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Alexa Crowe. [Chuckles] I thought it must be you.

Enzo, you're still working as a courier?

Yeah, I love it.

There's a certain joy in delivering parcels

and letters that people really want.

The moment when the recipient receives it,

the expression on their face --

I mean, it makes all the road rage worth while.

Something wrong?

Wedding invitation looked like to me.

Weddings are such joyous occasions.

Two weeks ago. Bugger.

Well, look, that envelope

was -- was -- was second on my list was after a parcel

that was destined for the very top of the island,

and I delivered that in record time,

and I was on my way back, and I noticed the lighthouse

wasn't lighting up anything at all.

So, you know, it was a stormy night.

I couldn't have any shipwrecks on my hands,

so I couldn't just drive on and leave the sea unlit.

So I stopped the van and I climbed up the spiral staircase.

It was pitch black. Lit me up the torch from my phone.

I got there and I discovered a seagull

in the -- in the lantern room

and it was -- was trapped, distressed.

[Squawking]

So I freed the bird. I fixed the beacon,

and the local community was so grateful

that they asked me to stay on and advise them

on various other matters.

So, I mean, what could I say?

I say bull.

This was probably stuck on the bottom of your bag

for the last couple of months.

I noticed the wedding's in Queenstown.

Who was getting married anyway?

My mother.

Oh.

Enzo, you're beautiful and I love you.

What?

Oh, uh... Toodle-oo.

Happy to help.

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Why are you so chipper?

Ever have one of those days

where you feel like you just dodged a bullet?

Yeah, I think I know what you mean.

Remember that botched robbery

at an organic coconut oil business a few months ago?

Yeah, both the owners were shot,

and one of them didn't make it.

Ropati Tavu'i.

Him and his business partner, Chris Sanders,

they interrupted an intruder at their store,

Tipoula Oil.

Chris suffered a serious flesh wound, but he survived.

We've got no murder weapon. We've got no CCTV footage.

We've got no arrests.

Case is going cold,

and we've got a traumatized family.

Give me the details of the crime.

Apparently, Ropati was in the store room

and Chris was in the shop.

He heard a gunshot, came running in.

The intruder was still there. There was a kerfuffle.

Chris ended up with a bullet in his foot.

Chris can't give you an ID?

He said it was too dark,

it happened too fast, and the shooter got away.

Chris called 111, but Ropati was gone

by the time ambos and police arrived.

What the heck were these guys doing at the store so late?

They were there to do a bit of work and unwind

after a fundraiser for their cultural group.

It's in there.

Ropati had a lot of mana.

He was well loved and respected by his community,

and it seems, by his family.

Seems?

Ropati's cousin,

Setu Tavu'i.

He manages the cultural group, and now he's got another job.

Oh, he inherited Ropati's share of the family business?

You got it. And he doesn't have an alibi.

Didn't join the couple after the fundraiser.

Said he went home and watched TV.

No imagination.

Reckon you can help a family find closure?

Eme Tavu'i. That's Ropati's mum.

She's the kind of woman that everyone calls Auntie.

You know? She's devastated.

She needs answers.

Harry.

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[Music playing]

Dig a little deeper into the family's financials, would you?

I want to know if anyone gained from Ropati's death.

All right. I'll see if digital forensics missed anything.

Oh, and Setu's streamer account, too.

Well, the team at the station confirmed it was

in use that night, but maybe Setu just left it playing.

-It's the Tavu'i Dance Group. -Yeah.

Ah, you're looking into what happened to Ropati Tavu'i.

Did you know him?

Well, my nana's from the same village as his mum.

For Samoans, family is everything.

I'm about to visit a family who've lost one of their own.

Oh.

Just don't go empty handed, okay?

Oh. Thanks for the tip.

Actually, you don't want to go visit family, do you?

[Scoffs]

Okay, so I know a little bit about the culture,

but have you got any tips for this palagi?

Uh, well, don't interrupt any elders when they're talking,

and, um, eat any food that's given to you.

Eat food. Got it.

Ropati always thought of others.

He was clever. He was loyal. He loved his Fa'a Samoa.

Hi, Auntie.

This is my palagison. This is Chris.

Malo.Hi.

Hi, Chris.

You know, I'm so glad police are finally doing more.

Alexa, ask any questions.

Feel free to look around the house.

Make yourself at home.

Thanks very much, Eme.

Chris, I know this is hard to talk about, but I need

to hear your version of events the night that Ropati died.

Um...

Me and Pati were just going back to the store

to return some product,

um, have a drink, unwind,

and, uh, Pati went to the store room,

and I was pouring myself a whiskey.

And then there was a loud bang.

I just thought he might have dropped something.

And then there was another bang.

So I ran and, um,

Pati was on the floor, and there was someone there,

but there was another bang, and then the person left.

Um...

Um, Pati wasn't moving,

and I didn't even know I'd been hit.

I couldn't even feel it until I tried to move.

Um, I was just...

I was just staring at my bro.

I'm sorry. Sorry.

Hey, hey. It's not your fault, my son.

Did Setu expect to inherit Ropati's share of the business?

Setu's thing's the dance group,

but he was always going to be the go-to guy

if anything happened to me or Pati.

It's a family business.

Alexa: You've been part of this family a long time, huh?

I've been living in the sleep-out since I was 12,

ever since Emma took pity on Pati's scrawny little friend

with the bare feet and hungry tummy.

I'll take that.

Good to see you. Come through any time.

Seriously. No stress.

Thank you.

-Cheers. -See ya.

Ooh-la-la.

So Setu inheriting half the business is not a surprise.

But the business isn't his passion.

That's the dance troupe.

Speaking of, I combed through Setu's financials

just after Ropati died.

There was a deposit of $5,000 from the dance group's account

into Setu's personal account,

then he withdraws the lot.

Uniforms? A tour?

Well, five days after, the whole lot's

deposited back into his account,

and then he transfers it back to the dance group.

So he needed cash. Check the Tipoula store accounts.

Hey, we agreed to recycle. Is this a wedding invitation?

Yeah. We also agreed not to be nosy parkers.

"You are cordially invited to the..."

Is this your mum? Your mum's getting married?

Got married. Two weeks ago.

Wait, you didn't go?

Good noticing.

Why not?

I am taking out the recycling.

Amazing. I'll put some aside for you.

Thank you.

Talofa.

Oh. Talofa.

Setu Tavu'i? Alexa Crowe.

I'm very sorry for the loss of your cousin.

I'd like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind.

I've got a question for you.

Why are the cops bothering my family?

Well, Auntie Eme doesn't see it as bothering.

She sees it as helping.

Another one.

What's the average time it takes for them

to solve crimes for Samoan people?

Is there a variance based on ethnicity?

Listen, I can't comment --

Yeah, you can't comment on it because there's a lack of police

stats necessary to quantify rates of bias in this country.

Listen. I'm not with the police, all right?

I'm a consultant of sorts. A satellite.

So just let me go in there

and look around the premises, all right?

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Oh.

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So warm in here.

Some people wear glycerin to the coconut oil

to keep it in its liquid state.

Uh-huh.

Pati and Chris keep theirs in a heated room.

Oil stays pure. Sells better.

Yeah.

Yo, am I good or am I good?

We got two buyers back. They like the new direction.

Wish I could see Fia Collins' face

when she finds out about the rebrand.

Bro, I'll take it down myself.

Chris? Hi.

Hello, Alexa.

Hi. Hey, who's Fia Collins?

A fiapoko. What?

Just someone who thinks she's in competition to our business.

Monga monga.

But we got a big old can of fly spray.

Damn right.

Well, Tipoula looks like it's doing really well.

Well, thank you very much for letting me look around.

Please. Any time.

A monga monga.

Monga...

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Setu's streamer account was active on his home computer

around the time of Ropati's murder.

But that doesn't mean he was actually there, right?

I mean, streaming stops after a while

if you don't touch the controls.

Yeah, 90 minutes or three episodes.

So did it?

No, but he could have turned on the series, gone out,

and then arrived back in time to click on episode four.

Okay, we have to question Setu again.

He's going to love it. Not.

I can go.

I've got a new interview technique

I want to try out.

Done. Right.

Hey, check this out.

There is a successful Fijian cosmetics company called Fia.

The owner, Fia Collins, is in competition with Tipoula,

but operates on a much bigger scale.

I look for potential in startups,

and I use my knowledge and experience

to nurture and secure their success.

Knock, knock! Just thought I'd stop by and see

if there was any of Eme's pani popo left.

[Both laugh]

As if.

You know, business doesn't have to be cutthroat.

What's Fia Collins got to do with anything?

Do you know everyone?

Successful, intelligent, gorgeous

Fijian-Pacific businesswoman.

How can I not?

Oh, mega-fan.

Well, she hires Pasifika people and treats them pretty well.

Quite inspiring for a businessman like myself.

What's a monga monga?

It's a cockroach. Why?

Well Setu and Chris use that word in connection

with your business hero here.

Well...hush.

They must have a reason.

What if Fia was taking advantage of the tragedy

to acquire Tipoula Oil? Nah.

Fia's all about nurturing small business, right?

But what if a small business doesn't want to be nurtured?

I mean, what happens if you say no to Fia Collins?

That's a gorgeous product. Perfect for you.

These have just come in.

Smell this.

Fia Collins?

Hi, my name's Alexa Crow.

Oh, we don't accept unsolicited sales pitches.

Well, I'm sure glad that's not what I'm here for.

I've been watching you from afar,

and I want to write your profile for our magazine, "Image".

Never heard of it.

Well, it's kind of niche,

but our readership is growing exponentially,

and I think you would be great on our cover.

Can you make a little time?

Right. You need to be committed to doing

what's right as opposed to easy.

You know, if I live my life to the fullest

and, you know, achieve my goals,

then I set an example to those around me.

And when you take over these smaller businesses --Collaborate.

So those small business owners are partners in all of this?

We are all architects of our lives and businesses.

You know, unfortunately, some of them don't have

the staying power that I do.

Right.

What about Tipoula Oils?

Oh. Cute little startup. Nothing to do with me.

Oh, I heard that you were interested

in collaborating with them.

Who'd you hear that from?From the owners.

So did you plan to take over Tipoula Oils

before or after Ropati Tavu'i's murder?

Security, to my office place. Yeah.

You know, my business dealings are confidential.

You can leave now.

Security will help you find your way.

Well, another time.

[Music playing, singing indistinctly]

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Yeah. [Speaking foreign language]

[Speaking foreign language]

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[Music stops]

Let's take five.

Yeah. Malo.

Malo. Oh. Malo.

How can I help?

I'm Madison, a colleague of Alexa Crowe's.

You've got no shame.

You interview me like a criminal at work,

and now in front of my dance group.

Would others are finding out about money shifting

add to any shame?

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Look, I never wanted Ropati's share of Tipoula.

I'd rather have him back.

Where were you the night Ropati died?

Home. Watching TV.

And what were you watching?

"Squid Game".Oh, I love "Squid Game".

What's the main character known as?

Uh, Player 456.

And what color are the players' uniforms?Green.

Who died at the end of episode three?

Uh... I don't think you watched that episode.

I think you pressed play, and then you left.

Maybe I fell asleep.

Oh, who falls asleep during "Squid Game"?

Okay, I see you, Olivia Pope.

Gorgeous and smart.

Well, the two were never mutually exclusive.

So what's been happening with the dance group's money?

[Cellphone ringing]

Hey what's up?

Setu's overwhelmed by Tipoula responsibilities.

The money he moved was apparently for new uniforms,

but the deal fell through, so he put it back.

Do you buy that?

I don't know. Their current uniforms look good to me.

All right. Keep pressing him on

any connection to Fia Collins, all right?[Knock at door]

Oh, hey. Gotta go.

Come in.

Guess who is their mother's favorite son?

Their mother's only son.

Uh, favorite child, then.

You went to the wedding.

Of course I went. It's in beautiful Queenstown.

Mountains, scenery everywhere you turn,

free piss.

Anyway, why weren't you there?

Didn't get the invitation in time.

Mom said she tried to call you a few times.

Is that right? Well, I guess I missed those calls.

Oh, come on, what, are you gonna make me guess

what your problem is?

Is it with Mum?

Weddings in general? People in general?

Oh, I know. It's love and happiness

you don't like, isn't it?

All I need to hear from you

is why somebody would knick money from a not for profit,

transfer it, and then transfer it back

into the original account a week later.

Guilty conscience?

It's not something I'm familiar with.

Anything else?

Maybe a financial advisor

might help themselves to a client's money

with the intention of investing it and doubling it.

Then they might put the original amount back

and keep the profits.

Ah.

Could go to jail for that.

Sore point, sis.

Sore point.

[Cellphone chimes]

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[Music playing]

[Singing in foreign language]

[Speaking foreign language]

One more question.

How lucrative is running a dance group these days?

It's kind of none of your business.

Well, I'm going to take a gamble and ask anyway.

I bet you must have felt like you hit the jackpot

when you won enough to pay Ropati's debt

and to replace the money you borrowed from your tautua.

See where I'm going with this?

He swore it was a one-off. He was desperate.

His mate had this hot tip about a horse race that came in.

Setu cleared his debts.

Personal debts?

That's what he said.

Well, maybe Tipoula Store wasn't doing as well

as they're all saying.

Setu uses the dance group's money

to get Tipoula out of trouble?

Hmm. What are we doing here, by the way?

A little after hours shopping.

And everyone thinks Will is the problem child.

What about you, tech wiz? You knew how to trip an alarm.

Yeah, yeah.

What are we looking for, anyway?

Well, I noticed a safe and Fia's office.

We're safe crackers now?No, no.

No crack. Just open.

Oh, my life.

Just take one if it's going to help you focus.

They're free samples.

A neodymium magnet would be handy.

Not that you want one laying around the house.

They interfere with devices and appliances.

Mm-hmm. And pacemakers.

But if you want to crack into a safe

without a combination or rare earth magnets, a foolproof hack.

What are you doing?

Alexa.

[Sighs]

Rare earth magnet, indeed.

Definitely the problem child.

I'll get us a copy of what's on her laptop.

Uh-huh, uh-huh.

Looks like it's a business plan of some sort.

Madison: Come on. Who still keeps paper copies?

Wait, these product labels look almost identical

to Chris and Ropati's Eme label.

How would Fia end up with these plans?

A copy-acquire-kill. Eh?

Larger companies acquire smaller ones

to gain exclusive access to a product,

and then after acquisition, they kill the product,

thereby suppressing potential rivals and free market dynamics.

It's economics 101, baby.

If you are a competitor who doesn't like competition...

You really think that Fia Collins

went to Tipoula with a gun?

Maybe she took this copy-kill thing a little too seriously.

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When does this woman sleep?

Fia Collins, she's speaking at this conference,

at that workshop. There's so many e-mails.

Wait, do you think Auntie Eme

uses coconut oil or butter?

In her pani popo. Ah.

Ooh! Hold the bus.

There's an e-mail from Ropati Tavu'i.

Actually, there's several.

When? Four months ago.

Fia's all happy, happy, chatty, chatty

about their wonderful products,

and Ropati is stoked to hear it and keen to talk numbers.

Did she offer a buyout?

Ah. Ropati wanted a deposit. 30K.

For that, she wanted business plans

and the designs for their new Eme range.

Which she still has.

Did you see $30,000 go into Tipoula's accounts

or Ropati's?

And guess what happened after Ropati sent the designs?

She ghosted him. He sent e-mail after e-mail.

No reply. And no money.

So much for ethical business practice, Fia.

But if Fia had the Eme product plans,

she didn't need to break into Tipoula.

Maybe Ropati threatened to go public

with her dirty tactics.

Well, the last e-mail does say she'll regret betraying him.

That sounds like a threat to me.

What lengths would Fia go to to silence Ropati?

Oh, Fia.

Excuse me.

Our copy-acquire-kill tactics

part of your ethical business approach?

Is trespassing and thieving part of yours?

You missed one of my security cameras. Nice lipstick.

Now, you wanted in on Tipoula

because they were succeeding in the organic coconut market.

So you started discussions to purchase,

but, Ropati was too trusting.

He sent you the plans for his entire range.

What did you do?

You never transferred the deposit that you promised.

You stole his ideas and you developed your own product.

Show me the contract.

Oh, you can't, because there isn't one.

Did Ropati threaten to expose you?

Was that it?I'm a businesswoman.

I kill the competition, not people.

And if you two don't leave right now,

I'll show the police last night's footage.

Your reputation is far too important to you to report us.

Otherwise, you would have done it already.[Cellphone ringing]

Oh, definitely this one.Yeah. That's good.

Harry? Sorry about this.

Not a good time, I'm afraid.

Oh. No, no, be right there.

I'll be back for this one.

Oh, Mads, this case is getting hotter.

Whoa! Yeah.

Setu and Chris went for lunch.

Came back 20 minutes later. Car was up in flames.

Well, it's got to be related, right?

Well, someone. Got away with murder.

Do you really think they're going to come back to the scene

of the crime and light a fire?

Right. So forensics have done their thing already?

Yeah, I think it's a random act,

but you're welcome to see if we've missed anything.

Ha-ha.

Eme.Hello, Alexa.

You made a police report?

Yes, I have,

but Chris has something more to tell them.

[Clears throat] Um, I dropped a cigarette in the car.

So, this is all my fault.

[Speaking foreign language]

Setu, I'll cover the rehearsal

and you stay here and sort out this mess.

[Speaking foreign language]

Eme: Alexa, could you come with me, please?

[Speaking foreign language]

[Music playing]

[Speaking foreign language]

Chris has a sister. Vanessa. Calls herself Vinnie.

Their family lived on our street when they were all little kids.

Those poor kids. They were left to their own devices

all the time. Never any food.

So Chris came to live with you?

We tried with Vinnie, but she wanted to stay with her mother.

Yeah. Now she's like a human tornado.

Trail of destruction and debts.

So you're saying that

this Vinnie is responsible for the arson?

All I can say is Chris doesn't smoke.

Never has for 10 years.

Wow. Vinnie Sanders never went to a business

she didn't want to leave a bad review about.

What's her issue?

Well, she seems to be getting ripped off, treated rudely,

or discriminated against everywhere she goes.

Okay, I'm here at the Pine View Organic Groceries,

where I have just been verbally abused by the owner.

-Please leave. -Yeah, I'm gonna leave.

I'm gonna leave because I'm not going to spend

my money in this dump.

Man: You don't spend money. You just eat

all the free fruit for the kids.

Vinnie: Yeah. Why shouldn't I eat the free fruit?

-It's for the kids. -Yeah, well, I call bullsh--

Mm. She seems lovely.

Could she turn that explosiveness on Ropati?

I'm guessing I'm going to find out.

Yes, you are.

Oh, what?Why me?

'Cause you're so good at it.

I did do pretty brilliantly with Setu, didn't I?

All right.

"Hey, Vinnie, I'm Madison.

I outsource service reviews for various publications,

and your reviews are exactly what we're looking for.

Do you want to meet up for a coffee?"

That's what I'm talking about. [Chuckles]

What do you do for a living?

Mm. I'm a promo girl.

I mostly, like, just look nice and hand out these fliers

at the waterfront for this new bar.

I was gonna move to Surfer's Paradise to be,

like, one of those, like, bikini meter maids,

but turns out I couldn't leave the country.

Unpaid parking fines or something.

And what about your job before this one?

Oh, I worked for my brother, um, at Tipoula Store.

They sell coconut oil.

Hey, didn't somebody die at Tipoula Store a while ago?

There was a robbery or something.

Hey, do you reckon these fries are smaller than normal?

I'm gonna complain, I reckon.

So you don't want to talk about how Ropati died?

Or we could talk about how much cash

you're going to pay me for my reviews.

Sure. Bullcrap.

I know a liar when I meet one.

Where were you when the robbery went down?

No way. You're a cop.

I'm a consultant.

Well, I was shopping.

I've got the designer heels to prove it.

You got a receipt?

Who keeps receipts?

But that transaction,

It'll be in your bank statements, right?

Look, I didn't shoot them, okay? You crazy.

I didn't. But did you set their company car on fire?

How dare you.

There's CCTV footage, Vinnie.

Yeah, but I'm wearing a hat.Sorry?

She's wearing a hat. The person who did it.

So there's no actual proof. You know what?

I don't actually like being treated like I'm a criminal.

I'm going to the bathroom to calm down.

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Your friend forgot to pay the bill.

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Alexa: Chris, you knew that Fia Collins

was planning a takeover, right?

Are you joking?

That is -- That's our design. That is our brand.

"Nau" is the Fijian word of affection for mother.

And your brand was named after Eme,

so that's some pretty blatant copycatting, isn't it?

We use authentic cold pressed coconut oil,

whereas Fia Collins, she adds glycerin to hers

just so that it stays liquid.

Spread that to the coconut vine.

Chris, are you sure that you and Setu had no idea?

Because I heard you talking about Fia Collins

the other day. Yeah.

Because she's always been jealous of our success.

Clearly.

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Hmm.

Then she did a runner and left me with the bill.

Vinnie Sanders is a nightmare.

Is she a "kill someone" type of nightmare?

Well, she tells lies, plays the victim,

and doesn't have an alibi.

All right, if she wasn't shopping, where was she?

Oh, surely it's your turn.

Double down, Madison. You got this.

Okay, I will channel my inner Alexa.

At least I know where to find her.

Alexa: Atta girl.

Some pani popo for my brilliant bilingual mate.

Trilingual. I speak Tongan as well.

Well, I just wanted to ask my brilliant trilingual friend

if you could translate a phrase for me.

Not bad at all.

I mean, it's nothing compared to my mum's.

Yeah, well, I wouldn't think so.

[Laughs]

What?

This should be "o le ala i le pulea le tautua".

"The path to leadership is through service."

That's like a well-known proverb.

Right. Well, that's the inspiration

behind Tipoula's Eme product range.

Oh, no, no, no, that's not good.

That's rude.

No. Mm-hmm.

This is "o le ala i le puo le tautua".

Translated...

No.

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I want proof for your alibi

or consider yourself a murder suspect.

Prove to me that you were shopping.

O-M-G. You're brutal.

Thanks. I'm working on it.

Malo. Just one question.

I'm done with this harassment.

Oh, you'll get harassment

when people hear what you did to Tipoula.

We have had this conversation.

It is not economic espionage when someone willingly sends you

their company's confidential information

without having legal protection in place.

I mean, that is stupid business.

And as a woman, I have to be 10 times better than any idiot man.

Word. Woman in the police force.

Try adding "brown" to the list.

Got it.

So were your business dealings only with Ropati?

Yes, and I assumed he spoke for all.

Never met him in person?

No. Only ever by e-mail.

I mean, it's easy to stab someone in the back

when you don't have to look them in the eye.

And to clarify -- metaphor.

And that was two questions.

Ooh. Mummy's home.

Who let you in?Don't need a key.

So I figured it out.

You skipped Mum's wedding

because you never got over the big family split.

Good one.

You, sis, have daddy issues.

Nah.

Okay, well, what, then?

Well, it's the fourth wedding.

We'll go to the next one.

Well, maybe it'll be fourth time lucky.

Nah, she got lucky the second time.

Hey?

Yeah, that first step-dad -- he was a good one.

I mean, he was even good at handling me.

And let's face it, I wasn't the easiest kid,

but then he was gone. Ooh.

You got step-daddy issues. That's even worse.

[Chuckles]

Let's face it, they're not obliged

to stay in touch, are they?

Mm.

Alexa, is this --

Uh, are we having a vulnerable moment?

Get your hand off it, Will.

Rusty's a good guy.

He's originally from the South Island.

What kind of name is Rusty?

It's a nickname on account of the bullet fragment in his butt.

Hey? Yeah. True story.

In the '70s, him and a colleague were on a sheep station

or something down in Glenorchy,

borrowing some sheep, among other things --

Wait. Our mother is married to a sheep rustler.

Of course she is.

Anyway, they were being

chased by the property owner with his gun,

and poor old Rusty took a bullet to the bum.

Well, she's really outdone herself this time,

or maybe just reverting to type.

Anyway, they couldn't get to a hospital in time

because they had to hide out for 12 hours,

so his mate pried the bullet from his bum

with a pair of pliers.

Can you imagine?

Was this in the wedding speech?

Maybe I should have come.

No, no. It was. We all had to raise a glass of rum

because that's what got him through -- his flask of rum

to numb the bum. [Laughs]

You'd love him.

How much liquor do you think that would take?

To sit through all the wedding speeches?

No.

Want to know how much these used flip-flops cost me?

$500.

I hate to tell you, but you're overcharged.

They're Vinnie's. She left them in the shoe store

when she ran away in the designer heels she stole.

What? Yeah.

Alexa: On the night of the shooting.

Designer heels that I then had to pay for.

Maybe I'm not as good at this as I think.

Of course you are.

Now we know that Vinnie Sanders didn't do it,

so thank you for that.

Hey, you looked into Chris and Ropati's

personal business accounts, right?

Any debt? Nothing.

They're both nerdy with money.

Then why would one of them need to embezzle money

from his own company?

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Hi, Vinnie. My name is Alexa Crowe.

I'm investigating Ropati Tavu'i's murder.

I was out shopping that night.

Yes. Yes, that's what Madison told me.

Mm.

So why did you set fire to the company car two days ago?

I didn't. I just -- I didn't think it was going to catch.

I just thought I'd put a hole in the seat, you know?

Why would you want to do a thing like that?

To remind my brother that I exist.

You're not close to him.

Well, I'm a pain in his butt. He's embarrassed of me.

But he gave you a job at Tipoula.

No, that was a Ropati. Really?

Chris was all, like, "No way." But Ropati was a nice guy.

He gave me a chance.

And I screwed it up, so, yeah.

If you want to arrest me for some stupid car, then go ahead.

Who cares?

I don't arrest people, Vinnie.

Now, I've got a brother too.

He just got back from my mother's wedding in Queenstown.

Had a wonderful time. Didn't wonder where I was.

Weren't you invited?

Oh, I got the invitation a bit late, you know?

Oh, they didn't want you to go. Been there.

My parents were just out for themselves.

It was just me and Chris, you know?

But then Eme Tavu'i came along and, boom, replacement family.

And you didn't want to stay with the Tavu'is yourself?

Little bit much for most people, you know?

I don't blame them, but...

I do think Chris was lucky.

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Eme?

[Knocks on door]

Hey, Mads.

Hey, uh, did you run a credit check on Vinnie Sanders?

Yes, despite the fact I would have bet 100 bucks

that her credit was bad. But guess what?

Five star rating?

Exactly. No credit card debt,

no missed higher purchase payments.

What about parking fines? Speeding tickets?

There's nothing. Even her unpaid fines

that stopped her leaving the country eight months ago.

Well, it seems like Vinnie Sanders

might have a guardian angel.

And it sounds like you expected that result.

Thanks, Madison.

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All right. What's so urgent?

Okay, now, this has been in there less than an hour,

and it's already hard.

Can you run that by forensics, see what happens?

Sure. Any reason?

I'm pretty sure that little lump

is going to tell us who the killer is.

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Yo.

Uh...what are you doing here?

You missed one.

Oh.

I'm sorry, do you mind not, you know, handling the product?

It's worthless if it's contaminated.

Bit late for that.

This particular oil is contaminated up the wozz.

There was no botched robbery. In fact, no intruder at all.

Well, tell that to the doctor

who sewed up the bullet wound in my foot.

In fact, it wasn't even about money.

It was about family. Two families, actually.

The family that took you in, that loved and accepted you,

and your sister, who derailed your life

with her chaotic criminal behavior.

You've been talking to Vinnie.

Just FYI, you can't really

believe anything that comes out of her mouth.

Must have been really hard for you cleaning up her messes

all those years.

Yeah, but, you know, families, right?

It's what they do.

The debts, the arrests,

even when Ropati tried to help by getting her a job here.

That went about as well as you'd expect.

Vinnie doesn't have a great work ethic or people skills.

You know, Alexa, this is great,

but I-I really need to get to work,

and I don't really need to spend time

talking about my sister.

Fair.

Because she's the "why", isn't she?

Why you stole from your own business.

She drained you emotionally, financially.

You just wanted to get her gone, anywhere, to Australia,

out of your life.

So to pay off her fines,

you dipped into the business account,

trying to make it all stop.

You cleared all of Vinnie's debts

just to get her on that plane.

But now, you've got a problem with the business.

So that's when you decided to approach Fia Collins.

Ropati dealt with Fia Collins.

I would never talk to that cockroach.

Don't give me that.

You kill a man and then you talk shit about him?

What?

Ropati would never have gone to Fia Collins,

and Ropati would never have gotten that Samoan proverb wrong

at the end of his e-mails.

Your plan was to rip Fia off, to take the deposit and run.

But it all backfired.

And when Ropati found out what you'd done,

he couldn't believe it.

He was going to tell Emmy and the rest of the family.

No, Ropati! Please!

You thought they'd never forgive you.

You thought you'd be kicked out of the family.

You couldn't let that happen.

You had to stop Ropati from telling them what you'd done.

So you think I shot him and then myself?

Oh, I don't think. I know.

You and Ropati came back here to sort it all out.

He had no idea what you meant by that.

Of course he didn't. You were his best friend.

His brother.

[Gunshot]

You've really got guts, Chris.

Giving yourself a gunshot wound is not easy.

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[Gunshot]

[Screams]

This is a good story.

Um, so I shoot myself, and then what?

You know, I couldn't walk.

I can barely at the moment. So what happens next?

Where did I hide the gun?

I'm glad you asked.

Because you hid the murder weapon here, in plain sight.

Dumped it into one of the buckets of oil,

and let the oil solidify over the top of it.

See some time before the story opened, you got rid of the gun,

but you shouldn't have kept the oil

because we found the gunshot residue in it.

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It wasn't my fault.

It was Vinnie, and then Fia, she --

Oh, Vinnie walked all over you

and Fia played you like a banjo.

But you chose this, Chris. You chose this.

My family and Auntie Eme are everything to me.

Everything.

And Ropati said I didn't deserve to be here,

that I never belonged.

Whatever Ropati said, he said it in anger,

and he probably didn't mean it.

You know the Tavu'i family love you and Eme loves you.

They would have forgiven you the mistake with the business.

[Door closes]

They would have forgiven you.

♪♪

[Cheering]

[Singing in foreign language]

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I'm really sorry, Eme.

If Chris had only talked to me...

I'm glad we have an answer, but...

It's not the one you wanted.

[Cheering]

Well, on the bright side, I gained another daughter.

You can bet I'll be over for a coffee and cake.

Good. I look forward to it.

[Singing in foreign language]

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