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