My.Life.Is.Murder.S04E04
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Good morning.
00:15 I need two pappuccinos, but Bella's got a dairy allergy.
00:19 So if you can use, like, coconut,
00:20 that would be really great.
00:21 Or actually, if you've got almond, or maybe oat,
00:23 oat would be really good.
00:24 Do you have cinnamon to put on top?
00:26 Anyway, Joshie's been really good this week,
00:27 so I think he deserves a pappuccino.
00:29 Kiss on the mouth.
00:30 Joshie, who's my gorgeous boy?
00:31 Who's my gorgeous boy?
00:32 Who's my gorgeous boy?
00:33 And who's a grumpy lady who doesn't
00:34 understand why some people don't realize
00:36 there's a lion behind you?
00:39 Joshie and Bella are paying customers, just like you are.
00:44 Sorry, certified caffeine addiction.
00:48 Are you naturally this antagonistic, or do you work--
00:50 One, I have not had my coffee yet.
00:52 Two, caffeine is very bad for dogs.
00:54 And three, why aren't we at Rubens?
00:57 Because we need some privacy.
00:59 What?
01:00 You ever heard of Tyler Wicks, chef to the rich and famous?
01:04 Yes, and if frequent name dropping is anything to go by,
01:07 you're a good mate of Rubens.
01:11 Oh, that's why you don't want to be there.
01:13 Bingo.
01:14 Ruben's been on my case.
01:15 Seems his mate is in a little bit of hot water.
01:18 Oh, are you going to give him a good grilling?
01:21 Don't give up your day job.
01:24 Tyler is the prime suspect in the death
01:26 of a young guy called Louis Cutler.
01:30 He was engaged to be married to Beatrice Boyd.
01:33 Beatrice is the only daughter of Malcolm and Karen Boyd.
01:36 They're a rich list of family.
01:37 Fingers in a lot of pies, you know?
01:39 You say Karen?
01:40 Yeah.
01:41 Don't make the mistake of calling her Karen like I did
01:43 when I took your statement.
01:44 Anyway, the Boyds were on their private yacht
01:47 heading to Rarotonga.
01:48 Louis was at home alone.
01:50 Oh, I read about this rich kid who died of severe gastro.
01:55 Oh, you think Tyler Wicks poisoned him?
01:58 Well, official cause of death is acute poisoning
02:00 from tootin' ingestion.
02:01 That's the stuff that contaminates honey.
02:03 The phototoxin in the New Zealand native plant tutu, yes.
02:07 But in this case, it was the actual plant that got him.
02:10 So young tutu shoots look a lot like asparagus.
02:13 And that's what Tyler threw into the pan
02:14 with the usual carrots, mushrooms, onions.
02:17 Hang on.
02:18 Tyler Wicks is like an expert forager.
02:19 He's published books and got a blog and everything.
02:22 Exactly.
02:23 You'd think he'd know asparagus from his killer plants, right?
02:25 Right.
02:26 He admits to cooking the dish and serving it to Louis,
02:29 but then he knocked off, went home for the night.
02:32 The family security camera footage
02:34 clocked Louis at about 11 PM having a vape outside.
02:38 Then he fell into the outdoor furniture.
02:39 Poison kicking in.
02:40 Yeah, you got it.
02:42 Tootin' poisoning causes headaches, delirium,
02:44 severe convulsions before it kills you.
02:48 He made it to a bathroom inside, which
02:51 is where he was found the next morning when
02:53 the housekeeper arrived.
02:56 What happened to his eyebrow?
02:57 Tyler reckons he had two eyebrows when he left him
03:00 at the dinner table.
03:01 But then Tyler also reckons he didn't kill him.
03:03 Sounds like you don't believe him.
03:04 Well, he's an angry sort of guy.
03:06 And he wasn't shy of telling us what he really
03:08 thought of the victim.
03:09 Plus, there's no one else to look at.
03:10 Family were away.
03:12 None of the other staff were there.
03:14 Could it be manslaughter?
03:15 It's a possibility.
03:16 A possibility you want me to look into?
03:18 Death by stir fry.
03:20 It's kind of in your wheelhouse, Alexa.
03:21 Maybe you just don't want to be the only one
03:23 that Reuben blames when you arrest his mate.
03:25 Or I want to share the credit when we clear his mate,
03:29 which is exactly what Reuben thinks is going to happen.
03:32 No pressure.
03:32 No pressure at all.
03:51 Coriaria arborea is the Latin name for the New Zealand
03:54 native plant tutu.
03:56 It's common through the whole country.
03:57 There are documented cases of ingestion causing death going
04:00 all the way back to the 1860s.
04:02 The autopsy showed traces of tetrahydrozolina system.
04:05 That's the main ingredient in eye drops.
04:07 Which half the planet uses, especially if you like to party.
04:09 And the police located eye drops among his belongings,
04:12 so they dismissed that as irrelevant.
04:14 But look at this.
04:15 His eyebrow was shaved off post-mortem.
04:18 Why would somebody poison him, wait for him to die,
04:20 and then shave off an eyebrow?
04:23 Some kind of weird souvenir or a message.
04:27 Hey.
04:29 Cover that.
04:29 What's up, Anne?
04:30 Hey.
04:32 Harry said that you were going to help me.
04:34 Well, help Tyler.
04:35 I said I would take a look.
04:37 Tyler didn't do it, Alexa.
04:38 There's no way he'd kill someone.
04:40 Look, I'm sorry, but Tyler's a mentor, a friend.
04:44 He gave me a job straight out of chef school.
04:46 And lately?
04:47 We lost touch for a bit.
04:49 I heard he was back here working for a rich family.
04:51 Then this thing in the newspaper,
04:52 this guy dies of food poisoning.
04:54 I called Tyler, and he says the police are gunning for him.
04:57 Reuben, Harry says that Tyler has a bit of an anger problem.
05:02 Well, of course he's angry.
05:04 I mean, how would you feel if someone
05:05 choked on a piece of your sourdough
05:06 and you got accused of murder?
05:08 Whoa, Buster.
05:09 Number one, my sourdough is chewy, not dry.
05:11 And number-- never mind all that.
05:16 Did Tyler mention anything about working with the boys?
05:19 No, and he just got back in touch.
05:21 You didn't ask him about the family?
05:23 No, because I was too busy promising him
05:24 that my friend Alexa was going to help him.
05:26 I will do my best.
05:31 Get out of here.
05:33 We're working.
05:34 Pleased to meet you, Reuben's friend.
05:36 He used to be a cop.
05:37 Likewise.
05:38 Perhaps you could have a word to your idiot colleagues
05:40 who came through here trampling all my crops,
05:43 looking for tutu plants.
05:45 As if I'd deliberately grow a toxic plant
05:47 and feed it to my client, even if he was a puffed up little git.
05:51 Hey, look, I have to ask you this.
05:55 Is there any way that you could have accidentally
05:58 foraged tutu shoots?
05:59 Do I look like a numpty, Alexa?
06:02 What you've just said is worse than accusing me of murder.
06:05 And you know what?
06:06 Tutu shoots taste disgusting, even if you
06:08 cook the crap out of them.
06:10 Anyone who eats that and can't taste the warning signs--
06:13 Deserves to die?
06:15 Ha ha.
06:16 OK, so if you didn't accidentally
06:21 give Louis a poisonous plant and you didn't deliberately do it,
06:24 then how did it get on his plate?
06:26 Obviously, someone switched out the asparagus.
06:28 If I'd looked twice, I might have noticed.
06:30 But we'd been working all day preparing
06:32 their food for the boat.
06:34 So yeah, someone took the asparagus
06:35 and replaced it with the shoots.
06:37 Why would anybody want to do that?
06:39 To set me up.
06:40 Again, why?
06:42 Well, maybe someone doesn't like me.
06:44 Or, and this is more likely, someone didn't like Louis,
06:47 decided to take him out and put the blame on me.
06:50 Who would want to do a thing like that?
06:53 Shall I write you a list?
06:55 Please.
06:56 Louis was an entitled snot stain.
07:00 The way he treated staff.
07:02 A deeply unlikable person.
07:03 The kind of face you want to punch repeatedly.
07:06 Tell me how you really feel, Tyler.
07:09 I feel very, very, very frustrated, Alexa.
07:16 My life's been turned upside down.
07:17 My reputation has been destroyed because of Louis Cutler.
07:24 Now, Reuben swears that you're a miracle worker,
07:26 so please, sort this out.
07:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]
07:31 Well, from the moment he joined our family,
07:47 Louis fit right in.
07:49 So why did he not join you on the family yacht trip
07:52 to Rarotonga?
07:53 He hadn't been feeling well.
07:54 You dodgy guts.
07:57 Tyler Wicks belongs in prison.
08:00 He put that poisonous plant in Louis' food.
08:02 I wish we'd never hired him.
08:03 Arrogant piece of--
08:05 I thought he was above everyone.
08:07 He actually yelled at Louis a week or two before.
08:10 A staff member talking back, swearing.
08:12 Why did he ever go at Louis?
08:14 He didn't like the way that Louis had asked for a drink.
08:16 You know what?
08:17 I'm paying you.
08:19 You get my son-in-law a damn drink when he damn
08:20 well asks for one, and you don't complain.
08:23 Would it be possible for me to have
08:24 a quick look at Louis' stuff?
08:26 Like maybe his car?
08:28 What for?
08:29 Well, give me an idea of what Louis was--
08:31 I don't see any need for anyone to go poking
08:32 around in our property.
08:35 Well, like you, I'm just after answers.
08:36 You want an answer?
08:38 Arrest Tyler Wicks, or we're going
08:40 to start making some noise.
08:42 [MUSIC PLAYING]
08:45 Any of the boys ever get their hands dirty in the garden?
08:53 I do.
08:55 I grow lots of plants, but mostly herbs.
08:58 I'm Beatrice.
08:59 Hi, Alexa Crowe.
09:02 I'm so sorry for your loss.
09:04 You must still be in shock.
09:06 It's an understatement.
09:08 I'm looking into a few things for the police.
09:12 It's the bottom of what happened here.
09:14 Great.
09:14 Your parents seem pretty keen for the police
09:19 to make an arrest.
09:20 They won't bring Louis back.
09:22 You don't want justice for him?
09:24 Tyler made a mistake.
09:26 It was an accident.
09:28 Are you sure about that?
09:30 Tyler knew how much I loved Louis.
09:33 He'd never put me through this.
09:36 Sure, he was staff, but we'd chat about my studies and that.
09:42 I'm doing a phytotherapy degree.
09:45 Flowers?
09:45 Botanical remedies.
09:47 I believe that we can cure most things with plants.
09:49 Oh.
09:51 Well, I'm more a UC Sourdough kind of girl.
09:53 I can see that by the state of your irises.
09:55 So you ever study native plants, poisonous ones?
10:02 I'm learning how to help people, not poison them.
10:06 Do you know what you need?
10:07 Eyebrite.
10:10 You can put it in a smoothie or a salad.
10:14 Oh, thanks, I think.
10:17 [LAUGHS]
10:18 [MUSIC PLAYING]
10:22 Oh, God.
10:28 Well, I knew they needed a chef, so I called up
10:40 a buddy in recruitment.
10:42 And that's New Zealand for you.
10:44 You're only ever two degrees of separation
10:46 from someone who owes you a favor.
10:47 You're not going in that house.
10:49 I'm already there.
10:51 With a potential murderer.
10:53 Goodness sake, Reuben.
10:55 If you're right and your mate Tyler didn't do it,
10:57 then somebody else killed Louie and set
10:58 him up to take the fall.
10:59 Yeah, she's right, Reuben.
11:00 It could be dangerous.
11:01 So I'll hide the knives.
11:02 He's funny.
11:03 He thinks it's a joke.
11:05 Alexa, you know why I'm doing this.
11:07 Tyler's the guy who believed in me, bankrolled me
11:10 when nobody else would.
11:11 I can't just sit around and do nothing.
11:13 [SIGHS]
11:15 All right, then she's going with you.
11:18 Yeah, you need a sous chef, right?
11:20 And Madison knows her way around the kitchen.
11:22 Yeah.
11:23 You can do the cooking for the boys,
11:24 and I will be your glamorous assistant.
11:26 OK. Great.
11:27 It's a plan.
11:28 And you watch out for one another.
11:30 Because if Tyler didn't kill Louie--
11:32 Somebody else did.
11:33 I got it.
11:34 And they're still living in that house.
11:37 [MUSIC PLAYING]
11:41 Hope these meet your approval, chef.
11:48 Not bad for a noob, I suppose.
11:51 Man, their magazine subscriptions
11:54 must cost more than my rent.
11:55 Oh, yes.
11:57 That's a favorite.
11:58 Feel free to have a flick through in your wake.
12:02 Reuben, make sure the crab ravioli is al dente.
12:05 Of course, Mrs. Boyd.
12:06 Can't bear flabby pasta, can we?
12:08 Reminds me of the Gold Coast.
12:10 [LAUGHTER]
12:12 In this world, there is a type--
12:14 Yeah, is that why you stopped chefing?
12:16 Something like that.
12:17 Well, you wanted to be here, buddy, so that's on you.
12:20 Yeah, yeah.
12:20 Well, maybe get what you need so we can wrap this up,
12:22 and I can go back to my nice cafe with my nice customers.
12:25 Yes.
12:26 I'm going to go and get you some fresh herbs.
12:28 It may take a while.
12:29 [MUSIC PLAYING]
12:33 [MUSIC PLAYING]
12:37 Hey.
12:39 Oh.
12:39 Sorry.
12:40 Hi.
12:41 I'm Madison, the new chef's assistant.
12:43 Holden.
12:45 Welcome to the Boyd family freak show.
12:48 Have we got any frozen pizza?
12:49 Oh, you're not coming to the lunch?
12:51 Mom instructed me to go, but once she and Dad get on it,
12:55 they're not going to notice if I'm not there.
12:57 Can you get me some fries?
12:58 Oh, sure.
12:59 From the Burger Shack drive-thru.
13:01 I only like authentic fries, not ones made from potatoes
13:04 like the last guy used to do.
13:06 Drive-thru.
13:07 It's no problem.
13:08 [PHONE RINGING]
13:09 Better get this, but I'm on it.
13:10 Good morning.
13:14 Hey, how was your first day, chef?
13:16 I'm finding my way around.
13:17 What time should I arrive for lunch?
13:19 You managed to wrangle an invite.
13:21 Sadly, Malcolm Boyd doesn't seem to want me hanging around.
13:24 I certainly look the part.
13:27 Hey.
13:30 I need you to get me something.
13:32 Normally, I'd avoid pasta, but who
13:35 doesn't secretly love carbs?
13:37 Guilty.
13:39 But I had to get them down me before 6.
13:41 My immune system is compromised.
13:43 An illness in my 20s.
13:44 Yeah, she lost a kidney, you know.
13:45 And I don't want to lose the other one.
13:47 Cheers.
13:48 [LAUGHTER]
13:50 Hey, you reckon how much should we--
13:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]
13:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]
13:58 Quentin!
14:22 Be within my sight.
14:24 [CLEARS THROAT]
14:25 Excuse me, madam.
14:27 Louise's wallet and keys.
14:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]
14:32 I know animals don't want to die, which
14:47 is why you shouldn't eat them.
14:48 But plants are sentimental beings, too.
14:51 Like dogs.
14:54 Dogs are sentimental beings, too.
14:56 Sentient, yeah.
14:57 I know.
14:57 Madison.
15:01 Beatrice Boyd.
15:02 Beatrice Boyd, my assistant, Madison.
15:03 It's nice to meet you.
15:05 Hiya.
15:06 This has been so great.
15:09 If you ever want to talk medicinal herbs, hit me up.
15:11 Sure.
15:12 I'm also studying edibles.
15:16 You know where to find me.
15:18 [MUSIC PLAYING]
15:21 She seemed nice.
15:22 She was flirting her face off with you.
15:24 Comes with the territory jobs like this.
15:26 It's not exactly grieving girlfriend vibes, though, is it?
15:29 Yeah.
15:30 [MUSIC PLAYING]
15:34 [DOG BARKING]
15:35 [MUSIC PLAYING]
15:39 Lots of hydroxamines.
15:49 A great deal from one St. Ives old boy to another.
15:51 Hmm.
15:52 Storage unit.
15:59 Storage card.
16:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
16:04 Hey.
16:07 Hey.
16:08 The room is still working.
16:09 You think it's safe to leave him there alone?
16:11 What do you tell me?
16:13 Beatrice Boyd was all over him.
16:17 Devastated grieving Beatrice Boyd.
16:19 Mm-hmm.
16:20 Well, that's interesting.
16:21 I wonder if all the Boyd's private chefs
16:24 get his warm welcome.
16:26 Exactly.
16:26 I found that in the waste paper basket in Louie's office.
16:30 Do you think there was something going
16:30 on between Beatrice and Tyler?
16:32 Well, if there was and Louie confronted Tyler--
16:35 Oh, come on, man.
16:36 Did we just find more motive for Reuben's bestie?
16:38 Or maybe if there was a love triangle
16:40 and the person at the center of it
16:42 took matters into her own hands.
16:44 Beatrice.
16:45 Yes, let's go with that version.
16:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]
16:50 Oh, hi.
16:59 Hey.
17:01 Homeostatic mechanisms of the digestive system.
17:04 Sounds interesting.
17:05 Uh-huh.
17:06 What year of your degree are you?
17:08 Third.
17:09 So what are your thoughts on the doctrine of signatures?
17:11 Because I find it fascinating.
17:13 I'm studying to be a herbalist, not a lawyer.
17:16 Oh, no.
17:17 The doctrine of signatures is the idea
17:19 that humans first discovered the medicinal qualities of plants
17:22 because their appearances gave us clues.
17:24 Like the walnuts' resemblance to a human skull
17:28 means that its oil is good for injuries to the head.
17:30 It's nature literally saying, oh, hey, look at me.
17:33 I can help you.
17:35 Well, nature is amazing, so yeah.
17:39 Except, of course, that the theory
17:41 has now been debunked as theological
17:42 and sometimes dangerous.
17:45 Why are you talking to me?
17:47 Well, like I said, I'm interested--
17:48 Are you looking to score some weed?
17:50 Absolutely not.
17:51 Then, if you don't mind, I'm studying.
17:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]
17:58 [PHONE RINGING]
18:09 [SIGHS]
18:12 [PHONE RINGING]
18:14 Dino here.
18:16 Hi, Dino.
18:17 Hey, I'm hoping you can help me.
18:18 I'm having trouble with my swipe card.
18:20 The name's Louis Cutler.
18:23 Yeah, you're in a raise.
18:25 Come up and pay it now, and I'll give you access.
18:27 Yeah, no, that's not going to happen.
18:29 Look, I'm actually investigating the murder
18:31 of the unit owner.
18:33 I'll need to see some police ID.
18:36 Left it at home.
18:37 Maybe you could just come to the unit with me.
18:39 No ID, no access.
18:43 Well, thank you very much for your help anyway.
18:45 24 hours to get a warrant?
18:50 Or you could just show up and flash your badge.
18:52 Or I could follow protocol and keep my job.
18:54 Ugh, boring.
18:56 Lunch is gone to go.
18:59 Thank you.
18:59 Should I trust him?
19:03 You didn't order a side sale.
19:05 It's fully OK.
19:05 OK.
19:07 Talk soon.
19:10 Yo, thought working here might kill you out a bit.
19:12 Ruben's got a good spot.
19:17 Must be nice flying under the radar.
19:19 Tell me about the Boyd family.
19:22 Holden's a soda-swelling chump.
19:24 Mel's got a mean streak a mile wide.
19:26 And Karen is a blowhard who inflicts
19:29 paleo smoothies on her family every day with dairy in them.
19:33 What about Beatrice?
19:34 The only decent one.
19:35 Never had a problem with her.
19:36 Yeah?
19:37 You socialize together often?
19:39 Oh, yeah.
19:44 We were celebrating her exam results.
19:47 You know, the word is that she's already
19:50 getting friendly with Ruben.
19:51 And by getting friendly, I mean throwing herself at him.
19:54 Doesn't seem much like the actions of a grieving woman.
19:57 Or maybe her relationship with Louis
19:59 wasn't the loving one her parents think.
20:01 What, do you think Bea did it?
20:02 Put the shoots in my basket?
20:03 I don't know, she's studying medicinal use of flora.
20:06 She ought to be able to identify poisonous native plants.
20:09 You're barking up the wrong tree.
20:11 Clever.
20:12 Beatrice loved that dropkick, Louis.
20:15 I don't know why.
20:16 I wish it wasn't true, but she loved him.
20:19 And the reason she's flirting with Ruben
20:21 could be exactly the same reason she flirted with me.
20:24 And what's that?
20:26 Bacon.
20:27 Young vegans' biggest downfall.
20:29 Oh, that's Beatrice Boyd's deep dark secret.
20:32 Well, there is something else.
20:35 I can tell you why Beatrice doesn't know
20:37 her daisies from her daffodils.
20:39 Because ever since he started working there,
20:42 Tyler has been helping her with her homework.
20:44 Is that a euphemism?
20:45 No, she's been failing all her courses.
20:48 He got her across the line on her third year assignments.
20:51 This is a woman who intends setting up an actual practice
20:54 after she graduates?
20:56 Remind me to avoid.
20:57 And Tyler reckons that she was too much in love with Louis
21:00 to want him dead, so--
21:02 Plus, if she was flunking her course,
21:04 would she even know that tutu shoots are deadly?
21:06 Again, remind me to avoid this practice.
21:08 Hey, uh, I found this in the glove box of Louis' car.
21:14 A great deal from one St. Ike's old boy to another.
21:17 So a wonder if Malcolm Boyd was an old boy.
21:19 Nope, went to state high school on the shore, but let me try.
21:29 Holden Boyd, debating club, fencing.
21:33 So yeah, Holden and Louis were at St. Ike's together.
21:35 Louis was a couple years ahead.
21:37 You know, I always talk about elite private schools.
21:40 Puts me in mind of hazing and school boy pranks.
21:43 Like shaving eyebrows off for lols?
21:46 Exactly like that.
21:48 So I wonder if whoever shaved off Louis' eyebrows
21:51 was sending a message.
21:53 One old boy to another.
21:59 Let's go.
22:00 10 seconds, let's go.
22:01 Come on.
22:02 Holden Boyd, Alexa Crowe.
22:05 Just like to ask you a few questions about Louis Cutler.
22:09 Grab a coffee, bro.
22:11 You're the detective, right?
22:12 Yeah.
22:13 I thought mom and dad told you where to go.
22:15 Well, they value their privacy, and I certainly respect that.
22:19 But hey, this was found in Louis' car.
22:23 Any idea who sent it?
22:25 Yeah, me.
22:28 But I was being sarcastic.
22:30 There was no deal.
22:32 Dad just bought the car for Louis from my dealership.
22:34 You have a dealership?
22:36 Yeah.
22:36 Dad likes to keep me busy.
22:39 Why did he give Louis a car?
22:41 He liked him for some reason.
22:44 You don't feel the same way?
22:46 My sisters never had great taste in men.
22:50 So Mel gives him a car.
22:53 Anything else?
22:54 What do you mean?
22:55 Louis wasn't a gold digger, was he?
22:58 I mean, everything I've read suggests that he
23:00 was wealthy in his own right.
23:02 Yeah, he was loaded.
23:04 Was.
23:06 Let's just say he made some bad investments recently.
23:09 Hey, we got any lemonade?
23:11 Yeah, I can organize that.
23:12 Sweet.
23:14 You know your way out, yeah?
23:15 Yeah.
23:16 Mm-hmm.
23:23 I think we need to know more about Louis'
23:24 investment portfolio.
23:26 Well, there's a list of companies in the case file.
23:28 Good.
23:29 See what you can dig up on Mr. Universe there.
23:32 [MUSIC PLAYING]
23:36 Holden?
23:54 Hello.
23:59 [MUSIC PLAYING]
24:02 I can't think of one reason why she
24:06 would be in my son's room.
24:07 Looking for Holden, I wanted to see if he
24:09 wanted fries again tonight.
24:10 There you go, easy explanation.
24:12 I'd feel more comfortable if you replaced her Reuben today.
24:17 Look, I'm so sorry, Mrs. Boyd.
24:19 It's just, um, Holden is smart and friendly,
24:24 and so handsome and charming.
24:26 I--
24:27 Really?
24:28 Holden?
24:29 He's amazing.
24:32 Well, yes.
24:33 Yes, but you're not here to lust after my son.
24:35 I promise, I'll keep my mind on the job from now on.
24:38 Well, I'd appreciate that, Madison.
24:39 Sorry, chef.
24:40 Are we good?
24:45 Because you have two dinner parties this week,
24:47 and we need to keep planning.
24:50 Consider this a first warning.
24:51 Thank you so much, Mrs. Boyd.
24:57 That was amazing.
24:58 I know.
25:00 Hello again.
25:01 I'm standing at the address of a company
25:03 that Louis invested $100,000 in.
25:05 There's nothing here.
25:06 Wait, what do you mean, nothing?
25:08 I mean, Synodrol Investments is an empty bit of dirt.
25:12 The company director is, um, Ryoma Ichizan Ikizan.
25:17 You're kidding.
25:19 You know, yeah, he's an anime character in this obscure
25:22 series called "Lord of Tennis."
25:24 So our victim invested $100,000 in a nonexistent company
25:28 run by an anime character?
25:30 And guess who loves anime?
25:32 Are you talking about me?
25:35 Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you again.
25:37 No, I-- yes, I was telling my friend that you
25:41 and I share a passion for anime.
25:43 I heard you were in my room.
25:49 This is very embarrassing.
25:52 I'm normally a lot cooler than this.
25:55 That's just no drama.
25:58 You know, you've got some pretty awesome stuff.
26:00 Did I see a 1980 Boba Fett action figure?
26:03 Yeah, pretty rare, right?
26:04 That's amazing.
26:05 Do you get a break anytime soon?
26:10 Hey, thanks for getting me my fries all the time.
26:13 It's my pleasure.
26:14 The last chef used to go off as nut when I asked him.
26:18 Is that why he got sacked?
26:21 He got sacked because my folks think
26:22 he poisoned Bea's boyfriend.
26:24 Oh, did he?
26:26 I guess.
26:28 I mean, Louis ate his dinner and then, you know, died.
26:34 So you do the math.
26:35 You don't seem that cut up, if you don't mind me saying.
26:38 Sometimes people get what they deserve.
26:41 If Louis were here now, he'd be bossing you around,
26:43 no please or thank you.
26:45 Well, sounds pleasant.
26:49 Want to know a secret?
26:50 I've got a members app for the Burger Shack.
26:57 Oh, right.
26:59 And let's just say I have more than enough points
27:01 for two super large combo meals.
27:04 That is impressive.
27:06 How about it?
27:08 What, you'd like me to go and pick up a combo for you?
27:10 No, I want to take you to dinner.
27:13 Oh, wow.
27:15 That is an amazing invitation, but I have to work.
27:19 Your next day off.
27:20 There's a six for nuggets with your name on it.
27:22 Burger Shack, Holden's ideal place for a first date.
27:30 I feel kind of bad for leading him on,
27:32 but then he also stole 100 grand from his sister's boyfriend,
27:34 so he has a society bank account called Synit Droll.
27:39 That's Lord of Tennis backwards, by the way.
27:41 Oh, yeah, I noticed that.
27:45 And they're all so nice.
27:46 And there's Louis' investment.
27:49 But the day after it's deposited here,
27:51 it goes straight out again to the JBK Day charity.
27:55 Bullying prevention.
27:56 Why?
27:58 I mean, guilt for scamming him?
28:00 Or revenge.
28:02 I mean, Holden said that Louis bullied the stuff.
28:05 What if he was a bully at school?
28:06 So Holden poisons him
28:09 and shaves his eyebrow off as a final F.U.
28:13 But unfortunately, he was with his family on the boat.
28:19 Was he?
28:20 You know something?
28:25 Spill.
28:27 Hmm.
28:28 Oh, you know something, but you're not going to tell.
28:31 Just like you do all the time.
28:34 Ooh, it's frustrating, isn't it?
28:38 His Burger Shack app.
28:42 You checked the order history?
28:44 Oh, what?
28:46 Well, thank you for ruining my moment.
28:48 Come on.
28:49 Yes, according to the app,
28:51 Holden was in the city buying a shake and fries
28:53 from the Burger Shack drive-thru.
28:54 So he was not on the boat?
28:57 Good work, Madison.
28:58 Yeah, yeah.
29:00 [music playing]
29:03 Kia ora.
29:06 Vicky.
29:08 Guessing you're not here to test-drive a Ferrari.
29:11 Sorry, I am really busy.
29:13 Yeah, I'll keep it brief.
29:16 Why did you lie about being on the family yacht trip
29:18 the night Louis died?
29:19 I didn't lie.
29:20 I was on the yacht.
29:22 You bailed early.
29:24 You got off at the Bay of Islands and you flew home.
29:28 OK, sure.
29:31 Dad was on my case.
29:32 What about?
29:34 About scamming Louis out of $100,000,
29:37 or was it something else?
29:40 Have you been going through my personal business?
29:43 So you scammed Louis.
29:45 I'm guessing as payback for bullying you at school.
29:49 But why'd you poison him?
29:51 What?
29:52 I didn't kill him.
29:54 What did you do when you walked into the bathroom
29:56 and found Louis lying on the floor?
29:58 That's not a fair question.
30:00 What did you do?
30:02 I don't have to say.
30:03 Come on, Holden.
30:04 I shaved his eyebrow off, OK?
30:09 But I didn't know that he was sick.
30:11 I just thought that he was drunk.
30:13 You know, any half-decent lawyer would really
30:15 question how you could mistake a dying man for a drunk one.
30:19 Have you seen the security footage?
30:21 He was litching all over the place.
30:23 He was falling into walls.
30:24 That's the effects of severe tootin' poisoning.
30:27 And you only saw that footage after the fact.
30:30 Isn't that right, Holden?
30:32 You made him cry.
30:34 Did I?
30:35 Jury's out.
30:36 Wow, you actually made a murder suspect cry.
30:38 Is that a first?
30:39 They usually bore when you're leading them away,
30:41 don't they?
30:42 Not when I'm very gently asking them reasonable questions.
30:44 Oh, is that what you do?
30:46 Yeah.
30:47 And anyway, before the snot and the tears,
30:49 I'm just not sure that Holden's the type to kill.
30:52 Not that there is a type.
30:54 Right, if we've learned anything over the years.
30:56 Here's your search warrant for Louis' storage unit,
30:59 by the way.
31:00 Oh, for me?
31:02 Thanks.
31:03 I can't wait to shove this in the manager's face.
31:05 Sorry.
31:06 By which I meant politely handing it over for his perusal.
31:09 I understand you visited my son's dealership today.
31:20 Yes, I did.
31:22 I will be filing a police complaint for harassment.
31:25 Well, Detective Henari is right down there,
31:28 so that could save you some time.
31:29 Plus, you can tell him why your family misled the Poe
31:32 about Holden being on the yacht trip.
31:35 Holden had nothing to do with what happened.
31:39 What could he possibly have against Louis?
31:42 Well, Louis bullied him all through high school.
31:44 Oh, please.
31:46 High school.
31:47 Everyone's moved on.
31:48 Apparently not Holden.
31:50 There's always silly bickering at families.
31:53 It doesn't mean anything.
31:54 Why don't you ask Holden about the investment advice
31:56 he gave Louis shortly before he died?
31:58 I will not.
31:59 I came here to tell you to leave my son alone.
32:03 You were supposed to be gathering evidence
32:04 against Tyler Wicks, but you can see
32:06 I have to do your job for you.
32:08 I found this on Louis' phone.
32:11 He's not interested in an old creep like you.
32:14 Put the phone down.
32:15 I can't even cook.
32:16 I've never had so much gastro in my life
32:18 until I started eating your filthy food.
32:20 Put the phone down so I can knock your teeth out.
32:23 You found that on Louis'--
32:25 what were you doing going through Louis' phone?
32:27 That's your concern, not the fact
32:29 that Tyler threatened Louis.
32:31 Why didn't you show that to the police
32:32 when you first found it?
32:33 Harry, come here.
32:35 Val and I agreed it would upset Beatrice.
32:37 Hello, Detective.
32:38 Hello.
32:39 For some reason, she has a soft spot for Tyler.
32:42 She still refuses to believe that he
32:44 deliberately killed Louis.
32:46 So you're protecting Beatrice?
32:48 That's all I ever do, Alexa.
32:50 Protect my children.
32:52 But I hired someone who has harmed my daughter,
32:55 taken her future away.
32:58 And I will have to live with that for the rest of my life.
33:01 Would you be so kind as to send us that video?
33:04 Certainly.
33:04 Making a murder suspect cry, not a first.
33:13 But having one run home tell tales to Mama,
33:16 that's a new one.
33:17 Yeah?
33:23 Dino, I'm here with a warrant from my friends
33:25 at the police to search that storage unit.
33:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]
33:31 That wasn't so hard, was it?
33:34 Oh, man, what a tip.
33:42 Well, either Louis was a bit of a pig
33:43 or someone's been here before us.
33:45 Trash the place?
33:46 Why?
33:47 Searching for something?
33:50 You know, the payments on this place
33:52 started about the time he moved in with Beatrice.
33:55 And what would Louis have to hide?
33:58 And who else was looking for it?
34:00 Well, Dino's CCTV should be able to tell us who's been here.
34:03 So I guess that's our entertainment for the evening.
34:06 Well, I have a three-course dinner to prepare
34:07 for family of the year, so you'll be scrolling on your own.
34:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]
34:13 Oh, look, child.
34:15 Another empty corridor.
34:16 [MUSIC PLAYING]
34:25 [MUSIC PLAYING]
34:29 Well, hello, Karen.
34:32 Oh, I found out Louis had a storage unit months ago.
34:40 Didn't think anything of it.
34:42 But when he died, he was so heartbroken.
34:47 I wanted to check his belongings to make
34:49 sure there wasn't anything else to upset her even more.
34:52 Like what?
34:53 Oh, I don't know.
34:54 He was a party boy when they met.
34:56 Who knows what relics from his old life
35:00 might have been in there.
35:01 I knew at some point she'd go through it, so I got there first.
35:05 And was there anything?
35:07 No.
35:08 Thank god.
35:10 Now, I have an interior designer due, so if that's all.
35:14 Sure, I'll see myself out.
35:15 [MUSIC PLAYING]
35:18 Hello.
35:20 Heard you were back to bother us.
35:22 Oh, am I interrupting something?
35:24 Yeah, we're celebrating.
35:25 Bea just got an A+ for her assignment.
35:27 Oh, well, congratulations.
35:29 Thanks.
35:30 Mind if I ask a couple of quick questions?
35:32 Yeah, we would, actually, after the offensive things
35:34 you said to Holden.
35:36 What was I supposed to think?
35:37 The boy bails on a family yacht trip the same night
35:40 that Louis died, and nobody said anything to the police.
35:43 It wasn't relevant.
35:45 We know who killed Louis.
35:46 It was Tyler Weeks.
35:47 Dad.
35:48 It's true, sweetheart.
35:49 Beatrice.
35:52 I saw a video of Louis yelling at Tyler
35:54 for hanging around you.
35:56 Well, he sometimes got jealous.
35:58 Showed he cared.
35:59 And Tyler did have an unhealthy interest.
36:02 Scumbag.
36:03 And what about lately?
36:05 Have you seen Tyler?
36:06 Spoken to him?
36:07 Of course she hasn't.
36:08 The man killed her fiance.
36:10 Beatrice?
36:12 Nope.
36:14 Not a word.
36:16 OK.
36:17 Well, thanks.
36:19 [MUSIC PLAYING]
36:22 So you were helping Beatrice with her uni assignments,
36:27 because let's face it, she's not the brightest bulb.
36:29 Uh-huh.
36:30 But she just got an A+ on her latest work.
36:34 Were you helping her with that, too?
36:37 I haven't had any contact with the boys
36:39 since I got the boot, so no.
36:42 Hey, Alexa.
36:45 Look, I did a deep dive into Louis' old social media
36:48 accounts, anything he'd hidden or deleted,
36:50 did an image match search, and look what came up.
36:53 Here he is using the account name of El Cutty Grass.
36:56 It hasn't been active for five years.
36:58 But pre-Beatrice, he was a player.
37:01 Yeah, that's what Karen said.
37:04 Well, that's interesting.
37:06 This album here, he has the privacy
37:07 settings set to just him.
37:09 Do it, do it, do it.
37:13 Oh, who's the sexy lady?
37:16 He saved the pics from his own device,
37:18 so I can't say who they've come from.
37:21 Looks like she's got a surgical scar.
37:24 Oh, wow.
37:26 Oh, you know something.
37:28 No.
37:29 Dish.
37:30 And there's absolutely no way you know about this.
37:33 I heard Karen speaking about an operation when she was young.
37:37 Her kidney removed.
37:38 Wow.
37:43 [MUSIC PLAYING]
37:47 OK, this looks like it's a shared computer.
37:55 Can you get into it?
37:56 Uh-huh.
37:58 Family photos, work stuff.
38:00 Well, there's a file called Beatrice.
38:02 That might be it.
38:04 I think we just found exactly what we're looking for.
38:07 What are you doing?
38:10 Why are you in my parents' room?
38:12 We have a bit of a situation.
38:13 Who are you talking to?
38:14 Who is this?
38:21 Hold it.
38:22 Don't mind Madison.
38:23 She's just trying to figure out which
38:24 of your parents killed Louie.
38:26 No.
38:36 I have no time to talk.
38:38 I have an urgent staffing message to attend to.
38:40 Oh, right.
38:41 That thing about Madison snooping in your room,
38:43 yeah, kind of unfortunate.
38:46 But it gives me a chance to talk to you about that affair you
38:49 had with Louie six years ago.
38:52 And before you deny it, I've seen the pictures.
38:56 The ones that you sent him?
38:59 That's what you were looking for that day at the storage unit,
39:01 wasn't it?
39:03 But little did you know that it saved a whole heap of them
39:07 in a private album.
39:10 Have you told anyone?
39:12 Please.
39:14 Please don't.
39:15 Mel and I have gone through a rough patch.
39:20 I met Louie at an event, and it was a stupid,
39:25 stupid midlife crisis.
39:27 Lasted maybe two months.
39:31 It must have been interesting when a couple of years later,
39:33 your precious daughter walked in hand in hand
39:37 with your long-buried dirty secret.
39:41 Louie was as shocked as I was when we got a moment alone
39:45 and we both agreed never to mention it, ever.
39:49 Just seems like maybe someone else did find out about it.
39:53 Maybe Mel?
39:55 My husband is a sweet and loving man.
39:58 He would not hurt a fly.
40:01 So what would you rather, that he finds out you had an affair
40:04 with Louie or that you killed him?
40:07 See, I'm 99% sure that you did kill him.
40:11 The other 1% involves finding out whether Mel knew or not.
40:15 Maybe I'll just go ask.
40:17 No, no, no.
40:18 No.
40:20 Oh, because then it would all be pointless, right?
40:23 I mean, Louie's dead and Malcolm finds out.
40:27 Sure, Louie promised never to tell anyone,
40:29 but you still couldn't relax with him about to become part
40:31 of your family.
40:33 You were terrified every day of your secret
40:35 somehow coming out.
40:37 You decided to bury it again.
40:39 Tyler said you insisted on making smoothies for your family
40:43 every morning, the perfect way to slowly poison Louie
40:46 with every day, over-the-counter eye drops.
40:50 You made him sick, but not sick enough.
40:54 Tetrahydroxylene poisoning takes months,
40:57 and you had a wedding coming up.
40:59 You're suggesting I somehow have a wide knowledge
41:01 of poisonous plants.
41:02 Well, you do, because you helped Beatrice with her study.
41:06 In fact, you did it for her.
41:08 Oh, please.
41:10 Tyler did it for the nine months that he was working here,
41:13 but before he arrived, it was all you.
41:16 That's what Madison was looking for in your room,
41:18 and that's what she found.
41:21 In Beatrice's first year studies,
41:22 you read that the tutu plant could be found in native bush
41:25 all over Auckland.
41:28 So you went foraging.
41:30 You snuck in early the morning of your yacht trip departure
41:33 and replaced Tyler's wild asparagus,
41:36 which you knew he'd be using in the stir fry you instructed
41:38 him to make for Louie.
41:41 Thanks to your efforts with the eye drops,
41:43 Louie's immune system was already weak.
41:46 The tutu plant just pushed him over the edge.
41:50 I had no choice.
41:53 I begged Louie to leave her.
41:55 I offered him money.
41:57 He refused.
42:00 He loved her.
42:02 But all I could see was this unbearable future.
42:06 Louie had every family event.
42:08 I didn't want to hurt him.
42:11 But my husband, my family, they're everything.
42:16 [MUSIC PLAYING]
42:19 Ah, good.
42:27 Please don't tell them why.
42:30 Just don't tell them why.
42:31 This woman was trespassing in my bedroom.
42:34 Stealing, I'd say.
42:36 Hello, darling.
42:37 Oh, yes, we are.
42:40 Just going to, um, hop down to the station for a bit.
42:44 Kara?
42:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]
42:57 Well, great work, team.
42:59 Hear that, Reuben?
43:00 We're a team now.
43:01 Uh, no thanks.
43:02 Give me back to my cafe.
43:04 My undercover days are over.
43:08 OK, so gather round, guys.
43:09 This is the first dish that Tyler taught me.
43:12 And here's what this guy taught me.
43:13 Do we get to vote on which one of these is best?
43:15 Well, just enjoy it.
43:17 It's the least I could do for all of you, even you.
43:20 You're welcome, mate.
43:21 And this guy is wasted here.
43:23 Why don't you come and work for me?
43:24 I've got a super yacht contract lined up.
43:26 Nah, this place is more my style.
43:28 You don't miss the excitement?
43:29 No, of course he doesn't.
43:32 There is something to be said for just walking away
43:34 from all that and choosing an easy life.
43:36 Right.
43:37 Is that what you've done, Alexa?
43:39 I tried.
43:40 Oh, not very hard.
43:42 Look, there's a guy who keeps inviting me to coffee
43:46 with an ulterior motive.
43:47 Oi, the tide's getting cold.
43:49 You want me to stop?
43:50 She does not.
43:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]
43:54 Avioli.
43:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]
43:58 You, yes, you.
44:04 No feeding the swans.
44:05 There are signs everywhere.
44:07 Now hand over the bread.
44:08 Well, it's ballet, Harry, and a man in tights.
44:11 Someone is killed with a bow and arrow
44:13 and the archery guy doesn't hear about it?
44:15 Order to the studio late at night and put two arrows in her.
44:17 What sort of police officer would invent a child
44:20 and then steal from the tutor?
44:22 Grace took it.
44:22 She's very naughty.
44:23 When I was a kid, I had an imaginary friend
44:25 to blame things on too.
44:27 She's totally done this before.
44:28 Yeah.
44:29 No, not for decades.
44:31 (whooshing)