In the darkened theatre, alone on stage, a single playing card flips over by itself: the ace of spades.
In the final scene, as clumsily tries to perform a card trick to cheer up the theatre staff, Inspector Brackenreid storms in and declares, “I’ve had enough magic for one lifetime. Next person who says ‘abracadabra’ is coming down to the station.” Murdoch quietly notes to Julia, “The only real illusion is believing we can escape our past.” Julia smiles. “Or each other.” murdoch mysteries season 09 dthrip
The prime suspect is Dante’s beautiful assistant, (real name: Mabel Higgins), who was supposed to release the safety catch on the blade. She swears she did, but the catch was found locked. Also in the wings: the jealous stage manager Horace Pringle , who hated Dante’s arrogant demands; a rival illusionist known as The Great Aldini , who attended the rehearsal disguised as a reporter; and Dante’s estranged wife, Evelyn Ripley , who recently discovered he’d faked his own death in a train wreck five years ago to collect insurance. In the darkened theatre, alone on stage, a
As Murdoch investigates, he discovers that “Dante the Divine” was actually a former Toronto lock expert turned con man. The “DTH Rip” wasn’t just a stage name—DTH stood for The murder weapon (the wire) matches a piano string from the theatre’s old upright, and the atropine came from a belladonna plant in Evelyn’s garden. “Or each other