1 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:49,555 Go! 2 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:54,229 Go! 3 00:00:58,200 --> 00:00:59,269 What's that? 4 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,109 It's a man! 5 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,071 - What? Is he dead? - No, sir. 6 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:05,872 He's writing! 7 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:07,075 Repeat! 8 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:08,630 He's writing, 9 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,519 sir, he's writing in a notebook! 10 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,672 That man was not mad. He was working 11 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,469 with shrapnel whistling round him because he couldn't wait. 12 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,280 The contents of that notebook were too important 13 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:22,998 to write it down later. 14 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,799 He had to do it when his mind dictated, 15 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:28,428 he couldn't put it off a single second. 16 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,831 What was so important that he would risk his life for it? 17 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,238 What was he writing that stopped him from standing up 18 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,152 and running, like any other man would have done? 19 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,671 The "Tractatus Logico-philosophicus", 20 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,589 the most influential philosophical work of the twentieth century. 21 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,032 That soldierwas called Ludwig Wittgenstein, 22 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,760 the man who set the limits on ourthoughts. 23 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,274 The enigma that he tried to decipher 24 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:03,148 was the following: 25 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,594 Can we know the truth? 26 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,152 All the great thinkers throughout history 27 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:15,992 have sought a single certainty, 28 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:17,991 something which no one can refute, 29 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,549 like "two and two make four". 30 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,471 In orderto find that truth, 31 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:25,471 Wittgenstein used, in fact, 32 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:29,792 mathematical logic. What better means of obtaining a certainty 33 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,350 than an immutable language, free from the passions of men? 34 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,634 He advanced slowly, using equation after equation, 35 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,439 with impeccable method, until he reached 36 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:43,358 a terrifying conclusion. 37 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,628 There is no such truth 38 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,075 outside of mathematics. 39 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,158 There is no way of finding 40 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,595 a single absolute truth, 41 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,557 an irrefutable argument 42 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,917 which might help answer the questions of mankind. 43 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,392 Philosophy, therefore, is dead. 44 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,714 Because "Whereof we cannot speak, 45 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:13,154 thereof we must be silent." 46 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,438 Don't touch that, please. 47 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,393 This is an Enigma machine! 48 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,916 Just a copy. The original's in the Imperial War Museum in London. 49 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:43,870 Sorry to sneak in like that... The doorwas open. 50 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,589 Of course it was open. You surely didn't expect me to get up 51 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,239 and let you in on these legs, did you? 52 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:50,635 I'm... 53 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:56,392 Martin, our new overseas student lodger, I presume. 54 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,790 - This man in the photo with you... - Yes. 55 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:01,951 That's Turing, Alan Turing, 56 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,835 the man who deciphered the Enigma code. 57 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,992 Thanks to him, we won the war. 58 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,196 Poor man died such a strange death... 59 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,992 a poisoned apple, like Snow White. 60 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:16,519 And the one on the left? 61 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,591 My husband, Harry. 62 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,797 Harry Eagleton. He developed the concept of fractional dimensions... 63 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,997 He deserved a bloody Nobel prize, but he hated sucking up 64 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,549 to politicians. Politicians or anybody. 65 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:28,994 He never had many friends. 66 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,195 He had one at least. Arthur Seldom. 67 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,430 Poor boy. He spent day 68 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,273 after day in the house, tidying Harry's papers. 69 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,955 He'd go without lunch or dinner, going overthe equations. 70 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,275 Eagleton tutored his doctoral thesis on the logical series. In 1960, 71 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,318 - wasn't it? - I see you've done your homework. 72 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,949 I know everything there is to know about Arthur Seldom. 73 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,315 In fact, Mrs. Eagleton, it's because of him that I'm here. 74 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:54,993 In Oxford, I mean. 75 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,593 I know what you mean. Seldom is... unique. 76 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,238 Every prize, every acknowledgement 77 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,598 he's received overthe years has been a real joy for me. 78 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,516 Careful, mother, or your secret will be discovered. 79 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:09,715 What secret? 80 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,472 After daddy died, you tried to marry him. 81 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,473 How dare you! That's not true. 82 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:15,914 He's always been like a brotherto me. 83 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:17,957 Only because there was no chance of him being anything else. 84 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,155 Beth! 85 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:21,991 There's no doubt Professor Seldom is a genius, 86 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,276 but there's one area he's no different from other men. 87 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:26,753 He likes young girls. 88 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,515 Beth, darling, couldn't you stop being so spiteful just for a second? 89 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:31,795 Sorry, mother. 90 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,673 Take no notice of us. We're like two bitter old spinsters. 91 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,911 Thank you, mother, fortarring me with the same brush. 92 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:40,830 I'm sorry, 93 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,115 you are...? 94 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,914 I sent a fax a few weeks ago, about renting a room. 95 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:46,718 Ah, our overseas student. 96 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,518 Why don't you show him to his room? 97 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:52,833 If I'd known, I'd have rented a tux. 98 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:54,474 You look stunning. 99 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,915 My daughter has a concert tonight. That's all. 100 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:58,276 A concert? 101 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:00,715 I play the cello in the Sheldonian. 102 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,996 - It's the local amateur orchestra. - Yes. 103 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,435 We're not quite the London Symphony. 104 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:06,715 I... I love the cello. 105 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,077 Me too. Maybe it's because it's all I get to cuddle 106 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:11,309 - these days. - Beth. 107 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:12,833 Please. You'll scare the young man. 108 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:13,955 Mother. 109 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,191 My daughter's suitors tend not to be 110 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:17,679 around very long. 111 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:18,989 Difficult character, you know. 112 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,393 Having an old lady hovering in the doorway doesn't exactly help either. 113 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,915 Are you calling me a busybody? 114 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,389 No, mother. You just want to protect me, don't you? 115 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:29,035 Of course. 116 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:30,429 My mother has this theory 117 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,716 that unless a man lived through the Second World War 118 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,313 he's not to be trusted. 119 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:35,196 My daughter 120 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:36,395 thinks I've gone a bit 121 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:37,788 gaga, but she knows 122 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:38,756 I'm right. 123 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,351 The Nazis changed the wheels 124 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,432 on that damned machine every bloody day, 125 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,990 that altered the code, and we had to decipher it all over again. 126 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,631 There were no computers in those days, 127 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,429 calculations were done by hand. 128 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:55,839 You must have been very young. 129 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,149 Time for me to go. 130 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,519 Fancy a game of Scrabble? 131 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,515 Well, this is your study. 132 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:17,757 I trust you'll be comfortable. 133 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:18,955 It's perfect. 134 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,588 You should also be thinking of a supervisor 135 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:22,749 foryourthesis. 136 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,832 I've had one in mind for a long time; Arthur Seldom. 137 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:30,955 Your parents? 138 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:32,109 Yeah. 139 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,875 Very American. Is it close to the beach? 140 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,794 Not at all. It's the desert, Arizona. 141 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,513 It actually happens to be my home. 142 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,675 Really? Lovely. 143 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:46,629 Anyway... 144 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:48,193 all the studies are shared. 145 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,790 Your colleague is also an overseas student. 146 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,518 I'm sure we'll get on fine. 147 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:53,950 By the way, 148 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:58,079 I think you'll find Professor Seldom only works as a researcher now. 149 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,473 I know, but the college told me that he could supervise my doctorate. 150 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:03,039 Who told you that? 151 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,118 I've got a fax... 152 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:06,031 here. 153 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:09,755 I see. 154 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,518 I'm sorry to say Mrs. Keeman 155 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,711 was being rather over-optimistic. Also, 156 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:17,029 she no longerworks here. 157 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,430 But there must be some way, perhaps if I speak to him... 158 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:20,954 You're free to talk to whoeveryou want, 159 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,908 of course, but I must warn you Professor Seldom 160 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,833 is not one for this sort of spontaneity. 161 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,558 If you take my advice, 162 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,632 I suggest you approach your studies in a more realistic way. 163 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,678 I'm sure you'll find some excellent tutors among ourteaching staff 164 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,918 who will more than understand the nature of yourwork. 165 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,751 - Don't take it out on the wall. - Walls? 166 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,635 Don't talk to me about walls. That's all you get in this fucking city. 167 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,556 Sorry, just letting off a little steam. 168 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,473 Well, at least they come in handy for doing your homework. 169 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,593 These? I was just trying to save myself 16 years of practice. 170 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,638 See, I'm trying to calculate where I need to run, 171 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,069 depending on where the ball bounces, 172 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:20,832 and what height it makes contact 173 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:21,637 with my racquet. 174 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,271 Makes it easier. Here. 175 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,393 See? It works. 176 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,597 Yeah, and what would happen if you played against a person? 177 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:38,993 There would be more variables 178 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,112 but it would still be possible to work out the trajectory. 179 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:44,835 Please. 180 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:21,874 Give me time. 181 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,590 I have to rethink my calculations. 182 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:27,355 Okay. 183 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:40,755 Thanks forthe beating. 184 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:42,833 Do you want to continue letting off steam 185 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,353 on your own or do you prefer company? 186 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:47,878 Wednesday, same time? 187 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,669 Yes. Bring a proper squash racquet. Makes life much easier. 188 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:53,715 Okay. 189 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,237 I see you're picking up the local customs very quickly. 190 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:08,674 I try my best. 191 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,637 Maybe she can help you with your doctoral thesis, 192 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,995 since uncle Arthur is out of the question. 193 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:14,753 - Can nothing be done? - No. 194 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:18,074 And if you're suggesting my mother have a word with him, forget it. 195 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:19,954 I wasn't suggesting anything. 196 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,478 Do you really expect me to believe you chose this house by chance? 197 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,351 No, not by chance, no. 198 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:27,909 Nothing happens by chance. 199 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:29,718 I wanted to meet your mother, that's true, 200 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:31,717 but I never planned to use her. 201 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:33,518 There's no need to apologize. 202 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,236 I like people who go forwhat they want. 203 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:37,799 I wish I was more like you. 204 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,231 You're not missing much, I assure you. 205 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,628 Oh, really? 206 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,109 You come here from another country, all on your own, 207 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,510 and no sooner do you get here than you make friends with a girl. 208 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,429 With two, I hope. At least that's what I thought 209 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,955 - until a moment ago. - It's not just that. 210 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:53,509 You're happy, 211 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,073 you only have to look at yourface to see that. 212 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:57,675 I try to be. 213 00:12:57,840 --> 00:12:58,955 How do you do it? 214 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:01,155 It's easy. 215 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:02,514 It's a case of going with the flow. 216 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:04,193 And what if it goes badly? 217 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,071 I'd rather make mistakes than do nothing. 218 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,789 I'd rather mess up than miss out completely. 219 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:14,789 It works for me. 220 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:16,714 You should try it. 221 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:29,475 Just a minute! 222 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:34,838 I thought you might find this interesting. 223 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,718 Seldom is giving a lecture on his latest book 224 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,632 at Merton College on the 24th! 225 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,279 There's your big chance! 226 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,794 There is no way of finding a single 227 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,316 absolute truth, an irrefutable argument that might help to answer 228 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,357 the questions of mankind. 229 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:54,358 Philosophy, therefore, is dead. 230 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,838 Because "Whereof we cannot speak, 231 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,393 thereof we must be silent." 232 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,117 Oh, it seems that someone does wish to speak. 233 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,193 It appears you are not in agreement with Wittgenstein. 234 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,469 That means eitheryou have found a contradiction in the arguments 235 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,315 of the Tractatus, oryou have an absolute truth to share with us all. 236 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,630 I believe in the number Pi. 237 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,394 I'm sorry, I didn't understand you. 238 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,073 What was it you said you believed in? 239 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,392 In the number Pi, in the Golden Section, the Fibonacci Series. 240 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,028 The essence of nature is mathematical. 241 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,271 There is a hidden meaning beneath reality. 242 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,275 Things are organized following a model, a scheme, a logical series. 243 00:14:58,240 --> 00:14:59,434 Even the tiny snowflake 244 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,433 includes a numerical basis in its structure. Therefore, 245 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,956 if we manage to discover the secret meaning of numbers, 246 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,475 we will know the secret meaning of reality. 247 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:17,315 Impressive! 248 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:19,913 Translating his words into 249 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:21,195 the Queen's English, 250 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:24,514 we find ourselves faced with a fresh, 251 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,757 rousing defence of mathematics, as if numbers 252 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,309 were pre-existing ideas in reality. 253 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,915 Anyway, this is nothing new. 254 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,233 Since man is incapable of reconciling mind and matter, 255 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,551 he tends to confer some sort of entity on ideas, 256 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,917 because he cannot bearthe notion that the purely abstract 257 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,548 only exists in our brain. 258 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,555 The beauty and harmony of a snowflake. 259 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,195 How sweet! 260 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:58,475 The butterfly 261 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,119 that flutters its wings 262 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,158 and causes a hurricane on the other side of the world. 263 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,154 We've been hearing about that damn butterfly for decades, 264 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:10,279 but who has been able to predict a single hurricane? 265 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:17,439 Nobody! 266 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:23,509 Tell me something... 267 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,995 Where is the beauty and harmony in cancer? 268 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:30,637 What makes a cell 269 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,189 suddenly decide to turn itself into a killer metastasis 270 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,716 and destroy the rest of the cells in a healthy body? 271 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:39,668 Does anyone know? 272 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:43,475 No. 273 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,595 Because we'd ratherthink of snowflakes 274 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:48,830 and butterflies than of pain, 275 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:50,788 war 276 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:52,992 orthat book. 277 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,394 Why? 278 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,834 Because we need to think that life has meaning, 279 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,033 that everything is governed by logic 280 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,236 and not by mere chance. 281 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:10,796 If I write 2 then 4 then 6, then we feel good, because we know 282 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,518 that next comes 8. 283 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,079 We can foresee it, 284 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,477 we are not in the hands 285 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:17,834 of destiny. 286 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,231 Unfortunately, however, 287 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,632 this has nothing to do with truth. 288 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,399 Don't you agree? 289 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,070 This... 290 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,039 is only fear. 291 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:40,354 Sad... 292 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,548 but there you go. 293 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:55,196 You must 294 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:56,998 be Martin. 295 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:58,958 At last we meet. 296 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:01,715 But, I don't get it, are you leaving? 297 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,917 Yes, I'm leaving. It was a mistake. It was all a big mistake. 298 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,989 Things have not turned out as you expected, I guess. 299 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,549 No, they haven't. You bet they haven't. 300 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:13,872 I hope the hastiness of your decision 301 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,029 has nothing to do with 302 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:16,110 Professor Seldom. 303 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,038 News travels fast in Oxford. 304 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,998 We are a little village of gossips. 305 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,952 Anyway, I think you are wrong about the great sage. 306 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,676 He was the best in his day, but... 307 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,752 now he just wants to sell books. Like those assholes. 308 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:33,194 A real Seldom fan, eh? 309 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,471 I have a framed photo of him in my room. 310 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:37,868 So he refused you too? 311 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:42,396 I would rather jump out of a window than ask him for help. 312 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,597 I want nothing to do with him or his books. 313 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,597 I preferthe Reader's Digest. 314 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:19,876 Taxi! 315 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,037 Hello. 316 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,038 Ah, we've got the book you wanted! 317 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:46,235 There. 318 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:27,473 Fucking hell! 319 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,234 What are you doing here? 320 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,034 I live here. What's your excuse? 321 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,391 I came to visit an old friend. 322 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:37,793 I'm sorry about before. 323 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:39,632 No, don't apologize. I talked a lot of rubbish. 324 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,199 I tend to overact when I have an audience. 325 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,158 The truth is I just wanted to attract your attention. 326 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:45,994 You succeeded. 327 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,239 Septemberthe 24th, 328 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,960 1993. Inspector Petersen, Oxford police station. 329 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:02,351 Investigating the murder of Mrs. Julia Eagleton. 330 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,918 According to this report, you and ProfessorArthur Seldom 331 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,833 discovered the body... at the same time. 332 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,910 Yes, we entered the room together. 333 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,034 Are you one of Professor Seldom's students? 334 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:16,555 No. 335 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,716 - Do you work for him? - No. 336 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,110 Can you explain why you were there together? 337 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:23,269 No. 338 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:26,758 To tell you the truth, I can't. 339 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:28,959 I was also surprised to see him there. 340 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,435 So it was pure coincidence? 341 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,909 Everything seems to point to that being the case. 342 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:41,398 And was this the first time you'd seen Professor Seldom? 343 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:45,075 Not exactly. I was at a conference he gave this morning. 344 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:47,673 I asked him a few questions. 345 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:49,309 What sort of questions? 346 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:50,869 Mathematical ones. 347 00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:01,871 It's not by chance that I went 348 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:03,393 to Mrs. Eagleton's house this afternoon. 349 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,230 I went there because the murderertold me to. 350 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:07,913 The murdererwarned you? 351 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,597 Yes, I received a note during the conference. 352 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,273 What did it say? 353 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:14,908 Just one sentence: 354 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,033 "The first of the series," 355 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,074 written in capital letters. Underneath, 356 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,351 Mrs. Eagleton's address 357 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,074 and the time. 358 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:25,833 Can we see it? 359 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:27,670 No. 360 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:29,309 Why? 361 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:31,549 I threw it away. 362 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,076 You threw away a vital piece of evidence? 363 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,475 Yes, well, let me explain. 364 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,152 Afterthe conference, 365 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,232 I signed a number of copies. When I'd finished, I set off home. 366 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:50,273 And that is when I realized that the address on the note 367 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:51,759 was familiar 368 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,118 but honestly, I... 369 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:58,398 it just never occurred to me that anything like this could happen. 370 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,350 Of course, when I got there, it was too late. 371 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:15,874 We should call the police. 372 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,115 You're right. 373 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:19,709 Call them. 374 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:23,799 999. 375 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:24,915 Hello, 376 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,071 I'm calling to report a death. 377 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,678 3 Cunliffe Close. 378 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:32,709 It's an old woman. 379 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:34,875 Thank you. 380 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:37,754 What do you think happened? 381 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:39,315 I don't know. 382 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,269 We should wait outside. We'd better not touch anything. 383 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:43,953 I shouldn't have even used this phone. 384 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,317 Try to etch on your memory everything you can see. 385 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,516 This moment is crucial. 386 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,831 She was playing Scrabble when it happened. 387 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:53,195 Was she playing on her own? 388 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,353 Yes, she has both the letter racks on her side. 389 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,353 You don't think she's been killed? 390 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:01,638 I can't see any other alternative. 391 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,670 Whoever did this obviously intended to smother her 392 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,029 with the cushion while she was sleeping. 393 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,838 She wakes up, puts up a struggle, 394 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,548 he presses down harder, using both hands perhaps, 395 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,075 breaks her nose, hence the blood. 396 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:17,959 Or it could have been a woman, 397 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:20,475 using her knee to add extra pressure. 398 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,795 When the killer removes the cushion, sees the blood, 399 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,473 he drops it on the carpet and doesn't even bother 400 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,198 to put anything back in its place. 401 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:28,713 Scared, probably. 402 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:32,070 In the book 403 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,312 that I based my conference on, I unfortunately 404 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,116 compare logical series with serial murders. 405 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,750 And since its publication I've received 406 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,433 dozens of totally absurd letters, 407 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,192 which is why I attached little importance to this one. 408 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,551 And you're sure you destroyed it? 409 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:51,318 Well, no, I threw it away in the street. 410 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:52,469 Where? 411 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:57,078 Well, somewhere near the Sheldonian Theatre. 412 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,993 Scott, get on to it, it might still be there. 413 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:01,718 The road sweepers will have passed through by now. 414 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,952 It doesn't matter. We'll search the dustcarts, if necessary. 415 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:09,269 Now is there anything else? Anything else that caught your attention? 416 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,954 Oh, uh, underthe text 417 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,711 there was a hand-drawn circle, 418 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,473 a perfect circle, 419 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:20,512 also in black. 420 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:23,268 About... 421 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,632 this size, 422 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:30,635 approximately. 423 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:33,675 A circle? 424 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:35,635 Like a signature? 425 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,910 Oh no, I'm almost convinced it was a symbol, 426 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:39,957 the first element of a logical series. 427 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,997 Well, excuse my ignorance, 428 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,873 I must have been off school the day they taught 429 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,189 logical series. 430 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,114 A logical series 431 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:50,838 is a group of elements that succeed one another, 432 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:52,268 following a particular rule. 433 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:53,509 Could be 1, 2, 3, 4... 434 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,989 or even numbers, 2, 4, 6, 8... 435 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,234 Or of course it could be the Fibonacci series. 436 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,079 Fibonacci? 437 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:02,639 A 12th-century mathematician. 438 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:07,112 Each element is the sum of the two previous ones: 1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 439 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,840 - 8, 13... - Look, I still don't see 440 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,833 the relationship between the murder and these series. 441 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,310 I'm sorry. In my book I sustain the theory that the murder committed 442 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,512 for intellectual reasons does not exist in the real world. 443 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,432 In general, the patterns followed by a serial killer 444 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,990 are crude, monotonous and repetitive, 445 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,311 cases that can be analyzed psychologically, not logically. 446 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,995 So you think the murderer is killing to prove something to you? 447 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,713 Yes, sadly, I believe that to be the case. 448 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,639 Murdererwants to prove me wrong. 449 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,518 He wants to show that he's more intelligent than I am 450 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,033 and that he can beat me 451 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,192 at my own game. Somehow he knew of my friendship 452 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:49,716 with Mrs. Eagleton, and decided to begin there. 453 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,314 How about this circle? How do you explain this? 454 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,034 Oh, a circle's a good way to start a logical series. 455 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,713 There's no symbol more indeterminate. 456 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,399 Could mean almost anything. 457 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,348 So you mean there's gonna be another murder afterthis one? 458 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:03,874 I'm afraid so. 459 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,598 And if we don't discover it in time, 460 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:09,558 could be many more. 461 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,312 Okay, we are going to change 462 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,835 some notes please in part 12. 463 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,508 We knew she was going to die at any time, 464 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:18,873 but never like this. 465 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,118 The doctors gave her 6 months to live, 6 years ago. 466 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,552 Thanks to Beth's nursing she had an extra lease of life, 467 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,439 like a blessing from heaven. 468 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,357 Maybe that's why the murderer chose her. 469 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:32,674 How do you mean? 470 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,349 If he is trying to demonstrate something purely intellectual, 471 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,829 maybe the deaths in themselves don't interest him. 472 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,838 Maybe his aim is to inflict as little harm as possible. 473 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,036 He chose someone that should have died. 474 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,430 He probably knew Mrs. Eagleton was receiving treatment... 475 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,795 She went every week to St Joseph's hospital. 476 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,270 He could have found out about her illness there, and that made her 477 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,158 the perfect victim for him. 478 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:54,515 Go on. 479 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,352 If he hadn't broken her nose, 480 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,590 it would have looked like death by natural causes. 481 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:01,836 In that case, only you would have known what happened. 482 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,592 The police would never have been involved. 483 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,796 It would have been a private challenge. 484 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,752 A murderthat almost isn't a murder. 485 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:09,512 That makes sense. 486 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,233 What do you think he would do next? 487 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,036 I suppose he'll try to be more careful. 488 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,273 He'll commit another murder that almost isn't a murder. 489 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,154 An imperceptible murder... 490 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,109 Excuse me. 491 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,388 Excuse me, officers, but I need to speak 492 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,198 to Miss Eagleton first, to break the bad news, 493 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,510 to her, if that's all right. Thank you. 494 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,319 You have a C, 495 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,199 B flat, and C sharp. 496 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,078 Excuse me, please, I can talk to him? 497 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,913 Yes, so 498 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,399 you have a C, B flat, 499 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:57,879 and C sharp. 500 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,273 Oh, no, no, no. You have a B, a C sharp, and C natural... 501 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:04,349 Oh, okay, 502 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,478 let's do a break, please. 503 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,195 The police told me that you were the one who found the body. 504 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:43,952 Forgive me, Beth. I'm really sorry. 505 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,076 They asked me to try and remember every detail and... 506 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,073 It's no problem. I understand. 507 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,077 It must have been difficult foryou to go through all of this. 508 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,071 Two hours of interrogation. 509 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,073 It's logical, though, bearing in mind I'm the chief suspect. 510 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,389 Did they tell you that? 511 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,120 No. No, they didn't have to. 512 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:06,674 You don't need to be a detective to realize 513 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:08,592 that I'm the one who most benefits from all this. 514 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,991 But you looked after her foryears. Seldom told me. 515 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:14,189 Five years... 516 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,309 Five years of waiting for herto drop dead. 517 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,272 Forgive me for being so cruelly sincere, 518 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,510 but if anyone wanted this to end, it was me. 519 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,435 Do you know what it is to wake up every morning 520 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,068 wondering when you're going to have a life of your own? 521 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,029 I couldn't abandon her, she was my mother. 522 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,077 She had cancer but it was supposed to be a question of months. 523 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,399 You want this person you're supposed to be looking afterto disappear 524 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:44,675 and at the same time you know 525 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,239 there's something evil in you forthinking that way. 526 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:49,349 You hate yourself 527 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,112 forthe thoughts that go through your head. 528 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,479 It's like being rotten inside. 529 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,108 Beth, you've no need to worry. 530 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,194 Seldom got a note. 531 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,669 Someone warned him of what was going to happen, 532 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,195 - and is threatening to do it again. - Who? 533 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:04,588 No one knows. 534 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,316 They made me go to the morgue to look at the body. 535 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:17,278 Her eyes were still open. 536 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:18,714 Don't think about it. 537 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,715 I don't think I can sleep upstairs tonight. 538 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,638 Is it okay if I stay here with you? 539 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:41,668 I'm sorry. 540 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,558 Don't be... it's okay. 541 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,437 I don't know what you must think of me. I'm so embarrassed. 542 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,432 Beth, please. Don't go. 543 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,991 Congratulations! Your name in the papers and with Seldom! 544 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,958 Knock off the old lady to attract attention, did you? 545 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:12,678 Not so fast! 546 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,233 Yourfriend is lucky. 547 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,633 Always close to death, but nevertouched by it. 548 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:21,629 Didn't you know? 549 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,314 Thirty years ago, the four of them 550 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,994 - were travelling together. - What are you talking about? 551 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,550 Mrs. Eagleton's husband and Seldom's wife were killed. 552 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:31,478 And guess who was driving. 553 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,149 And now the old lady is dead. 554 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,631 Three down, one to go. 555 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:42,558 This is Miss Scarlet 556 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,029 and she is in the dining room. Now we know that the murder 557 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:46,076 took place in the dining room, 558 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,151 don't we? And that the victim was killed with a cushion, 559 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:49,389 but since we don't have 560 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,710 a cushion, we'll use the nasty little knife. 561 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:54,350 Now I'll stick 562 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,476 my neck out and say that Miss Scarlet was the murderer 563 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,551 in the living room, with the knife. 564 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:00,789 What do you think? 565 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,076 Clue didn't figure into my degree course. 566 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,309 Cleudo! 567 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:06,993 It's recommended reading in police academies. 568 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:09,594 In the papers, 569 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,954 Beth appears as the chief suspect. 570 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:14,473 But the police know all the facts. 571 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:20,394 Ah, I forgot that I was talking to the champion of universal logic. 572 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:21,755 Thank you. 573 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,636 You and the police think that it's possible to demonstrate the truth. 574 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:26,671 On the basis 575 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,796 of certain axioms and by using valid reasoning, 576 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,434 you can reach a valid conclusion, isn't that so? 577 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,750 As sure as today is Wednesday. 578 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,196 And what if I say, "All Britons are liars"? 579 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,475 True, false or impossible to prove? 580 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,468 All right. There are mathematical formulations 581 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,279 that can neither be proved nor refuted starting from axioms. 582 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,112 Indeterminable propositions. 583 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,919 Exactly, G�del's incompleteness theorem. 584 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,435 So, even in yourworld of mathematical purity, 585 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,750 there are things that can never be proven. 586 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,956 Yes, but that is not the case here. 587 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:00,114 There is a gap, 588 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,755 there is a gulf between what is true and what is provable. 589 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:06,234 We can never be sure 590 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,118 of all the facts about a phenomenon, 591 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,238 and to lack just one, could change everything. Even if we know 592 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:12,310 that the murder 593 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,232 took place in the dining room with the knife, 594 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,398 and that Miss Scarlet was there at the exact moment of the murder, 595 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,630 and that herfingerprints 596 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,074 were on the knife, we can never 597 00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:24,118 affirm with absolute certainty that she committed the crime. 598 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,750 Oh, come on! It's 99% probable, forfuck's sake! 599 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,877 That's not absolute certainty, that is an opinion. 600 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,678 We could have absolute certainty 601 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:34,955 if we trusted the word of an eye-witness, 602 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,317 orwe saw it with our own eyes. I trust my own eyes. 603 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,114 No comment. 604 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,880 Things are here, under our noses. 605 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,395 These paving stones. They exist! 606 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,152 Or do you refute that as well? You can't. 607 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,880 Are you sure? Heisenberg wasn't quite as certain. 608 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:52,948 The physicist? 609 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,315 Yes, well, he tried to make an atom bomb forthe Nazis, 610 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:56,629 but he wasn't famous forthat. 611 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,917 What is this? An exam? Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle". 612 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,390 Bingo! Miss Scarlet is now an electron, okay? 613 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,198 And you're looking at her through a keyhole, 614 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,237 or a particle accelerator, as you wish. 615 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:08,628 And every time you look at her, 616 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:12,270 Miss Scarlet will have changed her appearance or... 617 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:13,750 her position. 618 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:15,752 Because the very fact that you observe her 619 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,315 alters her atomic state. How about that? 620 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,278 Don't try to confuse me with tricks. 621 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,079 Beth is not an electron, and neither is Mrs. Eagleton. 622 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:25,435 So, do you really think that criminal investigation 623 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,750 is more reliable than physics or mathematics? 624 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,070 There are evident, irrefutable facts. 625 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:31,839 For Christ's sake, 626 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,389 can you turn that bloody thing off for a minute? 627 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,838 Unfortunately, the police were unable to find the note. 628 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,878 Consequently, we have no material evidence whatsoever. 629 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,712 Not a thing! 630 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:49,998 Imagine if that bloody psychopath 631 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,515 gets the wind up and decides not to kill again... 632 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,474 Beth will be declared guilty. 633 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,235 I'd love to know who it is you hate so much. 634 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:04,669 Myself. 635 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,553 I read the news in the papers. You're not to blame for anything. 636 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,479 The worst thing is... 637 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,599 This is embarrassing... 638 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,709 Thanks to that poorwoman's death, 639 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:17,279 I've just had lunch with Arthur Seldom. 640 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,750 Before, he didn't even know I existed, but now... 641 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:22,598 I'm sorry about what 642 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,952 has happened but at the same time, I swear I can't help feeling happy. 643 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,675 Never, in my life, have I enjoyed myself so much. 644 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:34,509 One hourwith Seldom is like a lifetime with anybody else. 645 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:36,557 Well, you know, 646 00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:38,438 there's nothing embarrassing about sincere feelings. 647 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:40,828 Are you sure about that? 648 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:47,792 Spend an hourwith me? 649 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:17,873 You have something to drink? 650 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:19,514 - No. - Great. 651 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:55,751 - Are you okay? - Yeah, are you okay? 652 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:08,869 What's wrong? 653 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:10,996 Nothing, it's... Sorry. 654 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:12,709 It's Seldom. 655 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,757 Just strange that you should have read this book too. 656 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,753 - A nurse interested in mathematics. - Well, not really. 657 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,519 It was the authorwho interested me. He gave it to me. 658 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,151 - You know Seldom? - Of course I do. 659 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:25,992 - See him almost every day. - What? 660 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,356 He visits a friend at the hospital, 661 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,079 a terminal patient. 662 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,911 One day we began to chat and... 663 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:36,115 And what? 664 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,592 And he gave me the book. 665 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,675 - That's all? - You're jealous? 666 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,116 He could be yourfather... Your grandfather, come to think of it. 667 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:46,269 Yeah. 668 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,036 I just like mystery novels, 669 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,356 he was here for a while, we had a laugh, 670 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,795 I gave him a couple of my books and he gave me his. 671 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,839 - Is that a crime? - No... Of course not. 672 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:03,471 Can you get him out of your mind, 673 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:05,157 please? 674 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,310 I just don't understand why you didn't tell me to begin with. 675 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:11,435 What do you want? 676 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,911 A list of all the people who have passed through here? 677 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:16,392 - No. - Good. 678 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:22,114 Everything you read in the papers is a lie. 679 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:25,349 Did you know that? 680 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:27,679 No, uh... I don't pay much attention. 681 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,796 - Have you read the Bible? - Not all of it. 682 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,750 Jesus died on the cross and then rose on the third day. 683 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:35,234 But in body and soul, 684 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:37,279 at least so they say. 685 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,348 He ate fish and spoke to Peter. 686 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,590 That's how he spent forty days. 687 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:44,154 Forty days! 688 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,358 He must have been green, and have stunk to high heaven. 689 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:49,759 Hey, wait, wait. 690 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,239 Jesus was a terrorist. 691 00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:55,479 All his life. 692 00:41:56,600 --> 00:42:00,673 A revolutionary who kicked money changers out of the temple. 693 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,552 Do you know why he came back from the dead? 694 00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:06,234 - No, theoretically... - Jesus 695 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,358 came back to life to avenge himself on his murderers. 696 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:10,509 Like in a horror movie. 697 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:16,036 Of course, that's not nice. That's not interesting. 698 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:19,278 You can go in now, your daughter 699 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:20,475 - is expecting you. - All right. 700 00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:26,513 What are you doing here? 701 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,797 I had the urge to see you, that's all. Do you mind? 702 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:31,475 You're lying. 703 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:32,709 How do you know? 704 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,558 I didn't, I do now. 705 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:37,356 You're here to see Seldom's friend, aren't you? 706 00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,875 You should have seen the look on yourface when I mentioned him. 707 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,557 And how are you going to explain what you're doing here? 708 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:44,592 I'll tell him I came to see you. 709 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:46,429 You swine. 710 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:01,637 Who is that guy? He's nuts. 711 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,389 Well, you would be too if your daughter needed a transplant 712 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,039 and you couldn't find a donor. 713 00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:07,833 There were two people that could have been compatible, 714 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,479 but theirfamilies refused. 715 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:10,949 Now I get it. 716 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:12,679 You know, he thought of committing suicide 717 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:14,751 in orderto give her his lungs. 718 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:16,433 That's ridiculous. 719 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,910 Giving your life for someone you love is ridiculous? 720 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:23,875 His name is Kalman, 721 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:25,758 one of my most brilliant students. 722 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:27,069 He was quick in his conclusions, 723 00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:28,389 clear in his exposition. 724 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,673 He designed intelligence tests. I initiated him 725 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:34,110 into the study of logical series. 726 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:36,236 He was meticulous, to the point of obsession. 727 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:37,913 He marked the tests himself, 728 00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:39,354 one by one, and discovered 729 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:40,794 something really curious: 730 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,838 Some of the tests were perfect; the majority had a few mistakes. 731 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,434 But there was a third group. 732 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:48,511 The answers were absurd, incomprehensible, 733 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:49,869 illogical, random, 734 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:51,917 the sort of thing that a lunatic would write. 735 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:53,149 Kalman interviewed 736 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:54,799 the pupils of this third category. 737 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,157 The answers that he had considered absurd 738 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,715 were, in fact, another possible solution 739 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:00,710 and perfectly valid 740 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:01,915 to continue the series, 741 00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:04,799 only with an infinitely more complex justification. 742 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,111 The intelligence of these pupils 743 00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,874 went beyond the conventional solution and was 744 00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:11,393 much more far-reaching. 745 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:17,078 It was then that I had to break the bad news to him. 746 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:21,152 Wittgenstein's paradox concerning finite rules. 747 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,352 Kalman found in practice 748 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:25,272 what Wittgenstein discovered decades before. 749 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:26,589 The series 2, 4, 8, 750 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:27,909 could obviously be followed 751 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,469 by 16, but also by 10 752 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:32,631 or 7004. 753 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:35,594 It's always possible to find a rule, 754 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:37,352 a justification which allows 755 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:39,636 a series to be continued by any number. 756 00:44:40,240 --> 00:44:42,071 It all depends on how complicated the rule is. 757 00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:45,073 Suddenly, he realized that he couldn't even trust 758 00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:45,911 the two times table. 759 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,714 His whole life was being sucked into a whirlpool 760 00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:50,438 of meaningless numbers. 761 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,319 Normal thought seems to be guided by certain grooves 762 00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:55,311 etched into our brain 763 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:56,993 which impede our leaving that track 764 00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:58,798 and jumping it like the chosen few 765 00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,235 who are able to think without limitations. 766 00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:03,755 Kalman decided to take a strange path. 767 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,512 He began to try out his tests 768 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,399 in psychiatric hospitals, on lobotomized patients. 769 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,118 There was a remarkable similarity 770 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:11,918 between those symbols 771 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:13,433 and the results of the tests 772 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:14,794 of the highly-gifted subjects. 773 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,350 He was in the presence of pure thought, 774 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:18,999 without grooves, 775 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,636 but he couldn't understand it. The problem 776 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:23,119 was his own brain. 777 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,875 He saw everything from the outside. To understand 778 00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,156 those symbols, he had to see them from the inside. 779 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:32,996 There was only one way of achieving it: To erase the grooves. 780 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:34,952 The idea might seem grotesque, 781 00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:36,599 but not to a person who has been told 782 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:38,751 that he's suffering from terminal cancer. 783 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:40,359 His bones were rotting like wood 784 00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:42,192 infested with woodworm. 785 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,231 All he had to look forward to 786 00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:46,960 was the amputation of his limbs, one by one. 787 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:51,190 He was euphoric, he laughed, nervously, like someone about 788 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:54,312 to discover something incredible who can't contain his joy. 789 00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:55,310 It was then 790 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:57,795 that I realized that my friend had gone completely mad. 791 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:00,513 He wanted to lobotomize himself. 792 00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:02,557 His only problem was how to ensure 793 00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:04,836 that the brain damage was not excessive. 794 00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:07,272 He had to perforate the skull and reach 795 00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:08,839 the brain, with something like 796 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:10,069 a small harpoon. 797 00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,076 He asked for my help and I refused, 798 00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:16,631 although I did promise I would try to collect the messages he wrote 799 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:18,028 from the other side. 800 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:20,197 He used a nail gun. 801 00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:25,079 What does he write? 802 00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:27,551 The symbols are becoming more and more illegible. 803 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,709 In all this time he's never drawn a logical symbol or a number. 804 00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:33,438 So what are they, then? 805 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:36,712 Four letters that he repeats over and over. 806 00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:39,229 A woman's name. 807 00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:54,593 Where were you last night? 808 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,439 Beth, what are you doing here? 809 00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:58,352 I was waiting foryou. 810 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:00,679 I'm sorry. I was out and... 811 00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,308 I thought you felt something for me. 812 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:06,428 More than pity, 813 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:08,353 but I was wrong. 814 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:11,036 Of course I feel something foryou. We're friends. 815 00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:12,428 I want to help you, but... 816 00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:14,875 "We're friends, you want to help me". 817 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:17,353 That's worse than saying "you disgust me". 818 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:19,079 - Beth, please. - Don't touch me! 819 00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:23,959 The kinderyou try to be, 820 00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:25,917 the more humiliated I feel. 821 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:28,352 Beth, I don't mean to humiliate you. 822 00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:32,753 Then treat me like a woman. You all treat me like I was a little girl. 823 00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:33,995 Maybe this isn't the time for... 824 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,071 Now is the fucking perfect time forthis, Martin. 825 00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:40,029 What's the matter? 826 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,390 You're embarrassed to be seen with me? Is that it? 827 00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:45,278 Don't worry. I'm his mother. 828 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,471 I'm just making sure he does his homework. 829 00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:48,356 Be quiet! 830 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:51,228 Beth, wait! 831 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:02,474 Found your killeryet? 832 00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:31,115 Lorna? It's me, Martin. Do you know anything about Seldom's friend? 833 00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:33,555 Kalman? What's wrong? 834 00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,597 He's been murdered. Today, at two fifteen. 835 00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:37,952 No... Wait a second. 836 00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:51,998 Sorry, Sherlock, but he's alive. 837 00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:53,229 Are you sure? 838 00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:54,913 Yes, he's right in front of me. 839 00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,389 If it's not him, then who? 840 00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,349 It would have looked like death from natural causes, 841 00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:03,795 if we hadn't discovered this little detail. 842 00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:06,398 It's an intravenous injection, 843 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:08,915 and he wasn't receiving that kind of treatment. 844 00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:10,274 What sort of poison was administered? 845 00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:12,829 We don't know. We'll have to wait forthe post mortem report. 846 00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:14,319 We know the time of death? 847 00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:16,038 Exactly as it said on the note: 848 00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:17,719 Quarter past two. It says so 849 00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:19,598 - on the wristband. - Where did they find the body? 850 00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,149 In the ward, before it was brought here. 851 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:24,949 All of these people have died in the last few hours? 852 00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,669 Well, it's only to be expected. This is the terminal illnesses ward. 853 00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:30,678 At least a couple of patients die every day, 854 00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:32,319 according to the senior nursing officer. 855 00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:34,630 He knew my movements, which encouraged him 856 00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:35,676 to commit the crime here. 857 00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:38,991 If he had meant to harm me, he would have killed Kalman. 858 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:40,115 Or he could have seen you 859 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:42,316 enterthe ward and didn't know which of the two was yourfriend. 860 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:43,754 A terminal patient 861 00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:45,035 on the point of death. 862 00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:47,475 A murderthat wouldn't have been discovered had it not been 863 00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:49,830 - forthe note. - Another imperceptible crime. 864 00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:55,393 And might I know what you're talking about, gentlemen? 865 00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:59,754 The second sign gives the clue as to how the sequence should be read. 866 00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:01,797 It could be figurative representations, 867 00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:05,635 or could be semantic or syntactic, like geometric figures. 868 00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:07,756 Can you translate that? 869 00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:09,919 The professor means the signs 870 00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:11,718 could represent things in the real world 871 00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:15,590 or not represent anything, be abstract, like geometric shapes. 872 00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,031 The second symbol is again astute, because, 873 00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,156 being so schematic, it allows both readings. 874 00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:24,189 It could be a game of symmetry, or it could simply be a fish. 875 00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:25,555 Soup, 876 00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:27,629 fish, 877 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:30,114 dessert. 878 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:32,712 Martin, show some respect 879 00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:33,876 forthe inspector, please. 880 00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:36,349 No possibility deserves to be overlooked. 881 00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:38,598 Let me propose a puzzle. 882 00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:41,030 What is the fourth 883 00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:42,394 symbol... 884 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:44,879 in this other series? 885 00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:51,789 No idea. 886 00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:53,632 Did you miss class that day, too? 887 00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:56,515 You just have to know how to look. The solution 888 00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:57,715 is very simple, I assure you. 889 00:50:57,880 --> 00:50:59,518 It's called the idiot series. 890 00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:00,990 Anyone who can't work it out... 891 00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:02,673 Thank you, professor. I get the message. 892 00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:07,110 However, I incline to the idea that the symbols relate to mathematics, 893 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:08,594 ratherthan gastronomy. 894 00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:10,836 So, you think a mathematician's involved? 895 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:14,629 It's possible, someone who seeks recognition of some sort, 896 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:17,756 or someone who's not a mathematician but wants to be. 897 00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:18,909 A student? 898 00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:19,990 That's unlikely. 899 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:21,275 Could you take 900 00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:23,112 the second lieutenant out, Martin? 901 00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:24,390 No, I haven't taught for a long time. 902 00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:26,516 Well, can you tell us 903 00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:28,750 what the third symbol 904 00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:29,750 will be? 905 00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:31,909 No. 906 00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:34,117 Fartoo many options. 907 00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:38,155 He's putting us to the test, and I wouldn't like to slip up. 908 00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:40,078 Okay, let's see if I've got this right. 909 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:44,073 We are going to wait until he kills another person 910 00:51:44,240 --> 00:51:47,437 because we can't decipher this bloody puzzle? 911 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:50,872 Tricky situation, isn't it? 912 00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,868 - Could I get those there? - 2.60 please, sir. 913 00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:57,629 Good evening. 914 00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:18,515 Seldom! 915 00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:19,709 Martin? 916 00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:21,359 Why are you following me? 917 00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:24,318 I'm not following anybody, for God's sake, least of all you! 918 00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:25,833 So what are you doing here? 919 00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:27,274 I'm going to that restaurant. 920 00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:29,078 Do you find it so odd that I should be going out for dinner? 921 00:52:29,240 --> 00:52:30,150 That's where I'm going, too. 922 00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:32,752 Why, that's absurd. 923 00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:35,949 I'm sorry. 924 00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:37,189 I should have told you Arthurwas coming as well. 925 00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:40,476 Excuse me, Lorna, but I'm the one who's annoyed 926 00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:42,671 by the presence at ourtable of this good-for-nothing. 927 00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:43,636 Good-for-nothing? 928 00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:47,398 You couldn't see a joke if it stood up and bit you in the arse, Martin. 929 00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:48,470 You're fartoo serious 930 00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:51,279 - foryour age. - He called me at the hospital and I 931 00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:53,032 just thought it would be best to bring you up to date together, so... 932 00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:57,239 Forget it, I'm not bothered by it. I just hope I didn't hurt you. 933 00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,356 Even if you had, I wouldn't admit it. 934 00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:00,999 You're like two kids fighting over a ball. 935 00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:03,515 - And you're the ball? - No, I'm the nurse who's gonna spank 936 00:53:03,720 --> 00:53:04,675 your bottoms if you don't shut up. 937 00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:05,955 Please. 938 00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,351 I talked with the forensic expert. 939 00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:10,316 And? 940 00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:11,356 Nothing. 941 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:14,830 Not a trace of any toxic substance. 942 00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:16,797 Whatever he was injected with is totally unknown. 943 00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:18,075 Air, maybe? 944 00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:19,389 No! 945 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:20,675 Let her speak, please. 946 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:24,628 He's right, it's unlikely. If he'd been injected with air, 947 00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:26,876 they would have spotted it in the post mortem. 948 00:53:27,640 --> 00:53:30,438 Howeverthere is another possibility. A substance 949 00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:32,750 they extract from a poisonous mushroom: Amanita 950 00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:35,718 Muscaria. But there are no reagents that detect it. 951 00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:37,592 So it's a sort of secret among 952 00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:39,552 - forensic pathologists. - How did you find out? 953 00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:42,434 Lorna has a knack of finding out what she wants. 954 00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:45,753 Her house is littered with murder mysteries, 955 00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:47,797 but I imagine you know that by now. 956 00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:48,995 Yes, I do. 957 00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:52,430 What surprises me is that you haven't managed 958 00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:54,431 to worm all the information out of Martin. 959 00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,036 Martin is a good guy. He knows he can't tell anyone 960 00:53:58,240 --> 00:53:59,559 what you orthe police have told him in confidence. 961 00:53:59,720 --> 00:54:01,517 Well, he does right not to tell you anything. 962 00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:03,511 After all, you're still on the list of suspects. 963 00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:04,430 Me? 964 00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:06,192 Well, don't look so surprised. 965 00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:08,112 Both murders are closely linked with the hospital. 966 00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:10,191 You could have gone into the room and injected 967 00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:11,429 that substance which, curiously, 968 00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:13,670 only you and the forensic pathologists know about. 969 00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:15,876 That's ridiculous. She has no motive. 970 00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:20,392 Of all the vast mountains of knowledge you have not yet scaled, 971 00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:24,394 Martin, this slope is one of the most slippery. Be careful. 972 00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:27,431 Don't even go there, Arthur. 973 00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:31,679 Let it suffice to say 974 00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:35,239 that our relationship transcended the purely intellectual, 975 00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:36,951 and when it ended, 976 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,070 she took it anything but sportingly. 977 00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:41,753 If you don't shut up I'll kill you, I promise. 978 00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:43,429 There, you see? 979 00:54:44,840 --> 00:54:47,400 Has she or has she not got a motive? 980 00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:50,070 You are so obnoxious. 981 00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:52,750 You enjoy playing with people. 982 00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:00,033 Now do you understand? 983 00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:02,476 Any formulation is valid in the series, 984 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:05,518 because we can always find a rule that justifies it. 985 00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:09,192 Heart on a line, now you've got the eight... 986 00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:13,392 now you give me the fourth. 987 00:55:19,720 --> 00:55:22,314 Ah, well, well, young man. You are certainly not a total idiot. 988 00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:27,197 One, two, three, four. 989 00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:30,271 - This was easy. - The murderer's series 990 00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:32,317 is infinitely more complex. 991 00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:35,833 Tell me what the third symbol is. 992 00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:38,391 Circle, fish... 993 00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:40,674 What's the third? 994 00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:43,313 I'm sorry, I can't say. 995 00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:47,233 - Why not? Don't you trust me? - I trust you 996 00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:48,549 implicitly but that's not the point. 997 00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:50,478 If I tell you, then you'll stop thinking. 998 00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:52,917 You might come up with a better idea 999 00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:54,195 than mine. 1000 00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:58,069 No, there's something else. You could have easily told the police.