The InBESTigators (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - The Case of the Puzzling Pet Day - full transcript

[upbeat instrumental rock music playing]

[voice over]
The Case of the Puzzling Pet Day.

A detective always has to be on the alert,

because sometimes a crime is being
committed right under your nose.

Which is exactly what happened
last week at school when Miss Tan...

Miss Tan committed a crime?

I said you could listen if you were quiet.

-Sorry. But did she?
-No.

Miss Tan did not commit a crime.
All Miss Tan did was say...

Remember tomorrow the people
from the Animal Shelter

will be coming to film their commercial.



[cheering]

Hands up who's bringing
their pet to school?

Excellent. Make sure you bring your
release forms signed by your parents.

Yes Ezra?

Can you stay at home
if you're allergic to animals?

Dogs or cats?

Yes.

You're not allergic.
You're scared of dogs.

Poppy, this story is not
about me and dogs.

This story is about other people and their
dogs and how crazy they get about them.

Like Amelia.

Miss Tan, my Mum already
signed my form for Loopy.

Wait till you see him, Miss Tan!

He is the sweetest, cutest,
most adorable greyhound in the world.



-Well, I look forward to...
-Do you think they'll use him in the ads?

-I don't know...
-Well, they should

because we actually
got him from the shelter.

-Yes, but...
-He was six

-and he was lonely.
-The thing is...

And he didn't know what to do
after being a race dog and...

Amelia can you just please stop talking?

Thanks. [clears throat]

Miss Tan had to remind everyone

that the animal shelter would only be
selecting a few kids and their pets and

there won't be room for
everybody to be in the commercial,

so some dogs and cats and...

Mexican Walking Fish!

All right, um, will miss out.

Which was disappointing news for the class

because everyone
wanted to be on television.

[overlapping talking]

-Miss Tan, will they want a rabbit?
-Miss Tan, will they want two rabbits?

Our rabbits are sisters.

Miss Tan, can you carry a Mexican Walking
Fish in a Tupperware container?

He's your pet, not your lunch Kyle,
so, I don't think so.

Miss Tan will they be providing HMU?

-What's HMU, Miranda?
-Hair and Makeup.

Miranda knew all about hair and makeup,
because Miranda had been on television.

-She...
-She's been on the Cuddles ad!

Miranda asking about HMU
was the last straw for Miss Tan.

-[overlapping chatter]
-Oh, for goodness sakes!

-Miranda...
-[overlapping chatter]

Now, everyone is just getting too
carried away with the commercial.

Maudie, do you have a pet?

Sometimes I play with a cat that hangs
around my Dad's hospital office because

my Dad forgets to eat his sandwiches so
the cat sniffs them out of his bag.

Yes, but I'm asking will you be
bringing your pet tomorrow?

-No.
-[Miss Tan] Good!

Then you and Ezra can be pet coordinators.

I couldn't believe Miss Tan
ignored my crippling dog allergy,

and forced me to be a pet coordinator.
She's lucky I love holding clipboards.

Hi Miranda, who's this?

-This is Cookie. He's my greyhound.
-Hi Cookie.

Ezra, can you check his tag
and I'll write the number down?

No.

Greyhounds are very gentle, Ezra.

No, greyhounds are very tall.

My allergy was really flaring up
because there was two of them.

Miranda, I didn't know
you had a greyhound!

You should come to greyhound
club with me on Thursdays!

-Oh, I have drama on Thursdays.
-Amelia!

You need to wait in line
with everybody else outside.

We don't want an animal riot on our hands.

Sorry.

Where's Cookie's lead?

Oh, well, I thought this
ribbon was cuter for the ad.

I was about to tell Miranda
that responsible dog owners

put proper leads on their dogs but
then Miss Tan called her up to audition.

We didn't get all her
details written down, Ezra!

We need to be quicker with everyone else.

Fine. Kyle's next. I'll get him in.

I was happy to bring Kyle in.
He didn't have a dog.

I wasn't allowed to bring Freddie
because he's was too old.

Where's your Mexican Walking Fish?

My mum said 'no Kyle, I'm not putting
the big fish tank in my station wagon',

so, I brought these guys instead.

What guys?

My ants.

I left an apple core covered in honey
overnight and I collected 26 of them.

I had to admit thinking up an ant
lure like that was pretty smart.

I didn't think it up.
I just didn't clean my lunchbox.

Quiet please! The auditions have started!

This is my dog, Cookie.

We got him from the shelter
because he used to be a race dog.

He was so lonely.

That Thursday drama is really paying off.

Maudie was right.

Miranda had said exactly the same
thing about her greyhound, Cookie,

as Amelia had said about her
greyhound Loopy the day before,

but the way she had said it...
well, it had quite an effect.

Me and my Mum live
all alone in our apartment,

and every morning I wave
to Cookie from the balcony.

Oh, wait. You mean 'on the balcony',
Miranda. Not 'from the balcony'.

Yeah. On the balcony.
I'm on the ground, going to school.

-Bye Cookie! I'll be home soon!
-Fantastic.

Hey, and why is Cookie called Cookie?

Um... because he loves cookies!

You cannot have a cookie around him
because he'll just gobble it right up!

[chuckling]

Miranda was clearly in the
running for the commercial,

which made it harder
for Amelia and her greyhound.

And then we went to the, um,
the um, what do you call it?

The shelter and this lady showed us a...
thingy

it was a dog,
and then we went to the um...

Poor Amelia. She gets really overexcited
when she wants something.

Uh...um...

We felt really sorry for Amelia.
She hadn't done drama,

so, she just didn't have the sparkle
that Miranda had with Cookie.

Who went next?

Ava and Pixie, then there were more dogs,
a few cats, two guinea pigs and a gecko.

This is my gecko, Jurassic.

I rescued him from the driveway
after he dropped his tail.

Geckos drop their tail
when they feel threatened,

and Jurassic felt threatened
by my Dad's four-wheel drive.

But he grew his tail back and
now he lives happily in his tank.

Oh boy. Has anyone seen a gecko?

Oh! Was that the crime?

-What?
-Did someone steal Justin's gecko?

No.

But you said a crime happened right under
your noses and Justin's gecko was gone.

Yeah, but that wasn't a crime. That was
Justin not putting a lid on his tank.

Justin got Jurassic back

while Maudie and I waited
to see who got into the commercial.

Maudie, Ezra!
Can you look after Cookie for a sec?

I need to go do some HMU before filming.

They haven't announced who got in yet.

Yeah, but... just in case. Thanks guys!

She ran off and left us there with a
really big dog, not even on a proper lead.

Why do I have to hold him?

Because Miss Tan wants
all these forms finished.

-Why is he sniffing me?
-Maybe he likes you.

Well I like you but
I don't sniff you to show it.

Maybe he's hungry. Hey, give him a cookie!
He loves cookies remember?

Cookie was called Cookie
because he loved cookies.

I was willing to sacrifice
one of my cookies

to stop him sticking his nose in me.
Except... he didn't want it.

Eat the cookie! What's wrong with you?!
It's delicious!

[Miss Tan]
Maudie, I'll need the forms now!

Oh, you've got Cookie, good.
Where's Miranda?

The people from the animal shelter
had decided who would be in the ad,

and, no surprises, they were
starting with Miranda and Cookie.

Miranda's release form please.

Oh, we didn't finish Miranda's form,
we didn't get her Mum's phone number.

Wait, it will be on Cookie's tag.

Great idea, Maudie! Ezra?

Terrific idea Maudie.

Now not only did I have to hold this dog,
I had to touch right under its mouth too.

You mean his neck?

Which is right under its mouth.

[dog barks]

-Well?
-Oh! Miranda!

We need your Mum's number
so you can be in the ad!

-Oh really?! Wow! 0432 574.
-All good. Got it. 0419 883.

That's not the number on Cookie's tag.

Oh, no, my Mum got a new phone.

[dog barks]

Will you needing my release form too,
Miss Tan?

-Poor Amelia.
-Poor Loopy.

They couldn't have two greyhounds
in the commercial,

and Miranda was perfect for the part.
But Cookie wasn't so perfect.

[Ezra] Miss Tan asked the kids
who had been selected for the ad,

to get ready to go up on the stage
and Miranda and Cookie went first.

Or rather, Miranda went.

Cookie would not go up to the stage.

He mustn't like stairs.
Loopy used to be like that too.

Because they've been in their
racing cages all their life,

they don't know what stairs are so,
they have to get used to them.

It took Loopy ages.

Don't watch the filming Loopy.
It'll just make you sad.

Okay.
Ava and Pixie why don't you go up first.

Miranda, we'll come back
to you and your dog.

No, they won't.
Because that's not Miranda's dog.

What?

We left Cookie with Miss Tan and
Maudie pulled Miranda into the foyer.

Maudie! What are you doing?!
They need me in there!

No, they don't.
They need people who own pets.

Excuse me? What do you call Cookie?

I call him stolen.

[gasps]

Oh, my goodness is that the crime?
Cookie was stolen. No don't answer, go on!

How dare you accuse me of, I don't even
know what I'm supposed to have done!

[Ezra] Miranda was very
convincing that she was innocent.

Tell me how I stole my dog.

Okay. I first got suspicious when
you took everything Amelia said

about Loopy yesterday in class.

We actually got him from the shelter and
he was so lonely after being a race dog.

And made it about Cookie in your audition.

We got him from the shelter because he
used to be a race dog. He was so lonely.

So what? They're greyhounds!
Of course, they have similar stories.

I'd thought it was weird that
Cookie had a ribbon and not a lead,

And that you said he loved cookies but
he wouldn't eat the one we gave him.

But I really knew he wasn't your dog
when he wouldn't go up the stairs.

What's the big deal if
he won't go up stairs?

You told us you live in an apartment.

Bye Cookie! I'll be home soon!

If Cookie lived there too,
he would go up stairs all the time.

This is so stupid. Where am
I supposed to have got him from?

You told us that too.

And every morning,
I wave to Cookie from the balcony.

You mean 'on the balcony', Miranda.
Not 'from the balcony'.

Yeah. On the balcony.

You do wave to Cookie every morning.
But from your balcony,

which means he must be in
the yard of the house next door.

I have to get back in there.

So, if we were to call
the number on Cookie's tag,

we wouldn't get the people
who live next door to you?

Please don't call it.

I can't even believe it, Ezra!
She stole Cookie.

Well. She borrowed Cookie from next door.
Maudie was right.

I was going to take him straight
back after school, I promise.

I honestly thought he would like to have
an outing because he's alone all day,

And I thought no one would miss him.

I couldn't see a lead, so I put a ribbon
on him and brought him to school.

But Miranda! You took someone
else's dog without asking,

and then you pretended it was yours!

I'm sorry. I'll tell my neighbours
I'll walk him for the next month.

Are you going to tell Miss Tan now?

Maudie and I decided that
we didn't have to tell Miss Tan,

because Miranda would be punished
enough by not being in the commercial.

So, she wasn't in it?

She told Miss Tan she didn't
think she was right for it,

and there was someone much more deserving.

And then Loopy looked up from the cage,
and my Mum, no, my Dad,

I can't remember who was there.

Can I ring someone and ask?
No, wait. I'm going to start again.

That is a happy ending, Ezra.
And you got over your animal allergy.

Well I am still allergic to dogs.

I just might not be so allergic
to all animals. Like fish.

I'm not allergic to fish.

[upbeat instrumental rock music playing]

[voice over]
The Case of the Copycat.

Hello. I'm Maudie Miller
and this is Kyle Klimson.

Welcome to the
Inbestigators Detective Agency.

Where last week we solved a case.
Thanks for tuning in, goodbye.

Kyle, get back here.

But Mario's having a handball marathon at
his house and I really need to be there.

Well, Ezra's at the dentist
getting a tooth out,

and I really need you to help
to tell this story about Ava.

Fine. I'll tell it.

-It was winter, three years ago.
-It was last Monday night.

Oh! That story about Ava.

[Maudie] Ezra, Kyle and I went
to the council building,

because Ava was doing
something very special.

She was representing our school
as a future leader of our community.

[Maudie] Ava had been picked to be part
of this special leadership programme,

and when we saw her talking to the Mayor,
she really looked like a future leader.

And when she saw us...

[screams]

...she really looked like
an 11-year-old girl.

We understood why she screamed,
it was a very exciting night.

Because there was so much food, little
sausage rolls and mini quiches and sushi.

But mainly because there were
very important people there,

and Ava was going to make a speech.

I'm so nervous. And excited.
But mainly nervous.

What if I forget my speech?

That's why you've got it all
written down on your little cards.

[gasps] I didn't bring glasses!

You don't wear glasses.

But what if I suddenly get
poor eyesight and, oh, Maudie.

I printed out a copy of my speech so
you can prompt me if I lose my place,

or get laryngitis or if I break my leg!

Ava. Deep breaths.

[inhales, exhales]

[inhales, exhales]

Are you feeling better?

[Ava and waiter in unison] Yes, I am.

Thank you.
These big nights can really stress me out.

Even the waiter was nervous
and he wasn't a future leader.

-Was he?
-No. The future leaders were kids...

who were selected from
all the local schools,

and every Monday for a whole term,

they met at the council
for a leadership workshop,

and at the end of every session,

the future leaders had to spend half an
hour working on their 'platform speech'

on how they would change the world.
And now finally,

the moment had come to hear them.

How I would change the world

would be to not make kids
spend so long writing a speech

on how I would change the world.

This big gong sounded to tell us
to go into the council chambers.

[loud bonging sound]

I'm not ready.

Ava, you've been working on this for half
an hour every Monday for the whole term.

That's nine weeks.

Not every Monday,
we had one public holiday.

Okay, eight weeks of speech writing.
Which is...

-[Ava] Not enough.
-[Kyle] Too much.

We had to do our speeches
without any help.

No one's even seen mine.

Oh... I don't think I can do this.

We knew this night was a big deal,
but it was weird to see Ava so scared.

And walking into the very fancy council
chambers made her even more scared.

Woh. Look at all those old dudes.

No, Kyle. They're the past.
We're looking at the future.

Which is Ava. Right Ava?

Could our future leaders take
their seats at the front please?

Okay Ava, remember your very first
workshop and how excited you were?

That's true... I was...

and I made everyone
future leader cupcakes!

And what about that time when
you had that business seminar?

That was so good.

And I made everyone
Future Business Leader T-shirts.

And when you had that scientist talk?

I loved that!

And I made everyone
Future Science Leader tote bags.

When do you sleep?

Ava, this leadership workshop
has been amazing for you.

So, you get out there
and enjoy your speech.

Maudie, you're the best.

Ava felt so much better
after Maudie's pep talk.

She sat with the other future leaders,
and we sat in the audience.

[Kyle] There was a lot of people.

And a lot of important people.

Like that lady in the Gryffindor
cloak who did all the talking.

That wasn't a Gryffindor cloak
and she was the Mayor.

And she called Ava up first.

I'm thrilled to hear how our first
future leader wants to change the world.

And what a bright star she is,
Ava Andrikides.

[clapping]

[Maudie] Ava looked so nervous and...

-Then she opened her mouth.
-And she was...

Amazing.

Madame Mayor, Honourable Councillors
and distinguished guests.

That's us!
What does distinguished mean?

[Ava and Ezra] Shh!

I'm not actually interested
in changing the world.

I'm interested in changing minds.

Because the people inside buildings
like this can talk all they like,

but real progress can only happen
if the people out there can listen.

Ava's speech was really smart.
I know that because Maudie told me.

-It's so smart.
-Is it?

Yes! She's put so much thought into this.

[Ava] ...to get everyone to
embrace new ways of thinking.

Everyone looks so impressed!

[Ava] ...will be the centre
of how change happens...

Well, maybe not everyone.

[Ava] Making sure no one feels left
out or that their views don't matter.

It was true. One of the future
leaders was looking really worried.

I thought she was nervous about
giving her speech like Ava was.

But that wasn't her problem.

[Ava] The most important
thing I have learned,

in the last two months is that anything
is possible when people work together.

Thank you.

[clapping, cheering]

She stole my speech!

That was her problem.

What?

How could you?!

Savannah, I don't know
what you're talking about.

You just read out my speech!
Why would you do that?!

I, I didn't... that was my speech!

-That I wrote.
-[audience gasps]

Everyone was confused.
The Mayor tried to calm things down.

I'm sure there must have been
some kind of misunderstanding here.

Speeches can sometimes
sound very similar.

Similar maybe. Not word for word.

I'm sorry everyone, we're just
going to have to take a short break.

Ava, Savannah, could you come outside?

[Maudie] We could not believe
what we were hearing.

Ava does not steal.

One time she accidentally
took Pixie's jumper home

and she felt so bad she
made her apology muffins.

They were delicious.

You ate Pixie's apology muffins?

Only one... two... okay, five.

Hearing Ava being accused of stealing
was terrible. Mr McGillick thought so too.

Everybody just stay here. There's uh...
obviously just been some kind of mix up.

Mr McGillick is a very good Principal,

and very good at dealing
with problems on his own,

so, when he told us to wait, of course...

we followed him out.

Children, I said I'd handle...

She said the exact words that I wrote!

How did you do that?
Why would you do that?

The girl who had accused Ava of stealing
her speech was called Savannah,

and she was really upset.

She knew we were doing our
speeches in alphabetical order,

She knew she would go first and would
get to do my speech before I did.

What...? No...

Look, I don't know what's happened here,

but, you know, I can certainly
vouch for Ava's honesty.

I find it impossible to believe

that she would ever take anything
that didn't belong to her.

So how do you explain this?

Savannah pulled out a journal from
her school bag and opened it.

Here's where I wrote my speech
every Monday in our workshop.

We had half an hour each week...
this is where I wrote my rough copy.

Savannah's journal had
Ava's speech divided into bits

that she had written over all the weeks.

What we thought was Ava's speech.

Yeah, the speech that Ava had said.
Like, exactly.

"Monday May 29th: I'm not actually
interested in changing the world.

I'm interested in changing minds.

Because the people inside buildings
like this can talk all they like."

It wasn't just Monday May 29th.

It was the next Monday
and the next Monday,

and the next Monday and the next Monday
and the next...

Is there a faster way of saying that?

Oh yeah, sorry.

It was the next Monday and
the next Monday and the next Monday

and the next Monday and the next Monday...

I meant saying 'every Monday in the term'.

Oh.

Because that's when Savannah
had written Ava's speech.

She must have taken my journal
when I wasn't looking and copied it.

-I didn't! I promise!
-Well where's your rough draft?

You know where it is!
You know I did all my work on my tablet!

Emma, I've finished my speech!

Already? Wow, good work, Ava!

Can I send it to print
in the office from my tablet?

Sure.

And you don't have your tablet here, Ava?

No.

-How many copies did you make?
-Just that one.

Did you show anyone
what was on your tablet?

No, we weren't supposed to.
Nobody saw it before tonight.

-Mr McGillick looked worried.
-Everyone looked worried.

Ava was so nervous about her speech,

and maybe now we knew why.

Ava... have you got anything
that you'd like to tell us?

No.

I think we understand that you were
under a lot of pressure tonight,

and it was important that
you do a good speech but...

Mr McGillick, no! Savannah must have,
must have, got the speech off my tablet!

-I did not!
-[Ava] What about when I left the room,

twice to go to the printer!

Twice?
I thought you only printed one copy.

I did, but the first time it didn't
print so I had to do it again.

So, two times I went out of the room
and left my tablet right next to Savannah.

No, you didn't.
I wasn't even in the room.

Savannah told everyone that another girl,
Dionne, needed to go to the toilet,

and Emma,
the lady running the workshop said...

Can you go with Dionne please Savannah?

I'll go as soon as this printer connects.

I'm busting.

Oh, that printer can be tricky,

and I don't think Dionne can wait.
Thanks Savannah.

I was nowhere near your tablet.
You passed me in the corridor remember?

-Hi Savannah.
-Hi Ava.

Twice.

-My page didn't print.
-Oh. That printer can be tricky.

-Is that what happened Ava?
-Yes.

I don't know what happened
but I know I wrote that speech.

I did!

Did she?

The thing is, Savannah's journal...

Ava, the speech is all there
across the whole term.

Which is how we know Ava wrote it.

She did.

-That is definitely Ava's speech.
-No, it's mine! I wrote it every Monday.

And that was your mistake.
You wrote this bit,

"It's up to leaders of the future to get
everyone to embrace new ways of thinking."

On Monday June 12th.

-So what?
-Monday June 12th was a

-[all] public holiday.
-There was no workshop.

Savannah stole Ava's speech,

then copied it into her journal
to make it look like it was hers.

It was so mean.

Maudie explained how Savannah did
it which was, um... what happened again?

Ava thought she'd only
printed one copy of her speech,

but actually, she had printed two.

While Dionne went into the toilet,

Savannah ran down
to the printer in the office

and took Ava's first copy of her speech.

And quickly got back to her spot

-in the corridor, where Ava saw her.
-Hi Savannah!

Mr McGillick and the Mayor were so mad.
But not as mad as Ava.

How could you do that to me?!

You told everyone in that room
that my speech was stolen! Why?!

You're everyone's favourite, you make
cupcakes and T-shirts and tote bags.

How am I supposed to compete with that?!

It's not a competition.

Savannah, you must see that making someone
else look bad is not how you look good.

You look good by being good.

Sorry.

I think Savannah really was sorry.

And she was even more sorry when
she was expelled from the future leaders.

The Mayor was really nice to Ava,

and when we came back inside,

she made an announcement that Ava
was the actual author of the speech.

[Maudie] And asked everyone
to congratulate her again.

Thank you so much!

And can I just say a special thank you
to my friends Maudie, Ezra and Kyle.

Whoa!

[Maudie] Ava didn't have to thank us.

That's one of the two things friends do...
always prove they're telling the truth.

Always prove they're telling the truth.

What's the other one?

Always make jelly when
they have a tooth out.

Thanks Kyle, Ezra will be back soon,
you can go to Mario's now.

Are you kidding? As if I'm going
to Mario's when there's jelly to be eaten.

I mean when our friend
needs looking after.

Do you think we have to wait for Ezra?

Yum!

[upbeat instrumental rock music playing]