Murdoch Mysteries (2008–…): Season 16, Episode 16 - An Avoidable Hinder - full transcript
Murdoch is asked by a former logging camp friend to exonerate him in a decades old murder.
- Evening edition, please.
Who are you?
Why are you following me?
- Hello, billy.
You don't recognize me?
I guess 30 years
in the pen changes a man.
- Leo o'rourke?
- You betrayed me, billy.
And now you're
going to make it right.
I'll take a beer.
My friend here is buying.
- I'll have a spruce
beer, thank you.
- Spruce beer. Yeah.
Never could handle the
strong stuff.
- So, when did you get out?
- Couple days back.
- Mm.
Dreamt of that for 30 years.
- Leo, why did you
say that I betrayed you?
- So you thought I was guilty?
I was in the bunkhouse
when ben hawkins was killed.
- I was asleep.
I woke up to the
sound of screaming.
I didn't see you in the bunk.
That's what I remembered
and that's what I said.
- Was just a street rat
from africville, wasn't I?
Who better to pin the murder on?
- All right, leo.
Let's say this is true
and you didn't kill ben.
What do you want from me?
- Find his real killer.
- It was 30 years ago.
- I read your book.
It opened up my eyes to
what modern science can do.
Fingermarks. Uh,
uh, blood analysis.
I didn't care much
for ben hawkins,
But I want justice for the
last 30 years that I've lost.
I want my good name back.
- It's a daunting task.
Will you do it?
- I'm not even convinced
that he's innocent.
- No?
Well,
If he is innocent,
There has been a tragic
miscarriage of justice.
And, in some way, however small,
I'm a participant in that.
- You confirmed his guilt?
- I didn't confirm his alibi.
I couldn't.
- So what exactly happened?
- It was a logging camp
north of gravenhurst.
We'd been working
hard for months.
That night, there was a party
to celebrate the end of logging season.
Everyone was drunk.
I was 18 years old.
Some women had come up
from the city to the logging camp.
None was more beautiful
than marie la jeunesse.
William murdoch. You
had eyes for another woman.
- Well... Uh, yes.
Marie had caught the
eye of ben hawkins,
The logging camp owner's son.
- Was she courting him?
- No. It turned out marie
only had eyes for leo.
- A love triangle? - Yes.
The boys fought later in
the evening at the dance.
It was witnessed by everyone.
- So when ben hawkins
was found dead...
- It was assumed
that leo had killed him.
Now, leo claimed he was in the
bunkhouse at the time of the murder.
I was also,
But all I heard was screaming
and shouting and... And...
I ran to the kitchen.
Ben had had his throat cut.
Blood spatter everywhere.
Leo was found down by the lake.
It was assumed
that he was fleeing.
- Was there a trial?
- Leo pled guilty in
order to avoid the noose.
- Well, a guilty man would have
no reason to pursue this now.
If he believes that modern
science could prove him innocent,
It could just as easily
confirm his guilt.
- I suppose the crown would
still have all of the case file.
- I've briefly reviewed the crown's
case that led to your conviction.
It... It's mostly
written statements,
Sworn affidavits,
and the bulk of them
Speak of your fight with ben
hawkins earlier in the evening.
- He provoked me.
- No, that's not the point.
The two of you were in conflict
and that establishes your motive.
There's a note here
About blood being
found on your boots.
- It's chicken blood. You
can tell the difference.
I read that in your book.
- But not 30 years
later, you can't.
The physical evidence
no longer exists.
The murder weapon was
one of your kitchen knives.
- He was killed in a kitchen!
- You made two
contradictory statements.
The first one being
That you told police you couldn't
sleep, so you went for a walk.
- Yes, it wasn't true.
I'd asked a woman to
meet me at midnight.
I didn't want to reveal
that for her sake.
- Marie la jeunesse?
- She backed me
up, but it didn't help.
They made it out like I'd asked her
to lie for me so that I'd have an alibi.
- You were seen running
from the kitchen to the lake
By a man who discovered
the body moments later.
- Stanley mead.
He was heading up and I was
heading down. But I wasn't running.
I was hurrying
because I was late.
I was coming from the
bunkhouse, not the kitchen.
- Both were accessed by
the same path, as I recall.
So his statement is correct.
- I suppose.
- Witnesses claim you
were preparing a boat to flee.
- I thought that we might have
a boat ride, but I wasn't fleeing.
Billy, I stepped on you as I climbed
out of my bunk and you hollered out.
- I don't remember that.
I was drunk.
- Just my bad luck
you picked that night.
- Leo, why did you
plead guilty if you...?
- I was told I would
hang otherwise.
I've lived with that choice
for all my best years
And I'm not sure
how many I got left.
I don't want to go to my grave with
everybody thinking that I'm a killer.
You believe me,
don't you, billy?
- Please call me william.
After all...
We are working
on a case together.
- Thank you, detective.
- All right, then!
- You just wait 'til I get out!
- I brought you a couple books
And your mum knitted
you some socks.
That's about as much of a birthday
as you're going to get, I'm afraid.
- I don't care
about my birthday.
- You're 21 now,
son. You're a man.
- I'm happy.
Happier than I've
felt in a long time.
What's your secret?
And don't tell me it's the company
you keep, and it can't be the food.
- Father crowley has accepted
my petition to become a lay brother.
- A what?
- It means I'll
be like a priest.
I won't be able to perform the
sacraments, but I can assist at mass.
- A priest?
- I'll have to take the vows,
the same as the priests do.
- Which are?
- Chastity, poverty
and obedience.
- Chastity?
What about when you're released?
Chastity's fine now
But someday you're
gonna want to start a family.
- The church is my family now.
Don't get me wrong.
I love you, mother and
john with all my heart,
But I need more.
I need to belong.
- I'll see you next time, sir.
- Stanley mead.
Been a long time.
You remember leo.
- Leo o'rourke.
When'd they let you out?
- Couple days back.
- Where you staying?
- I got a room on sumach street.
They welcome old lags there.
What happened to your leg?
- Got it caught in a log jammer.
Billy here helped save my life.
- How's that?
- Oh, I had to hold him
down on the kitchen table
While they amputated the leg.
Still have nightmares about that.
- Ha! You have nightmares!
You didn't have
your leg cut off.
- Seems like you've done
pretty well for yourself.
- Yeah. Donald
hawkins' been kind.
Set me up with that shop.
Hm.
Donald married marie.
Remember her?
- When did that happen?
- Soon after his
brother's death.
She knew what she
wanted, that one.
- We reviewed your
case file, mr. O'rourke.
Unfortunately, no
post-mortem was conducted,
So we can't use
anything from that.
- Surely there must be something in
all the science that you wrote about.
- Scientific analysis is only useful
if there is evidence to analyze.
But there was only
your boots and a knife.
Examining the crime scene
is very much a priority now,
But it wasn't then.
- Fingermark evidence
wasn't in use at the time.
- So you're saying that's it?
- We're saying exculpatory
evidence may no longer exist.
- I've been waiting
30 years for justice
And now you tell
me not to bother.
- We're doing our
very best, considering.
- Considering what?
Who I am and where I'm from?
- Considering we don't yet
know for certain if you're innocent.
- You all have a nice evening.
- If he's guilty, he
needed to hear that.
But if he's innocent, that's
the last thing he needed.
- Leo!
Leo, are you all right?
Did you see who it was?
- No.
I turned on the
lights and then, bang.
The next thing I know, you
two are leaning over me.
- The shooter must
have gone out the back.
Do you know the other tenants?
- They're all former lags.
- This is a halfway house?
- Yes. I have no enemies.
Not from prison, anyway.
- As far as I know, only one person
knew you were released from prison.
- Stanley.
- Leo, have you had any
visitors since your release?
- No.
- The bullet hit
muscle, so you'll live.
But you'll need to
have it removed.
We need to get
you to the hospital.
- Excuse me, gentlemen.
- Which one of you
is father crowley?
- That would be me.
- Ah.
They told me I'd find you here.
- Thank you, father.
- I didn't realize priests
were so fond of handball.
- Ah, it's healthy exercise
for the young seminarians.
And the not-so-young.
How could I help you?
- I'm thomas brackenreid.
I believe you know my son.
- Robert. That's right.
- Could we have a word?
- Of course.
Let's uh, let's go this way.
- I saw bobby yesterday.
He told me that
he's becoming a...
What do you call
it? A lay brother.
- Yes. Yes.
He actually wanted
to take holy orders,
But his homicide conviction
makes that impossible.
- I don't think he's in
the right frame of mind
To make such an
important decision.
He's a bit lost.
- That's why he's seeking a home
where he'll always be welcome.
- He already has a
home with his parents.
- Where was that home when he
was sent off to boarding school?
- We didn't have much choice.
Bobby was starting
to get in trouble.
He needed to be
straightened out.
- Hm. And how did that work out?
- That was then and this is now.
- And now robert gets to choose.
- Bobby wouldn't be doing this
if you weren't getting in his head.
- Mm...
- Do you really
think he needs this?
Let's let god decide.
- How do you propose...?
- We'll have ourselves a game.
- Of handball?
- I win, you leave bobby alone.
You win, I back off.
- Mm. Sounds like
a faustian bargain.
- Sounds to me like
you're worried about losing.
All right.
You're on.
- So, I shoot the man?
And then what...
Run?
- Why did you ask leo
where he was staying?
- Why wouldn't I?
Oh, it's part of my big
plan to murder the man.
- Leo was released
from prison two days ago.
He came to the city, rented a
room and then came to see me.
You were the only other person
who knew where he was staying.
- Well, I didn't know
it was a big secret!
- Did you tell anyone?
- Donald hawkins.
He called. Checks
in now and again.
I might have
mentioned it to him.
- Yes, can I help you?
- I'm detective william murdoch.
- Billy murdoch!
My goodness.
It's been so long.
- Marie.
Still as lovely as I remember.
- Thank you.
But I doubt you've dropped
by just to give me compliments.
- Well, you've no doubt heard
That leo o'rourke has
been released from prison?
- Yes, I did hear that.
- He has asked me to
reinvestigate ben hawkins' murder.
- And you have
agreed to help him?
- There is sufficient doubt to
warrant taking a closer look.
- And what brings you here?
- Leo was shot last
night at his lodgings.
- Good heavens.
- As I live and
breathe, billy murdoch.
Our butler said that there was a
william murdoch here to see me,
But I never dreamed
it could really be you.
Uh, billy, you remember
cyril, don't you?
He worked in accounts.
- Of course. Mr. Philpott.
- Billy. Pleased to make
your acquaintance once again.
- Cyril's a lawyer now.
Smartest of the lot of us.
- Billy is now a detective.
He says leo o'rourke
has been shot.
- Oh. Good.
Dead, I hope.
- Wounded.
He's expected to recover.
- Did you apprehend the shooter?
- Not yet.
And that is why I'm here.
- There you are, sir. Nice shot.
- Father crowley called to confirm
arrangements for your handball game.
- It's just an
exercise, margaret.
- You're playing the priest
for what? Bobby's soul?
- If you must know,
I'm playing for his life.
Or for any chance that he'll
have one when he gets out of jail.
- But you'll lose!
- I beg your pardon, mrs. Brackenreid,
I've been watching
him. He's quite good.
- Compared to what?
- Some of the
lads I play against.
- You play handball?
- Picked it up in prison.
- Ah. Well, I hope
for your sake, thomas,
You play an old podge
who weighs 15 stone.
- I'm not 15 stone!
- More like 16.
- I'm not, crabtree.
- Sir, I fancy your chances
more than your wife does,
But I don't think
you can do it alone.
- What do you mean?
- I think you need a coach.
- And you think
that should be you?
- I should think there's no one better.
- Fair enough.
- Right, then. If you're going
to win your son's soul back,
You're going to have to
face up to some harsh truths.
- Go on.
- You're out of shape.
Your last handball
game was 30 years ago
And you are playing against
a leaner, stronger opponent.
Who, not to mention,
has god on his side.
- Just 'cause he's
a bloody priest?
- Look, if you want
your son back,
You're going to
have to fight for it!
You're going to have to
fight like you've never fought
For anything in your life!
Are you ready for that?
- Yes.
- Yes, what?
- I'm going to fight.
- Say it like you mean it!
- I'm going to fight!
- Right, then.
Fifty press-ups. Right now!
- You can't just
tell me what to do.
- Well, yes I can as your
coach! That's the whole...
It's what we've
just been through.
Fifty press-ups, sir.
Please.
- Right then.
- One. Two.
Three. Four. Five.
- There you are.
- Seven.
- You had a conversation
with stanley mead
Yesterday at about five p.M.
- That's right.
Uh, we're friends.
I try to look after the man.
- Mm. Uh, no thank you.
He said he told you
where leo had been staying.
- Did he? Oh, right.
We spoke of leo, of course.
Travesty that he was released.
Obviously, I wasn't
pleased to hear it.
Leo was shot at 7:45.
Where were you at that time?
- Last night I was in a meeting
with the company directors.
- Is that usual?
A business meeting
on a Saturday evening?
- We're in the midst
of an acquisition.
- When was this meeting called?
- Why would that matter?
- Was it scheduled in
advance or made in haste?
- I suppose you
could say in haste.
We'd received a
reply to our offer
And then the meeting
was called forthwith.
- What time?
- About...
5:30.
- So the meeting was scheduled after
your conversation with stanley mead.
- Are you suggesting that
I sent someone to kill leo
And then called a meeting
specifically so that I would have an alibi?
Talk to the board members;
this is not some kind of charade.
Mm.
You off, my dear?
- Yes. I wanted
to say goodnight.
I'm having dinner
with some friends.
- I'm afraid you are going to
need to cancel that engagement.
- Yes, I did go to leo's
lodging house last night.
But I didn't shoot him.
- How did you know
where he was staying?
- I heard my husband
discussing it on the phone.
- What time was this?
- Six o'clock, or thereabouts.
- Curious.
Do you know who
he was speaking with?
- No. He hung up as I entered.
- And is that when you decided
to pay mr. O'rourke a visit?
- No.
I didn't think it through.
I just started walking.
- All right. What time did
you arrive at leo's room?
About 7:30.
The door was
unlocked, so I went in.
Once inside, I
suddenly felt very foolish.
- So why did you go?
- I wanted to see him.
- You don't believe
he killed ben hawkins?
The man I knew
Wasn't capable of such a thing.
- What do you
remember from that night?
- Leo asked me to dance.
We'd been exchanging
glances all night.
I knew ben had intentions,
But he'd never declared
himself, so I was a free woman.
Ben had other ideas.
Ben started
the fight between them?
- Of course.
- When leo fought him, I was...
A little bit thrilled by it.
But then ben was dead
And I felt such shame.
What happened after the fight?
- The rest of the
night crawled by.
All I could think of
was meeting leo.
But just before the
clock struck midnight,
Donald pulled me
onto the dance floor.
That's when I
heard the shouting.
Help!
Help!
Did you hear that?
I ran into the kitchen and...
Ben was dead.
Leo was found down by the wharf.
I didn't want to believe it.
But if it wasn't
leo, who did it?
- Small calibre.
A .22, by the looks of it.
- Marie la jeunesse
has stated that...
She was here in your
lodgings last night.
Did you know about that?
- No. Did she say why she came?
- I assume it's because
she believes you're innocent.
- You told her I
didn't do it, right?
- I thought it might be
best if you did that yourself.
- Oh, that's enough, crabtree.
My arms are shot.
They're like blocks of wood.
- Make no wonder, sir.
You've let your conditioning
fall to an abysmal level.
In any case, we'll
move on to legs.
We'll warm up with squats.
So, hands out front,
weight in your heels.
Down and then back up.
- Really?
Ooh!
- All the way, all the way down.
Oh, my back!
Oh! Oh, murdoch!
Are you working on a case?
Do you need a hand?
- No!
- What's all this?
- No!
Sir, the inspector
is in training for a...
A fight for bobby's very soul.
- Oh.
Right.
Murdoch.
Murdoch.
Squats.
Hands out front,
Weight in your heels
and all the way down.
- Detective?
Mr. Hawkins' alibi is confirmed
by the board members.
- Hm.
I suspected as much.
What about stanley mead?
- He claimed he
was home all night,
But no one could corroborate.
- Is that so?
Perhaps mr. Mead is a little
more mobile than he lets on.
Come with me, constable.
- Sir.
- Sir, did you see that?
It's a kill shot.
Impossible to return.
He is good.
- Suppose so.
- But his left side is
weaker than his right.
You'll want to play to his
left as much as you can.
- Got ya.
- But also, you have to play smart.
Look.
- This is the wall.
He's here. You're here.
- I'm the x.
- Well, think of it
as the english cross.
He's the halo.
- Ah. Fair enough.
- Now, if the referee
is standing here
And you move here,
you'll obstruct his view.
It can look like the priest
is obstructing your shot.
It's called an avoidable hinder.
- You want me to force a hinder.
- Just make it look
like he got in your way.
- Is this what you
do when you play?
- Prison rules, sir.
If you want to win,
you'll use them.
- Not for me, crabtree. I
have to play this straight.
This game is going to be played
under the watchful eyes of god.
- Excuse me, gentlemen.
Sir...
I followed the path all
the way down to the alley.
- Find anything?
- There are plenty of shoe
prints, but nothing made by a peg.
- You checked around the side?
- Side and back.
- All right, constable,
let's call it a night.
Oh, wait.
Oh...
Evans, I want you to
bring in cyril philpott.
And while I'm questioning
him, search his home and office.
- Yes, sir. What
am I searching for?
- A 22-calibre pistol.
If you find one, I need you to fire
a round into a barrel full of water
And then retrieve that bullet, then
bring it to me along with the revolver.
- Why?
- Stick with me, evans, and we
might just catch ourselves a killer.
Really, billy?
- It's detective murdoch.
- There must be literally dozens of men
in this city who smoke union sport cigars.
- We've spoken with
the tobacconist directly.
And aside from you there are
only six other men in the city
Who purchase these cigars.
None of them have any
connection to leo o'rourke.
- And that does?
You found it in his
room, I presume.
All covered in blood
with... With my fingermarks.
You did find it in his room.
- Outside the building.
Oh.
- Where were you at 7:45
on the night before last?
- From seven until 8:20, I
was engaged in an acquisition.
With hawkins lumber.
- This can be attested
to by dirk wessler
From d.W. Lumber
supplies and donald hawkins.
- You weren't included
on the list of attendees
That was provided to
us by donald hawkins.
Were you with mr. Wessler?
- I-I-I joined by telephone.
- For a meeting?
One that lasted over an hour?
- Well... Technology is a
marvellous thing, detective.
- And I assume all of the
board members will attest
That you were active and
engaged in the meeting?
- Donald can.
- Oh, I-I assume that he can.
That was the plan.
Are you
suggesting that I shot leo o'rourke
While I was on the phone?
- No.
I'm suggesting you stepped
away from the phone,
Shot leo o'rourke, then
returned and rejoined the meeting.
- This is absurd.
Why would I shoot
a man I barely know?
- You might if you knew
That he and I had reopened
the hawkins murder case.
- This is about ben?
- I don't believe leo
killed ben hawkins.
- Oh-oh?
So, not only am I being
accused of shooting leo,
I'm being accused
of killing ben?
Based on, what...
What, a cigar?!
Remember,
An important factor in
determining guilt is motive.
Leo o'rourke had one.
I didn't.
Another factor is alibi.
He didn't have one. I did.
- Y-yes and, uh, re-remind
me what that was again.
- We were dancing
when ben was killed.
- We?
- Donald and I.
Marie was there;
she can attest to it.
It should be in the statements.
- Ah, yes.
- We found this in
mr. Philpott's desk drawer.
- Excellent work, constable.
- It's a pistol.
Wh-wh-what of it?
- It's your pistol, mr. Philpott
And it has just
fired this bullet.
Which is a match
For the bullet that
wounded leo o'rourke.
- I have nothing more
to say at this time.
- Marie recalls dancing with donald
at the time that the shouting began.
She also recalls
cyril being there,
But not dancing
with him specifically.
- Are you're suggesting
that cyril philpott slipped out
When no one was
noticing and killed ben?
- It would only take a
moment to stab a man.
- Yes, but...
How would he know he
would be conveniently placed
So that he could
kill him so quickly?
- Perhaps he was already dead?
The timeline was
established by stanley.
He stated that there was no body
in the kitchen at the time that he left,
Shortly before midnight, but then
was there when he returned shortly after.
- And where would they
have hidden the body?
- In the coal room.
It was right beside the
kitchen. It was kept locked.
It would only have taken a
moment for cyril to drag the body
Out into the kitchen
and to cut his neck.
- And donald hawkins
was dancing with marie,
Meaning she couldn't meet up
with leo and provide him with an alibi.
The perfect crime.
Only that's not how
it happened, william.
You said yourself there was
blood spatter everywhere.
If he was already dead,
there would be none.
His heart would have
already stopped pumping.
- Of course. You're right.
- Unless you're wrong
about the spatter.
Think back, william.
Is that what you saw?
- Well, yes, of course.
Th-there was blood on the
walls, on the table, my hands.
- Your hands?
- Yes.
- Did you touch the body?
No.
- I had blood on my hands
when stanley lost his leg,
Not the night of the murder.
My god.
Have I conflated two memories?
- Well, good luck.
- I hate to give
you credit, crabtree,
But I do actually feel stronger.
- Told you so.
- He's younger and fitter.
Do you really think I can win?
- Your son's future is at stake.
They might call him father, but you're
the only real father in this scenario.
You're going to win this
because you have to.
- Come closer, gentlemen!
- Please choose a
number: One or two.
Father?
- One.
- One it is.
Your service.
Zero serving zero.
Oh.
- Has there been some
development in the case?
- Possibly.
Marie, could you please
Describe once again for us
exactly what you saw that night?
- It was horrifying.
I remember the blood.
The knife.
What I remember
most is his eyes.
- What about his eyes?
- They were wide open.
He looked sort of surprised.
Maybe he'd seen the face of god.
I tried to close them, out of
respect, but they wouldn't close.
It was the strangest thing.
- You tried to close them?
- Yes. Was that wrong?
- There's only one reason why one wouldn't
be able to close a dead man's eyes.
- Rigor mortis
had already set in.
- That means he must have
died at least two hours earlier.
- What? How is that possible?
- We believe ben
died hours earlier
And his body was placed inside the
locked coal room beside the kitchen.
It was then moved
into the kitchen
Only moments before being
discovered by cyril philpott.
- My god.
- Two hours earlier would put
the time of death at ten o'clock.
- Immediately after
the fight with leo.
- Who was ben with at
that time? Cyril philpott?
- We know exactly who he was
with because of witness statements.
He wasn't with cyril.
He was with donald.
- No.
Are you saying my
husband killed ben?
- Marie?
What in god's name are
you people doing here?
- Yeah! Well done,
sir. Well done.
- Point to brackenreid.
Eighteen serving eighteen.
- My word, george,
Do you think he
can actually win?
- Well, who knows?
I'm surprised he's
doing this well myself.
- Oh!
- Oh, very nice!
- Oh.
Oh!
- You and cyril philpott took ben
outside after the fight to calm him down.
We know this because
of witness statements.
- What of it?
- We also know that cyril was
seen elsewhere moments later.
But not you.
You were still
with ben at ten p.M.
- Yes. It was the
last time I saw him.
- It was the last
time you saw ben
Because he died at ten p.M.
- That's absurd.
- Rigor mortis had already set in
when the body was found at midnight,
So he had to be dead
shortly after ten p.M.
- Cyril was the one
with the cool head.
He was the one who moved
the body out of the coal room
And into the kitchen.
He convinced you to
cover it up, didn't he?
- Donald, is this true?
- But you didn't stab
your brother, did you?
It was an argument.
A fight.
He was drunk, obstreperous.
Or perhaps it was an accident?
The knife was just to
frame leo after the fact.
What really happened, donald?
Did he hit his head?
- It was over 30 years ago.
You can't prove a thing.
Now get out of my house.
- But it's true, isn't it?
- Marie, don't listen to a
word these people are saying.
- I want a divorce.
Yeah, come on!
- A hinder!
- Bollocks.
He had plenty of
room to make the shot.
- I was obstructed. On purpose.
- It only looks that way
'cause of where he's sitting.
- My call stands;
an avoidable hinder.
- Avoidable? He...!
- No! George. No.
- Serve goes to father crowley.
Twenty serving twenty!
- You did that on purpose.
- Mrs. Brackenreid,
I can't even watch.
It's too tense!
- Oh, there, there, george.
It's just handball.
- Oh!
Ah-ha!
- Well done, sir.
- Brackenreid serves.
Next point decides the victor.
Yes!
- Woo-hoo!
- Kill shot!
- Well done, sir. Great shot.
I knew you had it in you.
- Thomas, I have
to give you credit.
I didn't believe in you,
but you did it anyway!
- Well, inspector.
You won fair and square.
- It's more than I
can say for you.
You forced that
hinder. I know you did.
You should be
ashamed of yourself.
You're a bloody priest.
- I apologize for that.
I'd underestimated you.
I just couldn't bear the
thought, letting robert down.
I should never have
made the wager.
I will, nevertheless,
make good on it.
Well-played.
- So, what are you
going to tell bobby?
The church is my family now.
I need more.
I need to belong.
- Margaret, I need
to be a proper father.
- Father crowley.
Do you have a moment?
I want you to keep seeing
bobby if that's what he wants.
You were right.
We had no business
making that wager.
It's his life, not mine.
- And as it is with all of us,
He will do what
the lord directs.
- Kill shot!
- Kill shot!
Well done.
We should go to the ferret and celebrate.
- Yes!
Are you buying, crabtree?
- Yes, sir.
- Come on, then.
Oh, well!
- What will happen now?
- Cyril philpott will be charged
with your attempted murder.
But as long as
he remains silent,
There is no physical evidence to
prove that he set you up for ben's murder.
- And what about donald?
- Without physical evidence,
a case can't be built.
- So what about
clearing my good name?
- You can petition for a pardon.
But I doubt that the
conviction will be overturned
Now that you have been released.
- So after all of this...
I got nothing?
- Leo.
I'm terribly
sorry about all of this.
But it doesn't seem we'll be able
to prove your husband did anything.
- You provided all
the proof I needed.
He won't be my
husband much longer.
You once suggested we
meet for a midnight stroll.
Is that offer still good?
- Yes.
- So that was the
infamous marie la jeunesse.
- I'd hardly describe
her as infamous.
Famous, maybe.
- So, how did it feel seeing a
former crush after all those years?
- Odd.
I know it may sound strange,
But I still see her as the
age she was back then.
All of them, actually.
- So, was the old
flame reignited?
- In a sense.
- William!
- Seeing her again reminded
me of just how lucky I am
That I waited until
I met the woman
I was meant to be with.
Who are you?
Why are you following me?
- Hello, billy.
You don't recognize me?
I guess 30 years
in the pen changes a man.
- Leo o'rourke?
- You betrayed me, billy.
And now you're
going to make it right.
I'll take a beer.
My friend here is buying.
- I'll have a spruce
beer, thank you.
- Spruce beer. Yeah.
Never could handle the
strong stuff.
- So, when did you get out?
- Couple days back.
- Mm.
Dreamt of that for 30 years.
- Leo, why did you
say that I betrayed you?
- So you thought I was guilty?
I was in the bunkhouse
when ben hawkins was killed.
- I was asleep.
I woke up to the
sound of screaming.
I didn't see you in the bunk.
That's what I remembered
and that's what I said.
- Was just a street rat
from africville, wasn't I?
Who better to pin the murder on?
- All right, leo.
Let's say this is true
and you didn't kill ben.
What do you want from me?
- Find his real killer.
- It was 30 years ago.
- I read your book.
It opened up my eyes to
what modern science can do.
Fingermarks. Uh,
uh, blood analysis.
I didn't care much
for ben hawkins,
But I want justice for the
last 30 years that I've lost.
I want my good name back.
- It's a daunting task.
Will you do it?
- I'm not even convinced
that he's innocent.
- No?
Well,
If he is innocent,
There has been a tragic
miscarriage of justice.
And, in some way, however small,
I'm a participant in that.
- You confirmed his guilt?
- I didn't confirm his alibi.
I couldn't.
- So what exactly happened?
- It was a logging camp
north of gravenhurst.
We'd been working
hard for months.
That night, there was a party
to celebrate the end of logging season.
Everyone was drunk.
I was 18 years old.
Some women had come up
from the city to the logging camp.
None was more beautiful
than marie la jeunesse.
William murdoch. You
had eyes for another woman.
- Well... Uh, yes.
Marie had caught the
eye of ben hawkins,
The logging camp owner's son.
- Was she courting him?
- No. It turned out marie
only had eyes for leo.
- A love triangle? - Yes.
The boys fought later in
the evening at the dance.
It was witnessed by everyone.
- So when ben hawkins
was found dead...
- It was assumed
that leo had killed him.
Now, leo claimed he was in the
bunkhouse at the time of the murder.
I was also,
But all I heard was screaming
and shouting and... And...
I ran to the kitchen.
Ben had had his throat cut.
Blood spatter everywhere.
Leo was found down by the lake.
It was assumed
that he was fleeing.
- Was there a trial?
- Leo pled guilty in
order to avoid the noose.
- Well, a guilty man would have
no reason to pursue this now.
If he believes that modern
science could prove him innocent,
It could just as easily
confirm his guilt.
- I suppose the crown would
still have all of the case file.
- I've briefly reviewed the crown's
case that led to your conviction.
It... It's mostly
written statements,
Sworn affidavits,
and the bulk of them
Speak of your fight with ben
hawkins earlier in the evening.
- He provoked me.
- No, that's not the point.
The two of you were in conflict
and that establishes your motive.
There's a note here
About blood being
found on your boots.
- It's chicken blood. You
can tell the difference.
I read that in your book.
- But not 30 years
later, you can't.
The physical evidence
no longer exists.
The murder weapon was
one of your kitchen knives.
- He was killed in a kitchen!
- You made two
contradictory statements.
The first one being
That you told police you couldn't
sleep, so you went for a walk.
- Yes, it wasn't true.
I'd asked a woman to
meet me at midnight.
I didn't want to reveal
that for her sake.
- Marie la jeunesse?
- She backed me
up, but it didn't help.
They made it out like I'd asked her
to lie for me so that I'd have an alibi.
- You were seen running
from the kitchen to the lake
By a man who discovered
the body moments later.
- Stanley mead.
He was heading up and I was
heading down. But I wasn't running.
I was hurrying
because I was late.
I was coming from the
bunkhouse, not the kitchen.
- Both were accessed by
the same path, as I recall.
So his statement is correct.
- I suppose.
- Witnesses claim you
were preparing a boat to flee.
- I thought that we might have
a boat ride, but I wasn't fleeing.
Billy, I stepped on you as I climbed
out of my bunk and you hollered out.
- I don't remember that.
I was drunk.
- Just my bad luck
you picked that night.
- Leo, why did you
plead guilty if you...?
- I was told I would
hang otherwise.
I've lived with that choice
for all my best years
And I'm not sure
how many I got left.
I don't want to go to my grave with
everybody thinking that I'm a killer.
You believe me,
don't you, billy?
- Please call me william.
After all...
We are working
on a case together.
- Thank you, detective.
- All right, then!
- You just wait 'til I get out!
- I brought you a couple books
And your mum knitted
you some socks.
That's about as much of a birthday
as you're going to get, I'm afraid.
- I don't care
about my birthday.
- You're 21 now,
son. You're a man.
- I'm happy.
Happier than I've
felt in a long time.
What's your secret?
And don't tell me it's the company
you keep, and it can't be the food.
- Father crowley has accepted
my petition to become a lay brother.
- A what?
- It means I'll
be like a priest.
I won't be able to perform the
sacraments, but I can assist at mass.
- A priest?
- I'll have to take the vows,
the same as the priests do.
- Which are?
- Chastity, poverty
and obedience.
- Chastity?
What about when you're released?
Chastity's fine now
But someday you're
gonna want to start a family.
- The church is my family now.
Don't get me wrong.
I love you, mother and
john with all my heart,
But I need more.
I need to belong.
- I'll see you next time, sir.
- Stanley mead.
Been a long time.
You remember leo.
- Leo o'rourke.
When'd they let you out?
- Couple days back.
- Where you staying?
- I got a room on sumach street.
They welcome old lags there.
What happened to your leg?
- Got it caught in a log jammer.
Billy here helped save my life.
- How's that?
- Oh, I had to hold him
down on the kitchen table
While they amputated the leg.
Still have nightmares about that.
- Ha! You have nightmares!
You didn't have
your leg cut off.
- Seems like you've done
pretty well for yourself.
- Yeah. Donald
hawkins' been kind.
Set me up with that shop.
Hm.
Donald married marie.
Remember her?
- When did that happen?
- Soon after his
brother's death.
She knew what she
wanted, that one.
- We reviewed your
case file, mr. O'rourke.
Unfortunately, no
post-mortem was conducted,
So we can't use
anything from that.
- Surely there must be something in
all the science that you wrote about.
- Scientific analysis is only useful
if there is evidence to analyze.
But there was only
your boots and a knife.
Examining the crime scene
is very much a priority now,
But it wasn't then.
- Fingermark evidence
wasn't in use at the time.
- So you're saying that's it?
- We're saying exculpatory
evidence may no longer exist.
- I've been waiting
30 years for justice
And now you tell
me not to bother.
- We're doing our
very best, considering.
- Considering what?
Who I am and where I'm from?
- Considering we don't yet
know for certain if you're innocent.
- You all have a nice evening.
- If he's guilty, he
needed to hear that.
But if he's innocent, that's
the last thing he needed.
- Leo!
Leo, are you all right?
Did you see who it was?
- No.
I turned on the
lights and then, bang.
The next thing I know, you
two are leaning over me.
- The shooter must
have gone out the back.
Do you know the other tenants?
- They're all former lags.
- This is a halfway house?
- Yes. I have no enemies.
Not from prison, anyway.
- As far as I know, only one person
knew you were released from prison.
- Stanley.
- Leo, have you had any
visitors since your release?
- No.
- The bullet hit
muscle, so you'll live.
But you'll need to
have it removed.
We need to get
you to the hospital.
- Excuse me, gentlemen.
- Which one of you
is father crowley?
- That would be me.
- Ah.
They told me I'd find you here.
- Thank you, father.
- I didn't realize priests
were so fond of handball.
- Ah, it's healthy exercise
for the young seminarians.
And the not-so-young.
How could I help you?
- I'm thomas brackenreid.
I believe you know my son.
- Robert. That's right.
- Could we have a word?
- Of course.
Let's uh, let's go this way.
- I saw bobby yesterday.
He told me that
he's becoming a...
What do you call
it? A lay brother.
- Yes. Yes.
He actually wanted
to take holy orders,
But his homicide conviction
makes that impossible.
- I don't think he's in
the right frame of mind
To make such an
important decision.
He's a bit lost.
- That's why he's seeking a home
where he'll always be welcome.
- He already has a
home with his parents.
- Where was that home when he
was sent off to boarding school?
- We didn't have much choice.
Bobby was starting
to get in trouble.
He needed to be
straightened out.
- Hm. And how did that work out?
- That was then and this is now.
- And now robert gets to choose.
- Bobby wouldn't be doing this
if you weren't getting in his head.
- Mm...
- Do you really
think he needs this?
Let's let god decide.
- How do you propose...?
- We'll have ourselves a game.
- Of handball?
- I win, you leave bobby alone.
You win, I back off.
- Mm. Sounds like
a faustian bargain.
- Sounds to me like
you're worried about losing.
All right.
You're on.
- So, I shoot the man?
And then what...
Run?
- Why did you ask leo
where he was staying?
- Why wouldn't I?
Oh, it's part of my big
plan to murder the man.
- Leo was released
from prison two days ago.
He came to the city, rented a
room and then came to see me.
You were the only other person
who knew where he was staying.
- Well, I didn't know
it was a big secret!
- Did you tell anyone?
- Donald hawkins.
He called. Checks
in now and again.
I might have
mentioned it to him.
- Yes, can I help you?
- I'm detective william murdoch.
- Billy murdoch!
My goodness.
It's been so long.
- Marie.
Still as lovely as I remember.
- Thank you.
But I doubt you've dropped
by just to give me compliments.
- Well, you've no doubt heard
That leo o'rourke has
been released from prison?
- Yes, I did hear that.
- He has asked me to
reinvestigate ben hawkins' murder.
- And you have
agreed to help him?
- There is sufficient doubt to
warrant taking a closer look.
- And what brings you here?
- Leo was shot last
night at his lodgings.
- Good heavens.
- As I live and
breathe, billy murdoch.
Our butler said that there was a
william murdoch here to see me,
But I never dreamed
it could really be you.
Uh, billy, you remember
cyril, don't you?
He worked in accounts.
- Of course. Mr. Philpott.
- Billy. Pleased to make
your acquaintance once again.
- Cyril's a lawyer now.
Smartest of the lot of us.
- Billy is now a detective.
He says leo o'rourke
has been shot.
- Oh. Good.
Dead, I hope.
- Wounded.
He's expected to recover.
- Did you apprehend the shooter?
- Not yet.
And that is why I'm here.
- There you are, sir. Nice shot.
- Father crowley called to confirm
arrangements for your handball game.
- It's just an
exercise, margaret.
- You're playing the priest
for what? Bobby's soul?
- If you must know,
I'm playing for his life.
Or for any chance that he'll
have one when he gets out of jail.
- But you'll lose!
- I beg your pardon, mrs. Brackenreid,
I've been watching
him. He's quite good.
- Compared to what?
- Some of the
lads I play against.
- You play handball?
- Picked it up in prison.
- Ah. Well, I hope
for your sake, thomas,
You play an old podge
who weighs 15 stone.
- I'm not 15 stone!
- More like 16.
- I'm not, crabtree.
- Sir, I fancy your chances
more than your wife does,
But I don't think
you can do it alone.
- What do you mean?
- I think you need a coach.
- And you think
that should be you?
- I should think there's no one better.
- Fair enough.
- Right, then. If you're going
to win your son's soul back,
You're going to have to
face up to some harsh truths.
- Go on.
- You're out of shape.
Your last handball
game was 30 years ago
And you are playing against
a leaner, stronger opponent.
Who, not to mention,
has god on his side.
- Just 'cause he's
a bloody priest?
- Look, if you want
your son back,
You're going to
have to fight for it!
You're going to have to
fight like you've never fought
For anything in your life!
Are you ready for that?
- Yes.
- Yes, what?
- I'm going to fight.
- Say it like you mean it!
- I'm going to fight!
- Right, then.
Fifty press-ups. Right now!
- You can't just
tell me what to do.
- Well, yes I can as your
coach! That's the whole...
It's what we've
just been through.
Fifty press-ups, sir.
Please.
- Right then.
- One. Two.
Three. Four. Five.
- There you are.
- Seven.
- You had a conversation
with stanley mead
Yesterday at about five p.M.
- That's right.
Uh, we're friends.
I try to look after the man.
- Mm. Uh, no thank you.
He said he told you
where leo had been staying.
- Did he? Oh, right.
We spoke of leo, of course.
Travesty that he was released.
Obviously, I wasn't
pleased to hear it.
Leo was shot at 7:45.
Where were you at that time?
- Last night I was in a meeting
with the company directors.
- Is that usual?
A business meeting
on a Saturday evening?
- We're in the midst
of an acquisition.
- When was this meeting called?
- Why would that matter?
- Was it scheduled in
advance or made in haste?
- I suppose you
could say in haste.
We'd received a
reply to our offer
And then the meeting
was called forthwith.
- What time?
- About...
5:30.
- So the meeting was scheduled after
your conversation with stanley mead.
- Are you suggesting that
I sent someone to kill leo
And then called a meeting
specifically so that I would have an alibi?
Talk to the board members;
this is not some kind of charade.
Mm.
You off, my dear?
- Yes. I wanted
to say goodnight.
I'm having dinner
with some friends.
- I'm afraid you are going to
need to cancel that engagement.
- Yes, I did go to leo's
lodging house last night.
But I didn't shoot him.
- How did you know
where he was staying?
- I heard my husband
discussing it on the phone.
- What time was this?
- Six o'clock, or thereabouts.
- Curious.
Do you know who
he was speaking with?
- No. He hung up as I entered.
- And is that when you decided
to pay mr. O'rourke a visit?
- No.
I didn't think it through.
I just started walking.
- All right. What time did
you arrive at leo's room?
About 7:30.
The door was
unlocked, so I went in.
Once inside, I
suddenly felt very foolish.
- So why did you go?
- I wanted to see him.
- You don't believe
he killed ben hawkins?
The man I knew
Wasn't capable of such a thing.
- What do you
remember from that night?
- Leo asked me to dance.
We'd been exchanging
glances all night.
I knew ben had intentions,
But he'd never declared
himself, so I was a free woman.
Ben had other ideas.
Ben started
the fight between them?
- Of course.
- When leo fought him, I was...
A little bit thrilled by it.
But then ben was dead
And I felt such shame.
What happened after the fight?
- The rest of the
night crawled by.
All I could think of
was meeting leo.
But just before the
clock struck midnight,
Donald pulled me
onto the dance floor.
That's when I
heard the shouting.
Help!
Help!
Did you hear that?
I ran into the kitchen and...
Ben was dead.
Leo was found down by the wharf.
I didn't want to believe it.
But if it wasn't
leo, who did it?
- Small calibre.
A .22, by the looks of it.
- Marie la jeunesse
has stated that...
She was here in your
lodgings last night.
Did you know about that?
- No. Did she say why she came?
- I assume it's because
she believes you're innocent.
- You told her I
didn't do it, right?
- I thought it might be
best if you did that yourself.
- Oh, that's enough, crabtree.
My arms are shot.
They're like blocks of wood.
- Make no wonder, sir.
You've let your conditioning
fall to an abysmal level.
In any case, we'll
move on to legs.
We'll warm up with squats.
So, hands out front,
weight in your heels.
Down and then back up.
- Really?
Ooh!
- All the way, all the way down.
Oh, my back!
Oh! Oh, murdoch!
Are you working on a case?
Do you need a hand?
- No!
- What's all this?
- No!
Sir, the inspector
is in training for a...
A fight for bobby's very soul.
- Oh.
Right.
Murdoch.
Murdoch.
Squats.
Hands out front,
Weight in your heels
and all the way down.
- Detective?
Mr. Hawkins' alibi is confirmed
by the board members.
- Hm.
I suspected as much.
What about stanley mead?
- He claimed he
was home all night,
But no one could corroborate.
- Is that so?
Perhaps mr. Mead is a little
more mobile than he lets on.
Come with me, constable.
- Sir.
- Sir, did you see that?
It's a kill shot.
Impossible to return.
He is good.
- Suppose so.
- But his left side is
weaker than his right.
You'll want to play to his
left as much as you can.
- Got ya.
- But also, you have to play smart.
Look.
- This is the wall.
He's here. You're here.
- I'm the x.
- Well, think of it
as the english cross.
He's the halo.
- Ah. Fair enough.
- Now, if the referee
is standing here
And you move here,
you'll obstruct his view.
It can look like the priest
is obstructing your shot.
It's called an avoidable hinder.
- You want me to force a hinder.
- Just make it look
like he got in your way.
- Is this what you
do when you play?
- Prison rules, sir.
If you want to win,
you'll use them.
- Not for me, crabtree. I
have to play this straight.
This game is going to be played
under the watchful eyes of god.
- Excuse me, gentlemen.
Sir...
I followed the path all
the way down to the alley.
- Find anything?
- There are plenty of shoe
prints, but nothing made by a peg.
- You checked around the side?
- Side and back.
- All right, constable,
let's call it a night.
Oh, wait.
Oh...
Evans, I want you to
bring in cyril philpott.
And while I'm questioning
him, search his home and office.
- Yes, sir. What
am I searching for?
- A 22-calibre pistol.
If you find one, I need you to fire
a round into a barrel full of water
And then retrieve that bullet, then
bring it to me along with the revolver.
- Why?
- Stick with me, evans, and we
might just catch ourselves a killer.
Really, billy?
- It's detective murdoch.
- There must be literally dozens of men
in this city who smoke union sport cigars.
- We've spoken with
the tobacconist directly.
And aside from you there are
only six other men in the city
Who purchase these cigars.
None of them have any
connection to leo o'rourke.
- And that does?
You found it in his
room, I presume.
All covered in blood
with... With my fingermarks.
You did find it in his room.
- Outside the building.
Oh.
- Where were you at 7:45
on the night before last?
- From seven until 8:20, I
was engaged in an acquisition.
With hawkins lumber.
- This can be attested
to by dirk wessler
From d.W. Lumber
supplies and donald hawkins.
- You weren't included
on the list of attendees
That was provided to
us by donald hawkins.
Were you with mr. Wessler?
- I-I-I joined by telephone.
- For a meeting?
One that lasted over an hour?
- Well... Technology is a
marvellous thing, detective.
- And I assume all of the
board members will attest
That you were active and
engaged in the meeting?
- Donald can.
- Oh, I-I assume that he can.
That was the plan.
Are you
suggesting that I shot leo o'rourke
While I was on the phone?
- No.
I'm suggesting you stepped
away from the phone,
Shot leo o'rourke, then
returned and rejoined the meeting.
- This is absurd.
Why would I shoot
a man I barely know?
- You might if you knew
That he and I had reopened
the hawkins murder case.
- This is about ben?
- I don't believe leo
killed ben hawkins.
- Oh-oh?
So, not only am I being
accused of shooting leo,
I'm being accused
of killing ben?
Based on, what...
What, a cigar?!
Remember,
An important factor in
determining guilt is motive.
Leo o'rourke had one.
I didn't.
Another factor is alibi.
He didn't have one. I did.
- Y-yes and, uh, re-remind
me what that was again.
- We were dancing
when ben was killed.
- We?
- Donald and I.
Marie was there;
she can attest to it.
It should be in the statements.
- Ah, yes.
- We found this in
mr. Philpott's desk drawer.
- Excellent work, constable.
- It's a pistol.
Wh-wh-what of it?
- It's your pistol, mr. Philpott
And it has just
fired this bullet.
Which is a match
For the bullet that
wounded leo o'rourke.
- I have nothing more
to say at this time.
- Marie recalls dancing with donald
at the time that the shouting began.
She also recalls
cyril being there,
But not dancing
with him specifically.
- Are you're suggesting
that cyril philpott slipped out
When no one was
noticing and killed ben?
- It would only take a
moment to stab a man.
- Yes, but...
How would he know he
would be conveniently placed
So that he could
kill him so quickly?
- Perhaps he was already dead?
The timeline was
established by stanley.
He stated that there was no body
in the kitchen at the time that he left,
Shortly before midnight, but then
was there when he returned shortly after.
- And where would they
have hidden the body?
- In the coal room.
It was right beside the
kitchen. It was kept locked.
It would only have taken a
moment for cyril to drag the body
Out into the kitchen
and to cut his neck.
- And donald hawkins
was dancing with marie,
Meaning she couldn't meet up
with leo and provide him with an alibi.
The perfect crime.
Only that's not how
it happened, william.
You said yourself there was
blood spatter everywhere.
If he was already dead,
there would be none.
His heart would have
already stopped pumping.
- Of course. You're right.
- Unless you're wrong
about the spatter.
Think back, william.
Is that what you saw?
- Well, yes, of course.
Th-there was blood on the
walls, on the table, my hands.
- Your hands?
- Yes.
- Did you touch the body?
No.
- I had blood on my hands
when stanley lost his leg,
Not the night of the murder.
My god.
Have I conflated two memories?
- Well, good luck.
- I hate to give
you credit, crabtree,
But I do actually feel stronger.
- Told you so.
- He's younger and fitter.
Do you really think I can win?
- Your son's future is at stake.
They might call him father, but you're
the only real father in this scenario.
You're going to win this
because you have to.
- Come closer, gentlemen!
- Please choose a
number: One or two.
Father?
- One.
- One it is.
Your service.
Zero serving zero.
Oh.
- Has there been some
development in the case?
- Possibly.
Marie, could you please
Describe once again for us
exactly what you saw that night?
- It was horrifying.
I remember the blood.
The knife.
What I remember
most is his eyes.
- What about his eyes?
- They were wide open.
He looked sort of surprised.
Maybe he'd seen the face of god.
I tried to close them, out of
respect, but they wouldn't close.
It was the strangest thing.
- You tried to close them?
- Yes. Was that wrong?
- There's only one reason why one wouldn't
be able to close a dead man's eyes.
- Rigor mortis
had already set in.
- That means he must have
died at least two hours earlier.
- What? How is that possible?
- We believe ben
died hours earlier
And his body was placed inside the
locked coal room beside the kitchen.
It was then moved
into the kitchen
Only moments before being
discovered by cyril philpott.
- My god.
- Two hours earlier would put
the time of death at ten o'clock.
- Immediately after
the fight with leo.
- Who was ben with at
that time? Cyril philpott?
- We know exactly who he was
with because of witness statements.
He wasn't with cyril.
He was with donald.
- No.
Are you saying my
husband killed ben?
- Marie?
What in god's name are
you people doing here?
- Yeah! Well done,
sir. Well done.
- Point to brackenreid.
Eighteen serving eighteen.
- My word, george,
Do you think he
can actually win?
- Well, who knows?
I'm surprised he's
doing this well myself.
- Oh!
- Oh, very nice!
- Oh.
Oh!
- You and cyril philpott took ben
outside after the fight to calm him down.
We know this because
of witness statements.
- What of it?
- We also know that cyril was
seen elsewhere moments later.
But not you.
You were still
with ben at ten p.M.
- Yes. It was the
last time I saw him.
- It was the last
time you saw ben
Because he died at ten p.M.
- That's absurd.
- Rigor mortis had already set in
when the body was found at midnight,
So he had to be dead
shortly after ten p.M.
- Cyril was the one
with the cool head.
He was the one who moved
the body out of the coal room
And into the kitchen.
He convinced you to
cover it up, didn't he?
- Donald, is this true?
- But you didn't stab
your brother, did you?
It was an argument.
A fight.
He was drunk, obstreperous.
Or perhaps it was an accident?
The knife was just to
frame leo after the fact.
What really happened, donald?
Did he hit his head?
- It was over 30 years ago.
You can't prove a thing.
Now get out of my house.
- But it's true, isn't it?
- Marie, don't listen to a
word these people are saying.
- I want a divorce.
Yeah, come on!
- A hinder!
- Bollocks.
He had plenty of
room to make the shot.
- I was obstructed. On purpose.
- It only looks that way
'cause of where he's sitting.
- My call stands;
an avoidable hinder.
- Avoidable? He...!
- No! George. No.
- Serve goes to father crowley.
Twenty serving twenty!
- You did that on purpose.
- Mrs. Brackenreid,
I can't even watch.
It's too tense!
- Oh, there, there, george.
It's just handball.
- Oh!
Ah-ha!
- Well done, sir.
- Brackenreid serves.
Next point decides the victor.
Yes!
- Woo-hoo!
- Kill shot!
- Well done, sir. Great shot.
I knew you had it in you.
- Thomas, I have
to give you credit.
I didn't believe in you,
but you did it anyway!
- Well, inspector.
You won fair and square.
- It's more than I
can say for you.
You forced that
hinder. I know you did.
You should be
ashamed of yourself.
You're a bloody priest.
- I apologize for that.
I'd underestimated you.
I just couldn't bear the
thought, letting robert down.
I should never have
made the wager.
I will, nevertheless,
make good on it.
Well-played.
- So, what are you
going to tell bobby?
The church is my family now.
I need more.
I need to belong.
- Margaret, I need
to be a proper father.
- Father crowley.
Do you have a moment?
I want you to keep seeing
bobby if that's what he wants.
You were right.
We had no business
making that wager.
It's his life, not mine.
- And as it is with all of us,
He will do what
the lord directs.
- Kill shot!
- Kill shot!
Well done.
We should go to the ferret and celebrate.
- Yes!
Are you buying, crabtree?
- Yes, sir.
- Come on, then.
Oh, well!
- What will happen now?
- Cyril philpott will be charged
with your attempted murder.
But as long as
he remains silent,
There is no physical evidence to
prove that he set you up for ben's murder.
- And what about donald?
- Without physical evidence,
a case can't be built.
- So what about
clearing my good name?
- You can petition for a pardon.
But I doubt that the
conviction will be overturned
Now that you have been released.
- So after all of this...
I got nothing?
- Leo.
I'm terribly
sorry about all of this.
But it doesn't seem we'll be able
to prove your husband did anything.
- You provided all
the proof I needed.
He won't be my
husband much longer.
You once suggested we
meet for a midnight stroll.
Is that offer still good?
- Yes.
- So that was the
infamous marie la jeunesse.
- I'd hardly describe
her as infamous.
Famous, maybe.
- So, how did it feel seeing a
former crush after all those years?
- Odd.
I know it may sound strange,
But I still see her as the
age she was back then.
All of them, actually.
- So, was the old
flame reignited?
- In a sense.
- William!
- Seeing her again reminded
me of just how lucky I am
That I waited until
I met the woman
I was meant to be with.