'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: "Death at the Grand"

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' cold open is very dramatic. A hotel concierge, Frank, is pushed off the roof, bag in hand, by a man demanding money (Colin Moody), as a maid, Enid (Michala Banas) searches below for something he dropped down the chute. Back home, Phryne is a little disturbed. She can't find her Mauser, but Butler reminds her she took it with her on her last trip, so it's still in the overnight bag. Aunt Prudence pops by to say she's had a telegram from Phryne's mother Margaret, begging for money, Phryne insists she forced her father to wire cash before sending him off to England.

Jack: But seeing that Fisher the Elder seems more resourceful and unpredictable than Fisher the Younger, how can I investigate this case without you?

Jack calls, asking her to come to the Hotel Grand. The bag Frank was holding is the overnight bag she couldn't find, taken from the hotel safe, which owner Hilda Cobb (Nell Feeney) confirms is only supposed to be open during business hours. Phryne realizes there's only one reason it could be in there: Baron Henry. Indeed, Phryne's father is not on a boat back to England; he claims to have missed it. (He did not miss the boat, she saw him board it.) Instead, he's drunkenly palling around with Enid. Phryne is livid. He never wired a dime to her mother. It's her money stolen, along with her gun. As she and Henry get into a row over it, Frank's nameless murderer returns, announcing he's there to fix the telephones. (He just cut the wires himself.)