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
Read moreThis 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
Read moreThe 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,
Read moreThis 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
Read moreThis episode hits the trifecta of life events with the birth of a baby, an outrageous moment at a wedding reception and of course, death in the case of the week. The episode kicks off with Alexa struggling to sleep and dealing with her insomnia by making bread, gaming and eventually listening to an anonymous podcast on an unsolved murder
Read moreThis episode explores PR, social media and image. The episode kicks off with Alexa stepping in front of bus for an unknown reason and then goes back a few days. Alexa is trying to do yoga in the park and is horrified to see Kieran watching her in amusement. Kieran gives her the case of the week—Christina Cortez, 22 years
Read moreThis episode explores the competitive nature of cooking schools. The episode kicks off with Alexa giving unsolicited cologne wearing advice to a deaf man (of course not knowing that he was deaf) while in line to get a ride on the Melbourne Star Observation Wheel. It then cuts to Alexa inside one of the Wheel’s cabins with Kieran where he
Read moreThis episode has Alexa investigating CEOs who love to ride around town on their bikes. The episode starts with Roger Simms (Don Hany) is receiving the award of MBM Entrepreneur of the Year at the Palais Theatre and dedicates the award to his colleague, Hugh Miller. The episode then moves forward two weeks later where Alexa goes to George’s café
Read moreNow that the pilot has established the premise and characters of the show, the fun can really begin. This episode not only has a case of the week but also has the series start delving into Alexa’s past as a cop. The episode kicks off five years earlier, with Alexa undercover at a bar. Alexa makes a deal with Nikki
Read moreThe job of the pilot is to establish a show’s premise and characters. I feel this pilot did a fantastic job. The episode kicks off with Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless) on the phone to an escort, while looking at his website, and asking him to help her fix her bread maker. The episode goes back one day earlier.
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