BRACKENREID > Good work, Murdoch. Though I still don't understand how a camera can see a reflection that the human eye missed. MURDOCH > The camera is impartial, sir. It does not judge, nor does it look away. It simply records. As we move into this new century, we must be careful. Our secrets may no longer be our own. CRABTREE > Does this mean I can get one of those cameras for the station, sir? For... investigative purposes? BRACKENREID > Get out of here, George.
LILLIAN > He was a monster! He was going to ruin me. This camera... this machine, it steals your soul. It steals your privacy. I had to do it. MURDOCH > (Stepping forward, calm) > Miss Lillian. Destroying the film will not undo what has been done. Science has already captured the truth. LILLIAN > The truth? MURDOCH > The new high-definition emulsion. It captured the reflection of your face in the window glass as you struck him. I have the frame right here. murdoch mysteries season 09 hdcam
WOMAN IN FILM > (Silent, mouth moving) > Help me. BRACKENREID > Good work, Murdoch
BRACKENREID > Murdoch! It’s a bleeding circus out there. The press is swarming. Edison’s people are blaming the competition. I want this solved before the ink dries on the morning papers. Who had access to the booth? CRABTREE > Only the projectionist, sir. A fellow by the name of Elias Thorne. But he’s vanished. MURDOCH > (Looking at the melted film reel on the floor) > I need to see what was on this reel. The entire reel. It does not judge, nor does it look away
A flash of white light engulfs the theatre. A scream echoes—not from the screen, but from the projection booth.