At the beginning of the episode, Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless) speaks with Dylan Giroux (Lindsay Farris) on the phone. He is an escort of sorts and Alexa is interested in taking him out for a test run. We jump back one day and see that Alexa is having trouble getting her bread maker together. The instructions are in German so she is struggling. Her cat isn’t any help either. She gets a call from Detective Inspector Kieran Hussey (Bernard Curry) and meets up with him moments later. Kieran tells her about the investigation into the murder of 41-year-old Jennifer Chi. She fell from her apartment building in Docklands and murder is suspected.

Alexa reminds Kieran that she is retired and he was there when she retired. Kieran explains that the apartment belongs to a male escort named Dylan Giroux. They go back and forth until Alexa agrees to look over the case file. When Alexa returns home, she gets in touch with Madison Feliciano (Ebony Vagulans). She wants Madison to dig into Dylan’s finances and look for offshore accounts or shell companies. She needs to find out if Dylan was stashing money somewhere outside of Australia. After the intro, Madison arrives at her house with new information. First, she tells Alexa about the expensive vacuum she is trying to buy.

Madison suspects Alexa is going to have sex with the escort. We jump forward to the conversation between Alexa and Dylan. She wants to know if he can fix her bread processor. When their conversation ends, the couple meets in person. Dylan tells Alexa that he had a normal childhood and grew up in Melbourne. He worked as a tradie before experimenting with escorting as a dare to himself. He had fun so he stuck with it. Alexa says she was a public servant but recently tried. They end up back at Dylan’s apartment and Alexa looks down from the balcony. Dylan approaches and she pretends she is afraid of heights so he comforts her. Dylan offers to take it inside but Alexa turns him down since it is their first date.

She also notices a picture on a stand that might be a clue. When she steps outside into the hallway, she notices a camera and decides to speak with the receptionist downstairs. That man, Bob, isn’t willing to let her look at the camera footage. Alexa leaves, returns home, and chats with Madison about her date. Alexa suggests they investigate Rob Noble since he was eager to get rid of her in a hurry. He is a convicted sex pest too. Madison wasn’t able to find anything out of the ordinary in Dylan’s records but Alexa believes he is lying about being from Melbourne. She suspects he is from Perth. Madison sneezes so Alexa lies about having a cat. That night, Alexa looks at the picture of herself with her ex-husband before going to sleep.

In the morning, Alexa works on the machine again. She gets it to work but something blows. She receives a visit from Kieran. Alexa tells him what she knows about the case. When Kieran leaves, he spots Dylan entering Alexa’s house. She lied to him about that. Alexa hides a picture of her cop husband and other items. Then, she helps Dylan cook a meal. Alexa mentions Jennifer and Dylan explains that she was a client and friend. They were in business and that is why Jen gave him nearly 40 grand in cash. They sit down, eat, and chat about Dylan opening an agency. He isn’t sure if he’ll do it or not. He tells Alexa that he gave away the money after Jen’s accident.

He gave it to the Kolarov Foundation because he thought it would be wrong to use it himself. It is a breast cancer foundation. Alexa goes to the bathroom and tells Madison to search for financial information about the Kolarov Cancer Foundation. After the call ends, Dylan reads the bread maker manual to Alexa. She receives a call from Madison and speaks in private. Dylan was telling the truth. He donated $35,000 to the cancer foundation. The money came from a company called Arazzag Investments. Dylan is the sole director of the company. When Alexa returns, she finds Dylan naked in her bed. She also notices that he has gone through her belongings.

He knows she is a cop but he is fine with it. Alexa refuses to sleep with him. She meets up with Madison and they discuss the case. Dylan Giroux didn’t exist five years ago. He wasn’t on any social media and there was no trace of him at all. He changed his name at some point. The women go back to the apartment complex and pretend they’re lesbians so they can distract Bob. Alexa tells Madison that she texted her a name she wants her to run through the database. After that, Alexa goes downstairs and makes an obscene gesture in front of the camera. She realizes that the cameras aren’t working. Bob arrives and she claims the cameras are shoddy.

She claims the ones in the lobby are American-made and good but the others are cheap crap. She thinks he might’ve spent the security budget on gambling. She wants him to work with her or she’ll make sure he loses his job. Alexa returns home and calls Madison to tell her about it. She learns that there is a Charles David Gazzara in jail in Perth. He is 62-year-old and has a son named David. Alexa seems to already know that. Alexa insists Dylan knew about the cameras not working. She leaves home and heads to an event for the Kolarov Foundation. She looks at the name place holders and finds Dylan’s name there. Alexa says she can make a sizable donation if they can squeeze in one more seat. She calls Madison and tells her she is going to the ball.

Alexa returns home and researches other balcony deaths. She finds a young woman who died in Perth. She calls Madison who is busy using her new vacuum cleaner. Madison learns about the death from six years ago. While Nadia’s death was ruled a suicide, it is believed she struggled with someone before falling. Nadia Tate had a boyfriend named David around the same age. When the call ends, Alexa checks Nadia’s social media and finds a picture of her with Dylan. She goes to the apartment complex and sets off the fire alarm with spray. Then, she steals keys from Bob’s death. Madison finds out that her battery is dead because she left the vacuum plugged up.

She is forced to walk to the ball. While she does that, Alexa looks through Dylan’s apartment for evidence. Madison is not allowed into the party because her name is not on the list. Dylan finds Alexa in his apartment and she accuses him of murder. He denies it and says he would have no motive. Dylan admits he went to a charity ball with Lillian Kolarov (Maureen Bell) but that is it. Dylan reminds her that she isn’t a cop anymore. Alexa believes Jennifer was made when she found out Dylan pledged the money to Lillian. She confronts him with the death of Nadia Tate. He begins choking her seconds later but she fights back. Dylan grabs a knife and takes Alexa hostage. When they make it to the parking garage, cops arrive and Dylan is arrested.

Later that night, Madison vacuums up cat hair in Alexa’s home. Kieran drops in a few minutes later. He wants to know about the invoice. Alexa billed them for the part for her bread processor. Kerian tries to help her with the instructions as the episode comes to an end.

 

My Life Is Murder Review

Well, I wanted to like this show and I think it had potential to be good. However, it is tough to overlook the silliness of it all. Alexa was an ex-cop and her husband was too. That is really hard to believe considering the stupid things she did this episode. Would you really hang out with a killer and almost have sex with the guy? Would you put yourself in a super dangerous situation such as going to his apartment alone?

The show wants us to believe that Alexa is an exceptional investigator and better than the rest. What did she do that was so extraordinary? She found a camera in the apartment complex. Why couldn’t the other cops find that? Why didn’t the other cops find out about Dylan’s identity and his ex-girlfriend’s death? I guess she was the only one investigating the crime even though she isn’t a copy anymore. I also found the soundtrack to be very overwhelming. It was too loud but I am glad they shut it up when the characters started talking.

My Life Is Murder is interesting but tough to stomach. I wish it was better but I don’t feel eager to finish the remaining episodes. The opener scores a 6.5 out of 10.