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00:00:05We light you by my side and lift the stars to be my guide
00:00:11In the dark a voice that calls, you're stronger on your own
00:00:17And I watch the clouds go by and I think about the time
00:00:23But we didn't get the chance for us to have just one more dance
00:00:30To dance with you is all I wanna do
00:00:36And I know that's no good, I'll just miss you like I should
00:00:42I wanna take your hand and dance just like we did the night that we met
00:00:51I'll just miss you instead
00:01:09Help! Somebody! Please!
00:01:18Help! Somebody!
00:01:21Help! Somebody help!
00:01:27Please!
00:01:49Hey there, you... You okay?
00:02:14Good morning!
00:02:15Hey boss, nice day for it?
00:02:19Is it?
00:02:20Ah, Gina's already started
00:02:21Considering the location, I might actually forgive you for calling us out today
00:02:26Right, happy new year, let's go
00:02:37You good there?
00:02:38Just a mow
00:02:42Hello
00:02:47The property is known as Whitecliffe Manor and its owner, Maxwell Cornelius, is our deceased
00:02:5379 years old
00:02:55He was found just after 7am by Frodo and the young woman he's with, Frances Martin
00:03:02She's a guest of Mr Cornelius
00:03:06I'll take Frodo
00:03:10Morning Gina
00:03:11Daniel, happy new year
00:03:14Christine, how are you?
00:03:16Christine, how are you?
00:03:16Box of birds, thanks Gina
00:03:17You should not keep the birds in a box, it's cruel
00:03:26Must have been a hell of a party last night
00:03:28Must have been a hell of a party last night
00:03:28What do you think he tied one on and blew a gasket?
00:03:32Toxicology will tell us more
00:03:33A few who attended the party are still in the manor
00:03:37On it
00:03:47What happened here, Maxwell?
00:03:49Was it just your time or did you get some help?
00:03:54The victim has no obvious signs of injury
00:03:56Of course this arouses great interest in me
00:03:59Um, sure
00:04:03Anything else to add?
00:04:05To die in this position
00:04:07It's very unusual
00:04:09I have a deep suspicion his death is unnatural
00:04:13I feel it in
00:04:14In your lagoon where the devils dwell
00:04:16You know me so well
00:04:18Plus
00:04:19I found this in his pocket
00:04:23Meet me in the garden
00:04:24Come alone
00:04:28Last night, Mr Cornelius
00:04:30The dead guy
00:04:32You hosted a masquerade ball for, like, New Year's Eve
00:04:36That explains the pants
00:04:38Take it you've been here all night
00:04:40Yeah
00:04:41I might have overdone it a bit
00:04:43Thank you
00:04:44Thank you
00:04:45Thank you
00:05:27you're a friend of mr cornelius yeah nah he's always been pretty private
00:05:35but he was a regular at the coffee cart good morning franklin hey mr cornelius
00:05:40your usual yeah always a magic morning begs for a little magic a magic what it's a double shot
00:05:50ristorito a three-quarters flat white they're pretty hard to make i think that's why i got an
00:05:56invite a private bash to see in the new year hush hush keep it close loose lips sink ships
00:06:05so it was supposed to be a secret party i i don't know man i just went for the free
00:06:12booze
00:06:13mildred hawkins i'm the living housekeeper and how long have you been working for mr cornelius
00:06:20close to 40 years
00:06:24you must be upset by his death maxwell was a good employer and over time he became a dear friend
00:06:35but at his age
00:06:39people die
00:06:43he liked extravagant parties no not really he mostly kept to himself with the exception of a few close
00:06:50friends then why hold a new year's eve event today would have been maxwell's 80th birthday
00:06:57he wanted to celebrate and with new year's eve he could kill two birds with one stone
00:07:03he wasn't sure how many big milestones he had left why a masquerade party
00:07:09but maxwell had a love of the theatrical stems from his art history background
00:07:16before he retired he was an art valuer oh
00:07:21what kind of art historical paintings mostly
00:07:25he was incredibly well known in the fine arts world
00:07:29some of the big name galleries hired him on a regular basis
00:07:33that must have kept him busy
00:07:36why are the police interested in the death of an elderly gentleman
00:07:41it's routine
00:07:44so when was the last time you saw him
00:07:47i tried to find him at midnight to wish him a happy birthday
00:07:51well i assumed he'd be on the balcony to watch the fireworks
00:07:55attention everyone
00:07:57it's almost midnight everyone needs to come out on the balcony to see the fireworks
00:08:28he wasn't there
00:08:31no
00:08:33it was strange
00:08:35when did you see him last
00:08:38honestly i can't remember
00:08:40i was flat out all night
00:08:41approximation will do
00:08:43i guess sometime around 11pm
00:08:47i saw him chatting with hattie
00:08:50and hattie is
00:08:53hattie anderson
00:08:55maxwell's one time fiance
00:08:58although he called the engagement off i think she still holds a candle
00:09:04oh
00:09:06moldred
00:09:08didn't you get the memo
00:09:09it's a masquerade ball
00:09:11someone needs to serve
00:09:13and
00:09:14i'm ever grateful to you millie
00:09:17or what i do without you
00:09:19yes i'm sure it would be hard to find another waitress at short notice
00:09:23hattie
00:09:24that must have been
00:09:27humiliating
00:09:30i've always known my place
00:09:35come through
00:09:39sorry
00:09:40i'm still uh
00:09:41oh please
00:09:42take your time
00:09:43finding a body can be a very confronting thing
00:09:45what a way to start the year
00:09:49how did you know mr cornelius
00:09:51he's a recent acquaintance
00:09:53and i didn't have any plans for new year
00:09:55so i thought why not
00:09:57please
00:09:59it appears whitecliffe manor was the place to be last night
00:10:03yes it was a fun party
00:10:25then you were up early this morning
00:10:28yes
00:10:31going somewhere
00:10:32i was about to get a taxi
00:10:35you're not from brokenwood
00:10:37no
00:10:41i heard that mr cornelius was a bachelor
00:10:44does that mean he's got no next of kin
00:10:47uh we don't know that detail yet
00:10:49it will be part of our inquiry
00:10:52why do you ask
00:10:53just curious
00:10:56we'd appreciate if you stayed in the district a little longer
00:10:59because
00:11:01just in case we get curious about things
00:11:04of course
00:11:16oh
00:11:17this is back up
00:11:19miss gracious
00:11:20you almost gave me a heart attack
00:11:24if i didn't know that i'd think you might have spent the night here
00:11:26well just between you and me i think that someone spiked the champagne because i barely had anything to drink
00:11:32next thing you know i'm waking up fast down in the breakfast room
00:11:36are you a friend of mr cornelius no no he's a client but i'd never say no to a dress
00:11:42up
00:11:43i've always loved making an effort when it comes to haute couture as it turns out my father was a
00:11:50crossdresser back in the day when you could still call it that now of course that got him into all
00:11:54sorts of trouble but also i did wonder if the rumors were true about maxwell not my father there were
00:12:01no rumors there everyone knew that he was a crossdresser what rumors would they be?
00:12:08drinking on the job mrs b well nothing like a bit of stress relief when you're under pressure
00:12:13i've been tasked with organizing an extravagant birthday party on eight years and it happens to fall on december 31st
00:12:21so as you can imagine a lot going on
00:12:23anyone we know?
00:12:24mr maxwell cornelius
00:12:26he owns whitecliffe manor
00:12:28that rich art guy
00:12:29he is very wealthy
00:12:31the invitation list is a who's who of the broken wood elite
00:12:37frodo
00:12:38i don't know how he got on there but everyone else
00:12:40bunch of snobs by the looks
00:12:41that's a bit harsh
00:12:42or perhaps
00:12:45spies
00:12:49spies?
00:12:50trudi has it on good authority that mr cornelius himself used to be a spy
00:12:55good authority
00:12:57clientele of crock and panther but your rumors are
00:13:00cut off one head and two grow in its place
00:13:02so did you find any spies?
00:13:05sadly no
00:13:05the evening was a bit of a bust in that respect but oh the costumes were lovely
00:13:10and i and i had a very uplifting reading with morgana so it wasn't a complete waste
00:13:16what uh morgana marinkovic?
00:13:19yes she had a table set up for palm readings with her sister-in-law svetlana
00:13:23well ex-sister-in-law they still have the same last name so that's a bit confusing
00:13:28i'm gonna need that guest list
00:13:31mrs baker
00:13:48silvertons
00:13:51lovely aren't they
00:13:52and expensive
00:13:55oh yeah
00:13:55what sort of money are we talking
00:13:57well maxwell reckons close to a million
00:14:01each
00:14:02for the pair
00:14:03three million
00:14:07detective president
00:14:08second lieutenant philip craddock of the third brigade
00:14:13oh
00:14:15is something wrong?
00:14:18apology
00:14:19you remind me of someone
00:14:22you're
00:14:23you're not russian are you?
00:14:25not that i know of
00:14:28very good
00:14:31are you lost?
00:14:33what?
00:14:34well you don't live here do you?
00:14:36or do you?
00:14:37do you?
00:14:38uh no i'm i'm here because
00:14:43what is your relationship to mr cornelius?
00:14:46well maxwell and i are the best of friends
00:14:47we fought in the war together
00:14:51right
00:14:52are you aware
00:14:56that mr cornelius was found dead this morning
00:15:01oh jolly good
00:15:03what a wonderful adventure the old boy must be on
00:15:07adventure?
00:15:08near working his skills
00:15:13party's not started yet
00:15:17oh trap
00:15:18these salted peanuts remind me of the ones we got behind enemy lines
00:15:21do you remember?
00:15:21in the in the tins
00:15:24tonight is a bit off philip
00:15:27i've just had the strangest encounter
00:15:29was it the ruskies?
00:15:33my dear friend
00:15:34it's good of you to remind me of a time when the world was more complicated
00:15:40but i may have to utilize some of my old skills to get to the bottom of this enigma
00:15:47what kind of skills?
00:15:49skills that we garnered whilst on her majesty's service
00:15:52he must affect his own death
00:15:54in order to solve the riddle
00:15:58what uh war did you say you fought in?
00:16:01the only one that mattered
00:16:02the great war
00:16:03the great war meaning
00:16:04world war one
00:16:06yes that's right
00:16:07the kaiser's boys they had us in their crosshairs
00:16:10you know they don't
00:16:11no no we um we defeated them
00:16:18yes mint
00:16:20but not the blue ones
00:16:22they're my favorite
00:16:23uh no i'm i'm fine thank you
00:16:26oh
00:16:46oh
00:16:47oh
00:16:47oh
00:16:47oh
00:16:48oh
00:16:49oh
00:16:49oh
00:16:50oh
00:16:52oh
00:16:52I don't know.
00:17:27Thanks.
00:17:30Okay, that coffee was actually...
00:17:33God, that is good.
00:17:35What did you put in there?
00:17:36Coffee.
00:17:38Okay.
00:17:40This was found in the victim's pocket.
00:17:44Meet me in the garden.
00:17:46Come alone.
00:17:47So he was lured to the folly.
00:17:50Wealthy guy.
00:17:51Easy motive.
00:17:52Yeah, believed to be a bachelor.
00:17:54No next of kin that I can find.
00:17:56Well, he was once engaged to Paddy Anderson,
00:17:59but Maxwell called off the engagement.
00:18:02We need to trick down the will and find out who inherits.
00:18:05Perhaps a close friend.
00:18:06Philip Craddock.
00:18:08He's known Mr Cornelius for years.
00:18:13But, uh, I don't think he's quite playing with a full deck.
00:18:17Dementia?
00:18:18Something like that.
00:18:19He said I reminded him of some Russian woman he used to know.
00:18:24Gina.
00:18:25Thanks.
00:18:26No.
00:18:27He also claimed that he and Maxwell fought in World War I together, which would make them
00:18:31around 130 years old.
00:18:33Well, for what it's worth, Mrs Baker has heard rumours that Mr Cornelius was involved in espionage.
00:18:41Maybe that's not that far-fetched.
00:18:43Because I found this at the crime scene.
00:18:49Is that a hammer and sickle?
00:18:51Yeah, it is.
00:18:52They're a Russian brand of cigarettes.
00:18:54Comrades.
00:18:54Were any of the guests Russian?
00:18:56Not according to this.
00:18:58Mrs Baker provided me with a full guest list.
00:19:01There were only 39 people in attendance.
00:19:05The party was invitation only?
00:19:07Mm.
00:19:07Mrs Baker was the event planner.
00:19:10Mr Cornelius was very particular about who could attend.
00:19:15Frodo.
00:19:15The victim had a soft spot for his favourite barista.
00:19:19Uh, more curious, Frances Martin claimed she only just met Mr Cornelius, yet she was staying
00:19:25with him.
00:19:25And she's not on the guest list.
00:19:49How can I help you?
00:19:52Svetlana, you and Morgana attended the masquerade ball at Whitecliffe Meadow last night?
00:19:57Da.
00:20:02Morgana, wake up.
00:20:05We have a visitor.
00:20:12Mo rinna, Morgana.
00:20:14Daniel!
00:20:15How lovely.
00:20:17I knew I would be seeing you today.
00:20:20Is that right?
00:20:22It's Maxwell Cornelius.
00:20:25He's dead, isn't he?
00:20:27Uh, as it happens, Mr Cornelius was found dead this morning.
00:20:32The woman who was with him last night, she told me it was his time.
00:20:40My thanks again, you two, for coming this evening.
00:20:42I think your store will provide some intrigue to this evening's events.
00:20:46You're very welcome, Mr. Cornelius.
00:20:48And we're expecting payment up front.
00:20:51Oh.
00:21:00No need for the theatrics just yet, Miss Maringovich.
00:21:04Guests haven't started arriving yet.
00:21:06I don't want to alarm you, but you should watch your back tonight.
00:21:11Someone has a score to settle.
00:21:21This woman, was she a ghost?
00:21:24A visitor from the spirit world, yes.
00:21:27She had blonde hair, blue eyes, and a Russian accent, I think.
00:21:31If the Russians are involved, you best believe that death was not a natural one.
00:21:37They cannot be trusted.
00:21:39Any Russian in particular?
00:21:42Duh, Steve Fanshawe.
00:21:44Has anyone ever told you that you look Russian?
00:21:48With this big, bold head of yours and this Baltic chin?
00:21:53Okay, I didn't come here to be insulted.
00:21:54Serana, being an attractive is the least of his problems.
00:21:57Excuse me?
00:21:57Sooty!
00:21:58This Gubitni couldn't build a sandcastle if you tried.
00:22:01Maybe not, but you didn't read that in his palm.
00:22:04I didn't know you could read palms as well.
00:22:07She can't.
00:22:08That's not nice.
00:22:10I wouldn't be surprised if it's all a cover-up story.
00:22:14How so?
00:22:15Everyone knows that Steve is an English version for Stepan, a Russian name.
00:22:22Steve did make a strange exit last night.
00:22:25Steve, come back.
00:22:27I'll give you a proper reading.
00:22:37Only KGB can go.
00:22:43Thank you for meeting with me, Ms. Anderson.
00:22:46Oh, Hattie, please.
00:22:48I understand that you and Mr. Cornelius were once engaged to be married.
00:22:54Well, yes, but we didn't go through with it.
00:22:57And it was a long, long time ago.
00:23:00How long ago was that?
00:23:02Oh, close to 40 years.
00:23:05We were but babes.
00:23:08And are you still unmarried?
00:23:12Not that it's any of your business.
00:23:14But I received a large inheritance when my father died
00:23:17and never had the need for a husband financially.
00:23:21What about for love?
00:23:23I was once in love with Maxwell, but he was married to his work.
00:23:30His work as an art valuer or his work as a spy?
00:23:35Well, that's just simply small-town gossip.
00:23:40Maxwell's career took him all over the world.
00:23:43It afforded him Whitecliffe and all these incredible works of art.
00:23:49Do you know who stands to inherit?
00:23:51Why are you asking me?
00:23:52Well, you were close once.
00:23:54We understand that Mr. Cornelius has no living relatives.
00:23:59Well, that much is true.
00:24:01For what it's worth, a young woman turned up a few days ago
00:24:06claiming to be a distant cousin.
00:24:10Hattie, my dear.
00:24:12Delighted you were able to make it.
00:24:14Oh, 80 years young Maxwell.
00:24:16How could I miss it?
00:24:17Although it feels like only yesterday, we were all in our 30s.
00:24:30Hello?
00:24:32Maxwell, I'm Frances Martin.
00:24:34Your second cousin, twice removed?
00:24:37Not that I believe it.
00:24:39But if she is Maxwell's closest living heir,
00:24:45she would inherit Whitecliffe.
00:24:48Wouldn't she?
00:25:02Great.
00:25:03Oh my God, you read my mind.
00:25:09What did you get up to last night?
00:25:12Must have been fun.
00:25:14It's kind of personal, don't you think?
00:25:16Is it?
00:25:18I don't want to talk about it.
00:25:21We have a time of death.
00:25:27Is that...
00:25:28Is that...
00:25:28A bass maker?
00:25:30Yes, Mike.
00:25:31It recorded his time of death as midnight.
00:25:34Exactly.
00:25:36Beyond that, Gina is yet to determine a cause.
00:25:39Hopefully, toxicology results will shed some light.
00:25:41Steve Fanshawe was seen entering the library by the Marinkovitches around 11.45pm,
00:25:51after which he completely disappeared.
00:25:54As in vanished?
00:25:58As in vanished.
00:25:58Which gave him the opportunity to go from the manor to the folly.
00:26:01Uh, Svetlana also suggested that Mr. Fanshawe could be a Russian operative,
00:26:07although her motives seem personal at best.
00:26:12And Morgana?
00:26:13She claims a Russian ghost predicted Maxwell's death.
00:26:17Uh, we need to determine where everyone living was at midnight.
00:26:24I'll talk to Mrs. Baker.
00:26:25She may have filmed the event.
00:26:29Uh, good idea.
00:26:32Sims?
00:26:33Yes?
00:26:35Um, indeed.
00:26:38Uh, and according to Hattie Anderson,
00:26:41Frances Martin claimed to be a distant cousin of Mr. Cornelius.
00:26:45Yet she's only recently met him.
00:26:47Well, I don't know many of my distant cousins.
00:26:49She knew him well enough to get a last-minute invite.
00:26:53Track her down.
00:27:06Hey, usual?
00:27:07Thanks, Fredo.
00:27:12Mrs. Anderson.
00:27:13Good morning.
00:27:14Oh, Detective Sims.
00:27:16Sorry to interrupt.
00:27:17Are you?
00:27:20Do you recall where you were at midnight on New Year's Eve?
00:27:23Why?
00:27:24Well, we have reason to believe that's when Mr. Cornelius passed away,
00:27:27so we're trying to piece together a timeline of the evening.
00:27:30I don't remember.
00:27:31I hope you can wind things up soon.
00:27:33I need to be getting home.
00:27:35Um, how long ago did you receive your invite?
00:27:39Oh, I received an email from a, um, Becky Baker while I was travelling.
00:27:46Oh, travelling where?
00:27:47Oh, you do ask a lot of questions.
00:27:49Hmm, well, as you know, I'm a detective.
00:27:52South America.
00:27:54It's always been on my bucket list.
00:27:57Machu Picchu was breathtaking.
00:27:59Mm, long black, no sugar.
00:28:02Well, I really must get going.
00:28:04Oh, who's the lucky person?
00:28:06Well, your ring, I take it you're engaged.
00:28:09That's really none of your business.
00:28:11Okay.
00:28:14Um, by the way, Frances Martin, you don't happen to know where she's staying, do you?
00:28:19I don't.
00:28:20She's hardly welcome at Whitecliffe.
00:28:23Why is that?
00:28:24Because.
00:28:25Where does she come from?
00:28:27What does she want?
00:28:29So many questions.
00:28:31Have you tried the motels?
00:28:38Rude, right?
00:28:43Real rude.
00:28:45Yeah.
00:28:47Thanks, Frodo.
00:28:50I heard you had a big one for New Year's too.
00:28:54It's a private matter.
00:29:07Thanks for agreeing to meet.
00:29:08Well, I'd rather be at the beach, but what can you do?
00:29:12You attended the masquerade ball at Whitecliffe Manor?
00:29:15Yeah.
00:29:16Why?
00:29:17Mr. Cornelius was found deceased yesterday.
00:29:20I heard.
00:29:22Nothing to do with me.
00:29:24You were seen on the night in question entering the library before disappearing.
00:29:31I'm a builder, man.
00:29:32I'm a magician.
00:29:34Where did you go?
00:29:36Look, I just needed to get away from those Morinkovich women.
00:29:39This could be it.
00:29:40You couldn't build a sandcastle if you wanted to.
00:29:42Maybe not, but you didn't read that in his palm.
00:29:46Steve, come back.
00:29:50I'll give you a proper reading.
00:29:58Well, climbing out a window must have been some palm reading.
00:30:01Well, it wasn't the reading.
00:30:02It was the abuse.
00:30:03With this big bald head of yours and this Baltic chin?
00:30:07For the record, my mother is of a Norwegian extraction.
00:30:11My father's family's finished.
00:30:13No love lost with the Russians.
00:30:15Well, that doesn't answer my question.
00:30:19Which was?
00:30:20Where did you go?
00:30:22Outside, obviously.
00:30:24Then I went home.
00:30:26How did you get into the party?
00:30:28You weren't on the guest list.
00:30:29I did a bit of work for Mr. Cornelius a few months back.
00:30:31What type of work?
00:30:33Doesn't matter.
00:30:34This was months ago.
00:30:35You should be looking at the people who were close to the old man.
00:30:38Like his son.
00:30:40My understanding is that Mr. Cornelius doesn't have any children.
00:30:44That's what I thought, too.
00:30:46It's good to see you, Badger.
00:30:49Try and enjoy your evening.
00:30:53Badger?
00:30:54You be real, mate?
00:30:55For my sins.
00:30:57Is that even our next one?
00:31:00Haven't you heard?
00:31:02I'm his long-lost son.
00:31:04How's that?
00:31:05Make sure he doesn't have any kids.
00:31:07Yeah.
00:31:09Sounds like bullshit to me, too.
00:31:13What did you mean by that?
00:31:15No idea.
00:31:17But what kind of name is Badger anyway?
00:31:20Sounds made up.
00:31:24It's through here.
00:31:29Thanks for coming in.
00:31:30Sure.
00:31:31Whatever I can do to help.
00:31:33For the record,
00:31:36you were at Mr. Cornelius' masquerade party on New Year's Eve.
00:31:41Yes.
00:31:42As for a lot of people.
00:31:45Well, they all had invites, but you weren't on the list.
00:31:51I was invited by Mr. Cornelius directly.
00:31:55Good night?
00:31:57Yeah, it was.
00:31:59Do you recall where you were at midnight?
00:32:02I believe I was on the balcony.
00:32:05You believe you were?
00:32:07Well, I didn't look at the clock or anything, but I was on the balcony when the fireworks went off,
00:32:11so that must have been midnight.
00:32:12You told DSS Shepard that you'd only recently met Mr. Cornelius.
00:32:19I did.
00:32:22Maxwell, I'm Frances Martin, your second cousin, twice removed.
00:32:29Well, well.
00:32:32Your cousin Frances, Maxwell.
00:32:35How wonderful.
00:32:37Oh, you absolutely must stay.
00:32:42Indeed, you must.
00:32:44That's when I met him.
00:32:46So, are you Mr. Cornelius' cousin or not?
00:32:50My mother died several months ago, and I found a connection to Maxwell when I was sorting through her paperwork.
00:32:57How did you know he was holding a masquerade party?
00:33:00I didn't.
00:33:01But when Mr. Craddock asked me to stay, I guess I was invited by default.
00:33:06And you just happened to have a costume?
00:33:09I got it from the hire place in town.
00:33:11They have a great renaissance section.
00:33:15Then the next morning, you got up and left.
00:33:19Well, after Maxwell died, it didn't feel right for me to stay at the manor, so I got a room
00:33:23at the motel.
00:33:24Was my understanding that you were already leaving before you found out he'd died?
00:33:30Well, yes, but I didn't want to be a burden, so I thought I would slip away.
00:33:35And while you were slipping away, you discovered Maxwell deceased in the folly?
00:33:40Yes.
00:33:41And now I'm here talking to you.
00:34:06Good morning.
00:34:08I'm DSS Shepard.
00:34:10I know who you are, Mr. Shepard.
00:34:12And unless you have a warrant, I'm afraid I can't show you inside.
00:34:19And you are?
00:34:20Arthur Girdler, KC.
00:34:23Retired.
00:34:24As Maxwell's closest friend, I've taken it upon myself to protect his legacy.
00:34:30I have no intention of disrespecting that legacy.
00:34:33Well, I find myself in the unenviable position of being Maxwell's executor.
00:34:39And all this confusion about his death is unsettling.
00:34:43Yeah, and I'm here to find out how he died.
00:34:46Well, then it's true he was murdered.
00:34:48Well, if you'll allow me inside, I'll tell you what I know.
00:34:54We haven't confirmed Mr. Cornelius's cause of death yet.
00:34:58But you have a pretty good idea, I'm sure.
00:35:01We have reason to believe that foul play may be involved.
00:35:04I see.
00:35:06Any persons of interest?
00:35:07We are pursuing certain lines of inquiry.
00:35:10Like the spy rumours.
00:35:12That's one line of inquiry.
00:35:14No matter how ridiculous it sounds.
00:35:16Well, I don't think it sounds ridiculous at all.
00:35:18In fact, I'd say it was quite plausible.
00:35:21Do you know something that we don't?
00:35:24I suppose you want to see the will.
00:35:30Maxwell updated his will two months ago.
00:35:37Who is Sam Parker?
00:35:39Your guess is as good as mine.
00:35:41I asked.
00:35:42But Maxwell was very secretive about it.
00:35:45Did anyone else know about this?
00:35:47Whoever Sam Parker is, he or she is about to become exceedingly rich.
00:35:55Come on Andy, I'm leading my fingers through the walk in here.
00:35:59I'm looking for a badger.
00:36:02No, not a badger.
00:36:04We don't have badgers in Aotearoa.
00:36:07Someone called.
00:36:08Badger?
00:36:08Badger someone, or someone badger.
00:36:14Hang five, another call.
00:36:16I'm going to ring you back.
00:36:18Mike.
00:36:19We have a beneficiary for the will.
00:36:22We need to locate a Sam Parker.
00:36:24Usual spelling?
00:36:26P-A-R-K-E-R.
00:36:28That's all I've got.
00:36:29Copy that.
00:37:09Andy, any guests under the name Parker?
00:37:16Sam Parker.
00:37:19That depends who's asking.
00:37:21DC Chalmers, Brokewood CIB.
00:37:24I don't like talking to cops.
00:37:26Technically speaking, I'm a detective.
00:37:28I know.
00:37:30Bad suit gives it away.
00:37:37Most people call me badger.
00:37:40It's from my boarding school days.
00:37:43Is it true you're the son of Maxwell Cornelius?
00:37:47Does it matter?
00:37:48The old man's dead.
00:37:50Are you aware you're in his will?
00:37:53No.
00:37:54You're the sole beneficiary of Mr. Cornelius' estate.
00:37:58He's left you Whitecliffe Manor and everything in it.
00:38:07This cigarette is Russian.
00:38:09I know.
00:38:10Where did you find it?
00:38:11At the crime scene.
00:38:14Prints couldn't lift anything.
00:38:15I will send for the DNA.
00:38:18Okay.
00:38:19That brand of cigarettes used to be very popular with the KGB.
00:38:23I, uh, don't think the KGB are operational anymore.
00:38:27Officially not.
00:38:28But the KGB continues as the FSB.
00:38:31And they are not to be trifled with.
00:38:33If Russian spies are involved, Mike, you must be very careful.
00:38:38Trust me.
00:38:39I know.
00:38:42When you say you know, do you mean you know, or do you know?
00:38:48Let's just say, Mike, there is a very good reason why I left the motherland.
00:38:54I don't know.
00:40:00Mrs. Baker.
00:40:03It's not what it looks like.
00:40:05It looks like you're drinking wine.
00:40:07Okay, well, it is what it looks like, but it's non-alcoholic.
00:40:11No, it isn't.
00:40:12All right.
00:40:13With the stress of everything going on, I figured I deserved a treat to, you know, absorb the situation.
00:40:20Okay.
00:40:21All I wanted to know is, do you have any footage from the masquerade ball?
00:40:25Oh, yes.
00:40:26I haven't put it on my socials yet because it seemed a bit inappropriate under the circumstances.
00:40:35So was he?
00:40:37Was he what?
00:40:38A spy.
00:40:40I can neither confirm nor deny.
00:40:42Told you.
00:40:43Can you send this to me?
00:40:44Of course.
00:40:46Do you need it encrypted?
00:40:49It's fine, Nazareth.
00:40:57Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
00:41:11Oh, it reminds me of the Battle of the Storm.
00:41:14We're going over the top, boys.
00:41:17So Francis was there.
00:41:19The only people not on the balcony at midnight were Hattie Anderson, Artie Girdler, Steve Fanshaw, and Badger, aka Sam
00:41:28Parker.
00:41:29So where were they?
00:41:32Let's pin these people down.
00:41:35Gina advises that the Comrades brand of cigarette is popular with the Russian Secret Service.
00:41:42So we're back to spies again?
00:41:44Uh, we are because...
00:41:49It turns out that there was a lot of KGB activity in New Zealand in the mid-1970s.
00:41:55Maxwell Cornelius would have been in his late 20s.
00:41:58A Wellington man, William Such, was charged with treason under the Official Secrets Act.
00:42:05The New Zealand government suspected that he was acting as a spy for the KGB.
00:42:11Mr. Girdler was evasive as to whether Cornelius worked for the Secret Service or not.
00:42:16Meaning he could know more than he's letting on.
00:42:18We might actually have a dead spy in our midst.
00:42:22Well, whether his past life is relevant or not remains to be seen.
00:42:26But Gina is yet to confirm the exact cause of death.
00:42:30Uh, the birth certificate came through for Sam Parker.
00:42:33His mother is confirmed as Mildred Hawkins.
00:42:37Why the different surnames?
00:42:39Uh, she married a James Hawkins, but they divorced a year before he was born.
00:42:44Well, she gave her maiden name to Badger, but kept her married name.
00:42:49Was she trying to conceal the relationship?
00:42:51Well, maybe, but she's on the birth certificate and the father's name is blank.
00:42:56Seems more likely that she's trying to conceal that.
00:42:59Too high that Badger's father was Maxwell.
00:43:03Did Badger confirm that he was Cornelius' son?
00:43:06Well, not exactly.
00:43:08And he claims he didn't know he was in the will.
00:43:11Well, yeah, he would say that.
00:43:13If Badger did know that he was Maxwell's sole heir, that's a strong motive.
00:43:17And he was smoking from a pack of Comrades brand cigarettes today.
00:43:21As found at the crime scene.
00:43:25Could Mildred have lied to Maxwell in order for Badger to inherit the entire estate?
00:43:30And it's tempting, right?
00:43:32Because, despite Philip Craddock having a delusional view of the world,
00:43:37he was right about one thing.
00:43:39A single silver tint recently sold for 1.73 million.
00:43:44So, those two paintings of Whitecliffe must be worth stupid amounts of money.
00:43:58Thanks.
00:44:00I'm curious, do you smoke?
00:44:02Absolutely not.
00:44:04The only smoke around here is Philip.
00:44:07And Badger.
00:44:08What?
00:44:08Well, I understand Badger smokes and he comes and goes, right?
00:44:12Does he?
00:44:14Well, more for him.
00:44:16But Philip is always sneaking off into the garden for a smoke.
00:44:19To the garden?
00:44:19Well, he's not allowed to smoke inside.
00:44:24How long has Mr. Craddock lived here at Whitecliffe?
00:44:28Several years now.
00:44:29I notice he has an unusual relationship to reality.
00:44:36It's sad.
00:44:38He used to be one of Maxwell's closest friends.
00:44:41They met in the army in the 1960s.
00:44:43But, uh, in recent years, he's, um, developed cognitive issues.
00:44:53Some years ago, he came to visit.
00:44:55Maxwell realized he was in decline, so he, uh, moved him into Whitecliffe.
00:45:00Maxwell was a good man to those he cared about.
00:45:03Uh, will you just excuse me a moment?
00:45:08If someone had told me 30 years ago you'd still be working as Maxwell's housekeeper, I would have laughed.
00:45:15If you've got something to say, Hattie, just say it.
00:45:19I'm just surprised you never tried to get your hooks into him.
00:45:21That's all.
00:45:22Not everyone is like you, Hattie.
00:45:25Thank goodness.
00:45:25Well, at least I didn't raise a son without a father.
00:45:28Badger deserves better.
00:45:31Save your sympathy.
00:45:33Badger's going to be very well taken care of.
00:45:36What do you mean?
00:45:37What have you made Maxwell do?
00:45:39He's done what any father would do for his son.
00:45:42He's made sure that Badger will be provided for when the time comes.
00:45:46I don't know what lies you've told Maxwell, but we both know he's not Badger's father.
00:45:53Do we?
00:46:03Mr. Krennic, what are you up to?
00:46:08Well, just keeping my eye on things.
00:46:09You know, there are goons around.
00:46:13Um, you might want to...
00:46:18I can take that for you if you like.
00:46:20Oh, thank you.
00:46:25Comrades.
00:46:26What?
00:46:28I notice it's a comrade's cigarette.
00:46:32Oh, well, you take what you can get, you know.
00:46:35Um, are you sure you're not Russian?
00:46:38No.
00:46:39Oh, don't worry, I'm not sure about a lot of things these days.
00:46:42No, I mean, no, I'm not.
00:46:46Hmm.
00:46:48Mr. Craddock, you were seen here on the balcony at midnight on New Year's Eve?
00:46:54Was I?
00:46:55Yes.
00:46:55Someone was filming the festivities.
00:46:58Ah.
00:46:59Keeping their eye on things, were they?
00:47:03Can you recall where you were just prior to that?
00:47:06Yes.
00:47:10Could, could, could you give me a clue?
00:47:14As I was saying, my old memory banks are a lot slower than they used to be.
00:47:18Uh, were you inside?
00:47:22Or perhaps outside?
00:47:30Oh, the fireworks!
00:47:32Yes!
00:47:33They were wonderful!
00:47:34They reminded me of the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor.
00:47:38Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:47:41Right.
00:47:42Well, thank you.
00:47:44I will leave you to it.
00:47:56Sorry about that.
00:47:58Bird watching, was he?
00:47:59Ah.
00:48:00Yep.
00:48:01In a manner of speaking, I guess he was.
00:48:03He's harmless.
00:48:04Bit of an old fool.
00:48:07Miss Hawkins, why didn't you tell us Badger is your son?
00:48:11No one asked.
00:48:13Well, sure.
00:48:15But he's listed in Mr Cornelius as well.
00:48:17In fact, he's the sole beneficiary.
00:48:21You already knew.
00:48:22It has nothing to do with Maxwell's death.
00:48:25Well, it does if it's a motive.
00:48:27Badger's not involved.
00:48:30You're looking in the wrong direction.
00:48:36Thanks for coming in, Mr Goodman.
00:48:38Not at all.
00:48:42Did you know that Badger was Mr Cornelius' son?
00:48:46The housekeeper's boy.
00:48:48What makes you say that?
00:48:57Badger is Sam Parker.
00:49:00I always knew the boy as a badger.
00:49:03But he grew up at Whitecliffe.
00:49:05He was away at boarding school most of the time.
00:49:08Maxwell was kind enough to foot the bill.
00:49:11I always thought he was being too generous.
00:49:14Is there any way that Mr Cornelius could have been Badger's father?
00:49:18I don't see how it's possible.
00:49:20Mildred was already pregnant when she first arrived at Whitecliffe.
00:49:24Okay, let's say he's not Mr Cornelius' son.
00:49:27Would that be enough to negate the will?
00:49:29Unfortunately not.
00:49:31Maxwell's will is airtight.
00:49:33If Badger really is Sam Parker, he'll inherit everything.
00:49:40Excuse me.
00:49:44Gina.
00:49:45Mike.
00:49:46I figure out where the dog is buried.
00:49:48What dog?
00:49:49No, Mike.
00:49:50Where I come from, to dig up a dog is to find the truth.
00:49:53Because by digging up the dog, you know it's actually dead.
00:49:56Thanks.
00:49:57I'll be there shortly.
00:50:04I have to ask.
00:50:05The spy thing.
00:50:07Look, you didn't hear this from me,
00:50:09but I'm sure the statute of limitations has passed by now.
00:50:14Mr Cornelius did work for the New Zealand Intelligence Service.
00:50:17Briefly, after he left the army in 1972,
00:50:21he was recruited by the SIS.
00:50:23Yes, but he resigned in 74 after an incident.
00:50:28What kind of incident?
00:50:29A young woman died.
00:50:33Maxwell felt responsible.
00:50:36That's when he realized he wasn't cut out for the espionage business.
00:50:52What time did you see Mr Cornelius last?
00:50:55Um, maybe 11 or 11.30.
00:50:59We got into an argument.
00:51:03About what?
00:51:04I don't like being lied to.
00:51:06Your mother is pleased you could make it back for New Year's.
00:51:09Is she?
00:51:11Well, I hope one day you two will be closer.
00:51:17She, uh, she did the best she could.
00:51:23Anyway, I didn't come back for her.
00:51:26I came for your birthday.
00:51:29It's a big one, not yet.
00:51:30Well, the prospect of turning 80 has certainly put things into perspective for me.
00:51:35Yeah.
00:51:36Like what?
00:51:38Like you.
00:51:41Me?
00:51:42Badger, my boy, you know I've always looked at you like a son.
00:51:49I've discussed this with Mildred and she agrees.
00:51:52You need to know the truth.
00:51:54What truth?
00:52:00About your father.
00:52:01I know everything I need to know about that loser.
00:52:04He took off before I was born.
00:52:06End of story.
00:52:09The truth is a lot more complicated than that.
00:52:15Well, that's the only truth I've ever known.
00:52:18And I prefer to keep it that way.
00:52:23Checkmate.
00:52:27You left before he told you.
00:52:30Well, I wasn't ready to hear it.
00:52:32But I found out anyway.
00:52:34I should have told you sooner.
00:52:37So he is my father.
00:52:46I tried to avoid him all night, but after a few drinks, I confronted him.
00:52:53You can't be my father.
00:52:55Mom was already pregnant when she arrived at Wycliffe.
00:52:58I'm sorry, Sam.
00:52:59I wanted to tell you myself.
00:53:01Your mother had just left her husband when she arrived all those years ago.
00:53:05Well, that's true, that's true.
00:53:07But she wasn't pregnant.
00:53:10What, so you knocked her up?
00:53:12And decided it was better to lie to me about it for my whole life?
00:53:15Let me explain.
00:53:16Why?
00:53:17So you can lie some more.
00:53:19I despise you, old man.
00:53:26Where were you at midnight?
00:53:30I didn't feel like celebrating, so I took off for a smoke.
00:53:35Where'd you go?
00:53:38To the car park.
00:53:40I didn't want to see anyone.
00:53:42So when Mr. Cornelius died, you were in the car park.
00:53:46Alone.
00:53:47Yeah.
00:53:52Comrades is a Russian brand.
00:53:54Oh, yeah?
00:53:56Well, they taste like crap.
00:54:00Mike, I knew something is up.
00:54:02I checked again, and I found it.
00:54:05The victim has a tiny prick.
00:54:07At first, I thought it must be a mosquito bite.
00:54:11But no.
00:54:12This is a needle mark.
00:54:15What did the toxicology report say?
00:54:18Oh.
00:54:21Curery.
00:54:24Poison?
00:54:25Not exactly.
00:54:26A strong muscle relaxant.
00:54:28Once in the bloodstream, all the muscles of your body begin to relax.
00:54:32Why would that be fatal?
00:54:33A small dose wouldn't.
00:54:35But with the dose Mr. Cornelius received, he could have died in as little as 15 minutes.
00:54:40How?
00:54:41His lungs, too relaxed, would have stopped drawing breath.
00:54:46He effectively suffocated to death.
00:54:48And yet, most fascinating, his heart would have continued to pump blood for some minutes after.
00:54:56That explains why he was found in the kneeling position.
00:54:59Imagine, in the last moments of your life, your brain is still active, but your body, it's a virtual slab
00:55:05of meat.
00:55:06For a time, he was both dead and alive.
00:55:10Quite a unique death, don't you think?
00:55:14Hmm.
00:55:16Mr. Cornelius' jugular was the injection site.
00:55:21Whatever introduced the drug into his body, it was very small.
00:55:25A needle.
00:55:2725, maybe 27 gauge.
00:55:31Thanks, Jim.
00:55:34Mike, curare, it feels like the work of the KGB.
00:55:37We're looking into that.
00:55:39Of course.
00:55:40But these are serious people.
00:55:42You must keep your eyes open on the back of your head.
00:55:46I'll do my best with that.
00:56:13Good morning.
00:56:16Yes.
00:56:17No!
00:56:18Yours is over there.
00:56:27You're the best.
00:56:33Mr. Cornelius died of asphyxia.
00:56:37It was caused by a concentrated dose of curare.
00:56:41It's extracted from the chondrodendron tomentosin vine, which is only known to grow in central
00:56:47and South America.
00:56:49Where Patty Anderson just returned from.
00:56:52It may have taken as little as 15 minutes for Mr. Cornelius' system to shut down.
00:56:57Well, that means a curare would have been administered at approximately 11.45pm.
00:57:03It was hard to stop at midnight.
00:57:05Of note, the offender used a blow dart to administer the poison.
00:57:13Uh, likely projected from a simple tube such as this.
00:57:17Very covert.
00:57:19Uh, Mr. Girdler confirmed that Mr. Cornelius worked for the SAS up until 1974.
00:57:26Was he suggesting our victim was involved in all that KGB activity?
00:57:49I figured it out.
00:57:51What's that?
00:57:52You're with the resistance, aren't you?
00:57:55Did they parachute you in?
00:57:57I'm a detective trying to understand who might have killed your friend, Maxwell Cornelius.
00:58:06Um, mint?
00:58:08Oh, no.
00:58:13Have you found him yet?
00:58:15How would you feel if Maxwell didn't fake his death?
00:58:22You mean if he's actually dead?
00:58:27Maxwell was a dear friend, but he made mistakes in his life.
00:58:31Everyone does, you know.
00:58:32But maybe one of those mistakes led to his death.
00:58:38Any mistake in particular?
00:58:40I did see something strange the night before the party.
00:58:46Mr. Craddock, you scared me.
00:58:50Lovely, aren't they?
00:58:53They were painted in 1904.
00:58:57Yes, well, I was just getting a glass of water.
00:59:00Must get back to bed.
00:59:04Pretty strange, don't you think?
00:59:06That she didn't have a glass.
00:59:09Very good.
00:59:11Detective indeed.
00:59:14Do you think she did something to the paintings?
00:59:16I think it's worse than that.
00:59:18See, I have it on good authority that she works for Stalin.
00:59:25Well, I think that's very unlikely because Stalin's been dead for over 70 years.
00:59:33The Cold War's not over yet.
00:59:43Come in.
00:59:45Oh, thank you.
00:59:46Through here.
00:59:51Was Maxwell Cornelius really Badger's father?
00:59:57I had only been working for him a few weeks when it happened.
01:00:00It was a mistake.
01:00:02You fell pregnant?
01:00:04I'd just left my husband.
01:00:06It was an abusive marriage.
01:00:08And I'd finally found the courage to leave.
01:00:11So I wasn't looking for another relationship.
01:00:14Besides, Maxwell was already engaged.
01:00:18To Hattie?
01:00:19It was just easier to pretend I was already pregnant.
01:00:23For his part, Maxwell promised to always be there for Badger.
01:00:28Financially, at least.
01:00:29Hmm.
01:00:30Well, those Silverthons alone must be worth as much as Whitecliffe itself.
01:00:35Maxwell may not always have procured his artwork in the most honest of ways,
01:00:41but he was a good man.
01:00:44What do you mean by that?
01:00:48That's a Robert Knowles.
01:00:51Worth about $350,000.
01:00:55And as far as anyone knows, it currently resides in a small gallery in the south of France.
01:01:02Are you suggesting it's stolen?
01:01:04Or perhaps displaced.
01:01:08It's easier to show you.
01:01:14This way.
01:01:21This was the piece Max was working on before he died.
01:01:24He was an artist in his own right.
01:01:27You could say that.
01:01:31Oh, that one's coming along nicely.
01:01:34Getting there, Millie.
01:01:35I believe I finally perfected the Knowles quirk.
01:01:39A curious, ever-so-delicate little flick at the end of each brushstroke.
01:01:43Oh.
01:01:47Maxwell was a forger.
01:01:49I understood him to be a conservationist.
01:01:53Maxwell was an incredible artist,
01:01:55but he sometimes appraised pieces that were not respected by the legal owners.
01:02:03He'd create a replica and then swap them out?
01:02:06Well, some might see him as protecting our artistic heritage
01:02:09by ensuring that certain pieces were kept in the hands of someone
01:02:13who could appreciate and protect them.
01:02:16His own hands.
01:02:18I'm sure his intentions were good.
01:02:20And I'm sure it's still theft.
01:02:22Why are you telling me this?
01:02:25I want you to catch his killer.
01:02:28The way I see it, you were complicit in his forgery.
01:02:32How could that be?
01:02:34I'm just the housekeeper.
01:02:43Thanks for taking the time.
01:02:45I can think of better places to be, but...
01:02:47I'm sure.
01:02:49You didn't say what work you did for Mr Cornelius.
01:02:53I renovated the roof of his shed.
01:02:59All right.
01:03:01Two days' labour plus supplies.
01:03:02Let's call it $3,800.
01:03:04Very well.
01:03:08Bit of an artist, aren't you?
01:03:15As I recall, my paintings were carefully covered with dropcloths.
01:03:19Yeah, well, I had a look.
01:03:21It seems you've replicated some pretty well-known New Zealand artists.
01:03:25I figured it might be worth double.
01:03:27Keep your little secret.
01:03:29Why don't we call it an even $6,000?
01:03:33Given you proposed this little job was under the table,
01:03:36a cashier, as you call it,
01:03:38I'm sure it wasn't the first.
01:03:40No doubt the Inland Revenue
01:03:43would be very interested in that.
01:03:49He didn't pay you.
01:03:51Left me no choice but to take matters into my own hands.
01:03:54That's why you attended the party.
01:03:56It was a masquerade ball.
01:03:57I could get in, get out,
01:03:58without anyone even realising I was there.
01:04:01So you could kill him?
01:04:03For $3,800?
01:04:06No.
01:04:07But the guy had a lot of expensive artwork.
01:04:12So you entered the parlour
01:04:14with the intention of stealing property.
01:04:17Becky, it is lovely to see you.
01:04:19It's you, Morgana.
01:04:21I've got some burning questions
01:04:22I'm hoping you can help with.
01:04:24Of course.
01:04:24Let me see.
01:04:26I see you're very in touch with the land.
01:04:31You feel truly connected to the garden.
01:04:35I do.
01:04:36I even have green hands up.
01:04:38I think you have delightful.
01:04:40I see a winning on your horizon.
01:04:43My goodness.
01:04:45Are you sure I am?
01:04:46I'm the rest of back the time.
01:04:48I really thought it was over for me.
01:04:52I figured if I took something of equal value,
01:04:54it would kind of negate the debt.
01:04:58After that, I didn't see anyone.
01:05:00Just some couple racing off towards the garden.
01:05:04Then I went home.
01:05:05What did they look like?
01:05:07The guy was in a white military jacket
01:05:09and the woman was in a turquoise dress.
01:05:12What time was that?
01:05:13It must have been close to midnight
01:05:14because I saw the fireworks go off
01:05:16as I was driving away.
01:05:18You may want to check with Beaver, though.
01:05:21He saw them too.
01:05:22Badger.
01:05:23That's the one.
01:05:23He pretty much crossed paths
01:05:25with them going in the other direction.
01:05:26He was leaving the garden.
01:05:29Thanks.
01:05:31It's been an absolute pleasure.
01:05:33And we're going to need that
01:05:35artifact back, by the way.
01:05:59Take a seat.
01:06:04I believe I speak for both of us.
01:06:06We have nothing more to say without a lawyer.
01:06:10If you're looking at myself and Artie for this,
01:06:12you're completely off track.
01:06:15Noted.
01:06:15I just have one question.
01:06:19Why did you both lie about your whereabouts at midnight?
01:06:23What makes you think we lied?
01:06:25We have a witness who saw you entering the garden
01:06:28at approximately 11.45 p.m.
01:06:33Do you deny it?
01:06:36I've seen enough innocent people get caught out
01:06:39just by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
01:06:42I thought it best to distance ourselves from the crime scene.
01:06:46He was protecting me.
01:06:49We were in the garden at midnight.
01:06:53But not to murder Maxwell.
01:06:56How well?
01:07:05Oh, my God.
01:07:26Oh, my God.
01:07:27Oh, my God.
01:07:32Oh, my God.
01:07:37Oh, my God.
01:07:43Oh, my God.
01:07:53It's hard sometimes, but we can barely keep our hands off each other.
01:07:58Hattie and I are devastated that Maxwell lost his life.
01:08:03But we had nothing to do with his death.
01:08:09You said you're in the car park at midnight, but you failed to mention that you're in the garden around
01:08:1411.45 p.m.
01:08:16I knew it would look bad.
01:08:19I was on the balcony calling off after my fight with Max.
01:08:25I saw Philip head inside and leave his smokes behind.
01:08:38You went to the folly.
01:08:42Did you see Maxwell?
01:08:44No.
01:08:46How long were you there?
01:08:49Long enough to finish the cigarette.
01:08:53I decided to head back to the motel.
01:08:55New Year's sucks if you don't have anyone you actually want to spend it with.
01:08:59Was anyone else at the folly?
01:09:04No.
01:09:05I didn't see anyone.
01:09:08Okay, got it.
01:09:09Thanks, Jamis.
01:09:23Ms. Martin, a quick word?
01:09:34It's a large suitcase for such a short stay.
01:09:37I have a lot of clothes.
01:09:39You're not really Mr. Cornelius's cousin, are you?
01:09:44After my mother died, I did find a connection to him and her paperwork, but not as a relative.
01:09:52He appraised the family portraits.
01:09:55Didn't he?
01:09:56The Silvertons.
01:09:58Not long after my mother's death, I received a letter suggesting that I should have the paintings reappraised.
01:10:05Who was the letter from?
01:10:06It was anonymous.
01:10:08Uh, do you still have it?
01:10:23I need to hold on to this for a while.
01:10:26Why?
01:10:27Uh, line of inquiry.
01:10:29And that's when you discovered they were forgeries.
01:10:34Maxwell Cornelius stole my family's heritage.
01:10:36Hmm.
01:10:40Mayo?
01:10:54These would be the originals?
01:10:56Yes, so I didn't steal them.
01:10:58They're rightfully mine.
01:11:00We can talk more down at the station.
01:11:06You removed the paintings the night before New Year's Eve.
01:11:10I only needed a few minutes.
01:11:39Oh.
01:11:41Oh, Mr. Craddock, you scared me.
01:11:44Lovely, aren't they?
01:11:46They were painted in 1904.
01:11:50Yes.
01:11:52Well, I was just getting a glass of water,
01:11:54so I must get back to bed.
01:12:28Those paintings are rightfully mine.
01:12:30When was the last time you spoke to Mr. Cornelius?
01:12:32It must have been about 11.15pm.
01:12:36You're very lucky to have those paintings, Maxwell.
01:12:39I'm sure they're worth a fortune.
01:12:41I've certainly made some lucrative deals in my time, Francis.
01:12:46And you didn't see him again after that?
01:12:48I mean, I saw him again, but I didn't speak to him.
01:12:50When was that?
01:12:51Right after my palm reading, about 11.30pm.
01:12:54Was he with anyone?
01:12:56Yes, he was talking to his friend.
01:12:58The one that invited me to stay, Philip Craddock.
01:13:05It's a natural life-long death.
01:13:18Thank you for coming in, Ms. Martin.
01:13:20As soon as we can confirm that you are the rightful owner of the Silverton's,
01:13:24they will be returned to you.
01:13:37There's no need for being on the side of the Silverton's,
01:13:40there's only one who's facing two years ago.
01:13:40I know, I've been here to leave the corner of the Silverton's,
01:13:41but I don't want to see him, the one who's facing the middle of the dead.
01:13:41I've been here with the Silverton.
01:13:44I'm here with the Silverton.
01:13:51I'm here to start seeing him.
01:14:03Mr. Craddock, uh, thanks for coming in at such late notice.
01:14:09Of course, my dear fellow.
01:14:10Anything to help.
01:14:15Uh, do you recognize this note?
01:14:22I, uh, I can't say I, uh, should I?
01:14:28Uh, your memory banks are not what they used to be.
01:14:31Uh, you gave it to Mr. Cornelius on the night of the party.
01:14:36It's a natural light who I've dead.
01:14:45Oh, yes, I did, I did.
01:14:46Yes, I wanted Max's help.
01:14:48There were Ruskies everywhere that night.
01:14:51Or you gave him the note to lure him into the garden.
01:14:56My dear man, why would I do that?
01:14:59Because that's where you plan to kill him.
01:15:02Kill him?
01:15:03But Maxwell is my closest friend.
01:15:07That may have been true once.
01:15:10You've been planning this for a long time, haven't you, Mr. Craddock?
01:15:13And, as it turns out, the rumors of Mr. Cornelius being a spy were grounded in truth.
01:15:20What a fantastical tale, dear, Sir Shepard.
01:15:24Now, please go on.
01:15:25I'm enthralled.
01:15:26There was a lot of intelligence activity in New Zealand in the 1970s.
01:15:31Russian intelligence.
01:15:34Well, we were in the middle of the Cold War.
01:15:36There were spies everywhere, Reds under the beds and all that, you know?
01:15:40Yeah, but Maxwell left the SIS in 1974 after an incident.
01:15:49It was a young Russian woman who died, wasn't it?
01:15:57She was found in an alleyway in Wellington, a couple of months after a New Zealand intelligence
01:16:05agent was arrested for selling secrets to the KGB.
01:16:10All she had on her was a fake passport.
01:16:14Oh, and a pack of Russian cigarettes.
01:16:19I want to dance, to dance with you
01:16:22Is all I want to do
01:16:25And I know that's no good
01:16:28I'll just miss you like I should
01:16:30I want to take your hand
01:16:34And dance just like we did
01:16:37And I know that I miss you instead
01:16:49It tastes like rubbish, but
01:16:52They were her favourites
01:16:55You can't smoke in here, Mr. Craddock
01:17:10Her name was Tatiana
01:17:18Both Max and I were recruited into the SIS in 1972
01:17:23They wanted him to infiltrate the international art community
01:17:28But all they managed to teach him was how to master the art of forgery
01:17:33And how to kill
01:17:43We were both there that night
01:17:46I had arranged to meet Tatiana
01:17:50Max got there first
01:18:16Initially, Tatiana was just my contact
01:18:20But she was smart as a whip
01:18:22And as funny as hell
01:18:25You fell for her
01:18:28Didn't mean to
01:18:29Lines got blurred
01:18:32Did Maxwell know?
01:18:34He may have suspected
01:18:35But after she died
01:18:37He left the force
01:18:38And we never spoke of it again
01:18:42Tatiana was dead
01:18:44And you wanted revenge
01:18:49People say that revenge is a dish best served cold
01:18:59Is 52 years cold enough?
01:19:05Anyway, plenty of time to plan at least
01:19:08Why all the subterfews, Philip?
01:19:12What's going on?
01:19:13I have to show you something, Max
01:19:15It's a matter of life or death
01:19:17No, all right, my friend
01:19:19But make it quick
01:19:20I need to be back before midnight
01:19:23I can't miss my own party
01:19:30It's a beautiful night
01:19:31It is
01:19:34Reminds me of Tatiana Krylov
01:19:36The stars were bright that night too
01:19:38Do you remember, Max?
01:19:43What is it you wanted to tell me?
01:19:45We don't have much time
01:19:46My time is like a book, Max
01:19:48When we first start
01:19:49We think we have so much left to read
01:19:51And then one morning we wake up
01:19:52And we're on the last chapter
01:19:54I can see the end of the book now, Max
01:19:56But I have one or two things to tidy up
01:20:00Before the epilogue
01:20:01We have a few chapters left, my friend
01:20:08What the hell was that?
01:20:11I loved you like a brother once, Max
01:20:14But I loved Tatiana more
01:20:16That was a lifetime ago
01:20:27What have you done?
01:20:29You shouldn't have killed her
01:20:30I had no choice
01:20:31It was an order
01:20:33Oh, oh, oh, God
01:20:41He was your closest friend
01:20:44You get used to it
01:20:48I always liked using Karare
01:20:50It's very difficult to detect
01:20:53Yet you left the dark behind
01:20:56Oh, well, these are not working as well as they used to
01:21:00It's a bit like the old memory banks
01:21:01Neither are these
01:21:03And it was dark
01:21:08Damn it
01:21:22Goodbye, old friend
01:21:25See you in hell
01:21:38And then by midnight
01:21:40You were back on the balcony
01:21:42Oh, it reminds me of the Battle of the Storm
01:21:45We're going over the top, boys
01:21:48Quite the crazy old man
01:21:51I've had many personas over the years
01:21:54I saved the best for last
01:21:58Where did you get the curare?
01:22:01Oh, that information is above your pay grade
01:22:04DSS Shepard
01:22:07Fair enough
01:22:09You've got nothing to lose now
01:22:14This old spy still has one or two tricks up his sleeves
01:22:45Standard issue
01:22:47Part of the kit
01:22:49I kept it for a rainy day
01:23:08Because I always knew the road might end here
01:23:12I made my peace with that a long time ago
01:23:14Then why did you try and frame Francis Martin?
01:23:18I received a letter suggesting that I should have the paintings reappraised
01:23:22Who was the letter from?
01:23:23It was anonymous
01:23:24Your cousin Francis Maxwell
01:23:27Oh, you absolutely must stay
01:23:33Old habits
01:23:34The writing in her letter matches the writing on Maxwell's note
01:23:42You win some
01:23:43You lose some
01:23:56Philip Craddock, you will be charged with the murder of Maxwell Cornelius
01:24:00Of course
01:24:01Of course
01:24:07Mr. Craddock, we will need your personal effects
01:24:09Of course, I know the drill
01:24:12I must say, Detective, it's been a pleasure working with you
01:24:17Now, I think you're probably wasted in this rather small town
01:24:23Flattery will get you nowhere, Mr. Craddock
01:24:25Blue one
01:24:28My favourite
01:24:55I find out
01:24:58I want that
01:25:10Oh, after that, it's my round at the croc.
01:25:17I'll find out eventually who you spent New Year's with.
01:25:23You will never, ever...
01:25:31The blue ones.
01:25:36Hang on.
01:25:39Sims.
01:25:41And the stars make their way across the night like soldiers.
01:25:53Mr. Krennic?
01:25:58Philip.
01:26:01Philip?
01:26:07I'll call to Phoenix.
01:26:14Fine, I'd pale.
01:26:33I guess he preferred to go out on his own terms.
01:26:37Live by the sword, die by the sword.
01:26:38The spies are a different breed.
01:26:51Oh, God.
01:26:52The usual?
01:26:53Thanks, Rudy.
01:26:54Just a water for me, thanks.
01:26:56Hello, Daniel.
01:26:58It's lovely to see you outside of work hours.
01:27:01Thanks.
01:27:02You're like dog on heat.
01:27:04Why don't you just ask him out?
01:27:07Why are we here again?
01:27:09A message from Gina.
01:27:10Something about toasting New Year's 48 hours after.
01:27:14Some Russian tradition.
01:27:16Oh, my God.
01:27:16Not again.
01:27:20Don't go too hard, will you?
01:27:22Princess.
01:27:22Please.
01:27:28To celebrate the New Year, I have made a traditional Russian delicacy.
01:27:34Aladietz.
01:27:35Delicious with crackers.
01:27:37Gina, what do you have?
01:27:38Vodka.
01:27:39Neat.
01:27:39Unlike Christine, I can hold my liquor.
01:27:42Wait.
01:27:43What?
01:27:44Christine hasn't told you.
01:27:45We spent New Year's Eve together.
01:27:47But only one of us made it to midnight.
01:27:49The other, Harley made it past nine.
01:27:54Nazrovia.
01:27:56Nazrovia.
01:27:57Nazrovia.
01:28:02Again.
01:28:06Pathetic.
01:28:08Really?
01:28:09No one should be alone on New Year's Eve.
01:28:12Very generous of you, Gina.
01:28:15I dare either of you.
01:28:17To keep up with her, she could drink an elephant under the table.
01:28:19Oh.
01:28:19You're too kind.
01:28:21What is this?
01:28:22Haladietz?
01:28:23Yes.
01:28:24Please, help yourself.
01:28:25Yum.
01:28:26Cheers, Daniel.
01:28:28Has anyone ever told you you have lovely eyes?
01:28:32Uh, so what exactly is Haladietz?
01:28:36I thought you'd never ask.
01:28:37First, you have to boil a pig's head and a wrist to expect the time to be careful.
01:28:52PEX CRE-I fruit aです.
01:28:53Hmm.
01:29:19Cool.
01:29:19Go B Apron.
01:29:19You light the light on your legs.
01:29:19You
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