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00:00excuse me hello hi bit tied up there mate yeah last night was my stag do looks like it was a
00:16good time I mean the golf was fun okay let's see all right this is gonna hurt a little bit
00:28I'll be fine actually I think I'll stay right here it's quite a nice view no this works great for my
00:36beauty therapist you're just gonna have to handle it hey sorry you have a hairy situation speaking of
00:46Margo booth promising young scientists recipients of a prestigious research scholarship on the way
00:58at the top of her field six weeks ago she died in the campus chemical science lab what a waste what
01:04happened Margo was working alone on a Saturday morning and accidentally started a fire with an
01:09unattended Bunsen burner she was getting dry ice from the store room at the time sprinklers went
01:14off water plus dry ice equals deadly Margo died from asphyxiation excessive inhalation of carbon
01:21dioxide well that is really awful but seems like an accident yeah the work safe investigation ruled
01:26that too Margo's best friend Kerry and Harker was convinced something isn't quite right you
01:32don't usually reopen cases based on the word of a best friend true Margo's brilliant apparently how
01:38does someone like her make a mistake like that so what do you think happened I can't really have an
01:44opinion can't have an opinion can't have an opinion or don't have an opinion Margo's supervisors are Professor Duncan
01:54Lovell and Professor Virginia Hannah Ray sister no cousin no second cousin cousin-in-law actually Virginia is my wife
02:11no stop since when are you married it's a long story oh I have quite a lot of questions actually Harry and only one or two of them are about the case but let's just start with why are we here do you want me to prove that Mrs. Henry didn't do it she definitely didn't do it she said that I don't know I haven't spoken to her
02:34but for a few years access card to the chemistry building just take a look for me but once over to
02:42make sure that nothing else is going on before I send a team bowling in sure really what a friends for Harry
02:50and you can answer all my other questions later
03:04Harry has a wife who is she how did they meet when did they meet how long have they been married what is
03:12she like can you just calm the farm so we can find out here Margot Booth brilliant PhD student what
03:20has this got to do with Harry's missus okay okay farm comes so one morning Margo's working with
03:28carbon dioxide she leaves a Bunsen burner unattended before you know it whoosh fire sprinklers dry on a fatal
03:35combination or Margo good morning lab rats I've been using gas chromatography mass spectrometry to
03:45precisely identify and quantify compounds within a sample GCMS is amazing it's so specific it can
03:53identify contaminants like toxins and additives but right now you might be going Margot what on earth
03:59are you talking about you know a little bit yeah I'm thinking food I'm okay I just ate it's all about
04:05what we eat oh right and what we don't want to eat like microplastics gross and in here I have 20
04:17everyday foods I've examined using GCMS I mean clearly a bright kid right you're too bright to
04:23leave a fire unattended in a lab exactly okay I feel that I've been very patient Alexa are we at the
04:29bit about Harry surprise wife yet almost yeah professor Virginia Henry wait she was Margot supervisor yeah one
04:43of them you're thinking Margot wasn't alone in the lab that morning and I'm not the only one come
04:51along oh amazing you absolutely look like private detectives we're not exactly that I'm Madison and
05:05this is Alexa Carrie-Anne Margot's best friend please come in I'm so glad the police took me seriously
05:18because Margot didn't make mistakes I mean how could a person with such an OCD room ignore protocol she'd
05:29followed hundreds of times oh this is where Margot did a science video that's right I'm so stressed
05:35about her death stressed or sad sad it was Margot who was stressed well she did the month before she
05:42died was work work work that professor Virginia really cracked the whip are you saying Margot was
05:48unhappy about it I thought she loved her work unless it was an act in the videos no she was a very genuine
05:54person losing her has impacted my studies so much thankfully I have my creative writing as an outlet
06:01I'm an English PhD student head over gothic heels an examination of the interplay between fashion
06:07choice and emotional despair in gothic romantic literature 1800 to 1850 sounds very specific tell
06:14me more about it goth subcultures are born from feelings of otherness it's all about diversity open
06:20mindedness freedom of expression now as much as we love to hear more we've got a case to investigate
06:25and I am so grateful not knowing what really happened to my best friend is so disruptive you know
06:34someone is not sold on Carrie-Anne well Harry asked us to look into things just because Carrie-Anne thinks we
06:42should then we wouldn't be looking into them but you want to meet mrs. Henare can I come to no I've got
06:49another job for you Carrie-Anne reckons that the professor worked Margot too hard I want you to find
06:53out if that was a common experience fine but I want every detail okay every detail
07:12I love a woman who can handle fire professor Henry I'm Alexa Crow I'm a friend of Harry's oh but
07:22that's a name from the past well sort of I mean you do still have a surname this is true so what can
07:28I do for you friend of Harry's well I'm looking into the recent death of your student Margot Booth
07:34Harry sent you to ask about Margot why didn't he just pick up the phone uh conflict of interest Margot
07:41didn't follow safety procedures we must have wondered about that I mean Margot was a diligent
07:46student a star in the making by all accounts which is why it's a tragedy where is that boy with my
07:51sushi is he catching the tuna himself oh hello I'm professor Lovell and you are Alexa Crow how'd you do
07:59she's a police detective Duncan oh I didn't say that I'm just a friend of the police apparently
08:04poor Margot's accident is no longer an accident oh gosh WorkSafe already did a thorough investigation
08:11yes I'm aware of that I mean we had questions ourselves why would someone like Margot break
08:16crucial safety rules well I put it down to unbridled enthusiasm Margot threw herself into
08:24her research which was to be admired of course but she could be impatient coming in here on a Saturday
08:29morning alone so it's as if she was on the verge of a breakthrough and could not wait for a safety
08:37buddy a breakthrough well we'll never know will we look I'm in the middle of something now but we
08:43will help you in any way that we can of course we will you just give us some notice and we're all
08:48yours oh and please pass on my regards to Harry
08:51running solo today huh yeah Alexa's catching up with Harry's wife wait there's what so you didn't
09:06know this either no oh uh why weren't we invited to his wedding no this isn't recent he's had a wife
09:13this whole time yeah I gotta take this Madison speaking thank you so much for calling back
09:20um when was Professor Hanada your supervisor
09:23I wonder how fast a dry ice cloud will grow when water is added I'm pretty sure you can find that
09:36info online oh yes yes I know but I want to see how quickly things happen in the lab and why Margot
09:42didn't have time to escape remember all those dry ice deaths we found online including the man who
09:48used it to store ice cream it leaked into his kitchen and see you later hello that's why I'm outside
09:53Alexa so the answer is real quick you could just believe what people say rather than proving
10:05everything yourself we never solve anything if we just believe what people say so what's the goss on
10:12the wife what was she like fine what are her former students say that she's brilliant but a little cold
10:19they all really love the other supervisor Duncan though he's the friendly fun if a bit absent-minded
10:24professor so is that code for not very good at his job Kilda hey hello are we going inside oh it'll be
10:35clear in about 45 minutes which should be enough time to get the full story on your love life have you
10:43received the access card records from campus security did you email them to me uh-huh so
10:49you just came around to tell Madison that you'd sent an email come on Harry you can run but you can't
11:00hide she wants to know why you didn't call yourself because it's awkward 10 or 12 years go by and I
11:07just pick up the phone and ask her about a dead student Virginia is not just some ex-girlfriend that you
11:13lost touch with evidently at some point you're married all right well she and her colleague are
11:21on the same page about Margot accident a colleague Duncan Lovell yeah that's professor to you yeah you
11:28sound just like him am I detecting a sort of love triangle here he was Jenny's supervisor mentor back in
11:35the day and now they're both Margot's supervisors or were you want me to focus on Duncan I can't let
11:42my opinion cloud my judgment gotcha you think Duncan did it I wanted to be Duncan
11:48access cards for the lab are encoded with a unique digital ID so every entry and exit is logged with
12:05names it's numbers currently but I'm working on it who is that this is professor Duncan Lovell quite the
12:13rock star scientist back in the day back when he was Virginia Hennaday's supervisor you mean do you
12:19think the handsome professor swept her off her feet and away from Harry I think that we shouldn't
12:25gossip about our friends boring hey make sure you know the location of safety showers I wash stations
12:35fire extinguishers and today I've got my safety buddy here because we're dealing with carbon dioxide
12:40say hi safety buddy I'm getting teachers pet vibes here which teacher are you thinking though
12:49Professor Hennaday or the science rock star why not both
12:53hello I hope this is a better time to talk I have five minutes before the chem 303 students show up
13:05where were you the morning that Margot died gosh that's a bit on the nose well neither of us have
13:12time for me to cushion it fair point I was at home when I got the call about the fire anyone there with
13:20you my cat did you make any calls send any emails or receive any deliveries I'm not sure but what I do
13:30know is I wasn't here watching my best student die of carbon dioxide poisoning on the nose so a friend
13:38of Harry's is that all that you are sure yes well we are close what's he told you about me not very
13:48much but I do get the feeling that he's not much of a fan of professor Duncan Lovell grow up Harry sensing a
13:56story there not really no I won't ask not you anyway where can I find professor Lovell and it's happy place
14:12good day professor Alexa oh yeah I just wanted to have another little chat about Margot Booth if that's
14:19okay and you came all the way out here well why not it's beautiful it is
14:30did you get out here much a few times a week oh well lucky you can manage it well it's why I have
14:37minions oh you mean research students yes sorry I shouldn't say things like that should I Margot was
14:45working alone at the lab that morning while I was you were out here probably just probably no
14:53definitely because when I got back to the car there were the messages letting me know were you surfing
14:58with anyone that day no there's bound to be some others no one I can call to verify this way after it
15:04is I tend to be in the zone I can relate to that tell me about Margot she was a very promising young
15:14lady meticulous attention to detail the best work ethic I've observed in a student it's one of the
15:21reasons she won the doctoral fellowship were there other applicants of course are they still around yes
15:27Caleb Moore he lost out to Margot but we managed to find him a part-time role so when she died the
15:35fellowship transferred to this Caleb Moore look he's been working really hard to make up for all the time
15:42we lost after the accident uh-huh he didn't benefit from Margot dying if that's what you're suggesting
15:48apart from receiving the prestigious fellowship he wanted meet Caleb Moore research assistant PhD
15:57student oh he's got a weekly slot on student radio talking everyday science he's also got Margot's
16:03fellowship but is that a strong enough motive for murder if you're ambitious or jealous or you just
16:09need the money isn't he in one of Margot's videos say hi safety buddy oh the safety buddy who wasn't
16:22very buddy like the mother's loss is definitely Caleb's game our research could change the game for plastic
16:31pollution well that sounds really exciting it is especially for you right now that you're the
16:38new Margot booth you took over a role no longer the bridesmaid I see what you're saying so for a
16:48start I'm a scientist not a kids entertainer oh you're referring to Margot's educational videos
16:53the life of a PhD student in the chemistry faculty um I think they're great aspirational I've got a slot
17:01in student radio everyday science with Caleb all the shows are available online if you're interested
17:07what interests me is why you mock Margot's content creation but it's okay for you to do it Margot was
17:15a great girl woman woman but she ignored the buddy system and it nearly lost us all of our research
17:20it could have been a complete disaster brilliant woman with a big future lost her life Caleb there's
17:27no could have been about it I liked Margot not getting that from you because we are working on a
17:33project that could literally change the world and you you're chasing a silly theory about an accidental
17:37death well I best leave you to it then that security log you turned numbers into names yet I have but
17:48there's no one of interest going in with Margot Margot arrived at eight never left take a look at the day
17:54before okay so going all the way back to the Friday morning our research students arrive professors arrive
18:01all around the same time and when do they all leave Virginia was out of there later that night Duncan
18:08too and Caleb let me hazard a guess Wow he didn't leave on Friday did he hi how did you get my address I'm a
18:27police consultant Caleb and your supervisors are very keen to help me out wait Virginia and Duncan
18:32know you're speaking to me can I come in
18:33I already answered your questions oh but I've got more about you swiping into the lab that Friday
18:45morning the day before Margot died and never swiping out I did so I left on Friday afternoon
18:51without using your card I always use my card you know in case they're looking at hours
18:55Caleb there's no record of you ever leaving that day you think I stayed the night in the lab and
19:02waited for Margot to arrive the next morning yeah that's exactly what I think oh no um what if what if
19:08my um card is defective let's say that it is where were you that Saturday morning yeah I was I was right
19:18here alone do you want me to prove it is that what you're saying I mean that'd be handy especially for
19:24you okay to stay here I'm don't go anywhere I'll be right back
19:28oh
19:33oh
19:35oh
19:35oh
19:48oh
19:49oh
19:51oh
19:52and that's for you
20:08my childhood dream
20:14never-ending supply of ice cream and kids who want to be my friend
20:17I'm lactose intolerant and kids are messy and emotional
20:20I've got goals outside of ice cream
20:23did you know one of the fastest selling paperbacks of all time was developed
20:28from fan fiction
20:29I just need to finish my PhD then land a full-time academic job
20:33then I can use my research hours to write and get paid for it
20:36did Margot ever mention her colleague Caleb?
20:40Caleb more?
20:41as in could you be more creepy?
20:43the last time I saw him we were at this party together he wouldn't leave her alone
20:46like a stalker?
20:47and then there was that phone call about two days before
20:51yes
20:51I overheard her
20:53she was upset
20:54he was trying to take credit for her work or something
20:56she said she was going to report him
20:58did she?
20:59mm-hmm
21:00I heard her raise her voice
21:01she said
21:02this isn't fair
21:03I'm going to report you
21:04Morena
21:05Alexa Crowe
21:08would you like a muffin?
21:09oh
21:10one of my students may report me
21:12Risa?
21:14she's worried that I'm too busy to eat
21:15but yes probably
21:17not that I'm complaining
21:18so this uh Caleb Moore
21:21he's an odd one huh?
21:22why are you still interested in him?
21:24yes very
21:25especially since I visited him at his house
21:28plus he had an argument with Margot in the days before she died
21:32she was going to report him for something
21:33I don't know anything about that
21:35hello
21:36hello
21:38hello Professor Lovell
21:39Caleb are you alright?
21:41yes
21:41yes very very good
21:43Miss Crowe
21:44Detective Crowe
21:45what do I call you?
21:45Alexa's fine
21:46can we please have a chat?
21:47yeah yeah of course
21:48would you like me to come with you Caleb?
21:50no no no no
21:51I'm just um
21:51helping Alexa to understand our safety protocols
21:55good man
21:55yeah
21:56I'm not entirely sure why you left
22:09I looked in your fridge
22:11okay yeah that makes sense
22:13why would you look in my fridge?
22:16blood on the door
22:17I can
22:18there's a reason
22:19for the treasure trove of body parts
22:21you're making me sound like a freak
22:22now Caleb
22:24I'm not a newbie
22:25I know those are animal parts
22:28and not human
22:28but I also know that
22:30your kitchen has almost no cooking equipment
22:32and even if it did
22:34hearts and eyeballs
22:36don't make the best cuts
22:37oh jeez
22:38so tell me
22:41what's the reason for the home
22:42here we go
22:49let's do it
22:51let's do it
22:54there's more
22:58you've got this Caleb
23:01you can do it
23:02yeah I do
23:04yeah I can
23:06so what is it?
23:16haemophobia?
23:17omitophobia?
23:18all of the above
23:20vasovagal responds 100% at the time
23:23I only made it through my undergrad studies
23:26with hypnotherapy
23:27Virginia would laugh me out the door
23:29if she found out
23:30even Duncan
23:31I mean I don't think he'd be impressed
23:32what kind of scientist
23:34can't dissect a cow's spleen
23:36to identify contamination?
23:39so what is this?
23:41exposure therapy
23:42what's Margot doing there?
23:44it was her suggestion
23:45she wanted her help
23:46you confided in her?
23:49she guessed
23:50so do you believe me now?
23:53believe you what?
23:55that you wouldn't do anything
23:57to hurt the woman
23:57who discovered
23:58your humiliating
23:59career threatening secret?
24:02apparently you phoned Margot
24:03the Thursday before she died
24:04she was upset
24:05no no I didn't
24:06according to Margot's best friend
24:08you did
24:08something about wanting
24:10to take credit for her work
24:11she threatened to report you
24:13hold on
24:13what best friend?
24:15you mean the flatmate?
24:16Carrie-Anne thinks
24:17you were bothering Margot
24:18then why would she come
24:19to my place to help me?
24:20that was her idea
24:21not mine
24:22and Carrie-Anne is the weirdo
24:24okay she's scary
24:25they weren't friends
24:27Margot
24:28she was obsessed
24:29with her research
24:30her friends were here
24:31in the science faculty
24:32her friends were
24:33me
24:35I'm in ice cream heaven
24:45you're still with Carrie-Anne Harker?
24:47I've been trying to get info
24:48out of her
24:48but she's a surprisingly
24:49popular ice cream girl
24:50keep smiling
24:51she was never besties
24:52with Margot
24:53according to Caleb
24:55she's playing up their friendship
24:56so it's a he said
24:58she said
24:58yes it is
25:00Carrie-Anne is a weirdo
25:02he says
25:02and if the guy
25:03with the freezer
25:04full of hearts
25:05says she's
25:05sorry what?
25:06I'm going with
25:07she said
25:08Carrie-Anne's got
25:12dry ice here
25:13okay keep calm
25:15and step away
25:16from the murder card
25:17Alexa
25:20oh Duncan
25:22hello again
25:23is Caleb all right?
25:25yeah actually
25:26it was quite helpful
25:27look I'm just
25:28a little uncomfortable
25:29with you pressuring
25:30my students like this
25:31it just seems a bit off
25:32I'm not pressuring anyone
25:34I'm just asking a few questions
25:35still it's a bit
25:36confronting for them
25:37Caleb wants to find out
25:39what really happened
25:40to Margot
25:40as much as I do
25:41what really happened
25:43we've lost a divine
25:45young woman
25:46and that is hard enough
25:47without you suggesting
25:48someone wanted her gone
25:49it's disgraceful actually
25:51Professor Lava
26:03was not so friendly
26:04today
26:05oh here we go
26:07academic transcripts
26:09and records
26:09do not ask
26:10how I got in here
26:11never
26:12Margot's
26:13Carrie-Anne's
26:15hmm
26:16she has had
26:18several extensions
26:19to her PhD deadline
26:20the latest one
26:22guess when
26:22she was supposed
26:23to submit her thesis
26:24a few weeks after
26:25Margot died
26:26but now it's not due
26:27for another six months
26:28she applied for an extension
26:30after Margot's death
26:32the day after
26:32and what she officially
26:34applied for
26:34was bereavement leave
26:35without it
26:36she would have had to
26:37submit by the original date
26:38and if she didn't
26:39she was going to be
26:40dropped from the PhD program
26:41now is that
26:44enough motive
26:45for murder
26:46when you've put
26:47that many years
26:48of your life
26:48into the projects
26:49I'd say so
26:50A plus for you
26:51Madison
26:52looks like we
27:02get crushed apart
27:03or a funeral
27:05welcome all
27:12to my reading
27:14I think she saw us
27:17yeah it's hard to miss us
27:18as I cross the threshold
27:24from student
27:25to lover
27:26I've never felt so alive
27:28even though you
27:30were so very
27:32dead
27:32you already
27:35taught me so much
27:37as my professor
27:38but now
27:39in this new role
27:40my body shivered
27:42and not because
27:43your body was cold
27:45but because
27:46of the hundreds
27:48of years
27:48of experience
27:50in the giant heart
27:55of the next afternoon
27:56when golden hearts
27:58were born
27:59and the golden
28:00of the old
28:01my pleasure
28:20thank you so much
28:21thank you
28:22thank you so much
28:26for coming to my reading
28:27what a nice surprise
28:28Kerri-Ann
28:29where were you
28:30the morning
28:30that Margot died
28:31in the science lab
28:32why are you
28:33questioning me
28:33because you overstated
28:35your friendship
28:36perhaps to get a
28:37bereavement extension
28:38on your PhD
28:39which you did in fact do
28:40oh my goddess
28:42getting an extension
28:43was the last thing
28:44on my mind
28:44when I heard
28:45what had happened
28:46to poor Margot
28:47BS
28:47you applied
28:48the next morning
28:49if I'm guilty
28:51why did I go
28:51to the police
28:52so you can apply
28:53for a further extension
28:54due to the stress
28:55of the ongoing investigation
28:56look
28:57I loved Margot
28:59what was her star sign
29:00sorry
29:01what's your bestie's
29:02star sign
29:03she gives Virgo energy
29:06is Virgo late December
29:09I'm like so
29:10Margot was a Capricorn
29:12so I'm gonna ask you again
29:14where were you
29:15the morning of Margot's accident
29:16I hosted a paranormal
29:18romance write-in
29:18there was at least
29:21a hundred attendees
29:21I got a whole novella
29:23completed
29:24where was this write-in
29:25online
29:26was it recorded
29:28no
29:28but
29:29I can give you
29:31the novella
29:32oh
29:35childa
29:36hide your eyes
29:37it's pretty racy
29:38huh
29:39Madison
29:40you have to stop
29:41me reading this
29:42this is super quick
29:45just to say hi
29:45and a shout out
29:47to Archimedes
29:47and another one
29:49to Marie Curie
29:49that's all
29:50stay tuned
29:51lab rats
29:51play that again
29:52this is super quick
29:55just to say hi
29:56and a shout out
29:57to Archimedes
29:58and another one
29:59to Marie Curie
30:00that's all
30:01stay tuned
30:01lab rats
30:02and that was that
30:04she went in
30:05the next morning
30:06never came back
30:07Eureka
30:07what you solved it
30:09what am I missing
30:10the Archimedes
30:10principal
30:11he was in the bath
30:13one morning
30:13when he discovered
30:14this amazing theory
30:16about water
30:17and volume
30:18and measurement
30:19but then he ran
30:20through the town
30:21shouting Eureka
30:22so you think
30:23that Margot
30:23discovered something
30:24whatever it was
30:26I think it's
30:27in those notebooks
30:28which we can't find
30:29well she went to
30:30the lab the next morning
30:31maybe she took them
30:33so what we have
30:40is a swipe card
30:41situation
30:41a phone call
30:42and some missing
30:43notebooks
30:43tea
30:44and a long black
30:46thanks bro
30:46so
30:47does your wife
30:49know about this
30:50no
30:53not funny at all
30:55they have an open
30:57relationship
30:57different strokes
30:59and all that
30:59so
31:02do you
31:02did you
31:03have an open
31:03relationship
31:04no kind of
31:05relationship
31:05right
31:06I get that
31:07but why the
31:07big secret
31:08you know
31:10Ginny always said
31:10back then
31:11the hardest part
31:11of what she did
31:12was securing
31:13the funding
31:13so she married
31:15young Harry
31:16for his money
31:17I find that
31:17hard to believe
31:18well you're half
31:19right
31:19we were best
31:20mates since
31:20high school
31:21never any
31:22romance
31:22between us
31:23okay
31:24so
31:24how did I
31:26know that
31:26you'd be a
31:27best girl
31:27mate kind
31:28of guy
31:28even in your
31:29youth
31:29anyway
31:30Ginny was
31:31always focused
31:32on her study
31:32her future
31:33career
31:33but it was
31:34a struggle
31:34textbooks
31:35course fees
31:36rent
31:36a decent
31:37student allowance
31:38wasn't a thing
31:38unless
31:40you were married
31:42Harry
31:43you did it
31:45she was in need
31:45and I knew even back then
31:47I was probably going to be a commitment
31:48foe for the rest of my life
31:49so you married your best friend
31:51for a student allowance
31:52I mean I married my best friend too
31:54but I was in love with it
31:56you know it wasn't like that for me
31:57it would not stop me getting pissed off
32:00when Professor Duncan
32:01turned up on the scene
32:02all of a sudden
32:04we couldn't have a conversation
32:05without his name coming up
32:06one day I pointed out
32:08that she was always fetching coffee
32:10for him
32:10running around
32:11doing his chores
32:12like a minion
32:13Ginny got defensive
32:14we argued
32:16and then we
32:18just never made up
32:20a best friend breakup
32:22yep
32:22that's rough
32:24yeah
32:24so rough that I'm not
32:26going to tease you
32:27about marrying for a student allowance
32:29though it is illegal
32:30that thing you said
32:33about securing funding though
32:34yeah what about it
32:35it's probably the same issue today
32:37no matter how successful you are
32:39where are you going with this Alexa
32:40towards a motive
32:41for murder
32:42should I be flattered that you're stalking me out here
33:11I'm just impressed
33:13that you managed to spend
33:13so much time on the ocean
33:15instead of working on that
33:16multi-million dollar research project
33:19work-life balance is important Alexa
33:20do you mind
33:21sure
33:22I suppose that eureka moment
33:26might come to you
33:26when you're catching a wave
33:28exactly
33:29except that you already said
33:32you get in the zone
33:33when you're surfing
33:34what's this about
33:37do you have any actual questions for me
33:40oh yes
33:41yes
33:42it's about your minions
33:43as you call them
33:43I've noticed that you have co-authored
33:46a lot of research papers
33:48during your career
33:49of course
33:50and a lot of those are collaborations
33:51with your PhD students
33:52going all the way back to
33:54Virginia Henry
33:54so forgive me if I'm
33:56a little blunt
33:57Professor Lavell
33:58please please
33:58don't stop me
33:59but are they riding on your coattails
34:02or is it the other way around
34:04what are you accusing me of
34:07well it's obvious that
34:10you whack your name
34:11on your students research papers
34:13and your academic output is massive
34:16it's not uncommon
34:17to the extent you do it
34:18you must be so busy
34:20it's amazing that you find time
34:21to get out here
34:22do you have any idea at all
34:23how our faculty works
34:25I am trying to Professor
34:26that's why I've come to you
34:28if you'll excuse me
34:30Eureka
34:48nice work Madison
34:50very nice
34:52we might need a translator
35:06luckily I know just the person
35:09Caleb my friend
35:11I need your big sciencey brain
35:13those are Margo's
35:15for months
35:16I think they show
35:17what she was working on
35:18at the lab
35:18look here
35:20now the dates and the columns
35:22coincide with weekends
35:24but there's a lot of question marks
35:25so whatever she was trying to figure out
35:27was really challenging
35:29do you think you're up to the task?
35:31of course
35:32this might take a bit of time
35:38oh it's fine
35:39I've got something really important to do
35:42while I wait
35:42Margo she did it
35:52she worked it out
35:53oh Eureka
35:55oh god
35:56she was so good
35:57I mean
35:59how can she suddenly just go
36:00why not rumen?
36:01rumen?
36:02no the largest part of cow's stomach
36:03think like a 55 gallon rubbish bin
36:06and cattle already have
36:07these natural plant polyesters
36:09in their diet
36:09so if you think about it
36:10it makes sense
36:11and hey we're in New Zealand
36:12we're not short of a cow
36:13so upscaling would be so easy
36:15what's the matter?
36:20she never got to do anything about it
36:22she never got to tell anyone
36:25actually Caleb
36:27I think maybe she did
36:30morning lab rats
36:43have you met Madison?
36:46she's my
36:47wait what are you?
36:49well you're my mentor
36:50and that's kind of what you two were to Margo right?
36:54Alexa
36:54I normally admire a tenacious woman
36:57but this is too much
36:59back off
37:00hello you must be Harry's wife
37:02I've heard
37:03next to nothing about you
37:04Virginia's right Alexa
37:05you're pushing this too far
37:07she keeps coming out to the surf beach
37:09now I'm glad you mentioned that
37:10because
37:11that's where you said you were
37:12the Saturday morning
37:13that Margo died
37:14surfing
37:14I believe so
37:15I don't
37:17Alexa's been listening to Caleb Moore's slots
37:19on student radio
37:20and she noticed
37:21that the show he's on
37:22also does a daily surf report
37:24so just out of interest
37:25I went back to that Saturday
37:26and listened to the podcast
37:27and guess what I'm gonna say Duncan
37:29can you guess?
37:30call security will you Virginia
37:32get these bloody women out of here
37:33what she was gonna say is
37:35there was no surf that day
37:37student FM surf girl
37:39gave the west coast a zero out of ten
37:41so somebody's telling fibs
37:42uh
37:43so you're suggesting that
37:45Duncan was here with Margo
37:46you really are clutching at straws
37:49except that I'm not
37:50because you were here
37:50right Duncan
37:51now hear me out
37:52no one could understand
37:54why swatty Margo
37:56would break the rules
37:57to work alone
37:58without a safety buddy
37:59so that's what we focused on
38:01and then Madison figured out
38:02that someone in this faculty
38:04swiped in on the Friday morning
38:06but didn't leave that night
38:07why are you both looking at me?
38:11as if Duncan would allow
38:13a student to come to harm
38:14he elevates people
38:15he doesn't
38:16I'm gonna have to stop you there
38:17you see two days before Margo died
38:20she discovered something
38:21and she brought it to her professor
38:23her mentor
38:24who she looked up to
38:26who she was expecting to impress
38:28but you weren't impressed
38:29you were pissed off
38:31because this baby scientist
38:33was gonna be a star
38:34she's gonna take all the glory
38:36all the money
38:37what did Margo discover Duncan?
38:39well whatever it was
38:40she'd written it all down
38:41in her little pink notebooks
38:43which unfortunately
38:44are missing from her house
38:45and we thought
38:46if we located those notebooks
38:47things might become clearer
38:49so Madison came here yesterday
38:51and she took a little look around
38:53sorry what?
38:54oh we have an access card
38:55speaking of cards
38:56that was brilliant
38:57how you swapped yours out
38:59for Caleb's
39:00because it looked like
39:01you left when you didn't
39:02he swiped out on your card
39:04on the Friday night
39:05while you stayed in
39:06and got comfy
39:07now Madison could not find
39:09the notebooks in your office
39:10but she found something else
39:12your sleeping bag
39:13and then so did I
39:15Margo's notebooks
39:25what did Margo discover Duncan?
39:31no idea
39:32nothing
39:33those notebooks that you're so interested in Alexa
39:35they're just full of undergraduate musings
39:38well that's not what Caleb Moore thinks
39:40he's taken copies
39:41and he's writing up Margo's work as we speak
39:43what's the matter prof?
39:47you've already written it up haven't you?
39:50because that's the other thing
39:51that Madison found in your office
39:53on your computer
39:54you were about to publish Margo's work
39:58but you forgot to put her name on it
40:00Duncan
40:01what did you do?
40:03you said that you'd go to the next stage
40:05but with you at the helm
40:06controlling the work
40:08the money
40:08but Margo wasn't going to have that
40:10no she's from this new generation
40:13that's not going to let any man
40:14take credit for her work
40:16so when you put the pressure on
40:18she threatened to go public
40:20she's going to tell everybody
40:22that you've been exploiting students
40:24accepting gifts
40:26and that you're hardly ever here
40:28except to put your name on someone else's work
40:30and if all that came out
40:32in this day and age
40:33you'd be cancelled mate
40:35for pity's sake
40:38so you talked Margo down
40:39said you'd meet her
40:41test her theory
40:42run some experiments
40:43you asked her not to tell anyone
40:45and she didn't
40:47because she believed you
40:48and that was Margo's fatal mistake
40:50because you already knew
40:56what you were going to do
40:57you weren't going to let Margo
41:02run off with your retirement plan
41:03so you decided
41:12that this brilliant student
41:14and her discovery
41:15needed to go away
41:17oh my god
41:29the work always comes first Virginia
41:32you know that
41:33yeah whose work
41:35you would have been happy
41:36with that child
41:37running the next stage
41:38you and I working under her
41:41because that's what would have happened
41:43oh
41:43that's what she wanted
41:44oh my god
41:46Ginny
41:47wait please
41:48don't hate me
41:49oh my god
41:50stop
41:51thank you
42:10friend of Harry's
42:12you're welcome
42:13divorce papers
42:21hey
42:22is she keeping her name
42:25actually no
42:26Jane thinks it's time to be herself
42:28you know what she is doing
42:30the Margo Booth scholarship
42:34financial support for young women
42:36starting out in the study of chemical science
42:38so they don't have to marry a young man like you
42:40seriously that's a really nice tribute to Margo
42:43yeah
42:44she must be a good woman
42:46your ex-wife slash best friend
42:47she's okay
42:49but you like your new bestie best
42:51sure do
42:53because what's not to love
42:55Alexa is taking a vacation
43:05yeah right
43:06she's in Fiji
43:0850 bucks says she's working on more than just her son Dan
43:11it's like the universe has put us together at the same time
43:14so justice can finally be served
43:16the universe didn't put me here
43:17you did
43:18what on earth are you doing here Alexa Crowe
43:20I go after creeps like you for fun
43:21you having fun yeah
43:23who was that do you have a bloke with you
43:25I just have a thing for
43:26unavailable women
43:28make up your mind Alexa
43:29can't just take a vacation can you
43:31you
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