
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
Episode #206
Season 2 Episode 206 | 44m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Jean and Dom try to find out how Jeremy’s old rock and roll friend could die in a locked room alone.
Loud rock music is playing at the Château and it’s giving Judith a headache! Jeremy’s old rock and roll friend, Dura, is recording his comeback album in the Millhouse. When he is found murdered in the locked room, with a strange symbol drawn on his face, Caron calls in Jean to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, Trevor is back in town and eager to meet daughter Gloria’s newfound love!
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The Madame Blanc Mysteries
Episode #206
Season 2 Episode 206 | 44m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Loud rock music is playing at the Château and it’s giving Judith a headache! Jeremy’s old rock and roll friend, Dura, is recording his comeback album in the Millhouse. When he is found murdered in the locked room, with a strange symbol drawn on his face, Caron calls in Jean to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, Trevor is back in town and eager to meet daughter Gloria’s newfound love!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[Rock band rehearsing inside music hall] ♪♪ ♪♪ When are they going to stop making that awful noise?
My head feels like it's about to explode!
Why are you dressed as Rod Stewart?
Well, I thought I'd make a special effort for our special guest.
He looks amazing!
Hasn't changed at all.
Must have an incredible surgeon.
[Music stops] "Effort."
Judith, today, the musical legend Dura is starting to record his comeback album in our millhouse.
Do they not have recording studios nowadays?
Yes, of course.
But Dura wants to use our millhouse because of the sonority of the stone, a chamber that resonates on a frequency that only Dura can create.
Twaddle.
And where are you going with my nightie?
Dura wants to borrow it.
It's a size six.
Well, nearer a four, actually.
It'll never fit him.
He doesn't want to wear it!
He wants to stand on it.
He wants to stand on my Dior silk?
For the next track.
Why on Earth?
I'm not sure, but I know it would be mind-blowing!
Oh, what utter claptrap.
And what does the old fossil think he's trying to achieve with a comeback album anyway?
Nobody knew he went in the first place.
[Music resumes] Oh, will someone please shut him up?
Ugh!
♪♪ [Indistinct singing] [Music stops] [Electrical feedback] Erm...
I got you that silk.
Erm, can I ask what you need it for?
It's the silkworms.
Part of their soul remains in the threads.
That's what creates the resonance.
♪♪ The vision of enveloping my voice in the Mediterranean stone is closer than ever.
Oh.
Can I have a selfie?
[Camera shutter clicks] Thank you!
The key, please.
Oh!
Oh, yes, yes, yes, of course.
You always lock yourself in, don't you?
It's important my process is not interrupted... or contaminated by any other human being.
[Chuckles nervously] [Door closes, locks] [Birds chirping] [Knocking] [Door slides open] I gave him the nightie and he started channeling.
Thanks, Jez.
This is Marco, our engineer.
Hey, Jez.
Jez owns this place.
Cool.
Quite the gaff.
Cheers...dude.
Marco has been with Dura since the beginning.
It's so cool he's here for the comeback.
Oh, so you were responsible for the "Butterfly Hair" album?
Guilty as charged.
Oh, the vibraphone on that album, it changed my life!
All about the bounce.
Ah-huh.
[Chuckles] Ready when you are.
Good luck, mate.
Good luck, my darling.
Dura: What is all this good luck?
I am Dura, I am one.
I don't need luck.
I am luck.
[Bells tolling] ♪♪ ♪ Oh, yeah [Bell tolls] [Dura screams] Oh, my God!
[Screaming continues] Come on, open the door!
Come on!
Come on!
Hurry up!
[Men grunting] Come on!
Whatever is the matter, darling?
We need to get inside.
[Banging on door continues] Open the door!
[Lock tumbling] Hurry up!
[Dramatic music plays] ♪♪ [Gasping] ♪♪ [Bell tolling] ♪♪ ♪ Do you remember the first time ♪ ♪ That my eyes set on you?
♪ Your smile came from nowhere ♪ For sometime never or sometime soon ♪ ♪ The road is a long one ♪ I was only passing through ♪♪ ♪ I was only passing through ♪♪ Robert De Niro once got into my cab when I was driving in New York.
Did you drive one of those big yellow cabs?
Sure did.
So he gets in and he says, "Hey, take me up the Guggenheim."
[Laughs] And I say, "Are you talking to me?"
[Laughs] More drinks?
Oh, go on, then.
Alright.
♪♪ What the 'eck's he doing here?
Hiya, Dad!
Ah, there you are.
I went to the garage.
Not like you to shut up shop early.
It's a Sunday?
Mm, then I thought, "I bet she's frolicking with that new fella."
[All chuckle] You know, she's got a lot of making up to do in that department.
[Laughs] I can't remember last time she had a boyfriend.
[Piano riff text alert] Oh, it's just me.
So where is he, then?
The cowboy.
You know, you said his legs go on for... -Dad!
-Legs that go on for miles?
Hi, Trevor.
I'm Cooper.
Great to meet you.
Hey, you're right.
He has got a cowboy look about him, hasn't he?
[Chuckles] Dom: You alright?
Uh...
There's been a murder.
What?
That was Caron.
Some old rock star's been murdered up at the chateau.
Rock star!
What's a rock star doing at the chateau?
Recording a comeback album.
Somebody called, erm, Drury, or something.
You don't mean Dura, do you?
Yeah, that's the one.
Oh, my God.
I'm like -- I'm a huge fan.
Me, too.
I've never been the same since after "Butterfly Hair."
So he's making a comeback album.
Well, he's not anymore.
Erm... Will you give me a lift to the chateau?
Yeah, yeah, of course, yeah.
Oh.
Can I come?
Can I come?
Dad, for goodness sake!
Erm, I'm afraid we're gonna have to get off.
-Yeah.
-This has been lovely.
See you, Trev.
And it's been lovely meeting you properly, Cooper.
You too.
And, Dom, you're a really great guy.
Thanks.
Dura.
Now, that takes me back.
Now, talking of rock stars, Cooper, answer me this.
Elvis -- alive or dead?
[Sighs] What?
Jean.
Oh!
Hello, love.
You alright?
Oui.
Hello.
I have something to tell you.
I hope you can forgive me.
I went to see Simone.
Oh, it was like a weight was lifted from my shoulders.
Well done.
Jean, she was so adorable.
So interested in the shop, always asking if we have a good enough alarm system so I would be safe.
[Sighs] She seems so different.
I, however... [Speaking French] Sorry?
Er, it means when you leave a conversation and you think of all the things you should've said.
Tres bien.
Merci beaucoup.
Look, love, erm, I've got to be somewhere, but I'll pop by later and we can talk it through?
Thanks, Jean.
[Indistinct conversations] How did your visit with Charlie go?
Is she still madly in love with you?
Oui.
[Laughs] I told you she would be.
Did you get any information?
Well, her and Jean's shop is going really well.
So how do I get in there?
I know she's had an alarm fitted.
She always uses her date of birth for the code.
Unless she's changed the habit of a lifetime.
Some people are so stupid.
What are you planning to do?
Have you seen the film "Misery"?
Yes.
Well, in the film, she breaks his feet.
But in the book, she cuts his foot off.
And?
Well, both of these things are terrific ideas, but one of them has a lasting effect.
All I'm saying is, that whatever I do to Jean will leave its mark, forever.
[Water rustling, birds chirping] Oh, Dominic, it's absolutely dreadful!
Thank you for coming, Jean.
This is Dura's wife, Mandarina.
And the man?
That's their sound engineer, Marco.
So what happened?
It looks like he died from a severe head injury.
It appears that his head was bashed repeatedly against the studio wall.
Studio?
Jeremy has converted the stone millhouse into a temporary studio.
Oh.
But the strange thing is, Dura locked himself in.
Now, the reason I called you is this.
This symbol was drawn on the side of his head.
Well, that looks like a symbol of a snake to me.
Snake?
Yeah.
The snake can symbolize loads of things, erm, fertility to the Hopi tribes in North America, erm, compassion to some Abrahamic traditions, yeah.
So, where was everyone else?
In the sound van.
They heard him screaming over the playback.
That's awful.
Okay.
So we've got a man who's had his head bashed against a wall, erm, a symbol of a snake drawn on his face, and it all happened in a locked room.
Right.
Can I, erm... Can I keep this?
Of course.
Right.
I met him donkeys years ago... Oh, he'd never remember.
We were utterly smashed!
Brilliant.
I couldn't believe it when his wife Mandarina phoned out of the blue and asked if they could use the chateau millhouse.
Mm.
I met him years ago at a little low-key gig in Soho.
Next thing I know, I'm backstage.
And he says to me, "Hey, man, we ought to do a gig together sometime soon."
Erm... Oh, well, he thought I was Brian Jones from The Rolling Stones.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I can see that.
Yeah.
Did you put him right?
Absolutely not.
He handed me a guitar and we had a jam.
Diddle-ling!
This is Jean, my colleague.
A few more questions.
How long have you worked with Monsieur Dura?
There is no monsieur.
It is just Dura.
One name, one Dura.
"As one, we can be one."
Pardonnez-moi.
40 years, on and off.
I worked with him on his very first album.
And now?
Life is so unfair, isn't it?
It really is.
You've only just reconnected and now he's dead.
I know, darling, but we must find the positive and do his memory justice.
That chateau millhouse will become a destination for all Dura devotees.
That's right.
Our very own Graceland!
How exciting!
Forgive me for asking the next question, but do you know anyone who would want to kill Monsieur -- ah, Dura?
Erm, what brought you here?
A three-record deal.
He chose Sainte Victoire because of the sonority of the Mediterranean stone.
When the rhythm of the dance changes, the sound it produces also changes.
Each atom perpetually sings its song.
An Alexandra David-Néel quote.
-You've heard of her?
-Yes.
The first European woman to enter Lhasa, Tibet, when it was closed to the rest of the world.
I, erm, sourced a first edition of one of her books for a client once.
She was quite the trailblazer.
That's what Dura used to call Chloe.
Sorry.
Who's Chloe?
Chloe is our savior.
She works for the record company that offered Dura the three-album comeback deal.
It took a bit of persuading because he was such a recluse, but once Dura had found his concept, he was really excited.
What am I gonna do?
[Sobs] [Door opens, footsteps approach] How long do you think he was planning to stay?
What?
Well, Dura is legendary for his long studio sessions.
He once spent three weeks recording a triangle.
Oh, wow.
You know, when I first heard Dura, the way he used his Tamaland just blew my mind.
I thought his wife was called Mandarina.
No, no, no.
This is the Tamaland speaker.
The Doppler effect on that is mind-blowing.
Pardon?
Well, you know how the sound of a train whistle goes down in pitch as it passes by?
Yeah.
That's the Doppler effect.
A combined amplifier and loudspeaker.
Mm.
So why is it so mind-blowing?
It made the notes make sounds that no one had ever heard before.
Mm.
I can't believe I'm actually in the same room as some of the equipment that produced "Sonic Serpent."
I mean, that is the actual Tamaland speaker that is on that album cover.
And I've just touched it.
Just touched it again!
The lock is intact.
Yeah.
No one's getting through these walls.
Caron: So how did they get in?
C'est impossible.
Are you actually crying?
[Scoffs] No!
What are you talking about?
[Rapping on glass] [Door squeaks] There is a bell, you know.
Hello.
I think you need to get your bell fixed.
The bell does work, actually.
[Doorbell rings] How can I help you?
I'm here to see Mandarina.
[Water rustling, birds chirping] [Cup clinks] Oh, Chloe.
Thank God you're here.
Oh, it's so good to meet you in the flesh.
Judith, Jeremy, this is Chloe from the record company.
She commissioned our album deal.
-How are you doing?
-I'm okay.
When did you get here?
I landed an hour ago.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I was just really looking forward to being part of the artistic process.
Our FaceTime communications played an integral part in the preparations.
Yes.
It's just a shame Dura could never join us.
Well, you know what he was like about technology.
Look, there's no easy way to say this.
There's bad news from the record company.
We'll be calling in our investment in the next 24 hours.
-What?
-Are you actually serious?
He's not even cold, and you're already talking money?
As Dura is unable to fulfill his commitments, we have no choice but to call in our investment.
How could he fulfill his investment?
He is dead!
[Sobs] Money needs to be in the account today.
I'm afraid business is business.
He said that you were his trailblazer.
That you gave him a reason to create again.
How can you be so cold?
Like I said... business is business.
It's like I don't recognize your face.
Marco: Oh, the irony!
"The Masks We Have."
[Whispering] Dura's third album.
[Mandarina sobs] What?
"The Masks We Have."
Recorded the whole thing in a public lavatory in Hyde Park.
Eww, that's disgusting.
Yeah.
I'll give you 24 hours, then I'll be calling our lawyers.
I think you'd better leave.
Oh!
Hang on, lady.
You are going out of the tradesmen's entrance.
♪♪ That way.
♪♪ [Cellphone rings] John.
I've sorted it.
The money will be in your account tomorrow.
I'll pay you well for your silence.
Please, John, we have worked together for years.
Please don't tell them.
[Birds chirping] ♪♪ Erm, Judith.
Who was that woman?
Oh, she's from Dura's record company.
Frightful woman.
Only just got off the plane and she's demanding their advance back.
I had to physically remove her.
Oh.
Gin and tonic?
Oh, er, no, thanks.
We'll be off now.
Oh, shame!
[Dura's music playing on record player] ♪♪ ♪♪ [Music fades] Open your eyes.
Well?
Yeah.
Yeah, it was good.
Did you feel it?
Er...
The journey of the bell, did you feel it?
Er... I-I'm not sure.
That's -- That's why the album's called "Journey Of The Bells."
Really?
Yeah.
The resonance of the bell travels continuously throughout the album... ...and through you.
So, what happens when you turn the record over?
Well, that's where Dura was a maverick.
He thought of everything to do with every musical journey ever created.
The album came with a free bell, which you rang when you turned the record over.
[Bell clacks faintly] I lost the clapper years ago at a house party in Leicester.
Go on, then, play us another one.
Yeah?
Alright, er... Oh, now, now, now, this is one of his absolute best.
Dura was the first artist to use the lithophone in a non-percussive way.
The lithophone?
Like a xylophone?
Yeah, yeah.
But with rocks.
He used water to strike the rocks and created notes and sounds that no one had ever heard before.
Cor, he's a good-looking fella, wasn't he?
Look at them eyes.
Oh, he was so beautiful.
Mm.
That's interesting.
His tattoo.
It's the chakana.
Considered to be the most holy sign of the Inca culture.
It represents the tree of life and, er, the four realms of the world.
Hang on.
This symbol was drawn on Dura's face when he died.
It's all about the Incas.
Right.
The chakana, and now the snake.
No, I'm not with you.
Well, the snake, in Inca symbolism, it means the passage to the underworld.
That's really interesting.
Mandarina got a snake tattoo when they got married.
[Gasps] No, no.
No, it can't have been her.
Yeah.
And they would have made loads with a comeback.
And the record company was set to make a killing, too.
Yes.
You might wanna rephrase that.
But then Chloe did want her money back sharpish, didn't she?
And then there's the phone call.
What phone call?
I overheard her talking to someone saying, "Don't tell anybody, and I'll put the money back in your account."
Sounded like blackmail to me.
Really?
But how could she have murdered Dura?
She came straight from the airport.
Hmm.
And how did she get through a locked door, bash his head against the wall, and draw a little squiggle on his face?
I mean, none of it makes any sense, does it?
Nothing about this case makes any sense, but that's all we've got to go on.
I think we need to find out a little bit more about this Chloe character.
Hmm.
Hey.
the first track on this album is called "Keep My Eye On You."
Well, that's very appropriate.
This one is 28 minutes long, and in the middle, it goes backwards.
Oh, fantastic.
[Rock intro plays] [Dura singing indistinctly] ♪♪ ♪♪ Is that really necessary?
Yeah, you're right, I should've cut eye holes in it, shouldn't I?
Dom, she's never even seen us.
Oh, wait, what's going on here?
Stop it!
Supposed to be incognito.
Hey, they're a great band, them.
[Chuckles] ♪♪ Come on.
♪♪ Bonjour.
Avez-vous un menu?
Oui.
Bien su.
I first met Dura at a little low-profile gig in Soho.
So, is all Dura's stuff still up at your millhouse?
Dad, stop sniffing for merchandise.
He's not even cold.
Yes, we're thinking of making it into a shrine, like Graceland.
Do you know, they've never changed a thing in the bathroom where Elvis died.
Even left his hemorrhoid cream in place.
Eww, that's awful.
How do you know that?
Mate of mine, worked in the gift shop.
Hey, is there any chance I could come and have a look round?
I'm a big fan.
Well, his wife is still in the chateau, so I suppose there's no harm in asking.
Maybe give it a couple of days, 'ey, Dad.
As I was saying, after the gig, Dura thought I was Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones.
[Chuckles] You sit down, I'll get the drinks in.
Alright.
The money will be in your account tonight.
Don't get aggressive.
Dura's death has cleaned everything up.
[Mumbling] I recorded it.
I can't understand you.
[Speaking indistinctly] ♪♪ I'll be back in a minute.
[Indistinct conversations] Charlie, erm, the peridot earrings I bought at auction a couple of weeks ago, have we sold them?
Uh... Ah, oui.
I sold them last week.
The woman kept going on about how peridot can combat stress.
To be honest, pfft, I glazed over.
Can you remember which day last week?
Uh... [Speaks French] Well, have you got the customer details?
Ah!
Oui.
She wanted a written receipt.
[Drawer opens] [Paper rustling] Mm.
Voilà.
♪♪ Thank you.
♪♪ [Laughter] Sorry, there's somebody sitting there.
You got to hear this, Dom.
Go on, Trev.
I once sold some actual grass off Jerry Lee Lewis' grave.
What, grass, grass?
Oh, aye.
Proper turf.
I once went to a "green party" in Chelsea back in the day.
I ended up naked in a giant fish tank!
No!
[Laughter] Thank God for an age before camera phones.
That sounds amazing.
Golden days, Dominic, golden days.
Yeah, I bet.
My God, Dura looked amazing for his age.
Sort of Peter Pan of rock.
Hmm.
Well, he did always say he wanted to die before he got old.
You know, I've got the last picture of him alive.
No way.
Mm, I was, ah, helping, ah, with the album, you know.
Come on, let's see it, then.
No, really?
It's a bit grim, innit, guys?
He wouldn't mind, would he?
[Laughs] Here we go.
Oh, wow.
That looks great.
That's not Dura.
That's not -- Who is that then, Cliff Richard?
Course it's Dura.
It was taken yesterday just before he was killed.
Listen, I sold loads of his merchandise back in the day.
And unless plastic surgery can make your forehead smaller... Then again, how many of these have I had?
JEAN: Dom!
Where have you been?
I have got a recording of her saying Dura's death has cleaned everything up.
Have you?
Well done, Dom.
Alright, don't sound so surprised.
No, no, it's great.
And she was lying about arriving yesterday.
See those earrings she's wearing?
She bought them from my shop last week.
I think you need to call Caron.
Yeah.
Send me that recording, Colombo.
♪♪ [Water rustling] Am I under arrest?
You are by no means under arrest.
Thank you for coming in.
We just need to clarify your whereabouts at the time of Dura's death.
You told everyone that you flew in on the morning of the murder.
And?
Jean: I like your earrings.
Peridot stones.
The ancient Egyptians believed that they would protect them from night terrors.
Also known very well for their healing qualities.
Hmm.
And you bought them from my shop last week.
May I?
Yes, sure.
Chloe: The money will be in your account tonight.
Don't get aggressive.
Dura's death has cleaned everything up.
Dom: [Mumbling] I recorded it.
Jean: I can't understand you.
[Recording stops] Can you elaborate?
It would be easier for you if you told the truth, Chloe.
Look, I'm a woman at a record company.
For years, men had leapfrogged me into better positions.
I was still scrabbling around in pubs, looking for major talent, finding it, and having it taken away from me.
I was always such a fan of Dura, and I worked out that a comeback would make millions.
But because he'd been such a recluse and no one had seen him for years, no one would trust me with a budget.
Go on.
So I made contact with Mandarina and we came up with a deal.
I was so looking forward to meeting Dura in the flesh.
What, you signed him up to the record company without even meeting him?
It all adds to the mystery.
Besides, everyone knew Mandarina deals with the business.
So how did you afford the deal?
I borrowed the money from the record company's accounts.
Illegally.
Of course, illegally.
I was going to pay it back before the next financial year.
No one would have known it was gone.
Dura would have gone into profit.
And I'd be able to prove to those pig-headed misogynists that I was the best that they had.
So what happened?
Colleague found out and started blackmailing me.
I came out last week to tell Mandarina and Dura, but when I turned up, they weren't at the studio that I'd booked, so I rang the sound engineer to find out what was going on and he told me Mandarina had canceled him.
Hang on.
I thought Marco was Dura's regular sound engineer.
I'm sorry, I don't know who you're talking about.
I finally found out they're at the chateau, when Mandarina called me to tell me what happened.
But I didn't kill him.
I'm a record-company exec, not a murderer.
[Cellphone chimes] Mon Dieu.
What?
The autopsy report has shown that he did not die from the head injury.
He had the most horrible death, Jean.
What?
His lungs exploded.
Oh!
♪♪ [Dog barks] Woman: Douglas, no, no!
[Barking continues] [Dog panting] Humans can't hear it.
Used to belong to Barbara Woodhouse.
♪♪ Dom, could you give me a lift to the chateau, please?
♪♪ Hi, guys.
How's it hangin'?
The J's are sunbathing out back, if you want to join.
Er, we're here to take a look at the studio, actually.
I think I might have dropped something.
Sure.
Go through.
I never know where to look with an unbuttoned shirt.
Dom: Trevor was well-oiled earlier.
You know that selfie that Jeremy says is the last photo of Dura?
Well, Trevor says, "That's not Dura."
I said, "Who is it, then, Cliff Richard?"
[Laughs] He's having none of it.
Battered.
Dom?
This isn't the same speaker.
What do you mean?
It's not walnut.
'Ey?
I have sold too many pieces of 18th century furniture to know this is not walnut grain.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What are you doing?
Trust me.
Jean... [Cymbals clatter] Jean, that speaker has produced some of the most influential music ever written.
Dom.
Dom...this is not the same speaker as the one on your album cover.
Trust me.
Ah!
Exactly as I thought.
False cover.
I don't understand.
I take it that's not supposed to be there.
No, that is a brand-new subwoofer.
That's not supposed to be there.
It was the dog whistle that gave me the idea.
But I'm not sure.
I need to speak to someone who knows what they're talking about.
You know an expert in dog whistles?
No.
Professor Thomas.
Who's that?
She's an expert in military warfare.
Loves her Air Medal.
Oh, thank you so much for sparing me your time, Professor Thomas.
Penny: Not at all.
Good to hear from you.
-Oh!
-Call me Penny.
Well, this might sound like an odd question, Penny... but can sound kill?
Now, that is a fascinating subject, Jean.
Sound.
Dura was killed with sound.
What?
In an enclosed space, a certain sound frequency, well, can kill a human.
Right.
When we were listening to your records, you said the resonance of the bells travels through you continuously.
Yeah.
Right.
And when Trevor blew the dog whistle for Douglas, no one else could hear it.
And that gave me the idea.
What idea?
That's why I called Professor Thomas.
Part of her studies are on sonic warfare.
Oh, my God!
Well, we know that Dura didn't die from the bash on his head.
He died from his lungs exploding.
And that was done with a huge sound wave.
He must have hit his head on the way down to the floor.
Of course!
Who you could get inside a locked room?
No one, because no one did.
[Breathes deeply] Dom, what did Trevor say about Dura not being Dura?
Well, when he saw the selfie of Jeremy and Dura, he said, "Unless he's had plastic surgery."
Oh, my God.
[Gasps] Come on.
♪♪ ♪♪ The police again.
I thought they'd finished all their forensics.
I wonder what's going on.
♪♪ [Laughs] Oh, yes!
And he thought I was Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones!
My colleague would like to ask you a few questions.
Some things, um, are just not adding up for me.
So, Marco, how long have you worked with Dura?
Donkey's years.
I did his first album.
It's funny, that, because, um, when we interviewed Chloe, she had absolutely no idea who you were.
Is there anything you'd like to say?
No?
Marco, we have evidence that it was you who murdered Dura.
Ridiculous.
I was in the van!
Which is exactly where you needed to be if you were gonna kill him with sound.
What?!
[Laughing] Sorry?
The Tamaland speaker had been replaced, and inside the casing, I found a powerful subwoofer where the rotary system should be.
And that was big enough to kill any man.
How can you kill someone with sound?
A specific low-frequency sound inside an enclosed space can cause fatal physical damage.
I have never heard of this before.
Oh, I've had it confirmed by an expert.
Why would you kill your boss when you're about to set the world on fire again?
Do you want to explain or -- or should I?
He was blackmailing you.
Wasn't he, Dura?
Dura?
What are you talking about?
Dom, let me introduce to you the great Dura.
Here, in the flesh.
That's ridiculous!
This is how I see it.
Mandarina and Chloe had sealed a very lucrative record deal.
But you got scared, because you don't exactly look like you did on the cover of your albums anymore, do you, Dura?
The world is so looks-obsessed nowadays, isn't it?
So you hired a look-alike.
I'm guessing, um, some Dura tribute act.
There's someone I'd like you to meet.
Dura.
Loved your work.
Jean: Someone who looked like you back in the day, but looked younger, and he would be the face, and then you would record over the tracks after.
But I assume he got greedy and threatened to tell.
What did he want, Dura?
Obviously more than you were willing to give.
How did you know?
I saw the tattoo 'round your belly button when you opened the door.
The J's are sunbathing out back, if you want to join.
Oh, actually, I'm here to take a look at the studio.
I think I might have dropped something.
Sure.
Go through.
Jean: The same one on the cover of the album "Sonic Serpent."
So Trevor was actually right.
Oh, God.
Oh, and, of course, you were in on it, too.
I mean, who else would identify the body?
The stooge, he got greedy and was threatening to tell.
I worked out that, with our life insurance and the back catalog, Dura could make the same amount of money if he was dead.
It's true.
I couldn't face today's press, social-media scrutiny.
I mean, look at me.
Do I look like the Peter Pan of rock?
I wanted to make music...so much.
Oh, darling.
We had to put a stop to it.
We had to find a way of killing Dura without killing Dura.
We thought doing it with sound would be quite... spiritual.
Sorry?
Sort of... prophetic.
[Screaming] See, I wouldn't say having your lungs explode is very prophetic.
But who drew the symbol on his face?
I did.
Oh, darling!
Why take the chance of drawing a symbol?
You see, that was my final clue, Caron.
Pardon?
You thought you were doing him a favor.
The snake would help guide him back to the underworld and to the start of a new life.
Am I right, Dura?
Indeed, you are.
It's time, my love.
You both need to accompany me to the station.
Are you all right, Dom?
Nothing will ever sound the same.
Well... at least you can start dressing like a grown-up again.
What are you wearing?
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