The Brokenwood Mysteries/Over Her Dead Body

Over Her Dead Body
Season 3, Episode 2
Airdate	November 6, 2016
Production Number	302
Written by	Tim Balme
Directed by	Murray Keane
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The Brokenwood Mysteries — Season Three

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Over Her Dead Body is the second episode of the third season of The Brokenwood Mysteries, and the tenth episode overall.

Starring: Neill Rea (Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd), Fern Sutherland (Detective Constable Kristin Sims), Nic Sampson (Detective Constable Sam Breen), Pana Hema-Taylor (Jared Morehu)

Guest Starring: Mark Mitchinson (Declan O'Grady), Amanda Billing (Brenda White), Roy Ward (Rev. Lucas Greene), Kip Chapman (Warren Bugle), Theresa Healey (Janelle Peacocke), Cameron Rhodes (Dr Roger Plummer), JJ Fong (Scarlett Ming), Cristina Ionda (Dr. Gina Kadinsky), Elizabeth McRae (Mrs Marlowe), Colin Moy (Hughes), Lucinda Hare (Cushla), Ajay Vaisisht (Yanni), Laura Hill (Miranda Temple), Nicola Kawana (Tina Morehu), Ascia Maybury (Dr. Carlton), Renee Sheridan (Melody), Ross McKellar (Evan Whitestone)

Plot Overview

Brokenwood is in mourning as beloved local poet Declan O'Grady is being farewelled at St Judas Church after being struck down by cancer. But things go from bad to worse when his coffin accidentally falls from the hearse revealing that the corpse inside is not Declan but a young woman identifiable only by a notable scarlet tattoo.

Mike, Kristin and Breen set about unraveling a strange set of circumstances. The last to see Declan's body was the hapless funeral director, Warren Bugle who leads them back to Wadsworth Manor where a mysterious role playing game was conducted the night before Declan's death. It turns out the tattooed woman may have been a player in what was to ultimately be her final game.