Masterpiece Theatre There is more death, more scheming — but still no revolution. All of the intrigue has come to nothing. Verkhovensky, who has controlled the characters around him like a master puppeteer, brings about the murder of Shatov. Kirilov... (more) finally overcomes his fear of death and commits suicide, after confessing to the murder of Shatov - which he really didn't commit. When someone reveals the identity of the true assassins, the revolutionary group is destroyed. All are arrested except Verkhovensky, who has disappeared. Nikolay Stavrogin, realizing the deaths he has caused by his indifference, takes desperate measures himself.