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01x07 - Barcelona

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.

01x07 - Barcelona

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Concentrate? That was your fault!

You have to work harder.

Valentina! Come back!

Not now.

Hey! You have no respect!

It's not your place,

you don't know anything about me.

You keep your mouth to yourself

Let him go, Vlad.

Way too early in the morning

for a wrestle, fellas.

Let's take a beat, yeah?

Yes? Hey, hey, hey.

Hey!

What the hell are you playing at?

D'you want the guests to hear?

You're like a bunch of schoolboys.

I didn't want any trouble.

Maybe you should have thought

of that Enough!

This is the last time,

or you're both out. D'you hear me?

Off this ship for good.

And I might've known

you'd be involved.

Me? I was just

Just focus on your job, Jack.

I'm watching you.

The lot of you. Last warning.

But I

♪ 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. ♪

Hey, what was all that about?

Heat of the moment. It's nothing.

No Valentina?

She went to find food.

Mate, if you two wanna last

the summer,

she needs to keep her temper

in check.

I'll speak to her.

Course of true love

never runs smooth, eh?

I have a bone to pick with you.

Eh, go easy.

I'm already on Beverley's watchlist.

When are you going to play

some indie music?

Smiths, the Roses,

Jesus And Mary Chain.

Maybe one night I'll surprise you.

You know,

once I save enough money

..I'll buy my farm

..back in Russia

..sit on my porch and

..play those songs to the stars.

That will be my heaven.

BEVERLEY: Buenos dias,

ladies and gentlemen.

This is Beverley,

your cruise director,

informing all guests

that the ship has now arrived

in beautiful Barcelona.

You're grinning, Jamil.

Come on, Jack.

Out here this time, every day,

for the last three weeks. Hm.

Coincidence?

Behave yourself.

You are in deep, my friend.

Hm, it happens at sea.

She's a mate,

in case you hadn't noticed.

She's engaged

and keeping her distance. Hm.

Another day of hard labour, is it?

This engagement appears

maybe she's playing hard to get.

Pack it in.

And besides, why would I jeopardise

the main perk of the job?

Hm.

VALENTINA: Please don't.

VLAD: I'll be fine.

I'm asking you not to.

Please, I'm begging you.

Breakfast of champions?

Breakfast of Russians.

Big show tonight,

new moves, some nerves can happen.

Not like for you, Jamil,

wandering around,

flirting with girls all day.

Ooh, bar money, three, two, one.

It's the c*ck hour.

Um, what can I get you, handsome?

Uh, not for me, thanks.

Ah.

One white Russian.

It's a holiday after all.

Not for some.

Oh, you poor man.

You work here

on this beautiful ship.

Maria, Maria Illiescu.

Jack Grayling.

So, let me guess,

are you a performer?

Crooner.

Oh.

I mostly knock out

other people's hits.

Aw, modest as well as good-looking.

Illiescu, that's Hungarian, right?

Romanian. Bucharest, not Budapest.

But, really,

I'm a citizen of the world, darling.

SHE GASPS

Who is that?

Another singer?

Vlad Koslov,

part of a roller-skating double act,

The Magnificent Mules. Some show.

Beautiful man.

Not as handsome as you, of course.

SHE SIGHS

Ah. Oh! There it is.

Now the fun can begin. Whoo!

Oh. Did you just took my picture?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I can delete if you want.

No, it's OK.

You're Vlad, aren't you?

Yes.

SHE GASPS

I saw you earlier on the ship.

I was with the, um

the singer man on deck.

Please, if you don't mind.

I'm looking forward

to your show tonight.

THEY CHUCKLE

I appreciate it, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Spectacular city. Oh, it's a place

I'm going to return to,

I am so sure.

Sorry.

So good to have met you, Vlad.

Every time I disembark, Kate,

I feel like I'm missing a part

of myself.

That's the soul of a master

flowing through me.

I'm convinced

..you cannot run from destiny.

Once I'm promoted to Staff Captain,

I'll be able to provide

for us both

until you are ready

to come back to work.

I'd be leaving the ship?

I'm speaking about children, Kate.

A family, our future.

Well, erm, yeah,

I mean, what's the rush?

You know, should we not just enjoy

our engagement for a bit first?

SCREAMING

Signor?

Que? No, no, no.

Vlad?

Vlad? Ambulancia. Ambulancia!

Vlad, can you hear me? Vlad?

I think he's dead.

They're waiting on forensics.

They've given us five minutes.

I would guess

it's some kind of overdose.

There's no telling

what these Russians get up to.

Nobody moved him?

Er, not that I'm aware of.

Tried to take as many pictures

as I could.

Here, behind the ear.

A small hole, stab wound.

Would've gone straight

into his brain.

Stiletto, dagger

or some kind of long narrow blade.

The police have said that his phone

and his wallet are missing.

The city is known for pickpockets.

For God's sake, Piers,

will you just shut up?

And he was just sitting like this?

Yeah.

The ring,

it's some kind of insignia.

I've never seen him wearing that.

VALENTINA: I loved him so much.

I'm so sorry.

How did he die?

Er, stabbed.

Is there anyone you can think of

that would want to do harm to him?

You and Vlad argued this morning,

did you know where he was going?

He just needed to get off the ship.

And you didn't follow him?

She was here with me all morning.

How'd you get those bruises?

The routine training.

I know this is raw,

but we have to act quickly

to help the police

as much as we can.

Yeah?

This ring

is it Vlad's?

He never wore jewellery.

OK, that's enough, give her space.

Look, this morning,

Valentina was fuming at Vlad

after her training session.

Seconds later,

I'm pulling Sergio and Vlad apart.

So Vlad's been pushing her too hard,

and finally she's snapped.

And Sergio steps up

to defend her honour.

You seriously think

he's involved in all this?

He's covering for her,

I know that much.

They were arguing about something

this morning in the crew room.

Sounded like a lover's tiff.

Did you hear what they were saying?

There was something

she didn't want him to do.

It's cosy.

A place this size

would drive any couple nuts.

Working all day together,

coming back to this.

Why would someone

want to k*ll someone like Vlad?

Stabbed in broad daylight.

So clean.

And he obviously upset

the wrong people.

Russian heavies maybe?

Maybe they got the wrong guy.

No, this feels planned to me.

Told me this was his dream

..the farm back in Russia.

Hey.

Oh, his family.

JACK CHUCKLES

MUSIC BOX PLAYS

Jack?

Yeah?

Emeralds. Are they real?

Well, it looks real to me,

feel the weight of it.

No disrespect, but why would

a roller-skating circus act

have a stash like that?

You have what we call a worm

on the brain.

A niggle.

Perhaps this one is beyond you,

Jack.

I know you're trying

to impress Kate.

Best to leave this one

to the police.

Thanks for the advice

..but Vlad was a friend of mine

..one of our own.

You would have to be skilled

with a knife

to k*ll someone that cleanly.

You're really not as stupid

as you look.

JACK LAUGHS

APPLAUSE

SERGIO: Thank you, thank you!

Tell all your friends

who you just saw today.

Tell everybody, eh?

Sergio Besso is here!

Gracias, gracias. Muchas gracias.

I'm so sorry about your friend.

That beautiful boy.

And one of your own, too.

IN ROMANIAN:

I think we're all still in shock.

I'd only just been chatting

with him. What?

You were at the Jardins?

It must have been moments before.

I took his photo.

He seemed very troubled.

Look.

Did you see anything?

Anyone who seemed suspicious?

No. Nothing at all.

Thank you.

You've been very helpful.

Sergio!

Ah, dios, please.

Don't say anything to Beverley, uh?

I'm begging you.

I wasn't busking, I swear. Look.

I spoke to Vlad

after your little bust-up.

You clearly didn't like him much.

We clashed sometimes.

He treats her like dirt.

Vlad wouldn't harm a fly.

I never said that he harmed her.

But you think they had issues

in their relationship?

Enough to make her snap?

That woman is an angel.

Where were you

when Vlad was m*rder*d?

A friend of mine runs a bar.

I'm a local boy. I need money.

When we are in need,

we help each other out.

What bar?

La Gallina, down by the harbour.

He offered me a gig.

Please if Beverley

ever find out, I lose my job.

If that happens, I lose everything.

Uh, excuse me? Can I help you?

I was going to deliver these flowers

to the partner

of that man who was k*lled.

From all of us passengers.

Well, that's very kind of you.

I could take them for you.

Here, please.

Will you let her know we sent them?

Maria, Maria Iliescu.

Yes, of course.

Poor woman.

She has our prayers.

Hey.

Er, I thought you might be hungry.

Thank you.

And, uh

these are from

one of the passengers. Maria.

I'm really sorry about Vlad,

Valentina.

I loved him. We all loved him.

Do the police know yet?

I mean, who could have done this?

Are they close to working it out?

I don't know.

WATER TRICKLING

I think you left the shower running.

Oh, yeah. Um

Thank you.

Hey.

Did you manage to get any sleep?

The type of weapon

used to k*ll Vlad,

a thin precision stiletto blade.

What about it?

It must have taken some skill.

No sign of any visible wound.

The precise entry point,

right behind the ear

and up into the brain.

Well, Sergio had the know-how.

And access to knives.

Look, this was the work

of a highly-trained k*ller.

An assassination.

Russian gangland?

I mean, it's a long time

to be stuck at sea

in a tiny cabin with someone

that you've fallen out of love with.

I think word is out

among the passengers.

I saw one

wandering around with flowers

looking for Valentina's cabin.

Great (!)

She said her name was Maria.

Maria Iliescu?

Yes. That's it.

She was at the gardens.

She spoke to Vlad

before he was k*lled,

even took his picture.

How early is too early

for c*ck?

Did you get the flowers?

From all of us passengers?

Our hearts go out to you.

Maria.

Thank you, but, um

white carnations are bad luck

in my country.

Oh, I I'm so sorry.

I had no idea.

Excuse me, I

I'm not feeling myself.

I know something

of the pain you're feeling

right now.

I've experienced great loss

in my life, too.

When the people you love most

in the world

are taken away from you

..you feel dead inside, too.

The police will catch these people!

I'm sure of it.

Maria?

Hey.

Hey.

Why don't you buy me that drink?

You know your way

to a cruiser's heart!

SHE SQUEALS

You got on the ship at Palma.

You know that, too.

Your themed T-shirt

kind of gave it away.

Oh!

LAUGHS

You were there at the Jardins

the morning Vlad was m*rder*d.

And you were just with Valentina.

My colleague said you brought

flowers to her last night as well.

You even took a picture of Vlad.

I know what it looks like.

Tell me.

You must think I'm crazy.

That I'm a fraud.

An act.

I come on these cruises alone

attach myself to the crew and

..anyone that will listen.

I thought I could comfort Valentina.

Because I know the pain

that she is going through.

I I thought she would be alone.

Like me.

I was looking for her,

and I followed

the knifeman to her room.

Knifeman? Sergio?

He went into her room?

Oh, maybe I shouldn't have told you.

HE YELPS

All right, get a grip, Grayling.

HE SIGHS

You got my message?

Yes. Sergio and Valentina.

Yes, and Sergio's friend's bar

has been closed

for the past four months.

Means, motive and opportunity.

You're wasted at sea, Kate Woods.

There's one missing.

There he is.

Don't let him see you.

Kate!

Sergio! Stop!

Nowhere to run, Sergio.

What was in the package?

They never tell me.

You need to start

being straight with us.

Cos right now, you're a suspect

in a m*rder case.

OK, I I needed money.

I got in with some bad guys

for a loan.

Now they make me do these runs,

every port.

That's where I was

when Vlad was k*lled.

Two drop-offs.

One outside Jardin Sagrada Familia,

one where you found me.

Look, I'm not a m*rder*r.

I didn't k*ll Vlad.

There's a blade missing

from your set.

Where is it?

I don't know.

How long have you and Valentina

been together?

A couple of months.

She said that if Vlad

ever found out, that

He never let her do anything.

And all she ever wanted was

a life.

Did Valentina

take that missing blade?

I don't know.

You understand me? I don't know.

PHONE RINGING

Yuval?

I pulled some strings

with the Spanish police,

and they sent me this footage.

WOMAN SCREAMING

That's the moment.

Wait.

Valentina?

Valentina must have planned this,

got the knife from Sergio's box,

followed Vlad.

If Sergio knew

his knife was missing,

that makes him an accessory.

SHE KNOCKS

Valentina?

She's gone.

Hey!

IN SPANISH:

MAN, IN SPANISH:

Agh!

Valentina's passport's gone.

She must have taken it.

We need to call the airport.

Vlad's passport, Mikhail Volkovski.

So, not Vladimir Kozlov?

Is that not his stage name?

Most of them have one.

What does she go by?

Er, Chizhova.

I think Valentina Chizhova.

Uh.

There is no Chizhova.

Oh, but there is another Volkovski.

Yep.

That's her.

Sofia Volkovski.

Valentina's been arrested

for assaulting a stranger

on the street.

I know the poor girl's grieving,

but what on Earth

is she thinking about?

They'll be pressing charges

against you.

You assaulted a man in the street.

I barely did, but he was

Valentina, look.

I'm not convinced you k*lled Vlad.

But you have to tell us the truth.

The police found the knife,

Valentina.

They are going to charge you

with Vlad's m*rder.

Why should I k*ll Vlad?

I don't know.

Why would anyone k*ll

their own brother

Sofia Volkovski?

And Mikhail Volkovski.

The two children

of Russian oligarch Boris Volkovski.

This photograph, your family.

Mikhail

and you.

Our father had enemies.

Powerful people.

He was m*rder*d when we were young.

My mother too.

My babushka

Me and Mikhail, we got out.

And all our lives,

we have been living in fear

that someone is coming

to finish the job.

So you pretend to be a couple?

We live all our lives like this.

We can never trust anyone.

Then someone posted that photograph

on our cabin door.

It was taken

at the Jardin Sagrada Familia.

Our family all escaped to Barcelona.

Our special place.

Vlad knew what it meant

to receive this.

A threat.

And he went to confront them?

To sort it out, once and for all.

I was scared for my little brother,

so I took a knife

from Sergio's stuff and

went to the Jardins.

When I heard screams, I

..panicked. I-I ran.

I didn't know what to do.

The ring on Vlad's finger.

You recognised it.

My father's ring.

Before he made his money,

our family were farm people.

We loved horses.

The Magnificent Mules.

Someone put that ring

on his finger as a threat.

A message to me.

I'm next.

There we are.

Thank you.

I've been researching these murders.

Now, Boris Volkovski made his

billions in gas, but at some point,

he fell out of favour

with the Kremlin.

Now, no-one was ever charged

with the killings, but

the finger does point

to the Russian secret service.

I just feel so sorry for Valentina.

Her brother was all she had left.

Well, the good news is

she's in the clear

for Vlad's m*rder.

Police forensics

have analysed that knife,

and it's the wrong size

to be the m*rder weapon.

They spent their whole lives

in hiding.

They literally wouldn't have

been able to trust anyone.

These two in the photograph,

any idea who they might be?

No.

But there is something about them.

It's like they don't fit in.

Could they be servants, or?

Look at the birthmark on her neck.

It's the same as the girl's.

The kid is Maria.

She's been playing us

this whole time.

We don't give up on our own,

not on this ship.

We'll work something out.

Whatever help you need,

you're family.

Beverley.

Thank you.

Sit tight.

I looked Maria up

on the Interpol database.

She's not Romanian, she's Russian.

Anastasia Stasevich.

A former FSB agent.

So, just to be clear,

we've left Valentina in her cabin

'And there's a Russian assassin

on the ship

'who knows exactly

where to find her.'

Hey.

Help!

Help!

Jack.

Sergio?

Sergio, which way did she go?

HE GROANS

Stay with him.

Make sure he's all right.

Help!

Help!

Sofia!

You don't even recognise me.

Maria!

Stand away!

Maria, don't do this.

I'm warning you.

Anastasia, please, stop.

I know who you are,

and I know what you're capable of.

Isn't that funny, princess?

The English recognises me.

But you

who I lived with all those years?

Nothing.

Put it down.

Jack!

Stay back. It's OK, it's OK.

My mother, Yelena,

was your housekeeper,

you spoiled princess.

Your family had her k*lled

because of what she knew

about your corrupt parents.

I made it my life's mission

to find you.

'Your brother, I liked.

'He was a kind boy, a good boy.

'So I made it quick.'

You know, this is what

I k*lled your brother with.

Wait, hold back.

SHE CHUCKLES

I could have k*lled you, too.

Any moment I wanted.

But I wanted you to suffer.

To feel the pain I feel.

To feel your brother's death

the way I had to feel my mother's!

Anastasia, no!

OK

You're safe.

I've got it.

You're safe.

You OK?

Yeah.

Early night?

Well, he was worried about me.

Doesn't like me chasing

trained assassins round the ship.

Well, he's always been a stickler

for health and safety.

I thought we'd closed this down.

Someone needs to make you see sense.

I mean, you're smart, beautiful

You could be with

anybody.

Jack.

He doesn't know you, Kate.

The way I do.

I'm just telling you what I see.

All right. OK.

Do you want to know what I see?

I see somebody who's hurting.

Somebody who is lost.

Maybe I'm the only person

that doesn't buy

this carefree crooner act.

What is it you're running from,

Jack Grayling?

Thought so.

You're up next, kid.

Just a moment, please, Bev.

The tribute we're planning for Vlad,

you might want to stay for it.

Help us to say goodbye.

♪ I feel so extraordinary

♪ Something's got a hold on me

♪ I get this feeling I'm in motion

♪ A certain sense of liberty

♪ I don't care cos I'm not there

♪ And I don't care

If I'm here tomorrow

♪ Again and again

I've taken too much

♪ Of the things that caused you

Too much pain

♪ I used to think that the day

Would never come

♪ I see the light in the shade

Of the morning sun

♪ The morning sun is the drug

That brings me near

♪ To the childhood I lost

Replaced by fear

♪ I used to think that the day

Would never come

♪ That my life would depend

On the morning sun ♪

CHEERING

♪ When I was a very small boy

♪ Very small boys talked to me

♪ Now that we've grown up together

♪ They're afraid of what they see

♪ That's the price that we all pay

♪ And the value of destiny

Comes to nothing

♪ I can't tell you

Where we're going

♪ I guess there was just no way

Of knowing

♪ I used to think that the day

Would never come

♪ I'd see delight

In the shade of the morning sun

♪ My morning sun is the drug

That brings me near

♪ To the childhood I lost

♪ Replaced by fear

♪ I used to think

That the day would never come

♪ That my life

Would depend on the morning sun

♪ Yeah!

♪ Yeah

♪ Ohhhh

♪ I used to think

That the day would never come

♪ I'd see delight

In the shade of the morning sun

♪ My morning sun

Is the drug that brings me near

♪ To the childhood I lost

♪ Replaced by fear

♪ That's the price that we all pay

♪ And the value of destiny

Comes to nothing

♪ I can't tell you where we're going

♪ I guess there's just

No way of knowing. ♪

CHEERING

The ship has now arrived

in sunny Valletta.

Excuse me, legend coming through.

A hearty welcome, Miss Devine.

Vida, please.

Word is Vida is as fragile

as a Ming vase.

This is business.

I'm done with you, Conor.

I'm all you've got left, sweetheart.

Conor, where are you now?

If you want to be a real star,

then I can make it happen.

Just give me the word, Jack.

There's nothing left for me

on this ship. It's your life, Jack.

He's gone. Didn't even say goodbye.

♪ You thought you'd run away now

♪ From the troubles in your life

♪ And watch a new horizon

♪ In the sky

♪ Now the truth

Has caught up with you

♪ Forever was waiting for you

♪ In the deep blue. ♪