Return to Paradise (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

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(Trevor) I can't believe you came
back after what you did.
(Mackenzie) I mean, it's been six
years and still no-one here likes me.
(Colin) Sorry, who are you?
Mackenzie Clarke, Detective
Inspector, Metropolitan Police.
Mackenzie used to have your job.
- Why'd you leave?
- (Colin) Is there anything going on
between Mackenzie Clarke
and Glenn Strong?
Leaving him at the altar
six years ago, flying to London
and never speaking to him again.
The boss was going to be
her mother-in-law?
(Mackenzie) What's the situation?
Is there going to be an inquiry?
Said it'll be a matter of months.
Months?
We are the only station
in the whole of Australia
that will employ you,
even temporarily.
Hey, Jadies, congratulations!
It's the end of our eight-week
running programme,
and today's the day we put
all of our hard work to the test.
- I'm here with Curtis.
- Hey, Jadies!
So, we are on the start line
of the annual Cove 10K,
in the beautiful Botanical
Gardens in Dolphin Cove.
Wherever you are in the world,
Jadies,
I hope that you can join with us
in running 10K
and discovering
what we're capable of.
Okay, make sure you've had
your Jade Elevate,
stay hydrated and get ready
to be your absolute best.
- Whoo!
- (all cheering)
- Go, Jadies!
- Go, Jadies!
Whoo-hoo!
Okay, great.
I think we've got it.
Ah, now I'm getting you
at the drink station, yeah?
- Perfect.
- Okay, see you there.
(announcer)
Fun Runners, are you ready?
(all cheering)
On your marks, get set
(horn blows)
(upbeat music playing)
(mobile dings)
(Curtis) Hi, Mackenzie,
it's Curtis Faleafa.
I know we've never
really spoken,
but I need your help
or more people are going to die.
- (line ringing)
- Hey, you've reached Curtis.
I can't come to the phone
right now,
so if you just leave
your name and number,
that'd be
(sighs)
You are not coming through here.
- Road's closed.
- I need to get milk.
Well, you need
Oh, Shelley.
No worries.
Just mind the runners.
Yep.
Ah, you let her through!
Take care and have a nice day.
(Daisy) Ah! Mackenzie Clarke.
- Oh. Hi, Daisy.
- Hi!
I heard you were back.
- Temporarily.
- Ah.
Are you, erm,
are you trying to get through?
- Road's closed.
- You let Shelley through.
Come on, Trev.
She shouldn't even be back here.
(sighs)
I don't want to be back here,
Trevor, but I am.
And because of that,
I'm in a bad mood all the time,
and I'm just looking for someone
to take it out on.
Is that going to be you?
- No.
- Good.
Remember that,
and act accordingly.
(laughs)
- At this pace, it's a PB.
- No rush.
Let's just stay relaxed,
get a drink, get through it.
(Nick) Alright, guys,
let's get a reel.
- Feeling good, babe?
- Yeah, a hundred percent.
Jade, give us a wave.
- (laughs)
- Go, Jadies!
(cheers and applause)
(Reggie) Honestly,
most beautiful place in the world
and these galoots just bespoil it.
We should have stocks
out the front of the Surf Club
for anyone who litters, and then
just throw rotten fruit at them.
That's a human rights violation.
Oh, human rights.
Hey, hey, look who's coming!
Well done, Glenn!
Come on, Col! Come on, Glenn! Whoo!
Nice form, Glenn!
No! Missed it by 30 seconds.
Doesn't matter, mate.
Beautiful run.
How are you not even puffing?
Whoo! (laughs)
Oh, thank you.
Curtis, get in here!
(Curtis groans)
(Jade) Oh, did you go a bit hard
at the end there?
(coughing)
Are you okay? Curtis?
Curtis? Curtis!
Curtis!
- Curtis!
- (crowd murmuring)
Somebody help!
Curtis!
(opening theme music playing)
(mid-tempo music plays)
He collapsed just after
the finish line.
Looks like a heart attack.
I didn't see it
but, erm, heard the crowd.
Hang on. Were you here?
You actually came out
to watch a fun run?
A mother comes out
to support her son?
Shocking.
Glenn's here.
Yeah, and Colin.
- Curtis Faleafa.
- You know him?
He was below you at school,
wasn't he?
Was he a runner?
Eight hundred. He was good.
(Mackenzie) Listen to this.
(Curtis) Hi, Mackenzie,
it's Curtis Faleafa.
I know we've never really spoken,
but I need your help,
or more people are going to die.
When'd you get that?
About an hour ago.
- Did you call him back?
- No answer.
Guess he was running.
So he leaves you that,
and then soon after, dead.
What are the reasons
a fit guy like Curtis
would just drop dead after a race?
It can happen.
Undiagnosed heart disorder,
sudden cardiac arrest, aneurysm.
It's rare, though.
What's that?
- Phone number?
- (Philomena) Yeah, maybe.
Looks like signs of vomit
in his mouth.
Maybe he just went too hard.
- Not based on his time.
- He's sweating a bit.
(scoffs) He just ran 10K.
Or it's poison.
Maybe, but nothing familiar
in the symptoms.
People do just have heart attacks.
Yeah, but do they have them
an hour after
they call a police officer
saying that they're in trouble?
That people are going to die?
(sighs)
- Who was with him?
- His partner, Jade.
McCready?
Erm, before we, er
You know, just to clarify
So, you're officially
working here now?
So it seems.
So I guess it means
I should probably take the lead
in investigations.
- Does it?
- Well, it makes sense, I think,
as a Detective Senior Constable.
I'm a DI.
Well, not strictly a rank
we have in Australia, though.
Different systems.
Still, what would it be here?
To avoid confusion, just so we
don't step on each other's toes.
Keep your toes out of the way,
I won't step on them.
How does someone just die like that?
We didn't even go that fast.
You know,
it was just about participating
and showing the Jadies
that just showing up
and getting out there
is more important than speed.
Sorry, the Jadies?
My followers.
Online.
Jade's an influencer.
I don't really like that term.
It doesn't really reflect
the community I've built up.
It's not just about me.
Right.
Is that why your company's
called Jade?
We focus on exercise and wellness,
but we've also expanded
into active wear
and exercise equipment
and supplements.
- And it's successful?
- (Jade) Yeah.
We've helped a lot of people
be their best.
Did you notice anything different
about Curtis this morning?
No.
Was he worried about anything?
Oh, just the usual.
Work. The business.
I don't know, I guess
what everybody worries about.
(Curtis) Hi, Mackenzie,
it's Curtis Faleafa.
I know we've never really spoken,
but I need your help,
or more people are gonna die.
- What?
- He left that on my phone
just before he died.
Do you have any idea
what that could be about?
None whatsoever.
Did Curtis eat or drink much
up until he collapsed?
No, we fast in the mornings.
Nothing during the run?
I don't think so.
Wait, hang on.
He did have a drink.
Where from?
Yeah, this is the only drink station.
Once they get out on the bush track,
it's the only place
we can get water in.
And could anyone else get access
to the water or the cups?
(Keith) Oh, everyone.
Once they get cracking,
it's like a zoo.
Flat out from go to whoa.
I could barely keep up.
And do you hand them the cups?
(Keith) Fill 'em up, put 'em out,
people take them.
Then they chuck 'em
all over the place.
Right.
Before we move on,
do you know what this is?
Mm, I don't know.
Phone number?
Thanks.
So, Keith and anyone in the race
had access to the drink station.
- You seriously think it's poison?
- Mm-hm.
Because Glenn said his symptoms
could just be a heart attack.
Yes, but with someone so young
with no pre-existing condition?
And it doesn't explain
the message he left on my phone.
But Curtis is the only victim.
(scoffs) He could have eaten
or drank anything.
Mm. Let's look into that.
Everything that went into his
body before and during the race.
Including the cups?
Including the cups.
All of them.
(Colin sighs)
(Glenn) So, to find any trace
evidence of poison in the cups,
I add solvent and water
to each cup
combine it with
the other samples.
Ten batches.
We then run them
through the desktop centrifuge.
And you're looking for the poison?
Not strictly.
Anything unexpected
that could have produced
the sort of symptoms we saw.
- And?
- Nothing so far.
And I've done most of them.
There has to be something.
Does there?
Look at all these cups.
The idea that somehow
there's poison in one of them
- is absolutely
- Oh!
Batch three, a hit.
You're having a laugh.
- What is it?
- I don't know yet.
I'll have to send the samples
off to the labs in town,
to go through the STRI machine.
Could take a while,
but it's something.
So, one of these cups
has something in it.
At least one.
There could be more.
But no-one else
has any symptoms.
It had to be intended for Curtis.
There's no outside chance
it was random?
It's not random.
He left me a message.
So you're saying,
of all the hundreds of runners,
hundreds of cups,
the killer managed to get the
poisoned one into Curtis hand?
Yeah.
Well it's impossible.
Apparently not.
- But how?
- Mm!
Come on.
There's no way anyone
could get there to poison a cup.
I told you, the place was chaos.
Hundreds of runners
pounding through the bush.
They were all grabbing cups.
And you knew Curtis?
- I guess.
- You guess yes or no?
Yeah.
He was a friend.
You don't seem very sad.
Well, we didn't really see
each other that much anymore.
But you used to?
I used to coach him in footy.
For years.
(Colin) What happened?
I stopped coaching.
What happened to your hand?
I caught it in the boat rack.
Hopeless.
(Philomena) Okay,
we've got Curtis Faleafa.
He's 32, super fit.
He is the partner
of a successful influencer.
She doesn't like that word.
(chuckles)
Right.
Erm, he is poisoned
by something in a cup
that he took
from the, er, drink station.
(Mackenzie) Mm-hm.
Glenn is narrowing down
which of the cups
had our suspicious substance in it.
Once we find it, that is our weapon.
And we're sure Curtis was the target?
Mm-hm. He knew he was in danger.
Because of the message
he left on your phone?
That couldn't be
a coincidence.
No, it could
if coincidences happened,
which they don't.
Keith Cole was staffing
the drink station.
He knew Curtis,
but he was being funny about it.
There's something going on there.
(Reggie humming)
No motive that we can see so far,
but he did potentially have
opportunity.
- What are you what are you up to?
- (Reggie) Oh, I just thought
I'd put my craft skills to good use.
I was a founding member
of the Dolphin Cove Crafty Cats.
"Murder Board".
Who else had opportunity
and access to the cups?
Well, I put together
a timeline of Curtis' race,
based on what I found on the socials.
Here we are. The start of it.
(Mackenzie) Mm-hm.
Hey, Jadies, congratulations!
It's the end of our eight-week
running programme, and today's
Here's another one.
- Whoo!
- (all cheering)
Look, Curtis, drank from that.
No, she did too. It can't be that.
(Felix) And here's the last one.
(Mackenzie) Yeah,
that's the drink station.
- (Felix) And there's Jade.
- (Colin) And there's Curtis.
- Feeling good, babe?
- Yeah, a hundred percent.
(Nick) Jade, give us a wave.
- (laughs)
- Go, Jadies!
That's all I've got.
So, we've got Keith Cole
at the scene, as well as Jade.
Mm, who's Australia's most successful
wellness entrepreneur,
selling supplements.
Famous for triumphing over cancer.
Twice.
- What's that?
- It was the second time.
She also had cancer when she was
in high school, do you remember?
Mm. Oh yeah, of course.
Year 9.
Mm. She was sick for months.
She had chemo, the works.
(Reggie) Yeah, she was such
a quiet kid, then all of a sudden
everyone was rallying around her,
raising money.
Footy team shaved their heads,
it was amazing.
Yeah, and then she beat it.
Well it came back, and she beat it,
using only her supplements.
But this time, she turned it
into a global wellness empire
worth $40 million.
Oh, my God, you're joking!
- For juices?
- Ah, supplements.
It was leaked a couple of weeks ago
that Jade's brand
was going to be sold
to a large private equity firm
in Singapore.
That was the price.
Where would that money go?
Ah, Jade's company is owned
50-50 by Jade and Curtis.
- Right, so if he dies
- (Colin) Jade gets the lot.
40 million bucks.
Is that enough
to poison your partner?
Wow.
We're in the wrong business.
Maybe I should start
taking those bribes.
In this town, what would you get,
10 bucks and a stubby?
(chuckles)
So, since you're staying
in Dolphin Cove
- For now.
- does that mean in terms of
renting your place out
Oh, yeah.
Oh, sorry.
Oh, no, it's fine.
No big deal.
Happy where I am, you know,
looking over the, er, pub carpark.
It's, erm, it's lively.
(knocking)
Are you suggesting I'm responsible?
(assistant) Yep, I'm just going
to take this out.
Well, you do stand to gain
$20 million from his death.
How much money do you think I need?
I loved Curtis more
than any amount of money.
It's not even about that for me.
I was just as happy
when I was mixing up supplements
in my mum's kitchen
and selling them at the market.
You've done pretty well
out of it, though.
Look, I'm not going to say
I don't like what money can do.
I just hate what I have to do for it.
Endless posting, reels, photos.
Living my whole life online.
I'm really looking forward
to selling my business
and throwing my phone into the sea.
(Nick) Jade, sorry.
Just to let you know
I've cancelled the filming
we had scheduled, and I've put
a simple message of in memoriam
on all the accounts.
- Thank you.
- (mobile rings)
Sorry.
Do you mind if I just
(Nick speaking Mandarin)
Who's he?
Nick, our manager.
(suspenseful music playing)
Hey, do you want to grab
a drink at the Surf Club?
With you?
Ah, i-in theory, yes.
Why?
In the spirit of teamwork?
Properly welcome you back
to Dolphin Cove?
Oh, I won't be here that long.
Still, it's a thing people do
when they work together.
Not really my thing.
Sure.
(Daisy) Is Mackenzie coming in
for a drink?
Doesn't like "coming for a drink",
apparently.
Doesn't like people,
as far as I can tell.
- Or anything.
- I get it.
She's a better detective
than you, and you're worried.
(scoffs) She's not
a better detective than me.
Colin, it's been nine months
since my bike got nicked,
and you got nothing.
The case is still open.
They left the front wheel behind.
Whoever pinched it
couldn't have got that far.
I am a good detective.
I was managing fine
without a partner.
I don't need some hotshot thinking
she's better than everyone.
She's stuck up, dismissive,
and walks out on everybody
all the time.
(clears throat)
Oh!
How much of that do you think she
Knowing Mackenzie Clarke, every word.
(Mackenzie) What have you found?
(Glenn) I've narrowed it down
to the exact cup
Curtis must have drunk from.
Partial print, nothing that helps.
And Keith was wearing gloves,
so there wouldn't be
any of his prints.
(Glenn) I'm, er,
still waiting to hear back
about the blood-tox samples
I sent off.
Mm.
You know Trevor had a go
at me again this morning?
He can hold a grudge.
He's not the only one.
Yeah.
I guess there was a bit of
ill feeling when you left town.
Er, he just grabbed the cup
off the table.
How could the killer make sure
that he took the right one?
(Glenn) Maybe it is random.
Really?
Even after the victim left
a message on my phone?
I'm just saying it's possible
it wasn't a targeted murder.
You think I'm wrong?
I would never say that.
Mm.
- Cos you're scared.
- I'm not scared.
Well, you look scared.
- Okay.
- (Mackenzie) Mm.
Shall we bet on it, then?
Ooh, don't lose your head.
Same stakes as always?
Takeaway from
Franco's Fish and Chips?
Yeah, you're on.
Let me know when tox is in.
I will hand deliver it myself
and claim my winnings.
Oh, good luck with that.
(Glenn) Frankie!
(dog barks)
I mean, I guess
she wants to go with you.
She can stay at your house
for the night, if that's okay.
It's fine with me.
- It's fine with me, then.
- (door opens)
- (Daisy) Hello?
- In here.
Oh, hey, Mack.
Hey ya. Mwah!
I got us some takeaway.
Yeah, Mack is, er, taking Frankie.
- Just for the night.
- 'Kay.
(chuckles nervously)
I-I should let ah, leave
let you guys
Yeah. See you, Mack.
- Bye.
- (Glenn) Best behaviour, Frankie!
- (Mackenzie sighs)
- (dog barks)
Come on.
(sighs)
Frankie, you could have told me.
(Jade) Amazing news, Jadies.
I'm officially in remission,
and so fortunate to have gotten here
without conventional medicine.
It just goes to show that
with determination and support,
you can achieve anything.
I believe in you guys.
This account, Frankie,
it's called Just In Time,
pops up over and over again.
So many comments.
Who are you?
And why are you so obsessed
with Jade?
(suspenseful music playing)
Any thoughts?
(dog whimpers)
Mm.
(laughter in distance)
- (Mackenzie) Oi!
- Ah!
This is private property!
Good morning, Mackenzie!
No, you can't walk through here!
Otherwise we have to go
all the way around.
It takes us forever.
What, an extra two minutes?
Your mum doesn't have
a problem with it.
Well, I'm not my mum.
No. People like her.
(laughter)
Off. Off you go.
She runs us a bath for after
if you feel so inclined.
I'm not so inclined.
Why am I not surprised?
Come on. Come on, girls.
(sighs)
Seriously?
(mobile dings)
Here you go.
Flat white, extra weak.
- And extra hot?
- We've talked about this.
That's as hot as I can get it
before the milk burns
and the coffee's ruined.
Okay, I'm here.
What do you want?
Erm, just wanted to start the day
by shouting my colleague.
I know you don't like coffee,
so tea, juice, whatever you want.
- Ah, chocolate milk.
- (Colin scoffs)
You mean like children have?
No, that's absolutely fine.
Erm, one of those please, Daisy.
(clears throat)
How are you putting up with him?
Me?
She's the difficult one.
Oh, my God, found my pink bike yet?
Remember, it's missing
the front wheel.
- The case is still open.
- (Daisy sighs)
I have been walking everywhere.
You should see my blisters.
Okay. You're winding me up.
Brilliant.
(Daisy chuckles)
There you go.
- Thanks.
- Mm.
Glenn's an idiot.
He should have said something.
- I never would have
- No, it's okay.
No, no, no, it's not okay.
Common courtesy, in my opinion.
If it helps, I cracked it at him
after you left.
Yeah, that
that helps quite a lot, actually.
Look, before we, erm
Last night
you may have heard me speaking
a little bit out of turn.
Sorry, is what I'm saying.
It wasn't appropriate
or professional,
and I am both those things,
generally.
I want us to have
a good relationship.
- As partners.
- (mobile ringing)
Work together, that sort of thing.
A team.
Felix?
(Felix) I found something interesting
in Curtis' messages.
Go on.
(Felix) Pretty heated exchange
with Nick Dosanjh, the manager.
(Mackenzie) Alright, send it through.
Colin, come on!
Ow!
(Nick speaking Mandarin)
Oh.
- The deal a bit shaky?
- What?
Well, my Mandarin's a bit rusty,
but it sounded like,
"Don't worry,
everything's on track."
And it is. On track.
With Curtis out of the way, anyway.
What?
"I won't sign off on this deal
until we have a proper conversation."
Curtis sent you that message
about two weeks ago?
Conversation about what?
I never found out.
All that time,
and you never asked?
Well, he didn't bring it up again,
so I figured it was
just a case of the jitters.
Pretty normal
when it's such a big deal.
- He would have been fine.
- What would that have cost you?
Your commission on 40 million?
- I don't do it for the money.
- How much?
10%, plus a bonus.
You must have been angry.
Angry? (scoffs) No.
Curtis just wanted to be
across everything.
They're both like that.
I mean, look at this.
Supplement ingredients,
all supplied locally
because they want to be to be in
control of their supply chain.
Costs more, but that's just
the type of people they are.
I've been working with them
since Jade was selling
her juices on a market stall.
They both
just care about the details.
And now the sale's back on track?
We're going to Singapore
soon for the launch.
Your movements
during the, ah, Fun Run.
You filmed Curtis and Jade's reel
at the start line,
and then you took another
of them at the halfway point.
Mm-hm, at the drink station.
Jade recced it the morning of the run
and thought it had
the best framing.
Do you know what this is?
Looks like a phone number?
- I don't recognise it.
- (mobile ringing)
(sighs)
Mate, I've been on the phone
with them all morning.
(voice speaking Belarusian)
Another recorded message.
Belarus, not connected.
Oh, God.
- Is this it?
- Is what it?
This. Police life.
Dialling random numbers all day.
Picking up cups.
Like a glorified street sweeper,
not even.
They'd have a better uniform.
Well, one of those cups
was a vital clue.
Yeah, but we should be out
on the beat with the people.
You know, wearing out a bit
of shoe leather.
Community policing.
That's what I volunteered for.
You volunteered to help the police.
And we're helping Mack
by calling that number
in all these countries to see
if we can work out what it is.
And sometimes police work
is dull and repetitive.
That doesn't mean it's not important.
I just feel like I have
more to offer.
Fine. You take Zimbabwe
and work backwards.
Phone, it's really not my thing.
- Really?
- (Reggie) Yeah.
Because I've heard you
calling in on the local radio
more than once to give
your thoughts on councillors,
much of it borderline defamatory.
It is all true, Felix.
Ms Rocco,
you can go home if you want to.
It's up to you.
(grumbling) Alright.
I'll go and ring Zimbabwe then.
(dog barks)
(Glenn) Hello, Frankie.
She behave herself?
Fine.
What did you find in the autopsy?
No signs of heart disease or anything
that would naturally induce
a heart attack.
(Colin) Okay,
so that confirms the theory
that whatever he drank
from that cup caused it.
Are we still waiting on blood tox?
(Glenn) I did warn you
it'd take a while,
but given that a substance
was found in one of the cups,
and as much as I hate to admit it,
I think it's safe to say
he was poisoned.
(Mackenzie) Yeah, but how did
the killer poison just one cup
and make sure Curtis drank from it?
One more thing.
There was a bruise under Curtis' eye.
- I didn't see it.
- You wouldn't.
It was at least a week old
and concealed by make-up.
What are you doing?
Left eye.
Keith Cole had a cut
on his right hand.
What happened to your hand?
Caught it in the boat rack.
Ohh! Ohh!
Mack, before you go
Glad to see it's not just me
she walks out on.
I mean, rooms.
Walks out of rooms,
n-not weddings.
Well, that's also true,
but not something
we need to discuss
or even comment on, really.
Don't worry about it.
(Mackenzie) Right,
we've got a poison cup,
a punch to the face,
a $40 million deal
and a random
international phone number
which Felix is still trying
to track down.
(Philomena)
Ah, that's not much to go on.
You are joking.
(Colin) I keep a couple
in the fridge.
They really are brilliant.
Ah, looks like a shakedown to me.
Er, no, they contain omega-3
and turmeric
to reduce inflammation,
and activated charcoal,
which absorbs toxins in the body.
It's brilliant stuff. (chuckles)
(coughs) Mm, sure.
You know,
the, er, taste is a little robust,
but that's the sacrifice you make
for top performance.
- Do you want a
- No, thanks.
Okay, so poisoned, check.
How? You don't know.
- Have you got anything else?
- Yes.
I'm going to talk to Keith Cole
about the cut on his hand,
and I spent the night on Jade's
very active social media account.
All these people living their
lives online, it's a sickness.
Actually, Jade did a full
digital detox earlier this year.
Oh, what, she left her phone
in the car for 20 minutes?
No, took a couple of months off,
went to Thailand.
No phone, no anything.
So how did you know about it?
Well
she, she posted about it online
when she got back, obviously.
The resort looked fantastic.
Oh, yes, hello?
Erm, hi, my name is
Constable Felix Wilkinson.
I'm a police officer
in Dolphin Cove, Australia.
I'm investigating
Sorry, do you know
the name Curtis Faleafa?
Oh, yes,
I do wear trousers most days.
Thank you for asking,
but I just need you
(Reggie chuckles)
Dry cleaner in Gabon.
They've got a two-for-one
going on trousers.
But I don't think
he's heard of a Curtis Faleafa.
Okay, anyway, there was one
account that kept popping up,
liking, responding to every
single one of Jade's posts.
- Who?
- Username was JustInTime.
Now, the profile picture
looked familiar,
but I couldn't put my finger on it.
I did some research, figured it out.
- (Philomena) Oh, is that, erm
- Yeah, Justine Cole.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Cole as in
(Philomena)
Yeah, Keith Cole's daughter.
Hm. I didn't recognise her at first.
- Let's go talk to her.
- Ah, she
She passed away,
about six months ago.
Mr Cole, can you talk us through
how you injured your hand again?
Er
I told you, it was on the boat rack.
Not from punching Curtis Faleafa?
He had a bruise under his left eye.
So, you're saying your hand,
that's just a coincidence?
Okay.
Curtis and I fought. Fine.
About Justine?
I don't want to talk about her.
But she is part of this,
Keith, isn't she?
Justine was a Jadie.
She liked every photo,
commented on every post,
and then six months ago, it stops
when she died.
She was obsessed
with the supplements,
the exercise, everything.
She was studying, living in the city.
We didn't get to see her that often.
So we didn't know
We didn't
We didn't know how sick she was.
And she was so devoted to Jade,
she didn't go and see a doctor,
so she just thought
she could fix herself
with a diet or whatever.
By the time we found out,
it was
it was too late.
Jade
killed my daughter.
There's no doubt in my mind.
So when you found out
they were selling the company
for 40 million
I just thought it'd get
(sniffles)
bigger and, and bigger, and
more people would get sucked in,
just like Justine.
I had to talk to Curtis.
I had to get him to do something.
You're a parasite!
"'Or more people are going to die."
Exactly.
Well, he didn't do anything.
That would have made you angry.
I'm always angry.
I'll never stop being angry.
You put the poison cup
down on the table,
the cup that killed him.
I didn't know it was poisoned.
I was just filling them up
and putting them out
as fast as I could.
Look, I had nothing
to do with this, I swear.
I was angry at Curtis.
At both of them. I admit that.
But I would never kill anyone.
"Or more people are going to die."
That's what Curtis was getting at.
If the sale goes through,
more people will die.
- But the sale IS going through.
- Exactly.
And if you blamed Jade
for the death of your daughter,
if you wanted to stop Jade's
company being sold globally,
why not kill her?
- Maybe he meant to.
- Then why not hand her the cup?
(sighs) Maybe he tried.
Jade lied to us.
She said no-one had
any sort of grudge against
(smoothie maker) Coming right up!
(Colin) Against Curtis. I know.
We should talk to her about that.
Mackenzie?
Well, let's go, then.
Ugh.
- (Mackenzie) Why did you lie to us?
- Excuse me?
(Mackenzie) We asked you
if anyone wanted to harm Curtis,
had a grudge against him.
You said no.
So?
So, you forget to mention
that Keith Cole punched him
in the face right outside?
Sorry, I had no idea.
Curtis said an exercise band
caught him in the eye.
Did you know what he and Curtis
fell out about?
I assume Justine.
Keith has always believed,
incorrectly,
that we played a part in her death.
Well, you did tell the world
that your supplements cured you,
which she believed.
I never said anything
about my supplements curing me.
Oh, I watched "The Real Jade".
I have my story
and I'm very honest about it.
But the Jade brand
is about each of us
taking charge of our own bodies.
I had no control
over what Justine did.
You didn't mind the boost in views
she gave your page, though?
I had to block her in the end.
And if I'm honest,
she was obsessed with me.
We're going to have
some more questions.
Well, I'm flying out to Singapore
tomorrow for the launch.
I'm sorry,
but that can't be rearranged.
Oh, one more thing.
Do you know what
this number could be?
I don't know.
Maybe a bank account.
Who knows?
What are you thinking
we'll get from this number?
Is it relevant?
Everything's relevant.
(Nick) Jade Mc Cready.
(scoffs) No, not a renewal.
She's never had one.
Yep.
Looked like a new supplement
in there.
That Jade was drinking.
Maybe she was trialling it.
Okay.
Okay.
876591
8765912489
- 876 87
- (door opens)
- (inhales sharply) 8765912489
- (Glenn) Hello?
(sighs) "Or more people
are going to die."
Yeah?
I have called in a lot of favours
to get this tonight.
Blood tox?
I'm sending a bottle of wine
to their lab.
- You're paying.
- Uh-huh.
What's in it?
- Nicotine?
- In liquid form.
In enough quantity,
it can induce a heart attack.
Nick, the manager.
Every time I've seen him,
he's been vaping.
He was at the drink station,
we know that.
But how could he poison one cup
and make sure Curtis took it?
It's the same question every time!
When was the last time you ate?
I, erm, I don't know. I
No, I didn't have milk,
so couldn't have breakfast.
That was yesterday.
Was it?
Mackenzie, for someone so smart,
how do you not understand
that you need food to live?
Wait, I eat food.
Tournament of Minds, Brisbane, 2003.
Three days, not a cracker.
(chuckles)
(inhales sharply)
I'll, er, see what's in the fridge.
Uh-huh.
I was fine, by the way,
at Tournament of Minds.
You were hallucinating
quadratic equations on the ceiling.
Which I solved, I might add.
(Glenn) Jade Restore.
That's all there was.
You snooze, you lose, Col.
Mm.
- Finders keepers?
- Mm.
(exhales deeply)
Mm!
Mm! Mm!
- (Glenn) What? That good?
- (muffled chuckle)
Mm!
(spitting)
- (Glenn) Oh, geez
- Ohh!
What is in this?!
(retches)
(Glenn) Mack?
(suspenseful music playing)
Mack, you okay?
(music intensifies)
- Mack?
- (gasps)
Do you have anywhere
you need to be?
(Glenn) Why?
We've got some phone calls to make.
(Curtis) Hi, Mackenzie,
it's Curtis Faleafa.
I know we've never really spoken,
but I need your help,
or more people are gonna die.
"Or more people are going to die."
Curtis left that message on my phone
a bit over an hour before
he was one of those people.
Poisoned.
Seemingly by a cup that he
picked up at the drink station
that was staffed by Keith Cole.
There was one question
that we couldn't answer:
How could the killer make sure
that Curtis took the poison cup?
Then we learnt
that the poison was nicotine.
(scoffs) What?
Well, you had access
to liquid nicotine.
It's vape fluid.
You stood to lose your 10% cut
if Curtis killed the deal.
That's four million dollars.
And you were
at the drink station, filming.
Jade, give us a wave.
- Hey! (laughs)
- Go, Jadies!
(scoffs)
I didn't touch the cups.
(snaps fingers)
The killer wanted us
looking at the cups.
They wanted us spending
all our time, all our energy,
trying to figure out
how the killer could make sure
that Curtis drank
from the poisoned cup.
But the cup wasn't the murder weapon.
(glove squeaking, snapping)
(clears throat)
One of these was.
You handed him a drink
from one of those,
on the start line, Jade.
But I drank from that.
And who would suspect someone
who drank the exact
same thing as the victim?
Surely if the nicotine was
in the bottle,
then you would have
been poisoned as well.
And you were.
(scoffs) I'm fine.
Because the poison isn't
the only thing you drank.
You made sure you had one
of your Jade supplements
before the race, and then you
kept drinking them for 24 hours.
Every time we saw you,
you were drinking one.
Of course. They support my recovery.
Especially those that
you've been mixing up yourself.
Detective Senior Constable
Cartwright noticed
that they were
a slightly different colour
Looked like a new supplement
in there.
loaded with?
Activated charcoal.
It contains omega-3 and turmeric,
which reduces inflammation,
and activated charcoal,
which absorbs toxin.
Including nicotine.
Especially if you drink
enough of it, and boy, did you.
I mean, you had a ready supply.
You, you are across
every step of your supply chain.
And you kept up a steady intake.
And you planted a poisoned
decoy cup before the race,
while you were looking for
a location for Nick to film from.
To throw us off.
Why would I kill Curtis?
I loved him.
He was about to reveal your secret.
Supplements didn't cure your cancer.
You had surgery
and chemotherapy, Jade.
What?
(Mackenzie) But you knew,
gosh, if that got out,
well, your company,
it would be worthless,
so you kept it a secret.
Even from Curtis.
But news of the deal leaked.
Which sent Keith to Curtis,
desperate
for no more people to be harmed.
And that sent Curtis to you.
This whole life is fake!
And that sent Curtis
on his own research,
which led him to this number.
Now, we all thought it was
a phone number, didn't we?
Because, you know,
well, looks like one.
The only person who saw this number
and didn't say a phone number
was you.
I don't know,
maybe a bank account, who knows?
Because you knew
it wasn't a phone number.
You knew it was a patient ID.
Now, we had to call almost every
treatment facility in Australia,
but we got there in the end.
The Greengrass Institute for Cancer.
This is ridiculous.
You think I could just disappear
and keep something like this
a secret?
My whole life is spent online.
Oh, what about your digital detox?
I was in Thailand.
You didn't have a passport.
Jade Mc Cready.
No, not a renewal.
She's never had one.
I checked.
You really think
I could have kept a surgery
and chemo from Curtis?
From everyone?
You had to, because no-one
believed in Jade more than him.
And chemotherapy,
it's the only thing that fits.
Right down to you being
able to drink those
incredibly strong-tasting
supplements.
(coughs)
Mm! Mm!
Chemotherapy, it killed
your sense of taste, Jade.
A warrant for the details
of this patient,
it came through this morning.
I've got the file right here.
What's the name of that patient,
Felix?
I never meant to lie. I promise.
The supplements
really did help at the start.
I I was improving.
My followers went through the roof.
I had so much support.
It was just like
when I was sick at school.
And then I went downhill.
But by then,
the sales started happening.
And I had to get better.
I had to.
So many people were relying on me.
I just,
I couldn't let anyone stop it.
Not even Curtis.
Oh!
I really did love him.
Jade McCready, you are
under arrest for the murder
of Curtis Faleafa.
You're not obligated to say anything,
but should you wish to do so
Activated charcoal.
Has to be said, incredible stuff.
No more cramps.
And I went hard this morning.
God, you are still drinking
those things?
They're still good.
Mackenzie?
Wanna walk out with me?
(Reggie) Here it is.
(Felix) Will you stop leaving
your water bottle on my desk?
- (Reggie) What?
- (Felix) Please.
(chuckling)
That was good work,
with the phone numbers.
- Thank you.
- Both of you.
Well, I mean, it was 150 dead ends.
- Wasn't it a bit of a waste of time?
- (Mackenzie) No.
Knowing it wasn't a phone number
got us thinking about
what else it could be.
That's solid police work.
It made the case.
I made the case.
- (chuckles)
- We.
Oh, she seemed more definitive
when she was talking to me.
Er, it was me.
I made the case.
You're a very good detective,
Mackenzie.
I mean, I'm not telling you
anything you don't already know.
I mean, you know as well as anyone
that your brain
it just works differently.
And that makes you very good
at your job.
But you're not the only one.
I'm very proud of the team
that I've got here.
They're smart, they work hard,
they look after each other.
Just don't be a pain, Mackenzie.
When you, erm
left my son, you left a mess.
But you also walked out
on this station.
You walked out on me.
And you're a long way
from making up for that.
- Do you understand me?
- I do.
(Colin) Why shouldn't I drink them?
(Reggie) Why? Why?
Because she's a murderer, mate.
- So stop buying her stuff.
- I'm off.
Ah!
See you all in the morning.
See ya.
Up to much tonight?
Every time.
Seriously, just walks off.
Not a word.
Come on.
Where?
I am shouting you a smoothie.
Why?
It's a thing people do
when they work together.
I'm doing something nice here, Colin.
It's a one-time offer.
- Take it.
- Alright, then.
(Mackenzie) Take your pick,
any smoothie you want.
- Ah, Very Berry, please.
- Good choice.
- Doesn't look like much.
- Trust me.
- You're not staying?
- Not really a smoothie person.
Very Berry, coming up.
Pink bike.
Missing front wheel.
(pedals whirring)
(bell dinging)
To the victor, the spoils.
- That was the bet, wasn't it?
- Yeah.
(Glenn) Direct from
Franco's Fish and Chips.
Oh, you can have it.
Oh, it's fresh out of the oil.
Which, if I'm honest, maybe hasn't
been changed since last year.
Still.
You could have told me
about Daisy, you know.
I know.
She's brilliant.
She is perfect for you.
Yeah. Yeah, she is.
We always worked better
as friends, anyway.
- Did we?
- Yeah. Yep.
Mm-hm.
Much clearer that way.
We work together, get along fine.
Happy days.
(engine starts)
Enjoy that.
See you tomorrow.
(Madge)
# She'll be wearing pink pyjamas.
# When she comes.
# She'll be wearing pink pyjamas.
# She'll be wearing pink pyjamas
when she comes.
# She'll be wearing pink pyjamas
when she comes.
# She'll be wearing pink pyjamas.
# She'll be wearing pink #
(screaming)
(sputtering)
It's cold!
It's gonna give me a heart attack,
Mackenzie Clarke!
Good morning, ladies!
(Mackenzie) People are killed
by those closest to them.
- Happy birthday, bestie!
- Happy birthday!
(Glenn) Looks like strangulation.
None of them
were anywhere near the salon
at the time of the murder.
(Mackenzie) So,
if the killer was in full view,
how did they do it?
You either work here,
or you don't.
HR, they want an answer
in the next couple of days.
You walked out on me, Mack.
Of course I was going to move on.
Please, let me talk.
Wait, what was Troy
throwing away?
Mackenzie!
(screaming)
(closing theme music playing)