The Brokenwood Mysteries

Season 3

TV-14

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Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is good at his job but bad with relationships. When he comes to the city of Brokenwood to solve a crime he falls in love with it and decides to stay, but soon Shepherd begins to collide with Detective Kristen Sims.

Where to Watch Season 3

4 Episodes

The Black Widower
E1
The Black WidowerThe Frog and Cheetah's publican, Ray Neilson, has branched into tourism with his 'Lord of the Ringz Tours'. But when Ray's wife is discovered dead under a giant foam spider things get 'mirky'. Especially when the cause of death is revealed to be from New Zealand's only native venomous spider - the Katipo. But if it was, how did one spider administer ten times the lethal dose?
Over Her Dead Body
E2
Over Her Dead BodyBrokenwood 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.
The Killing Machine
E3
The Killing MachineA thief's corpse is found at a local auto repair shop, followed by the murder of the people who worked there. As Shepherd unravels the case, he realizes that the real crime may not be anything as pedestrian as theft.
A Merry Bloody Christmas
E4
A Merry Bloody ChristmasWith December approaching Brokenwood is alive and well with Christmas spirit. That is until a gruesome sight confronts Mike and his team; Santa Claus with his throat slit. Or as Mike insists – ‘not Santa, but a man dressed in a Santa suit’. The man is in fact the much-loved local Mayor, Evan Whitestone, who dresses as Santa every year for the Christmas parade. But with local elections looming, attention turns to his four rivals for the mayoral chains. Each of them has an axe to grind with Evan or, in this case - a cut throat razor.