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J Dashin' through the snow J
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J In a one-horse open sleigh J
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J O'er them fields we go J
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-&' Laughing all the way J
-[ Siren chirps]
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J Bells on bobtails ring J
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J Making spirits bright J
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J What fun it is
to laugh and sing J
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J A sleighing song tonight J
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J Oh, jingle bells,
jingle bells J
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-How you doing?
-& Jingle all the way J
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J Oh, what fun it is ride
in a one-horse open sleigh J
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MAN:
Oh, giddyup, now.
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Hey, I'm home.
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It's just me.
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Evan?
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[ Ringing ]
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EVAN: Hello.
This is Mayor Evan Whitestone.
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Please leave a message.
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[ Beep]
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Dad.
Hi, it's me.
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I just got back from the beach.
Where are you?
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Maybe you didn't take your car.
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Anyway, look forward
to catching up.
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Hope the parade went well.
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Dad?
[ Chuckles ]
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Dad, are you asleep?
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Dad.
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[ Gasps I]
Oh! Oh!
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Dad!
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Somebody!
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[ Whimpering ]
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-Oh, my God.
-[ Ringing ]
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Oh, my God.
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[ Vehicle door closes I
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A Christmas wonderland.
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Fake snow,
Santa climbing down the chimney,
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reindeer, sleighs,
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but wouldn't it be nice if
just once it did actually snow?
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You know --
like in the picture books.
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You're dreaming
of a white Christmas?
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Yeah, I know.
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I thought
you looked very handsome
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-in the parade today, Mike.
-Thank you, Gina.
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Perhaps, next year,
you could be Santa.
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Brokenwood will be needing
a new one.
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Let's see
what we've got here first, eh?
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[ Police radio chatter ]
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Mayor Whitestone.
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SHEPHERD: He's held office
for a long time, right?
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As long as I've been here.
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Brokenwood's most popular mayor.
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I remember his wife died
several years ago,
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so there is no Mrs. Claus.
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Smell that?
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[ Sniffs ]
Woodsmoke.
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No evidence of a recent fire.
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Evan was on the Christmas float
less than 90 minutes ago.
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Whoever did this
can't have got far.
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We need SSG and ESR,
plus the dog team,
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to see if they can pick up
anything fresh.
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Your Worship, we'll get you
out of here and cleaned up.
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You were great in the parade,
by the way.
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That must have been difficult.
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What?
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Whether to refer to him
as the mayor or Santa Claus.
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Not at all.
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Bring in pathology.
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[ Lid closes ]
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[ Camera shutter clicks ]
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Looks like the carotid artery
was severed.
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Judging by the volume of blood,
it was sudden and explosive.
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Type of instrument used?
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Something sharp.
Not serrated.
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You're not usually
so forthcoming.
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I already had a backlog, Mike.
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Then I took time off
for the parade.
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I love Christmas so much,
but now I must pay the price.
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I've been speaking
with Hayley Whitestone,
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Evan's daughter
and only next of kin.
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She arrived back from a holiday
up north at the family bach.
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She walks in and finds... this.
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She's seriously shaken up.
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Well, I'm glad to see
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that you dressed appropriately
for the occasion.
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Mm.
Don't knock it.
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He won best-dressed elf.
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-Oh. Congratulations.
-It was a hollow victory.
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Jared didn't show up,
and I know for a fact
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that Mrs. Marlowe had
something amazing made for him.
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He's got that sewing circle
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wrapped around
his little finger.
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SIMS:
Roxy did all right.
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I feel like a stalk of rhubarb.
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All right.
What can we assume?
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Evan finishes the parade.
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He comes home.
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Drinks some champagne
to celebrate something.
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With someone?
Hence the two glasses.
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That person kills him,
then leaves.
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Do you think they ate the pie
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before, during,
or after the murder?
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Or Evan's a very sloppy eater?
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The rest of the house
is immaculate.
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Or he was eating it
when he was killed?
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Cold.
But not congealed.
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Hmm.
The king of pies.
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-Mince and cheese?
-SHEPHERD: Steak and cheese.
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I think you'll find the king
of pies is mince and cheese.
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Not when a truly great steak
and cheese can be life-changing.
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As in giving you a heart attack?
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-Mince all the way.
-Boys.
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[ Chuckles ]
Does it matter?
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Well, whatever.
It sure looks good.
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-You want to eat that?
-Yeah, Roxy's gone vegetarian.
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I'm not seeing a lot of meat
these days.
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Bag it. I want to know what it
is, where it came from, okay?
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-10 bucks says steak and onion.
-Done.
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Anything else?
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What do you call it when you
find a dead Father Christmas
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inside your house?
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-Insantacide.
-[ Chuckles ]
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That's quite good.
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The deceased isn't Santa Claus.
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He's just a man in a Santa suit.
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-Am I missing something?
-You should really get changed.
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We have a mayor
with his throat cut.
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Who was dressed up as Santa.
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SIMS:
And a half-eaten meat pie.
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Of an indeterminate flavor.
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The local body elections
aren't far off.
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We can't discount
that being a possible motive.
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Probable even.
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He was
the most popular mayor ever.
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Five straight terms in office.
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If he's so popular,
then why kill him?
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A frustrated opponent?
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The parade started at 10:00 a.m.
and finished at 12:00 p.m.
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The 111 call
comes in at 1:19 p.m.
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Trace Evan's movements
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from leaving the parade
and getting home.
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And who was he drinking
champagne with last night?
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Last night?
You mean this afternoon.
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That ice bucket was warm.
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That champagne
was drunk last night.
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Or possibly this morning.
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Perhaps he and whoever necked
a bottle before the parade.
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Dutch courage.
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For all we know,
he could have been
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completely trolleyed up there.
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Yeah, well, maybe that's how
he gets through it every year.
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Then he gets home
slightly hungover.
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Someone is lying in wait
and slits his throat.
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Then best we find out who has
a bone to pick with Evan.
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I say we start with those
challenging for mayor --
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Pete London,
Jed Charmers, Neil Bloom.
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-SHEPHERD: The chemist?
-Pharmacist.
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And Victoria Speigleman.
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Senior?
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Kylie from victim support
and Hayley Whitestone are here.
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Thanks for coming in.
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Usually we could do this
at your house,
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but obviously it's off-limits
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until the scene examination
is finished.
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God, I never want
to go back there.
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It's like a house of horrors.
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Your father was a great figure
in the community,
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and he will always be remembered
that way.
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I mean, he was popular.
How does this happen?
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Well, that's
what we're working on.
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He had his throat cut.
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Was there anyone
that your father talked about
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in a way
that might suggest he had...
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-an enemy?
-God, no.
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I mean, he had rivals,
but enemies, no.
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By "rivals," you mean other
candidates for the mayoralty?
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Pete London?
Jed Charmers? Neil Bloom?
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Pete's an awesome guy.
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It wouldn't be him.
No way.
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You seem certain about that.
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Well, I worked for him
as his P.A.
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when he was expanding
his businesses.
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I mean,
Pete has a big personality.
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You know,
he's in your face even.
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But he's a teddy bear.
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I mean, he might be a butcher,
but he wouldn't hurt a fly.
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What about Jed Charmers
and Victoria Speigleman?
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I don't know Jed.
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And [Sighs] Victoria,
well, she's, um...
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Eccentric?
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That's putting it politely.
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Any idea who Evan might have
been drinking champagne with?
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Um, Maureen Moffat maybe?
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-Maureen is?
-Evan's campaign manager.
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Yeah, she's been
at the council forever, right?
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[ Voice breaking ]
She'll be absolutely devastated.
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Was your father
partial to a meat pie?
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What?
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Did he like pies?
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-Pies?
-SHEPHERD: Yes.
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You know -- steak and cheese,
mince and cheese,
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that sort of thing.
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I'm sorry.
How is that important?
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We're not sure yet.
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Uh, yeah.
Yeah, he used to.
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But he was on a diet.
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Goji berries?
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Kale?
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The doctor
gave me the hard word.
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High cholesterol.
No more pies.
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[ Chuckles ] I said, "It's not
the pies that are to blame.
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It's the idiot
who puts them in his mouth."
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So, yes, it's spirulina quiche
from here on in.
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[ Chuckles ]
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So he was off the pies?
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Kylie has organized a motel,
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and we'll keep you informed
of any developments.
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Thank you.
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-You were up north?
-Smith's Bay.
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-Family place?
-Yeah.
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-Holiday?
-A writer's retreat.
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I'm trying to finish
my first novel.
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[ Sighs]
It seems so trivial now.
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It still sounds impressive.
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What genre?
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Romance.
It's Mills & Boon.
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They can be lucrative, I hear.
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Yeah.
Only if you get them right.
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It's harder than it might seem.
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That's always been my feeling
with romance.
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BREEN: That was Wally Seymour,
the curator of the float parade.
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He reckons Evan left the
warehouse where the floats park
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up around 12:30 after doing
some photos with the kids.
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He saw him
drive off in his Captiva.
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SHEPHERD:
Was he with Maureen Moffat,
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-his campaign manager?
-Didn't mention it.
236
00:11:07,416 --> 00:11:11,125
Find out what time she left, did
she leave with him, et cetera.
237
00:11:11,253 --> 00:11:14,746
Right.
I'm off to see Crazy Pete.
238
00:11:14,882 --> 00:11:17,340
And I'm onto Jed Charmers.
239
00:11:17,468 --> 00:11:21,177
Oh. Look out.
You'll come back a hipster.
240
00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:25,845
-Is that good?
-Some might say you already are.
241
00:11:36,737 --> 00:11:38,227
MRS. MARLOWE:
You looked very smart
242
00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:40,696
in the parade this morning,
Detective Shepherd.
243
00:11:40,825 --> 00:11:44,113
-Mrs. Marlowe, thank you.
-Oh, Jean, please.
244
00:11:44,245 --> 00:11:46,236
You know, next year,
I'd be happy
245
00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:48,534
to whip you up
a senior elf suit.
246
00:11:48,666 --> 00:11:49,576
Well...
247
00:11:49,709 --> 00:11:52,076
Santa's helpers
come in all ages, you know.
248
00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:53,417
I'll bear that in mind.
249
00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:55,708
And the young ones
can be a bit unreliable.
250
00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,330
-Jared?
-Oh!
251
00:11:57,466 --> 00:12:00,549
We put such a lot of work
into that costume.
252
00:12:00,678 --> 00:12:01,884
I'm sure
there was a good reason.
253
00:12:02,012 --> 00:12:03,002
I suppose so.
254
00:12:03,139 --> 00:12:05,756
He does have his fingers
in a lot of pies.
255
00:12:05,891 --> 00:12:08,258
-Mm.
-It's true, isn't it?
256
00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:11,056
About Evan Whitestone?
257
00:12:11,188 --> 00:12:12,098
That?
258
00:12:12,231 --> 00:12:16,190
He was found naked
and bound in his mayoral chains.
259
00:12:16,318 --> 00:12:18,150
That is not the case.
260
00:12:20,698 --> 00:12:24,111
Still, he was a very good mayor.
261
00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:25,859
So it seemed.
262
00:12:25,995 --> 00:12:28,157
-Well, I must...
-Are you going in to see Jed?
263
00:12:28,289 --> 00:12:31,577
[ Whispering ] He'll get my vote
now that Evan's gone.
264
00:12:31,709 --> 00:12:34,167
He's a hipster, you know?
[ Chuckles ]
265
00:12:36,672 --> 00:12:39,585
Thank you for letting me know.
Yeah.
266
00:12:39,717 --> 00:12:41,082
We'll talk soon.
267
00:12:42,261 --> 00:12:44,628
-Jed Charmers?
-l am he.
268
00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:45,970
What can I do for you?
269
00:12:46,098 --> 00:12:48,009
Haircut?
Wet shave? Coffee?
270
00:12:48,142 --> 00:12:49,724
They all sound good.
271
00:12:49,852 --> 00:12:51,763
Detective Senior Sergeant
Mike Shepherd.
272
00:12:51,896 --> 00:12:53,011
Ah.
273
00:12:53,147 --> 00:12:54,512
I've just been told about Evan.
274
00:12:54,648 --> 00:12:56,355
[ Breathes deeply ]
Not good.
275
00:12:56,484 --> 00:12:58,600
Not for Evan, no.
276
00:12:58,736 --> 00:13:01,854
-[ Cellphone rings I
-Oh. Excuse me.
277
00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:04,443
Breen?
278
00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:06,532
Maureen Moffat
is not answering her phone
279
00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:09,823
and not answering her door,
but her car's in the driveway.
280
00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:12,162
She's either gone to ground
or done a runner.
281
00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:13,156
Where are you?
282
00:13:13,292 --> 00:13:14,874
49 Tyrconnell Place.
283
00:13:15,002 --> 00:13:16,538
Stand by.
284
00:13:18,964 --> 00:13:21,171
-I'll be back later.
-Do that.
285
00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:24,759
I could give you a look to match
that classic car of yours.
286
00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:27,466
Maybe.
287
00:13:36,148 --> 00:13:37,104
[ Bells ring ]
288
00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:38,098
There you go, Diane.
289
00:13:38,234 --> 00:13:39,895
One pound
of my best pork sausage.
290
00:13:40,027 --> 00:13:42,439
Hot and spicy,
just the way you like it.
291
00:13:42,571 --> 00:13:45,188
[ Laughs ]
Mighty Meats can't be beat!
292
00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:46,940
[ Bells ring ]
293
00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,276
[ Sighs ]
294
00:13:54,375 --> 00:13:56,867
Evan was a good man.
295
00:13:58,295 --> 00:14:00,912
Cut down in his prime.
296
00:14:01,048 --> 00:14:03,210
-So to speak.
-What?
297
00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:07,336
[ Sighs]
I didn't mean it like that.
298
00:14:08,722 --> 00:14:10,429
Why don't we get a coffee?
299
00:14:10,558 --> 00:14:11,514
[ Knocking ]
300
00:14:11,642 --> 00:14:13,132
I've called her work,
her mobile,
301
00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:14,725
her after-hours -- nothing.
302
00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:17,596
The neighbors don't recall
seeing her this morning.
303
00:14:19,984 --> 00:14:21,099
Engine's cold.
304
00:14:21,235 --> 00:14:23,602
Maybe she's a jogger?
305
00:14:24,738 --> 00:14:27,321
Or into marathons.
306
00:14:28,617 --> 00:14:30,278
Were you at the parade?
307
00:14:30,411 --> 00:14:33,244
A good opportunity
to press the flesh.
308
00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:34,612
Did you see Evan Whitestone?
309
00:14:34,748 --> 00:14:36,284
Well, of course.
Everyone saw him.
310
00:14:36,417 --> 00:14:37,873
He's bloody Santa.
311
00:14:38,002 --> 00:14:39,868
-Speak to him?
-Afterwards.
312
00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:41,039
Well, sort of.
313
00:14:41,171 --> 00:14:42,627
[ "Jingle Bells" plays ]
314
00:14:42,756 --> 00:14:46,124
Hey, thanks, Evan,
for gathering my voters for me.
315
00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:47,625
WALLY: Evan.
316
00:14:47,761 --> 00:14:49,593
We've got 10 or so kids
for photos.
317
00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:53,511
CHILDREN: Santa Claus!
Santa Claus! Santa!
318
00:14:53,642 --> 00:14:56,680
Did you feel snubbed by Evan?
319
00:14:56,812 --> 00:14:58,098
No.
320
00:14:58,230 --> 00:14:59,561
Well,
I didn't take it personally
321
00:14:59,690 --> 00:15:00,976
if that's what you mean.
322
00:15:01,108 --> 00:15:02,564
See, like Evan,
I'm a people's man
323
00:15:02,693 --> 00:15:05,230
with our fair share
of public interest.
324
00:15:05,362 --> 00:15:07,444
Mine from people
interested in the issues
325
00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:09,484
and, well,
his mainly from 5-year-olds
326
00:15:09,617 --> 00:15:11,107
wanting a picture with Santa.
327
00:15:12,119 --> 00:15:13,405
Do you need to be somewhere?
328
00:15:13,537 --> 00:15:15,904
-Oh, it can wait.
-I won't hold you up.
329
00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,874
Okay.
Well, good luck.
330
00:15:20,002 --> 00:15:21,788
Where do you need to be?
331
00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:24,959
Oh, I have a commercial to make
for local TV.
332
00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:29,129
J Don't forget to take
a big bitey of my meat J
333
00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:31,969
Well, I'm glad to see my
marketing's reaching its target.
334
00:15:32,097 --> 00:15:32,962
It's hard to ignore.
335
00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:35,055
Well, that's the power
of the jingle.
336
00:15:35,184 --> 00:15:36,800
Well, I'll take your word
for it...
337
00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:38,552
though I'm not your target.
338
00:15:38,687 --> 00:15:40,598
You're not a bloody vego,
are you?
339
00:15:40,731 --> 00:15:41,846
No.
340
00:15:41,982 --> 00:15:43,598
Anyway, it's not one of those.
341
00:15:43,734 --> 00:15:45,691
This ad's
for my mayoral campaign.
342
00:15:45,819 --> 00:15:47,981
-Today?
-Well, it was scheduled.
343
00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:49,729
It's too expensive to cancel.
344
00:15:49,865 --> 00:15:52,857
Besides, this town needs
a new mayor more than ever.
345
00:15:52,993 --> 00:15:54,904
These are on me.
346
00:15:56,664 --> 00:15:58,200
Still nothing.
347
00:15:58,332 --> 00:16:00,494
Well, Pete London
is wasting no time
348
00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:02,367
in capitalizing on Evan's death.
349
00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:04,460
His mayoral ambitions
have never been a secret.
350
00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:05,373
SIMS: Oh.
351
00:16:05,506 --> 00:16:08,248
Jed Charmers obviously didn't
give you that makeover, then?
352
00:16:08,384 --> 00:16:09,340
False start.
353
00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:11,209
We can't locate Maureen Moffat.
354
00:16:11,345 --> 00:16:13,507
SIMS:
And we still have to cover off
355
00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:17,598
Victoria Speigleman
and Neil Bloom.
356
00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:22,562
Kristin, come with me.
Breen, you take Speigleman.
357
00:16:22,690 --> 00:16:25,432
Are you too busy
to tackle Speigleman?
358
00:16:25,567 --> 00:16:26,648
Why?
359
00:16:26,777 --> 00:16:28,814
It's just, you know,
I've heard she's quite intense
360
00:16:28,946 --> 00:16:30,903
in that way
only crazy vegans can be.
361
00:16:31,031 --> 00:16:32,237
No, no.
Don't worry.
362
00:16:32,366 --> 00:16:34,027
Those claims that she poisoned
her first husband
363
00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:36,400
were never substantiated.
364
00:16:40,749 --> 00:16:42,615
Wally?
365
00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:46,415
D.S.S. Mike Shepherd
and Detective Sims.
366
00:16:46,547 --> 00:16:47,662
WALLY:
Good to meet you.
367
00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:49,334
Hell of a shock about Evan.
368
00:16:49,466 --> 00:16:51,423
You're curator of the floats?
369
00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:54,260
Yeah, curator,
wrangler, photographer,
370
00:16:54,388 --> 00:16:56,755
chief bottle washer,
general dogsbody.
371
00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:03,220
There she is.
372
00:17:04,398 --> 00:17:05,934
And this was the one
that Evan was riding?
373
00:17:06,066 --> 00:17:07,977
WALLY: Yeah. She hasn't changed
in 20-odd years.
374
00:17:08,110 --> 00:17:10,021
Some things are best
kept the same. Don't you think?
375
00:17:10,154 --> 00:17:11,064
SIMS: [ Chuckles ]
376
00:17:11,196 --> 00:17:13,984
-Do you mind?
-WALLY: Go ahead.
377
00:17:14,116 --> 00:17:18,701
Did you notice anything odd
about Evan after the parade?
378
00:17:18,829 --> 00:17:20,069
No.
379
00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:23,323
He wasn't anxious or hurried
at all?
380
00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:24,790
Actually,
now you come to mention it,
381
00:17:24,918 --> 00:17:27,125
he was a little absent-minded.
382
00:17:27,254 --> 00:17:28,915
-[ "Jingle Bells" plays ]
-Evan.
383
00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:32,211
We've got 10 or so kids
for photos.
384
00:17:32,342 --> 00:17:35,255
CHILDREN: Santa Claus!
Santa Claus!
385
00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:37,469
Yeah, yeah. You could say
he was in a bit of a hurry.
386
00:17:37,598 --> 00:17:39,930
Ho ho ho!
387
00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:41,265
WALLY:
Look this way.
388
00:17:41,393 --> 00:17:43,851
-Smile!
-[ Camera shutter clicks ]
389
00:17:43,979 --> 00:17:46,471
And then Evan headed off?
390
00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:48,560
Do you remember what time?
391
00:17:48,692 --> 00:17:50,854
No. I told your other guy
maybe 12:30.
392
00:17:52,112 --> 00:17:54,319
And what about Maureen Moffat?
Was she with him?
393
00:17:54,448 --> 00:17:56,780
[ Laughing ] Maureen?
Of course.
394
00:17:56,909 --> 00:17:58,274
And they left together?
395
00:17:58,410 --> 00:18:01,072
Well, actually,
now you come to mention it...
396
00:18:01,205 --> 00:18:02,787
No, that's right.
He wasn't with her.
397
00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:06,453
Usually she's stuck by his side
minding his P's and Q's,
398
00:18:06,585 --> 00:18:07,996
making sure
he's shaking the right hands.
399
00:18:08,128 --> 00:18:09,539
But not this year.
400
00:18:09,671 --> 00:18:12,459
So you didn't see her at all?
401
00:18:12,591 --> 00:18:14,081
Now you come to mention it, no.
402
00:18:16,595 --> 00:18:18,711
You look quite the part
up there.
403
00:18:18,847 --> 00:18:19,803
Gina was right.
404
00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:22,640
With a white beard
and a red hat,
405
00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:25,305
you could be
next year's Brokenwood Santa.
406
00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:27,678
No, I couldn't. I could
only be a man in a Santa suit.
407
00:18:30,901 --> 00:18:32,938
Thanks, Wally.
Most helpful.
408
00:18:39,034 --> 00:18:43,744
Look, Mike, this whole "man
in a Santa suit" thing...
409
00:18:43,872 --> 00:18:47,410
Our job is to find out
who killed a man in that suit.
410
00:18:47,543 --> 00:18:50,831
We can't refer to him as Santa
because then, potentially,
411
00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:55,002
people might start fearing that
Santa Claus is actually dead.
412
00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:57,090
That would be a very sad day.
413
00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:00,215
Yeah, okay.
414
00:19:00,347 --> 00:19:03,806
Mm, to many of us,
Santa is very real.
415
00:19:05,185 --> 00:19:09,804
Well, it's, um, good
to be clear on that.
416
00:19:10,607 --> 00:19:14,191
More importantly,
why didn't Maureen Moffat show?
417
00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:17,357
Wally implied that she came
every year -- with Evan.
418
00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:20,698
Perhaps they drank
the champagne earlier...
419
00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:22,362
celebrating poll results...
420
00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:25,156
but had an argument.
421
00:19:25,289 --> 00:19:26,996
She refused to go to the parade,
422
00:19:27,124 --> 00:19:29,912
and by the time Evan got back,
she was fuming and...
423
00:19:30,043 --> 00:19:31,784
Cut his throat?
424
00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,378
What would she have done
if the poll results were bad?
425
00:19:34,506 --> 00:19:36,463
Well, she's gone to ground,
right?
426
00:19:36,592 --> 00:19:38,299
Disappeared in a puff of smoke.
427
00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:41,920
If it was a disagreement,
it must have been big.
428
00:19:42,055 --> 00:19:43,591
Were they lovers?
429
00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:46,261
Although Hayley
would have mentioned that.
430
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,607
[ Tires screeching ]
431
00:19:55,736 --> 00:19:58,068
Whoa. What?
432
00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:01,235
Where there's smoke,
there's always fire.
433
00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:02,856
We smelled smoke
in the living room.
434
00:20:02,993 --> 00:20:05,200
But who lights a fire
in the middle of December?
435
00:20:05,329 --> 00:20:07,991
Yeah, when
it's the height of summer.
436
00:20:09,791 --> 00:20:13,750
If there was a fire,
it's been reset.
437
00:20:13,879 --> 00:20:15,495
You don't light a fire
in the day.
438
00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:16,917
Then he had one last night,
439
00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:18,255
then cleaned it out
this morning.
440
00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:20,124
While drinking champagne?
441
00:20:20,260 --> 00:20:23,218
The rubbish bin's empty.
That's been cleaned, too.
442
00:20:23,972 --> 00:20:27,135
You think
someone was burning evidence?
443
00:20:27,267 --> 00:20:29,554
Trying to.
444
00:20:29,686 --> 00:20:31,552
But then got smoked out.
445
00:20:31,688 --> 00:20:34,806
Which is
why they cleaned the grate.
446
00:20:35,984 --> 00:20:41,150
Or they didn't want us
thinking about the fireplace.
447
00:20:44,785 --> 00:20:45,866
Find a ladder.
448
00:20:49,873 --> 00:20:50,704
Mike!
449
00:20:58,131 --> 00:21:00,168
After you.
450
00:21:05,514 --> 00:21:07,300
No wonder they got smoked out.
451
00:21:07,432 --> 00:21:10,015
It's completely blocking
the chimney.
452
00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:33,747
Two dead Santas in one day --
It's a freakish omen.
453
00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:36,162
I think
Christmas will be unusual.
454
00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:39,208
-Hopefully, that means snow.
-[ Camera shutter clicking ]
455
00:21:39,339 --> 00:21:41,626
On the other hand,
two dead Santas
456
00:21:41,758 --> 00:21:42,998
has to be some sort of a record.
457
00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:44,751
Hm!
Not in Russia.
458
00:21:44,886 --> 00:21:47,253
In the lead-up to Christmas,
they fall like flies.
459
00:21:47,389 --> 00:21:51,724
Usually from accidents involving
roofs, ice, and too much vodka.
460
00:21:51,852 --> 00:21:53,718
Remember --
The deceased is not Santa.
461
00:21:53,854 --> 00:21:55,344
Just a man in a Santa suit.
462
00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,096
KADINSKY:
Or not.
463
00:22:00,444 --> 00:22:03,482
This is a woman in a Santa suit.
464
00:22:03,613 --> 00:22:06,150
SIMS: Well... clearly,
this Santa was intent
465
00:22:06,283 --> 00:22:08,775
on delivering
a certain kind of present.
466
00:22:08,910 --> 00:22:11,823
Maybe a Santa strip-o-gram?
467
00:22:11,955 --> 00:22:13,070
Senior.
468
00:22:13,206 --> 00:22:15,413
I have Hayley Whitestone.
469
00:22:16,293 --> 00:22:17,124
Follow me.
470
00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:22,583
Hayley.
Thank you for coming.
471
00:22:22,716 --> 00:22:24,081
I'm sorry to ask this,
472
00:22:24,217 --> 00:22:27,255
but do you, by any chance,
recognize this person?
473
00:22:30,724 --> 00:22:31,839
Oh, God.
474
00:22:33,393 --> 00:22:34,303
That's Maureen.
475
00:22:34,436 --> 00:22:36,723
Maureen Moffat?
476
00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:38,437
Evan's campaign manager?
477
00:22:38,565 --> 00:22:41,933
What the hell
is she doing dressed as Santa?
478
00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:45,061
Oh, I'm sorry.
I feel sick.
479
00:22:47,074 --> 00:22:50,032
Get a PM on Evan Whitestone.
I need a time of death.
480
00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,653
A busy day just got busier,
but he's next in line.
481
00:22:57,793 --> 00:22:59,909
Can we rule out
death by misadventure?
482
00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:02,082
I think so.
483
00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:04,046
This is looking
more and more like a campaign
484
00:23:04,174 --> 00:23:05,460
against a campaign.
485
00:23:05,592 --> 00:23:09,210
Someone or some people didn't
want Evan to be mayor again.
486
00:23:09,346 --> 00:23:11,087
I still have Victoria Speigleman
to see.
487
00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:13,840
-Should I stick with that?
-Definitely.
488
00:23:13,975 --> 00:23:15,591
Yeah.
489
00:23:16,853 --> 00:23:18,764
Watch your step.
490
00:23:18,897 --> 00:23:20,854
Interesting.
491
00:23:20,982 --> 00:23:22,472
Victoria Speigleman?
492
00:23:22,609 --> 00:23:23,895
Yes?
493
00:23:24,027 --> 00:23:25,813
BREEN:
D.C. Breen, Brokenwood CIB.
494
00:23:25,946 --> 00:23:28,404
-Oh, yes.
-I have a few questions.
495
00:23:28,532 --> 00:23:30,523
VICTORIA:
It's to keep the dogs away.
496
00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:32,525
-What?
-The lines.
497
00:23:32,661 --> 00:23:34,322
They crap everywhere.
Nobody picks it up.
498
00:23:34,454 --> 00:23:35,910
-Right.
-So I trip them up.
499
00:23:36,039 --> 00:23:37,325
Hope they break their necks.
500
00:23:37,457 --> 00:23:38,572
Works for cats, too.
501
00:23:38,708 --> 00:23:40,290
The lines
are all different heights.
502
00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:42,035
Plays havoc with their whiskers.
503
00:23:42,170 --> 00:23:44,502
Right.
Look, I'm here about Evan.
504
00:23:44,631 --> 00:23:46,793
Evan Whitestone?
What does he want?
505
00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:49,917
-You haven't heard?
-Heard what?
506
00:23:50,053 --> 00:23:52,010
He's been found dead.
507
00:23:52,139 --> 00:23:53,300
You'll be needing a drink.
508
00:23:57,060 --> 00:24:00,803
J Well, they're full of advice
that I won't ever need J
509
00:24:00,939 --> 00:24:04,352
J And I know that I can't see
the woods for the trees J
510
00:24:04,484 --> 00:24:06,191
This will put
hairs on your chest.
511
00:24:06,319 --> 00:24:09,437
So, when did you last see Evan?
512
00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:12,065
Today.
At the parade.
513
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,111
PETE: Hey, thanks, Evan,
for gathering my voters for me.
514
00:24:14,244 --> 00:24:16,827
[ Amplified ] Vote Speigleman
to end Christmas!
515
00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:18,616
Give it a rest, Victoria.
516
00:24:18,748 --> 00:24:20,955
Christmas
is a retail conspiracy!
517
00:24:21,084 --> 00:24:23,997
We can end this together!
People unite!
518
00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:26,871
Not really a huge vote winner,
that policy, though, is it?
519
00:24:27,007 --> 00:24:28,623
-Really?
-Who cares?
520
00:24:28,758 --> 00:24:30,214
It's the truth.
521
00:24:30,343 --> 00:24:32,710
And true politics
is about truth.
522
00:24:32,846 --> 00:24:33,836
Truth and power.
523
00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:35,554
However,
if you can't get into power,
524
00:24:35,682 --> 00:24:36,888
you can't effect any change.
525
00:24:37,017 --> 00:24:38,178
Fidel Castro wasn't voted in,
526
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:39,721
and look at the change
he made to Cuba.
527
00:24:39,853 --> 00:24:40,968
That was a bloody coup.
528
00:24:41,104 --> 00:24:43,516
Protest plus revolution
equals change.
529
00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:46,015
Are you saying
Brokenwood needs a revolution?
530
00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:47,312
VICTORIA:
It needs a change.
531
00:24:47,444 --> 00:24:49,776
But democracy
favors those in power.
532
00:24:50,780 --> 00:24:53,397
Drink.
Please.
533
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,618
[ Coughs]
Wow. Okay.
534
00:24:57,746 --> 00:24:59,953
Kawakawa, ginger, lemon,
bitters, and arsenic.
535
00:25:02,292 --> 00:25:03,703
It was never proven, you know?
536
00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:05,951
The nonsense said about me.
537
00:25:07,255 --> 00:25:08,962
It's iodine.
538
00:25:09,090 --> 00:25:12,128
Tastes worse than arsenic,
but better for you.
539
00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:13,967
Held my grandfather's bowels
intact
540
00:25:14,095 --> 00:25:15,381
in the trenches
in the Great War.
541
00:25:16,473 --> 00:25:18,760
Could I have a drink of water?
542
00:25:18,892 --> 00:25:20,474
Help yourself.
If you'll excuse me.
543
00:25:20,602 --> 00:25:22,013
The prunes from breakfast
are calling.
544
00:25:24,314 --> 00:25:26,897
Neil, if you weren't
at the parade, where were you?
545
00:25:27,025 --> 00:25:28,186
NEIL:
I was at the pharmacy.
546
00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:31,185
Holding the fort so my staff
could get to enjoy it.
547
00:25:31,321 --> 00:25:32,811
SHEPHERD:
You're a generous boss.
548
00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:36,236
Well, the Santa parade's
all about family.
549
00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:39,702
My kind of family have
their own parade -- in the city.
550
00:25:39,829 --> 00:25:42,321
If you become mayor, you could
look at bringing it here.
551
00:25:42,457 --> 00:25:44,824
Mm.
Very progressive, Detective.
552
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,622
Is Brokenwood
ready for its first gay mayor?
553
00:25:47,754 --> 00:25:48,744
I hope so.
554
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,089
Is it ready
for a gay-pride parade?
555
00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:54,458
-That may be a bridge too far.
-Mm.
556
00:25:56,846 --> 00:25:58,428
Many customers this morning?
557
00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:00,013
None.
Very quiet.
558
00:26:00,141 --> 00:26:01,427
Well, they were all
at the parade.
559
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,769
So, between 9:30 and, say,
12:30, you had no customers?
560
00:26:04,896 --> 00:26:07,228
But I caught up
on a lot of paperwork.
561
00:26:07,357 --> 00:26:10,941
-Fun.
-Hm. A necessary evil.
562
00:26:12,195 --> 00:26:13,856
I may have more questions.
563
00:26:13,989 --> 00:26:15,650
Oh, well, just call me anytime.
564
00:26:17,450 --> 00:26:19,987
You spoke of a campaign
against a campaign.
565
00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:21,952
Now, there is a campaigner.
566
00:26:23,123 --> 00:26:25,410
Passionate.
Principled.
567
00:26:25,542 --> 00:26:27,829
Some of those types are prepared
to fight the big fight.
568
00:26:27,961 --> 00:26:30,703
And here's the thing -- She has
a placard inside her house
569
00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:32,329
that speaks out against Evan.
570
00:26:32,465 --> 00:26:33,580
Saying what?
571
00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:44,257
What was your problem
with Evan Whitestone?
572
00:26:44,394 --> 00:26:46,806
-Who said I had a problem?
-Your placard.
573
00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:49,771
It says,
"Whitestone is a whitewash."
574
00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:52,058
When did you take the sign down?
575
00:26:52,819 --> 00:26:54,651
Why did you take the sign down?
576
00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:57,646
-There was no room on the lawn.
-Why was he a whitewash?
577
00:26:57,782 --> 00:26:59,318
He was a spineless puppet.
578
00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:02,409
-For who?
-The oil exploration companies.
579
00:27:02,537 --> 00:27:05,154
-There's no oil in Brokenwood.
-Yet.
580
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:06,951
But once the fracking starts,
who knows?
581
00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:09,575
And whether there is or not,
the damage is done.
582
00:27:09,711 --> 00:27:11,418
Do you know what fracking does?
583
00:27:11,546 --> 00:27:14,208
-I've heard.
-Your taps catch fire.
584
00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:17,129
Brokenwood will become
a toxic wasteland.
585
00:27:17,260 --> 00:27:20,469
Are you saying Evan Whitestone
greenlit fracking in Brokenwood?
586
00:27:20,597 --> 00:27:22,713
Not yet.
But he would have caved.
587
00:27:22,849 --> 00:27:24,214
They all do.
588
00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:26,968
Oh.
So she's delusional.
589
00:27:27,103 --> 00:27:28,593
Which can mean dangerous.
590
00:27:28,730 --> 00:27:31,768
-And what about Maureen Moffat?
-BREEN: No love lost there.
591
00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:34,733
And Maureen Moffat -- When was
the last time you saw her?
592
00:27:34,861 --> 00:27:37,569
Don't know.
Don't care.
593
00:27:37,697 --> 00:27:39,313
A mouse in wolf's clothing...
594
00:27:39,449 --> 00:27:40,814
or little clothing at all.
595
00:27:41,993 --> 00:27:44,075
BREEN:
She's been found dead.
596
00:27:44,204 --> 00:27:46,195
At Evan Whitestone's place.
597
00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:49,039
She always was a coat-tailer.
598
00:27:49,709 --> 00:27:52,326
So, Speigleman
didn't like Evan or Maureen.
599
00:27:52,462 --> 00:27:55,500
But she doesn't like anyone.
It's hardly proof.
600
00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:57,915
Well, at least we have
proof of one thing.
601
00:27:58,051 --> 00:27:59,086
That being?
602
00:27:59,219 --> 00:28:00,709
Well,
with Mrs. Claus being real,
603
00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:02,256
it takes
all the burden off Santa.
604
00:28:02,389 --> 00:28:03,720
I always wondered how he managed
605
00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:05,885
to cover the whole globe
in one night.
606
00:28:06,017 --> 00:28:09,305
Well, now we know what they did
for a little R and R afterwards.
607
00:28:09,437 --> 00:28:11,929
Both deceased
are just people in a Santa suit.
608
00:28:12,065 --> 00:28:13,555
They're not the real thing.
609
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:19,987
Okay, I can't believe
I'm about to say this,
610
00:28:20,115 --> 00:28:23,528
but I think
Mike actually believes in Santa.
611
00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:27,198
Come on.
That's really not possible.
612
00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:28,570
Is it?
613
00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:32,666
J Don't sit down
before the cooking's done J
614
00:28:32,794 --> 00:28:37,163
J You've got to give it half a
chance before you cut and run J
615
00:28:37,298 --> 00:28:39,585
J When your new love
needs working at J
616
00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:42,801
J And the working
ain't that fun J
617
00:28:42,929 --> 00:28:45,421
Back so soon?
Just as well.
618
00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:46,638
I want to lay a complaint.
619
00:28:46,766 --> 00:28:49,258
-Of?
-Burglary.
620
00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,135
It was like that when I arrived.
621
00:28:51,271 --> 00:28:52,887
And you're sure
nothing is missing?
622
00:28:53,022 --> 00:28:54,854
JED: We don't keep cash
on the premises.
623
00:28:54,983 --> 00:28:56,519
There's valuable memorabilia,
624
00:28:56,651 --> 00:28:58,892
but none of that
is out of place.
625
00:28:59,028 --> 00:29:01,019
I'll pass this on
to the uniform branch.
626
00:29:01,156 --> 00:29:03,113
Probably kids looking for booze.
627
00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:05,608
-None taken?
-None consumed.
628
00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:07,576
I'm teetotal.
629
00:29:07,704 --> 00:29:09,445
I don't need that stuff
in my life.
630
00:29:11,499 --> 00:29:13,490
Do you want that new look
to go with your car?
631
00:29:13,626 --> 00:29:14,741
Maybe another time.
632
00:29:14,878 --> 00:29:16,414
I do have a couple of questions,
though.
633
00:29:16,546 --> 00:29:18,162
Okay.
634
00:29:19,174 --> 00:29:20,539
You're running for mayor.
635
00:29:20,675 --> 00:29:22,416
Are you implying I might have
offed my opposition?
636
00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:24,134
No.
637
00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:26,219
Did you?
638
00:29:26,347 --> 00:29:28,839
No.
Is that it, then?
639
00:29:29,809 --> 00:29:32,676
What are you offering
that your opponents aren't?
640
00:29:32,812 --> 00:29:34,928
I believe
in business and culture.
641
00:29:35,064 --> 00:29:37,431
I want Brokenwood to be
a cultural destination.
642
00:29:37,567 --> 00:29:40,229
A new art gallery.
A new museum.
643
00:29:40,361 --> 00:29:42,352
This town
needs some vision and style.
644
00:29:42,489 --> 00:29:43,729
I like the sound of that.
645
00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:46,698
A vote for me
is a vote for change.
646
00:29:46,826 --> 00:29:48,487
SHEPHERD:
Don't they all say that?
647
00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:49,860
Neil Bloom isn't.
648
00:29:49,996 --> 00:29:51,361
He's running
for the pink vote...
649
00:29:51,498 --> 00:29:54,160
which is a statement,
not a realistic manifesto.
650
00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:56,579
-Pete London?
-In my opinion,
651
00:29:56,711 --> 00:29:57,576
he's only running for mayor
652
00:29:57,712 --> 00:29:59,168
to expedite
his own business interests.
653
00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:00,002
Mighty Meats.
654
00:30:00,131 --> 00:30:01,838
That doesn't require expediting.
655
00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:03,081
What does?
656
00:30:03,218 --> 00:30:06,210
Pete has a property development
on the outskirts --
657
00:30:06,346 --> 00:30:09,964
a massive 100-hectare
residential development.
658
00:30:10,099 --> 00:30:12,636
Well, a white elephant, really.
659
00:30:12,769 --> 00:30:13,725
Because?
660
00:30:13,853 --> 00:30:15,764
Evan wouldn't bend the rules
to push it through council.
661
00:30:17,524 --> 00:30:20,607
So Pete decided
to become the council?
662
00:30:20,735 --> 00:30:22,601
In my opinion.
663
00:30:22,737 --> 00:30:25,604
Hm.
I'll file that report.
664
00:30:32,580 --> 00:30:34,070
Wake up, Mr. EIf!
665
00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:36,907
Wake up!
666
00:30:37,043 --> 00:30:39,580
-Mom!
-GIRL: Mom!
667
00:30:41,464 --> 00:30:43,580
Thank you.
Thanks.
668
00:30:43,716 --> 00:30:45,172
[ Sighs ]
669
00:30:45,301 --> 00:30:47,759
Dr. Carlton says the gash
in Jared's thigh
670
00:30:47,887 --> 00:30:50,424
missed the femoral artery
by millimeters.
671
00:30:50,557 --> 00:30:53,345
Severe concussion, blood loss.
672
00:30:54,143 --> 00:30:55,474
So it's a waiting game?
673
00:30:56,980 --> 00:30:58,470
Mike...
674
00:30:58,606 --> 00:31:00,597
he was found
with this in his hand,
675
00:31:00,733 --> 00:31:03,475
and his car located nearby --
It reeks of it.
676
00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:05,101
He drove in that state?
677
00:31:05,238 --> 00:31:07,696
Even more worrying is this.
678
00:31:07,824 --> 00:31:08,780
It was found in his pocket,
679
00:31:08,908 --> 00:31:11,445
and it has to be what caused
the cut to his thigh.
680
00:31:11,578 --> 00:31:14,411
Take a look at the handle.
681
00:31:28,094 --> 00:31:30,552
Could this have caused
the cut to the throat?
682
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:34,389
Yes. But so too a box cutter,
a scalpel, many things.
683
00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:36,007
But this would fit the profile?
684
00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:39,637
Mike, I will know more as soon
as you let me get started.
685
00:31:39,772 --> 00:31:42,855
[ Sighs]
Breen, remain with Gina.
686
00:31:42,984 --> 00:31:45,476
I need to see Jed Charmers.
687
00:31:45,612 --> 00:31:49,071
Five minutes.
I'm waiting for my associate.
688
00:31:50,491 --> 00:31:52,357
Background on Maureen Moffat.
689
00:31:52,493 --> 00:31:53,904
Lived alone for a long time.
690
00:31:54,037 --> 00:31:55,118
Always a strong advocate
691
00:31:55,246 --> 00:31:56,953
for Evan
and his mayoralty aspirations.
692
00:31:57,081 --> 00:31:59,322
Worked like a Trojan,
but liked to party.
693
00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:02,668
She had a penchant
for fancy dress.
694
00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:07,043
So the Santa costume
makes sense.
695
00:32:08,801 --> 00:32:09,916
Does it?
696
00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:14,547
J Every time I think of you,
you get a little smaller J
697
00:32:15,308 --> 00:32:16,639
Recognize this?
698
00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:17,929
I wondered where that got to.
699
00:32:18,061 --> 00:32:20,723
-You knew it was missing?
-Misplaced.
700
00:32:20,855 --> 00:32:22,311
But since you have it,
it must have been stolen
701
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,148
-in the break-in.
-You said nothing was taken.
702
00:32:25,276 --> 00:32:26,641
Didn't notice.
703
00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:29,065
You didn't notice
a missing cut-throat razor?
704
00:32:29,197 --> 00:32:31,655
No.
They live in the sterilizer.
705
00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:34,400
And it's called
a straight razor.
706
00:32:35,370 --> 00:32:37,327
How many do you have?
707
00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:39,492
Five.
It was a busy day.
708
00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:43,083
It wasn't till this morning,
when I was setting up,
709
00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:45,373
I saw there were only four.
710
00:32:45,505 --> 00:32:47,212
So, is that the murder weapon?
711
00:32:47,340 --> 00:32:48,626
Why would you assume that?
712
00:32:48,758 --> 00:32:51,250
You're a detective holding
a potentially lethal weapon
713
00:32:51,386 --> 00:32:54,549
in a specimen bag, investigating
a suspicious death.
714
00:32:54,681 --> 00:32:57,890
The cause of which hasn't
been released to the public.
715
00:32:58,017 --> 00:32:59,758
It's a small town.
You hear things.
716
00:32:59,894 --> 00:33:01,259
From who?
717
00:33:01,396 --> 00:33:04,684
Mrs. Marlowe popped in with her
inside knowledge or speculation.
718
00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:08,316
This is
not exactly her sort of haunt.
719
00:33:08,444 --> 00:33:09,559
On the contrary.
720
00:33:09,696 --> 00:33:11,061
She's my best word of mouth.
721
00:33:11,197 --> 00:33:14,485
Soon your elfin chin will be
as smooth as a baby's bottom.
722
00:33:14,617 --> 00:33:15,607
[ Chuckles ]
723
00:33:18,204 --> 00:33:21,447
Now, I need you
to stay very still.
724
00:33:21,582 --> 00:33:23,573
He was pretty nervous.
725
00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:25,326
All first-timers are.
726
00:33:25,461 --> 00:33:27,122
When was this?
727
00:33:27,255 --> 00:33:28,711
The day before the Santa parade.
728
00:33:30,967 --> 00:33:34,005
[ Cellphone rings I
729
00:33:34,137 --> 00:33:36,629
-Mike?
-Jared was at Jed's
730
00:33:36,764 --> 00:33:37,754
the night before the parade.
731
00:33:37,890 --> 00:33:40,757
So he had opportunity
to take the razor?
732
00:33:40,893 --> 00:33:42,725
SHEPHERD: But then,
so did whoever broke in.
733
00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:45,061
If they're not one and the same.
734
00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:46,520
Mm.
735
00:33:46,649 --> 00:33:48,139
Any developments at your end?
736
00:33:48,276 --> 00:33:51,940
Evan Whitestone's Santa sack
was full of boxes...
737
00:33:52,071 --> 00:33:56,030
big, small, tiny,
but all of them empty.
738
00:33:56,159 --> 00:33:58,400
It's a good thing no kids were
actually expecting presents.
739
00:33:58,536 --> 00:33:59,947
It was all a ruse.
740
00:34:00,079 --> 00:34:02,411
Any luck with Crazy Pete's
property venture?
741
00:34:02,540 --> 00:34:04,907
Yeah.
I've arranged to meet him later.
742
00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:07,000
Okay.
743
00:34:08,463 --> 00:34:12,502
J I went off to Calgary,
hoping to make it big J
744
00:34:12,633 --> 00:34:15,216
J Got a two-bit job
in a motorcycle store J
745
00:34:15,344 --> 00:34:17,210
[ Volume increases ]
746
00:34:21,684 --> 00:34:26,178
J I was so alone, and I hurt
myself and nearly lost it all J
747
00:34:26,314 --> 00:34:30,148
J Yeah, I left you
to your own devices J
748
00:34:30,276 --> 00:34:32,233
[ Cellphone rings I
749
00:34:34,614 --> 00:34:36,025
Breen.
750
00:34:36,157 --> 00:34:38,398
You should get down here.
751
00:34:38,534 --> 00:34:40,195
My initial belief was correct.
752
00:34:40,328 --> 00:34:43,866
He was killed by a razor-sharp
slice to the carotid artery.
753
00:34:43,998 --> 00:34:46,831
Death would have occurred
within two minutes.
754
00:34:46,959 --> 00:34:50,042
And now Maureen Moffat.
755
00:34:51,297 --> 00:34:53,163
-Head wound?
-KADINSKY: Likely from the edge
756
00:34:53,299 --> 00:34:54,334
of the chimney.
757
00:34:54,467 --> 00:34:56,003
-But that didn't kill her?
-No.
758
00:34:56,135 --> 00:34:57,170
It may have stunned her
759
00:34:57,303 --> 00:34:59,419
long enough
to die from smoke inhalation.
760
00:34:59,555 --> 00:35:00,966
Intoxication.
761
00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:02,385
2 1/2 times
762
00:35:02,517 --> 00:35:04,758
what would be considered sober
for her body weight.
763
00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:08,474
-Engagement?
-From that finger, yes.
764
00:35:08,606 --> 00:35:10,438
But wait.
There's more.
765
00:35:10,566 --> 00:35:14,355
Neither stomach contents suggest
consumption of a meat pie.
766
00:35:14,487 --> 00:35:17,024
-And...
-Time of death for both --
767
00:35:17,156 --> 00:35:21,024
12 to 18 hours before discovery
of Evan Whitestone.
768
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:22,241
Which means...
769
00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:26,989
That Evan was dead
before he went to the parade.
770
00:35:32,463 --> 00:35:35,831
When we find the person on
the float, we find the killer.
771
00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:38,709
Or at the very least
an accomplice.
772
00:35:38,845 --> 00:35:41,086
Okay.
Thanks, Eddie.
773
00:35:41,222 --> 00:35:42,007
What?
774
00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:44,347
That was Eddie Young
from Monsoon Pies.
775
00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:45,965
Mm.
Best in town.
776
00:35:46,102 --> 00:35:47,308
BREEN:
It wasn't one of his.
777
00:35:47,436 --> 00:35:49,894
Pastry's generic --
no flake, poor crust.
778
00:35:50,731 --> 00:35:52,096
And?
779
00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:55,976
And it was a steak and cheese.
780
00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:57,523
And?
781
00:35:57,655 --> 00:36:00,397
And he believes
they are the king of pies.
782
00:36:01,409 --> 00:36:04,026
So, find out who bought
that flavor on Saturday morning.
783
00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:05,573
On the bright side,
we can eliminate
784
00:36:05,705 --> 00:36:07,787
Crazy Pete
and Victoria Speigleman, though.
785
00:36:07,915 --> 00:36:09,826
-Why?
-Well, firstly, Speigleman
786
00:36:09,959 --> 00:36:10,994
would never touch a meat pie,
787
00:36:11,127 --> 00:36:14,119
and secondly, we can corroborate
both of them as being present
788
00:36:14,255 --> 00:36:16,462
when Evan, or whoever
was pretending to be Evan,
789
00:36:16,591 --> 00:36:17,501
dismounted the float.
790
00:36:17,633 --> 00:36:19,624
Yeah, well,
that's the perfect alibi.
791
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,003
I'm a vegan, I leave a meat pie
at the scene of a crime
792
00:36:23,139 --> 00:36:25,471
and get someone else
to be on the float --
793
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,216
place yourself
where you can be seen.
794
00:36:27,351 --> 00:36:30,059
Doesn't mean that they didn't
organize it or even do it.
795
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,020
This was the work of two people?
796
00:36:32,148 --> 00:36:33,479
Yeah.
Why not?
797
00:36:33,608 --> 00:36:35,394
Hayley?
It's Mike Shepherd.
798
00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:37,187
Yeah, I've got
a couple more questions.
799
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,402
Of course, that would require
Victoria Speigleman
800
00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:42,238
to have a friend,
which is hard to imagine.
801
00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:46,325
Well, for whatever reason,
whoever was on that float,
802
00:36:46,454 --> 00:36:47,910
it wasn't Evan Whitestone.
803
00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:51,331
Of course, it could have been
the real Santa.
804
00:36:51,459 --> 00:36:54,247
Focus on
any Santa Claus look-alikes,
805
00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:55,789
wannabes...
806
00:36:55,922 --> 00:36:59,415
-fantasists.
-BREEN: Right.
807
00:37:01,427 --> 00:37:03,509
Okay, how, exactly?
808
00:37:03,638 --> 00:37:04,799
Initiative, Breen.
809
00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:09,471
J As far as the eye
can see tonight J
810
00:37:09,602 --> 00:37:12,014
J The coast is clear J
811
00:37:13,481 --> 00:37:14,937
J The day looks all right J!
812
00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:17,728
If Evan was killed the night
before the parade,
813
00:37:17,860 --> 00:37:19,942
why was
he wearing his Santa suit?
814
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:22,483
The bigger question being,
why was Maureen Moffat
815
00:37:22,615 --> 00:37:26,483
wearing a Santa suit and trying
to climb down the chimney?
816
00:37:28,663 --> 00:37:31,530
J And that's all right by me J
817
00:37:33,918 --> 00:37:35,659
SHEPHERD: Hayley.
Thanks for seeing us.
818
00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:37,206
It's a busy time, we know.
819
00:37:37,338 --> 00:37:38,954
HAYLEY:
I presume you have some news.
820
00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:40,751
We've learned that your father
821
00:37:40,883 --> 00:37:42,920
was killed
the night before the parade.
822
00:37:43,052 --> 00:37:45,384
But he was at the parade.
823
00:37:45,513 --> 00:37:46,753
Someone was.
824
00:37:46,889 --> 00:37:49,802
-An imposter.
-What?
825
00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:51,971
Which means that your father
was wearing his Santa suit
826
00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:54,094
the night before the parade.
827
00:37:54,230 --> 00:37:55,311
Does that seem odd?
828
00:37:55,439 --> 00:37:58,522
Yeah.
Of course.
829
00:37:58,651 --> 00:38:02,815
But then, Evan loved being
Father Christmas, I suppose.
830
00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:04,312
What about Maureen Moffat?
831
00:38:04,448 --> 00:38:07,281
Was there anything more there
than purely professional?
832
00:38:07,410 --> 00:38:09,117
Not that I was aware of.
833
00:38:09,245 --> 00:38:10,576
Why would you say that?
834
00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:13,037
SIMS: Well, it's
the matching-Santa-suit thing.
835
00:38:13,165 --> 00:38:16,658
We're just trying to understand
what was going on.
836
00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:19,752
Well, I know Maureen
had a reputation for dress-ups.
837
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:23,214
I mean, any chance to turn
a function into fancy dress,
838
00:38:23,342 --> 00:38:24,628
she'd do it.
839
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,046
But Evan hated it.
840
00:38:26,178 --> 00:38:29,421
Despite his Santa costume
for the parade?
841
00:38:29,557 --> 00:38:30,843
HAYLEY:
Well, that was different.
842
00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:33,717
That was for the kids,
for his community.
843
00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:35,552
Thanks, Hayley.
844
00:38:35,688 --> 00:38:38,771
We'll keep you abreast
of any further developments.
845
00:38:40,735 --> 00:38:44,319
So, Evan and Maureen were
nothing more than colleagues.
846
00:38:44,447 --> 00:38:47,860
Who liked to dress up
after hours.
847
00:38:53,748 --> 00:38:55,409
-Excuse me.
-SIMS: Oh.
848
00:38:55,541 --> 00:38:57,908
Buckle yourself in.
849
00:38:58,044 --> 00:38:59,159
Kia ora.
Tina.
850
00:38:59,295 --> 00:39:01,627
Kia ora,
Detectives Shepherd, Sims.
851
00:39:01,756 --> 00:39:03,713
SHEPHERD:
Little progress, I hear.
852
00:39:03,841 --> 00:39:06,253
Well, that's what happens when
you make a good Christian boy
853
00:39:06,385 --> 00:39:07,546
dress up as an elf.
854
00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:10,636
-Neither Detective Sims nor I --
-Show me in the Scriptures
855
00:39:10,765 --> 00:39:13,006
where Santa Claus is mentioned,
hmm?
856
00:39:13,142 --> 00:39:14,098
Never.
That's where.
857
00:39:14,226 --> 00:39:16,558
Santa isn't mentioned
in the Bible
858
00:39:16,687 --> 00:39:18,018
because he is
a devil's instrument
859
00:39:18,147 --> 00:39:19,933
designed to make
people buy things
860
00:39:20,066 --> 00:39:21,352
with money that they don't have.
861
00:39:21,484 --> 00:39:23,316
VICTORIA:
I couldn't agree more.
862
00:39:23,444 --> 00:39:26,482
You see?
Here is a woman who understands.
863
00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:28,070
Aroha, my Tina.
864
00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:29,860
I'm so sorry to hear
about your nephew's predicament.
865
00:39:29,992 --> 00:39:32,529
Ae.
You know the detectives?
866
00:39:32,661 --> 00:39:34,527
D.S.S. Shepherd
and Detective Sims.
867
00:39:34,663 --> 00:39:35,653
Victoria Speigleman.
868
00:39:35,790 --> 00:39:38,282
But I'm sure you know that.
One of your comrades came by.
869
00:39:38,417 --> 00:39:39,657
D.C. Breen.
870
00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:41,410
You were at the parade,
weren't you?
871
00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:44,833
As I mentioned to D.C. Breen,
yes.
872
00:39:44,965 --> 00:39:47,332
And the night before?
873
00:39:47,468 --> 00:39:48,754
Where were you?
874
00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:51,089
At home.
875
00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:52,508
Was anyone with you?
876
00:39:53,808 --> 00:39:55,799
VICTORIA: Some of us don't have
the resources of other people.
877
00:39:55,935 --> 00:39:58,347
We need to rely on
the cut-through of our policies.
878
00:39:58,479 --> 00:40:00,390
Now if you'll excuse me,
I came here
879
00:40:00,523 --> 00:40:02,764
to support a whanau
under duress...
880
00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:06,438
not suffer further
unnecessary interrogation.
881
00:40:08,030 --> 00:40:09,862
We'll leave you to it, then.
882
00:40:09,990 --> 00:40:13,654
And to campaign on the back
of very vulnerable people.
883
00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:17,700
Do all mayoral candidates
have to be gross opportunists?
884
00:40:17,832 --> 00:40:19,618
Politics is a ruthless business.
885
00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:22,117
Tell that to Evan Whitestone
and Maureen Moffat.
886
00:40:23,129 --> 00:40:27,088
I am a drunk woman in lingerie
887
00:40:27,216 --> 00:40:30,334
climbing on top of a roof
dressed as Santa.
888
00:40:30,469 --> 00:40:31,880
Why would you do that?
889
00:40:32,012 --> 00:40:34,674
-What, wear lingerie?
-Climb up here.
890
00:40:34,807 --> 00:40:36,343
And dressed as Santa?
891
00:40:36,475 --> 00:40:38,341
To fulfill a fantasy.
892
00:40:38,477 --> 00:40:40,138
Yours or someone else's?
893
00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:42,137
[ Chuckles ]
Evan's, we presume.
894
00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:44,480
Yet there's no known attachment
between them.
895
00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:46,098
Plus, she was engaged.
896
00:40:46,235 --> 00:40:47,441
But to whom?
897
00:40:47,570 --> 00:40:49,060
Don't know.
898
00:40:49,196 --> 00:40:53,190
Maybe she was cheating
on the fiancé with Evan.
899
00:40:53,325 --> 00:40:55,316
Under the guise of work?
900
00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:56,989
Well, Hayley was away.
901
00:40:57,121 --> 00:40:59,112
Evan had the place to himself.
902
00:40:59,248 --> 00:41:01,580
Maureen turns up to see Evan.
903
00:41:01,709 --> 00:41:05,748
It's a pre-parade
campaign debrief.
904
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,872
They drink champagne
to celebrate progress.
905
00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:11,921
They light a fire
to make things Christmas cozy.
906
00:41:12,052 --> 00:41:14,714
But the room
fills up with smoke.
907
00:41:14,847 --> 00:41:16,633
I forgot about Santa
in the flue!
908
00:41:16,765 --> 00:41:19,006
-[ Laughs ]
-I'll get it.
909
00:41:19,143 --> 00:41:21,885
Maureen climbs the ladder.
910
00:41:23,022 --> 00:41:24,808
[ Grunts]
911
00:41:24,940 --> 00:41:27,102
She gets a face full of smoke.
912
00:41:27,234 --> 00:41:30,772
-MAUREEN: [ Coughing ]
-SIMS: She coughs, splutters,
913
00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:33,693
passes out,
collapses into the flue...
914
00:41:33,824 --> 00:41:35,565
and dies.
915
00:41:37,828 --> 00:41:41,241
And, whilst dying, manages to
upend herself into the chimney?
916
00:41:42,249 --> 00:41:43,239
True.
917
00:41:43,375 --> 00:41:45,867
Plus, her reflexes
would make her recoil.
918
00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:48,791
So someone held her down.
919
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:53,378
We have to accept that
someone else was on the roof.
920
00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:55,627
Most likely the same person
that killed Evan.
921
00:41:55,763 --> 00:41:58,721
-The jealous fiancé.
-Possibly.
922
00:41:58,849 --> 00:42:00,590
But the question is,
who is that?
923
00:42:00,726 --> 00:42:02,433
[ Cellphone rings I
924
00:42:06,815 --> 00:42:08,806
Breen.
925
00:42:09,568 --> 00:42:11,730
Uh-huh.
Right.
926
00:42:11,862 --> 00:42:13,398
Thanks.
927
00:42:14,657 --> 00:42:16,193
The lab have found traces
928
00:42:16,325 --> 00:42:19,033
of Evan's blood
on the straight razor.
929
00:42:19,745 --> 00:42:21,656
That links Jared directly.
930
00:42:21,789 --> 00:42:23,029
So it seems.
931
00:42:25,251 --> 00:42:26,116
After you.
932
00:42:30,589 --> 00:42:32,455
I hope you have
an update on the break-in.
933
00:42:32,591 --> 00:42:34,127
Nothing as yet.
934
00:42:34,260 --> 00:42:36,627
-This is Detective Sims.
-Hello.
935
00:42:36,762 --> 00:42:38,673
As you can see,
my hands are rather full.
936
00:42:38,806 --> 00:42:40,513
Oh, we don't want
to hold you up.
937
00:42:40,641 --> 00:42:43,224
We're just piecing together
people's movements.
938
00:42:43,352 --> 00:42:46,265
-Were you at the parade?
-[ Sighs ]
939
00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:48,308
Sir, I'll be right with you.
940
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,107
No, I wasn't.
941
00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:53,226
It's not really my thing.
942
00:42:53,362 --> 00:42:55,899
I took the opportunity
to keep the shop closed
943
00:42:56,031 --> 00:42:57,738
and headed down
to Brokenwood Beach for a surf.
944
00:42:57,866 --> 00:42:59,823
Were there many other surfers
out there?
945
00:42:59,952 --> 00:43:01,659
JED:
As it happens, it was just me.
946
00:43:01,787 --> 00:43:03,698
I guess
they were all at the parade.
947
00:43:03,831 --> 00:43:06,038
SIMS:
And the night before, you were?
948
00:43:06,166 --> 00:43:09,158
-Meeting.
-With?
949
00:43:10,045 --> 00:43:13,037
My campaign manager,
Simon Petrovich.
950
00:43:13,173 --> 00:43:14,379
-SIMS: Where?
-Here.
951
00:43:14,508 --> 00:43:16,340
And this was
before the break-in?
952
00:43:16,468 --> 00:43:18,505
JED:
Well, of course.
953
00:43:18,637 --> 00:43:20,924
Can we get Simon's number
to verify?
954
00:43:21,056 --> 00:43:23,047
Good luck with that.
He's on a plane.
955
00:43:23,183 --> 00:43:26,266
-Which will land at some point.
-In Croatia.
956
00:43:26,395 --> 00:43:28,636
-It's a 28-hour flight.
-Why?
957
00:43:29,607 --> 00:43:31,018
To visit his sick aunt.
958
00:43:33,777 --> 00:43:36,644
I'm not sure
this will work overseas.
959
00:43:36,780 --> 00:43:38,691
It's bad timing,
960
00:43:38,824 --> 00:43:41,566
-with your campaign.
-Life happens.
961
00:43:44,204 --> 00:43:45,194
You okay?
962
00:43:46,707 --> 00:43:48,823
Yeah. Fine.
963
00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:52,289
Thanks.
964
00:44:00,179 --> 00:44:01,715
I'll put a call into Hughes
965
00:44:01,847 --> 00:44:05,431
and get Interpol
onto this Petrovich guy.
966
00:44:05,559 --> 00:44:07,766
SIMS:
Jed Charmers is a wannabe mayor,
967
00:44:07,895 --> 00:44:09,886
yet he doesn't attend
the one event
968
00:44:10,022 --> 00:44:13,014
that would guarantee him a large
audience to mix and mingle with.
969
00:44:13,150 --> 00:44:16,688
Instead, he's in a place that
no one can verify him being.
970
00:44:16,820 --> 00:44:19,403
Plus, he has a break-in
where nothing was stolen
971
00:44:19,531 --> 00:44:21,021
except for a cut-throat razor...
972
00:44:21,158 --> 00:44:22,944
with the victim's blood on it.
973
00:44:23,077 --> 00:44:25,660
-Convenient.
-You think it's a setup?
974
00:44:25,788 --> 00:44:29,247
Could be.
By him to deflect suspicion.
975
00:44:29,375 --> 00:44:32,413
It's suspicious, yes,
but motivation?
976
00:44:32,544 --> 00:44:33,409
Yep.
977
00:44:33,545 --> 00:44:35,707
-The mayoralty?
-Yeah, sure.
978
00:44:35,839 --> 00:44:38,251
Although if he wants it
that bad,
979
00:44:38,384 --> 00:44:40,170
why wasn't he at the parade?
980
00:44:40,302 --> 00:44:41,633
Perhaps he was.
981
00:44:41,762 --> 00:44:43,594
Dressed up as Santa?
982
00:44:43,722 --> 00:44:47,306
-That wouldn't really work.
-No.
983
00:44:47,434 --> 00:44:49,175
What about his missing mate,
Petrovich?
984
00:44:49,311 --> 00:44:50,346
Goodbye.
Yeah, thank you.
985
00:44:50,479 --> 00:44:53,096
Yes, thank you.
Yes, thank you.
986
00:44:53,232 --> 00:44:55,189
Goodbye.
987
00:44:55,317 --> 00:44:57,024
That was Mrs. Marlowe.
Get this.
988
00:44:57,152 --> 00:44:59,189
She once made
a bespoke Santa suit
989
00:44:59,321 --> 00:45:02,484
for Pete London of Mighty Meats.
990
00:45:10,374 --> 00:45:12,331
PETE:
Well, this is it.
991
00:45:12,459 --> 00:45:14,621
-Big vista.
-Meetville.
992
00:45:14,753 --> 00:45:17,666
Yeah, I came up with that.
[ Chuckles ]
993
00:45:17,798 --> 00:45:19,084
It's a big vision.
994
00:45:19,216 --> 00:45:22,425
-So, what's the holdup?
-Zoning.
995
00:45:22,553 --> 00:45:24,794
They're changing it
from rural to residential?
996
00:45:24,930 --> 00:45:29,800
Everyone can see it's
a progressive and good idea.
997
00:45:29,935 --> 00:45:31,767
Brokenwood has to grow.
998
00:45:31,895 --> 00:45:34,387
Everyone except Evan Whitestone.
999
00:45:34,523 --> 00:45:37,060
He had the power of veto.
He used it.
1000
00:45:37,192 --> 00:45:38,603
Do you think it was personal?
1001
00:45:38,736 --> 00:45:39,976
Shortsighted.
1002
00:45:40,779 --> 00:45:42,235
Not anymore.
1003
00:45:43,323 --> 00:45:46,406
I'm sure
the council will reconsider.
1004
00:45:46,535 --> 00:45:49,618
After the elections
when you are voted in as mayor
1005
00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:52,079
since you have
little opposition now.
1006
00:45:52,207 --> 00:45:55,541
Brokenwood needs to expand
or get left behind.
1007
00:45:55,669 --> 00:45:59,708
The last thing it needs is a new
bloody art gallery or museum.
1008
00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:03,629
People can't live in art.
They need houses.
1009
00:46:03,761 --> 00:46:06,423
In much the same way
that developers need permits.
1010
00:46:07,264 --> 00:46:08,925
Do you think
I'd be that obvious?
1011
00:46:09,057 --> 00:46:11,765
We have to consider
all the angles.
1012
00:46:11,894 --> 00:46:13,476
Well, then consider this.
1013
00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:15,971
I had nothing to do
with Evan Whitestone's demise,
1014
00:46:16,106 --> 00:46:19,064
or his puppy dog Maureen Moffat.
1015
00:46:19,193 --> 00:46:21,651
If you want motive,
look a little harder
1016
00:46:21,779 --> 00:46:23,816
at that crazy vegan
Victoria Speigleman.
1017
00:46:23,947 --> 00:46:26,530
Victoria Speigleman.
Why?
1018
00:46:26,658 --> 00:46:29,241
PETE: Why?
Are you serious?
1019
00:46:29,369 --> 00:46:31,610
I'm a butcher.
I deal in meat.
1020
00:46:31,747 --> 00:46:33,579
She'll do anything
to discredit me.
1021
00:46:33,707 --> 00:46:35,573
No.
Why would she kill Evan?
1022
00:46:35,709 --> 00:46:37,791
[ Sighs ]
1023
00:46:39,630 --> 00:46:42,622
You had a Santa suit
made for you.
1024
00:46:42,758 --> 00:46:44,874
-What?
-A Santa Claus suit.
1025
00:46:45,010 --> 00:46:46,500
Oh, some years ago, yeah.
1026
00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:48,969
For a promotional campaign.
So what?
1027
00:46:49,097 --> 00:46:52,806
Have you or a colleague
or a friend worn it lately?
1028
00:46:52,935 --> 00:46:54,676
No. Why?
1029
00:46:54,812 --> 00:46:56,018
So, you still have the suit?
1030
00:46:56,146 --> 00:46:58,228
It'll be somewhere.
In storage.
1031
00:46:58,357 --> 00:47:01,850
-I'd like to take a look at it.
-Oh, please, Detective.
1032
00:47:01,985 --> 00:47:03,521
I'm a busy man.
1033
00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:06,737
And likely to become
a lot busier once you're mayor.
1034
00:47:06,865 --> 00:47:09,482
-[ Sighs ]
-So, shall we?
1035
00:47:09,618 --> 00:47:11,234
PETE: [ Chuckles ]
1036
00:47:13,038 --> 00:47:15,154
I'm at the Frog and Cheetah.
1037
00:47:15,290 --> 00:47:16,780
[ Chuckles ]
A long wet lunch?
1038
00:47:16,917 --> 00:47:18,123
No.
I wish.
1039
00:47:18,252 --> 00:47:21,165
I'm trying to co-opt
likely Santas for a photo shoot.
1040
00:47:21,296 --> 00:47:23,958
-A photo shoot?
-BREEN: I'll explain later.
1041
00:47:24,091 --> 00:47:28,380
Ray Neilson is a bit wary,
but he did mention
1042
00:47:28,512 --> 00:47:29,968
Jared was seen
drinking with Evan here
1043
00:47:30,097 --> 00:47:32,464
the night before the parade.
1044
00:47:32,599 --> 00:47:34,510
Right.
1045
00:47:46,613 --> 00:47:48,524
Yeah, I served Evan and Jared.
1046
00:47:48,657 --> 00:47:50,989
Evan was full of joie de vivre.
1047
00:47:51,118 --> 00:47:52,404
Not sure why.
1048
00:47:52,536 --> 00:47:54,118
Christmas cheer maybe.
1049
00:47:54,246 --> 00:47:57,955
As I was saying to Jared,
we must let bygones be bygones.
1050
00:47:58,083 --> 00:47:59,744
You'd agree, wouldn't you, Ray?
1051
00:47:59,877 --> 00:48:03,620
"If I could change the past,
I'd have to change my ways."
1052
00:48:03,755 --> 00:48:05,337
Not sure who said that.
1053
00:48:05,465 --> 00:48:06,375
Probably me.
1054
00:48:06,508 --> 00:48:08,795
Another Dirty Bastard
for the road?
1055
00:48:10,637 --> 00:48:11,923
Dirty Bastard?
1056
00:48:12,055 --> 00:48:13,716
His favorite rum cocktail.
1057
00:48:13,849 --> 00:48:15,556
He was fond of his rum,
old Evan.
1058
00:48:15,684 --> 00:48:18,142
Probably a sailor
in another life...
1059
00:48:18,270 --> 00:48:20,432
or the one he's going to now,
if you believe in all that.
1060
00:48:20,564 --> 00:48:23,272
Who did he call?
1061
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:24,982
RAY:
I'm not an eavesdropper.
1062
00:48:25,110 --> 00:48:27,568
-But Jared would have overheard?
-Perhaps.
1063
00:48:27,696 --> 00:48:29,983
It may have pertained
to what they were discussing.
1064
00:48:30,115 --> 00:48:31,196
Which was?
1065
00:48:31,325 --> 00:48:32,861
As I say,
I'm not an eavesdropper.
1066
00:48:32,993 --> 00:48:35,576
-Hm.
-How is Jared?
1067
00:48:36,288 --> 00:48:38,199
It's a waiting game.
1068
00:48:38,332 --> 00:48:41,074
-It's bloody terrible.
-Mm.
1069
00:48:41,209 --> 00:48:42,870
Was he drinking
Dirty Bastards, too?
1070
00:48:43,003 --> 00:48:45,335
-Another beer, Jared?
-JARED: Nah. All good.
1071
00:48:45,464 --> 00:48:47,455
I'm driving His Worship home.
1072
00:48:47,591 --> 00:48:49,252
Big day tomorrow.
1073
00:48:49,384 --> 00:48:52,547
Channeling the elf within.
1074
00:48:52,679 --> 00:48:54,545
RAY:
Yeah, he's a beer man.
1075
00:48:54,681 --> 00:48:57,389
With a nose for a good red,
as you know.
1076
00:48:57,517 --> 00:48:59,554
I do.
1077
00:49:00,479 --> 00:49:01,719
Thanks.
1078
00:49:11,156 --> 00:49:15,866
Uh, it's purely coincidence.
1079
00:49:20,874 --> 00:49:25,414
The suit will be in here, along
with all the other costumes
1080
00:49:25,545 --> 00:49:28,958
we've used over the years
for promotional purposes.
1081
00:49:29,091 --> 00:49:31,002
After you.
1082
00:49:31,134 --> 00:49:32,465
Uh, you go.
1083
00:49:32,594 --> 00:49:33,959
You'll know
where best to find it.
1084
00:49:34,096 --> 00:49:36,588
Okay.
1085
00:49:47,359 --> 00:49:49,566
So, where is it?
1086
00:49:50,612 --> 00:49:52,398
I'm sure.
1087
00:49:52,531 --> 00:49:54,317
Look, it's not here, but...
1088
00:49:54,449 --> 00:49:56,065
Right.
1089
00:49:56,201 --> 00:49:58,784
Can you explain that?
1090
00:49:58,912 --> 00:50:02,075
[ Sighs ]
1091
00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:05,867
If the public gets wind of this,
1092
00:50:06,003 --> 00:50:08,415
it'll jeopardize
my electoral chances.
1093
00:50:08,547 --> 00:50:12,040
For the record, you are simply
helping us with our inquiries.
1094
00:50:12,175 --> 00:50:14,291
[ Chuckles ] Everybody knows
that's a euphemism
1095
00:50:14,428 --> 00:50:16,419
for being a bloody suspect.
1096
00:50:16,555 --> 00:50:18,137
[ Breathes deeply ]
1097
00:50:18,265 --> 00:50:22,259
If this gets out, I will sue.
1098
00:50:22,394 --> 00:50:23,850
Are you prepared for that?
1099
00:50:23,979 --> 00:50:27,267
This is a witness statement,
Mr. London.
1100
00:50:27,399 --> 00:50:31,188
We just need
to fill in the blanks.
1101
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,106
So, you attended the parade.
1102
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:35,320
Yes!
1103
00:50:36,908 --> 00:50:38,990
I told you.
1104
00:50:39,119 --> 00:50:40,951
There were witnesses.
Ask Wally Seymour.
1105
00:50:41,079 --> 00:50:42,945
Even that witch Speigleman
saw me.
1106
00:50:43,081 --> 00:50:44,162
Yeah, but the night before.
1107
00:50:44,291 --> 00:50:46,077
You can't account
for where you were?
1108
00:50:46,209 --> 00:50:47,370
How is it relevant?
1109
00:50:47,502 --> 00:50:50,244
Is there someone who could
attest to where you were?
1110
00:50:50,380 --> 00:50:52,291
What about your wife?
1111
00:50:52,424 --> 00:50:55,587
She's in Sydney
on a bloody yoga retreat.
1112
00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:56,925
Anyone else?
1113
00:50:57,054 --> 00:50:59,091
You're fishing for an alibi?
1114
00:50:59,222 --> 00:51:01,634
Well, for want of a better term.
1115
00:51:01,767 --> 00:51:02,928
I don't need one.
1116
00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:05,927
And the sooner you can explain
your movements that night,
1117
00:51:06,063 --> 00:51:08,145
the sooner
we can be sure of that.
1118
00:51:08,273 --> 00:51:10,514
-I'm not under arrest, am I?
-No, you're not.
1119
00:51:10,650 --> 00:51:12,061
So I don't have to stay here?
1120
00:51:12,194 --> 00:51:15,607
No, but all I'm after is an
explanation of your whereabouts
1121
00:51:15,739 --> 00:51:17,400
and the whereabouts
of that Santa suit.
1122
00:51:17,532 --> 00:51:18,738
PETE:
I can do that...
1123
00:51:18,867 --> 00:51:19,857
when I return...
1124
00:51:19,993 --> 00:51:22,030
with my lawyer.
1125
00:51:25,540 --> 00:51:27,702
Mr. London.
Just the man I wanted to see.
1126
00:51:27,834 --> 00:51:30,576
Would you be willing to don
a Santa suit for a photo shoot?
1127
00:51:30,712 --> 00:51:33,921
I'll do no bloody such thing!
1128
00:51:35,467 --> 00:51:36,832
Shame.
1129
00:51:36,968 --> 00:51:39,084
It would have helped
eliminate him as a suspect.
1130
00:51:39,221 --> 00:51:42,213
Yeah, he gets a little tetchy
over the word "suspect."
1131
00:51:42,349 --> 00:51:43,714
What photo shoot?
1132
00:51:43,850 --> 00:51:45,215
All in good time.
1133
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:50,596
Hey.
1134
00:51:50,857 --> 00:51:51,767
I've been thinking.
1135
00:51:51,900 --> 00:51:53,732
Perhaps Mike does believe
in Santa,
1136
00:51:53,860 --> 00:51:55,396
like, as an imaginary friend.
1137
00:51:55,529 --> 00:51:57,486
You know?
Because he's got no one else.
1138
00:51:57,614 --> 00:52:00,231
He's that alone guy
on Christmas Day.
1139
00:52:00,367 --> 00:52:04,611
Why else would he volunteer
to be on duty on the 25th?
1140
00:52:04,746 --> 00:52:07,613
Yeah, well, at least
I get to go to my parents' place
1141
00:52:07,749 --> 00:52:09,956
and have it all laid on.
1142
00:52:10,085 --> 00:52:12,577
That strange
Antipodean tradition
1143
00:52:12,712 --> 00:52:15,704
of a mighty roast
on a sweltering summer's day.
1144
00:52:15,841 --> 00:52:17,582
BREEN:
Yeah, good for you.
1145
00:52:17,717 --> 00:52:19,048
It's just me and Roxy this year.
1146
00:52:19,177 --> 00:52:21,134
I'll be lucky
to get tofu and lettuce.
1147
00:52:21,263 --> 00:52:22,549
-[ Chuckles ]
-[ Door closes I
1148
00:52:22,681 --> 00:52:26,299
End of Day 2,
and we know what, hmm?
1149
00:52:26,434 --> 00:52:30,223
Uh, Pete London is obfuscating
1150
00:52:30,355 --> 00:52:32,266
on his whereabouts
on the night of the murders.
1151
00:52:32,399 --> 00:52:34,436
And we are still waiting
to hear back
1152
00:52:34,568 --> 00:52:39,233
from Jed Charmers' campaign
manager, Simon Petrovich,
1153
00:52:39,364 --> 00:52:42,277
to verify his story.
1154
00:52:42,409 --> 00:52:44,867
We know Jared Morehu
was the last to see Evan alive.
1155
00:52:44,995 --> 00:52:46,110
If he dropped him off.
1156
00:52:46,246 --> 00:52:48,408
Which we will only know
when Jared wakes up
1157
00:52:48,540 --> 00:52:50,702
-and answers a few questions.
-SHEPHERD: Yeah.
1158
00:52:50,834 --> 00:52:53,201
Though we have to be prepared
for the possibility
1159
00:52:53,336 --> 00:52:54,872
that he may not wake up.
1160
00:52:55,797 --> 00:52:57,128
Oh, well, he's a fighter.
1161
00:52:57,257 --> 00:52:58,998
He'll pull through.
1162
00:53:00,594 --> 00:53:02,961
In the meantime,
I have a photo shoot
1163
00:53:03,096 --> 00:53:04,302
set for first thing tomorrow.
1164
00:53:04,431 --> 00:53:06,092
Right.
1165
00:53:06,224 --> 00:53:07,555
What js this?
1166
00:53:07,684 --> 00:53:09,345
Mrs. Marlowe
and her sewing circle
1167
00:53:09,477 --> 00:53:12,310
have created a replica suit
to the one of Evan's.
1168
00:53:12,439 --> 00:53:13,725
Ray Neilson, Neil Bloom,
1169
00:53:13,857 --> 00:53:15,848
and two others
of similar height and build.
1170
00:53:15,984 --> 00:53:18,100
Plus, I'll approach
Jed Charmers.
1171
00:53:19,571 --> 00:53:21,153
Well, it can't be Jed.
1172
00:53:21,281 --> 00:53:23,864
-Why not?
-Well [Chuckles] because...
1173
00:53:23,992 --> 00:53:26,324
-you know.
-BREEN: What?
1174
00:53:26,453 --> 00:53:30,196
He's Maori.
He'd be a brown Santa.
1175
00:53:30,332 --> 00:53:33,199
We at least know he's not Maori,
and he's got blue eyes.
1176
00:53:33,335 --> 00:53:34,951
[ Scoffs ]
But we're dealing with a guy
1177
00:53:35,086 --> 00:53:37,919
who went to extraordinary
lengths to disguise himself.
1178
00:53:38,048 --> 00:53:40,164
I mean,
who knows how far he went?
1179
00:53:40,300 --> 00:53:42,541
What, you mean
like white makeup?
1180
00:53:42,677 --> 00:53:44,588
BREEN: And contact lenses.
Why not?
1181
00:53:44,721 --> 00:53:46,257
Because it's implausible.
1182
00:53:46,389 --> 00:53:49,097
Aah! Come on!
Look. Here it is.
1183
00:53:49,226 --> 00:53:52,014
We're dealing with a tiny
fraction of the human face
1184
00:53:52,145 --> 00:53:53,135
to identify our culprit.
1185
00:53:53,271 --> 00:53:54,761
By getting them
to become Santas,
1186
00:53:54,898 --> 00:53:56,184
we can at least eliminate.
1187
00:53:56,316 --> 00:53:58,057
And anyone
who doesn't want to do it,
1188
00:53:58,193 --> 00:53:59,649
well, what are they hiding?
1189
00:54:02,322 --> 00:54:05,030
-You wanted initiative.
-Right now, all I want to do
1190
00:54:05,158 --> 00:54:07,195
is swing by the hospital
and check on Jared...
1191
00:54:07,327 --> 00:54:08,943
followed by a glass of red.
1192
00:54:10,580 --> 00:54:13,197
-Good luck with that.
-Night.
1193
00:54:17,963 --> 00:54:19,419
Try to look kind of jolly.
1194
00:54:19,547 --> 00:54:21,333
-[ Laughs ]
-Yeah.
1195
00:54:21,466 --> 00:54:22,672
That's good.
Sit tall.
1196
00:54:22,801 --> 00:54:24,838
RAY:
I feel stereotyped.
1197
00:54:24,970 --> 00:54:26,756
That my jovial attitude to life
1198
00:54:26,888 --> 00:54:29,926
leads me to being
in some weird suspect lineup.
1199
00:54:30,058 --> 00:54:32,015
NEIL:
It's funny.
1200
00:54:32,143 --> 00:54:34,350
I don't think of you as jovial.
1201
00:54:34,479 --> 00:54:35,969
-Really?
-Mnh.
1202
00:54:36,106 --> 00:54:40,191
"Grumpy," "cantankerous,"
and "surly"
1203
00:54:40,318 --> 00:54:42,605
are words that spring to mind.
1204
00:54:42,737 --> 00:54:43,647
Here.
1205
00:54:43,780 --> 00:54:45,896
Vote Bloom
for equality and honesty.
1206
00:54:46,032 --> 00:54:47,147
Sam.
We're ready.
1207
00:54:47,284 --> 00:54:50,276
Right, hold there, mate.
Hold there.
1208
00:54:50,412 --> 00:54:53,074
Oh, don't they look lovely?
1209
00:54:53,206 --> 00:54:55,413
-Smile.
-MRS. MARLOWE: [ Chuckles ]
1210
00:54:55,542 --> 00:54:57,954
-[ Camera shutter clicks ]
-Uh-huh. Yeah, very good.
1211
00:54:58,086 --> 00:55:00,077
-Smile.
-[ Camera shutter clicks ]
1212
00:55:00,213 --> 00:55:02,079
-Next.
-[ Camera shutter clicking ]
1213
00:55:04,509 --> 00:55:05,795
Say "Merry Christmas!"
1214
00:55:05,927 --> 00:55:08,669
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
1215
00:55:08,805 --> 00:55:14,972
So, as you can see, white wig,
white beard, spectacles, gloves.
1216
00:55:15,103 --> 00:55:17,515
It's a little hard to tell...
1217
00:55:19,691 --> 00:55:21,853
...anything at all, really.
1218
00:55:23,069 --> 00:55:26,278
So, all you've proved
is what we already knew --
1219
00:55:26,406 --> 00:55:28,147
that it could have been anybody.
1220
00:55:28,283 --> 00:55:31,071
Well, you see one Santa,
you've seen them all.
1221
00:55:31,202 --> 00:55:33,785
Except Pete London
refused to participate.
1222
00:55:33,913 --> 00:55:37,622
And Jed Charmers
wouldn't cooperate.
1223
00:55:37,751 --> 00:55:39,788
Yeah.
That sounded awkward.
1224
00:55:39,919 --> 00:55:42,126
Do I look like
a traditional Santa?
1225
00:55:42,255 --> 00:55:44,337
It's part
of an elimination process.
1226
00:55:44,466 --> 00:55:46,457
I don't think so.
1227
00:55:48,094 --> 00:55:49,710
It doesn't exonerate him.
1228
00:55:49,846 --> 00:55:53,430
I mean, two people could have
been involved in this.
1229
00:55:53,558 --> 00:55:55,048
Someone on the float
1230
00:55:55,185 --> 00:55:58,018
to provide our other
likely suspects an alibi,
1231
00:55:58,146 --> 00:55:59,056
Or -- I don't know.
1232
00:55:59,189 --> 00:56:02,432
Are we really discounting
this guy because it's unlikely?
1233
00:56:02,567 --> 00:56:05,275
It doesn't mean he didn't do it.
1234
00:56:05,403 --> 00:56:08,486
And we still don't know
it wasn't this guy.
1235
00:56:08,615 --> 00:56:10,105
Is he actually in Croatia?
1236
00:56:11,326 --> 00:56:12,737
And we can't forget about Jared.
1237
00:56:13,661 --> 00:56:16,949
Jed fakes a break-in
to throw us off the scent.
1238
00:56:17,082 --> 00:56:20,245
But how did Jared end up with
a straight razor in his pocket?
1239
00:56:20,377 --> 00:56:22,789
He nicks it
when he's getting the shave.
1240
00:56:22,921 --> 00:56:24,912
Which means
the break-in was legitimate.
1241
00:56:25,048 --> 00:56:27,380
But nothing was taken?
Unlikely.
1242
00:56:27,509 --> 00:56:29,625
Ta.
1243
00:56:30,553 --> 00:56:32,920
137 steak and cheese pies
1244
00:56:33,056 --> 00:56:35,047
were sold in Brokenwood
on Saturday morning
1245
00:56:35,183 --> 00:56:38,141
from five different bakeries,
six dairies,
1246
00:56:38,269 --> 00:56:40,431
and three service stations.
1247
00:56:40,563 --> 00:56:42,349
137. Hmm.
1248
00:56:42,482 --> 00:56:45,315
We're in the wrong business.
1249
00:56:45,443 --> 00:56:47,775
[ Sighs]
I need a coffee.
1250
00:56:47,904 --> 00:56:48,894
Anyone else?
1251
00:56:49,781 --> 00:56:52,899
I'll follow up on Crazy Pete's
reticence to play Santa.
1252
00:56:53,034 --> 00:56:55,526
He may have had
a change of heart.
1253
00:56:55,662 --> 00:56:57,198
NEIL: Oh, thank you.
And remember --
1254
00:56:57,330 --> 00:57:00,573
A vote for me is a vote
for equality and honesty.
1255
00:57:02,293 --> 00:57:04,330
Aha.
1256
00:57:04,462 --> 00:57:06,829
There you go.
And...
1257
00:57:06,965 --> 00:57:08,672
-No, no.
-[ Chuckles ]
1258
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:10,962
-Too much, do you think?
-It gets the message across.
1259
00:57:11,094 --> 00:57:12,459
NEIL: [ Laughs ]
1260
00:57:12,595 --> 00:57:14,336
Did you know Maureen Moffat?
1261
00:57:14,472 --> 00:57:15,587
Of course.
1262
00:57:15,723 --> 00:57:17,384
-Tragic business.
-Mm.
1263
00:57:17,517 --> 00:57:19,599
I understand she liked to party.
1264
00:57:19,727 --> 00:57:20,683
Oh, yes.
1265
00:57:20,812 --> 00:57:22,928
Maureen was never shy
of a good time,
1266
00:57:23,064 --> 00:57:26,728
but more than that, she was
a tenacious council employee...
1267
00:57:26,860 --> 00:57:29,397
devoted to her job and to Evan.
1268
00:57:30,530 --> 00:57:33,272
-How devoted?
-Very.
1269
00:57:34,451 --> 00:57:35,566
Hello, there.
1270
00:57:35,702 --> 00:57:38,194
A vote for me is a vote
for equality and honesty.
1271
00:57:38,329 --> 00:57:40,696
Enjoy your breakfast.
1272
00:57:40,832 --> 00:57:42,823
They were having an affair?
1273
00:57:42,959 --> 00:57:44,449
Why would they do that?
1274
00:57:44,586 --> 00:57:46,202
It's not like
either were in a relationship.
1275
00:57:46,337 --> 00:57:47,827
But Maureen was engaged.
1276
00:57:48,673 --> 00:57:50,755
-To whom?
-You don't know?
1277
00:57:50,884 --> 00:57:54,252
If that were true, I'm sure
word would have got out.
1278
00:57:54,387 --> 00:57:55,718
She only had eyes for Evan,
1279
00:57:55,847 --> 00:57:59,385
but they never declared
themselves as a couple.
1280
00:58:00,393 --> 00:58:02,475
Excuse me.
Hi, there.
1281
00:58:02,604 --> 00:58:06,518
A vote for me is a vote
for equality and honesty, okay?
1282
00:58:06,649 --> 00:58:09,266
-Thank you.
-Why?
1283
00:58:09,402 --> 00:58:11,234
Well, Evan could
never bring himself
1284
00:58:11,362 --> 00:58:14,070
to accept that he'd moved on
from his dead wife.
1285
00:58:14,199 --> 00:58:15,735
Are you sure about this?
1286
00:58:15,867 --> 00:58:17,733
Yes.
1287
00:58:17,869 --> 00:58:20,236
How did you know
if Hayley Whitestone didn't?
1288
00:58:20,371 --> 00:58:22,408
Out of respect for Hayley.
1289
00:58:22,540 --> 00:58:24,247
Evan was a kind man.
1290
00:58:24,375 --> 00:58:26,707
Pompous, but kind.
1291
00:58:26,836 --> 00:58:30,625
And given the grim circumstances
of Patsy's death,
1292
00:58:30,757 --> 00:58:33,340
it's hardly surprising.
1293
00:58:36,137 --> 00:58:38,595
When Pete gets back, could you
get him to give me a call?
1294
00:58:38,723 --> 00:58:40,589
-Aah!
-I've got this.
1295
00:58:40,725 --> 00:58:42,261
Say no to fracking!
1296
00:58:42,393 --> 00:58:43,724
Hey!
1297
00:58:43,853 --> 00:58:45,639
[ Bells ring ]
1298
00:58:51,819 --> 00:58:53,309
Has Victoria stopped ranting?
1299
00:58:53,446 --> 00:58:56,029
No. But she's in the cells,
so it doesn't matter.
1300
00:58:56,157 --> 00:58:59,115
Why was she accusing Pete London
of fracking?
1301
00:59:00,036 --> 00:59:02,403
You can wait here
until a duty solicitor arrives.
1302
00:59:02,539 --> 00:59:03,745
I have the right to free speech.
1303
00:59:03,873 --> 00:59:05,204
Therefore,
I've done nothing wrong.
1304
00:59:05,333 --> 00:59:08,041
Apart from willful damage,
disorderly behavior,
1305
00:59:08,169 --> 00:59:09,785
and assault of a police officer?
1306
00:59:09,921 --> 00:59:11,707
Read this.
1307
00:59:13,925 --> 00:59:15,461
Minutes
from a closed council meeting.
1308
00:59:15,593 --> 00:59:18,460
Pete London wasn't
after residential consent.
1309
00:59:19,639 --> 00:59:21,425
Oh, my God.
1310
00:59:21,558 --> 00:59:26,268
Everyone can see it's
a progressive and good idea.
1311
00:59:26,396 --> 00:59:28,512
Brokenwood has to grow.
1312
00:59:28,648 --> 00:59:30,309
Mining consent.
1313
00:59:31,109 --> 00:59:32,895
Evan vetoed it.
It went away.
1314
00:59:33,027 --> 00:59:35,268
But Victoria believed he would
have been bought off eventually.
1315
00:59:35,405 --> 00:59:37,942
-So she killed him?
BREEN: Maybe.
1316
00:59:38,074 --> 00:59:41,066
But that would have assured
that Pete got elected.
1317
00:59:41,202 --> 00:59:42,784
Then he'd be free to run riot.
1318
00:59:42,912 --> 00:59:47,372
She is so deluded, she probably
thought she might win.
1319
00:59:48,167 --> 00:59:51,125
Any tips on removing motor oil
from a polyester suit?
1320
00:59:51,254 --> 00:59:54,042
Setting fire to it?
1321
00:59:54,173 --> 00:59:55,413
Senior.
1322
00:59:55,550 --> 00:59:57,837
Thanks so much
for popping back in.
1323
00:59:57,969 --> 00:59:59,300
How are the arrangements going?
1324
00:59:59,429 --> 01:00:01,887
-Everyone's been amazing.
-Mm.
1325
01:00:02,015 --> 01:00:05,849
-[ Door closes I
-The big day is tomorrow?
1326
01:00:05,977 --> 01:00:08,560
In the meantime, I'm sure
it takes all your energy
1327
01:00:08,688 --> 01:00:10,304
just putting one foot
in front of the other.
1328
01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:11,475
Mm.
1329
01:00:11,608 --> 01:00:13,190
SHEPHERD: Feels like
you're wading through molasses.
1330
01:00:13,318 --> 01:00:15,355
-I know.
-You've been there?
1331
01:00:16,279 --> 01:00:17,690
I have.
1332
01:00:17,822 --> 01:00:20,564
Although with your mother
and now your father,
1333
01:00:20,700 --> 01:00:24,113
-that is a terrible loss.
-Hm.
1334
01:00:27,582 --> 01:00:29,914
Look, I won't hold you up.
1335
01:00:30,043 --> 01:00:31,875
We're trying to fill in
a few blanks.
1336
01:00:32,003 --> 01:00:34,085
Trying to eliminate
several scenarios.
1337
01:00:35,548 --> 01:00:39,257
Can you remember what time
you arrived back in Brokenwood?
1338
01:00:39,385 --> 01:00:42,093
-You mean when I found Evan?
-SHEPHERD: Yes.
1339
01:00:42,221 --> 01:00:46,840
[ Sighs]
I rang 111.
1340
01:00:46,976 --> 01:00:48,808
Of course.
Um...
1341
01:00:52,732 --> 01:00:55,690
At 1:19 p.m.
1342
01:00:55,818 --> 01:00:58,355
As a matter of interest, is it
a long trip down from the bach?
1343
01:00:58,488 --> 01:01:01,856
About an 1 hour, 45,
give or take.
1344
01:01:01,991 --> 01:01:05,985
So you would have left Smith's
Bay at around, say, 11:30?
1345
01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:08,077
That's sounds right.
Why?
1346
01:01:08,206 --> 01:01:13,076
This may or may not have
anything to do with anything,
1347
01:01:13,211 --> 01:01:15,418
but do you think
your father and Maureen Moffat
1348
01:01:15,546 --> 01:01:18,254
might have been anything more
than just colleagues?
1349
01:01:18,383 --> 01:01:20,374
-How do you mean?
-SHEPHERD: Romantically.
1350
01:01:20,510 --> 01:01:22,126
No.
1351
01:01:23,221 --> 01:01:25,258
Well, let's say it was true.
1352
01:01:25,390 --> 01:01:28,052
Can you think of a reason
he might not tell you?
1353
01:01:28,184 --> 01:01:30,926
But he would. I would be
the first person he would tell.
1354
01:01:31,062 --> 01:01:33,019
-Huh.
-Is there...
1355
01:01:33,147 --> 01:01:34,512
Is there something
I don't know about?
1356
01:01:35,900 --> 01:01:37,061
Nothing concrete.
1357
01:01:37,193 --> 01:01:38,775
Then why would you ask that?
1358
01:01:38,903 --> 01:01:43,113
[ Sighs]
Following lines of inquiry.
1359
01:01:43,241 --> 01:01:45,482
Most lead over
a bridge to nowhere,
1360
01:01:45,618 --> 01:01:47,234
but all must be explored.
1361
01:01:49,122 --> 01:01:50,578
The man in the station wagon.
1362
01:01:50,707 --> 01:01:51,617
Sorry?
1363
01:01:51,749 --> 01:01:54,616
When I pulled into town,
I-l had a small accident.
1364
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:57,752
I'm so sorry.
1365
01:01:57,880 --> 01:01:58,870
[ Vehicle door closes I
1366
01:01:59,006 --> 01:02:00,292
It doesn't look that bad.
1367
01:02:00,425 --> 01:02:01,915
When exactly?
1368
01:02:02,051 --> 01:02:05,169
I exchanged numbers with him.
He might remember when.
1369
01:02:05,304 --> 01:02:06,715
Look, I'll write down my details
for you.
1370
01:02:06,848 --> 01:02:08,589
I'm really sorry about that.
1371
01:02:08,725 --> 01:02:10,432
Uh, I have his details here
somewhere.
1372
01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:12,801
-That'd be helpful.
-[ Knock on door ]
1373
01:02:13,938 --> 01:02:15,303
Sorry to interrupt.
1374
01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:16,350
-Hi, Hayley.
-Hi.
1375
01:02:16,482 --> 01:02:17,392
A quick word?
1376
01:02:17,525 --> 01:02:20,233
Excuse me.
1377
01:02:22,447 --> 01:02:24,063
Jared's woken up.
1378
01:02:24,198 --> 01:02:26,485
[ Sighs]
Some good news at last.
1379
01:02:26,617 --> 01:02:27,948
Well, the last thing I remember
1380
01:02:28,077 --> 01:02:30,785
is getting one
of those crazy shaves at Jed's.
1381
01:02:30,913 --> 01:02:34,247
Yeah, it was
Mrs. Marlowe's idea.
1382
01:02:34,375 --> 01:02:36,207
-That's right.
-JARED: Yeah.
1383
01:02:36,335 --> 01:02:38,372
Not my idea of a good time,
you know?
1384
01:02:38,504 --> 01:02:40,290
Do you remember how you got
the bump on the head?
1385
01:02:40,423 --> 01:02:42,539
No idea.
1386
01:02:42,675 --> 01:02:44,541
What about drinking
with Evan Whitestone
1387
01:02:44,677 --> 01:02:45,883
at the Frog and Cheetah?
1388
01:02:47,388 --> 01:02:48,469
Nah. Sorry.
1389
01:02:48,598 --> 01:02:50,930
And what about necking
a bottle of rum?
1390
01:02:51,058 --> 01:02:52,765
JARED: Rum?
1391
01:02:52,894 --> 01:02:54,180
Nah, no chance.
1392
01:02:54,312 --> 01:02:55,894
I can't stand the stuff.
1393
01:02:56,022 --> 01:02:58,730
I blew that pleasure
on my 16th birthday.
1394
01:02:58,858 --> 01:03:00,599
Never again, Mike.
1395
01:03:00,735 --> 01:03:03,147
I think that'll do for now.
Please.
1396
01:03:04,530 --> 01:03:06,612
Jared.
1397
01:03:06,741 --> 01:03:07,947
The king of pies?
1398
01:03:08,075 --> 01:03:09,190
Yeah.
1399
01:03:09,327 --> 01:03:11,034
Steak and cheese all the way.
1400
01:03:11,162 --> 01:03:13,950
-You know that, Mike.
-Rest up.
1401
01:03:18,419 --> 01:03:21,957
His symptoms are consistent
with partial amnesia.
1402
01:03:22,089 --> 01:03:24,626
How long will it take
for his memory to return?
1403
01:03:24,759 --> 01:03:28,047
A day, a week, a year.
Possibly never.
1404
01:03:28,179 --> 01:03:31,513
So recent events
could be permanently eradicated?
1405
01:03:31,641 --> 01:03:32,756
DR. CARLTON: Yes.
1406
01:03:32,892 --> 01:03:36,476
Could that be the concussion
or an alcohol-related blackout?
1407
01:03:36,604 --> 01:03:40,017
For a man who supposedly drank
a bottle of rum,
1408
01:03:40,149 --> 01:03:42,311
his blood alcohol
is surprisingly low.
1409
01:03:42,443 --> 01:03:44,559
Negligible, in fact.
1410
01:03:44,695 --> 01:03:47,778
It's probably the reason
he didn't die out there.
1411
01:03:48,741 --> 01:03:50,948
So he wasn't drunk?
1412
01:03:52,078 --> 01:03:53,819
Hmm.
1413
01:03:55,331 --> 01:03:57,197
Senior.
1414
01:03:57,333 --> 01:03:59,074
Ta.
1415
01:04:04,048 --> 01:04:05,914
J Well, put 'em down tonight J
1416
01:04:06,050 --> 01:04:09,259
J You know
I'm South-Island-bound J
1417
01:04:09,387 --> 01:04:10,718
J Had enough of these cities J
1418
01:04:10,847 --> 01:04:13,509
J Going home to my little town J
1419
01:04:13,641 --> 01:04:18,010
J Tired of all these choking,
stinking, ugly roads J
1420
01:04:18,145 --> 01:04:20,557
J Gonna find a place
in the mountains J
1421
01:04:20,690 --> 01:04:22,772
J A place nobody knows J
1422
01:04:22,900 --> 01:04:24,766
J Well, maybe [I'll write
a poem J
1423
01:04:24,902 --> 01:04:28,065
J Maybe a history or two J
1424
01:04:28,197 --> 01:04:29,278
J But it's hard to leave you J
1425
01:04:29,407 --> 01:04:34,026
J You look like
someone I once knew J
1426
01:04:34,161 --> 01:04:38,280
J But it's all right tonight J
1427
01:04:38,416 --> 01:04:42,205
J I'm getting gone J
1428
01:04:44,380 --> 01:04:47,839
J But it's all right tonight J
1429
01:04:47,967 --> 01:04:51,710
J I'm getting gone J
1430
01:04:54,098 --> 01:04:56,465
J Just keep
them glasses coming J
1431
01:04:56,601 --> 01:04:58,933
J It's just the afternoon J
1432
01:04:59,061 --> 01:05:01,177
J When the evening twists,
I'll be looking J
1433
01:05:01,314 --> 01:05:03,897
J I'll be howling at the moon J
1434
01:05:04,025 --> 01:05:05,766
[ Knocking ]
1435
01:05:05,902 --> 01:05:08,860
Uh, Evan Whitestone's
phone records,
1436
01:05:08,988 --> 01:05:11,696
And the tech boys managed
to hack into his voicemail.
1437
01:05:11,824 --> 01:05:14,282
There's a recording of Hayley.
1438
01:05:14,410 --> 01:05:17,744
She was leaving a message
when she discovered his body.
1439
01:05:17,872 --> 01:05:20,034
It's rather chilling.
1440
01:05:20,166 --> 01:05:21,497
Thanks.
1441
01:05:26,005 --> 01:05:31,296
Mike, you keep mentioning that
many people believe in Santa.
1442
01:05:31,427 --> 01:05:32,917
They do.
1443
01:05:33,054 --> 01:05:38,265
I assume you mean people
of about age 8 or younger.
1444
01:05:38,392 --> 01:05:40,554
Or have a mental age of 8.
1445
01:05:40,686 --> 01:05:43,223
Which is not you.
1446
01:05:43,356 --> 01:05:47,600
Right now, I'm not so sure.
1447
01:05:49,153 --> 01:05:50,518
My sister.
1448
01:05:50,655 --> 01:05:52,896
Her son Aaron is Down syndrome.
1449
01:05:53,032 --> 01:05:56,616
-Right. Sorry.
-SHEPHERD: Don't be.
1450
01:05:56,744 --> 01:05:58,860
He's probably the most positive,
happiest fella
1451
01:05:58,996 --> 01:06:00,452
you could ever meet.
1452
01:06:00,581 --> 01:06:02,197
And when he talks
about Santa Claus...
1453
01:06:02,333 --> 01:06:05,246
well, you realize
that Santa is, of course,
1454
01:06:05,378 --> 01:06:08,746
without a doubt 100% real.
1455
01:06:08,881 --> 01:06:11,213
Why would we want to do anything
to spoil that?
1456
01:06:11,342 --> 01:06:13,458
[ Chuckles ]
1457
01:06:14,428 --> 01:06:16,339
What are you doing
for Christmas?
1458
01:06:16,472 --> 01:06:19,681
Uh, Mum and Dad are flying back
from a holiday in the U.K.
1459
01:06:19,809 --> 01:06:21,971
in time
to shove a roast in the oven.
1460
01:06:22,103 --> 01:06:26,017
-You?
-Working.
1461
01:06:26,148 --> 01:06:28,264
Right.
1462
01:06:28,401 --> 01:06:29,983
Well, good night.
1463
01:06:30,111 --> 01:06:32,478
Night.
1464
01:07:04,437 --> 01:07:05,598
[ Beep ]
1465
01:07:05,730 --> 01:07:06,845
HAYLEY: Dad, hi.
It's me.
1466
01:07:06,981 --> 01:07:09,598
I just got back from the beach.
Where are you?
1467
01:07:09,734 --> 01:07:11,816
Maybe you didn't take
your car.
1468
01:07:11,944 --> 01:07:14,732
Anyway,
look forward to catching up.
1469
01:07:14,864 --> 01:07:17,572
Hope the parade went well.
1470
01:07:17,700 --> 01:07:20,112
Dad?
[ Chuckles ]
1471
01:07:20,244 --> 01:07:21,905
Dad, are you asleep?
1472
01:07:22,038 --> 01:07:23,824
Dad.
1473
01:07:23,956 --> 01:07:26,664
[ Gasps ]
Oh! Oh!
1474
01:07:26,792 --> 01:07:27,827
Dad!
1475
01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:29,166
Somebody!
1476
01:07:29,295 --> 01:07:32,458
[ Whimpering ]
1477
01:08:09,835 --> 01:08:12,418
[ Monitor beeping ]
1478
01:08:20,721 --> 01:08:23,759
[ Police radio chatter ]
1479
01:08:29,772 --> 01:08:31,763
Someone tried
to finish Jared off,
1480
01:08:31,899 --> 01:08:34,436
but the machines that go "beep"
started going crazy.
1481
01:08:34,568 --> 01:08:36,275
And two nurses
scared the assailant off.
1482
01:08:36,403 --> 01:08:37,609
Security?
1483
01:08:37,738 --> 01:08:40,947
He made it out
before they could apprehend him.
1484
01:08:41,075 --> 01:08:42,907
Description?
1485
01:08:43,035 --> 01:08:45,652
Should we be surprised or not?
1486
01:08:47,706 --> 01:08:52,792
It's only a matter of seconds
later when...
1487
01:08:54,380 --> 01:08:56,041
If I had to place a bet,
1488
01:08:56,173 --> 01:08:59,541
I'd say that that physicality
most resembles Pete London.
1489
01:09:00,678 --> 01:09:02,544
So, his suit had gone missing?
1490
01:09:02,680 --> 01:09:03,886
[ Scoffs ]
That's his story.
1491
01:09:04,014 --> 01:09:06,597
Mm.
Rewind it.
1492
01:09:11,605 --> 01:09:13,892
Interesting.
1493
01:09:14,024 --> 01:09:14,889
We know two things.
1494
01:09:15,025 --> 01:09:16,857
One, that Jared
has been stabilized.
1495
01:09:16,986 --> 01:09:21,776
And, two, whoever is on the CCTV
footage is not the real Santa,
1496
01:09:21,907 --> 01:09:25,116
just a man in a suit.
1497
01:09:25,786 --> 01:09:26,617
Hmm.
1498
01:09:32,418 --> 01:09:34,034
-Thanks again for coming in.
-No worries.
1499
01:09:35,754 --> 01:09:37,540
Who was that?
1500
01:09:37,673 --> 01:09:39,334
SHEPHERD:
Steven Lipton.
1501
01:09:39,466 --> 01:09:43,130
He and Hayley had a nose to tail
on her way back into town.
1502
01:09:43,262 --> 01:09:45,424
-Where's Breen?
-He's on an errand.
1503
01:09:46,265 --> 01:09:50,304
So, that places Hayley back
in town just after the parade.
1504
01:09:50,436 --> 01:09:52,643
Hmm.
No luck there, then.
1505
01:09:52,771 --> 01:09:54,808
I'm not sure luck has got
anything to do with it.
1506
01:09:54,940 --> 01:09:58,149
Apart from bad luck perhaps
for Evan and Maureen.
1507
01:09:59,278 --> 01:10:01,690
[ Cellphone rings I
1508
01:10:03,866 --> 01:10:05,322
Kristin Sims.
1509
01:10:05,451 --> 01:10:07,362
Detective Sims.
This is Dennis Buchanan.
1510
01:10:08,537 --> 01:10:12,326
My client Pete London and I have
something we'd like to show you.
1511
01:10:13,918 --> 01:10:16,330
Thank you for coming by.
1512
01:10:17,213 --> 01:10:20,205
I believe you were interested
in the whereabouts of this.
1513
01:10:21,383 --> 01:10:23,624
-Indeed.
-Well, here it is.
1514
01:10:23,761 --> 01:10:27,880
I swear
I had no idea how it got there.
1515
01:10:28,015 --> 01:10:29,881
Someone's been playing
silly buggers.
1516
01:10:30,017 --> 01:10:31,974
Most likely Jed Charmers.
1517
01:10:32,102 --> 01:10:34,264
Or Victoria Speigleman.
1518
01:10:34,396 --> 01:10:36,433
Peter, that is
the concern of the police.
1519
01:10:36,565 --> 01:10:38,397
Yours is simply to help them
wherever possible
1520
01:10:38,525 --> 01:10:39,390
with their inquiries...
1521
01:10:39,526 --> 01:10:41,142
-which you have done.
-It'll be bloody Charmers.
1522
01:10:41,278 --> 01:10:42,985
We have no proof of that.
1523
01:10:43,113 --> 01:10:45,400
We do, however, have proof
of Peter's whereabouts
1524
01:10:45,532 --> 01:10:48,866
-the night of Evan's death.
-[ Sighs ]
1525
01:10:50,412 --> 01:10:52,949
My client was in the city
attending a gentleman's club.
1526
01:10:53,082 --> 01:10:54,789
There will be receipts
to prove it
1527
01:10:54,917 --> 01:10:55,952
and, no doubt, security footage,
1528
01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:57,416
should you wish
to delve further.
1529
01:10:58,295 --> 01:11:00,957
The name of the venue?
1530
01:11:03,217 --> 01:11:05,083
Stallions.
1531
01:11:05,219 --> 01:11:06,334
He stayed over at a hotel.
1532
01:11:06,470 --> 01:11:09,258
He may or may not
have had company
1533
01:11:09,390 --> 01:11:10,755
and arrived back in time
for the parade
1534
01:11:10,891 --> 01:11:12,848
and will sign an affidavit
if required.
1535
01:11:12,977 --> 01:11:15,765
But the point is, my client
wasn't in Brokenwood that night,
1536
01:11:15,896 --> 01:11:17,478
and the nature of his activities
1537
01:11:17,606 --> 01:11:18,937
are private
and in no way illegal
1538
01:11:19,066 --> 01:11:20,648
and, therefore,
not something the public
1539
01:11:20,776 --> 01:11:23,814
-ever need to know about.
-Like fracking.
1540
01:11:26,782 --> 01:11:28,989
Thank you for your candor.
1541
01:11:29,118 --> 01:11:31,280
I hope it doesn't have
to go any further...
1542
01:11:31,412 --> 01:11:37,158
like the idea of oil exploration
in Meetville.
1543
01:11:37,835 --> 01:11:40,372
For the record,
that's a terrible name.
1544
01:11:44,341 --> 01:11:45,831
RAY: Oh, God.
1545
01:11:45,968 --> 01:11:47,254
Look, I've got happy hour
coming up.
1546
01:11:47,386 --> 01:11:48,342
Can't this wait?
1547
01:11:48,470 --> 01:11:50,211
-This won't take a moment.
-Why?
1548
01:11:50,347 --> 01:11:53,430
You want to dress me up
as Humpty-Dumpty now?
1549
01:11:53,559 --> 01:11:54,549
Are your lot still trying
1550
01:11:54,685 --> 01:11:56,767
to figure out if he fell
or was pushed?
1551
01:11:56,895 --> 01:11:59,683
Evan Whitestone -- You said
he was in a lively mood.
1552
01:11:59,815 --> 01:12:02,898
"Lively's" another word
for quite pissed, but yes.
1553
01:12:03,027 --> 01:12:05,189
But happy?
"Joie de vivre," you said.
1554
01:12:05,321 --> 01:12:06,527
Yes.
1555
01:12:06,655 --> 01:12:07,816
About what?
1556
01:12:07,948 --> 01:12:09,188
I don't know.
1557
01:12:09,325 --> 01:12:11,191
He was raving, to be fair.
1558
01:12:11,327 --> 01:12:13,785
When punters get the rave on,
I tend to switch off.
1559
01:12:13,912 --> 01:12:16,404
It's part of the skill set
of hospitality --
1560
01:12:16,540 --> 01:12:19,202
nod, smile, and think about
something else entirely
1561
01:12:19,335 --> 01:12:20,825
while the punter waffles on.
1562
01:12:20,961 --> 01:12:22,998
EVAN: It's time
to come out of the closet.
1563
01:12:23,130 --> 01:12:25,167
Tomorrow the town can know.
1564
01:12:25,299 --> 01:12:28,166
And you know what, Ray?
That's okay.
1565
01:12:30,721 --> 01:12:33,679
Maybe he was going
to announce that he was gay.
1566
01:12:33,807 --> 01:12:37,391
That would have taken the wind
out of Neil Bloom's sails.
1567
01:12:37,519 --> 01:12:38,680
Is that it?
1568
01:12:38,812 --> 01:12:42,021
Well, Jared was being vulgar,
of course.
1569
01:12:43,192 --> 01:12:45,775
[ Whispering ] Maureen.
1570
01:12:45,903 --> 01:12:47,644
Mm.
1571
01:12:47,780 --> 01:12:48,941
Vulgar?
1572
01:12:49,073 --> 01:12:51,531
You know -- the old sign for...
1573
01:12:51,658 --> 01:12:53,444
a bit of the old [Wolf-whistles]
1574
01:12:53,577 --> 01:12:55,284
Of course.
The old...
1575
01:12:55,412 --> 01:12:56,618
Then Jared offered him a ride.
1576
01:12:56,747 --> 01:12:59,990
So, Santa, since Hayley's away,
1577
01:13:00,125 --> 01:13:02,742
do you want me to be
your chauffeur in the morning?
1578
01:13:02,878 --> 01:13:04,664
As long
as you have room for two.
1579
01:13:04,797 --> 01:13:07,004
[ Both laugh]
1580
01:13:07,132 --> 01:13:09,043
I'll leave you
to your happy hour.
1581
01:13:09,176 --> 01:13:11,087
[ Cellphone rings I
1582
01:13:11,220 --> 01:13:13,712
-Hughes.
-This Simon Petrovich fella.
1583
01:13:13,847 --> 01:13:16,384
He is in Croatia.
You know why?
1584
01:13:16,517 --> 01:13:17,928
We were told he had a sick aunt.
1585
01:13:18,060 --> 01:13:19,391
HUGHES:
Oh, that may be the case.
1586
01:13:19,520 --> 01:13:20,885
She's probably sick with worry
1587
01:13:21,021 --> 01:13:24,855
because he's also secreting away
his nephew -- Vinnie Petrovich.
1588
01:13:24,983 --> 01:13:27,270
Vinnie slipped
his home-detention bracelet
1589
01:13:27,403 --> 01:13:28,609
on Friday night.
1590
01:13:28,737 --> 01:13:31,229
They flew out on the red-eye.
So thanks for the heads-up.
1591
01:13:31,365 --> 01:13:32,230
Happy to help.
1592
01:13:32,366 --> 01:13:34,733
HUGHES: How are you getting on
with the Whitestone case?
1593
01:13:34,868 --> 01:13:35,949
Small steps.
1594
01:13:36,078 --> 01:13:37,989
Shame.
Nice bloke.
1595
01:13:38,122 --> 01:13:39,658
Met him once at a charity do.
1596
01:13:39,790 --> 01:13:41,622
With his stepdaughter.
Hannah?
1597
01:13:41,750 --> 01:13:42,615
Hayley?
1598
01:13:42,751 --> 01:13:44,367
HUGHES: Hayley.
That's it.
1599
01:13:44,503 --> 01:13:45,709
Bit of a honey.
1600
01:13:45,838 --> 01:13:47,454
Probably shouldn't say that.
1601
01:13:47,589 --> 01:13:49,500
Anyway, let me know
if you need anything else.
1602
01:13:49,633 --> 01:13:52,671
And the international boys
owe you one.
1603
01:13:52,803 --> 01:13:53,838
Cheers.
1604
01:14:03,188 --> 01:14:06,055
Your campaign manager,
Simon Petrovich.
1605
01:14:06,191 --> 01:14:07,556
He is in Croatia.
1606
01:14:07,693 --> 01:14:09,354
Right.
Like I said.
1607
01:14:09,486 --> 01:14:10,601
SHEPHERD:
With his nephew.
1608
01:14:11,572 --> 01:14:14,234
But then,
I think you already knew that.
1609
01:14:14,366 --> 01:14:17,734
I presume he was with Simon
at your meeting on Friday night.
1610
01:14:20,247 --> 01:14:21,408
You can leave that.
1611
01:14:21,540 --> 01:14:24,453
-Call it a day.
-Sure.
1612
01:14:25,836 --> 01:14:27,247
Look, Simon didn't ask
for the trouble.
1613
01:14:27,379 --> 01:14:28,369
Vinnie came to him.
1614
01:14:28,505 --> 01:14:29,870
And Simon came to you?
1615
01:14:30,007 --> 01:14:31,793
He's a good friend.
1616
01:14:31,925 --> 01:14:33,256
He's like a brother.
1617
01:14:33,385 --> 01:14:34,750
You can't bring him in here,
bro!
1618
01:14:34,887 --> 01:14:37,003
He was in a jam.
I lent him some money.
1619
01:14:37,139 --> 01:14:38,755
That is all.
1620
01:14:38,891 --> 01:14:40,882
[ Sighs]
I mean...
1621
01:14:41,018 --> 01:14:43,760
-what would you do?
-[ Sighs ]
1622
01:14:43,896 --> 01:14:45,887
I'd probably take that down.
1623
01:15:01,788 --> 01:15:05,372
Crazy Pete was at a strip club
in the city.
1624
01:15:05,501 --> 01:15:07,287
He could have saved himself
a lot of pain
1625
01:15:07,419 --> 01:15:09,080
if he'd explained that
at the beginning.
1626
01:15:09,213 --> 01:15:14,174
But his Santa suit
has miraculously reappeared.
1627
01:15:14,301 --> 01:15:15,416
Overnight?
1628
01:15:15,552 --> 01:15:16,883
SIMS: Yeah, well,
someone put it back there.
1629
01:15:17,012 --> 01:15:18,502
Or he did.
1630
01:15:18,639 --> 01:15:20,255
Back in his office?
1631
01:15:23,644 --> 01:15:25,635
Actually,
that makes perfect sense.
1632
01:15:25,771 --> 01:15:27,808
It does?
1633
01:15:27,940 --> 01:15:29,806
We don't need to push him
any further.
1634
01:15:34,071 --> 01:15:35,937
And Jed Charmers, too.
1635
01:15:36,073 --> 01:15:38,986
His alibi is complicated,
but true.
1636
01:15:39,993 --> 01:15:42,234
Senior.
All set.
1637
01:15:42,371 --> 01:15:44,282
Mm. Thanks.
1638
01:15:44,414 --> 01:15:48,658
So, Pete London, Jed,
Victoria, Neil Bloom --
1639
01:15:48,794 --> 01:15:50,705
All of our suspects
are off the table.
1640
01:15:50,837 --> 01:15:53,374
Not... all.
1641
01:15:54,967 --> 01:15:57,254
Join me when Breen calls.
1642
01:15:57,386 --> 01:16:01,926
He's up at Smith's Bay hopefully
verifying a couple of things.
1643
01:16:02,057 --> 01:16:04,924
SIMS: So, you're focusing
on Evan's daughter.
1644
01:16:05,060 --> 01:16:07,552
Stepdaughter, actually.
1645
01:16:16,488 --> 01:16:18,570
You know, the funeral's
in less than an hour.
1646
01:16:18,699 --> 01:16:21,657
This shouldn't take
more than a couple minutes.
1647
01:16:26,498 --> 01:16:27,533
I just wanted to talk
1648
01:16:27,666 --> 01:16:29,623
-about your mother's passing.
-Why?
1649
01:16:30,836 --> 01:16:32,543
I still find it hard
to talk about.
1650
01:16:32,671 --> 01:16:33,661
Trust me.
I understand.
1651
01:16:33,797 --> 01:16:36,459
I know it creates great pain
for those of us left behind.
1652
01:16:36,592 --> 01:16:41,132
-Your mother?
-Someone very close.
1653
01:16:45,934 --> 01:16:50,178
Your mother
suffered clinical depression.
1654
01:16:51,273 --> 01:16:53,105
One day, she decided
that the only way out
1655
01:16:53,233 --> 01:16:55,816
involved the bathtub
and a razor blade.
1656
01:16:56,028 --> 01:16:57,189
And it was you who had
the terrible misfortune --
1657
01:16:57,321 --> 01:16:59,688
Do we have to talk about this?
1658
01:17:00,782 --> 01:17:04,070
How did Evan handle
the depression she suffered?
1659
01:17:04,202 --> 01:17:06,614
He did what he could.
1660
01:17:06,747 --> 01:17:10,115
Stayed so busy he didn't really
have time to deal with it.
1661
01:17:10,250 --> 01:17:11,832
[ Knock on door ]
1662
01:17:11,960 --> 01:17:14,247
Breen is on the phone.
1663
01:17:15,088 --> 01:17:16,249
Excuse me.
1664
01:17:24,014 --> 01:17:26,597
-Talk to me.
-It checks out, Mike.
1665
01:17:26,725 --> 01:17:28,341
Hayley was definitely here.
1666
01:17:28,477 --> 01:17:32,015
There's fresh food
still in the fridge.
1667
01:17:34,232 --> 01:17:36,894
The bed's unmade.
1668
01:17:37,027 --> 01:17:42,193
There's a laptop on the table
with some sort of manuscript.
1669
01:17:44,451 --> 01:17:46,192
There's only a handful
of houses.
1670
01:17:46,328 --> 01:17:49,866
Might be hard to find anyone
to verify when she left.
1671
01:17:49,998 --> 01:17:52,865
What is the title
of the manuscript?
1672
01:17:55,796 --> 01:17:58,333
BREEN:
"Blood Letting."
1673
01:17:58,465 --> 01:18:01,548
Mike, there's only a title page.
1674
01:18:04,179 --> 01:18:05,510
We need to be gentle.
1675
01:18:05,639 --> 01:18:08,381
It seems she has writer's block.
1676
01:18:08,934 --> 01:18:11,096
Look, I need to get
to the funeral.
1677
01:18:11,228 --> 01:18:12,684
Of course.
One more thing.
1678
01:18:13,397 --> 01:18:17,641
On the night before the parade,
Evan called you at, um...
1679
01:18:17,776 --> 01:18:19,266
Oh.
1680
01:18:19,986 --> 01:18:20,942
Uh...
1681
01:18:23,281 --> 01:18:24,521
9:03 p.m.
1682
01:18:25,367 --> 01:18:28,109
I can't remember the time,
but he called me, yes.
1683
01:18:28,245 --> 01:18:29,326
To say?
1684
01:18:29,454 --> 01:18:31,821
Just to check
when I was coming home.
1685
01:18:31,957 --> 01:18:32,992
SHEPHERD:
That's all?
1686
01:18:33,125 --> 01:18:34,456
HAYLEY: Yes.
1687
01:18:35,419 --> 01:18:36,625
He didn't have any other news?
1688
01:18:36,753 --> 01:18:38,710
That's all I recall.
1689
01:18:38,839 --> 01:18:40,295
SHEPHERD: Mm.
Strange.
1690
01:18:40,424 --> 01:18:42,882
Because in the seconds before
he called you from the pub,
1691
01:18:43,009 --> 01:18:46,547
he was waxing lyrical about
letting bygones be bygones,
1692
01:18:46,680 --> 01:18:48,136
about coming out of the closet,
1693
01:18:48,265 --> 01:18:51,929
and in the morning,
the whole town would know. Hmm.
1694
01:18:52,644 --> 01:18:55,727
Oh, and you did mention
that if Evan had any news,
1695
01:18:55,856 --> 01:18:57,142
that you'd be the first to know.
1696
01:18:57,274 --> 01:18:59,561
Look, I don't know
what you're getting at.
1697
01:18:59,693 --> 01:19:03,732
Evan was busting with excitement
because, as he told you,
1698
01:19:03,864 --> 01:19:04,945
he was on his way home
1699
01:19:05,073 --> 01:19:07,189
to meet Maureen Moffat
to pop the question.
1700
01:19:07,325 --> 01:19:09,441
And I wanted you
to be the first to know.
1701
01:19:09,578 --> 01:19:12,787
Tomorrow, for the first time in
many years since your mum died,
1702
01:19:12,914 --> 01:19:14,450
at the Santa parade,
1703
01:19:14,583 --> 01:19:17,666
there will be a Mrs. Claus
riding on the float.
1704
01:19:19,921 --> 01:19:22,913
I'm so happy for you.
1705
01:19:23,049 --> 01:19:25,040
But you weren't happy, were you?
1706
01:19:25,177 --> 01:19:28,590
Up until then, you were the sole
beneficiary to Evan's will.
1707
01:19:28,722 --> 01:19:30,963
But he gets remarried,
it starts getting shared around,
1708
01:19:31,099 --> 01:19:32,464
and Maureen's only 39.
1709
01:19:32,601 --> 01:19:34,308
If she decides
to get pregnant...
1710
01:19:34,436 --> 01:19:36,222
You're forgetting
that I was at Smith's Bay.
1711
01:19:36,354 --> 01:19:38,516
Well, it's only
an hour and 3/4 away.
1712
01:19:38,648 --> 01:19:39,888
The night was still young.
1713
01:19:40,025 --> 01:19:42,687
Plenty of time
to formulate a plan.
1714
01:19:43,653 --> 01:19:47,942
A plan that had probably
been brewing for years...
1715
01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:53,073
...since your mother's demise...
1716
01:19:58,335 --> 01:20:02,624
...to point the blame
at those with likely motives...
1717
01:20:03,298 --> 01:20:05,756
...and lethal means.
1718
01:20:09,638 --> 01:20:11,424
EVAN: [ Laughing ]
1719
01:20:11,556 --> 01:20:13,172
Ho ho-ho ho-ho!
1720
01:20:13,308 --> 01:20:14,514
[ Laughs ] Oh.
1721
01:20:14,643 --> 01:20:15,553
Hayley.
1722
01:20:15,685 --> 01:20:17,301
We didn't hear you come in.
1723
01:20:17,437 --> 01:20:20,520
Well, I couldn't wait
to congratulate you.
1724
01:20:20,649 --> 01:20:24,187
J Allis calm J
1725
01:20:24,319 --> 01:20:26,356
-Expensive.
-MAUREEN: [ Squeals ]
1726
01:20:26,488 --> 01:20:28,195
HAYLEY: [ Chuckles ]
1727
01:20:29,825 --> 01:20:32,738
Is that the Santa suit
that my mother used to wear?
1728
01:20:32,869 --> 01:20:36,157
I'll go get another glass.
[ Chuckles ]
1729
01:20:36,289 --> 01:20:37,950
MAUREEN: [ Chuckles ]
It is.
1730
01:20:38,083 --> 01:20:41,326
It's about time it got used
again, don't you think?
1731
01:20:41,461 --> 01:20:44,078
-We should light a fire.
-MAUREEN: A fire?
1732
01:20:44,214 --> 01:20:45,545
Yeah, make it more Christmasy.
1733
01:20:45,674 --> 01:20:47,005
Marvelous.
1734
01:20:47,133 --> 01:20:49,090
[ Laughs ]
1735
01:20:49,219 --> 01:20:52,428
This is stupid, and the funeral
is about to start.
1736
01:20:52,556 --> 01:20:53,967
Sit down, Hayley.
1737
01:20:54,766 --> 01:20:57,224
Or you'll miss the best part.
1738
01:21:00,063 --> 01:21:01,724
[ Coughing]
1739
01:21:01,857 --> 01:21:03,143
Santa must be
coming down the chimney.
1740
01:21:03,275 --> 01:21:04,731
Oh, the bloody dummy!
1741
01:21:04,860 --> 01:21:07,397
Oh, Evan, don't be silly.
You're half drunk.
1742
01:21:07,529 --> 01:21:08,690
I'll hold the ladder.
1743
01:21:08,822 --> 01:21:11,655
Oh. Okay.
1744
01:21:13,451 --> 01:21:15,033
[ Grunts]
1745
01:21:15,161 --> 01:21:17,493
Stupid bloody thing.
1746
01:21:17,622 --> 01:21:18,783
Is it clear?
1747
01:21:19,833 --> 01:21:21,995
-What?
-The flue. Check it's clear.
1748
01:21:26,590 --> 01:21:27,671
MAUREEN: [ Screams ]
1749
01:21:45,191 --> 01:21:46,852
[ Thud ]
1750
01:21:53,116 --> 01:21:57,451
J Oh, Christmas tree,
oh, Christmas tree J
1751
01:21:57,579 --> 01:21:59,286
Any luck?
1752
01:21:59,414 --> 01:22:02,748
That Santa is
well and truly wedged in there.
1753
01:22:02,876 --> 01:22:04,412
Oh, well.
1754
01:22:04,544 --> 01:22:05,579
Where's Maureen?
1755
01:22:05,712 --> 01:22:08,625
-She had soot on her face.
-Ah.
1756
01:22:08,757 --> 01:22:10,213
More champagne?
1757
01:22:10,342 --> 01:22:12,253
I'll get it.
1758
01:22:14,387 --> 01:22:15,923
You never really liked Evan,
did you?
1759
01:22:16,056 --> 01:22:19,139
You thought
he was a pompous old bastard.
1760
01:22:20,852 --> 01:22:23,344
And him not being
your biological father,
1761
01:22:23,480 --> 01:22:25,847
you could be dispassionate...
1762
01:22:27,025 --> 01:22:28,641
...for that moment in time...
1763
01:22:50,382 --> 01:22:52,874
...to get the job done.
1764
01:22:53,009 --> 01:22:54,920
You should write novels,
Detective.
1765
01:22:55,053 --> 01:22:57,385
-That is quite a story.
-I haven't finished yet.
1766
01:22:59,182 --> 01:23:02,425
On that key ring will be a key
to Pete London's office.
1767
01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:04,642
You used to work for him.
You still have the key.
1768
01:23:04,771 --> 01:23:05,932
Am I right?
1769
01:23:06,064 --> 01:23:08,601
If it is, I wasn't aware of it.
1770
01:23:08,733 --> 01:23:10,519
It was a long time ago.
1771
01:23:11,569 --> 01:23:12,809
SHEPHERD:
What better place to find
1772
01:23:12,946 --> 01:23:17,565
a freshly padded Santa Claus
outfit fit for a parade?
1773
01:23:19,869 --> 01:23:21,735
Why didn't you stage it
as a suicide pact?
1774
01:23:21,871 --> 01:23:25,956
-I didn't stage anything!
-Suicide wouldn't ring true.
1775
01:23:26,084 --> 01:23:28,246
There were too many witnesses
to Evan's happiness --
1776
01:23:28,378 --> 01:23:30,836
Ray Neilson, Jared Morehu.
1777
01:23:30,964 --> 01:23:34,457
Better to point the finger at
one or several of Evan's rivals.
1778
01:23:34,592 --> 01:23:37,926
That was a good plan, except...
1779
01:23:38,054 --> 01:23:39,465
-[ Knock on door ]
-Yo!
1780
01:23:39,597 --> 01:23:43,340
Santa and Mrs. Santa,
your sleigh awaits.
1781
01:23:50,608 --> 01:23:52,975
Oh, hi.
1782
01:23:54,112 --> 01:23:56,854
Uh, I thought you was up north.
Where's, um...
1783
01:23:56,990 --> 01:23:58,105
Oh. Evan.
1784
01:23:58,867 --> 01:23:59,823
He's asleep.
1785
01:23:59,951 --> 01:24:00,941
What?
1786
01:24:01,077 --> 01:24:03,114
Evan.
1787
01:24:04,706 --> 01:24:05,571
Whoa.
1788
01:24:09,335 --> 01:24:11,417
It must have taken a while
to decide on the plan.
1789
01:24:12,380 --> 01:24:14,747
Was leaving the pie
a good or a bad idea?
1790
01:24:16,926 --> 01:24:19,167
It certainly tied
Jared to the scene.
1791
01:24:19,304 --> 01:24:21,386
And if you could make it
look like he did it,
1792
01:24:21,514 --> 01:24:23,096
and he was dead, well...
1793
01:24:23,224 --> 01:24:25,932
-The makings of a perfect crime.
-SHEPHERD: Mm.
1794
01:24:44,037 --> 01:24:45,573
That was your second mistake.
1795
01:24:45,705 --> 01:24:46,820
Jared hates rum.
1796
01:24:46,956 --> 01:24:49,118
[ Scoffs ]
And what was my first?
1797
01:24:49,250 --> 01:24:51,287
-Committing murder.
-Nice try.
1798
01:24:51,419 --> 01:24:53,251
SHEPHERD:
You don't accept that you did?
1799
01:24:54,589 --> 01:24:58,674
If this was true, why would
I partake in the parade?
1800
01:24:58,802 --> 01:25:01,294
Well, initially, you needed time
to get back from the bach.
1801
01:25:01,429 --> 01:25:02,760
If Evan was at the parade,
1802
01:25:02,889 --> 01:25:04,971
no one would think
anything was amiss.
1803
01:25:05,100 --> 01:25:06,807
Cutting it fine, Evan.
1804
01:25:06,935 --> 01:25:08,141
[ Children cheering ]
1805
01:25:08,269 --> 01:25:09,885
SHEPHERD:
But now with Jared in the mix,
1806
01:25:10,021 --> 01:25:12,638
that seemed less important.
1807
01:25:14,359 --> 01:25:18,899
Having driven Evan's car to
the parade, you dropped it home.
1808
01:25:19,531 --> 01:25:23,741
From there, you drove to town
as if just arriving...
1809
01:25:25,078 --> 01:25:27,445
...being sure to have
a little accident on the way
1810
01:25:27,580 --> 01:25:29,787
to put you in time and place...
1811
01:25:29,916 --> 01:25:31,532
It doesn't look that bad.
1812
01:25:31,668 --> 01:25:35,753
Look, I'll write down my details
for you. I am so sorry.
1813
01:25:37,674 --> 01:25:38,960
SHEPHERD: ...calling Evan
as you walked in,
1814
01:25:39,092 --> 01:25:42,460
thereby leaving evidence
of your own shocked discovery.
1815
01:25:42,595 --> 01:25:44,051
Dad, hi.
It's me.
1816
01:25:44,180 --> 01:25:46,638
I just got back from the beach.
Where are you?
1817
01:25:46,766 --> 01:25:48,757
Nice touch.
1818
01:25:48,893 --> 01:25:51,260
But that was your third mistake.
1819
01:25:51,396 --> 01:25:53,433
Why would you say that?
1820
01:25:53,565 --> 01:25:55,556
SHEPHERD:
You tried too hard.
1821
01:25:55,692 --> 01:25:56,773
In all our dealings with you,
1822
01:25:56,901 --> 01:26:01,395
you never once referred to him
as Dad, only Evan.
1823
01:26:03,241 --> 01:26:05,528
Dad?
[ Chuckles ]
1824
01:26:05,660 --> 01:26:07,242
Dad, are you asleep?
1825
01:26:07,370 --> 01:26:09,577
Dad.
1826
01:26:09,706 --> 01:26:11,868
[ Gasps I]
Oh! Oh!
1827
01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:14,207
Dad!
Somebody!
1828
01:26:15,628 --> 01:26:18,666
You thought you'd killed Jared,
didn't you?
1829
01:26:18,798 --> 01:26:20,129
But then when you heard that...
1830
01:26:20,258 --> 01:26:21,714
Sorry to interrupt.
1831
01:26:21,843 --> 01:26:23,550
Jared's woken up.
1832
01:26:23,678 --> 01:26:26,841
SHEPHERD: [ Sighs ]
Some good news at last.
1833
01:26:26,973 --> 01:26:29,010
...it was time
to don the suit again.
1834
01:26:33,229 --> 01:26:34,811
[ Monitor beeping ]
1835
01:26:35,899 --> 01:26:37,731
He should have bled to death.
1836
01:26:49,537 --> 01:26:51,494
Hayley Whitestone.
1837
01:26:54,542 --> 01:26:56,283
I'm charging you
with the murders
1838
01:26:56,419 --> 01:26:58,330
of Evan Whitestone
and Maureen Moffat
1839
01:26:58,463 --> 01:27:02,252
and the attempted murder
of Jared Morehu.
1840
01:27:06,804 --> 01:27:09,637
Love you, too.
Bye.
1841
01:27:09,766 --> 01:27:12,349
[ Sighs ]
1842
01:27:12,477 --> 01:27:13,433
My parents' plane
1843
01:27:13,561 --> 01:27:16,223
has been grounded at Heathrow
due to snow.
1844
01:27:16,356 --> 01:27:18,814
They're not gonna make it back
in time for Christmas Day.
1845
01:27:18,942 --> 01:27:19,932
Shame.
1846
01:27:23,529 --> 01:27:24,985
Yeah, I'm really jealous.
1847
01:27:25,114 --> 01:27:27,401
They get to have
a white Christmas.
1848
01:27:27,533 --> 01:27:31,618
I can't promise you snow,
but you're welcome to join me.
1849
01:27:31,746 --> 01:27:32,861
-Thanks.
-Mm.
1850
01:27:34,207 --> 01:27:36,289
When did you zero in
on Hayley Whitestone?
1851
01:27:37,460 --> 01:27:39,076
When I looked
at her bookshelf.
1852
01:27:40,672 --> 01:27:43,630
For a romance writer,
there wasn't one of that genre.
1853
01:27:43,758 --> 01:27:45,840
-They were all about...
-Scandinavian serial killers?
1854
01:27:45,969 --> 01:27:48,677
-Pretty much.
-Mm.
1855
01:27:48,805 --> 01:27:51,297
How did you know that the figure
1856
01:27:51,432 --> 01:27:52,672
running down
the hospital corridor
1857
01:27:52,809 --> 01:27:55,892
in Pete London's Santa suit
wasn't Pete London?
1858
01:27:56,020 --> 01:27:57,556
Oh.
That's not important.
1859
01:27:57,689 --> 01:27:58,770
No, it is.
1860
01:27:58,898 --> 01:28:00,104
That's how I get better
at my job.
1861
01:28:00,233 --> 01:28:01,723
I'd rather not say.
1862
01:28:01,859 --> 01:28:03,520
-Please.
-[ Sighs]
1863
01:28:03,653 --> 01:28:05,735
Okay, but you're
not gonna like it.
1864
01:28:08,574 --> 01:28:09,689
[ Sighs ]
1865
01:28:09,826 --> 01:28:12,443
That Santa ran like a girl.
1866
01:28:12,578 --> 01:28:14,569
SHEPHERD: For the record,
I never said that.
1867
01:28:14,706 --> 01:28:16,617
You did.
1868
01:28:17,292 --> 01:28:20,080
J Joy to the world J
1869
01:28:20,211 --> 01:28:22,999
-& The Lord is come J
-Ooh.
1870
01:28:23,131 --> 01:28:25,748
God, that looks good.
1871
01:28:26,509 --> 01:28:30,173
Not a word to Roxy.
Promise?
1872
01:28:30,305 --> 01:28:31,591
Merry Christmas.
1873
01:28:31,723 --> 01:28:34,385
-[ Cracker pops I
-Whoa!
1874
01:28:34,517 --> 01:28:35,928
Merry Christmas.
1875
01:28:36,060 --> 01:28:38,597
-Merry Christmas.
-Merry Christmas.
1876
01:28:38,730 --> 01:28:40,846
J Let heaven and nature sing J
1877
01:28:40,982 --> 01:28:43,394
All right.
It's a fine tradition.
1878
01:28:43,526 --> 01:28:44,641
Oh!
1879
01:28:44,777 --> 01:28:47,144
[ Laughter ]
1880
01:28:47,280 --> 01:28:48,987
-[P
An
1881
01:28:51,451 --> 01:28:52,907
J ...through the snow J
1882
01:28:53,036 --> 01:28:55,653
J In a one-horse open sleigh J
1883
01:28:55,788 --> 01:28:58,155
J O'er them fields we go J
1884
01:28:58,291 --> 01:29:00,532
J Laughing all the way J
1885
01:29:00,668 --> 01:29:03,035
J Bells on bobtails ring J
1886
01:29:03,171 --> 01:29:05,287
J Making spirits bright J
1887
01:29:05,423 --> 01:29:07,790
J What fun it is
to laugh and sing J
1888
01:29:07,925 --> 01:29:09,836
J A sleighing song tonight J
1889
01:29:09,969 --> 01:29:12,961
J Oh, jingle bells,
jingle bells J
1890
01:29:13,097 --> 01:29:15,338
J Jingle all the way J
1891
01:29:15,475 --> 01:29:20,766
J Oh, what fun it is ride
in a one-horse open sleigh J
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