Previously on "Queens of Mystery"...
Volcanic Youth are recording a reunion record.
Well, hello, you lovely people.
-Bloody cow! -ELECTRA: Get off me!
-Girls! Stop! -Kurt, is that you?
Electra Bliss is dead.
She was being watched.
KURT: There was a reel on there yesterday.
The tape's been taken.
You can't suppress the truth!
Truth? [ Laughs ]
It's over, man.
How can you claim to run a record company
if you don't answer your damn phone?
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
[ Caws ]
NARRATOR: To lose one lead singer
may be regarded as a misfortune.
To lose bothand your manager looks like carelessness.
To Inspector Thorne,
that meant tough decisions needed to be made.
There's a murderer out here.
Nobody leaves until they're in custody.
But what if someone else is killed, sir?
We'd better get it solved before that can happen, Sergeant.
Or we'll both have blood on our hands.
MATILDA: [ Sighs ]
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
To twist the knife isn't just an expression in this case.
What, you think the killer wanted it to hurt,
-like a punishment? -Maybe.
Then, again, perhaps they knew it would do more damage quickly.
The body also looks like it's been moved.
Because of an interruption?
Well, it'd stop it being found as fast.
Either could be true.
[ Soft music plays ]
In that perfect moment, Matilda couldn't help thinking
what a great team she and Dr. Daniel Lynch made.
Uh, he -- Uh, it's a kitchen knife.
-Mm. -Seems to be a good-quality one.
Probably German.
And his knowledge of well-engineered cutlery
did nothing to dampen her ardor.
I also got the lab results back
-from Electra Bliss' autopsy. -Mm.
There was cocaine in her system.
That explains why the table was wiped down.
Someone cleaned up the room.
To protect her reputation or themselves?
She was a rock star. They were covering their own tracks.
-Matilda? -Terry.
-[ Breathes deeply ] -Right.
There's only two shops in London that stock Gray River Vodka.
Here's their client delivery list.
They have Collins.
Good work.
She was in the vicinity of both crimes
and had motive to kill Electra Bliss.
Plus, we've identified the drill bit used.
It's a standard high-speed with a 1/4-inch shank.
They're very common.
I've been thinking about that peephole.
It's almost too small.
As the newly widowed Tallulah signaled her grief with tears,
those around her were left to wonder if they were,
in fact, of the crocodilian variety.
Enough with the filming already!
I'm protecting us.
No one's gonna try and murder anyone on camera.
Get that thing out of my face!
-[ Feedback squeals ] -Ow! Oh!
Hey, man. That was unnecessary.
[ Tallulah sobs ]
Switch it off, please, Mr. Wimmer.
Viv, I need a word with you.
In private.
Follow me, please.
So...
...are you a cocaine user, Ms. Collins?
No. Stuff makes me climb up the walls.
Gray River Vodka more your thing?
I found a bottle by the road where Ringo the dog was killed.
Ringo? Is that his name?
That's a bummer.
It wasn't me.
I told you -- I'm -- I'm off the booze now.
A local stocker said you're a very loyal customer.
Ah, well, see, sometimes, I buy gifts for people.
Why deny knowing Electra Bliss wanted you out of the band?
We have the note that she wrote to you.
[ Sighs ] Well [Clears throat]
the thing is, you see, I'm, um...
I'm paranoid.
My psychiatrist thinks that it's because
of all the hard living in my past,
and, um -- And so really what happened was, you know,
I-I just panicked.
-How come? -Well, she wanted me out,
and then she was killed, and so it --
And it's gonna look like that I'm guilty,
which, you know, I'm not.
You were seen coming out of the studio at 2:20 on the night
Electra Bliss was killed.
She slipped the note under my door,
and I don't sleep much at night, so I read it,
and then I watched her, you know, go outside.
-And you followed her out there? -Yes.
Because I wanted to tell her she can't fire me.
Being in this band, it's my life.
ELECTRA: Volcanic Youth wouldn't exist without me.
Now, you, on the other hand...
[ Clears throat ]
"I won't let your inability
to deal with the past ruin our future."
What in your past is she referring to?
Uh, well, I had a rough childhood,
you see, and that's why I drink.
Well, I don'tdrink. I used to drink. I don't drink.
We found you last night standing over Len's body.
I told you. I was stir-crazy.
I just needed a walk, and then there he was.
A walk in the cold and the dark?
Look, I've got a lot going on at the moment in my mind, you know?
I mean, Susan's death,
and then Len trying to rush-release her last song.
I mean, this is really heavy stuff, you know?
Her last song? When did she record it?
Well, on the night she died.
And Len had the tape?
Yes.
He said that he slipped back into the studio
first thing the following morning
and before they sealed the place off.
Look, are you gonna charge me? Because my psychiatrist
says that I don't deal very well with stress,
and, you know, I think I've answered enough of --
of all your questions now and all that.
-[ Thud ] -Ooh!
[ Clears throat ]
We came in that way.
You're right. I remember.
[ Door opens ]
[ Breathes shakily ]
JANE: What were you doing in a bin anyway?
So, the bassist, Gina, was threatening Len,
wanting money for something?
We should tell Matilda.
BETH: You think that's motive for murder?
I don't know.
The body looked staged to me, like, uh...
like he'd been stabbed
and then positioned under the statue of Apollo.
God of music, song, and poetry.
CAT: Huh. The three things that Len didn't give a fig about.
Oh, he loved the music-biz parties and the girls,
but the one thing that he really cared about was cash.
Maybe the killer knew that and was making a statement.
Like some kind of poetic justice?
BETH: Mm.
-How big's this tape? -It's about that big.
It'll be in a box.
"Retrodisc Records."
Volcanic Youth's new contract.
Steven W. Tyne.
Let's get in contact with Mr. Tyne.
What's in the other one, Terry?
He tried not to smile at her use of his first name,
but it was hard.
TERRY: It's a legal letter, banning Jonas Wimmer
from ever using an interview he did with Len.
Now, that's some TV I want to see.
Ready?
ELECTRA: ♪ Oh, the reason ♪
♪ For my floods of tears♪
♪ Is 'cause you're saying we're♪
♪ Surely dying♪
♪ Remember me♪
♪ 'Cause that's all you've got♪
♪ 'Cause I'm a road♪
♪ That don't go home♪
Kurt?
Kurt, stop messing about.
-Kurt, is that you? -It's not me.
I'm -- I'm not in there.
Kurt, this isn't funny anymore.
[ Clatter]
[ Speaks indistinctly]
What did she say right at the end?
TERRY: I couldn't make it out.
[ Tape rewinding ]
I think it was...
Sorry.
..."sorry."
It says here Apollo
was also the god of protection of the young.
Who Len Savage literally spent most of his life exploiting.
And the sun, light, prophecy.
Not to mention archery, the plague,
medicine, and knowledge.
-Busy chap. -[ Clicks tongue ]
So, um...maybe we're barking up the wrong tree or statue
or whatever with this whole poetic-justice thing.
Okay.
-What about water? -What about it?
Well, Len's body was dumped in water.
Was Apollo the god of that, too?
No. That was Poseidon.
[ Knock on door ]
Put that down, please.
Sorry. Force of habit.
I forget I'm holding it sometimes.
The interview you did that Len didn't want you using --
I need to see it.
[ Camera shutters clicking ]
[ Reporters shouting indistinctly ]
-Are you sure about this? -Mm-hmm.
Len's gone.
Let's do this.
[ Shouting continues ]
REPORTER: Who's gonna be the third member of the band?
[ Voice breaking ] We have a short statement to make.
The death of Electra Bliss
and now the band's long-term manager, Len Savage...
-[ Blows nose ] -...is a huge tragedy.
But after careful consideration,
we've decided that Volcanic Youth must continue
and that the two of us will soon be recording her last song
and then going out on tour.
Thank you for your support during this difficult time.
[ Reporters shouting indistinctly ]
-Thank you. -Thank you.
JONAS: I heard that Volcanic Youth
nearly split up after the '85 tour.
Yeah, well, you know, when your lead singer dies, it's --
The surviving members of the band
are bound to consider their futures, you know?
JONAS: Yeah, but you know there are all other sorts of rumors
flying around that Nikki was murdered
or that she didn't want to be famous and faked her own death.
You know what? I've changed my mind.
I don't want to be in your crappy film.
JONAS: Oh, wait. Look...
Enough!
You seem to have hit a nerve.
You're not wrong.
He made it a condition for me being allowed to film the band
during the making of this album that I sign a letter
to never sell or even use this clip.
Your documentary just keeps getting more interesting,
doesn't it?
First Electra Bliss, then Len Savage.
[ Laughing ] I know. It's practically making itself.
But...obviously, I wish [Coughs] none of this had happened.
It's all very tragic.
[ Cellphone rings ]
-[ Cellphone beeps ] -What is it, Cat?
I thought you should know. I overhead Gina arguing with Len
about money that she was owed.
Okay. Thanks. I have to go. I'll call you back. Bye.
Where were you yesterday between 6:00 and 7:00, Mr. Wimmer?
In here, editing the rushes.
Mattie's interviewing a suspect,
-and she's forgotten to hang up. -Put it on speaker, then.
MATILDA: Couldn't have written a better plot, could you?
The band going to the house
of a world-famous reclusive rock star,
and then the lead singer and their manager get murdered.
She makes a good point.
Got everything a decent detective novel needs.
Interesting characters, quirky world, plenty of mystery.
-Even some tunes. -MATILDA: I'd imagine you'd have
film companies lining up to buy it.
A great documentary maker is a lucky documentary maker.
And that's you, is it, Mr. Wimmer?
You were just lucky?
[ Man yodeling ]
NARRATOR: Jonas was, in fact, the latest in a long line
of highly unfortunate Wimmers.
His great-grandfather had been killed
in a freak yodeling accident.
His grandfather lost to a donkey in local elections
and never fully recovered.
And his father...
Well, the less said about his encounter
with a Samoan arm-wrestling champion, the better.
So these murders were either a sign
that the Wimmer luck was finally changing
or that Jonas had decided to change that luck for himself.
-May I? -What are you...
MATILDA: Had you worked with Len before?
No.
This is my first film.
MATILDA: So, why did he hire you?
Len didn't.
Fairsight Films hired me after I answered their ad
for a documentary maker in Wall of Rockmagazine.
-[ Cellphone beeps ] -Check it out.
[ Keyboard clacking ]
No website for Fairsight Films.
Where can we get back copies of Wall of Rockmagazine?
Well, Pat Cardosa has an Aladdin's cave
of music-related stuff --
mags, albums, films, the works.
JANE: There is a link to this site, though.
-I've got to go. -Cat?
[ Bell dinging ]
MATILDA: How big is the business end of that microphone?
About 1/4 inch?
Your guess is as good as mine.
-What, you don't know? -It's not my mic.
I borrowed it off Kurt after Sir Ray broke mine this morning.
Mr. Lee.
ELECTRA: [ Laughing]
[ Sighs]
[ Laughs]
Oops!
Oh.
I love the sound of her.
-That's all. -[ Laughs]
She was so full of life.
MATILDA: Were you listening the night she was killed?
Yes.
[ Suspenseful music plays ]
♪ Remember me♪
♪ 'Cause that's all you've got♪
♪ 'Cause I'm a road♪
[ Chuckles] It is good stuff.
GINA: The best. So go easy, all right?
Is that Gina Galvin with her?
ELECTRA: Don't be funny. I can handle it.
[ Rapid chopping]
What's that chopping sound?
They're preparing drugs, Terry.
Oh, right. Drugs.
-Yeah, I thought so. -[ Sneezes]
GINA: That's going on your tab, which, by the way,
is well over its limit.
ELECTRA: My tab?
I just got you a spot in the band.
That's got to cover it.
GINA: You haven't settled up for months.
We owe a lot of money.
ELECTRA: You mean you owe a lot of money.
Had a small technical glitch.
That's it, I'm afraid.
[ Rock music plays ]
[ Music continues, cheers and applause ]
NARRATOR: A stage-dive fail of truly epic proportions
had left Viv with back problems
and a deep mistrust of all East Lithuanian audiences.
[ Cellphone rings ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Drone whirring ]
So, do we arrest him or caution him?
Just need to have a few words with her first.
Any other instrument's not a problem.
-I'm the backbone of this band! -TALLULAH: [ Gasps ]
Stay away from me!
You don't want to do this.
Viv, put that thing down, please.
I'm sorry.
Viv, I shouldn't have gone along with it.
We shouldn't have gone along with any of it,
but we can't change the past.
I still have nightmares about the lake.
It was an accident, Tallulah.
The brakes.
I know.
VIV: Nikki was our friend.
Why did we listen to them?
TALLULAH: We were young.
We were scared.
[ Drone whirring ]
[ Drone beeping ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Sighs ]
Well, there's the Wall of Rockbox.
What was it you were after?
A small ad for a documentary filmmaker circa 2016.
CARDOSA: Uh...
-Shall we have a look? -JANE: Mm-hmm.
As the troubled drummer faced the prospect
of a lengthy incarceration,
Matilda wondered what it was in their past
that they should not have gone along with...
...and how it related to Nikki Holler.
CAT: [ Sighs ]
NIKKI: Cat?
It's me -- Nikki.
I'm about to get a ferry home.
I wanted to say that...
I missed you and I'm sorry.
-[ Ship horn blows] -ELECTRA: Come on, Nikki.
Hurry up, or we'll miss the boat.
I really want to see you and the baby,
maybe give things another shot...
except, this time, there'll be three of us.
ELECTRA: Come on, Nikki!
The tour's not been the same without you, Cat.
I spent my 27th alone
in some crappy hotel room in Dusseldorf.
Look, I'll call you tomorrow when I get back.
I love you.
I love you, too.
[ Line clicks, beep ]
[ Tape rewinding ]
I spent my 27th alone in some crappy hotel room in --
[ Tape rewinding ]
I spent my 27th alone --
[ Indistinct conversation ]
[ Door opens ]
Coordinates for Len Savage's house.
MATILDA: Ah.
1-6-1.
8-0-3.
The lake...
that gives Viv nightmares.
"Carry your sin through a moonlit wood."
Moonlit wood.
[ Keyboard clacking ]
TERRY: Moon phases? What...
MATILDA: Hang on.
Why 31st of July, 1985?
That's the night Nikki Holler drowned in Len Savage's pool.
[ Keyboard clacking ]
TERRY: Whoa.
Yesterday, when I asked you about an accident, you panicked.
Why?
Len's house.
The lake.
The woods.
"Carry your sin through a moonlit wood."
Nikki was your friend.
It's time the truth came out.
We were nearly at Len's house.
-ELECTRA: You got a beer? -NIKKI: No, no.
TALLULAH: Yo, Viv!
ELECTRA: Len. Yeah. Beer!
-Here. -ELECTRA: Thanks.
VIV: I only took my eyes off the road for a minute.
-[ Water splashing ] -Viv!
Viv, wait! Aah!
Aah!
ELECTRA: Aah!
The van was sinking.
Nikki didn't make it out.
[ Woman coughing ]
Len reckoned that we'd all end up in prison
because of all the drugs in the van.
No, no! I'm not doing that!
Me and Tallulah didn't want to, but Len and Susan made us.
-Come on. -LEN: It's what we have to do.
VIV: Len said that we owed it to the memory of Nikki
to protect the band.
We moved the body.
MATILDA: Protect the band? What for?
VIV: Because nothing was gonna stand in the way
of making Susan a star.
MATILDA: So the four of you made it look like,
after taking too many drugs, Nikki drowned in the pool.
A classic rock-n-roll death.
And then, 33 years later, Electra Bliss has the nerve
to kick you out of the band...
after you'd lived with the guilt and the pain all that time.
So you killed her.
Look, I'm a pill-popping alcoholic,
my head's all messed up,
and I've made some terrible mistakes,
but I swear to God -- I did not kill Susan or Len.
-[ Knock on door, door opens ] -TERRY: Matilda.
Can I have a word?
This interview is suspended.
What is it, Terry?
Uniform just called from the house.
They've searched Gina Galvin's room.
Did they find her stash of cocaine?
No, but Susan Foyle's missing jacket
was hidden in her suitcase.
It must be worth a lot of money, so the question is,
did Gina kill her for the Joplin jacket,
or did she steal it when she'd learned their singer was dead?
And I still can't get through to the record label.
Also, your Aunt Cat's waiting in reception.
Says it's important.
Have you heard of the 27 Club?
Uh...yeah.
The list of rock stars who all died at that age.
Janis Joplin was a founding member.
The jacket.
Nikki drowned three weeks after her 27th birthday.
MATILDA: Making her a member of the club.
Exactly. It's why Volcanic Youth
named their next album "Twenty Seven."
I think it's all connected.
There's [Sighs] something I need to tell you.
It's about Nikki.
-BETH: Got it. -JANE: Oh.
Oh, hang on a minute.
Fairsight Films.
Rings a bell.
They contacted me a couple of years ago to ask
if I'd got any archive footage of Volcanic Youth.
-And do you have any? -Yes.
A lot.
Let's give them a ring.
[ Ringing, beep ]
TYNE: You have reached the office of Steven W. Tyne
at Retrodisc Records.
Please leave a message.
Strange.
-It's now a record company. -CARDOSA: Oh.
Didn't Cat say that's who Volcanic Youth
have recently signed with?
BETH: Yes.
Here.
I can't believe they did that to her.
I think Viv and Tallulah were pressured into it.
[ Scoffs ] Yeah, well, Len always was a bully.
I watched Electra Bliss become one.
Still...
[ Sighs ]
What is all that?
Oh, it's a transcript of the audio
that was recording in the studio
just before Electra Bliss was murdered.
-What, Susan said all this? -MATILDA: Yeah.
Though the last word was hard to hear.
The tape was slowing to a halt as it was said.
Well, I'll tell you right now,
-it's not "sorry." -How do you know?
Because Susie never said "sorry" in her life.
Not to anyone. Not once.
Can you work a studio console?
Yeah. I know my way around one.
[ Cellphone rings ]
Beth? Yeah, I'm with the kid now.
We've think it's got something to do with the 27 Club.
BETH: The 27 Club?
CAT: I'll put you on speaker. Hang on.
Mattie, we did some digging into Fairsight Films
and found they're now called Retrodisc Records.
MATILDA: Volcanic Youth's record label.
Yeah. Turns out Retrodisc has never released any music.
Well, maybe they're just a new company.
Well, that's what we thought, but Patrick Cardosa
rang 'round a few people,
and none of them have heard of Retrodisc
or Fairsight Films or Steven Tyne.
MATILDA: We haven't been able to contact him.
Steven W. Tyne is not a man.
He is an anagram.
Twenty-seven.
Oh, Mattie.
I wanted to say it.
-Keep everyone in the house. -Yes.
Well, this is the archive footage that I have of them --
concert clips and interviews.
Right. Well, where should we start?
Well, there's a very rare copy of an interview
that Nikki Holler did five weeks before she died.
It was never broadcast.
Out of a mark of respect for her family.
[ Blows ]
In fact, Fairsight Films wanted a copy of it.
Ready?
MAN: Volcanic Youth have been threatening
to break into the mainstream.
Are you an ambitious band?
[ Chuckles]
[ Breathes deeply]
I just play songs and hope that some people like them.
I don't really care how many people.
As long as I make a connection, the numbers don't matter.
ELECTRA: [ Speaks indistinctly]
So, what do you think?
CAT: [ Sighs ]
It does sound like "sorry."
I just can't picture her saying it.
You want to know about my mother.
Well, she was a pretty tough lady.
I mean, she had to be.
She brought me up on her own.
MAN: What about your father?
I don't know who he was.
My mum, she only told me one thing about him.
[ Cellphone rings ]
Hm. Ah.
Aunt Beth?
Nikki Holler's dad was in a band?
Hang on. Play it again, Cat.
ELECTRA: [ Speaks indistinctly]
I know what Electra Bliss is saying.
It's not "sorry." It's "Sir Ray."
[ Suspenseful music plays ]
Wait for me in the car.
CAT: Okay, kid, but be careful.
MATILDA: Yeah.
CAT: [ Grunting ]
SIR RAY: Quiet, or I'll kill you.
Where's Sir Ray?
He's just gone to the bathroom.
No one else leaves for any reason.
[ Gasping ]
Tallulah? Tallulah!
She's been poisoned!
-Hold her head. Hold it. -Just keep her steady.
-Keep her steady. -TERRY: We're here.
-Yeah, we're here. -[ Tallulah screams ]
We need an ambulance -- fast.
KURT: Right here.
OFFICER: P.C. Foster, come in.
Go ahead.
OFFICER: We have a situation at the gate.
TERRY: D.S. Stone is en route. Over.
-Aah! [ Vomits ] -KURT: We're here.
[ Engine revs ]
CAT: [ Grunts ]
Get back.
[ Engine revs ]
Tell the officer to let us leave.
This won't bring Nikki back.
They had to be held accountable.
CAT: That's what the courts are for.
SIR RAY: It was too long ago!
Unless one of them confessed, the evidence is all long gone.
This was the only way.
ELECTRA: Sir Ray.
It's Len. Savage.
Thanks.
I won't let you take my aunt.
I have no grievance with her.
Why should I believe you?
She didn't exploit my daughter's death like the others.
They moved her body to save their asses
and then used her death to get headlines, to get famous.
Huh! They even made a bloody album about it!
-"Twenty Seven." -Yeah!
But you're the mastermind, aren't you?
Hiring Jonas to interview the band
so you could decide who was guilty,
creating Retrodisc Records to get them here,
killing two of them, maybe even three,
judging by the state Tallulah's in.
She's a clever girl, your niece.
[ Laughs ]
You should be thanking me.
It was all for Nikki.
If you really cared about Nikki,
you would have made contact with her.
I mean, you knew about her.
Didn't you?
WOMAN: "57 years ago,
you chose not to be a parent to the most amazing person.
She called herself Nikki Holler,
and she burned twice as bright and half as long as most.
Nikki's death has never made sense to me,
and I've spent many years trying to find out
what really happened to our daughter.
But now I'm out of time,
-so it's your turn, Ray." -[ Sobs ]
WOMAN: "Do not fail us again."
I gave Nikki my talent.
MATILDA: You think that's enough?
It's not. It's nowhere near.
What do you know about it?
I know how it feels to have an absent father,
to wonder who he is and why he's never been in contact.
I know all about it.
[ Engine revs ]
Now get out of my way!
Move it!
Open the gates, or this gets ugly!
Do as he says, kid.
-OFFICER: Move aside! -OFFICER #2: Get back!
How did you find out what really happened?
The backmasking.
[ Rock music plays, Electra singing indistinctly]
ELECTRA: ♪ Carry your sin through a moonlit wood♪
It felt like a confession.
MAN: Now tell me about Nikki.
I saw it in their eyes when they talked about Nikki.
-Their guilt. -ELECTRA: When she died,
I took the band in a different direction,
and that's when we actually started having some success.
And there was Viv Collins' autobiography
that was dedicated to her therapist.
You'd be surprised how 50 grand
will persuade a Harley Street shrink
to spill their client's deepest, darkest secrets.
[ Suspenseful music plays ]
[ Gasps ]
You know, all these years, I've blamed myself
for not being there.
I thought Nikki died because she'd taken something
or there was something
I could have done to prevent it, but...
I may not have known Nikki in life.
But we'll meet each other soon.
Well, I'll tell you one thing about her.
Nikki was nothing like you.
And she would have hated what you've done.
-[ Engine revs ] -[ Grunts ]
Hey!
Aunt Cat?
[ Groans ]
Oh, I'm getting too old for this.
He said he wanted to be with Nikki.
I think I know which way he was going.
Come on.
We're too late.
-What are you doing? -We can't let him win.
[ Vehicle door opens ]
-[ Police radio chatter ] -See you at the station.
OFFICER: Ma'am.
I spoke to the hospital.
Tallulah's gonna be okay.
Luckily, she didn't drink it all.
She'd be dead if she'd finished the glass.
You know, you did the right thing, kid.
-Are you coming? -Uh...
I'm gonna stay here awhile.
-Mattie. -Hmm?
What you said about your dad...
Oh, forget it.
I was just trying to get him to connect.
I had you three. It's...
It's been more than enough.
NARRATOR: It had been 22 years, 17 days, and 12 hours
since Matilda decided never to ask about her father,
and she suddenly wondered
if she needed to re-evaluate her thinking.
Meanwhile, Cat's mind turned to the other great sadness
she still carried --
the relationship with her only child, Annie,
or lack thereof.
[ Ringing ]
ANNIE: Hello. This is Annie Stone.
I'm sorry I can't take your call at the minute,
but leave a message, and I'll get back to you.
[ Sighs ]
Quite the sweep from Sergeant Stone.
Good work. Both of you.
Thank you, sir.
It's a pretty dramatic end to your film.
Should you need an interview, one could be easily arranged.
[ Engine starts ]
That would have been great, but now I know the truth,
I'm not sure I want any more part of it.
JANE: I really think she'll like him.
How did you manage to convince her this time?
She's under the impression that this is just a family outing.
-CAT: Mm. -The words "blind" and "date"
were not mentioned.
NARRATOR: Concerned to see they were one short
for their skittles team,
Matilda was excited to spot a potential recruit.
Daniel. Hi.
-Hey. -Oh. Hi, Melinda.
[ Chuckles ] Come on.
Looks like we're teammates.
Matilda immediately suspected this coincidence
to be one of her aunts' making.
-I want that hamper. -Yeah.
Not one to let a setback dampen her spirits,
Matilda determined that the best way to enjoy the evening
was to win -- and win big.
For any victory, however trivial,
would bring with it a respite
from her unresolved feelings for Daniel
and the recently resurfaced questions of who her father was
and whether he was still out there somewhere,
waiting to be found.
♪ Keep things a mystery ♪
♪ You know they have history ♪
♪ And, no, it never ends well ♪
♪ It's called death by vinyl ♪♪
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]