Return to Paradise (2024) s01e03 Episode Script

1
(Philomena) Apparently
you're under suspension.
I was stitched up.
I would never tamper
with evidence.
(Philomena) The only station
in the whole of Australia
that will employ you is one.
- Oh!
- Mack, before you go
Glad to see it's not just me
she walks out on.
Walks out of rooms,
not weddings.
(Glenn) What, six years,
you still haven't figured it out?
You just left without
even giving me a thought.
I wanted more.
Mack!
Hey ya. Mwah!
(Mackenzie) Frankie,
you could have told me.
(upbeat music playing)
(telephone rings)
La Belle Dauphine,
this is Bianca.
I can squeeze you in
tomorrow morning.
See you in eight weeks.
Remember, emulsify.
You're going to look awesome.
Tahnee's the best.
Donna, sweetheart, over here.
Uh-huh.
Oh, we're doing
extensions today, Dais?
Yeah, I just thought
I'd do something fun
- for my anniversary.
- So fun.
- I can still surf?
- Yes, yes.
- Good morning, ladies.
- Hi, darling.
Morning.
So, I'm basically
going to section it off, braid.
That's gonna look
so beautiful.
(Daisy) As long as it still
looks like me, you know.
(Tahnee) You will.
(Daisy) Don't want to look
like a different person.
(Tahnee) You'll look like you,
but better.
Argh! Oh!
- Sorry.
- You made me jump.
Well, I have got
another surprise for you.
- Happy birthday!
- Happy birthday, bestie!
(Donna) We're taking you to lunch.
We have booked a table at
(all) The Hut.
I've just got to finish
doing Daisy's hair.
- Oh, thanks girls.
- Aww. (laughs)
Okay, I need to make some calls.
- Okay.
- Okay. Cool.
Get ready, Daisy.
First things first. Blow dry.
(sighing) Oh.
I forgot to say,
the booking's at 12:00,
so we're heading over
in about an hour or so.
(Bianca) Yeah, almond oil.
And I would love
to get that by tomorrow morning.
- Wow, they look beautiful.
- What, not too much?
For an anniversary? No way!
Yeah, it's nice, isn't it?
Alright, thank you.
Erm, I will see you lot
in 15 minutes or so, yeah?
- Okay, bye.
- Bye, darling.
Alright, Donna, let's do it.
- Alright.
- Bianca! Skye! Lunch!
Bianca, lunch.
(Bianca) Mm-hm. Mm-hm.
Guess she's meeting us there.
Skye, we going?
(Skye) Yeah, two seconds,
I'm nearly done.
Hey, look at this.
Ta-da! (laughs)
(Donna) Oh, my God! What is that?
Is that like red velvet?
(Tahnee) Yeah, Bianca's favourite,
ever since she saw it in a magazine
when we were in Year 5.
Okay, we off?
- (Tahnee) Yeah.
- Where's Bianca?
Erm, she's going to meet us there.
Oh, typical.
Alright, let's go then.
- Yeah.
- It's time.
(waitress)
Hi, are you ready to order?
Still no reply?
She probably just
got caught up on the phone.
- She won't be far off.
- Oh, no Bianca?
- Did you want to order?
- You know what?
I don't know why we bothered.
She was never going to show.
Donna
- (sighs) Sorry Daisy.
- Yeah, it's fine.
- Hey, your hair looks fab.
- Oh, thank you.
She probably just got caught up,
you know?
You know how hard she works.
I know
how hard she says she works.
Bianca!
Bianca. Bianca!
Bianca?
(suspenseful music plays)
(screaming)
(music intensifies)
(gasping) Oh, my God. Bianca?
(opening theme music playing)
(mid-tempo music playing)
(mobile rings)
Hello?
(camera shutter clicking)
Glenn. Already here?
Hey, Col.
Mack.
- (Mackenzie) What have we got?
- Looks like strangulation.
Suffusion of the face with some
mottling of the skin just here.
No liver mortis yet, no rigor mortis.
The body's still
at a normal temperature,
suggesting
that death occurred sometime
in the past couple of hours.
- What was the ligature?
- (Felix) We don't have one.
Looks like there was
a bit of a struggle, though.
Which means
it probably wasn't quick.
How long?
(Glenn) Hard to say exactly.
But if she was struggling,
at least a minute or two.
Maybe.
I'll get that.
- Robbery?
- There's nothing here to take.
Salon went cashless
11 weeks ago.
- Security cameras?
- Unfortunately not.
(Mackenzie)
It's a terrifying way to die.
(Colin) Have you had
a look round here?
(Felix) Briefly,
but I didn't touch anything.
(Colin) Massage room?
(Mackenzie)
There's no smoke detector in here.
- So?
- So.
Do you want me to refer them
for a safety breach?
Or shall we talk to the staff?
So, ah, I
I sort of organised this kind of
like surprise lunch for
for Bianca, for her birthday.
Tahnee
Jones, senior stylist.
Erm, so I
I booked lunch for 12:00,
and then when it came time to go,
Bianca got stuck on the phone,
so we we left.
Erm, did you lock the door?
No. No, cos Bianca was here.
And you left together?
(Tahnee) Yeah, yeah.
So we we were out here,
and we were looking
at the cake that I got,
which was red velvet, and Skye was
- Skye Bailey?
- (Skye) Yeah, I'm her sister.
I'm Bianca's sister.
And so, I was in the washroom.
And then I came here,
and then the three of us, we left.
We left at the same time.
So that must make you,
ah, Donna Smithwick,
ah, the apprentice.
Erm, can you talk us through
exactly what happened?
When did you come back?
It was about 1:00, so, erm
- and that's that's when we
- (computer chimes)
that's when we found her.
My best friend since year two.
- (Colin) Really?
- (Tahnee) Yeah.
We both wore tiaras on
our first day at Aireys Inlet,
and we've been best friends
ever since.
Down in Victoria?
- Yeah.
- Mm.
Yeah, we moved up here,
erm, when Bianca
Skye and Bianca's mum
passed away,
and she set up the salon.
Where's the smoke detector?
Sorry, what?
In the massage room,
there's no smoke detector.
Erm, is that
Sorry, are we in trouble?
We're investigating everything
at this stage.
So, who first spotted the
So, I've searched
the perimeter of the building.
We.
You were guarding the door
the whole time.
Go on.
Okay, so no signs of disturbance,
nothing that suggests a robbery.
Mm-hm. Okay, well, you two,
canvass the neighbours.
See if anyone saw anything
between midday and 1:00.
Consider them canvassed.
Door unlocked.
All the staff at lunch.
Anyone could have walked in
off the street.
Look at this.
Bianca had back-to-back
appointments, treatments,
meetings with suppliers,
evening training for new products.
- She didn't do anything else.
- So
So, this place was her entire life.
It filled every minute of her day.
Did Donna go through here?
(Tahnee) Yeah.
This is an active crime scene.
You can't just walk away.
I just needed a moment.
What were you inside for?
It's a prison tattoo, isn't it?
Armed robbery.
I did nine years.
It must have been hard to get a job.
(Donna) Well, I came here
for a fresh start,
but people weren't
exactly keen to hire a crim,
so Bianca took a chance on me.
That was good of her.
She was alright.
As long as you didn't get in her way.
Did you get in her way?
If there's one thing
you learn inside,
it's how to keep your head down.
This is a murder investigation.
You're a witness, Donna.
So, who did get in her way?
The landlord.
She hated him.
I saw them.
I thought she was going
to take his head off.
- When was this?
- Last week.
They were out in the garden,
screaming at each other as usual.
- About what?
- I don't know.
He drops round all the time.
Hey, Mack?
(Mackenzie)
That's all for now, Donna.
- Ah, just before you
- Anything?
(Glenn) Not yet. I've sent the body
for an autopsy.
Er, it was something else, actually.
I wanted to see if you'd be keen
to look after Frankie this weekend.
- Oh, erm
- (Glenn) You don't have to.
Mum said she would if she had to.
But you know
how she feels about dogs.
- No, I'd love to.
- (Glenn) Great.
I'm away for a couple days camping.
- Yeah, just going
- Daisy can talk to us.
Yeah, well, erm, just, you know,
drop her over whenever.
Yeah.
(Daisy) They didn't leave.
None of them?
Well, maybe to use the bathroom,
but what's that, like two minutes?
It's 10 minutes
at least to the salon.
- Did anyone stop at their table?
- Mm Just me.
But it was busy,
so I can't be 100% sure.
They must be devastated.
Poor Bianca.
I hope this hasn't put a dampener
on your anniversary weekend.
- Ohh!
- It's your anniversary?
- Five years.
- (chuckles lightly)
- And you're going camping.
- Glamping.
Yeah, it's fancy. Hence the
(chuckles)
You're taking care of Frankie,
aren't you?
Yeah. Yeah.
- Thanks for your help.
- Okay.
(Colin) What a dream, eh?
Couple of nights in
the national park, under the stars.
With the mosquitoes,
spiders, snakes.
A wombat will take a good chunk
out of your leg if you let it.
Not my idea of fun.
So, seems the salon girls were
all definitely at lunch.
Maybe it was someone off the street.
Yeah, possible, sure,
but random murders,
they don't happen very often.
No. People are killed
by those closest to them.
You think the staff?
They were alibied.
At lunch together, in full view.
So, if the killer was
at that table
how did they do it?
Tahnee Jones, victim's
best friend since kindergarten.
Mm. Reminds me of my best friend.
Glenn?
My old best friend.
Known him since nursery.
We bonded over eating glue.
That explains a lot.
Skye, the sister.
Donna has a record.
Robbery, like she said.
Nine years.
Model prisoner. Paroled.
First job was apprentice to Bianca.
It's very altruistic of her
to hire an ex-crim.
Mm. Especially an upmarket salon
with a very strong image.
(Philomena) Who inherits?
No will.
Parents dead,
so in theory the sister, Skye.
And no witnesses saw
anyone coming or going?
Felix and Reggie are door knocking.
But the door, it was unlocked,
so it doesn't have to be
one of these three girls.
Mm, no, Bianca was working
24/7 to keep that place going.
She had no social life, no hobbies.
The only people in her life,
those three employees.
None of them
were anywhere near the salon
at the time of the murder.
So what sort of employer was she?
Well, they were throwing her
a surprise party.
Hardly the kind of thing you do
if you don't like your boss.
Unless you're sucking up.
I mean, we have all fantasised
about killing our boss.
- (Colin) Mm.
- Oi.
No, we can't rule out
the people closest to Bianca.
They might hold the answer.
(Colin) Well, if they don't,
it might be the guy
she owes 60 grand to,
Bianca's landlord.
According to these texts,
she was behind on her rent.
A long way behind.
Donna saw them arguing last week.
- What's his name?
- Troy Lexton.
(Mackenzie) Right, find out
where he is and what he's doing.
Hey, Mackenzie, just before you go,
er, can we have a word?
(Mackenzie) Mm-hm.
(sighing) Okay.
Let's get this out of the way.
HR are sending a contract for you.
Why?
Because they're sick
of paying your casual rates.
They want to put you on permanent.
And no-one in the entire police force
has ever stopped them
getting what they want.
But I'm only here temporarily.
Yeah, but what if you're not?
There's no guarantee
that you're going to be cleared.
I have to be.
I didn't do anything wrong.
And no-one who's innocent's
ever been found guilty before?
This is different.
We had him,
and the key evidence disappeared.
How?
Someone on the inside is my theory.
Ah, really?
It's the only thing that makes sense.
(Philomena) Ah.
Be that as it may,
you either work here or you don't.
HR, they want an answer
in the next couple days.
Answer? Yeah?
(Colin) Mackenzie,
I found Troy Lexton.
Yes, I said I'd fix the ceiling fan.
(Mackenzie) Troy Lexton?
No, stop calling me
or I'll have to put you
out on the street, okay?
Ah, yeah, look, I
I was joking about evicting her.
I wouldn't do that.
We want to talk to you about
the murder of Bianca Bailey.
What? When?
At her salon,
around lunchtime today.
Gee, that's that's awful.
She owed you money.
She was 60 grand behind on the rent.
No, she she paid me.
- When?
- Well, not all of it.
She gave me 42K in cash
and said she'd get the rest soon.
Not going to get it now, am I?
Where did she get the money?
No idea.
My old man always used to say,
whenever anyone offers
you money, you take it.
No questions.
You don't think I had anything
to do with it, do you?
Where were you
between noon and 1pm today?
Well, I was nowhere near the place.
I was inspecting a building in
the industrial park
on Southey Road.
Did, ah, did anyone see you?
No, but
Hey, hang on a sec.
Ah.
Charging for parking
in a coastal town.
Profiteering at its worst.
Look, Bianca could be a pain,
but it's always sad
to lose a tenant.
It's sad when someone dies.
Right. Yeah.
(mobile buzzing)
(Colin) Alright, mate?
Ah, not far away. Just
Why isn't there a smoke detector
in the massage room?
(Troy) Well, there is.
Look, no idea how that happened.
I will get on to replacing that
as soon as I can.
- In my properties
- (Colin) Okay, cheers.
safety comes first.
Mackenzie.
(engine starts)
She was definitely strangled,
as we suspected.
I found symptomatic petechia,
broken capillaries and oedema.
And a broken hyoid bone.
- What was the ligature?
- (Glenn) Good question.
It definitely wasn't
the hair dryer cord.
- How do you know?
- The ligature marks.
If it was a cord or rope,
they'd be darker, narrower,
more focused.
But these are fainter than usual
and a bit more spread out.
So, what? A belt? A scarf?
Maybe.
I'm not willing to rule that out
at this stage, or in.
I still need
a bit more information there.
- Is that it?
- For now, yep. I'll keep going.
When are you two heading off?
Oh, yeah. You and Daisy.
That's why I'm looking
after Frankie, isn't it?
For your anniversary?
We chatted to her.
She's pumped for it.
She's got her hair done.
Mm, should be fun.
Camping, it's just
oof, it's the best.
I've, er, actually got
quite a bit to do here.
I'll let you know
if I find anything else.
Cheers.
So, Skye's background check
had her living in Aireys Inlet
until she left at 16 and moved
around all over the place,
which made me wonder
if something had happened,
which led me to the local
newspapers, which led me to
- To her?
- Mm-hm.
- Hi, Skye.
- Hi.
Thanks for coming.
Yeah, I mean,
anything I can do to help.
First thing, tell us
about being a teenage arsonist.
How is how is that relevant?
That was a long time ago.
(Mackenzie)
What I don't understand is
why your little accomplice
was convicted and you weren't.
Do we really have to do this now?
Your sister's dead, Skye.
Wow. Erm, okay.
(sniffles)
Look, my mum pulled some strings.
I don't know what else to say.
Well, that was lucky for you.
It wasn't lucky for me,
because then she chucked me out.
- At 16?
- (Skye) Yes.
Bianca and I were raised in
a very strict religious household,
and I brought shame on the family,
so she made my charge disappear,
and in return I had to go.
Did Bianca contact you at all?
No. Mum had a real hold over her.
What happened then?
(Skye) I went off the rails,
didn't I?
My my own mother
completely cut me off.
What changed?
Mum died.
And I I know that sounds
really bad, but it
it freed me.
Like, I just felt like
she couldn't judge me anymore,
and I reconnected with Bianca,
and just everything changed.
You know, she'd set up the salon.
She gave me a job.
It was just it was a new start.
And now you inherit it all.
Excuse me?
Well, she doesn't have a will, Skye.
It's all yours.
I was at a lunch,
and I came back,
and my sister was dead on the floor.
Okay?
So I could inherit a hundred salons,
and it will never make up
for the fact
that I will never see her again.
(Colin) Kicked out of home at 16.
She looks so fresh-faced
in that photo.
Hair looks a lot lighter.
So, the salon was behind on rent,
yet Bianca finds 42 grand
to pay most of it off.
Where from?
I'm going to head back there,
get into the books,
see if I can find the answer.
Mm-hm.
Skye's got an unhappy history
with her sister,
but looks like they
were repairing it.
Tahnee was supposedly
Bianca's best friend,
so there could be something there.
She was at lunch anyway.
And, well, Troy Lexton,
he's a real piece of work,
but he was nowhere near the place.
Ugh! What was going on
in that salon?
Hey, tools down, folks.
We have cracked it.
Wade Thornburn
from Thornburn Quality Meats
from across the road from the salon.
Mm, now he shut his shop
early yesterday
cos the trevally were biting,
but we got him this morning.
Yeah, he said someone walked in there
around about
12:55.
- 12:55.
- Who?
Ah, he said he didn't know him,
but he said he was an Asian bloke
with polyester slacks
and brown shoes.
- Mm.
- Troy Lexton.
Yeah, but he's alibied.
No, his car is alibied.
How long was he in there for?
Oh, Wade told us he cubed
a shoulder of lamb for Mrs Merritt
- and rang it up
- Wrapped it.
wrapped it up,
and then Troy came out.
- Yeah, how long were we talking?
- Two to three minutes.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Long enough.
Come on.
Hey, can you get off the lawn?
I just mowed it.
What are you doing?
What side of the road
did you park on, Troy?
- What?
- At the industrial estate yesterday.
They marked the bay numbers
on the ticket,
but we won't test you on that.
So just tell us, was it
the east side of the road, or west?
Yeah, I'm not really good
with directions.
East is the beach,
west is the escarpment.
Ah east?
Aw, Troy. So close.
You weren't in the car, were you?
- Troy, who is it?
- Oh, Dad, just go inside.
- Go go make lunch.
- Bloody hell.
Look, you, ah, you can't prove that.
We spoke to Kirsten.
Kirsten at your office.
Kirsten who borrowed
the car to do the inspection.
Yeah, look, I, erm
I would
Oh, and a witness saw you going
into La Belle Dauphine at 12:55pm.
What? That's, that's crazy.
I was nowhere near the place.
Asian bloke in polyester slacks.
- They're wool.
- Brown shoes.
Well, they're actually more caramel.
Sweating like you wouldn't believe.
Okay, okay!
I I did go to the salon.
- Why?
- (sighs)
The rent.
I wanted the rest of it.
I went there to talk to her
about figuring out
a fair payment plan, but
- Bianca?
- when I got there, I, ah
- Bianca.
- found her dead.
So I just bolted,
as quick as I could.
I didn't kill her.
I mean, why would I?
I'd I'd never get my money.
Why didn't you tell us?
Well, I didn't want to make
things worse for myself.
I just
You know, I panicked.
(Mackenzie) Come on,
let's go back to the salon
and turn it over,
knowing what we know.
(engine starts)
Yeah, just get away from the door!
Dad! Come here!
(Mackenzie) Felix, can we keep an eye
on Troy Lexton?
Yeah, well he might not have motive
to kill Bianca,
but he lied about
finding the body, so
something else is going on.
Yep.
Sick waves this morning.
Were they?
No better way to start the day.
Being in the water, sun shining.
The other morning,
I literally saw dolphins.
What, in Dolphin Cove?
Well, I never.
Just saying.
When I was a kid,
if you'd have told me one day
I'd be surfing with dolphins
Don't you ever find it boring?
No way.
They jump out of the water.
(sniffing)
I was talking about the weather.
I miss the grey skies.
Rain, bit of wind.
The kind of weather
that inspires great literature.
Mm.
Only because there's
nothing better to do.
Guarantee you, if Charlotte Bronte
owned a surfboard,
"Wuthering Heights"
would never have happened.
That was Emily Bronte.
You're making my argument for me.
Hey, this is interesting.
Tahnee has a brochure
for a nursing home in Victoria.
Must be for a relative.
And an unpaid invoice from them.
For 42 grand.
I appreciate you meeting me here,
Tahnee.
(Tahnee) Of course.
Tell me about your Grandma.
What?
She was meant to be moving into
Heritage House Supported Care,
but the deposit was never paid
and she lost her place.
$42,000.
What happened?
Well we decided that it just
wasn't the right fit for her.
Or did you give the money
to Bianca for the rent?
I thought that I was buying
into the business.
Didn't you know
the financial state of the salon?
Bianca told me
the salon was thriving.
That we could run it together.
Best friends forever.
She said that I'd make enough
money to move my nan up here.
Somewhere warmer.
So she lied to you?
(Tahnee) She didn't mean it.
She thought that the salon
could get over this hump
and that everything
would be okay.
And it would have been.
Yeah, Bianca could make
anything happen.
Her mum left her a bit of money
and she built La Belle Dauphine
with her hard work and determination.
I was lucky
to be her best friend.
How did you find out the truth?
I saw her give the money to Troy.
(Mackenzie) What did you do?
I confronted her about it.
She didn't deny it.
Bianca, $42,000!
Tahnee, sweetheart, you're blowing
this way out of proportion
When was this?
Three days ago.
You must have felt
very betrayed.
Honestly?
No.
I wish she told me about it,
but I knew
that we could get through it.
We always have.
I knew that we'd be okay.
(mobile rings)
That's all for now.
Thanks. I'll be in touch.
- Colin, what have you got?
- (Colin) I'm at the salon.
You need to get down here.
(camera shutter clicks)
- (Reggie) My opinion
- (Felix) Which I didn't ask for.
(Reggie) You'd think with all
the properties he owns,
he could afford a better car.
(chuckles)
I mean, have a look at the bomb.
Oh, that's nice.
- Where'd you get that?
- From the salon.
- Did you nick it?
- No, it was a free sample.
From a crime scene!
That's wrong.
Oh, well there's wrong
and then there's wrong, isn't there?
And they're both wrong.
What's he up to?
Oh, don't tell me
he's going to use that reject stuff
for his rentals.
- (Felix) It's not illegal.
- Yeah, but it's still dodgy.
That's a hanging offence, in my book.
Yeah? And how's your moisturiser
going there?
God, you're still going on
about that?
Well, when you were
our teacher in school,
- you went on about honesty.
- Yeah?
It wasn't "there's wrong
and there's wrong".
Told us to do the right thing
no matter what it cost you.
Yeah, well, I didn't
have to worry about it with you,
Mr Perfect Behaviour.
A bit of rule-breaking
would have done you good.
Didn't always behave perfectly.
Oh, I think I'd remember.
You were a beautiful boy.
You always got my special pen,
the top work one
with the rainbow ink.
I haven't thought about that
in years.
Don't know where it got to.
Oh, what's he got now?
Oh, no way. Don't do it.
Oh, I bet you a coffee he does.
- Oh, seriously? Ugh!
- Ohh!
Yeah, you still defending him?
- Oh, build the gallows.
- That's the way.
(Colin) When I went through
Bianca's payroll records,
I found some discrepancies.
Why did Bianca stop paying you?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
Er, last weekly paycheck was
the 4th of September.
Erm, for the last 11 weeks
not a cracker.
I was an apprentice.
You don't get paid much.
It's about the experience.
Mm. So, 11 weeks ago,
the salon goes cashless.
A week later, your pay stops.
My guess, she caught you
with your hand in the till.
It was once.
20 bucks for everyone's coffees.
Which I had to get and pay for
out of my own pocket every day.
(Mackenzie) Right,
so what was the play?
You work for free, and in return
she doesn't tell anybody?
Well, she knew that if my
parole officer found out that
Back inside?
But why didn't you just quit?
Are you serious?
I'm a woman in her 50s,
fresh out of prison.
(chuckles) I'm not what you'd call
an easy hire.
And she knew it.
Taking all the credit
for giving me a second chance.
Yeah, you must have hated her for it.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, I did.
But I didn't kill her.
(Philomena) Okay,
so here's our state of play.
We've got Tahnee, we've got Skye,
we've got Donna, right?
- And they've all got motives?
- (Mackenzie) Mm-hm.
Bianca took the 42 grand
that Tahnee had earmarked to put
her grandma in a nursing home,
- and spent it on back rent.
- I'd be fuming.
Yeah, well, she says
she's not angry, but come on.
Alright, so we've got Skye.
She inherits, but,
ah, salon wasn't worth anything.
She had no way of knowing that.
For all she knew, it was a goldmine.
And Donna was being blackmailed
into working for free.
Mm. Criminal background,
desperate situation.
Okay, so we've got motive,
motive, motive,
but no opportunity.
Yeah, and then we've got
sweaty Troy Lexton
with an opportunity but no motive.
Ugh! Doesn't make sense.
Let's not forget the, er,
missing smoke detector.
- Yeah!
- What's that?
Well, a woman dedicated to
every single aspect of her salon
doesn't have
Wait.
- Are you making fun of me?
- (door opens)
- A little bit, yeah.
- (door closes)
- (Reggie) You right?
- (Felix) Yeah.
Troy Lexton's a dirt bag.
- (Colin) What's he up to now?
- (Reggie) Oh, where do you start?
I mean, he threw his chip packet
out the car window
and was leering at a couple
of girls crossing a road.
Yeah, and he illegally dumped bags
of domestic rubbish into a skip
and pinched some old
reject building supplies,
which he then used to replace
a tenant's windowsill.
(exhales sharply) Checks out.
(Reggie) I'm all for upcycling,
like we are a disposable culture.
You break something,
toss it out, move on.
But this man was picking
through hard waste
like he was in a lolly shop.
- (Mackenzie) Reggie?
- Hmm?
What sort of rubbish?
Oh, it was disgusting.
He grabbed a toilet seat
and he also grabbed this
No, no, no, no, no.
What was Troy throwing away?
- Oh, I don't know.
- Didn't you look?
- In the skip?
- Yeah.
- No.
- (Mackenzie) But
First thing tomorrow morning.
Is this where you pictured
your day going?
Bagged evidence in worse places.
What are we looking for?
Exactly my question.
As Detective Senior
Constable Cartwright
has helpfully reminded us,
there was a smoke detector
in the washroom
but not in the massage room.
Oh, this smoke detector.
It had to go somewhere.
Maybe it was never there
in the first place.
Humour me.
Oh, I'm I'm just a volunteer.
You wanted more work to do.
There's a whole acai bowl in here.
- Huh!
- Who would throw that out?
That's like $18.
(chuckles)
Oh, no, maggots. Maggots!
Yeah, I don't think it's that bad.
It just reminds me of playground
duty, picking up rubbish.
I'd get the naughty kids to do it.
Happy anniversary, by the way.
Tomorrow, isn't it?
Yeah.
Five years.
Yep.
You walked out on me, Mack.
Remember?
What did you want me to do?
Go live in a cave?
Join the priesthood?
You never called me.
Of course I was going to move on.
And yes, I waited a year,
and it was a pretty average year
as well, if I'm honest.
And then things happened with
Daisy, and I'm glad they did.
I know you are.
- She is amazing.
- Excuse me
She is the best thing
that ever happened to me.
- I know she is.
- So I didn't tell you that
I was going away the exact minute
I saw you, so what?
- Mackenzie!
- I don't have to tell you everything.
- I know.
- And I don't need you getting
- stuck into me for it.
- I'm not getting stuck in.
Yes, you are.
You can at least admit that.
Excuse me!
(Colin) I don't believe it.
Why would a landlord
as tight as Troy Lexton
rip out a smoke detector
and throw it away?
Because of this.
Is that a?
A camera.
Oh, the dirty perv.
Nah, that's not mine.
We saw you throw it in the skip.
(Troy) No, that
that was a different one.
You know what?
This this is harassment.
I'm actually the victim here.
- (groans)
- (scoffs) Sorry, what?
Okay, so what if the salon closes?
Nobody's gonna want to rent a place
where someone's been murdered.
And that's an income stream
just vanished.
So, we're working
on retrieving that footage.
Before we watch it,
anything you'd like to tell us?
- No.
- (Mackenzie) Okay.
You lied about being in the salon.
You found her body,
but you didn't tell us.
Bianca!
(Mackenzie) So fine.
Yeah, you're a liar.
But you didn't have
a motive to kill her.
Exactly.
And then we find out
you're illegally filming women
in the massage room.
Did Bianca find out?
No.
She had no idea.
Look, I went there
to talk to her about the rent,
and after I found Bianca,
I panicked
and took the smoke detector out.
And threw it in the skip.
Yes. I mean, she
she was murdered.
I don't want anyone thinking
I'm dodgy.
(both chuckle lightly)
So, we're looking at any movement
at the time of death,
anything that can help us
figure out what happened.
The time window's
between 12:00 and 1:00.
Okay, so nothing happened
in this room between 11:59
and when Troy rips
the smoke detector out at 12:56.
Let's go back.
Sorry, it's a bit glitchy.
Troy must have damaged something
when he threw it out.
Stop, stop, stop. Stop, stop.
Stop it, stop it!
There's the wireless speaker.
Well, this was before
the girls left for lunch.
Okay, go forward again.
(suspenseful music playing)
Move, Felix, move.
There was a speaker on the shelf,
and then there wasn't.
What happened?
Well, that part of the footage
is wrecked.
I can't get to it.
So someone moved the speaker.
Who, and why?
Oh!
Oh, my
How did I miss it?
Speaker.
Tunic.
(sniffing)
Killer and the victim.
(camera shutter clicking)
What about them?
(music intensifying)
Oh, my God.
We thought Troy was the only one
who had opportunity.
- Right.
- Because the girls were at lunch.
Right. And
Bianca was still alive
when they went for lunch.
Exactly.
I'm sorry, I'm a
I'm a bit lost.
Get everyone to the salon.
Including Daisy.
Reggie, come with me.
Daisy?
Dunno.
(Donna) Why are we here?
We're just waiting for DI Clarke.
Sorry, Detective Sergeant Clarke.
Do you know where, ah?
Erm, Detective Sergeant Clarke?
(Mackenzie) Donna, can you join me
in the washroom?
Oh, would you mind?
Hello.
Wait, where were you?
You were
Weren't you just in there?
Was I?
Take a seat.
Was I in the washroom
or wasn't I in the washroom?
That is what
this whole case hinged on.
Three of Bianca's employees,
all with motives.
Tahnee, she did you out of 42 grand.
Skye, you thought
you'd inherit everything.
Well, not much. (chuckles)
And Donna, well, she blackmailed you
into forced labour.
But how could any of you
have done it?
You were all at lunch together
when Bianca was being murdered.
Ah, leaving Troy Lexton
as the only person
with the opportunity to kill her.
But we thought, mm, no motive.
- Apart from being a perv.
- Well, yeah.
Until we learned he'd hidden
a camera in the massage room.
- Told ya.
- But it wasn't Troy.
Well, h-how do you know
that he didn't kill Bianca
to just cover the whole thing up?
Well, because of your perfume.
What?
When you left for lunch at 12:00,
Bianca was alive.
When you came back at 1:00,
she was dead.
Yes.
Or that's what you wanted
us to think.
Didn't you?
I'm sorry,
I'm not really sure what
You killed her.
While Donna was watching
Tahnee preparing Daisy's hair,
you were strangling Bianca
in the office.
(gasping)
(chuckles)
No, we saw her alive when we
when we left.
After that, we saw her.
- Yes.
- Oh, did you?
She was on the phone.
Bianca. Lunch.
And that was the intention, but
it was you on the phone, Skye.
With your hair out.
Hair that isn't naturally brown.
(clears throat)
But with a little bit
of colour in it,
wearing Bianca's
spare yellow tunic,
the family resemblance was
enough to convince,
just for a moment,
that you were Bianca.
Because at that moment,
Bianca was already dead.
But by establishing her as alive,
you created a false window
for her murder.
Why would I kill my own sister?
Ah! Well, look around you.
This isn't worth anything.
No, no, no.
It's what it represents.
Bianca, the golden child
who inherited enough money
from your mum to open a salon,
while you, you got nothing.
You were kicked out of home
at 16, disgraced.
A whole life was taken from you.
But she was in the washroom.
I heard her.
Did you?
Or did you hear her voice?
Skye, we going?
(Skye) Yeah, two seconds,
I'm nearly done.
That is why the speaker moved
from the massage room,
where it lives,
to the washroom, Skye.
But Tahnee saw her in there.
Yeah.
Tahnee.
Oh, Tahnee.
Tahnee, whose best friend
took 42 grand,
money meant to make her
a partner in the salon,
and spent it on what?
Rent, for a failing business.
Skye alone,
she couldn't pull it off.
I mean, she could do the killing. Mm.
She could impersonate Bianca,
but she needed you, Tahnee,
to sell it.
Skye, we going?
(Mackenzie) To make sure
Donna saw Bianca alive.
(Skye) Yeah, two seconds,
I'm nearly done.
And then, to distract Donna
Ta-da!
while Skye quickly
took off the yellow tunic,
leaving her perfume on it
quickly ducked out
of the office,
into the wash room,
and then emerged as if she
had been in there all along
Ah! Hey.
while Donna and Tahnee
were admiring the cake.
Red velvet.
Whew!
Okay, are we off?
Wait, where's Bianca?
(Mackenzie) Then you both
went off to lunch with Donna,
leaving Bianca alive,
hoping we'd assume
it was just a random attack.
Whoa, ah, should I
- Should I be here, or
- Yeah, no, it's fine.
- Please, sit down, Daisy.
- Colin called me.
(Mackenzie) Mm-hm.
The one thing
we couldn't figure out.
The ligature.
It was something strong, obviously.
But the marks on Bianca's neck,
they didn't look like anything
caused by a rope or a cord.
The ligature, it somehow
spread out the force
across Bianca's neck.
It was nothing
we'd ever seen before.
But definitely something
you'd find in a salon.
Oh!
(Mackenzie) Excuse me.
And what better weapon than one
that just walks out the door?
- Your hair looks fab.
- Oh, thank you.
Eugh!
- Skye Bailey.
- Tahnee Jones.
(Colin) You're both under arrest
for the murder of Bianca Bailey.
I must inform you, you do
not have to say or do anything,
but anything you say or do
will be used as evidence.
Do you understand?
(Philomena) Hair extensions
as a murder weapon.
It's making me glad I get
Madge to do my hair.
- Poor old Daisy, though.
- Yes, yes.
She did seem a bit shaken up.
Well, good work, everyone.
My top work pen!
You?
- Me.
- Why?
Aaron dared me to nick it
off your desk
when you weren't looking.
Oh, God, he was a nasty
piece of work, that kid.
I'm sorry.
And you kept it.
For all these years.
Since year seven.
I planned to give it back, I promise,
but I just never got the chance.
And I finished high school, and
now we're here,
you know, doing the right thing.
Eventually.
It still counts.
Thanks, Miss Rocco.
Hey, Felix.
Yeah?
Might make a decent copper
out of you yet.
I already am a decent copper.
(laughing) Oh, yeah.
(Philomena) Hey, Madge.
Yeah, it's getting pretty scruffy.
Yeah, can I book myself in
for a trim?
- Yeah?
- (tapping)
Can you just give us,
ah, just a minute?
- About the contract
- Ah.
- All sorted.
- What?
Well, I explained the situation to HR
and I bought you some more time.
I I thought you said
they were inflexible?
Yes.
Yes, it was a fairly enraging
conversation,
but we got there in the end.
Oh.
So, you don't want me here
permanently?
Can I call you back? Okay.
Mackenzie, it doesn't matter
what I want.
The only thing that matters
is what you want.
We've all seen what happens
when you get pushed
into a decision you don't like.
Dogs get abandoned.
My precious son gets left
at the altar.
Yep, okay, you made your point.
Yeah, yeah, but look
whatever happens
with this inquiry in London,
I do want you to know that
that, erm, I can use you here
at Dolphin Cove,
but only if you want to stay.
Well
Good.
Thanks.
- Sorry, I got held up.
- (Glenn) Oh, it's fine.
We're early.
Hi, Daisy.
Sorry about the
Murder weapon on my head?
Yeah, it was a bit of a mood killer.
I I maybe should have warned you
in advance.
(Daisy) You think?
Look, I know you see
murder every day,
but it freaks normal people out.
Understood.
Okay. Good.
Well, you guys sort Frankie out.
I'll wait in the car.
Erm, if you don't want to come
over Sunday night, it's fine.
She can stay.
She doesn't need all that stuff.
She was fine last time.
I've brought it now.
Have a good weekend.
Cheers.
See you, Frankie.
(beads rattling)
I'm sorry!
Don't stress.
Daisy will be okay. It's
About you.
I am sorry for what I did to you.
Mack
No, please let me talk.
Erm
It was awful, and cruel
and it wasn't fair on you.
Yeah, it, erm
it wasn't ideal.
(chuckles lightly)
I put you through a horrible time,
and it wasn't right.
And I never said I'm sorry,
so I am saying it now.
So, erm,
we can draw a line underneath it
and then I can go home with a
a clear conscience.
The inquiry will clear me and then
(Glenn) That'll be it.
Yeah, well
whenever that happens,
you're in the clear with me.
- (horn honking)
- Ah! (chuckles)
Get on it, Glenny!
(horn honking)
(sucks teeth)
Off you go, then.
Watch out for wombats.
You know, it's actually
very unusual for them to attack.
Mm, I've heard it.
I've still got the scar.
See ya.
Be good, Frankie.
Yeah.
You're the only one
I'd stay here for, Frankie.
Oh, it's beautiful, isn't it?
(Byron) To live another day,
we must
Defend and disobey!
(Colin) Victim found
whilst staging a protest.
- (Byron) Everyone secure?
- Secure.
How do you murder someone
when you're chained up
and you can't move?
Police! Stay back!
Stay back.
I was hoping you could, ah,
get my engagement ring back.
Oh.
Do you really think
that one of us would do that?
We're a family.
- (Colin) Stop!
- (Mackenzie) She's on the run.
Well, running away from something
doesn't mean it's over.
(closing theme music playing)