's College Hospital?
I like to do my own research.
I told you. Addicted.
Margaret, we need to use
the portal for a few minutes.
Oh. Fine.
- (COMPUTER BEEPS)
- Just let me know when you're finished.
Put the kettle on.
What are you thinking, Murdoch?
Well, sir, I believe the slip of paper
in Meyers' pocket is his passcode.
If so, it will grant us access
to all of his communications,
no matter how secretive.
Have you gained access
to the machine yet?
- Not yet.
- We need to reconfigure
the passcode manually.
What's in here, then?
Hopefully Mr. Cormac's
latest transmissions.
So you can send a message to
anyone in the world with this?
I want to bring the
world together, Inspector.
The free exchange of ideas
between people and peoples.
I just want to send a message
without talking to anyone.
I've managed to access some
of the blocked sections.
Bloody hell. He's naked.
Meyers keeps the passcode in his pocket?
He said the government
mandated greater security.
A random string of letters and numbers
is much more difficult to remember.
Well, how did you remember it?
You only saw it for a second.
Well, I don't know, I
just remember things.
- It worked.
- Right.
A number of the messages
reference a specific location,
a 77 Amelia Street.
I-It must be the location of
some sort of government asset.
Another aircraft perhaps?
Oh, possibly. He calls
it "Jade Neck Prism."
Hm. What's that?
Perhaps it's a refractory
weapon of some kind.
(TYPING, BEEPING)
Oh, here, sir.
A message from Meyers just this morning
telling someone that he will be
at the Amelia Street
location later today,
and that person then in turn
replied that the access
protocol has changed to,
"Ask for Mr. George."
So he's there now.
- Hm.
- What are we waiting for?
Ah.
I told you, addicted.
She didn't even put the kettle on.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Oh! (LAUGHING)
The witticisms!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Must be the wrong place.
Maybe 77 Amelia Street
is code for something.
Pardon me, sir.
(CLEARS THROAT)
We're looking for Mr. George.
There is no one by that name here.
Let's get out of here, Murdoch.
Sir.
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
King George.
What the?
How did you find me?
Forget about that! What
are you hiding from us?
Did you take that vial?
You are on the site of
a top-secret operation.
You have to leave, now!
Tell us what you're hiding.
And what's this Jade
Neck Prism? A weapon?
I will tell you nothing!
Both of you, out!
Oh!
He's not hiding a device.
He's hiding a man.
What?
Jade Neck Prism.
- It's an anagram.
- Wow.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Dr. Janice Kemps.
It's an anagram for James Pendrick.
Hello, old friend.
All right, come out!
An anagram for
James Pendrick.
You're alive.
Indeed I am.
Are you're working with
Agent Terence Meyers?
In a manner of speaking.
I was kidnapped and
placed into servitude
by the Canadian government.
Meyers is forcing me to develop
ARCADIA as a tool for war.
As a deterrent.
Regardless, I'm being
held captive. Again.
(DART WHIPPING)
(GRUNTS)
- Mr. Pendrick?
- (GRUNTS)
(DART WHIPPING)
(GRUNTS)
Now, Mr. Pendrick,
tell me what I need to know.
- Any success, Mr. Pendrick?
- Not as yet.
That's unfortunate.
You see, I'm under
some time pressure here.
I would hate to think
you were stalling.
I'm working as fast as I can.
What you're asking is difficult.
Not as difficult as failure.
Let me assure you.
It's for the good of Canada. Have
I not made you comfortable, hm?
Provided you with
every resource, luxury?
I am literally shackled!
Because if you weren't, you would run,
and if you ran, you would be killed.
Meyers, this is bloody mad.
Where's the rabies virus?
Stolen by the Ottomans, presumably.
However, just like ARCADIA,
we have no idea how they stole it.
Well, I might be at
fault there, actually.
I beg your pardon.
I've been hiding my
true progress on ARCADIA
to prevent you from weaponizing it.
Instead, I've been feeding
my research to my team.
Your team? How?
I used your portal.
It's impossible. We monitor all
transmissions on the portals.
We use a back-door channel
engineered by Cat Lady.
Your pseudonym is Cat Lady?
Yes. I like cats.
Melody Struthers. But
clearly the plan was folly.
Someone must have infiltrated
my assistant's operation
and weaponized ARCADIA.
One of your assistants has been
compromised by the Ottomans?
- Any idea who?
- No.
But I know who it isn't.
And she can help us.
James, I feared I would
never see you again!
Hoping we would be
reunited is the only thing
that gave me reason to go on.
All right, enough.
Please, who is the spy?
Well, I know it wasn't Svetlana.
We installed a fail-safe on ARCADIA,
a self-destruct feature that
only she and I knew about.
She's the only one I truly trusted.
It's true.
I destroyed ARCADIA.
Because it had been outfitted
with a biological weapon?
Yes. I discovered Ashmi was a spy.
I confronted her, and
she tried to kill me.
I escaped.
When I saw ARCADIA taking off,
I knew I had to stop the operation.
Why didn't you simply
tell us about all of this?
I trust no one but James.
And the other assistants?
They fled.
That was always the plan
if something went wrong.
I am so sorry, James.
I destroyed our dream.
You saved every man, woman,
and child in the city.
All right, well, if Ashmi was the spy,
then that problem is solved. But
the vial was stolen after the crash,
which means that someone
else, someone else
working in this station
house, is also working
on behalf of the Ottomans.
What is this?
Oh, this is Ashmi Desai's identity tag.
No.
This.
Oh, it's, uh, filigreed
metal of some kind.
I assume she was wearing
jewelry at the time.
This does not belong to Ashmi.
Of course.
I'm Melody Struthers,
assistant machine instructor.
The gold plating has melted off,
but this is the tie pin always
worn by Melody Struthers.
So she's the one who died in the crash.
Ashmi knew I was onto her.
She must have known her
flight could be compromised.
So she was forced into the pilot's seat
and her identity tags were exchanged.
Oh, Melody!
(PHONE RINGING)
- Detective Murdoch.
- So Ashmi is still alive.
But she was never here.
How could the vial have been
stolen without us noticing?
(MURDOCH CLEARS THROAT) It's her.
Ashmi? What does she want?
James.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Ashmi.
Hello, James.
What do you want? ARCADIA?
I already have the
plans to rebuild ARCADIA.
I want you dead.
And I have something to trade.
Mrs. Brackenreid.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
She has your wife, Tom.
Margaret.
- Are you all right?
- Thomas,
I'm so sorry! I met her at
the Parlour and she said that
your life was in danger, and that
stealing that vial would save you!
- (ASHMI): Enough.
- If you harm her
Hm. Bring me James Pendrick.
Or your wife will be
injected with a dose of rabies
that will kill her in
a matter of minutes.
What? No! No! Ah!
(ASHMI LAUGHING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
I am sorry, Tom.
Pendrick's too important.
- You're going to let her die?!
- It will be all right, sir.
We just need to focus.
Right, now, if Ashmi intends
to use the rabies as a weapon
then we could
- It's dangerous, Murdoch.
- We would only need
I have some in my lab.
But of course, then we would have to
It's too big.
- Unless
- Of course.
I will return to you. I will return.
All right, Ashmi.
You have me. Now let Margaret go.
Not until I am certain.
First, you must die.
Fine. Do what you must.
No, Pendrick. You mustn't. You
(MARGARET GASPS)
There.
It's done. Now let her go.
Thank you.
Only a matter of minutes now.
Are you ready to die, James Pendrick?
Not just yet.
(SPRAY HISSING)
What is this?
The antidote. Aerosolized.
The house is surrounded.
Ashmi Desai, you are under arrest.
What happens to Ashmi now?
She will be coming with me.
She stole the plans for ARCADIA
and needed Pendrick dead so he
wouldn't build it for Canadians.
And what about Svetlana?
She and Pendrick will
also be coming with me
as they will be rebuilding ARCADIA.
This is outrageous. I caught
your spy and returned honourably!
Svetsi saved the city from total
eradication. We deserve our freedom!
Pendrick, the world will
be at war unless one side,
preferably ours, doesn't
have the deterrent to stop it.
- Your jobs are not done. Let's go.
- I don't think so.
Get out of the way, Tom.
They're free to go.
They are not free to go.
Get out of the way, now.
James saved my wife.
You were willing to let her die.
If you want him, you're going
to have to go through me.
I demand you step aside. Now.
No.
Murdoch, get them out of here.
The government of Canada
commands you to step aside!
I take orders from the King.
And the King is instructing me
to knock your bloody
head clean off! Sunshine.
But is the world still not in danger?
Terence Meyers has the plans for ARCADIA
that had been stolen by Ashmi.
The plans are useless.
Much like the self-destruct feature,
there are several crucial pieces
missing from the written schematics.
Only Svetsi and I know
the missing elements.
We had to keep the technology
from falling into the wrong hands.
The only two people
who can rebuild ARCADIA
are standing right here,
and we will never do it again.
But not even to cure
humanity of all diseases?
Humanity cannot be trusted.
Thank you, Murdoch.
Once again.
I hope we meet again someday.
Given that every time we do,
the fate of the world seems
to hang in the balance,
I sincerely hope we don't.
(THEME MUSIC)