NOW YOU SEE HIM had a delayed entrance of 30 or so minutes.
All those lame magic tricks really padded the otherwise good episode.

I also really liked the "extra luggage weight" clue, and I thought it was one of the better clues in the entire series.

The "medical journals" answer was very quick and clever, and definitely proved that Dr. Fleming was going to be a very intelligent and difficult opponent.

And yes as you stated, the"Tell me, those trade journals and those medical books, did you take them with you when you went fishing?" line is absolutely hilarious!