The InBESTigators (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 17 - The Case of the Misplaced Mug - full transcript

[upbeat instrumental rock music playing]

[voice over]
The Case of the Misplaced Mug.

This is Kyle and Maudie
reporting for the Inbestigators.

And today’s case is about...

Are you doing a long drumroll because
you forgot who the case is about?

Yes.

Mr McGillick. Our Principal.

That’s right.
On Thursday, he went missing.

His mug went missing.

I was close.

Mr McGillick loves his coffee mug.
I noticed that on the first day I met him.



I think you’re going to
like this school, Maudie.

Are you really the World’s Best Principal?

Oh, well, what have you heard?

I haven’t heard anything.
It says it on your mug.

[Maudie] World’s Best Principal.

Right. Of course.

[slurps]

Mm.

I also noticed that he
had a weird habit with it.

Well I should introduce you
to your teacher, Miss Tan.

Why are you putting
a folder on top of your mug?

So my coffee doesn’t get cold.

Most people buy a cup with
a lid so their drinks don’t get cold,

but Mr McGillick really loves his old mug.



He keeps it on his desk
and not in the staffroom

with all the other cups and mugs.

Because once, when Ezra came
to school late, he saw an incident.

-[Mr McGillick] Helen...
-[door squeaks open]

Can I help myself to your
moussaka in the fridge?

No.

Oh, I thought it was ‘help yourself
to other people’s things’ day.

[slurps]

Ezra said he thought it was weird that
Mr McGillick didn’t want to share his mug

when he’s always telling us we should
share everything except our germs.

Why isn’t Mrs Parides
allowed to borrow your mug?

Because it’s precious.

Mr McGillick, no offence,
but your mug is really old and chipped.

Which is what makes it so special.

I’ve had it ever since the
first year I was a teacher.

You mean a Principal.

No, no, a teacher.

Mr McGillick told Ezra that he started
teaching when he was very young.

He said that...

My first year of teaching was,
well, was challenging.

But I got through it,
and at the end of the year,

my class threw me a surprise party
and they gave me this mug.

But it says World’s Best Principal.

Yes, well, uh, apparently
the two dollar shop had run out of

World’s Best Teacher mugs,
and the kids said...

[coughs] that I'd uh...
[clears throat]

I’d probably be the world’s
best Principal some day anyway.

Ezra said that he got
why the mug was special,

and why Mr McGillick kept
it away from Mrs Parides

and always on his desk.

But on Thursday when we were doing pottery
with Miss Tan, it wasn’t on his desk.

So now you’ve got your basic pot shape,
we're just gonna

make our own by spinning it like this, oh!

Oh, uh, is there a speed dial?

Oh, that doesn't look right.
Oh, maybe it's the other way

[exclaims]

-[Mr McGillick] Miss Tan.
-Dear...

[laughs]
I think this might come in handy.

It’s the instructions
for the pottery wheel.

Oh! Where did you find it?!
I've been looking for that everywhere!

It was in the pile of incursion permission
slips you gave me this morning.

[knocks]

Henry, here are the
puppet show permission slips.

Oh! I knew it! I was positive that
I’d left this in your office! [chuckles]

By the way, um...

when you handed me the slips,
did you happen to notice if I had my mug?

Oh, great, thanks.

Yes, you did have your mug,
you were drinking from it. Why?

It’s not on my desk.

My mug has disappeared.

Oh dear.

Mr McGillick was upset.

You could tell because
when he walked out he said...

That’s a lovely pot Miss Tan.

It was the opposite of a lovely pot.
It was a terrible pot.

We knew we had to do something.

-We have to find the mug.
-Okay, at snack time we can--

We can’t wait that long.

Miss Tan can I please go to the toilet?

Alright Ezra, maybe pick a buddy,
James or Mario--

I’ll take Kyle.

-Ezra needed his buddy to be Kyle.
-Which was really annoying.

I want a go on the pottery wheel
before Miss Tan reads the instructions,

-so it goes really fast.
-[Ezra] Kyle!

This way.

That way?

This is not the way to the toilets.

What are you two doing here?

We need to use your bathroom.

Kyle! We’ve come to help
Mr McGillick find his mug!

[sighs] Thanks Ezra, but it’ll turn up.
I’m not worried. [chuckles]

Mr McGillick was definitely worried.

So Ezra said we should start searching.

We’re going to get your mug back.

It’s so strange, I... Kyle.

I don’t think I would have put
a full cup of coffee in a coat pocket.

-Ezra, hop up, honestly, it’s fine.
-We have to find it.

Otherwise how will people know
who the world’s best Principal is?

Well, I’ll... Kyle, take those off.

I think hats suit me.

-The mug wasn’t anywhere so--
-We needed to ask some questions.

Mr McGillick,
how many sworn enemies do you have,

and why did you give
them keys to your office?

What?

He means when did you last see your mug?

Miss Tan said you were drinking from it

when she came in and gave
you the permission slips.

Well, let’s see... She left and...
Oh, that’s right!

I was taking the slips
out to the scanner...

-when I heard a yell from the playground.
-[child screams]

And I saw one of the
grade ones had fallen over.

So I ran out of my office and
I definitely put my mug on the desk

on a pile of newspapers.

And, and when I came back they
were gone and so was my mug.

-So now we know what happened.
-We do?

One of your sworn enemies pushed the grade
one over so you would leave your office

and they could come and steal your mug.
And your newspaper.

Please take off my clothes
and go back to class.

-It was a good theory.
-It was a ridiculous theory.

Ezra asked one last
question on his way out.

Did anyone else come into
your office after you came back?

Uh... Mrs Parides... and then Mr Barker.

Mr McGillick felt sad which made Ezra
feel sad which made me feel hungry.

Everything makes me feel hungry.

We went back to class and told the
others everything we’d found out.

And then,
I discovered I look really good in hats.

That’s great Kyle,
but we really need to hear about the mug.

Do you think someone took it?

Maybe. We need to talk to
Mr Barker and Mrs Parides.

So at snack time, Ava,
Ezra and I went to find the teachers.

While I stayed with Miss Tan
to have a go on the pottery wheel,

which was actually really boring,

because she’d read the instructions
and had found the slow button.

We saw Mr Barker first.

Mr Barker... do you mind if
we ask you a few questions?

No.

Mr McGillick said you went
to his office this morning.

[Mr Barker] Uh, that’s right.

What time was that?

What’s going on,
am I part of an inbestigation?

Just answer the question please Mr Barker.

Okay. Well, it was right after the bell,
I just went in to say...

Are we still on for squash tonight?

Sure are!

[pop]

[grunts]

So, who normally wins at squash?

Oh, it’s not really about winning
or losing, it’s how you play--

So Mr McGillick wins?

Yes he does.

Ezra thought he was onto something.
He pulled us aside to talk.

I think Mr Barker took the mug,

so Mr McGillick would
be distracted tonight at squash,

and Mr Barker could finally beat him.

-Yeah that’s not what happened.
-Not at all.

Ezra wasn’t convinced,

but we had to go back to Mr Barker
to ask the most important question.

Mr Barker, did you see Mr McGillick’s mug
on his desk when you were in his office?

His mug?

Don’t play games with us, Mr Barker.

We know you’re very familiar with his mug.

Yes, okay, no,
I didn’t see Mr McGillick’s mug.

[grunts]

You alright, Henry? That’s not like
you to miss an imaginary shot.

I seem to have misplaced my mug.

I didn’t see Mr McGillick’s
mug because it wasn’t there.

The mug was already missing
when Mr Barker went in.

There was only one person
who might have some answers.

-Me.
-Mrs Parides.

I was in his office just before the bell
went because I needed his signature.

Why? What’s happened?

We’ll ask the questions,
thanks Mrs Parides.

And did you notice anything odd?

I sure did.

Henry, can you sign...
Oh, are you alright?

Miss Tan?

She was looking for

-the pottery wheel instructions
-The pottery wheel instructions.

I knew I had the instructions
when I came in here earlier,

and I think I might have dropped it, or
maybe Henry put it in his recycling.

Mrs Parides said she helped
Miss Tan look for the instructions.

Have you looked through this pile?

Yes, I did,
and it’s not in this pile either.

-[bell rings]
-Oh dear!

I've got to get to the art room.

You go, I’ll put all the recycling back.

That was very kind of you, Mrs Parides.

Thank you.

So Miss Tan left and you were
all alone in Mr McGillick’s office?

Yes?

Ezra thought he was onto something.
He pulled us aside to talk.

Mrs Parides took the mug.
We know she’s always wanted it,

ever since the incident.

That’s not what happened.

Of course not. And come on,

we still haven’t asked Mrs Parides
whether she saw the mug.

She couldn’t have.

How do you know?

Because I think it was covered up.

What do you mean it was covered up?
With what?

Well, we had to go to
Mr McGillick’s office to be sure.

Excuse me, Mr McGillick?

We brought you a cup of coffee.

We know it’s not your
special mug, but, still...

That’s very sweet, thank you.

Actually before you drink it, could you
please help us with something outside?

Sure.

See?! He always does it!

Mr McGillick covered his mug with a file!

Now I was sure I knew where his
World’s Best Principal mug was.

Wait, what? Where was it?

Yes!

My mug! How on earth...?

We told Mr McGillick that first...

Here are the puppet show permission slips.

Miss Tan came in with her permission
slips. She gave them to him and

right after she left, he heard
the Grade One kid fall over so he

put his mug on the newspapers on his desk
and then he did what he always does,

he popped a folder on top
of it so it wouldn’t get cold.

Then Mr McGillick ran out,

and Miss Tan came back in back in looking
for her pottery wheel instructions,

-and she searched though the recycling.
-Which was the wrong place to look,

because they were actually with
the permission slips up on the shelf.

Exactly! Good job, Kyle.
Do you want to do the next bit?

That’s all I’ve got.

Mrs Parides came in to see Miss Tan.

...when I came in here earlier.

...put a pile of papers on top of another
pile of papers and Mr McGillick’s mug.

But of course she didn’t
know it was under there.

Then Mrs Parides offered to clean up
and picked up all the papers on the desk,

including the newspaper and the mug,
and put them all in the recycling tub.

The mug was in the tub the whole time!
Wait, wasn’t there coffee in it?

Yes, but Mr McGillick was
so happy to get his mug back,

he didn’t care that his
recycling was all soggy.

Uh-oh.

Oh don’t worry about that, Ava.

The important thing is I have my mug.

-Thank you. I’m very grateful.
-You’re welcome, Henry.

-Mr McGillick.
-Really? Even after we just...

Never going to happen, Ezra.

Yes! I finished my worksheet!

That’s my worksheet. That’s yours.

Bum.

[upbeat instrumental rock music playing]

[voice over]
The Case of the Sad Little Sister.

Welcome to a special top secret
edition of the Inbestigators.

Obviously it’s not top secret from
you but it is top secret from Ezra...

until I finish telling you this story.

Because Ezra doesn’t
think there’s a story to tell.

But there one hundred percent is.

On Monday, something terrible happened.

Ezra! Maudie!
Something terrible has happened!

Has the school run out
of pink glitter again?

Um, running out of
pink glitter was terrible.

But this was even more terrible.

It’s Poppy!

Poppy? My sister Poppy?
What’s wrong?!

She’s in the shelter shed and
she is crying her eyes out!

And I think that--

Ezra bolted across the playground.
We had never seen him run so fast.

We'd never seen him run.
But he really wanted to get to Poppy.

-Poppy!
-Ezra.

Poppy was really upset.

Why are you in the shelter shed?

I - took - but - nobody - had - lost
- Mum - trouble - sun - shed - hat.

What did she just say?

Maudie and Ezra couldn’t
understand Poppy at all.

Oh Poppy! I’m so sorry.

-You know what she said?
-Of course.

Can you tell us?

Poppy’s lost her hat and she’s going
to be in trouble with your Mum,

and now she has to stay in here.

When you grow up you can work at
the United Nations as a translator.

That would be fun.

Our school has a no-hat-no-play rule,

so if you forget your hat you
have to sit in the shelter shed.

It made Ezra really cross.

That makes me really cross!

-But Ezra the rule is important.
-It’s so you don’t get sun damage.

The rule doesn’t make me cross,
Poppy losing her hat does!

She made me think something
was really wrong with her!

Something is really wrong with me!

No, it’s not, you just lost your hat!

It serves you right for
not taking care of it!

I think Ezra was relieved that
Poppy hadn’t hurt herself.

Even though he had
a funny way of showing it.

Anyway, Poppy wasn’t upset
about losing her hat.

She was upset because she
couldn’t play with her friends.

But - Mack - Enz - ie - play
- vi - let - all - by - my - self.

Mackenzie and Violet are
out there playing together,

and Poppy has to sit
in here all by herself.

No wonder she’s upset.

Poppy and Mackenzie are best friends,
we walk with them to school don’t we Ezra?

No, we dawdle with them to school.

[Ezra] Poppy! Mackenzie! Come on!

They only dawdle until they see Violet.
Then they sprint.

[both] Violet!

-Hi.
-[both] Hi.

Violet came to the school this year,

and she, Poppy and Mackenzie
have become very close,

so Maudie and I felt
sorry for Poppy all alone.

Poor Poppy. What about Ava,
Ezra and I go and look for your hat?

No! What about Ava,
Ezra and you go back to their snack?

[sighs] Oh fine. But I’m only doing it
so I don’t get in trouble from Mum.

Where did you last have it?

-It was on my hook on top of my bag.
-Are you sure you put it there?

Yes. I remember because Mackenzie
and I were racing each other,

and put our hats on exactly the same time.

And it was hard because we had our
library bags as well as our school bags,

and our library bags were really heavy,

because last week
we borrowed really big books.

Why were you in such a hurry,
were you late?

No, we had library first up
and Violet was already lining up,

and we both wanted to be her partner.

[Poppy] I thought I would
be fastest to get to Violet,

because I had my library bag in my hand,

but Mackenzie accidentally put her
library bag underneath her school bag,

so she had to start again
and take everything off the hook,

but then,
Mackenzie did something so unfair.

She ran to line up for library
without her library bag.

-It made me so mad.
-[Ezra] Okay.

Great story, let’s go look for the hat.

But just as we went to leave...
someone else came in.

No way! That is so unfair Mrs Parides!

Please let me come out!
I won’t get sunburnt, I promise!

What are you guys doing in here?

Did you frisbee your hats
onto the art room roof too?

Kyle had thrown his hat onto the roof,

so Mrs Parides had thrown
Kyle into the shelter shed.

Which was terrible for Kyle,

but good for us because someone
could keep Poppy company.

-Do you want to play cricket?
-We’re in the shelter shed.

-Footy?
-We’re in the shelter shed!

-Tennis?
-Can Ava stay instead?

Kyle, stop being annoying.

Poppy, did you go to the library
the inside way or the outside way?

What difference does that make?

Because if they went the outside way,
they would have to wear their hats.

We always go the inside way.

And you're sure today
wasn’t any different?

No, I remember, because on the way,

Miss Ramsay noticed Mackenzie
didn’t have her library bag.

Well of course she did.

She told Mackenzie
she had to go and get it,

and Violet got mad.

We’ll lose our place!

Why did Violet get mad?

[both] Because she had to go with
Mackenzie because she was her partner,

and they lost their place
at the front of the line.

And we had to wait for them
and Milo, who was my partner,

got into trouble from Mr Barker
for doing armpit squirts.

-[fart noises]
-[giggling]

Milo, I admire the skill,
just not the noise.

My grade sixes are doing a test,
Miss Ramsay.

So... shh.

Milo is always doing armpit
squirts because he is

-disgusting.
-Awesome.

And I didn’t want to hold
his stinky armpit hand so--

Why not? I would like to shake
his stinky armpit hand.

Kyle! Shh! Go on Poppy.

When I saw Mackenzie come
back carrying her library bag,

I got an idea! So I said...

My bag is full of books to return,
so I need both arms,

and I can’t hold your hand, Milo.

[fart noises]

Ezra, let’s see who can do the loudest.
Three, two, one!

Kyle, stop! We’re trying to find out
what happened to Poppy’s hat!

Have you tried the art room roof?
It’s like a hat magnet!

It must have fallen off your
hook down behind the bags.

Well, let’s go and look for it otherwise
you’ll be in here at lunchtime too.

Ezra may need to work
on his people skills.

Wait! Do you think I'm gonna have
to stay here at lunchtime too?!

[sighs] Poppy, it’s fine!
You’ll have Kyle.

Wait! You think that I might have
to stay in here at lunchtime too?!

Ezra definitely needs
to work on his people skills.

-[wailing]
-Poppy! Kyle! Stop!

-It’s okay. We're gonna find your hat.
-Hats!

Can you find mine too?

Kyle, who threw your hat on the roof?

I wanna say... Maudie?

You did. We’re not finding your hat.

Anyway, you stay here with Poppy.

But what if you don’t find my hat?

I’ll be in here with Kyle,

while Violet and Mackenzie will
be out there playing in the playground.

Well can’t Violet and Mackenzie
come in here with you?

No, there can only be two of us at a time!

I’d never heard about the two people
at a time in the shelter shed rule.

But before I could ask about it,
Ezra did something really surprising.

Don’t worry. We’ll get your hat.

-Oh Ezra... that’s so sweet.
-What?

-You giving Poppy a hug.
-[both giggle]

She hugged me!
I was just [clears throat] standing there!

He totally hugged her.

Then, as we were walking out,
Maudie said...

Poppy, what did you mean there
can only be two of you at a time?

Is it a school rule that there's
only allowed to be one friend in here?

No, it’s Violet’s rule.
She’s only allowed one friend out there.

Pardon?

Only one of us can sit
with Violet every day,

which is why Mackenzie and I take turns.

Poppy, why?

Because Violet’s the boss.

-Who said?
-[Poppy] Violet.

She chooses the one of us every day
depending on who she likes the most.

[Poppy] And that’s why
it’s so unfair I lost my hat.

Even if Violet picked me,
I'd still have to come in here.

But she probably wouldn’t have anyway.

She hasn’t picked me this week,
so I’ve had to sit on my own.

Maudie and I were upset.
But not as upset as someone else.

That’s so mean.

Why would anyone make
Poppy sit by herself?

Why would anyone tell Poppy she
can’t sit with her best friend, Mackenzie.

Ezra, are you crying?

Ezra said he definitely wasn’t crying,
he was just sniffling,

because the dust in the shelter shed
is completely out of control.

Anyway, he was really, really angry.

-Where are you going?
-I’m getting Henry.

-Mr McGillick.
-Yep, him, the Principal.

-Why?
-So he can expel Violet!

Ezra, stop! Stop!

Before we do anything else,

shouldn’t we be letting Poppy out of
the shelter shed by getting her hat?

-We don’t know where it is!
-Yes we do!

I love it when she does that.

We went to the hooks
outside Poppy’s classroom,

and then Maudie did the weirdest thing.

What are you doing with
Mackenzie’s library bag?

Poppy Banks.

Poppy’s hat was inside
Mackenzie’s library bag.

Mackenzie took Poppy’s hat...
Of course.

Right. I’m getting Henry so he
can expel Mackenzie and Violet.

Ezra, stop!

Why would Mackenzie do that?

She was scared Violet would
choose Poppy to sit with her.

Especially after she made Violet mad

by losing their place
at the front of the line.

Ezra didn't understand any of this.

So Maudie told him that when Violet and
Mackenzie went back to get her library bag

she saw how cross Violet was and panicked
at the thought of being left out.

[Ava] Mackenzie took Poppy’s hat,

so that Poppy would have
to sit in the shelter shed,

and Violet would have
to sit with Mackenzie.

The whole thing was horrible.

So the first thing we did to make it
un-horrible was give Poppy back her hat.

Poppy, we've got some good...

Poppy said we should make the most of our
time without hats squashing our hairstyle.

Well that time is over!

[both] You found my hat!

Yours is still on the roof, Kyle.

Oh.

Where did you find it?

-It was in--
-The corridor.

-Yeah, inside--
-The bin!

Maudie is so nice.

She didn’t just want to dob on Mackenzie,

because then Poppy would
have gotten mad at her,

which was not what this was about.

This was about Poppy.

Before we give you your hat,
we need to talk to you.

-I’m going to tell Henry--
-Poppy you know--

Ava...

needs to talk to you.

Poppy, you know who’s the boss of you,
don’t you?

-Mum.
-Yes but then?

-Dad.
-Yes but who else?

Miss Ramsay. Mr McGillick. Mrs Parides--

-I’m not talking about grown ups.
-Not Ezra.

-Sometimes.
-Not Ezra, you, Poppy.

You’re the boss of you.

Not Violet.

Definitely not Violet.

Poppy, no one can tell you who you
can sit with or who you can play with.

And if anyone ever tries to,
they're not being a good friend.

[Ava] Do you understand?

When you grow up you could also work
at the United Nations as a negotiator.

That would be fun too.

I had a little chat to Miss Ramsay,
who had a little chat to Mackenzie,

and a bigger chat to Violet...
and her Mum,

and Violet understood
how unkind she'd been,

and she promised to never
do it ever again.

And Ezra was really pleased.

Hey you guys, thank you,
you know, for helping Poppy.

You’re welcome.

And you know the best part?

Aside from Poppy being happy, obviously,
is that we’ve got a new case to report!

-[Maudie] Yes!
-No! This was not a case.

[both] Yes it was!

No, nobody needs to hear
about Poppy losing her hat,

and how I got sniffly because of the dust.
Okay?

Okay?

"Dear Ezra, we’re sorry we tricked you by
telling you Maudie’s Dad needed your help

with his computer at her house,

but we really did think this
was a special case to report.

Love Ava and Maudie."

PS. You are the best
big brother in the world.

I need to stick this
somewhere he will see it...

Let's see... Ah!

Right there.

[upbeat instrumental rock music playing]