[police siren blaring]
lestrade: High-speed chase in progress.
Suspect is headed toward the thames.
Hang on.
The vehicle is registered to Neville Harris,
640 bellingham cloves.
Hmm. Well-heeled neighborhood.
He's gone!
[big Ben ringing]
but how could he just vanish?
Excellent question, Watson.
[echoing] Sherlock Holmes.
Holmes.
Watson!
Bring Sherlock Holmes back to life.
Back to life.
It's elementary, my dear Watson.
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elementary, my dear Watson.
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[police siren blaring]
lestrade, respond a.S.A.P. Immediately!
Oh! Where did that dragster go?
You got his e.I.D. Follow it up later.
I just got a call from the palmiero touring club.
Palmiero? Well, ha!
We're moving up in the world.
Best behavior, lestrade.
Palmiero's home to some of the wealthiest,
most influential people in this country.
Just see what they want
and try not to destroy anything.
Lestrade: On my way.
Holmes: What is the palmiero touring club?
Lestrade: Palmiero has the largest collection
of luxury vehicles in the country--
maybe even the world.
Holmes: Who are these people?
Locals. They're trying to get palmiero
to turn part of their grounds
into a public park.
Not much chance, I'd say.
[lestrade whistles]
whoa. What I'd give to drive one of these beauties.
[clears throat]
the vandalized Napoleon excelsior is here,
inspector.
Perhaps you could apply your attention to it.
What exactly is a Napoleon excelsior?
A technological marvel, and quite simply,
the most sumptuous luxury craft ever built.
And who built this marvel?
It was the crowning achievement
of Felipe Napoleon's career.
It can do new London to los Angeles in 50 minutes.
There are only 30 left in the world today.
Really?
Fascinating.
All cut identically.
What do you make of it, Watson?
Only a Sonic gem cutter makes that exact a cut.
Hmm. Not your ordinary thief or vandal's tool.
I say he was interrupted.
Why else leave all these gems?
And look, the interior wasn't even touched.
He clearly didn't appreciate the craftsmanship
of what he was trying to steal.
But then, why destroy the value of the vehicle
by destroying the gems?
Astute observation, my dear Watson.
And why bring a gem cutter
if his aim was to steal the cruiser?
What is the vehicle identity number?
It's "n-e-2-0-9-4."
he couldn't steal the Napoleon itself,
so he went for whatever he could get.
But then why cut into the gems and ruin their value?
And observe, lestrade--
I believe none are missing.
The fiend who did this could have taken the Napoleon anytime.
I'll tell you what he's after.
He wants to ruin us.
You know who did this?
We should never have allowed Jack Rizzo
to join palmiero.
We've had nothing but trouble
ever since.
Trouble...
Well, what kind?
Petty vandalism,
those infernal protesters,
garbage hurled at members entering the club.
But this--
this is an abomination.
These incidents-- were they all related
to the neighborhood park dispute?
Of course!
All Jack Rizzo's doing!
What are you waiting for?
Arrest him!
Perhaps you and lestrade could interview mr. Rizzo.
I would like to track down this Felipe Napoleon.
You can't.
The man is long dead,
but his son is our club mechanic.
Oh, he's right through there.
I shall catch up to you later.
Man: Can I help you?
Are you mark Napoleon?
Sherlock Holmes.
You heard about the vandalism next door?
Hmm. I'm not surprised-- with all those jewels.
But I wonder why they didn't go for this one, too.
Indeed.
The vehicle I.D. Number on this one is 1-0-3-2.
The one next door is 2-0-9-4.
Perhaps that has something to do with it.
That means this one was one of the 32nd Napoleon produced.
The other was one of the last 6 produced
the week my father died.
They only built 2,000 of them altogether.
Are all these your father's inventions?
Uh, yes.
Hmm. A perpetual motion machine.
I remember studying the da vinci drawings
in school.
But too bad it doesn't work.
Father was fascinated
with finding an endless power source.
Curious that such a brilliant inventor would be interested
in such antiquated notions,
unless...
He was a gemologist, too.
Many of these crystals he fabricated himself.
I loved playing with them as a boy.
Do you recall any other things he was working on?
He thought the excelsior
would make him lots of money,
but it was too costly to produce.
What happened?
He was under so much pressure.
I was only 7, but I remember a lot of arguing
between him and his production chief,
Sam timble.
Father always had a weak heart.
The pressure was just...Too much.
And the company?
Timble ran it for a time,
but with sales floundering and my father dead,
it soon went bankrupt.
What happened to timble?
Uh, no idea.
Last I heard, he went to Europe.
You wouldn't still have your father's
old production records, would you?
That and everything he ever invented.
The address is on the key.
Thank you.
Lestrade: Jack Rizzo. Watson, everything you got.
Watson: He has a lengthy juvenile record,
served 5 years for credit fraud.
Uh, how does he afford all this?
He was an amateur drag racer
until he won the lottery 2 years ago.
He gets 3 million credits a year for the rest of his life.
[ringing doorbell]
inspector lestrade, new Scotland yard.
[wolf whistle]
whoa! Yardy's a whole lot foxier these days.
Oh, no.
Please, come in.
Impressive, ain't it?
Uh, that isn't exactly the word
I had in mind, mr. Rizzo.
My friends call me Jack.
Lemon fizz?
Mm-mmm. Mr. Rizzo,
I've just come from the palmiero touring club.
You've been talking to sommersby, haven't you?
Stiff's trying to nail the Napoleon on me, isn't he?
You know about the vandalism?
Word gets around.
They just gave me the boot
'cause I tried to buy the place
and turn it into a public park.
Back to the Napoleon, mr. Rizzo.
Did you try to steal it?
[laughing]
me? What a hoot!
Come here.
Now, why would I need another vehicle?
You tell me.
A Lexington repo.
I know their hov-trucks anywhere.
Hmm. Behind on some hovercraft payments, are we?
Excuse me.
There's some kind of mistake.
Lestrade, look!
It's just like the hovercraft
we lost on the thames.
Check the electronic I.D.
The very same.
Owner: Neville Harris.
So, what is Jack Rizzo doing with it?
So that was you, inspector. Fancy bit of driving.
You should try drag racing sometime.
You're under arrest, mr. Rizzo.
Speeding, evading arrest,
maybe even cruiser theft.
Hold on, little lady.
I can explain everything.
And you will...
Down at the yard!
Cuff him, Watson.
Lestrade: Mr. Harris, you're telling me
that you let Rizzo borrow your hovercraft
because he was behind on the payments
for his own vehicles?
I told you I didn't steal it.
Why would you let a man you barely know
borrow such an expensive vehicle?
He has given me some excellent tips on our hollow horses.
If that's it, inspector,
we've set the court date on my vehicular infractions.
I'm already late for a very important engagement.
I'll bet.
I'll see you in court.
I Don't trust that man.
[watch beeps]
inspector, have you arrested that lunatic Rizzo yet?
Yes. Uh, uh, no!
But I'm glad you called.
Rizzo claims you booted him out of the palmiero
because of his involvement
with the local park movement.
Indeed not!
I gave him the boot because
he was 5 months behind on his dues.
We've got a potential riot situation.
All inspectors, report for duty
a.S.A.P. Immediately!
Sorry, mr. Sommersby, I've gotta run.
But--
it's a rally outside the Kensington touring club.
Rizzo!
Watson, I need to find a Sam timble.
[sighs]
not now, Holmes.
There's been a development
at the Kensington touring club.
Indeed.
[crowd cheering]
500 acres!
200 club members?
Is this fair?!
Crowd: No!
It's time the touring club shared with the people!
[crowd cheering]
whoa!
All right, break it up!
I bet this is Rizzo's doing.
Find him!
Holmes! Rizzo's at it again,
trying to incite a crowd to riot.
I believe you shall find larger crimes afoot here, lestrade.
[watch beeps]
I haven't found Rizzo, but I've discovered
another Napoleon excelsior's
been vandalized!
We'll be right there.
The vehicle registration number
should fall between 2,095 and 3,000.
Good heavens, man! How did you guess?
It's number 2-0-9-8.
I didn't guess, Watson. I deduced.
Just as I have deduced the 4 other napoleons
with I.D. Numbers above 2-0-9-4
will also be vandalized
if we do not find them first.
Another touring club across town
was just broken into. Same m.O.
Oh, I should never have let Jack Rizzo back on the street.
Forget mr. Rizzo, lestrade.
How could he be at the rally
and break into the club
on the other side of new London
at the same time?
Lestrade, check the vehicle I.D. Number
on the newly vandalized cruiser across town.
We must account for each of them.
Watson, locate Sam timble,
and I suspect we can finally unravel
this mystery.
But where are you going?
To Felipe Napoleon's warehouse.
Believe me, lestrade,
this has nothing to do with the park protests,
nor is it common vandalism.
Holmes: As I suspected.
Someone's tried to get in before me.
[sniffing]
hmm. Amyl nitrate.
Excellent. He didn't get in.
Computer on.
I want any and all information
on Napoleon excelsiors,
vin numbers 2,094 to 3,000--
the buyers and the addresses.
[sniffing]
hmm?
Watson! Quickly, come to 540 hoxton street!
Alert the fire department.
Watson: Holmes, are you all right?
Yes. Hurry!
[grunts]
[coughing]
aah!
[police siren wailing]
Holmes!
Where are you?
Holmes!
[grunting]
[coughing]
hold on!
Holmes!
[coughing]
well done, Watson.
What did you find on Sam timble?
Uh, does the man ever slow down?
Timble went to Europe 20 years ago.
There's been no trace of him since.
Au contraire, my friend.
Timble's a chemist now.
But he served a long stint in a Spanish prison,
and he's had a rough go ever since.
He has an unfortunate weakness for junk food,
which isn't helping his high blood pressure
one bit.
How did you sort all that out
from just a pair of shoe prints?
I recognized this print
from my study of current footwear.
It is worn by inmates
of the Spanish prison system.
That he is still wearing prison shoes
indicates he can't afford new ones.
Note the ragged edges here and here.
Chemicals must have repeatedly contacted the soles
to dissolve so much rubber.
Astounding, Holmes!
That he managed to avoid detection for a full 20 years
makes me suspect that most of that time was spent in prison,
and perhaps under an assumed name.
Earlier, I found a freshly used vial of amyl nitrate,
a primitive medicine for high blood pressure.
And as for his fondness for junk food,
behold...
A fresh French fry.
We must track down the 3 remaining Napoleon excelsiors
with vin numbers higher than 2-0-9-4 and stake them out.
I still Don't understand why.
If you want to catch your man, lestrade,
that is how we shall finally do it.
Watson here.
I've just arrived at the regent touring club.
Everything seems quiet here.
Same here at pimlico.
Are you sure this guy's gonna show?
Be patient, lestrade. He'll--
[door opens]
I see him. He's already here.
Lestrade: We're on our way.
Watson: Careful, Holmes.
Well done, mr. Timble.
You finally located Felipe Napoleon's long lost power crystal.
Yes. And there's no way you're taking it from me.
I've slaved 15 years for that cheapskate.
That is what mark heard you two arguing about
the week his father died, isn't it?
You realized those crystals
Felipe Napoleon made for his son
were more than pretty baubles.
And when he perfected his invention,
you tried to force Felipe to tell you how it worked.
[choking]
Holmes: He had to hide it
where it would be safe from you.
But then he died
and the company went under.
I took his designs to Europe
and tried to duplicate his work.
But with no seed money, you resorted to crime
to finance your experiments.
20 years in prison gave me time
to figure out where the crystal must be.
[laughing]
it's gonna make me a gazillionaire.
Lestrade: Put it down, timble!
You're under arrest.
Police! Halt!
After him!
Watson, quickly, the excelsior.
Watson: Heavens! What a powerful vehicle.
Holmes: We just spotted timble at big Ben, lestrade,
heading north.
Lestrade: Good. I'll cut him off.
Lestrade: I see him!
I'm sending out an electrical pulse.
It should disable his guidance systems.
Lestrade: Freeze, timble!
You're under arrest.
Get me out of here!
I can't swim! Oh!
Come on in.
We finally got our park.
[indistinct chatter]
I still Don't understand how you zeroed in
on the power crystal so quickly.
Simple fitting fact to theory, my dear Watson.
You thought someone wanted to steal
that first Napoleon excelsior.
But then why bring along the sonar gem cutter?
And why destroy the value of the vehicle?
Lestrade suggested it was a jewel theft or a simple vandalism.
No gems were ever stolen, and the damage
was too precise to be mere vandalism,
which forced me to look for another explanation.
When mark Napoleon told me about his father's interest
in perpetual motion machines,
I began to wonder if our vandal
was searching for something far more valuable
than either the excelsior or the gems.
Perhaps his father had discovered a new power source.
Mark remembered his father and timble arguing
that last week before Felipe died.
And the fact only the last 6 cruisers built
were being targeted led me to deduce
that whatever it was timble was looking for
was hidden on one of them.
Finally, my facts fit the theory.
Rizzo: Nice piece of work, Sherlock.
I owe you an apology, mr. Rizzo.
Forget about it, inspector.
You helped me get reinstated
and got sommersby to go public.
I misjudged your motives, mr. Rizzo. I--
Jack.
[laughs]
Jack.
Now I got just one more thing you can help me with.
I want the park named Jack Rizzo community park.
Got a nice ring to it, Don't it?
Come on. I bet you could get that old gasbag sommersby
to do that, can't you?
The prestigious palmiero touring club
changing their name to Jack Rizzo community park.
Even the formidable inspector lestrade
couldn't pull that one off, I'm afraid.
Not when we still have a date in traffic court.
Right, Jack?
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