Loveday Writing

This episode was all about family. The case of the week is Tony Danovich, co-owner and head chef at Ranges Resort, who was locked in a walk-in freezer overnight. The freezer was ancient and had a busted handle that could only be opened from the outside, the Resort had a health and safety inspection a month earlier and they were

This episode was all about wine. The episode kicks off with Alexa meditating in the park and Harry coming to find her. They go to a restaurant and Harry gives her the case of the week – Samantha Turei, an assistant winemaker at the Bird of Paradise Estate, who was killed when she went into the winery grape crusher two

This episode is all about exhibitions. The episode kicks off with Alexa meeting up with Harry to be given the case of the week. Daniel Woodward, a historian and owner and main presenter of a visiting costume exhibition at Auckland Museum. Daniel’s body was pulled from the Harbour after he was killed from blunt force trauma to the head. His

This episode gave us an insight into the drag queen and Alexa’s personal world. The episode kicks off with Alexa visiting her brother, Will, in prison. Afterwards, Harry meets with Alexa at a café and gives her the case of the week – David Holmes, aka Needa Martini, a drag queen found dead in the cabaret club where she was

This episode was all about surfing and hot weather. The episode kicks off with Alexa going on a morning run, eventually going to see Harry. Harry gives her the case of the week – a professional surfer, Rory Byrne, who died three weeks earlier while training. The cause of death has been ruled as drowning due to a heart attack,

As it’s been two years since the season 1 finale aired, I had to re-read my review of the finale to remind myself of what happened and how the show operates. The main feature I pointed out in my review was that My Life Is Murder had self-contained episodes rather then lengthy story arcs, and it looks like this is

This episode, the season one finale, explores the world of cosmetic surgery. The episode kicks off with Alexa and Kieran meeting up, with Alexa criticising Kieran’s choice of wedding anniversary gift—a decorative plate—by breaking it on the ground. He gives her the case of the week—-Matilda Phillips, a doctor working at the Cavanagh Clinic, a cosmetic surgery clinic, who had

This episode has Alexa trying to prove that clairvoyants and psychics are frauds! The episode kicks off with Alexa telling off a psychology student, Finn, who stops her in the street to ask her to do a survey for an assignment. She then goes to meet Kieran at the aquarium to be assigned her next case. The victim is Steven

The episode kicks off with drama with Alexa experiencing chest pain on her morning run. She goes to see her doctor and he diagnoses her with atrial fibrillation and treats it by shocking her heart back into rhythm. The episode then cuts to Alexa going to meet Kieran, almost back to her old self, to get her next case—Patrick Mandel,

This episode has Alexa’s past catching up with her when she has to investigate a murder case at her old high school. The episode kicks off with a video of a teenage Alexa and Miranda Lee drinking, and Alexa stealing a teacher’s car and crashing it into a tree. The episode then brings us back to the present day with