Daring & Grace: Teen Detectives (2000–…): Season 1, Episode 13 - The Case of the Macbeth Monster: Part 2 - full transcript

A second attack rattles the school. Bobby, convinced that a werewolf is behind the bloodshed, searches the stage for evidence. Tracy turns to the play itself for clues, while Dick questions...

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- Why did you bring these
daggers from the place?

They must lie there.

Go carry them and
smear the sleepy grooms

with the blood.

- Great Sabrina!

Great!

Good work!

Good work, Chad.

Okay, everybody,
that's it for tonight.

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You're doing great!

You keep this up and you'll
have Macbeth down cold.

- I hope so.

- I know so.

We'll see ya tomorrow.

Tsk.

(sighs)

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- Good, good, good,
good things of day

begin to droop and drowse.

While night's black agents

to their preys do--

(growl)

Ah!



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(gunshot)

- [Dick] Dad?

- [Tracy] But, you're dead.

- Hardly.

Someone tried to kill me.

- Hey, I'm Dick Daring.

- Tracy Grace.

- I want you and Tracy
to take over my agency

and run Daring Investigators.

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- Ah!

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- And night's dark agents
to their prey do rouse.

(thud)

- Didn't I tell you
it would strike again?

- There's no way you can prove

that that's a werewolf.

- Yeah, but it is something.

- Responding

to your request for help.

Mr. Daring will be with you

in five seconds.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

- Time for a second opinion.

- Hi, guys.

Any news on the werewolf case?

- Second attack in the theatre.

This time it was Chad Miller.

Same claw marks across
the shirt and the face.

- He replaced the first victim,

Ted Wilkins as Macbeth.

- We have it on DVT, but we
can't identify the attacker.

- It's gotta be the werewolf.

- The wolf who howls his watch

with his stealthy
pace towards his prey

moves like a ghost.

- Sounds like a
creepy fairy tale.

- Shakespeare's Macbeth.

The play holds the answer.

Good luck.

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- Hey.

Thought you could use a cup.

- Hmmpf.

After what happened to
Chad, I'll need a few.

- [Tracy] Is he okay?

- He's totally freaked.

Thanks.

- No problem.

- I, I didn't mean
it when I said

you're nobody's type.

- Yes, you did,

but hey, you could be right.

- It's just a matter of
giving somebody a chance.

(bell rings)

- Look, I've got class.

- Tracy, I should tell you.

Sabrina's been thinking of
asking Dick to the dance.

- Huh, why are you telling me?

- I just wanted to make really,
really sure you weren't...

- I'm not,

but thanks.

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Listen guys, I've been thinking.

Macbeth meets three
witches who give him

three prophecies to
foretell his downfall.

The first prophecy warns
Macbeth against Macduff.

- The Scottish lord?

- [Tracy] Right.

The second prophecy
says that only someone

not born of a
woman can harm him.

- How can someone be
born without a mother?

- The third prophecy
tells Macbeth that he

can only be defeated
when Burnim wood

comes to Dunsinane.

- What?

- When the forest of
Burnim comes to his

castle at Dunsinane.

- How can a forest move?

- Your dad said the
answer is in the play.

I think these prophecies
could be the clues.

- I'm sticking
with the werewolf.

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(growl)

- Wha?

Ah.

- Why did you bring those
daggers from the place?

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(growl)

- Then I heard this growling.

I turned around, and
it was standing there,

staring at me.

- Did you get a
good look at him?

- Yeah.

It had pointed teeth,

long, sharp claws,

the most horrifying red eyes.

- You keep saying, "It".

- It wasn't human.

Good thing Sabrina
left before it--

- Sabrina was there?

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- [Bobby] Last night's
footage shows nothing at all.

- [Dick] You sure?

- [Bobby] Absolutely.

- But Chad said
that thing appeared

on the stage right
in front of him.

- Maybe the DVT had a glitch.

- Okay, thanks Bobby.

Catch ya later.

- Something's going on.

I'm gonna go talk to Sabrina.

- I'll do it.

- Why you?

- Well, I thought you were
gonna interview Macduff,

you know, the whole first
prophecy thing, beware Macduff?

- Yeah, I thought
you should do it.

- Well, I already have a good
rapport with Sabrina, so--

- Fine, fine.

I'll talk to Macduff and
you chat up Lady Macbeth.

- Fine.

- Fine.

(eerie dramatic music)

(electronic buzzing)

(knocking)

- What are you doing?

- Um, I'm just checking
if this is right.

- You an advanced math student?

- No, I just look in the back
of the book for the answers.

Thanks for coming.

- No problem.

- So, how goes the play?

- Still can't find a new lead.

- Yuh huh, I'm not
surprised after

what happened to Ted and Chad.

- Yeah, I hope one
of them reconsiders.

- Don't hold your
breath for Chad.

He's still spooked after
seeing the werewolf again.

- When?

- The last night,
after you left.

- What are you talking about?

- Well, Chad said you
saw him in the theatre,

moments before.

- Chad's crazy.

I was at a movie.

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(electronic buzzing)

- So?

What does Lady
Macbeth have to say?

- She wasn't with
Chad last night.

- [Tracy] What?

- She was at the movies.

- So, either Chad made
the whole thing up

or Sabrina's lying.

- No, I doubt she was lying.

- Oh, really.

- No, it just feels like
she was telling the truth.

- So, suddenly
good detective work

is based on feelings, not facts?

- [Dick] How was Macduff?

- He was out of town when
the attacks occurred.

- So much for the
first prophecy.

- So, um, did you and Sabrina
talk about anything else?

- Yeah, but nothing important.

Anyway, I gotta run.

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- Sir!

It's the third floor.

(elevator whirs)

- Well, we've
questioned students,

teachers, janitorial staff,

even put out a reward.

- Too much, if you ask me.

- Still no suspect.

- So, what do you suggest?

- Check the sewers
under the school.

That's where you'll find it.

- Find what?

- Phantom of the theatre.

Sir!

It's the fourth floor!

- Bullock!

- Found this congealed
material in the theatre today,

right by some wolf tracks.

- Maybe it's werewolf snot.

- That's what I was thinking.

I'm putting it
through some tests

to see if it's of animal origin.

- Keep dreamin', bro.

- Okay.

Thank you very much Mrs. Miller.

We appreciate your time.

Thanks, bye.

- So, did Chad's mother
confirm his story?

- Chad never left
home last night.

- So, the DVT wasn't broken.

- Why would he lie?

- Maybe the werewolf
has him under his spell.

- There's something
that he's not saying.

- Maybe he's too afraid to say.

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- [Dick] Hallucinations?

- That stuff I found
in the theatre.

I analyzed it as belladonna,

a deadly poison that causes
hallucinations in small amounts.

- That explains what's
been happening to Chad,

and probably to Ted.

- So, somebody's been
putting it in their food?

- Belladonna can be
absorbed through the skin,

with a touch.

- We've eliminated the
first prophecy, Macduff.

- The second prophecy
tells Macbeth

to be aware of someone
not born of a woman,

something unnatural.

- That would be our werewolf.

- Correct,

and true to the prophecy,

has it in only for Macbeth.

- Which would explain why only
Ted and Chad were attacked.

- So, if Macbeth is a target,

Macbeth is how we'll trap it.

- Yeah, but they can't get
anyone to play the part.

- Yes, they can.

I'm gonna play Macbeth.

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(growl)

- [Tracy] So, how's Chad?

- He's a little better.

- So, you guys don't have
to miss the dance, then?

- No way, come on.

Oh, don't worry.

Sabrina hasn't asked him yet.

- Thanks.

- We've been going
about this all wrong.

The werewolf is a night
creature but by day,

it's a normal person.

- You're right.

Could be anybody.

- The werewolf suffers
from melancholy.

It's transformation
from human to beast

is an attempt to
bury its depression

by becoming something else.

- So, what, all we have to do is

find out who's depressed?

- Yep.

- That's just about
every teenager I know.

- We are men, my liege.

- Ay, in the catalogue
ye go for men

as hounds and
greyhounds, mongrels,

spaniels, curs, water-rugs
and demi-wolves are--

- Um, acting comes from inside.

The words and
movement just follow.

- Oh, um, well, if
you know so much,

why aren't you on stage?

- I lack an instinctual
sense of the dramatic,

so I'm the stage manager.

Anyway, let's get
you through this.

Take it from the top
of that last speech.

- We are men, my liege.

- Um, ay, in the catalogue
ye go for men as--

- Uh, I'm not feeling
the disdain Macbeth

has for this man.

- Since when have you become
an expert on Shakespeare?

- Since I acted in
his plays in college.

Which is more than you can say.

Let's do it again.

We are men, my liege.

- Ay, in the catalogue
ye go for men.

- We are men, my liege.

- Ay, in the catalogue
ye go for men.

- We are men,

my liege.

- Ay, in the catalogue
ye go for men.

Bring forth men-children only

for thy undaunted
mettle should compose

nothing but males.

- Who dares receive it other

as we shall make our
griefs and clamor

roar upon his death?

- I've, um,

I've hacked into the
guidance department files

and narrowed the list down
to a few depressed kids.

They all seem to
have similar problems

except this Chuck Casey guy
who's royally screwed up.

- How?

- He was raised as an orphan.

Moved around a lot, must
have switched schools

as often as families.

I mean, no wonder
he's depressed.

- Perfect profile
for a teen werewolf.

We better check him out.

- Yeah.

- We've been invited to a play.

- Great, which one?

- Macbeth.

- Ah, is this a
dagger I see before me

the handle toward my hand?

Come, let me clutch thee.

- What's that?

- Well, it's the scene
right before Macbeth

kills King Duncan.

- Don't spoil the ending.

They want us there
for Dick's first

full cast rehearsal.

They're certain the
werewolf will strike again.

- Are we in the balcony
or the orchestra?

- Just bring plenty
of silver bullets.

- Settle, people.

Alright, everybody.

There's no need to be nervous.

We have about a dozen
people here tonight, so

let's just all try
to relax, shall we?

- So, everything's rigged.

- My men are guarding all exits.

If he shows up, he won't escape.

- Break a leg.

- Hey, Tracy.

- Other than the
guidance department

I cannot find any other
files on Chuck Casey.

- Well, the rehearsal's
about to start.

- Okay, you go ahead.

I'll be there in a minute.

(keyboard clacking)

- I have laid their
daggers ready.

He could not miss them.

Had he not resembled
my father as he slept,

I had done it.

My husband.

- I have done the deed.

Does thou not hear noise?

- I heard the owl scream
and the crickets cry.

Did you not speak?

- When?

- Now.

- As I descended?

- Ay.

- So, where are the daggers?

- [Dick] Bring forth
- Shhh.

men-children only, for
thy undaunted mettle

should compose
nothing but males.

- [Sabrina] I have laid
their daggers ready.

He could not miss them.

- To be thus is nothing.

But to be safely thus.

Our fears in Banquo stick deep

and in his royalty
of nature reigns

that which would be feared.

'Tis much he dares.

(bag crackles)

- [Audience Member] Quiet!

- [Sabrina] Why
did you not speak?

- Chuck Casey cross
referencing his name

with databases
like exam results.

(computer beeping)

No record?

School clubs.

(computer beeping)

School infractions.

(computer beeping)

Other.

(computer beeping)

See Brett Wiler?

Brett Wiler the stage manager?

Chuck Casey changed his
name to Brett Wiler?

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- Given to the
common enemy of man,

to make them kings,

the seeds of Banquo kings?

Rather than so, come
fate into the list

and champion me
to the utterance.

(growl)

Who's there?

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It was comin' straight for me

when the net fell on it.

- Impossible!

- I know who it is.

Come on.

(dramatic music)

(growl)

It's gotta be Brett
Wiler's storage room.

(eerie music)

- Someone find the switch.

(growl)

- [Dick] I think I got it.

(glass breaks)

- How could he possibly?

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(dog barks)
(wolf howls)

- Brett was already depressed

and then when he didn't
get the part of Macbeth

he just snapped.

- Yeah, he used
belladonna to keep

the lead spooked, sheesh.

- Then he just disappeared.

You don't think that
he really is a...

- No.

- No.

- Though, at least
it's all over.

- Yeah.

- Just goes to
show you what good

detective work can do for ya.

- Yeah, your dad was right.

The answer was in the play.

- What do you mean?

I mean, Burnim wood
never came to Dunsinane.

- Sure it did.

Burnim wood.

BW, Brett Wiler.

- Yeah, well, yeah, yeah.

That maybe, but,
but no Dunsinane.

- Dunsinane.

D for Dick.

- Oh.

- So, the school's
still going ahead

with the Sadie Hawkins dance.

- Yeah, yeah, I guess.

- You going?

- Um, no, you know,
nobody asked me, so it's--

- Oh.

(chuckles)

I was thinking that,
considering that

well, you know, that--

- Pizza's here.

Uh, why don't I just go
put it on the counter?

- Um, so, as you were saying?

- Right, well, it's,

it's kinda stupid, but,

I was just thinking that
considering that you're

not planning on,

and well, I--

- [Bobby] Uh, we can eat
while we watch Aunt Claire

on her date.

- Good idea.

- She found someone from
her internet dating service.

I put a DVT on her
so we could watch.

- Bobby!

- Great idea, Bob.

(computer beeps)

- [Bobby] She must be early.

- I hope he shows up.

- It's Dad.

- Hey guys.

Good work on the werewolf case.

It's all over the news.

Listen, remember I
shipped a body back

to Rockwater so that you
could have a proper funeral

and we could convince Chin
Man that I was really dead?

- Right and you were gonna
brief us on the details later.

- Yeah, well,

I took care of everything.

- What do you mean?

- Well, I didn't want to
put you guys in danger so,

my contacts used
actors instead to

have a real family funeral.

- What?

- I'm convinced
Chin Man bought it.

Check it out.

(eerie music)

- It's time we find out
who Chin Man really is

and bring Dad home.

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