03x05 - The Jolly Good Show Caper

[bunniefuu]

[theme music]

♪ Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? ♪

♪ Sandiego ♪

♪ Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? ♪

[Zari] Local authorities took the suspect
into custody less than an hour ago.

He was caught with an exact duplicate
of the trunk

Carmen Sandiego used to smuggle
out the stolen masks.

Except his trunk was filled
with souvenir masks

just like the ones Carmen's cronies
used to distract us.

Perhaps it is a coincidence?

He was clearly creating a diversion
to allow Sandiego

to make a clean getaway
with the real masks,

until you put the brakes on her plan.

Of course, I was just trying
to entertain all possible angles.

You keep entertaining, Devineaux.

I'll be in here, grilling our...

suspect?

- Oh, boy.
- Where is he?

The scenario is quite familiar.

I am guessing that the prisoner
has been released without explanation,

and that you will find
the paperwork in order,

yet with no clear chain
of command to trace.

[Stanley] Morning, Mr. Braithwaite!

[Roundabout] Ah. Good morning, Stanley!

- I trust the missus is feeling better?
- [beeping]

Tip-top, Mr. Braithwaite.

- Case of the sniffles, it was.
- I'm chuffed to hear it.

And please, do call me Nigel.

Yes, of course, Nigel... Sir.

Jolly good!

[phone rings]

Many thanks for mopping up
our little mess in Venice, Roundabout.

Extracting Neal the Eel
was no bother at all, Gunnar.

The usual strings were pulled,
no questions asked.

A benefit of maintaining
my ongoing masquerade here.

Ah. It seems we have a Troll
lurking under London Bridge.

Trolls and bridges.
I see what you did there, sir.

Now watch while I serve up a side
of Sandiego with your English breakfast.

[The Troll] And, boom.

The Lady in Red has arrived in Londontown,
which means she has taken our bait

and will no doubt attempt to steal
the Crown Jewels tonight before we do.

She will? I mean, we are.

Oh, they would go
with so many of my outfits.

I am fully expecting our scarlet turncoat
to waltz into the trap I've set,

and be in police custody
before Big Ben chimes at midnight.

Then Deputy Director Nigel Braithwaite
of British Secret Service

will once again pull strings
to have our prisoner released from jail

directly into the hands of The Cleaners.

Who will escort our little lost sheep
back to VILE, where she belongs?

Wait, does this mean we are not
stealing the Crown Jewels?

[Roundabout] Patience, Countess.

My schemes rarely travel
a straight trajectory.

After all, my code name is Roundabout.

[Zack] I haven't seen a single clown here
in Piccadilly Circus.

Wrong kind of circus, bro.

We're passing through London's
most famous traffic hub.

On the wrong side of the road.

If the ravens leave the Tower,
the Kingdom will fall.

It is atypically poetic
for encrypted VILE chatter.

[Player] It's part of the lore
of the Tower of London,

where you're headed.

The impenetrable castle
on the River Thames

was built way back in .

It's been a fortress, a prison,
and home to England's royal families.

Not to mention, ravens.

[Carmen] More famously,
the Tower of London

is where the Crown Jewels are kept.

They're the actual
historic crowns, scepters,

and other regalia
that British kings and queens

have worn during their coronation
ceremonies for centuries.

[Player] Whoa. There are more than
individual items on display,

including St. Edwards Crown,

the most sacred, important piece
in the collection.

[Carmen] That's right, Player.

It's been used to crown all the kings
and queens of England since .

It's made of solid gold
and set with gemstones.

[Player] Which might explain
the Tower's uniformed guards,

in addition to its state-of-the-art
security system.

Though attempts have been made
throughout history,

the Crown Jewels have never been stolen.

[Shadowsan] It is an impossible heist.

If VILE's attempting it,
they have an angle.

Player's intel indicates
they intend to hit

before Big Ben chimes at midnight.

So, why tonight?

[Player] It's the th of November,
a British holiday.

Guy Fawkes Day,
otherwise known as Bonfire Night.

This guy, Guy Fawkes,
attempted to blow up Parliament,

in something called
the Gunpowder Plot of .

His supporters believed
he was resisting oppression

from the British ruling class.

So, he was considered a hero or a villain,
depending on who you ask.

[both] Hey! Sounds like someone we know.

[Player] And get this,

the festivities include fireworks
and burning straw figures of Fawkes

while wearing masks of his face.

[gasps] Masks?

Oh. Again?

It would be like VILE
to use the chaos of Bonfire Night

to distract from the heist.

That still doesn't tell us
how they plan to break in.

[ship horn honks]

[squawking]

This cheeky fellow is one of seven ravens
who call the Tower home.

[camera shutters clicking]

[beefeater] But according to legend,

if the ravens were ever to abandon
their post here,

the Crown and all of Britain would fall.

[tense music]

[Shadowsan] Excuse me, kind sir.

[Player] I'm in.

That's not the loo.

Sorry, bro. It's all they've got.

[Zack] Am I supposed to eat or read?

[sniffs]
The fries, not the fish.

They call them chips here, Zack.
Fish and chips?

- Then what do they call these?
- Crisps.

Hm!

I'll take the crisps 'n chips.
Hold the fish.

[beeps]

Something's weighing on your mind.

Roundabout.

VILE's double-agent
in the British Secret Service.

And the reason that any jailed
VILE Operative disappears from custody.

An impossible heist means greater
possibility of capture.

If you were to be arrested...

I might see The Cleaners before
ever seeing the inside of a jail cell.

- [Player] Hey, Red!
- Hit me, Player.

I just located some seriously embedded
malware in the Tower's security system.

The Troll.

Well, this Troll guy is good.

Not only did he build a back door
into the security grid,

he programmed the entire system
to go offline for exactly two minutes.

Tonight at : p.m.

Before Big Ben chimes at midnight.

[Carmen] Sounds like VILE
did all the work for us.

We'll just use their opening
to b*at them in and secure the Jewels

before they can steal them.

[Player] Two minutes to get in and out,
with over a hundred pieces in tow?

If you could take only one...

The Crown Jewel of all Crown Jewels.
St. Edwards Crown.

[Player] Red, something else to consider.

London is the most
surveilled city in the world.

CCTV cameras are everywhere,
including the Tower's perimeter.

We'll need to create a few blind spots
if we're gonna sneak you in after hours.

London Bridge is falling down,
my fair lady.

[man] Remember, remember,
the th of November!

[laughs]

[bell tolling]

[tense music]

Everyone in position?

And in uniform.

[Player] You're out of sight, Red.

Let's keep you that way.

[bricks cracking]

I'm at the Jewel House.

Thirty seconds to launch.

And VILE's right on schedule.

[gasps, sighs]

Operative down.

There may be others.

And... It's go time.

[suspenseful music]

[Player] One minute, seconds.

[timer beeping]

[Player] One minute, seconds.

- Red, something's wrong.
- Almost there.

[laughing evilly]

VILE's aborting!
Everything's coming back online.

[Player] Get out of there!

[alarm wailing]

[gasps]

[laughing continues]

[sirens blaring]

[Player] Shadowsan,
the Troll knew I was in the system.

Carmen never had a chance.

- [alarm wailing]
- [sirens blaring]

Red Rat is boxed and ready for takeaway.

[beeps]

[Zari] Carmen Sandiego was just taken
into custody...

- in London.
- That is terrible!

That we were not the ones
to make the arrest.

Chief's rerouting us there,
we'll be on the ground in .

[ominous music]

[screeches]

So this is the uncatchable
Carmen Sandiego.

He's the real thief. Arrest him.

[groans]

[Roundabout]
You're going where you belong.

Everyone will be waiting up for you.

Carry on.

She never got near the Jewels,
Mr. Braithwaite.

Forensics will be the judge of that.

Alarm disabled.

Overriding security cams.

Security cam looping,
and you're the invisible man.

[foreboding music]

And we return you
to your regularly scheduled programming.

Jolly good show.

[crowd jeering]

[crowd] Remember, remember,
the th of November!

Remember, remember, the th of November!

- [bell tolls]
- [beeps]

[door slams]

Up here. Bonsoir.

A goat in the belfry? Brilliant.

And El Topo, he is safe?

The Cleaners extracted our decoy
from the Tower Grounds.

A tad groggy, but fit as a fiddle.

Now, do be gentle with this
whilst ferrying it to the faculty,

England's pride and joy, and all that rot.

[scoffs] Au revoir.

[fireworks explode]

Back to the old day job.

Pity, you just missed the Jewels.

I did not come here for the Jewels.

I am here for Carmen.

[clears throat]

I'm afraid she's likely well on her way
back to VILE by now, ol' chum.

Come to think, I never did get
to thank you for your seat on the Faculty.

If you hadn't gone and turned traitor,

I might never have received
the opportunity

to plot this cracking little caper.

I can assure you that
you will never again plot another.

Right then.

[grunts]

Let's see how she handles, Guv'nah!

Ha!

[tense music]

[both grunting]

[Roundabout chuckles]

- Hm!
- [grunting]

Back in the day,

I was captain of my fencing team
at Oxford, you know.

Back in the day, I was Yakuza.

[both grunting]

- [yells]
- [Roundabout groans]

Hm! Ha-ha!

Are you certain
you do not wish me to drive?

You may want to mind the gap, ol' chum.

[officer] This is the London Police!

You are under arrest!

Ah. Cavalry's arrived.

What's it going to be then?

Plummet to your doom
or surrender to the authorities?

Which would, of course, be no different
than surrendering to VILE.

Holding Room?

Who authorized her release?

Release?

The prisoner never arrived.

A pity that your little friend
waltzed right into my trap, old chap.

[Roundabout] I'm afraid that I've won.

[officer] You are under arrest!

Put down your w*apon!

Not me, you git!

Him!

Huh?

Nigel Braithwaite, surrender!

Ask yourself, Roundabout.

Who waltzed into whose trap?

Pip pip, and cheerio!

[Shadowsan] Carmen was wise to your game.

[squawking]

We have to assume VILE's
watching our every move,

so we'll need to put on an act.

But if you know it's a trap,
why walk into it?

Because Roundabout's
completely untouchable,

unless we draw him out into the open.

And the only way to do that
is to allow him to think that he's won.

She was one step ahead of you,
at every turn.

Troll!

[Roundabout]
Carmen Sandiego may be at large. Find her!

Can do.

Bingo!

She's in Trafalgar Square.

Wait, no. Uh, Kings Cross?

Hold on.

She's all over London!

Who's laughing now, Troll?

Oh, you think you're good?

Game on.

[Shadowsan] Your failure, Roundabout,
was in making too many assumptions.

You assumed that you
were operating from shadow,

but we were watching
and we shared your crime

with the rest of the world.

[phone ringing]

Poppycock!

All of that is deniable.

Fancy editing tricks and whatnot!

You don't have any hard evidence
linking me to anything!

[Shadowsan] Can you be certain of that?

[The Troll] Roundabout, good news.

I now have a lock
on the real Carmen Sandiego.

Bad news, she just entered
British Secret Service.

My office?
What could she be possibly doing there?

[Shadowsan] Allow me to set the scene.

[crowd jeering]

[Le Chevre]
Oof! Watch where you are going.

[Carmen] Sorry, mate.

[Player] Better hurry, Red.

Not sure how long Shadowsan
can keep Dapper Dan

occupied up in the clock tower.

Contrary to your uninformed opinion,
hard evidence does indeed exist.

[Stanley] There really must be
some explanation.

Deputy Director Braithwaite
is as upstanding as a...

You were saying?

[tense music]

You were a decoy.

And you are a pompous fool,
who has just forfeited his ability

to hide behind a mask of false decency.

[officer] Nigel Braithwaite,
drop your w*apon now!

Right then.

[grandiose music]

- Sorry, we're late, Carm.
- [Carmen] And?

- The ravens are still there.
- England, saved!

The world may debate whether Guy Fawkes
was a hero or a villain,

but the truth is finally out
on one Nigel Braithwaite.

And someday, the world will know
the truth about you.

Carmen Sandiego clearly allowed herself
to be arrested to create a diversion

so that Deputy Director Braithwaite
could execute the real heist

while seeing to it that Carmen
never saw the inside of a jail cell.

Uh, Chief, should we not consider
the possibility that the stolen Crown

was placed here by Carmen Sandiego
because she wanted us to find it?

I need you to grill Braithwaite

and determine how exactly
she's connected to him.

[phone ringing]

Zari.

No. Not again!

[ominous music]

[beeping]

Report!

Has there been any sign of contact?

We've been monitoring him night
and day for weeks, but nada.

Well, I am officially all out
of leads and patience.

[Chief] It's time to bring him in.

♪ God save our gracious Queen ♪

♪ Long live our noble Queen ♪

♪ God save the Queen ♪

♪ Send her victorious ♪

♪ Happy and glorious ♪

♪ Long to reign over us ♪

♪ God save the Queen ♪

♪ Long to reign over us ♪

♪ God save the Queen ♪