01x01 - A Mysterious Blueprint

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What if you could
go back in time?

Where would you go first?

I'd want to see some
really cool .

Like the first time Tony Hawk landed
a 900 on a vert ramp at X Games,

Drake's Summer Sixteen Tour, or when
The Weeknd slayed it at the Super Bowl.

Time. Once it's gone,
it's gone, right?

But if you could go
back, just once...

I bet one trip would tell you
everything you ever needed

to know about who you were, who you
are, and who you were meant to become.

Ugh, Mom!

It doesn't hurt to talk
about the semester.

But we've been
through this already.

It's a new school year,
it's a fresh start.

Can't everyone just
give me a break?

Macy, I know it's been hard.

But school is important.

Your future is important.

You do not get re-dos in life.

Macy.

Macy? Are you listening?

Did you hear
anything that I said?

I was thinking about Dad.

Can I be excused?

Wait. We can talk about it.

Mom, talking about him
just makes it worse.

I don't want to
remember pizza nights

or his family Murdoch stories,

I just...

I can't.

Sweetie.

Wait, Sweetie.

Mom, love you, but... please!

I...

Detective William Murdoch?

Great-great-great
grandpa William?

You're descended from
royalty, you know.

Here we go again...

Dad, that's a little extra.

Okay, not royalty royalty.

But your great-great-great
grandpa William Murdoch...

was a famous detective

and a brilliant inventor
just like your old man!

Dad, I do listen
to your stories.

I'm just proud. It's
our family history.

And I want you to
get excited about it.

Excited about an old dusty book?

Okay, Dad.

Well, hello Willian Murdoch.

: I have
investigated many murders.

This novel invention will simplify
the most complicated of cases.

The body holds evidence one must
not simply look at, but see.

Becoming a father has forced me
to look at my work in a new light.

"I am."

"I am" what?

What's this?

It's a map... no, a blueprint?

What are these drawings?

Coordinates.

University of Toronto?

Hey.

I thought I'd find you
in your dad's office.

Here.
- Thank you.

Mom, check this out.

I think I want to sign
up for this course.

Really?

Oh.

And this is Kurt Labine,
my research assistant.

Our office hours are posted...

Yes?

Oh me? Uh...

Hey, I'm Billie Palma.

Total Pisces, so
don't be surprised.

Uh, I'm here because
I die for Serial,

My Favorite m*rder, Casefile,
it's all I listen to.

I want to be a forensicist
when I grow up.

That sounded kind
of kindergarten-y.

Zane, why didn't
you stop me, bozo?!

Oh, it's okay. He's like my best
friend, so I can call him that.

He's in this class
because of moi.

So...

I see that academic
journal you have.

What do you think of it?

Oh. Hans Gross' Handbuch
für Untersuchungsrichter.

Instructive. The philosophies
present are sound.

I can see why they spur debate.

I see we have some true crime
enthusiasts in the crowd.

Lucky for you,
today we're starting

with a famous case
from Toronto, in 1910.

Oh, actually, Professor Gautam,

it looks like we have a student
here who's forgot to sign in.

Macy... Macy Murdoch.

Any affiliation with
the Detective Murdoch?

Uh, yeah.

Bloodline.

So the reason you're
here today is your DNA.

Grand.

Okay, Toronto, 1910,

Doctor Gwendolyn Van Doren
was an astrophysicist,

a scientist and a very
important lecturer

in the Toronto academic scene.

Kurt...

Yes, uh...

Dr. Van Doren was
rumoured to have invented

twin time machines and to have
cracked the code on time travel.

Unfortunately, her
life was cut short.

On the morning of
October 20th 1910,

Dr. Van Doren was found dead

right here on the grounds
of this university.

- Whose ever phone that is,

can you please turn
the ringer off?

Actually, Professor,
I think it's yours.

- Oh! I have to take this.

Take five, I guess.

Wanna go talk to the new girl?

- Who? But, we're all new.
- C'mon, bozo.

Hey!

What are you snapping
secret photos of?

- Woah, that's a little...
- Intrusive?

My therapist tells me I
have to work on boundaries.

I found deception only makes
her ask more questions.

Okay. I found this blueprint
and it has some coordinates

to a place somewhere
in this building.

What kind of blueprints?

Woah. Rudimentary in design,

yet those equations
are next level.

I'd say we're
looking for something

that's about two
meters in height.

You found this in
a library book?

Something of my great-great-great
grandpa William's.

This isn't really a group thing.

But you don't even know
what the blueprint's for.

And who turns down two
awesome-smart-sleuthing minds?

Basement, chop chop.
- Basement?

It's dated 1908, the rest of this
building probably didn't exist.

But the basement might have.

He's not the only brains here.

Handbuch für
Unter-blabla-richter.

You could have just said Criminal
Investigations like a normal...

Wow, creepy down here.

What's that smell?

Billie. Focus!

Tell me one movie where good
things came from kids in basements.

Another dead end?

This doesn't make sense.

There's a bunch of hallways
past this dead end here.

Macy, can I see the
blueprint photo?

Ah. Flos.

We look for that.

Flos... like, dental flos?

Uh... No. Flos. It's
Latin for flower.

Guys, come look at this.

It's like Indiana Jones, dudes!

Zane, look! Woah. Ancient!

Hey, I think I've
found something.

Can you guys help?

It looks exactly like
the blueprint drawing.

What do you think it is?

- What's a Weena?
- More like who.

She's the love interest in H.G
Well's book about time travel.

Time travel? You
mean this is a...

a time machine? For real?

Let's see.

- What's this do?
- Woah!

This can't be real!

For realz? Are you
guys seeing this?

An actual time machine.

Kurt mentioned that Van Doren
cracked the code to time travel.

And Professor Gautam said
that she guest-lectured

at this university.
- It's too coincidental.

There's no way.
- Until there is a way.

You seem unconvinced?
Let's try a date.

Easy. July 1st, 1901.

The first Fingerprint Bureau is
established by Scotland Yard.

What? We're all in an extra
credit forensic course.

Wanna go back to see
dinosaurs instead?

Uh... Sept 12th 2022.

- No, we broke it.

Never the first one to leave
the party, but back to class?