My Life Is Murder (2019) s03e08 Episode Script

(FUNK MUSIC)
(UPBEAT UKULELE MUSIC)
Hey, hey, girls, girls, girls.
No, no, no, no, no.
- No, you got to move on.
- We were here first.
OK, listen, listen, listen. Number one,
you're messing up the footpath.
OK? And number two, this is my space.
Whoa.
Maybe you could just go
somewhere else and play?
Well, why should I?
Cos these kids could be home,
glued to a device.
Instead, they're out here in the
sunshine doing something wholesome.
K, instead, what's gonna happen
is they're
gonna fall into one of my audience.
OK? They're gonna injure someone.
I don't see any crowds collecting for
your performance.
I think we're good.
- Just hop off. Eh? Come on.
- Make us.
Give me that.
May I?
(QUIRKY MUSIC)
Hey. (CHUCKLES)
I still got it.
Ow!
- (GROANS)
- Are you OK?
Oh dear (!)
Yeah, I did say
they would injure someone.
(STRUMS POINTEDLY)
Malo.
Brought you guys around some lunch.
Oh, you're a legend. (CHUCKLES)
(CLEARS THROAT) How's she going?
This may come as a shock,
but Alexa is a terrible patient.
Hm. How many more days off her feet?
The doctor pleaded for at
least a week. He almost cried.
(EXHALES FORCEFULLY)
Coffee, prosciutto, salad.
Someone else's sourdough,
sorry about that.
Mm. That'll help her mood (!)
(CHUCKLES)
- So where is she?
- In her room.
- House arrest, foot elevated.
- Hm.
- She's not in her room, is she?
- Mm-hm.
(SIGHS)
Hey!
- (SCOFFS)
- (GRUNTS) Gosh.
You told me you were back on your feet.
- Yeah, as you see.
- Mm (!)
Ow. Doh.
- It's just a sprain.
- Not what I heard.
Or my Achilles is about to snap
like an old guitar string,
- but I prefer sprain.
- (CHUCKLES)
Well, another time, then.
You're not really up for it.
Come on, Harry.
My mind is running
around, even if the rest of me isn't.
OK.
This is Adam Hall. Music producer.
- Was reported missing two weeks ago.
- Yeah? Take it he's shown up.
They found his body in a burnt-out
car on a reserve in Henderson.
Knife wound between his fourth
and fifth rib into his left ventricle.
Ooh, that'll doit.
- Whose car?
- This guy. Sonny Ingram.
Neighbour. Lives in
the same apartment building.
Ohh. So let me guess,
he had a long talk with Sonny,
and he says his car keys were stolen.
Some time in
the two days before, he reckons.
And he said he was in his
apartment with his wife, Hannah,
the night Adam went missing.
- So not a real strong alibi. Motive?
- Nothing that we've found.
He says he's never spoken to Adam.
Not even a hello in the lift.
Do we believe him?
The guy's live-in girlfriend
said the same thing.
Says she's never heard of Sonny Ingram.
Ruby Lake. Talented pianist.
She's got big things on the horizon.
I think I've seen
this Ruby before somewhere.
Yeah, she's recording
an album of piano covers.
Adam was her manager, producer,
collaborator
She's massive on TikTok.
So have you traced
Adam's movements on the night?
His phone was switched off not
long after he left their apartment.
It's missing too.
He went to go to his car about 11pm.
Someone else was there,
someone known to him but
CCTV didn't catch their face.
But it did catch Sonny's car
leaving, with Sonny's fobkey.
So why have you not arrested this
guy? It sounds done and dusted to me.
You had one job, keep your ankle
elevated, stay off your feet.
I'm gonna leave
you two to sort this out.
No, no, no, Harry.
Look, no, I'll do it.
I will do it as a favour to you.
I'll talk to Sonny,
and I'll check out the crime scene.
- You're not really
- No you bloody won't.
You don't have your guy, and you've
got to find a link.
You need me. Ha.
(GRUNTS, MUMBLES)
- I'll be talking her out of this.
- Yeah, good luck with that.
You are a bad influence on one another.
So here's Adam walking towards
someone we don't see.
Someone he knows maybe?
Any other camera angles?
Look
it's elevated. I'm here, trapped.
I'm allowed to look at CCTV.
Yes, there are other cameras. None
of them were recording that night.
That's bloody convenient. (CRUNCHES)
Now, there goes the car
belonging to Sonny Ingram.
Someone came in the front door
at 10 past 2. You wanna guess who?
Sonny Ingram?
(SLURPS SOFTLY)
Sonny Ingram's swipe card was used, yes.
(GRUNTS)
Then it sounds like
Harry has got his guy
and we don't need to do anything,
- so maybe you can just relax and recover.
- (GRUNTS FEEBLY)
You do know that if Harry
really thought that Sonny did it,
- he'd be arrested already.
- Alexa. (GROANS)
No, they do not have
enough to charge him.
Besides, you've been wanting to get
out in the field a bit, haven't ya?
- Maybe.
- Yeah.
We have the technology.
Like, I can be your eyes and ears?
Now you're talkin'.
No, no.
Don't say that like it was my idea.
We're gonna need some new toys.
How's that?
Ooh, it's working. See?
I knew you'd love this.
Yeah, yeah. I'm going in.
Remember, you can see,
but you must also observe.
OK. Don't go all Sherlock Holmes on
me, I've been work
(HORN BLARES)
(CACKLES) Looking where
you're going is also good.
(SIGHS)
Hi there, funny story,
I've left my keycard
Smooth as (!)
Madison. Madison?
Hey, guys. Hot enough?
(DISTANT CLANG)
Madison?
(AGGRESSIVE TAPPING)
- (CELL PHONE TRILLS)
- (EXHALES)
(SIGHS)
What?
I turned it off, that's why.
- What are you doing up there?
- Checking the brand of security camera.
When undercover, be discreet.
Since when have you ever been discreet?
And anyway,
it's not like there's anyone around.
Can we help you?
- Hello. How's it going?
- That's Sonny Ingram, the suspect.
- Just say what I say.
- What are you doing in here?
- I'm with building maintenance.
- Howdy, neighbours.
- No, Madison, don't
- I'm Madison,
I'm moving into the building.
- Which apartment?
- Well this is going well (!)
- Um the empty one?
- Up on Four?
Yes, up on Four. That's it.
Welcome. I'm Hannah.
This is Sonny.
What were you doing on the bin?
Checking security.
Single girl living alone, you know?
You'll have to forgive Sonny.
Things
have been kind of weird around here.
- Yeah, I heard, actually.
- Heard what exactly?
Sonny. It's OK.
That one of your neighbours died?
We don't know anything about that.
We're in 3-1-2 if
you need a cup of sugar.
(DOOR SQUEAKS, SHUTS)
First contact, nailed it.
How exactly did you nail it?
She practically invited
me over for coffee.
Just find out if she has
any connection with the dead guy.
Her? Don't you mean him?
Both. We need a motive.
And she is very pregnant.
What, so you think that's
got something to do with it?
Maybe.
You think the baby could be Adam's,
and it was a crime of passion?
Well, that's a theory.
Sonny doesn't seem like a very passionate
guy just off first impressions.
What apartment did you
say that Ruby Lake is in?
Also the fourth floor.
So handy they all
live in the same building.
Oh, hi. Um, I just moved into
the building. Can you tell
Hello?
That's Ruby.
'Scuse me?
(DOOR SLAMS)
She completely blanked me
like I wasn't even here.
Well, not every murder suspect
will welcome you with open arms.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Go away!
Just find out if any of the neighbours
have anything to say
about Adam or Sonny.
I'm gonna be borrowing a lot of sugar.
Ugh.
(DOOR KNOCKING CONTINUES)
Look (SIGHS) I would love to help you
with your charity
I'm not a charity.
Well, that makes it easy, doesn't it?
Hey.
Well,
I'm in the middle of something here.
Alexa Crowe?
Have you got a brother named Will?
Maybe. Why? What's he done?
My name's Olive. Olive Crowe.
Will's my dad.
I'm your niece.
VOICEMAIL: This is Will Crowe.
Leave a message.
(BEEP!)
Hi, Will. It's me.
Pick up. I'm gonna keep calling
till you do. (CHUCKLES)
He won't. He's useless.
- I'll sort this out. Don't worry.
- (DOOR SHUTS)
I'm not worried.
So Harry's rented me the empty flat
on the same floor as
Ruby and Adam's place.
- Hello. Who are you?
- Olive Crowe.
- This is Will's daughter.
- I didn't know Will had a kid.
Neither did Auntie Alexa.
So Will's your dad, and your mum is
In Fiji.
She had to have a break.
Mother is Kim Hutchley.
She's a wedding planner.
Why are you OliveCrowe, not Hutchley?
Mum married my new stepdad and dropped
her name,
our name, and took his.
Naturally. And then I said
I wanted my real dad's name.
Olive is meant to be staying with Will,
but she found my address,
and she's come to visit.
And now I can't find Will.
So what are you gonna do?
She said she's going
to kick his butt so hard,
that he'll be talking out
I'm
just going to keep trying to find him.
I'm only here to get a sleeping
bag and some clothes, so
OK. If you're gonna do that, then
make sure you work on your story,
because staying undercover
is a huge advantage.
I know that.
Oh, and try again with Ruby.
Find out if she knows any more
about the connection between
Adam and Sonny.
You know, if it was a love triangle,
it equally could've been Ruby who
'did in' Adam.
And then framed
the other wrong partner? Hm?
Are you guys talking about murder?
- No!
- Yeeeah.
You are!
Awesome.
(DRAMATIC PIANO MUSIC ECHOES)
(MUSIC FADES INTO BACKGROUND)
(MUSIC RESONATES)
(KNOCKS ON DOOR)
(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
- WOMAN: Yes, it's loud. I'm sorry.
- Oh, it sounded amazing.
I just moved in down the hall.
I'm Madison. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I actually saw you
earlier in the corridor,
but you must have been preoccupied.
Oh.
I had my AirPods in.
- You must think I'm a total snob.
- No, not at all.
And, hey, it's cool if this,
like, isn't a good time.
I'll just leave these with you.
(CHUCKLES) Let's start again.
I'm Ruby, and you should definitely
come in and share these with me.
- Oh, thank you. (CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES)
OLIVE: This is so Blair Witch Project.
You've watched Blair Witch?
What are you, 10?
I've seen worse than that.
Mum's never heard of parental locks.
(GRUNTS) Yeah.
Can you tell me about my dad?
Well, it's kind of a long story.
I think
you better hear about it from him, eh?
I know he went to jail.
Well, yes.
But Mum said it was
just a misunderstanding.
Nah. That's a bit of a stretch.
Look, I've got to do some work now.
(SIGHS)
MADISON: So awful.
I I don't know what to say.
RUBY: There's nothing to say.
I loved him, and now he's gone.
- Hey.
- What?
She's a TikTok star.
You're spying on her.
- This is an investigation.
- Oh. Well, that makes it OK (!)
Oh, you're a Crowe, all right. You got
the sarcasm gene. Welcome to the family.
How long had you guys been together?
We were friends at uni.
Adam had ideas about my career.
Couple years back,
things between us got more serious,
but I moved myself in here three
months ago. Nate was cool about it.
Adam's flatmate, and now my rock.
ALEXA: Ask her who hated Adam.
And stand back a bit. I can't see.
Did Adam have any enemies?
He rubbed a few people the wrong way.
What about that guy downstairs?
I think I met him. Um
Sonny.
Yeah, the police said it was his car,
but I don't know.
We don't know him.
What?!
Isn't it illegal to record
someone without their consent?
I am not recording.
- (CHUCKLES)
- I am just observing.
Do you wanna help?
- Solve the murder?
- Sure.
Find the connection between these two
people,
Adam Hall and Sonny Ingram.
Full name, Emerson Ingram.
How do I do that?
(GRUNTS NONCOMMITTALLY)
Nate. This is Madison.
- Nate's our flatmate.
- Hi.
Hi.
Hey, are you right
for rehearsals tomorrow?
- Are you sending me to bed?
- Oh Oh. (BOTH CHUCKLE)
Are you in the music scene as well,
Nate?
I do IT, for a law firm.
It's not as fun.
I'm so sorry to hear about
your friend. You guys go back, eh?
We were all nerds at uni together.
Nate was my biggest fan at recitals.
- Bigger than Adam even.
- (CHUCKLES)
Much beer. Many stories. You know,
you meet your best friends at uni.
(PHONE PINGS, BUZZES)
(SNIFFS)
WHISPERS: How long
have you known about her?
Couple months. Yeah.
And the mother just thinks
I should take her a week at a time,
but I don't really know
what I'm doing. You know?
Well, I don't know much about it either
but I think Parenting 101
is know where the kid is!
Right, OK. I'll make a note of that.
Hey, wait, wait, wait. Wait.
Can you keep her for a bit longer?
- Like, maybe the night.
- Why?
Well, I got to get back to the
Waikato. I've got this massive job.
OK? This could be the start
of something huge for me,
and I'm getting paid in actual cash
this time not persimmons.
You don't even wanna
just come and say hello?
Well, I'm just I'm not
very good at multitasking.
I can't be an honest worker and a good
dad all at the same time.
OK, please?
- Dick move, bro.
- Thanks.
She likes me better than you.
She told me.
(SLURPS SOFTLY)
Can't find any pics
of Adam Hall and Sonny.
Just heaps of Sonny and
his wife, Hannah Ingram.
- Yeah?
- Look.
She was head girl
when she was at school.
How come her name
was Ingram way back then?
I mean, she married Sonny Ingram.
I'm assuming they didn't
get hitched in high school.
Maybe they were both Ingram
and it was just a coincidence.
Or maybe Sonny took Hannah's name
when they got married.
Can men do that?
Sure. Anyone can change their name,
Olive Crowe.
Who were you back then, Sonny?
- Have you cracked the case wide open?
- Well, it's a start.
Now we get to follow the lies.
- Popcorn?
- Buttered.
(FUNK MUSIC)
Sonny Ingram.
Thank you for meeting me here.
Or is it Sonny Baker?
You said you weren't a cop.
No, I work in parallel with the police.
But you lied to them.
Look, someone's trying to set me up.
- OK? Someone took my car.
- Slow down, Sonny.
Or is it Emerson? Or is it Emmy?
Emmy Emmy Baker? Right?
Cos that's you too. Because Sonny
is short for Emerson, and so is Emmy.
It was a nickname I had in school.
It's just the police
couldn't find any link
between Adam and Sonny Ingram or Sonny
Baker
or even Adam and Emerson Baker.
Let me just get this straight,
because let's face it,
you've got so many names,
it's a wonder that you can keep
yourself straight. (CHUCKLES)
Just sit anywhere, love.
And then I found this photo of Adam
Hall at school with you,
Emmy Baker.
All right.
We were mates.
We got caught on camera
selling a bit of weed
to other kids. I got kicked out.
- Just you, not Adam?
- He was the top of the year.
They don't wanna lose
the school dux, so the cops
they only saw the bit
of the video with me on it.
Thought he was my mate,
but he didn't speak up.
Didn't even call me after it happened.
I went off the rails.
- Did a stretch in jail.
- You already know this.
Look
I spotted Adam when we first
moved into the apartment.
I haven't said anything to him.
Why not?
I didn't want my wife
to know about my past.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(RAPID PIANO SCALES)
Uh, let's pick it up from Bar 21.
(STRING MUSIC BEGINS)
Hey,
do you always come to the rehearsals?
I like to support Ruby, yeah.
- Would Adam usually be here too?
- Sometimes.
That woman at the front,
Adam's replacement?
Spencer.
And I wouldn't let her hear
you calling her that.
(SCHUBERT'S 'PIANO TRIO NO. 2'
REVERBERATES)
(SCHUBERT'S 'PIANO TRIO NO. 2'
CONTINUES)
(EMBELLISHES MUSIC)
- No!
- (MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
What the hell is that?
We interpret Schubert;
we don't arrange him like
Phil Spector beating
The Ronettes into shape.
There's room for a little impro.
You came to me to escape
that social media indulgence.
It's a charity concert, Spencer.
I'm allowed to honour my dead boyfriend.
Use that pain! Put it into the music.
But don't pretend Adam Hall
was doing anything more
than profiting off your talent.
Screw you!
Spencer?
- Take it down a notch.
- Or what? Her bodyguard will get me?
Aargh! I'm terrified (!)
- Sonny's alibi checks out.
- Stay there.
No. (GRUNTS)
He was buying his pregnant
wife a pineapple ice block.
Paid for it with small change.
Why didn't he just tell us that?
Because he was scared that leaving
the apartment made himlook bad.
- Lying makes him look bad.
- Mm.
He's beginning to understand that now.
(SLURPS SLIGHTLY)
Uh who's that?
Olive Crowe. Who are you?
Harry Henare.
- New boyfriend?
- No.
That's my niece.
- Since when do you have a niece?
- Since yesterday.
- Will's kid?
- OK, here is Sonny
and Hannah's calendar,
and look at all the appointments for a
fertility clinic.
And below, bank statements.
Payments to said fertility clinics.
Hannah and Sonny spent
their life savings on a baby.
Lucky baby, being so wanted.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)
You know what? The kid's right.
Sonny wanted this more than anything.
So why would he throw it
all away now by killing someone?
Even for revenge, over a grudge?
Why would he wait till the moment
he had exactly everything to lose?
No, Sonny didn't do this.
But how do you prove that?
By finding whoever did.
(GROOVY MUSIC)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
I said not now, Nate.
(DOOR SQUEAKS OPEN)
Are conductors all that rude?
(EXHALES) Spencer's
not just a conductor.
She's a brilliant pianist, a composer,
and she taught me for 10 years.
- She talks like she owns you.
- (CHUCKLES WEAKLY) Yeah.
She had a whole career laid out
for me in classical piano.
I used to compose too,
but she channelled everything
into my playing.
And, um And then Adam happened.
With Adam, we had fun with music,
and that was a first for me.
Well, I'm guessing Adam
and Spencer didn't get on.
(CHUCKLES RUEFULLY) No.
Adam and I did these silly little
cover things that we put online.
The numbers went crazy,
and suddenly
I've got a career as a TikTok star.
But, uh Spencer didn't like that.
She walked away, so angry.
- She's got issues. I can see.
- (CHUCKLES)
She gaslights me,
prods me until I
lose it and then says, 'What a diva.'
She'sthe damn diva.
So what happened?
She came back after you lost Adam?
I called her.
I needed a producer.
Look, don't judge me, OK? I would
be crazy not to work with Spencer.
She's a mean old witch, but
also a genius.
(HARD KNOCKING AT DOOR)
- SPENCER: Time's up, Ruby.
- 10 minutes maximum for a tantrum.
I can't. Just
please make her go away.
(DOOR SHUTS)
- She's not here.
- Who are you?
A friend.
And a musician, actually.
In fact, I was wondering if I
could speak to you
Uh, no.
about taking my career
to the next level, you know.
I don't take on unsolicited students,
no.
(SIGHS) My loss.
I would have preferred a woman as my
next mentor and
to stay in New Zealand.
France is so far away.
I just got back from
Tournon-d'Agenais. Southwest France.
I took a specialist programme there.
Well, a masterclass. (CHUCKLES)
I know it. Who was your tutor?
Jacques.
Jacques de la Fontaine?
- Oh, you you know Jacques?
- Of course I do.
You tell Ruby that hiding in
the bathroom like a little girl
(FORCEFULLY) is unbecoming
of a professional musician.
Be in the auditorium at 4.
MAN ON PODCAST: This might seem
weird, but if you catch this show,
you will decide Prokofiev is not
the hard-arse, egomaniac
- Alexa.
- (GASPS) What?
- What?
- (PODCAST STOPS)
- Should we have lunch?
- Oh. Yeah, sorry, I got distracted.
See, Adam Hall used to have
a podcast. Listen to this.
Adam Hall here in sunny Auckland City.
Today, I'm gonna be controversial.
Seriously, if I disappear
(STOPS ABRUPTLY)
What was it like growing up with my dad?
Ohh.
Well
Will was a great little kid.
He was full of energy and ideas.
Mum told me he was dead.
It's OK.
- Adults lie all the time.
- I don't.
Then why didn't you tell me
Dad was at the door last night?
Oh. (SIGHS) That.
VOICE WAVERS: Didn't he want to see me?
Look, Will didn't have
a great role model for a father.
OK? He, um He doesn't
know what it is to be a good dad,
- but he really wants to try.
- (DOOR OPENS)
And I'm gonna be there
to kick his arse when he gets it wrong.
(DOOR SLAMS, FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
What did you think of Spencer
from my livestream this morning?
- Ruby's old producer?
- New old producer, old new producer.
Anyway, she hated Adam
for polluting Ruby's talent.
- Ooh. Murder over creative differences.
- Mm.
Yeah. Why don't you pull
her phone records. Check her alibis.
Also, I'm going undercover
as a piano star.
- Can you play?
- I did lessons when I was a kid.
(SNORTS)
OK, so it wasn't my thing,
but it'll be fine.
Spencer's not gonna ask me to play.
Let me hear you play.
(CLEARS THROAT)
(PLAYS 'CHOPSTICKS')
Stop.
Is there a problem?
- Is this a joke?
- No, that's my usual warm-up piece.
Did Ruby send you here, to wind me up?
Did you actually study
under Jacques de la Fontaine?
- Have you been to Tournon-d'Agenais?
- Yes, I've been there.
I'm nervous. That's all.
Could you, um
get me a glass of water, please?
With a slice of lemon.
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
I'm sorry. The stage fright,
it's it's too real.
According to Spencer's phone data,
she and Ruby have
been in contact for months,
- including the day Adam died.
- Ruby told me they were estranged.
Until after Adam's death? Not true.
I guess they were planning their
concerts earlier than Ruby said.
Yeah, or something.
Oh wow.
Adam was suing Spencer
under the Intellectual Property Act.
What?
(CURIOUS MUSIC)
- Oh, things were heating up.
- I mean, it's got to be her, right?
Except I checked her alibi,
and at the time, Spencer was on a stage
in front of 2000 people at
a concert in Christchurch.
Oh.
You disappointed?
I just
don't want it to be Ruby.
She seemed so genuine.
Find out if she knew about this.
(FUNK MUSIC)
Did you know that Adam
was taking Spencer to court?
What?! Are you serious?
Adam did get worked up about
some of Spencer's compositions.
He thought Spencer had plagiarised
some of your early work.
And how do you know all of this?
I've got a friend,
an entertainment lawyer. She told me.
Adam had been pulling
together all your music and notes
to fight Spencer with in court.
So much for client
confidentiality. (CHUCKLES)
Adam never said a word to you?
No.
I mean, Spencer was a touchy subject.
You know what? Let's do it.
- Do what?
- Thailand.
Nate said we should take off for a bit.
His shout, even.
Yeah. It might
not be safe here still.
You know that weird Sonny guy
downstairs? And now Spencer
Adam and I were gonna run,
get our
own place together. Just the two of us.
I can't believe he was doing
that for me. Taking on Spencer.
Maybe his notes are
still around here somewhere.
They could be in that cupboard that Adam
kept locked.
The keys are on his desk.
I can't. It's Adam stuff.
Well, I could take a look. I mean,
if it's too difficult for you two.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
You have to see this.
Adam's old phone. No password.
Everything dates back a year
or older, and check this out.
This might seem weird, but if
you catch this, I'm probably dead.
Sonny, he hates me.
Seriously, if I disappear without
trace, throw that man in jail.
We go back. Forgiveness is hard.
And he will not let it alone.
Sonny Ingram.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Hello. Again.
Just checking in and to ask
about Sonny, the guy downstairs
He's kind of weird, right?
Did Adam ever say anything about him?
Nothing.
Why do you care so much?
Hey, I think you're upsetting
Ruby with the questions.
What's the deal?
I'm sorry. I just
I know you're nervous, the two of you,
and I thought I could help.
Why are you always
wearing that same brooch?
I like it.
Thanks. I better, um Work to do.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(CRUNCHES)
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
(CHOWDER MIAOWS)
Olive.
- Olive?
- VOICEMAIL: Hi. It's Olive.
Leave a message at the sound
of the (BLOWS RASPBERRY)
You better be at Reuben's. Seriously,
Olive.
Come home and bring me a latte.
(DOOR OPENS)
- Oh, it's you.
- Why are you on that ankle?
You'll fall,
and you'll have a matching pair.
Sonny Ingram
was definitely being set up.
What, by a dead guy?
Oh gawd.
Listen to this.
This might seem weird, but if
you catch this, I'm probably dead.
Sonny, he hates me.
But I've been listening to
Adam's old Music Scene podcasts.
This is the first one.
This might seem weird,
but if you catch this show,
you will decide Prokofiev is not
And the next one.
Seriously, if I disappear
without trace, up my own fundament
So the message from dead Adam is
cobbled together from old podcasts.
in sunny Auckland City.
That's why Adam only says Sonny
not Sonny Baker or even Ingram.
You can't steal those from old audio.
Also, Adam never knew him as Sonny.
When
they were friends, he was Emmy Baker.
With the right tools, you can put
anyone's face on an actor's body.
The video's a deepfake,
but who's the actor behind this?
Well, someone who had
access to Adam's phone,
someone who knew about his history
with Sonny, somebody close.
Right.
It was Ruby.
Now I have the final
piece of DNA evidence here.
I'm gonna give it to the police for
testing, and then we'll have proof.
And then the only thing that Ruby's
gonna be playing is prison bars.
Hey, do me a favour.
How long has someone been
watching us through your laptop?
I want you to go down to Reuben's
and see if Olive's there.
You're worried about Olive? Now?
Someone has been spying on you.
Well, what goes around comes around,
I guess. Just please go find her.
- Or I go and confront Ruby.
- Madison, do not do that.
Why? That's what you would do.
Is it Ruby or not?
Madison. You're not me.
Oh, I jammed my foot. Ow.
Ruby,
do you have crazy good computer skills?
I can turn one on.
Would you mind if I take
a look at your computer?
Um, OK
You're weirding me out now.
Nate said you were a freak.
I'm investigating Adam's death.
Are you a cop?
Ruby, did you kill Adam?
Did Spencer make you do it?
You lied about Spencer. You two
have been talking for months.
Yes, we went behind Adam's back,
but it was about the music
and not hurting his feelings.
You think I killed Adam?
We know that it's someone with
serious IT skills and a powerful system.
Is Nate in his room?
He left 20 minutes ago.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Oh, shit.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(INSISTENT KNOCKING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Hello, Nate.
Hey, I just wanted to thank Madison
for
helping out Ruby these past few days.
Or you're here for
the DNA evidence against Ruby.
You wanna know what it is
and where it is.
No, I'm not sure
what you're talking about.
But Ruby's my friend, so,
you know, enlighten me.
OK. Well, for starters,
I was fibbing. Yeah. DNA evidence?
As if. (CHUCKLES)
How did it all happen with you and Ruby?
I mean, was there a day when you
just fell for her back at uni,
or did the love grow slowly?
- No, we're just friends.
- Friends.
Doesn't that hurt?
When you want everything? All of her.
But she was with Adam, and he
was fun, successful, getting rich.
I was happy for them.
They were both my mates.
Yeah, how happy were you when Adam said
that they were getting their own place?
I mean, Adam was squeezing
you out of Ruby's life,
just like you squeezed out Spencer.
So you made a plan.
Adam had told you about his history
with your neighbour, Sonny Ingram.
So the guy had a motive.
And then just in case the police
didn't make the link,
you made a deepfake video.
(CHUCKLES INCREDULOUSLY)
Wh I
just whipped together a deepfake, did I?
You got the skills. You've got the gear.
You stitched together the audio
from Adam's podcasts,
and you filmed yourself
delivering that speech.
And then you replaced
your face with Adam's.
VOICE ECHOES: If you catch this,
I'm probably dead.
You're making me out
to be some kind of genius.
Oh, was that how it sounds?
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
OK, you waited for an opportunity
to steal Sonny Ingram's key
and security pass.
And then on a night when you knew
that
Adam would be going to the bar late,
you hacked into the
building's CCTV camera system
and you shut down all but one camera.
You said good night, and you took
yourself off to bed a little early,
and then you snuck out.
You found a spot in the parking
garage, and you waited for Adam.
You called him over.
He had no idea what was about to happen.
(GRUNTS)
You killed your friend.
And you put his body in the boot
of Sonny Ingram's car.
Then you dumped his body
and you torched the car where you
knew it would be found quickly,
full of evidence against Sonny Ingram.
You walked home, snuck into your bedroom
where Ruby thought you'd been all night,
and then you waited for her,
and she would come to you
and she'd fall to bits,
and you'd be there
to pick up the pieces.
What a guy (!)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
The only flaw in all of this
It's me. (CHUCKLES) And I'm Nate.
I'm
just Adam Hall's
nerdy friend.
I couldn't do that murder.
(MUSIC DARKENS)
You know, to hold a knife
in your hand and feel that weight,
to swing it,
hard, with perfect accuracy,
feel it slice through
flesh and cartilage
and see their eyes lifeless
as their body hits the ground,
that takes some sort of steel.
Do you think I'm that guy?
(DOOR OPENS)
I don't know. I was just stalling.
Come in, Harry. He's ready for you.
Sorry. Your coffee's cold.
Olive. Run!
Don't.
Maybe a hostage is what I need.
(GRUNTS)
- (GRUNTS)
- (GROANS)
You move, fella,
I will crush your trachea.
Alexa.
(PANTS)
Where have you been, Olive?
- I thought you were too busy for me.
- No.
Look, I've not known you very long
but do not scare me like
that ever again, please.
And maybe don't mention
this to your mother, eh?
- (CHILD SQUEALS)
- Tag!
Well, she's a smart one.
Bloody annoying, though.
Yeah, reminds me of you.
- (GROWLS)
- (CHUCKLES, SNORTS)
You can't throw shade if I've been
looking after your kid
for three days.
(EXHALES) 'My kid'.
Still can't even get used to that.
And I'm gonna stuff it up eventually.
I don't know how to be a father.
When she says 'Dad', I turn around
to see who she's talking to.
It's not like there's a how-to manual.
There are literally
thousands of how-to manuals.
- But you don't need one of those.
- What makes you think that?
Just think of our old man.
(CHUCKLES) Oh yeah?
You're joking, right?
Think of our old man,
and do the opposite.
- Mm.
- (CHILDREN SHOUT)
Nah, seriously, Will,
she is an amazing kid.
And if you break her heart,
I will break your face.
OK, Auntie Alexa.
Hey, hey, hey.
Olive made this for you.
(MOZART'S 'ALLA TURCA' PLAYS)
(WHISTLES MERRILY)
What was it the doctor said?
An apple a day keeps me away?
He said to take it easy.
(BLENDER WHIRRS)
Like you're gonna listen anyway (!)
Come on. You can't be mad at me forever.
(BLENDER WHIRRS SUDDENLY)
- You delib
- (BLENDER WHIRRS)
You deliberately
got me out of the house.
Out of harm's way.
So you were here alone
in a frickin Moon Boot.
With crutches!
Don't forget the crutches.
With Stabby McStabberson.
You don't always have to be
the big hero, doing it all alone.
You know what?
I did not do it all alone.
The undercover, the interviewing,
if I did not say this before,
nice job, Madison.
Are you trying to flatter me
into forgiving you?
Little bit.
All right, you're forgiven.
Just take care of yourself, please.
- If not for me, then for her.
- Who?
You know who.
Oh, I cannot be responsible
for every Crowe in this town.
But you're an auntie now, Alexa.
(PIANO MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
Ritchie Garth. Childcare worker.
Bam, struck by lightning.
Do you know the chances of getting
struck by lightning in your lifetime?
Turns out that PTA mums move in a pack.
(SCREECHES LIKE A BIRD)
Yoo-hoo.
You don't wanna give
your kids two-day old rice.
- You're hired.
- Why is this happening to me?
You know, I could go out there
and menace a few 10-year-olds,
which I'm totally prepared to do.
So you're just here to ask
more silly questions?
(CHUCKLES) Yes.
- I didn't mean to hurt anyone.
- The doorbell cam says otherwise.
(GASPS)