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01x06 - Sicily

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Good Ship m*rder". Aired: 13 October 2023 – present.*
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Former police detective Jack Grayling finds his old life intruding on his job as a cruise ship singer, when murders begin happening onboard.

01x06 - Sicily

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♪ Happy birthday to you

♪ Happy birthday to you

♪ Happy birthday, dear Roberto

♪ Happy birthday

♪ Happy birthday to you! ♪

Hip-hip!

There should be candles.

No naked flames on the ship,

I'm afraid.

Come on, then, birthday boy,

at least make a wish.

Are you mocking me, Ethan?

No, Dad, of course not.

All the help, go, please.

I need the room.

I'm sorry, I'm the cruise director,

not the help.

The shower pressure

in my cabin sucks,

and we haven't had fresh towels

all day.

Of course, I'll sort it for you,

Mr Di Marco.

So, kids,

it's time.

My latest MRI scan.

Your Alzheimer's is getting worse?

I'm standing down from the business

with immediate effect.

Time for somebody else

to take over the reins.

Listen, I've been chief financial

officer for ten years.

And I've been chief exec for 12!

In name only.

Excuse me?

Enough!

Perhaps Dad wants

some fresh blood in,

shake things up a bit.

I mean,

projections have plateaued, right?

Dad fired you for a reason, Ethan.

Just how many secretaries did you

have your wicked way with again?

Enough!

You are kidding me.

Freya will take charge

and handle my affairs

REBECCA SCOFFS

..when my mind is no longer my own.

Well, that's not gonna happen.

Excuse me?

You kids,

since the day you were born,

you've had everything

you ever wanted.

Houses, cars, clothes, holidays.

So, let me get this straight.

This woman, who you've known

for five minutes

We have been married

for three years.

This is nothing to do with you!

Watch your tongue, Rebecca Di Marco.

You're giving her the business

that you and Mum

spent your lives building together?

Half of the company.

And the other half?

Back where it belongs.

It was Mum's company, too.

She wanted us to have it.

It's our inheritance.

Dad, we need to talk about this.

This discussion is over!

Ah!

Freya, amuninni.

♪ Going on an adventure

♪ And I've got a feeling

The sun don't shine

♪ Shine, the sun don't shine

♪ I'm in love with the ocean

♪ And I've got a feeling

I'm sailing tonight

♪ Tonight, I'm sailing tonight

♪ It's because of you

♪ Your love is an ember

♪ I'm going on an adventure

♪ With you on my mind

♪ I'm going on an adventure

With you on my mind. ♪

MUSIC: 'Alone With A Heart'

by Jacqui Dankworth

♪ Alone with a heart ♪

Hi.

♪ A battered old heart ♪

Whiskey, please, Sam.

♪ A heart that needs tender care. ♪

HE SIGHS

Make it a double.

Let me get that.

Thank you for your performance

the other night.

You know, when this tour is over,

maybe you should

think about moving on.

Really?

Seeing her every day,

it's no good for you, Jack.

It's not healthy.

It must really hurt.

You know some of the crew

have been running a book

on how long it takes her

to see sense?

Kate's made her choice.

I won.

You have fallen

through the basket, Jack.

I mean

what would she ever see in you?

Thanks for the drink!

I actually hate him.

He's still our dad.

Yeah?

Someone who treats his kids

like he does?

And what he did to Mum.

I wish he'd drop dead right now.

You don't mean that.

He's dying anyway.

So, what do we do?

We stop him.

Before it's too late.

THEY MUTTER

Stick another one in there.

Oh, I'm due on the main stage soon,

so I shouldn't.

Nonsense.

I'll have the same.

Thank you.

You look troubled, son.

What is it?

Woman? Business? Kids?

Two out of three ain't bad.

ROBERTO CHUCKLES

Not easy, raising kids.

No.

No, it's not.

Me and my little brother,

we grew up poor, really poor.

I had nothing.

I didn't want that for my children,

I wanted to give them a nice life.

Everything we didn't have.

But I got it wrong.

Gave them too much, and now

now they're just three spoiled brats

who have no idea

how the world works.

Sorry, I'm oversharing.

Oh, it's fine.

Roberto, darling,

I think you've had enough.

HE SIGHS

Look, the doctor said

Oh, never mind what that quack said.

Who cares?

I'm on holiday!

Probably my last one,

for that matter.

I need someone to drive me

somewhere tomorrow.

I'm not interested.

I could do with a wingman,

someone to watch my back.

One thousand, cash.

I guess I could squeeze it in.

HE CHUCKLES

8am sharp.

And where are we going?

It's important.

I have to right my wrongs

..before I lose my mind entirely,

Luca.

I should get him to bed.

Come on, darling.

ROBERTO MUMBLES

Hey, Jamil,

how do you fancy

a little adventure tomorrow?

Hmm. A grand in cash,

straight down the middle.

I do love an adventure.

Top man.

THEY CHUCKLE

IN ITALIAN:

LIGHTER CLICKS

Buongiorno, ladies and gentlemen,

this is Beverley,

your cruise director,

informing all guests that the ship

has now arrived in Messina,

the beautiful island of Sicily.

You're invited to disembark

for an Italian adventure.

Ship sails at 8pm this evening,

so plenty of time for la dolce vita.

Come on, there must be some way.

What else do we pay you for?

Right, fine.

Maybe we'll just hire

another family lawyer from now on.

So, Dad got to him already.

So, how do we stop the old man

giving away our inheritance?

Plan B.

IN ITALIAN:

Thanks a lot, Dad (!)

Oh, get a sense of humour,

you snowflake.

Freya? Do you know how many calories

is in one of those things?

Eesh.

You wanna tell us

why we're hear, Dad?

Ah, this is where

it all began, kids.

Di Marco ice cream.

Hasn't changed a bit!

So, what's this all about, Dad?

Rubbing salt in the wounds,

showing us what we could've had?

Harris!

You keep the hell out of this.

You know, you've had everything,

yet achieved nothing.

All three of you

are a disappointment!

Tabacco.

Get lost, you little punk.

Huh?

Huh?

Il bacio della morte.

Come?

REBECCA: Hey, Dad, are you OK?

Get away from me. Don't touch me!

OK, OK, we're just trying to help.

Take me back to the ship.

What happened there?

Il bacio della morte.

What's that mean?

The kiss of death.

FREYA LAUGHS

Dad's ill in bed, but as long

as she's having fun (!)

That's it.

Not another one

of your idiotic plans.

This is genius.

I don't think so!

Hey.

Hey.

Kiss of death.

What did it mean?

Probably just some kid

messing about.

It's shaken him up,

I know that much.

You know,

what he said to you earlier,

I'm sure he didn't mean it.

That we're all

a disappointment to him?

Oh, he meant it.

Look, you are still his little girl,

trust me.

We used to be close, you know.

And then it all went to hell

when Mum died.

She held the family together.

The Di Marco glue.

So, what's your story,

Jack Grayling?

Is there someone at home

who's missing you?

Divorced,

and a teenage daughter

who doesn't take my calls.

What happened with your wife?

She said I was married to my job.

Probably right.

Cabaret singer?

Er The one before.

Let me guess.

Multiple-choice, OK.

Er

A: Carpenter.

B: Homicide detective.

Or C: An astronaut.

Well

..these hands are way too smooth

to be a carpenter's.

Your eyes are too

kind to be a m*rder cop.

So I guess I'll have

to go with astronaut.

Oh, you're good at this.

THEY CHUCKLE

Well, it's late.

Time for bed.

It's been nice talking.

It was an invitation, Jack.

JACK GROANS

HE SIGHS

Argh!

Come on!

I was gonna call up

for some breakfast.

I'm late for work, sorry.

You don't need to be.

I must've really put it away

last night.

I never feel this rough.

We had a good time.

Clearly.

See you later, Jack.

Kate it's not what you think.

I think it's none of my business.

Kate

Jack

you can do what you want

with who you want.

HE SIGHS

Wait!

Look, Kate, come on, please,

don't be like this.

Kate!

Jack!

It's the first time

I've with a passenger.

I just needed to get my mind off

Stop.

You don't have to explain yourself

to me.

But I want to.

Just got off the phone

with the Catania police.

It isn't good news.

You two work on the ship?

Kate Woods, first officer.

Capo intanto, Francesco Ricci.

Come with me, please.

The victim had one of your room keys

in his wallet.

Do we have a name?

I was hoping you could tell us.

Can I see the body?

Please?

Ten years in Manchester CID.

Poliziotto?

He's good.

Roberto!

Roberto Di Marco.

He's here with his family.

He lives in Bearsden,

which is just outside Glasgow.

And it says on his passport

he was born here.

Di Marco? Are you sure?

Yeah.

Were they known to you?

PHONE CHIRRUPS

PHONE CALLING

IN ITALIAN:

Roberto!

Dad!

FREYA SOBS

All right, don't look at him,

don't look at him.

We need to call Harris.

Where is your brother?

I haven't seen him

since the ice cream truck.

There's no answer.

Freya, I asked security

to keep an eye on your husband

after that death threat to him

yesterday.

They said they got off the ship

very early this morning, about 6am.

Any idea why?

Er

He said he had a business meeting.

But he was on holiday?

Roberto was never on holiday.

Work always came first.

Have you and idea why

he got that death threat yesterday?

I mean, does he have many enemies?

Just his own kids.

Well, let's just say

they weren't too happy

about missing out

on their inheritance.

The business turns over millions.

You think that his kids

I don't know if you've noticed,

but the Di Marcos

ain't exactly the Waltons.

FREYA SOBS

OK.

This came from the Range Rover.

Brilliant work, Jamil.

Il bacio della morte.

The sign given by a Mafia boss

that signifies a member

of the crime family

has been marked for death.

A result of a perceived betrayal.

Oh, come on.

I mean, I know we're in Sicily,

but that's a bit far-fetched,

isn't it?

Hollywood didn't create

the mafioso, Kate.

All right, OK, so which gangster

do you think k*lled Roberto?

Oh, everything points

to this being premeditated.

Someone planned it.

Well, the stepmum, Freya,

thinks the kids are involved.

One of them ordered a Mafia hit?

On the night of his birthday

at the yacht club,

Harris said they needed to stop

his father before it was too late.

Written out of the will,

so there's your motive,

and now he's conveniently

disappeared.

The other brother, Ethan, also said

he wished Roberto would drop dead.

And security have him leaving

the ship first thing this morning.

He seems pretty shaken up

about his dad's death.

Well, maybe he knows

something about it.

What about the daughter?

Solid alibi.

Right, yeah.

This morning's little walk of shame.

CLEARS HIS THROA

What is this?

Let's just focus on the girl

for now.

She's the key.

Mm-hm.

Mm-hm.

JAMIL CHUCKLES

Il bacio della morte.

The kiss of death.

It really freaked Roberto,

and I don't think he was a man

who was scared easily.

I don't recognise her.

Roberto Di Marco grew up in Sicily.

Clearly,

the name meant something to you.

Maybe you should see this.

The youngest sibling.

Ethan?

Left the boat shortly after

his father this morning.

He followed him?

That's what I thought,

but then I trailed him

with the CCTV,

and he broke off once

he got into town.

And then

payment.

Maybe for someone

to take out his dad.

Like a hit man?

We're bringing him in

for questioning right now.

We're also circulating

Harris's photo around the island.

I really think

we should focus on the girl.

With all due respect,

this isn't your investigation.

And with all due respect,

you can't just ignore

a death threat.

The Di Marco family

are linked to organised crime,

so is the girl.

You know them.

You fear them.

It's worth a look,

at least.

Like I said,

stay out of this for your own good.

You said you wished your father

would drop dead right now.

I didn't mean it!

But you were angry with him.

So angry that you paid a man

to sh**t him.

No!

So who are you paying money to here?

Anything?

This was from the notepad

in Roberto Di Marco's cabin.

So, what are we looking at?

Whoever wrote on it would have

left an imprint of their writing

on the sheet of paper underneath.

Check this out.

BLOWS

Jack, you are a genius.

Mm-hm.

"Hai messo incinta Isabella."

"Harris e tua figlio."

"He's your son."

Ethan set you up.

It was a honey trap.

What?

He thought that he could

pay a male escort to seduce you,

get the photos,

and then show them to his dad.

So he'd divorce me, and the kids

would get the business after all.

You're an idiot.

You're an idiot.

This guy just came up to me

last night in a bar,

started buying me drinks.

And I told him to do one.

He was really persistent, though.

Ethan, look at me.

Do you really think

I could do that to your father?

Cheat on him?

I loved him.

Took advantage of him, more like.

What did you say?

Oh, please.

Dad gets dementia, then suddenly

signs half the company over to you?

Doesn't take a genius to work out

that you're a gold-digger.

Right, that's enough.

Come on, outside.

Oh, nice one, bro.

It's time.

Your dad and uncle,

what happened between them?

Dad hardly ever talked about

his brother.

We just know they had a fight.

And do you know what the fight

was about?

Dad left Sicily, never came back.

And Isabella?

What's any of this

got to do with my mum?

I just

I just came across her name.

That's all.

I've

Look, am I in the way here?

I need to go and find

my little brother.

Rebecca

I need to check on Ethan.

Luca di Marco,

born in Sicily in 1960.

Roberto's brother.

Founded the Di Marco

Ice Cream Company with him in 1979.

Two years later, he's been taken off

Companies House. Why?

Well, like Rebecca said,

some kind of big Sicilian vendetta.

PHONE ALER

Trouble in paradise?

Er Piers wants to go

for dinner tonight.

Wedding plans.

You could do so much better.

Not listening.

The rest of your life with that guy.

He'd probably bore you to death.

Jack, will you just leave it,

please?

Jack?

Look, I just want to talk.

Who do you work for?

GRUNTS

Jack!

Jack! Jack!

SCREAMS: Jack! Jack!

Jack!

Luca di Marco, he's taken Jack.

JACK GASPS

Luca, I assume.

Is that the g*n you m*rder*d

your brother with?

My brother's been dead to me

for years.

Roberto told me where you came from.

How tough it was growing up.

But he escaped and left you behind.

Made something of himself.

He didn't resort to crime.

Ha-ha! You do not think

that stealing from your family

is a crime, huh?

That business

we built it together, me and him.

And we both know why he did it,

don't we?

Why he took everything

away from you.

Why you didn't speak

for over three decades.

Why am I here, Luca?

Because I'm getting a little

too close to the truth?

You need to shut me up, what?

Exactly the opposite.

What?

I want you to talk.

Well, if it isn't a cabaret cop.

SIRENS

The police have been

looking for you.

You disappeared

before your father died.

Things to sort out.

Ah! He comes to me.

He wants me to help him take the

company away from his stepmother.

For me and him to run it together.

Without his brother or sister

to steal what was theirs,

just like Roberto.

Your own father was m*rder*d,

and the first thing

you can think about

is shafting Rebecca and Ethan?

Dad didn't care about me.

And they don't either.

Always been the black sheep.

All I care about right now

is to know who is responsible

for the death of my brother.

Well, I had my money on you.

Well, now you have five seconds

to tell me all you know.

And everything the police have got.

Cinque

They've got nothing.

..quattro

..tre I'd really

start talking there, Jack.

..due, uno

THEY SPEAK ITALIAN

Harris is your son.

What?

Luca?

No wonder you felt like the

outsider, Harris, because you were.

Roberto wasn't your real dad.

GROANS

GUNSHO

Jack

Hey!

They

They've checked you over, then?

Besides a bump

to the back of the head, I'll live.

When I heard the shot, I, erm

I thought that

It's OK. I'm fine.

Yeah.

I mean, I might have concussion,

and you'll need to keep

a very close eye on me.

Yeah, well, the, erm

the paperwork would have been a

nightmare if you'd carked it, so

Francesco. We found the shirt

in Luca di Marco's Villa.

We think it's Roberto's blood.

Can I get five minutes with Luca

before you take him in?

It's a police matter now.

Just five minutes.

Please?

Come with me.

His family are already here.

So, let me get this

absolutely straight,

our mum cheated on Dad

with his brother?

She would never have done that.

It's the reason they fell out.

It's why Dad fled Sicily.

Our whole life's a lie.

So what happens now?

You go back home.

I go to prison.

And that's it?

We forget all about this?

Your world is a nice, happy place.

My world is not.

You're better off this way.

DOOR OPENS

So, are they going to charge him?

Well, unless he tells them

he didn't do it.

The police found Luca's shirt.

Covered in Roberto's blood.

See.

When you sh**t someone,

the blood splatters.

Yeah, you might get

some of it on you,

but Luca's shirt was caked in it.

And that only happens

when someone gets close.

LUCA: 'Roberto sent a note

the morning he arrived.

'He wanted to meet, but when

I got there, he was already dead.'

No! No, Roberto!

SPEAKS ITALIAN

And if he wanted him dead, it would

have happened a long time ago.

The kiss of death,

that was all just to frighten him.

Is that true?

You didn't do it?

You'll go to prison.

For the rest of your life.

Tell them you're innocent.

Luca Please.

This is my retribution.

DOOR OPENS

Hey.

Er, Piers is in the loo.

And that's his wine.

Luca didn't do it.

What if he's not gonna say anything?

So, what, we just give up,

let an innocent man rot in jail?

Everything OK, sweetheart?

Piers, what have I told you

about calling me that in public?

Yeah, erm, Jack was just leaving.

You're pushing your luck,

you know that?

So I can't even talk to her now?

OK, can we stop being little boys,

please?

Jack? You all right?

HE GROANS SOFTLY

'The wine.'

I'm an idiot.

Finally, you have something right!

I need to go.

Bye-bye.

Jack, where are you going?

Piers

Our food is on the way.

This is important.

And our wedding day isn't?

Pick a date. Yeah? I'll be there.

Hi, Jack. Your urine sample

tested positive for Triazolam.

Sleeping pills.

Thanks, Mary.

Which would make wine change colour.

Look darker.

That's the reason I didn't wake up.

Why I got a hangover.

Freya? Where are you?

INDISTINCT CHATTER

What's all this about?

The kiss-of-death threat

from Luca Di Marco.

Presented you with

an unexpected opportunity.

SHE SCOFFS

I don't know what you mean.

I'm talking about

your father's m*rder.

You see, I never get hangovers

or sleep in.

But I did today.

'You spiked my drink

with strong sleeping pills

'so that I would pass straight out

and not wake up any time soon.

'You knew your dad was

leaving early

'and you followed him.

'You couldn't have brought a g*n

on the ship,

'so you must have acquired one

on the way.

'A g*n the police have now found

with your prints.

'You found your dad waiting

for his brother, for Luca.'

Becca? You think you can just

do whatever you want?

Walk all over people

without any consequences?

Just like you did with Mum.

What are you talking about?

You cheated on her with that woman.

Divorced her

left her with nothing.

She died of a broken heart.

Your mother was no saint.

Liar.

Now you're doing the same to us.

Walking all over us.

Taking what she wanted us to have.

Rebecca, darling

Put the g*n down, child!

This is for our mum.

Il bacio della morte.

GUNSHO

JACK: 'You must've disposed of the

g*n before you returned to the ship.

'You go back to your cabin

to find that I'm still sleeping.

'An ex-cop.'

KATE: 'The perfect alibi.'

Oh, Rebecca.

So, you shot him?

He was our dad.

Yeah, well, like you said,

he was dying anyway.

POLICE OFFICER: Rebecca Di Marco,

you are under arrest

for the m*rder of your father,

Roberto Di Marco.

And for the record,

you passed right out.

As if I'd sleep with a Redcoat.

Kate, please!

I'm needed on the bridge, Jack.

Shouldn't you be at the sail-away?

Me and Rebecca

didn't sleep together.

And you think that makes

a difference?

What, because I WANTED to?

That's the reason

you were so mad at me?

I WASN'T mad at you.

But you still are.

Jack!

Look, at the hospital,

there was something.

Tell me I'm crazy

and I'll walk away.

I'm getting married.

Piers isn't right for you.

You know it.

Piers is a decent man,

he would do anything for me.

You think that's enough?

I've got a wedding to plan.

That's if he'll still have me.

Kate.

June 25th, in Brussels.

Venue booked.

Oh!

SHE CHUCKLES

That's great!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Ladies and gentlemen,

it's time to introduce our star act

for this evening.

To join me on stage, please welcome

the fabulous Jack Grayling.

♪ When your world is full

Of strange arrangements

♪ And gravity won't pull you through

♪ Know you're missing out

On something

♪ Well, that something

Depends on you

♪ All I'm saying

♪ It takes a lot to love you

♪ All I'm doing

♪ You know it's true

♪ All I need now

♪ Yes, one thing, yes, one thing

♪ That turns this grey sky to blue

♪ That's the look, that's the look

♪ The look of love

♪ That's the look, that's the look

♪ The look of love

♪ That's the look, that's the look

♪ The look of love

♪ When your girl has let you out

On the pavement

♪ Then your dreams fall apart

At the seams

♪ Your reason for living's

Your reason for leaving

♪ Don't ask me what that means

♪ Who's got the look?

♪ I don't know the answer

To that question

♪ Where's the look?

♪ If I knew, I would tell you

♪ What's the look?

♪ Look, for your information

♪ Yes, there's one thing, one thing

That still holds true

♪ That's the look, that's the look

♪ The look of love

♪ That's the look, that's the look

♪ The look of love

♪ That's the look, that's the look

♪ The look of love ♪

'Hey, Dad.'

Hi.

HE CLEARS HIS THROA

'You're crying?'

Me? No, no. Not crying.

How are you?

'I'm all right.'

♪ The look of love

That's the look, That's the look

♪ The look of love

BOTH: ♪ If you judge a book

By the cover

♪ Then you'd judge the look

By the lover

♪ I hope you'll soon recover

♪ Me, I go from one extreme

To another

♪ That's the look, that's the look

♪ The look of love

That's the look, that's the look

♪ The look of love

That's the look, that's the look

♪ The look of love. ♪

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

'I know you're trying

to impress Kate.

'Perhaps this one is beyond you,

Jack.'

You seriously think he's involved

in all this? He's covering for her.

'It's the c*ck hour.'

'Who is that?'

'Vlad Kozlov, part of

a roller-skating double act.'

Concentrate, that was your fault!

You keep to the card!

This is not your place!

You don't know anything about me.

'We don't give up on our own,

not on this ship.'

'We can never trust anyone.'

WOMAN SCREAMS

♪ You thought you'd run away now

♪ From the troubles in your life

♪ And watch a new horizon

In the sky

♪ And now the truth's caught up

With you

♪ Forever is waiting for you

♪ In the deep blue. ♪