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Previously on Mockery Manor,

1:46

with JT in police custody, Betty

1:48

knows the clock is ticking to clear her name.

1:51

Magenta reveals that George moved

1:53

the date of the Clayton concert to a night with

1:56

no moon. And finally, over

1:58

a fine whiskey, Harry and

1:59

Bobby D. Lockhorns. And

2:02

Bobby Collapses. And that's you

2:04

all caught up. Y'all enjoy the episode

2:06

now.

2:31

The fiction

2:57

has always been, who hated Clay

2:59

enough to murder him. And of all people,

3:01

why frame JJ? Where

3:04

is that music coming from? I know, it's really

3:06

destructive. Maybe setting up Kenpin in Sayon's

3:08

room was a bad idea. Get in my head and how

3:10

do we turn it off? I don't know, I can't find a switch.

3:13

One sec, let me ask the Grocen Susan. Magenta,

3:17

Bernard, some help here please. Oh,

3:20

can you stop pacing like that? Sorry sis, no

3:22

ken-zoo. Marth Cardio helped me think, Marth

3:25

Cardio and Bogan Bay, and Snooki,

3:26

Snooki also helped. Hello,

3:29

what's that? Alright mate, can you turn this music

3:31

off? It just came on out and nowhere. Ah, yes, that's

3:33

because it's on a timer. Some of the effects of

3:35

Magenta triggers

3:35

herself. Oh, of course. A timer?

3:39

Right, does that mean we can't turn it off? No, no, you can't.

3:42

See here, just behind this curtain. Anything

3:46

else we can help you with? Can I get you anything from

3:48

the saloon? You don't have to suck up to me just because

3:50

I'm the boss, Bernard. I'd just like to help, that's all. In

3:52

that

3:52

case, can you bring in the specials board and

3:54

some chalk? We can use it to keep notes while

3:56

we work. A specials board? Yeah, of course, yes. Maybe

3:59

some chicken. Oh, that's a good idea.

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Three portions, please. Extra spicy.

4:03

Righty-ho. Right.

4:07

Come on, chaps. Let's get to work. We

4:09

don't have long. The cops will come back for JJ

4:12

as soon as they have enough evidence to charge her. Maybe

4:14

they won't get enough evidence. When

4:15

they find out who was on the mind-trained CCTV

4:18

that night, and Walter tells them he witnessed JJ

4:20

burning her clothes,

4:21

it's game over, I'm afraid. I'm doomed.

4:24

Doomed.

4:25

Unless...

4:26

Unless what? We figure out who

4:28

did it, gather sufficient evidence, and

4:31

ideally

4:31

extract a confession. Oh blimey, that's

4:33

quite a lot, isn't it? Or we could

4:34

just have a drink and resign ourselves to the inevitable.

4:37

JJ! No! Maybe I deserve

4:39

it.

4:40

Maybe it's my penance. Deserve it? What?

4:42

Going to prison for murder? Yeah.

4:45

I do think really. Come on then. Of course

4:47

not. You haven't a lot. You didn't do anything. You're innocent.

4:50

How many times have I broken the law? And not just

4:52

stealing a packet of gum breaking the law. First,

4:55

I lied to the police so Margot didn't lose the park. We

4:57

all did that. Then I worked for the Russian mafia.

4:59

Yeah, but only briefly, and you were very

5:01

low down in the organisation. I found a body in

5:03

Tokyo and didn't report it. When Tony

5:05

Bandell realized the police again, he

5:07

said we didn't know anything. Yeah, but it's all about

5:10

context, innit? And what about the drugs?

5:13

Drugs? Come on, Betty. Why'd

5:16

you think I smuggled a Vermeer? Because

5:18

I was thinking straight to fund my

5:20

care-bear collection?

5:22

You have a care-bear collection?

5:23

JJ, were you...

5:25

I didn't know you were struggling with... It's okay.

5:27

Don't get dramatic. I'm fine now.

5:29

Sort of.

5:31

I go to meetings on Tuesdays.

5:33

They help.

5:35

Oh, mate. You mean like

5:38

meetings for drug addiction? JJ,

5:41

why didn't you tell me? I don't know. It's

5:44

embarrassing.

5:45

Oh, mate. No, you shouldn't be embarrassed,

5:48

though. Oh, sis. I've

5:50

made it awkward. No, no, no, no. Not

5:52

at all. It's not awkward.

5:54

I'm just taking it in, that's

5:56

all. Yeah, I think it's really brave,

5:58

you told us. Yes, absolutely. really really

6:00

brave just struggles through all of that on

6:02

your own. Mate bloody hell you've really turned things around

6:04

the last few years.

6:05

You really have. You really have. Gosh

6:09

JJ I was already

6:11

proud of you but now I'm like crikey.

6:13

Yeah

6:13

yeah I mean like wow I mean it's

6:16

shit. Shit me. Don't. Please

6:19

stop. You don't have to pretend. You know

6:22

it's just a matter of time before I screw up again. I'll

6:25

take everything I've built

6:27

and I'll rip it all down.

6:29

Just because. Because

6:32

that's what I'm like.

6:34

Well

6:36

if you do we'll just

6:38

build it up again.

6:40

All three of us. Yeah yeah yeah

6:42

we're the three muskerhounds. One for all

6:44

and all for one. Muskerhounds are always

6:46

ready. Eat the room Parker. I'm sorry.

6:48

I thought it was time you both knew about it. Of course. I'm

6:51

so glad you've opened up. Because when the police find out

6:53

I'm an addict

6:55

they'll use it against me. Shit.

6:58

No no they won't. That is

7:00

the kind of thing they do. But they won't find out. So they

7:03

can't use it against her because they won't know. How

7:05

would they find out? Paul.

7:07

He'll tell them.

7:08

Who? Paul. The reporter.

7:10

He followed me to a meeting a couple

7:11

of weeks ago. Came in the room. Saw

7:14

what it was.

7:15

Smirk on his face. Hang on.

7:17

Paul. That smug twat

7:19

used to work here.

7:20

I knew he was sniffing around.

7:21

Hit it. Should've warned you both. Damn

7:24

it. I'm gonna kill him. Party

7:26

time. Howdy partners.

7:29

Could someone hold the door and put everything on a trolley? Right.

7:32

Chalk board and chicken wings. And I took the

7:34

liberty of adding a few bowls of cheesy chips to your order.

7:37

An array of prinks. Gin, vodka, rum,

7:39

cola, tonic water and party horns.

7:42

And party hats. Does it look like we're having a party?

7:45

Well not without a party hat. Let's pop it on

7:47

your hat. No okay no

7:49

party hats. Oh before I go

7:51

one more thing. Oh bloody hell. My Casio

7:53

is stopped. Mine too. Oh sorry

7:56

about that. The magnets are very strong. Oh

7:58

I really like this watch.

7:59

Just one more thing before I go. I should tell

8:02

you something's happened to um, what's

8:04

his name? Yeah, all right, mate. We'll come and get you if we

8:06

need anything else. Yeah Edition

8:09

Casio

8:09

Rod Roddy

8:12

is that his name? The old chap the American

8:20

Right back to work project keep

8:22

JJ out of pokey if we can run a theme

8:24

park we can find a murderer Yeah, yeah,

8:27

sure Betty.

8:28

Hello you with us?

8:30

Sorry, I was just thinking about time. Oh

8:32

because of the Magnus is your watch screw

8:35

to know No, I mean the timing on

8:37

the night of the murder

8:38

And how long it took oh, I

8:40

think I know what you're gonna say because I've been thinking The

8:43

person who turned the lights off can't be the person who injected

8:45

clay can it because of the timing hear

8:47

me out Hear me out. So the lights went

8:50

out at

8:51

9 15. Yeah. Yeah 9 15 and then they

8:54

came back on 10 minutes later no,

8:56

no 15 minutes not 10 and Clayton

8:58

was seen on the tracks at 9 32 p.m

9:01

Oh, right.

9:01

Yeah, so the mockery railroad

9:04

would have gone down when the lights went off Yeah so

9:06

whoever turned the electricity off would have had to get

9:08

from the control room in the manor where all the switches

9:10

are to the Mine train in Claytonville

9:13

on foot and they'd have to like go

9:15

through the woods and all the way around the lake and that

9:17

Takes at least 20 minutes.

9:19

Well, actually it took me 32 minutes

9:21

from the control room to the mine train platform I

9:23

tested it, but I'm

9:25

not terribly fast. So I got harry to do it

9:27

too. Harry. Are you two friends? Hmm?

9:30

He's very fit Very

9:32

fast.

9:33

It took him 16 minutes and 26 seconds. Oh

9:35

16 minutes. Yeah. Well, right.

9:37

Yeah, exactly 16 minutes is too long So unless

9:40

the killer speedy Gonzalez whoever turned

9:42

the lights off couldn't have got to the mine train in time to kill

9:44

Clayton Which means there's two

9:46

of them one on the lights one in the mine train.

9:48

Hey, hey,

9:49

that was my initial thought as well Yes,

9:51

I knew I was on a summit two murderers

9:54

great. Yeah, I've had some other ideas and all

9:57

Where's that chalkboard?

11:56

It

12:01

was horrible.

12:03

And that constant electric hum, the one you

12:05

don't notice until it stops, when

12:08

that went off,

12:09

it left this vacuum.

12:12

I can hear the concert crowd but it felt far

12:14

off. It was like I was hanging

12:17

in space. And

12:19

then I heard a door again. Footsteps.

12:23

And Clay's voice. No way.

12:26

He was too

12:28

far away.

12:29

I couldn't make out anything

12:31

he was saying.

12:32

So you heard him come off the Forsberg

12:35

stage and talk to someone? You

12:37

heard him talk to the murderer? Did you

12:39

hear them? The other person? I don't

12:41

know. I wasn't really paying attention. I was too

12:43

freaked out by the lights going off. So I...

12:46

I just left. I felt along the wall,

12:49

got to the entrance and just... Legged

12:52

it.

12:53

So you didn't hear Clay being syringed? No.

12:56

Sounds like you left just before it happened.

12:58

Hmm.

12:59

I wonder if the letter writer expected you to stay

13:01

put.

13:02

JJ, did you keep the letter?

13:04

I looked in your room but I couldn't find it. It's on my bedside

13:06

table. It's not. Someone's

13:09

taken it. Do you think someone's been in my room? I

13:11

do. And I don't want you going back there.

13:14

You'll

13:14

sleep in my room tonight. Oh, okay.

13:17

JJ, what was it about the letter that made

13:19

you believe it really was from Graham's wife? Erm,

13:22

there was a lot of stuff in it that no one else would have known about.

13:25

How he loved his pershow, how

13:27

proud he was of his karaoke skills.

13:30

No, I think about it. That's a really weird

13:32

thing to write in a letter to your husband's mistress.

13:35

But how many people would have known all that about Graham? Good

13:37

question.

13:38

She said she couldn't

13:40

move on until she knew how the affair started.

13:43

She said she needed to know if he'd really loved me.

13:47

She said she was in pain.

13:48

That only I could help her.

13:50

Mate.

13:51

Whoever wrote it certainly knew how to push your buttons.

13:54

How would Kirsteen know about Graham? Dammit, I don't have

13:56

to talk to her. Kirsteen?

13:58

No. You

14:00

won't want to see you. No doubt. Parker,

14:03

I have a question for you now. Yes boss, far

14:06

away. When Abilene entered the VIP

14:08

lounge at 8.15, how did everyone

14:10

react?

14:10

Oh, they went bananas. Absolute

14:13

mayhem. Abilene headed straight

14:15

for Kirstein and Kirstein literally

14:17

screamed and tried to hide behind the bar. Oh

14:20

God! Bobby's a bit short sighted I think

14:22

as he was going, what's going on, who's that? Anna

14:24

Lou. Anna Lou. Oh Anna Lou

14:26

was quite impressive actually. While I radioed

14:29

security she grabbed Abilene's arm and started

14:31

frog marching her off the room. Then

14:34

I stepped in and I was like, it's okay Anna Lou,

14:36

I'll deal with it. Oh God,

14:38

I told Abilene that Fennec would take her to

14:40

see Clay but we needed to go and wait downstairs

14:43

until he arrived. I felt guilty

14:45

lying to her but it worked. She was putting me

14:47

hands after that.

14:49

I think I handled it pretty well actually. What

14:51

did you talk about while you waited for Fennec?

14:53

Oh this and that. She did

14:55

most of the talking,

14:56

told me about her and Clay and they were going

14:58

to be a family and they were going to break it to Kirstein

15:00

that very night. Just mad bollocks

15:03

really.

15:04

Or both. There was one thing. Yes? I

15:07

didn't

15:07

think much about it at the time.

15:10

She was saying how well Clay looked after her.

15:13

How he'd invited her over for the concert and he'd

15:15

arranged everything, plane tickets, hotel,

15:17

concert tickets and a pass to the VIP

15:20

lounge.

15:21

I was like yeah, yeah of course and she must have realised

15:23

I didn't believe her because she showed it to

15:25

me. The VIP pass? That's the thing,

15:28

it wasn't a VIP pass. No one

15:30

had a VIP pass because

15:31

we never made any. Abilene

15:33

had a mockery security pass like what

15:35

we give to managers. How'd she get hold

15:37

of a manager's pass? I don't know. I assumed

15:39

she found it or something.

15:40

These passes, they allow access

15:42

to restricted areas?

15:43

Yeah and that's how she got past the security

15:45

guard on a saloon door. He thought she was a manager.

15:48

But didn't it have someone else's photo

15:50

on it? No, no it was blank like freshly

15:52

minted. I should have realised that ain't

15:54

right. How did she even know where the lounge was?

15:57

We didn't tell anyone where Claes Montourage were going

15:59

to be that night. It would have been a nightmare if the fans

16:01

found out. Yeah! Damn it! If I'd have

16:03

known, I could have asked her about it this morning. You

16:05

mean Abilene? You saw her today? I did!

16:08

In the Shotgun Wedding Chapel.

16:10

Which it turns out, she was sleeping in.

16:12

Yup!

16:13

What?! Yup!

16:14

Before I left for the police station this morning,

16:17

I popped into a few Claytonville landmarks,

16:19

including the chapel.

16:34

I'm sorry! Jesus!

16:36

Mary and Jesus!

16:37

I'm sorry! I hope I

16:39

didn't scare you! No, no, no, no, it's okay.

16:41

It's okay. Just a bit of a shock, that's all. Seeing

16:44

this blade out in front of the pulpit like that, I

16:46

thought something terrible had happened. Oh, was I sleeping

16:48

with my eyes open? Yes, you were.

16:51

And I do that a lot. When my kids

16:53

were little, they'd find me napping on the couch and

16:55

my son was just so upset

16:56

with me. Mama, you're alone! Mama!

17:00

Oh, that's, uh, horrible. What

17:02

time is it? Twenty

17:04

to five. In the morning? Huh, golly,

17:07

up with the worms. How long have you

17:09

been sleeping in the chapel? Only one night. I

17:12

got kicked out of my hotel. What for?

17:14

They wanted me to pay the bill! Heartless

17:17

bastards! I told them

17:19

Clay was supposed to pay, and he couldn't because he

17:21

was dead, and they just didn't care! There

17:24

I am, just lost my damn fiancé,

17:27

and they're trying to squeeze money out of me! Would

17:29

you believe they even threatened to call the cops?

17:32

So I turned tail and got the hell out of Dodge!

17:35

And you came here? Why?

17:38

I wanted to be with Clay.

17:39

All but

17:41

hear his voice.

17:44

How can feel him all around me

17:46

here?

17:48

Oh, dear. I believe...

17:51

Is there anyone I can call? You said

17:53

you have a son? Mm-hmm. Ryan. That's

17:56

his name. After his pa, of course.

17:58

His pa?

18:00

Right, my poor baby.

18:03

Right by heart they'll never

18:05

meet. He looks just like him, you

18:07

know. Do you want to see a picture? Sure,

18:10

I'll keep a couple in my

18:11

purse.

18:12

Terrific. Where is

18:14

this damn thing? A lipstick that's three

18:16

years old? Abilene, see here. Why don't I have you

18:18

here? Can I just ask, on

18:21

the night of the fall,

18:22

and I'm so sorry to bring this up, I know it

18:24

must be terribly painful, but did

18:26

you try to return to the park after Detective Fenwick took

18:28

you back to your hotel? Hmm?

18:31

Oh, no, I fell asleep. Oh,

18:34

here they are. He's about six

18:36

years old in this one. Oh, yes, very cute. Oh,

18:39

and in this one, this? This is from when he graduated

18:41

high school. Isn't he handsome?

18:44

And this is me and Bri a couple of years ago at his

18:47

25th birthday party. Yes, yes,

18:49

very... Holy

18:51

shit! What? Your

18:54

son? He's... he's

18:56

the spitting

18:56

image of Clay. I know. That's

18:59

what I said. I told you he was. Yes,

19:00

but I didn't think you would...

19:02

I'm sorry, can I just... Can I get a

19:05

picture again? Who's

19:07

that? Crikey.

19:09

You're not the first to react like that. God, the

19:11

cleft chin, the eyes, the jaw. It's a

19:13

young

19:13

Clay.

19:14

Mm-hmm. People

19:17

say to Brian all the time, you

19:19

should do a Clayton tribute act. Brian gets real

19:21

mad at that. I don't want anything

19:23

to do with that man. Oh, is

19:26

Brian angry with his

19:28

father? He thinks Clay's leading

19:30

me on. And

19:32

Clay never acknowledged his kids, of course.

19:35

Not in public,

19:36

anyway.

19:37

Oh, I wish Brian would just live

19:40

and let live. He's so dang stubborn.

19:44

I'll keep trying, though. I'll get

19:46

through to him one of these days, and he'll

19:48

turn to me and he'll say,

19:50

Hell, I'm the son of a genius.

19:53

Thank you for the gift, mama.

19:55

Well, this rather clarifies

19:58

a few things. I believe...

20:00

If you've nowhere to stay, what

20:02

would you like to...

20:05

You invited her to stay in the manor? Hey, why did you do

20:07

that? Just for a few

20:10

days until her flight leaves. She's not moving in. I don't

20:12

believe this. So she's in the manor

20:14

right now, with Kirstein. Oh don't worry,

20:16

I put her in the old servant's quarters, miles

20:18

away from the others. And I told her she couldn't go in

20:20

the communal spaces. Oh, well that's alright then.

20:23

I'm sure she'll behave herself. The woman who broke

20:25

into the VIP lounge and attacked Kirstein. But

20:27

she didn't attack her, she just wanted to

20:29

talk to her. Yeah, and Kirstein was terrified.

20:32

Abilene's under a restraining order, lest we forget. You're

20:34

gonna have to put her somewhere else, Betty. This isn't good.

20:37

What were you thinking? So both of you just chill out. I'm

20:39

not an idiot. I've weighed up the risks.

20:42

And besides, I asked the mockery security guard to keep

20:44

an eye on her. You took a security guard

20:46

away from his normal duties. He's still working

20:48

security, what's the problem? The problem is, this

20:50

wasn't your call

20:51

to make. You don't even work here. This

20:54

is typical, typical, typical, high

20:56

handed. I do what I want, Betty. Guys, come

20:58

on. Excuse me? You didn't even

21:00

know Abilene was sleeping in the bloody park. Why don't

21:02

you get broken into the manor in the middle of the night if you

21:04

wanted to? Guys, stop it. Yeah, well, no need

21:06

for it to break in anymore, seeing as you gave it a flipping

21:08

key. Stop it! Both of you just

21:11

stop it. Unbelievable. Hello,

21:13

hello. I can hear you lot in the saloon.

21:16

Fenwick. Oh, great. Fenwick,

21:18

what's he doing here? He's Betty's new bestie, remember? Oh, don't

21:20

be childish. I don't want him here. Why ever

21:22

not? Not hiding something, are you? Alright,

21:24

that's enough. Fenwick, what do you want? Oh,

21:27

charming. Given how much I've compromised

21:29

myself for your bleeding benefit, you could be a

21:31

bit nicer. Sorry. We're

21:33

all just a bit tense right now. Good

21:36

job I bring good tidings then.

21:38

Good tidings? Yes,

21:39

please. What's happened?

21:41

Harry's been arrested. What?

21:43

What? Harry? Arrested? You joking?

21:46

Real name Jacob Silverhorn. Jacob

21:48

Silver? You mean

21:50

Harry's not Harry? It's a fake name. What's

21:52

he been arrested for?

21:53

Poisoning Bobby McDaniel's. What? Bobby's

21:56

been poisoned? Yes. A

21:58

few hours ago.

21:59

He and Harry were enjoying a very fine whisky

22:02

when Bobby collapsed. Residue

22:04

has been found at the bottom of his glass. We'll

22:06

soon know what it was. Is he dead? Not

22:09

yet. He's in a coma. Bloody

22:12

hell. The good news, for you

22:14

folks anyway, is that he's moved

22:16

into pole position for Clay's murder. Harry

22:19

doesn't have an alibi for the time of Clay's

22:21

fall, and it seems he has something of a history

22:23

with the Woodtrows. Several years

22:26

ago he was hired to dig up dirt on Clayton.

22:29

While doing so, one

22:31

could speculate that he also learned a thing or two

22:33

about Bobby. Perhaps Harry

22:35

attempted to blackmail Clay and then Bobby,

22:38

but when they refused to play ball, Harry

22:41

was unable to contain his murderous

22:43

rage.

22:44

A syringe and poison are hardly weapons one

22:46

would use in a rage. Jay,

22:48

does this mean they

22:49

don't think I did it? Hmm,

22:50

might go that way. That's

22:54

great!

22:55

JJ, you're in the clear! Oh my god! Thank

22:57

you! Oh my god! So

22:59

relieved! Oh god, what a roller coaster!

23:02

Oh, mad few days! Harry was

23:04

the murderer all along? I can't believe it! Neither

23:07

can I.

23:08

Because that's not what happened. Bay?

23:10

What do you mean? And Fenwick doesn't think so either,

23:12

do you?

23:14

Got my own suspicions.

23:16

Betty,

23:17

why don't you think Harry killed Clay? Because... Oh,

23:20

I don't know. It just doesn't sit right.

23:23

I bet he didn't poison Bobby either.

23:26

None of this adds up. Well,

23:28

you don't want it to.

23:30

Look at your face.

23:32

I bet your pardon. You

23:33

look more concerned now your boyfriend's in trouble

23:35

than when your sister with the prime suspect. JJ!

23:38

That's not true! Boyfriend? She's been sleeping

23:40

with Harry ever since he arrived. She

23:42

has? You have? No! No, I

23:44

haven't! I...

23:45

Well... Okay, yes, yes I have. But

23:47

only a few times. And it didn't mean anything. And

23:50

it's got

23:50

nothing to do with anything anyway, doesn't it? No!

23:53

He's not my boyfriend! But you are

23:55

my sister. You're paying me off, sister. You're

23:58

loser, sister.

23:59

It'd be easier for you if I was by my bath. Gee,

24:02

Jay, why are you saying that?

24:05

Because it's true. Mate, stop it. Stop

24:07

it. What's

24:07

gotten into you? Do

24:09

you think we don't care?

24:10

Do you think Betty doesn't care?

24:12

When I told her the police had taken you in, she

24:14

was frantic. I was. Me brothers

24:16

even went to bed last night. Bet you spent the whole

24:18

night scouring the park for clues. Oh.

24:21

Look at us. Look at the bags under our eyes. We look awful.

24:24

Betty's aged 10 years.

24:26

If I look concerned, sis, it's not

24:28

because of Harry. It's

24:29

because I don't think you're in the clear yet. What?

24:32

You don't? Why? They'll still want to know why

24:34

you were seen running from the mine train.

24:36

And they

24:38

might think you and Harry were working together.

24:40

Working together? Oh god.

24:42

Mmm, true. Oh shit,

24:44

I didn't think of that.

24:45

We still have work to do if we want to keep Jay Jay out

24:47

of trouble.

24:47

Like what? What do we need to do? Go

24:50

through the evidence again. Figure out the timeline.

24:52

Oh, I'm so close I can feel it. I just can't

24:54

see it. The answers at my fingertips

24:57

have only I- Tell us. Everything

24:59

you're thinking, tell us. It might help. Three

25:01

brains and all that. Not including me in that

25:04

count then? Alright, four brains then.

25:05

Actually, Fenwick, I think your skills are best

25:07

employed elsewhere right now. I need to get

25:10

some information from

25:10

Mrs. Wayne's coat, but she almost certainly

25:12

won't talk to me. Would you? Mrs. Wayne's

25:15

coat? You mean Graham Wayne's

25:17

coat's with her? What do you need from her? We

25:19

need to find out who she's been talking to about Graham's

25:21

love of Peugeot's. And karaoke. Don't

25:23

forget the karaoke. Right. Someone's

25:26

been sniffing around her asking questions. If

25:28

she can point us towards whoever wrote that letter, I'll

25:31

know who the murderer is. Hmm.

25:34

Okay. I'll drop her a visit. Thank you,

25:36

Fenwick. Oh, and one more thing. Tomorrow

25:39

lunchtime, I want everyone to come here

25:41

to the parlor. Who do you mean by everyone?

25:44

Us four, the Americans, including

25:46

Harry, if they release him by then.

25:48

And George. Walter, too.

25:51

And Paul from GSPW. That's

25:54

a weird bunch. Betty, what are

25:56

you planning? I need everyone in one

25:58

room. Lord.

25:59

Poirot? Yes, Parker. Like

26:02

Poirot.

26:03

Isn't that a little theatrical Armstrong?

26:06

Why do you think I became a detective? You

26:09

do keep things interesting don't you? Alright,

26:13

I'll go see Mrs. Waynesco. Catch

26:16

you twats later. I

26:19

can't believe you're going to do a Poirot. It

26:21

would be really embarrassing if you get the killer wrong,

26:23

Betty.

26:23

God, it will won't it?

26:25

We will meet Magenta and

26:27

Bernard there too. In fact, Parker, can

26:29

you get them in here right now? Something

26:31

I need you all to do. Letters

26:34

I need delivered.

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