Detective Sleuth: Episode 1

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Plot
"Mystery. What is a mystery? It surrounds us... penetrates us... it's all around us. Every day we see people passing by. Where are the going? What are they doing? What are their intentions? This line of work never gets old. There's always a mystery to be solved. Some days you look for work... some days work looks for you." - Detective Sleuth inner monologue Detective Sleuth: Episode 1 Detective Sleuth sits quietly, pondering in his office at the Laundromat in a film noir style as his inner monologue plays (see above). As the monologue ends, a man opens the door and inquires if anyone has seen his keys. The man introduces himself as Darrent Dew, with Sleuth then asking his assistant Esmerelda to run the name through a database. Sleuth decides to take on Dew's case, and immediately asks him several questions which get more ridiculous and seemingly off-topic as he goes on. Esmerelda supposedly makes headway on the database search, but getting no useful answers from Dew, Sleuth goes outside to investigate further. He tries to interview "Some witnesses with a birds-eye view" AKA a flock of birds flying overhead, but with no success. Sleuth goes back to interrogate Dew, this time more aggressively (as 'good-cop' Hermel is "on break"), but once again gets very little information. Once told that Dew drives a red Chevy though, Sleuth "[blows] the case wide open", discovering that the missing keys were locked inside Dew's car all along. Sleuth, standing outside the truck, speaks to the camera and begins to advertise his services in case any more mysteries need be solved, but upon searching for a business card, he realizes his wallet is lost. The last shot of the episode is of Sleuth's wallet lying in the field he had been earlier, and a hand picking it up off the ground.

Quotes

 * "Has anyone seen my keys?" - Darrent Dew (First spoken line in the series)
 * "What's your name?" - Detective Sleuth (Sleuth's first spoken line in the series)
 * "You wanna know my career high in Fortnite?" - Darrent Dew
 * "But if I'm gonna close this case, I'm gonna need to interview some witnesses. Some witnesses... with a birds-eye view." -Detective Sleuth
 * "Another case, expertly solved." - Detective Sleuth

Trivia

 * There is a reference to the Minor Inconvenience Mart made during the second interview segment with Darrent, before the mart had ever been formally introduced in the series.
 * This episode has the only occurrence of Sleuth speaking directly to the camera in the entire series.
 * Episode 1 is by far the shortest in the series, with a run time of 4 minutes and 28 seconds.
 * This episode includes the least amount of characters in one episode out of the entire series, featuring only 4 characters in total.
 * This episode is the only one to not include the episode subtitle in the title of the video. The subtitle, 'The Key to Sleuthing', can only be found in the title card at the 1:05 mark.