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00:00Actually, I think I'll stay right here. It's quite a nice view.
00:04You know, this works great for my beauty therapist.
00:07You're just going to have to handle it.
00:10Hey.
00:13Sorry, we have a hairy situation.
00:15Well, speaking of...
00:20Margot Booth.
00:23Promising young scientist.
00:25Recipient of a prestigious research scholarship on the way to the top of her field.
00:29Six weeks ago, she died in the campus chemical science lab.
00:32What a waste. What happened?
00:34Margot was working alone on a Saturday morning and accidentally started a fire with an unattended Bunsen burner.
00:40She was getting dry ice from the storeroom at the time.
00:43Sprinklers went off. Water plus dry ice equals deadly.
00:46Margot died from asphyxiation.
00:48Excessive inhalation of carbon dioxide.
00:51Well, that is really awful, but seems like an accident.
00:54Yeah, the WorkSafe investigation ruled that too.
00:56But Margot's best friend, Carrie Ann Harker, is convinced something isn't quite right.
01:01You don't usually reopen cases based on the word of a best friend.
01:05True.
01:06Margot's brilliant, apparently.
01:08How does someone like her make a mistake like that?
01:10So what do you think happened?
01:12And I can't really have an opinion.
01:16Can't have an opinion or don't have an opinion.
01:21Margot's supervisors are Professor Duncan Lovell.
01:27And?
01:27Professor Virginia Hennaray.
01:31Uh-huh.
01:33Sister?
01:34No, cousin.
01:35No, second cousin.
01:37Cousin-in-law.
01:38Actually, Virginia is...
01:40my wife.
01:43No.
01:45Stop it.
01:46Since when were you married?
01:47It's a long story.
01:49Well, I have quite a lot of questions, actually, Harry.
01:51And only one or two of them wrote about the case.
01:53But let's just start with...
01:55Why are we here?
01:56Do you want me to prove that Mrs. Hennaray didn't do it?
01:59She definitely didn't do it.
02:00She said that.
02:02I don't know.
02:03I haven't spoken to her.
02:04Not for a few years.
02:07Access card to the chemistry building.
02:09Take a look for me.
02:11The one's over to make sure that nothing else is going on before I send a team bowling in.
02:17Sure.
02:17Really?
02:19What are friends for, Harry?
02:21And you can answer all my other questions.
02:23Later.
02:34Harry has a wife?
02:36Who is she?
02:37How did they meet?
02:38When did they meet?
02:39How long have they been married?
02:41What is she like?
02:43Can you just calm the farm so we can find out?
02:46Here.
02:47Margaret Booth.
02:48Brilliant PhD student.
02:49What has this got to do with Harry's missus?
02:51Okay.
02:52Okay.
02:53Farm comes.
02:55So, one morning, Margot's working with carbon dioxide.
02:59She leaves a Bunsen burner on the tendon.
03:01Before you know it, whoosh.
03:03Fire, sprinklers, dry irons.
03:04No fatal combination.
03:06Poor Margot.
03:09Good morning, lab rats.
03:11I've been using gas chromatography mass spectrometry to precisely identify and quantify compounds in the sample.
03:19GCMS is amazing.
03:20It's so specific.
03:22It can identify contaminants like toxins and additives.
03:26But right now you might be going, Margot, what on earth are you talking about?
03:30Yeah, a little bit.
03:30Yeah.
03:31I'm thinking food.
03:32I'm okay.
03:33I just ate.
03:34It's all about what we eat.
03:37Oh, right.
03:38And what we don't want to eat, like microplastics.
03:42They're gross.
03:43And in here, I have 20 everyday foods I've examined using GCMS.
03:50I mean, clearly a bright kid, right?
03:52Yeah, too bright to leave a fire unattended in a lab.
03:55Exactly.
03:56Okay, I feel that I've been very patient, Alexa.
03:58Are we at the bit about Harry's surprise wife yet?
04:01Almost.
04:04Here, Professor Virginia Henorang.
04:10Wait, she was Margot's supervisor?
04:12Yeah, one of them.
04:15You're thinking Margot wasn't alone in the lab that morning.
04:18And I'm not the only one.
04:20Come along.
04:24Oh, amazing.
04:30You absolutely look like private detectives.
04:33Well, not exactly that.
04:34I'm Madison and this is Alexa.
04:36Carrie-Anne, Margot's best friend.
04:39Please, come in.
04:46I'm so glad the police took me seriously because Margot didn't make mistakes.
04:50I mean, how could a person with such an OCD room ignore protocol she'd followed hundreds of times?
05:00Oh, this is where Margot did her science videos.
05:02That's right.
05:03I'm so stressed about her death.
05:06Stressed or sad?
05:08Sad.
05:09It was Margot who was stressed.
05:11All she did the month before she died was work, work, work.
05:14That Professor Virginia really cracked the whip.
05:16Are you saying Margot was unhappy about it?
05:18I thought she loved her work.
05:20Unless it was an act in the videos.
05:21No.
05:23She was a very genuine person.
05:25Losing her has impacted my studies so much.
05:28Thankfully, I have my creative writing as an outlet.
05:31I'm an English PhD student.
05:33Head over Gothic heels.
05:34An examination of the interplay between fashion choice and emotional despair in Gothic romantic literature, 1800 to 1850.
05:41Sounds very specific.
05:43Tell me more about it.
05:44Goth subcultures are born from feelings of otherness.
05:47It's all about diversity, open-mindedness, freedom of expression.
05:51Now, as much as we'd love to hear more, we've got a case to investigate.
05:54And I am so grateful.
05:57Not knowing what really happened to my best friend is so disruptive.
06:03You know?
06:04Someone is not sold on Carrie-Anne.
06:08Well, if Harry asked us to look into things just because Carrie-Anne thinks we should, then we wouldn't be looking into them.
06:14But you want to meet Mrs. Henard, eh?
06:16Can I come too?
06:18No, I'll get another job for you.
06:20Carrie-Anne reckons that the professor worked Margot too hard.
06:22I want you to find out if that was a common experience.
06:25Fine.
06:25But I want every detail, okay?
06:27Every detail.
06:43I love a woman who can handle fire.
06:47Professor Henry?
06:48I'm Alexa Crowe.
06:50I'm a friend of Harry's.
06:51Oh, well, that's a name from the past.
06:53Well, sort of.
06:54I mean, you do still have a surname.
06:56This is true.
06:57So what can I do for you, friend of Harry's?
07:00Well, I'm looking into the recent death of your student, Margot Booth.
07:04Harry sent you to ask about Margot.
07:06Why didn't he just pick up the phone?
07:08Uh, conflict of interest.
07:10Margot didn't follow safety procedures.
07:13We must have wondered about that.
07:14I mean, Margot was a diligent student, a star in the making, by all accounts.
07:18Which is why it's a tragedy.
07:20Where is that boy with my sushi?
07:22Is he catching the tuna himself?
07:24Oh, hello.
07:26I'm Professor Lovell, and you are?
07:28Alexa Crowe.
07:28How'd you do?
07:29She's a police detective, Duncan.
07:31Oh, I didn't say that.
07:32I'm just a friend of the police.
07:33Apparently, Paul Margot's accident is no longer an accident.
07:36Oh, gosh.
07:38WorkSafe already did a thorough investigation.
07:40Yes, I'm aware of that.
07:41I mean, we had questions ourselves.
07:43Why would someone like Margot break crucial safety rules?
07:47Well, I put it down to unbridled enthusiasm.
07:51Margot threw herself into her research, which was to be admired, of course.
07:56But she could be impatient, coming in here on a Saturday morning alone.
08:00So it's as if she was on the verge of a breakthrough and could not wait for her safety body.
08:07A breakthrough?
08:08Well, we'll never know, will we?
08:09Look, I'm in the middle of something now, but we will help you in any way that we can.
08:15Of course, we will.
08:16You just give us some notice and we're all yours.
08:18Oh.
08:19And please pass on my regards to Harry.
08:29Friday solo today, huh?
08:31Now, Alexa's catching up with Harry's wife.
08:34Wait, his what?
08:35So you didn't know this either?
08:36No.
08:36Uh, why weren't we invited to his wedding?
08:40No, this isn't recent.
08:42He's had a wife this whole time.
08:43Nah.
08:44Yeah.
08:44I've got to take this.
08:47Madison speaking.
08:48Thank you so much for calling back.
08:50When was Professor Hanade your supervisor?
08:59I wonder how fast a dry ice cloud will grow when water is added.
09:04I'm pretty sure you can find that info online.
09:06Oh, yes, yes, I know, but I want to see how quickly things happen in the lab and why Margot
09:12didn't have time to escape.
09:13Remember all those dry ice deaths we found online, including the man who used it to store
09:18ice cream?
09:19It leaked into his kitchen and see you later.
09:21Hello?
09:21That's why I'm outside.
09:24Alexa!
09:28Books.
09:29So the answer is real quick.
09:33You could just believe what people say rather than proving everything yourself.
09:36We'd never solve anything if we just believe what people say.
09:39So, what's the goss on the wife?
09:42What was she like?
09:43Fine.
09:45What do her former students say?
09:46That she's brilliant, but a little cold.
09:49They all really love the other supervisor, Duncan, though.
09:51He's the friendly, fun, if a bit absent-minded professor.
09:54So, is that cold for not very good at his job?
09:58Kilda.
09:58Hey.
10:00Hello.
10:02Are we going inside?
10:04Oh, it'll be clear in about 45 minutes.
10:06We should be enough time to get the full story on your love life.
10:12Have you received the access card records from campus security?
10:15Did you email them to me?
10:17Uh-huh.
10:17So, you just came around to tell Madison that you'd sent an email.
10:25Come on, Harry.
10:29You can run, but you can't hide.
10:32She wants to know why you didn't call her yourself.
10:34Because it's awkward.
10:35Ten or twelve years go by and I just pick up the phone and ask her about a dead student.
10:40Virginia is not just some ex-girlfriend that you lost touch with.
10:44Evidently, at some point, you married her.
10:47All right, well, she and her colleague are on the same page about Margot's accident.
10:53Her colleague?
10:54Duncan Lovell?
10:55Yeah, that's professor to you.
10:57You sound just like him.
10:59Am I detecting a sort of love triangle here?
11:01He was Jenny's supervisor, mentor, back in the day.
11:05And now they're both Margot's supervisors, or were.
11:09You want me to focus on Duncan?
11:11I can't let my opinion cloud my judgment.
11:14Gotcha.
11:15You think Duncan did it?
11:16I wanted to be Duncan.
11:28Access cards for the lab are encoded with a unique digital ID, so every entry and exit is logged.
11:34With names?
11:35It's numbers currently, but I'm working on it.
11:38Who is that?
11:39Well, this is Professor Duncan Lovell.
11:42Quite the rock star scientist back in the day.
11:45Back when he was Virginia Hennaday's supervisor, you mean?
11:48Yeah.
11:48Do you think the handsome professor swept her off her feet and away from her?
11:52I think that we shouldn't gossip about our friends.
11:56Boring.
11:57Hey.
12:00Make sure you know the location of safety showers, eyewash stations, fire extinguishers, and today I've got my safety buddy here, because we're dealing with carbon dioxide.
12:11Say hi, safety buddy.
12:12I'm getting teacher's pet vibes here.
12:17Which teacher are you thinking, though?
12:19Professor Hennaday or the science rock star?
12:22Why not both?
12:23Hello.
12:27I hope this is a better time to talk.
12:31I have five minutes before the Chem 303 students show up.
12:35Where were you the morning that Margot died?
12:38Gosh, that's a bit on the nose.
12:41Well, neither of us have time for me to cushion it.
12:43Fair point.
12:45I was at home when I got the call about the fire.
12:49Anyone there with you?
12:51My cat.
12:54Did you make any calls, send any emails, or receive any deliveries?
12:58I'm not sure.
12:59But what I do know is I wasn't here, watching my best student die of carbon dioxide poisoning.
13:05On the nose.
13:07So, a friend of Harry's.
13:09Is that all that you are?
13:12You're sure?
13:13Yes, well, we are close.
13:15What's he told you about me?
13:17Not very much.
13:18But, uh, I do get the feeling that he's not much of a fan of Professor Duncan Lovell.
13:23Oh, grow up, Harry.
13:25Sensing a story there.
13:27Not really.
13:29I won't ask.
13:31Not you, anyway.
13:32Where can I find Professor Lovell?
13:34In its happy place.
13:35G'day, Professor.
13:43Alexa.
13:44Hello again.
13:45I just wanted to have another little chat about Margot Booth, if that's okay.
13:50And you came all the way out here?
13:52Well, why not?
13:53It's beautiful.
13:55It is.
13:56Did you get out here much?
14:01A few times a week.
14:03Oh, well, lucky you can manage it.
14:05Ah, well, it's why I have minions.
14:08Oh, you mean research students.
14:11Yes, sorry, I shouldn't say things like that, should I?
14:14Margot was working alone at the lab that morning while I was...
14:18You were...
14:19Out here, probably.
14:21Just probably?
14:22No, definitely, because when I got back to the car, there were the messages letting me know.
14:27Were you surfing with anyone that day?
14:29Oh, there's bound to be some others.
14:31No one I can call to verify if that's what you're after.
14:33It is.
14:35I tend to be in the zone.
14:37I can relate to that.
14:40Tell me about Margot.
14:42She was a very promising young lady.
14:45Meticulous attention to detail.
14:47The best work ethic I've observed in a student.
14:50It's one of the reasons she won the doctoral fellowship.
14:53Were there other applicants?
14:54Of course.
14:54Are they still around?
14:57Yes.
14:57Caleb Moore.
14:59He lost out to Margot, but we managed to find him a part-time role.
15:03So when she died, the fellowship transferred to this Caleb Moore.
15:08Look, he's been working really hard to make up for all the time we lost after the accident.
15:14Uh-huh.
15:15He didn't benefit from Margot dying, if that's what you're suggesting.
15:18Apart from receiving the prestigious fellowship he wanted.
15:23Meet Caleb Moore.
15:25Research assistant, PhD student.
15:27Oh, he's got a weekly slot on student radio, talking everyday science.
15:31He's also got Margot's fellowship.
15:33But is that a strong enough motive for murder?
15:35If you're ambitious or jealous or you just need the money.
15:40Isn't he in one of Margot's videos?
15:45Say hi, safety buddy.
15:50Mm, the safety buddy who wasn't very buddy-like.
15:53And Margot's loss is definitely Caleb's gain.
15:55Our research could change the game for plastic pollution.
16:02Well, that sounds really exciting.
16:04It is.
16:06Especially for you, right?
16:07Now that you're the new Margot Booth, you took over a role.
16:12No longer the bridesmaid.
16:14I see what you're saying.
16:16So, for a start, I'm a scientist, not a kid's entertainer.
16:20Oh, you're referring to Margot's educational videos.
16:23The life of a PhD student in the chemistry faculty.
16:27I think they're great.
16:29Aspirational.
16:30I've got a slot on student radio.
16:32Everyday science with Caleb.
16:34All the shows are available online if you're interested.
16:37What interests me is why you mock Margot's content creation,
16:42but it's okay for you to do it.
16:44Margot was a great girl.
16:45Woman.
16:45Woman.
16:46But she ignored the buddy system and it nearly lost us all of our research.
16:49It could have been a complete disaster.
16:52Brilliant woman with a big future, lost her life, Caleb.
16:56There's no could have been about it.
16:58I liked Margot.
16:59Not getting that from you.
17:01Because we are working on a project that could literally change the world.
17:05And you're chasing a silly theory about an accidental death.
17:08Well, I best leave you to it then.
17:13That security log.
17:15Have you turned numbers into names yet?
17:17I have, but there's no one of interest going in with Margot.
17:20Margot arrived at eight, never left.
17:23Take a look at the day before.
17:25Okay, so going all the way back to the Friday morning,
17:28our research students arrive, professors arrive, all around the same time.
17:33And when do they all leave?
17:34Virginia was out of there later that night.
17:37Duncan too.
17:38And Caleb...
17:39Let me hazard a guess.
17:44Wow.
17:45He didn't leave on Friday, did he?
17:54Hi.
17:55How did you get my address?
17:56I'm a police consultant, Caleb.
17:58And your supervisors are very keen to help me out.
18:00Wait, Virginia and Duncan know you're speaking to me.
18:02Can I come in?
18:03I already answered your questions.
18:11Oh, but I've got more.
18:13About you swiping into the lab that Friday morning, the day before Margot died.
18:17And they were swiping out.
18:18I did so.
18:19I left on Friday afternoon.
18:21Without using your card?
18:22I always use my card.
18:23You know, in case they're logging out hours.
18:25Caleb, there's no record of you ever leaving that day.
18:29You think I stayed the night in the lab?
18:31And waiting for Margot to arrive the next morning.
18:33Yeah, that's exactly what I think.
18:35Oh, no.
18:37Um, what if my, um, card is defective?
18:41Let's say that it is.
18:44Where were you that Saturday morning?
18:46Yeah, I was...
18:47I was right here.
18:48Alone.
18:49Do you want me to prove it?
18:50Is that what you're saying?
18:50Well, I mean, that'd be handy.
18:53Especially for you.
18:55Okay, just stay here.
18:56Um, don't go anywhere.
18:57I'll be right back.
19:01Oh, my God.
19:31And that's for you.
19:38What do you want me to do?
19:42My childhood dream.
19:44Never-ending supply of ice cream and kids who want to be my friend.
19:47I'm lactose intolerant.
19:49And kids are messy and emotional.
19:51I've got goals outside of ice cream.
19:54Did you know one of the fastest-selling paperbacks of all time was developed from fan fiction?
19:59I just need to finish my PhD, then land a full-time academic job.
20:02Then I can use my research hours to write and get paid for it.
20:06Did Margot ever mention her colleague, Caleb?
20:09Caleb Moore?
20:11As in, could you be more creepy?
20:12The last time I saw him we were at this party together, he wouldn't leave her alone.
20:16Like a stalker?
20:18And then there was that phone call about two days before.
20:20Yes?
20:21I overheard her.
20:23She was upset.
20:24He was trying to take credit for her work or something.
20:26She said she was going to report him.
20:28Did she?
20:29Mm-hmm.
20:29I heard her raise her away.
20:31She said, this isn't fair.
20:33I'm going to report you.
20:34Morena?
20:36Alexa Crowe, would you like a muffin?
20:39Oh.
20:40One of my students made it for me.
20:42Reza?
20:43She's worried that I'm too busy to eat.
20:45But, yes, probably.
20:47Not that I'm complaining.
20:48So, this, uh, Caleb Moore.
20:51He's an odd one, huh?
20:52Why, are you still interested in him?
20:53Yes, very.
20:55Especially since I visited him at his house.
20:57Plus, he had an argument with Margo in the days before she died.
21:01She was going to report him for something.
21:03I don't know anything about that.
21:06Hello.
21:07Hello.
21:08Hello, Professor Lovell.
21:09Caleb, are you all right?
21:11Yes.
21:11It's very, very good.
21:13Miss Crowe.
21:13Detective Crowe, what do I call you?
21:15Alexa's fine.
21:16Can we please have a chat?
21:17Yeah, yeah, of course.
21:18Would you like me to come with you, Caleb?
21:19No, no, no, no.
21:20I'm just, um, helping Alexa to understand our safety protocols.
21:24Good man.
21:25Yeah.
21:27I'm not entirely sure why you left.
21:40I looked in your fridge.
21:42Okay, yeah, that makes sense.
21:44Why would you look in my fridge?
21:45Blood on the door.
21:47I can...
21:48There's a reason.
21:49For the treasure trove of body parts.
21:50You're making me sound like a freak.
21:53Now, Caleb, I'm not a newbie.
21:55I know those are animal parts and not human.
21:58But I also know that your kitchen has almost no cooking equipment.
22:03And even if it did, hearts and eyeballs don't make the best cuts.
22:07Oh, jeez.
22:10So tell me, what's the reason for the home horror fish?
22:12Here we go.
22:20Let's do it.
22:22Let's do it.
22:26There's more.
22:30You've got this, Caleb.
22:31You can do it.
22:33Yeah, I do.
22:35Yeah, I can.
22:36So what is it?
22:45Hemophobia?
22:46Omitophobia?
22:48All of the above.
22:51Vase of Agil responds 100% at the time.
22:54I only made it through my undergrad studies with hypnotherapy.
22:57Virginia would laugh me out the door if she found out.
23:00Even Duncan.
23:01I mean, I don't think he'd be impressed.
23:02What kind of scientist can't dissect a cow's spleen to identify contamination?
23:08So what is this?
23:10Exposure therapy.
23:12What's Margot doing there?
23:13It was her suggestion.
23:15She wanted to help.
23:16You confided in her.
23:18She guessed.
23:21So do you believe me now?
23:23Believe you what?
23:25That you wouldn't do anything to hurt the woman who discovered your humiliating, career-threatening secret?
23:30Margaret, apparently you phoned Margot the Thursday before she died.
23:34She was upset.
23:35No, no, I didn't.
23:36According to Margot's best friend, you did.
23:39Something about wanting to take credit for her work.
23:41She threatened to report you.
23:43Hold on, what best friend?
23:44You mean the flatmate?
23:46Carrie-Anne thinks you were bothering Margot.
23:48Then why would she come to my place to help me?
23:50That was her idea, not mine.
23:52And Carrie-Anne is the weirdo, okay?
23:54She's scary.
23:55They weren't friends.
23:57Margot, she was obsessed with her research.
23:59But her friends were here, in the science faculty.
24:02Her friends were...
24:04Me.
24:13I'm in ice cream heaven.
24:15You're still with Carrie-Anne Harker?
24:16I've been trying to get info out of her, but she's a surprisingly popular ice cream girl.
24:20Keep smiling.
24:21She was never besties with Margot.
24:23According to Caleb, she's playing up that friendship.
24:26So it's a he said, she said?
24:28Yes, it is.
24:30Carrie-Anne is a weirdo, he says.
24:32And if the guy with the freezer full of hearts says...
24:35Sorry, what?
24:36I'm going with she said.
24:41Carrie-Anne's got dry ice here.
24:43Okay, keep calm and step away from the murder card.
24:49Alexa.
24:50Oh, Duncan, hello again.
24:53Is Caleb all right?
24:55Yeah, actually, it was quite helpful.
24:57Look, I'm just a little uncomfortable with you pressuring my students like this.
25:01It just seems a bit off.
25:02I'm not pressuring anyone.
25:03I'm just asking a few questions.
25:05Still, it's a bit confronting for them.
25:07Caleb wants to find out what really happened to Margot as much as I do.
25:10What really happened?
25:14We've lost a divine young woman and that is hard enough without you suggesting someone wanted her gone.
25:19It's disgraceful, actually.
25:21Professor Lover was not so friendly today.
25:35Oh, here we go.
25:37Academic transcripts and records.
25:39Do not ask how I got in here.
25:41Never.
25:42Margot's.
25:43Carrie-Anne's.
25:45Hmm.
25:46She's had several extensions to her PhD deadline.
25:50The latest one, guess when?
25:52She was supposed to submit her thesis a few weeks after Margot died, but now it's not due for another six months.
25:59She applied for an extension after Margot's death?
26:01The day after.
26:02And what she officially applied for was bereavement leave.
26:05Without it, she would have had to submit by the original date, and if she didn't, she was going to be dropped from the PhD program.
26:12Now, is that enough motive for murder?
26:16When you've put that many years of your life into the project, I'd say so.
26:20A plus for you, Madison.
26:31Looks like we can't crush the pie.
26:33Or a funeral.
26:34Welcome all to my reading.
26:45Thanks so much.
26:47Yeah, it's hard to miss us.
26:48As I crossed the threshold, from student to lover, I've never felt so alive, even though you were so very dead.
27:02You already taught me so much as my professor, but now, in this new role, my body shivered.
27:11And not because your body was called.
27:14But because of the hundreds of thousands of people...
27:50Thank you so much for coming to my reading. What a nice surprise.
27:58Kerri-Ann, where were you the morning that Margot died in the science lab?
28:02Why are you questioning me?
28:03Because you overstated your friendship.
28:06Perhaps to get a bereavement extension on your PhD.
28:09Which you did, in fact, do.
28:10Oh, my goddess.
28:12Getting an extension was the last thing on my mind when I heard what had happened to poor Margot.
28:16B.S. You applied the next morning.
28:20If I'm guilty, why did I go to the police?
28:21So you can apply for a further extension due to the stress of the ongoing investigation.
28:26Look, I loved Margot.
28:29What was her star sign?
28:30Sorry?
28:31What's your bestie's star sign?
28:33She gives Virgo energy.
28:38Is Virgo late December?
28:39Well, like so.
28:41Margot was a Capricorn.
28:42So I'm going to ask you again.
28:44Where were you the morning of Margot's accident?
28:46I hosted a paranormal romance write-in.
28:49There was at least a hundred attendees.
28:52I got a whole novella completed.
28:54Where was this write-in?
28:55Online.
28:56Was it recorded?
28:57No.
28:58But I can give you the novella.
29:05Childa, hide your eyes.
29:07It's pretty racy, huh?
29:10Madison, you have to stop me reading this.
29:12This is super quick, just to say hi, and a shout-out to Archimedes and another one to
29:18Marie Curie.
29:19That's all.
29:20Stay tuned, lab rats.
29:21Play that again.
29:23This is super quick, just to say hi, and a shout-out to Archimedes and another one to
29:29Marie Curie.
29:29That's all.
29:30Stay tuned, lab rats.
29:33And that was that.
29:34She went in the next morning, never came back.
29:36Eureka.
29:38What, you solved it?
29:38What am I missing?
29:39Maybe I can meet his principal.
29:41He was in the bath one morning when he discovered this amazing theory about water and volume and
29:48measurement.
29:49But then he ran through the town shouting Eureka.
29:52You think that Margot discovered something?
29:54Whatever it was, I think it's in those notebooks.
29:58Which we can't find.
29:59Well, she went to the lab the next morning.
30:01Maybe she took them.
30:07So what we have is a swipe card situation, a phone call, and some missing notebooks.
30:13Tea and a long black.
30:15Thanks, bro.
30:16So, does your wife know about this?
30:22No?
30:23Not funny at all?
30:25They have an open relationship.
30:28The construction and all that?
30:31So, do you?
30:32Did you have an open relationship?
30:34No kind of relationship.
30:35Right, I get that.
30:36But why the big secret?
30:39You know, Ginny always said back then the hardest part of what she did was securing the
30:43funding.
30:44So she married young Harry for his money?
30:46I find that hard to believe.
30:47Well, you're half right.
30:49We were best mates since high school.
30:51Never any romance between us.
30:53Okay, so how did I know that you'd be a best girl mate kind of guy, even in your youth?
30:58Anyway, Ginny was always focused on her study, her future career.
31:03But it was a struggle.
31:04Textbooks, course fees, rent, a decent student allowance wasn't a thing.
31:09Unless you were married.
31:12Harry, you did.
31:14She was in need.
31:15And I knew even back then that I was probably going to be a commitment thug for the rest of
31:18my life.
31:19So you married your best friend for a student allowance?
31:22I mean, I married my best friend too, but I was in love with it.
31:26No, it wasn't like that for me.
31:28It would not stop me getting pissed off when Professor Duncan turned up on the scene.
31:32All of a sudden we couldn't have a conversation without his name coming up.
31:36One day I pointed out that she was always fetching coffee for him, running around doing
31:41his chores.
31:42Like a minion.
31:43Ginny got defensive.
31:44We argued.
31:47And then we just never made up.
31:49A best friend breakup?
31:52Yep.
31:52That's rough.
31:54Yeah.
31:54So rough that I'm not going to tease you about marrying for a student allowance, though
31:58it is illegal.
32:01That thing you said about securing funding, though?
32:04Yeah, what about it?
32:05It's probably the same issue today, no matter how successful you are.
32:08Where are you going with this, Alexa?
32:10Towards a motive for murder.
32:19Should I be flattered that you're stalking me out here?
32:40Look, I'm just impressed that you managed to spend so much time on the ocean instead of
32:45working on that multi-million dollar research project.
32:48Work-life balance is important, Alexa.
32:50Do you mind?
32:51Sure.
32:54I suppose that eureka moment might come to you when you're catching a wave.
32:57Ah, exactly.
33:00Except that you already said you'd get in the zone when you're surfing.
33:03What's this about?
33:07Do you have any actual questions for me?
33:10Oh, yes.
33:11Yes.
33:11It's about your minions, as you call them.
33:14I've noticed that you have co-authored a lot of research papers during your career.
33:19Of course.
33:20And a lot of those are collaborations with your PhD students going all the way back to
33:23Virginia Henoray.
33:24So forgive me if I'm a little blunt, Professor Lovell.
33:27Please, please, don't stop, Matt.
33:29But are they riding on your coattails, or is it the other way around?
33:35What are you accusing me of?
33:37Well, it's obvious that you whack your name on your students' research papers, and your
33:44academic output is massive.
33:46It's not uncommon.
33:47To the extent you do it.
33:49You must be so busy, it's amazing that you find time to get out here.
33:52Do you have any idea at all how our faculty work?
33:54I am trying to, Professor.
33:56That's why I've come to you.
33:58If you'll excuse me.
34:17Eureka.
34:19Nice work, Madison.
34:20Very nice.
34:24We might need a translator.
34:36Luckily, I know just the person.
34:40Caleb, my friend.
34:41I need your big science-y brain.
34:43But those are my girls.
34:44For what?
34:45I think these show what she was working on at the lab.
34:49Look here.
34:51Now, the dates and the columns coincide with the weekends, but there's a lot of question
34:55marks, so whatever she was trying to figure out was really challenging.
34:59Do you think you're up to the task?
35:00Of course.
35:06This might take a bit of time.
35:08Oh, that's fine.
35:09I've got something really important to do while I wait.
35:12Margot, she did it.
35:22She worked it out.
35:24Oh, Eureka, my man.
35:25God.
35:26She was so good.
35:27I mean, how can she suddenly just go, why not rumen?
35:31Rumen?
35:31No, the largest part of a cow's stomach.
35:33Oh.
35:33I think, like, a 55-gallon rubbish bin.
35:36Uh-huh.
35:36And cattle already have these natural plant polyesters in their diet, so if you think about
35:39it, it makes sense.
35:41And hey, we're in New Zealand.
35:42We're not short of a cow.
35:43So upscaling would be so easy.
35:48What's the matter?
35:50She never got to do anything about it.
35:52She never got to tell anyone.
35:56Actually, Caleb, I think maybe she did.
36:11Morning, Labra.
36:14Have you met Madison?
36:16She's my...
36:17Wait, what are you?
36:19Well, you're my mentor.
36:20And that's kind of what you two were to Margot, right?
36:24Alexa, I normally admire a tenacious woman, but this is too much.
36:29Back off.
36:30Hello, you must be Harry's wife.
36:32I've heard next to nothing about you.
36:34Virginia's right, Alexa.
36:35You're pushing this too far.
36:36She keeps coming out to the surf beach.
36:39Now, I'm glad you mentioned that, because that's where you said you were the Saturday
36:42morning that Margot died surfing.
36:44I believe so.
36:45I don't.
36:46Alexa's been listening to Caleb Moore's slots on student radio, and she noticed that the
36:51show he's on also does a daily surf report.
36:53So just out of interest, I went back to that Saturday and listened to the podcast, and guess
36:58what I'm going to say, Duncan?
36:59Can you guess?
37:00Call security, will you, Virginia?
37:02Get these bloody women out of here.
37:03What she was going to say is, there was no surf that day.
37:07Student FM surf girl gave the West Coast a zero out of ten.
37:10Um, so somebody's telling Pibs.
37:12Uh, so you're suggesting that Duncan was here with Margot.
37:16You really are clutching at straws.
37:18Except that I'm not, because you were here, right, Duncan?
37:21Now, hear me out.
37:23No one could understand why swatty Margot would break the rules to work alone without
37:28a safety buddy.
37:29So that's what we focused on.
37:31And then Madison figured out that someone in this faculty swiped in on the Friday morning,
37:36but didn't leave that night.
37:37Why are you both looking at me?
37:41As if Duncan would allow a student to come to home.
37:44He elevates people.
37:45He doesn't have to stop you there.
37:47You see, two days before Margot died, she discovered something.
37:51And she brought it to a professor, her mentor, who she looked up to, who she was expecting
37:56to impress.
37:57But you weren't impressed.
37:59You were pissed off, because this baby scientist was going to be a star.
38:04She's going to take all the glory, all the money.
38:06What did Margot discover, Duncan?
38:09Well, whatever it was, she'd written it all down in her little pink notebooks, which unfortunately
38:13are missing from her house.
38:15And we thought if we located those notebooks, things might become clearer.
38:19So, Madison came here yesterday, and she took a little look around.
38:22Sorry, what?
38:23Oh, we have an access card.
38:25Speaking of cards, that was brilliant how you swapped yours out for Caleb's, because
38:30it looked like you left when you didn't.
38:32He swiped out on your card on the Friday night, while you stayed in and got comfy.
38:37Now, Madison could not find the notebooks in your office, but she found something else.
38:42Your sleeping bag.
38:44And then so did I.
38:45Margot's notebooks.
38:56What did Margot discover, Duncan?
39:01No idea.
39:02Nothing.
39:03Those notebooks that you're so interested in, Alexa, are just full of undergraduate musings.
39:08Well, that's not what Caleb Moore thinks.
39:10He's taken copies, and he's writing up Margot's work as we speak.
39:14What's the matter, Prof?
39:16You've already written it up, haven't you?
39:19Because that's the other thing that Madison found in your office, on your computer.
39:25You were about to publish Margot's work, but you forgot to put her name on it.
39:30Duncan, what did you do?
39:32You said that you'd go to the next stage, but with you at the helm, controlling the work,
39:37the money, but Margot wasn't going to have that.
39:41Now, she's from this new generation that's not going to let any man take credit for her work.
39:46So, when you put the pressure on, she threatened to go public.
39:50She's going to tell everybody that you've been exploiting students, accepting gifts,
39:55and that you're hardly ever here except to put your name on someone else's work.
40:00And if all that came out in this day and age, you'd be cancelled, mate.
40:05Oh, for pity's sake.
40:07So, you talked Margot down, said you'd meet her, test her theory, run some experiments.
40:13You asked her not to tell anyone, and she didn't, because she believed you.
40:18And that was Margot's fatal mistake.
40:24Because you already knew what you were going to do.
40:26You weren't going to let Margot run off with your retirement plan.
40:40So, you decided that this brilliant student and her discovery needed to go away.
40:47Oh, my God.
40:59The work always comes first, Virginia.
41:02You know that.
41:03Yeah, whose work?
41:04You would have been happy with that child running the next stage.
41:09You and I working under her.
41:11Because that's what would have happened.
41:13Oh.
41:13That's what she wanted.
41:14Thank you, friend of Harry's.
41:42You're welcome.
41:43Divorce papers.
41:51Hey.
41:53Is she keeping her name?
41:55Actually, no.
41:56Jenkins is starting to be herself.
41:59You know what she is doing?
42:02The Margot Booth scholarship.
42:04Financial support for young women starting out in the study of chemical science.
42:08So they don't have to marry a young man like you.
42:10Sarah said that's a really nice tribute to Margot.
42:13Yeah.
42:14She must be a good woman, your ex-wife slash best friend.
42:18She's okay.
42:18But you like your new bestie best.
42:22Sure do.
42:23Because what's not to love?
42:33Alexa's taking a vacation.
42:35Right.
42:36She's in Fiji.
42:37Fifty bucks says she's working on more than just her son's hand.
42:41It's like the universe has put us together at the same time so justice can finally be served.
42:46The universe didn't put me here.
42:47You did.
42:47What on earth are you doing here, Alexa Crowe?
42:49I go after creeps like you for fun.
42:52You're having fun here?
42:53Who wants that?
42:54Do you have a bloke with you?
42:55I just have a thing.
42:56Oh.
42:56An available woman.
42:58Make up your mind, Alexa.
42:59Can't just take a vacation, can you?
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