Previously on "Recipes for Love and Murder"...
Happy voting day!
I'm still voting for you.
Don't feel obliged.
I've taken the liberty
of selling my half of your house back to you...
in exchange for this fridge magnet I love.
I got my house back.
Is that dreadful McClintock fellow out of the picture?
It seems so, for me and for Aileen.
Fabulous.
- I'm not saying anything. - Fine. Cool.
Yeah, I think it's better for everyone.
Your future's in Eden, I don't know where mine is.
You can do what you have to do. I'll wait.
Dear Tannie,
it's time that the whole town knows the truth. I killed Frank.
I wanted Jackie, he had her.
Leonard has been observing you for quite some time.
Multiple online identities is a telltale sign of a stalker.
Or worse...
Zindzi, there's a lockdown here in Eden.
The police think that Leonard is a murderer.
There's a manhunt for him now. I'm so scared.
If I can't have her, nobody can.
Okay, take cover. I'm coming.
Leonard!
He's dead... He's dead! He's...
He's dead.
He shot himself.
- It's okay... - I thought he was gonna kill me.
It's okay...
- Tell me exactly what happened. - Um...
He burst in here just after I called you.
He was angry about the posters.
And I tried to grab the gun that I keep here for safety,
but he grabbed it first.
He started just waving it in my face.
I thought he was gonna kill me,
that I was never gonna see my baby girl again.
Hey, hey, hey...
It's okay. It's all over. You're safe now.
When did he arrive here?
I don't know. What time did I call you?
- We can check your records. - Okay.
I need to call my daughter. Please can I call Zindzi?
Soon, but it's best to ask some of these questions
when the memories are still fresh.
- Is Khaya here? - He should be here soon.
Yes?
Um, the techs are asking, should they store the body?
He can't hurt me anymore. He's dead now.
Yeah, tell them to put him next to Marius,
but just for now. We'll make another plan.
I actually just wanna speak to my daughter, please. Please!
You think he planned to kill himself?
You think that's what he came here to do?
How awful.
So, you're saying that he wanted me to see him die?
Maybe he wanted to make you feel guilty.
Guilty? Why would I?
I'm just angry for everything that he's done.
Give your daughter a call.
- We'll continue later. - Okay.
You know I'll find out sooner or later.
You'll be thoughtful when you write this, I know.
Mm-hm.
Leonard killed himself. He's dead.
Here?
That's all you're gonna get from me.
You feel sorry for him.
I know this town can get very lonely,
and it can cause a sort of madness. I pity him for that.
Yeah.
Jess, we got your voice note.
- Is Jackie okay? - I think so.
I can't imagine any of it, you know?
Being so obsessed with someone that you would kill someone else
just for being close to them?
But that's because you are a rational human being.
- Hattie... - Yes, Jessie. I know.
We've got to write about this.
I don't know what I'm going to say, but it's our job.
Absolutely. You'll find the words.
Do you suppose...
Do you think the police will tell Georgie?
She should know. She deserves that.
I'm sure they will, Maria.
- Oh hello, handsome. - Hey.
This must be a great day for local law enforcement, hey?
Another killer no longer terrorising the community.
Oh, yeah. Sorry, is Jessie here?
Oh, seek and you shall find, dear boy.
Thank you.
Jess?
I'm going to ask Doep if he has any steak.
Didn't you want to speak to Tannie Elna about that... thing?
Yes. Yes,
I definitely wanted to speak to Tannie Elna about that thing.
Hi.
Hi...
Um, I've been thinking about everything.
- Regardt-- - Just listen, please.
Firstly, your career...
I realise that it has to come first.
And I promise not to stand in the way of that,
wherever it may take you.
There's cops everywhere, Jess, so...
wherever or whatever your career demands, it comes first.
Then, my mom...
I do promise that I'll talk to her more.
I bought a book online about how to talk to people about race.
But also, I'm going to move out.
So, she won't be around that often.
And then, kids...
You're right.
You've raised your siblings, and I raised Jaco.
So, we don't need kids.
If they come later, they come,
but they're not necessary.
You're the only thing that's necessary.
Just-- Just think about all of it.
There's no rush, no pressure.
Where were you?
Meat freezer.
Look, you can stress about Regardt tomorrow,
you can flirt with Ricus tomorrow.
Today... the fear in the town is over.
I am inviting you both for a feast.
We can properly and fully celebrate
my house being mine again.
You had me at "feast".
- Sounds excellent. - Yes...
There's just one thing I have to do first.
We've arranged for the body to be taken to Oudtshoorn.
Klaasen will accompany it.
She's been asking for you.
I thought it best to leave the police part of this to you.
You handled it very well, Piet, man.
- Yeah, I do my best, boss. - Well done.
Come on, let's load you and Leonard up.
I feel like I'm in this horrible dream. I'm sorry if I, um...
No, it's okay. You've been through something unimaginable.
Did Leonard try to scare you before?
Did you have any idea?
No, I thought he was harmless. I mostly pitied him.
I mean, that's ridiculous.
He was operating multiple identities.
We found five women with restraining orders against him.
Well, they won't need those anymore. Sorry...
dark humour. You tend to develop that
when you've been working around dead bodies for a while.
Anyway, I'm so sorry that you became a target too...
when we fell in love.
- Jackie... - Mm?
- I have to be very clear-- - Mr Samuel!
Mr Samuel?
I was supposed to be delivering a body to the cemetery,
and there's a family waiting for their beloved grandpa.
Should I send a car and let them know you've been delayed?
I don't know if I'll be able to move the coffin by myself.
Do you need help? You'll have to give me instructions.
Oh...
I'm sorry, hen,
you're going to have to stay out of the kitchen for this one.
Well, Eden, isn't it time we all took a breather?
- Case closed? - Case closed.
Well done. You've worked hard.
It's a pity I didn't get to arrest the bastard.
It is, but I'm glad you weren't placed in any danger.
Mm...
I feel like we've all aged quite a bit
in the last few weeks.
Some of that feels like becoming more mature...
...being willing to reconsider
prejudices we might've had.
Some of it is just waiting for time to pass.
And some of it is forgetting to be grown-up
and being a child again.
This is a very special pie.
It's special because of how it's made.
It's made for all of us.
Father, heal this burnt land.
Let it grow green again.
It doesn't matter who you are,
there's always someone who wants to share things with you.
There's always delight to be had in the company of others.
Yoo-hoo!
- I brought bubbles! - Oh!
Maria, that smells amazing.
Whoo!
And while life is fleeting...
- To sisterhood. - To friendship.
To us.
We can stop every now and then
and celebrate just how delicious it can be.
Just what we need.
Come on, let's go out to the stoep while the pie bakes.
Hello.
The corpse is safely delivered.
- How was the ride? - I won't speak about that. Ever.
Sorry, Maria, I know this is your celebration,
but I can't help thinking about Leonard.
Well, that's okay, Jess, I understand.
He's been on my mind too.
The state he must've been in
to write that letter and then take his life.
Guilt can eat you alive.
Better to say it all out loud
than let it devour you from the inside.
I'm going to tell Regardt.
I have to.
Do you want to be back together with him?
I don't know. I think so, I really do.
But I don't know if that's just because I feel really guilty
and I wanna make his sadness go away.
You can't be responsible for someone else's happiness.
No, but I'm literally responsible for his sadness,
responsible for the sadness he hasn't even been sad about yet.
I've been living with a lot of guilt.
I didn't kill my husband.
I know there's been a lot of rumours and gossip,
and even police investigations, but I didn't.
I might've waited a bit long to call the ambulance,
that's what I might have done.
I was shocked, and it didn't seem real.
Oh, Maria...
But I've been feeling guilty because...
I was relieved.
I was relieved when he died.
I never told people that before.
- We still love you, Maria. - Oh, absolutely.
Thank you, both.
Mm...
Mm! We really must call Georgie later.
- Mm... - Poor woman.
I don't envy her.
I can't help feeling
she'll go deeper into the church now for the children.
I doubt we'll see much of her, if we see her at all.
I know they're not gonna rebuild the guesthouse.
The church sold the land to a developer. An old-age home.
It was such a lovely evening, you know,
before that bloody fire.
It was beautiful, Hats.
- Maria? - Mm?
Didn't Leonard write that he skipped the movie night
- in order to-- - Stalk and kill Frank?
But look, here he is with these folk.
And in this one, buying a ticket from Tannie Elna.
- Well, obviously he was lying. - But why?
If you're finally coming clean and confessing your sins,
why would you lie about something so silly?
Doesn't make any sense.
What if someone else wrote the letter pretending to be Leonard?
Someone set him up?
- Framed him. - Let's look at this again.
I mean, anyone can put someone's name at the bottom of a letter.
- I have pictures of it. - Of course you do.
Leonard's letter
said he watched Frank and Jackie enter the guesthouse,
but he was at the movies.
Who else wasn't there?
If we're excluding Leonard.
Frank, of course.
Jackie, if the letter has any truth.
Jaco, possibly. Only saying.
He admitted it all to the police,
and the letter's not his style.
But then, who else?
The priest?
Well, he is in love with Georgie.
What?
Oh, it's obvious,
but I definitely don't think he would have killed anyone.
He's Georgie's alibi, so if one of them did it,
it would've had to have been both of them.
Jeepers.
♪ Never know how much I love you ♪
♪ Never know how much I care ♪
♪ When you put your arms around me ♪
♪ I get a fever that's so hard to bear ♪
♪ You give me fever... ♪
Khaya, just hear me out.
I know things got complicated, okay?
But can you remember how simple they were, hiking and swimming?
Hanging out with our kids.
We both love the same food, share the same sense of humour.
We find each other sexy.
I can really see our life together.
And our kids would be on top of the world.
You and I... We wouldn't have to be alone anymore.
No more microwaveable meals for one.
Weekend getaways, exploring the countryside.
Great sex in hot tubs...
next to roaring fires.
♪ Fever isn't such a new thing Fever started long ago... ♪
This detail about Marius' body...
Yes...
Who knew that he wasn't poisoned until after he was dead?
At the time Leonard wrote to us...
- only the killer. - You're right.
Piet only got the results the day we took the letter to him.
So, if Leonard wasn't the person who tampered with the body...
who else would've had access to it?
And motive.
And feels right at home amongst dead bodies.
Jackie...
I'm sorry.
Everything you said is true...
but I cannot pretend to have feelings I don't have.
I see.
It wouldn't be fair on either of us.
Jessie, what did you find
when you did that background check on Jackie?
Nothing at all. A few parking tickets.
She never married?
No.
Dear Tannie, I'm writing to you
because it's time the whole town knows the truth.
And I'm not asking for a recipe,
because there are some things food can't fix.
I wanted Jackie, he had her.
It was too much for me to bear.
I was filled with such rage
knowing that she was trapped by such a flawed man...
I had to kill him.
I killed Frank.
So, why did Jackie kill Frank?
- Jealousy? - Well, she was the mistress.
Oh, right.
She said she broke up with Frank,
but what if Frank broke up with her?
Jackie, no.
I'm so sorry.
I need to fix my marriage.
I need to make things right with my wife and God.
And now we must end this.
I was spinning out of control.
Things had gone too far.
Maybe she started the fire.
She knows it's important to destroy evidence.
The fire would've gotten rid of fingerprints.
And DNA evidence if they had sex.
But how did Frank end up in the pool?
Jaco stealing things must've helped her confuse things a bit.
She wouldn't have anticipated that.
Mm...
And then poor Marius dies, drunk.
And she sees that as an opportunity
to mess with the investigation further.
Confessing to the affair... It was a masterstroke!
Oh, poor Jackie. "Woe is me."
Ha!
Are we sure? Before we call the cops,
are we absolutely sure? Because if we're wrong,
we're about to accuse an innocent woman
- of multiple murders. - Multiple?
I thought we all agreed Marius wasn't a murder.
- Leonard. - He was her fall guy.
You... You killed Frank because you were jealous of us.
Hm...
I wonder if she knew that Leonard was in love with her.
I wonder if she kept him as a backup plan.
Jackie, what's going on?
Don't pretend you don't know what's going on.
You're a pervert!
Well, either she knew and she was using him,
or his stalker behaviour was a giant stroke of luck for her.
Is this about the pictures? I'm so sorry.
All the evidence was pointing to him. She could frame him,
kill him and then put the whole business to bed.
I didn't hurt anyone. I didn't kill Frank.
You've got to believe me.
I do.
I think we all agree.
- Yeah. - Sure.
Wait for me!
♪ Chicks were born to give you fever ♪
♪ Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade ♪
♪ They give you fever... ♪
I thought the family was waiting for this body.
If they are, then they might be waiting at the wrong place.
♪ What a lovely way to burn ♪
Men.
♪ What a lovely way to burn ♪
Regardt, no. His car's still here
but the hearse is gone.
Are you sure he stayed to help Jackie?
Okay.
Klaasen, are you certain that's what happened?
Doep, get everyone out who helped with the campaign.
We've got to find Jackie.
You don't suppose she's taken him to the...
To the graveyard.
I'm getting there.
Can you see Khaya?
What is she doing?
Burying someone, it looks like.
I did not wear the right shoes for this.
Hey, I'm gonna...
I'm gonna grab her. If she runs, catch her.
Get down! Down! Jackie, get off! Get off!
What the hell! Get off me!
Get out, you!
Stop it!
Stop it. Stop it!
You're under arrest-- Get up. Get up!
Relax... Relax!
- Are you calm? Are we calm? - Yes. Yes...
Alright...
Stop! Stop it. Relax.
Relax!
You are under arrest
for the murder of Frank, uh...
Now, what's his surname?
It doesn't matter. Frank and Leonard.
I'll do it properly later.
Get up. Get up...
You're too late!
I can't believe he chose you over me.
Here we go.
- We're nearly there. - Yes.
Okay, pull it. Pull it!
Where is he?
Huh? Where is he?
It's hollow.
He's underneath!
Khaya? Help me!
- Come on. - Dig! Dig!
Clear the space, everybody!
Okay...
Khaya, please...
Can you hear us, Khaya?
Breathe, Khaya. Come on!
One, two, three, four...
There we go.
Okay, gently.
Let's get him out of the hole, people.
Come on, let's get him to the ambulance.
- Hattie, congratulations. - What?
- Oh, for my digging. - Yes, congratulations.
Oh, thank you.
I'm free for a celebration later, if you are.
Come over if you want to.
I'll show you my python.
I'm so sorry.
You have the right to remain silent, and I wish you would.
Anything you say,
can and will be used against you in a court of law.
Including my testimony on how you tried to kill my boss!
You have the right to an attorney
and to have one present during questioning,
but good luck finding one in Eden
that will help your sorry ass.
Thank you for saving my life.
Shh... I guess that makes us even.
I owe you an apology.
An explanation.
And a favour.
I was embarrassed. I was... ashamed.
The fact that I married him in the first place.
The fact that I didn't leave him.
The fact that I was so...
relieved when he died.
The fact that I ran away and went into hiding. I...
I just thought you could put your past behind a barricade
and never think about it, never talk about it.
But part of me was stuck behind the barricade,
cut off from the world, from you.
I was so scared that if you saw those parts of me,
you'd run away.
No... never.
We're the kind of people who clearly
run head-first at things.
Maybe we...
should start again from the beginning.
Maria Douglas.
Delighted to meet you.
Douglas?
That's my father's surname.
I think I'm going to start using it again.
Put "Purvis" to rest alongside Mickey.
Oh, Chantal. How wonderful to see you.
I'm sure it is.
I'm here to offer congratulations.
I look forward to working alongside you.
Oh, um...
What?
Hattie, you won. You're the mayor. Yay.
As councilwoman, I've been tasked
with coming to deliver the... fantastic news to you.
Congratulations, mayor.
Well fought.
Mayor of Eden?
Oh, this'll be fun.
Jessie, when you get this message,
I'm going to need you to be acting editor for a bit longer.
You see, I'm going to be very busy being... the mayor!
And then, Jessie just pulled the last load of sand up,
and Hattie thumped her spade on the coffin lid.
Yeah, we know, Riley. We were there.
Well, Craig and Sarah weren't there. I'm telling them.
And then, after they dug Khaya up...
Ma rose him back to life, and then...
Regardt arrested Jackie.
Wow...
Wow, it sounds like there's a whole lot of heroes in the room.
Regardt was definitely my knight in shining armour.
Frank was abusive.
What's wrong?
It's just that... I don't know if I can do this anymore.
What do you mean?
This, us, it's...
It's wrong. You've got a wife and kids.
It's just-- I don't know what I was thinking.
You want this just as much as I do.
Don't do this.
Frank... Frank, no. Frank!
- The Lord sent you to test me. - Oh, Frank...
And I failed.
The Bible warns against the allure of women
who lust for married men.
You said that you loved me.
Pray!
It was like he was possessed.
He was gonna kill me.
Pray, Jackie.
I had no other option.
You understand that, don't you?
Women who kill abusive men.
That's why I had to kill Leonard too.
What would you do
if a psychopath took pictures of your baby girl?
Pictures of her in a swimming costume.
Photographs that could easily get into the wrong hands.
And yesterday? Why did you want to kill me?
Because you betrayed me just like Frank did.
You betrayed me.
Piet...
Yes, boss?
This one is all yours.
Zindzi didn't deserve this.
Your sweet girl...
You destroyed her life.
I heard they're going to build an old-age home.
I'm sure you're going to make them lots of delicious treats.
- Are you leaving? - Only for a few months.
Once the old-age home is built, I'll come back and run that.
Oh, I didn't know the church were involved with it.
They're not. But they accept
that it's charitable work within the doctrine.
They're also trying to hide us away.
- The man of God who strayed. - Ah.
As long as I keep quiet about Frank,
and play the faithful widow, it seems it'll be enough.
How is your faith these days?
I don't know.
My relationship with God? That's all good.
But my relationship with the church?
- That's a bit more complicated. - Mm...
Thank you, Maria, for everything you've ever done for us.
Oh, I haven't done that much.
That vegan cake recipe, though, that was a good one.
- Mm! Sure was. - We'll say that.
- I'm bigger than you. - No, I am.
You're higher than me.
- Bah! - Wah!
- Hello, Ricus. - Hattie.
- I've come to celebrate. - How lovely.
So, I was promised a python...
Right this way.
Jess...
I've thought a lot about the future, and...
one thing I know is that I can't imagine a version of the future
that doesn't have you in it.
You are the most remarkable person I've ever met, and...
and I know life will be filled with constant surprises,
but I wanna be there for all of it.
I adore you, Jess.
Will you marry me?
You're not serious, are you?
I'm, uh...
I'm serious.
I'm gonna marry Jessie.
♪ Going home... ♪
Gazette, editor speaking.
What's that?
Feature for the New York Times
about the recent spate of crimes in Eden?
Yes, absolutely.
I think there's definitely an angle on the small-town psyche
and how a town in the desert
can attract people who are outcasts, who don't fit in.
♪ Going home, going home... ♪
Come on, hen. Time to put the kettle on.
There you are.
I've made soup.
♪ Going home ♪
♪ Going home... ♪