Murder Mindfully (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

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[contemplative music playing]
[Igor screaming]
- [Dragan grunting]
- [Igor continues screaming]
[screaming stops]
- [people screaming]
- [person shouting]
[lively, dramatic music playing]
[electronic bleeps]
MURDER MINDFULLY
[Dragan] Keep your mouths shut,
or I'll kill you all!
[people screaming]
Keep your mouths shut!
[grunts]
[recording stops and plays in reverse]
This is Dragan Sergowicz. Obviously,
he went into hiding right after the crime.
I dug into our files
and put this list together.
Those are all of his known hide-outs.
All of his properties, tax write-offs,
offices, potential safe havens.
This here is Björn Diemel.
He's his lawyer.
We're confident
Dragan will attempt to contact him.
I'll take the Bradower Lake villa.
I could use a tan.
[people chuckle]
Leave your swimsuit at home for this one.
You'll take the law firm, 'kay?
- [all] Aww.
- [contemplative music playing]
- Yeah? Möller, what is it?
- Hey.
Well, we should talk about Björn Diemel.
Because I'm sure this is awkward for you.
Oh, you mean because we were classmates?
We barely knew each other.
And Diemel's not the target here.
We're just after Sergowicz.
Right.
Copy that.
[contemplative music stops]
- [quiet, meditative music playing]
- [breathing deeply]
Are you okay, Papa?
Mm-hm. 'Course I am.
- Now, are you up for a surprise?
- Yay! Surprises are the best.
To get it, I'll need you
to close your eyes tight.
And then I'll say a magic spell.
If we do that, you'll get your surprise.
Mm-hm.
Careful.
- Almost, almost. And
- [upbeat music playing]
Open them!
Papa, say the magic spell.
Uh, right, the spell.
Hocus Pocus Fidibus,
voilà, let there be treats!
[gasps]
No one else is in here.
You can eat straight
out of the tubs, okay?
- Mm-hm.
- Be back in a second. Okay, sweetheart?
- One sec.
- Yeah, uh-huh.
[upbeat music fades]
"Hocus pocus"? What the fuck is that?
I figured you'd want
to let her have a little treat.
Since you're so good with kids.
[contemplative music playing]
Okay.
Thank you for all your help, my friend.
He'll help me disappear.
He'll be my messenger,
but it's business as usual.
I'll still send papers. Okay?
Make sure he doesn't forget the kid.
[Björn] Every bone in my body
was screaming at me
not to put my daughter in the same
car as this literal psychopath.
[grunting]
- [man] Hey.
- [Dragan] Huh?
Boss, don't you want water
for the car ride?
I'm fine.
We're not going far, close the door.
Close it.
[lively, dramatic music playing]
Whoo! [playful muttering]
[Björn] As expected,
I didn't get very far.
But in my mindful, don't-give-a-damn mood,
I had a resting heart rate of 30
and saw the unscheduled stop
as a little legal exercise.
[lively, dramatic music stops]
- Mr. Diemel.
- I'll have the chicken nuggets.
No. I'm not here to play around.
Out of the car, please.
Random vehicle search.
You can only search a car at random
if you're at a public traffic stop.
You happen to be standing
on a parking garage ramp,
meaning that we're still on private land.
You could search the car, but that would
force me to write a complaint against you,
so why don't we just talk like this?
Fine.
Have you seen Dragan Sergowicz today?
Yeah, he's in my trunk.
[chuckling]
Oh yeah?
Well, there wasn't room up front.
My kid got shotgun.
I see.
Although a booster seat
is supposed to go in the back, right?
[Björn] No, there's actually
no regulation stipulating
that she can't sit up front.
See, the only laws on the matter
pertain to general airbag safety,
but her airbag is off,
so she's perfectly safe up here.
The laws differ for baby seats
- And fight!
- but this is not a baby seat.
Do you have kids?
- If you could take a few minutes
- I can't give you my time.
It's set aside for my daughter.
We don't have time for cops
who don't know the law,
and we want chicken nuggets.
So, on that note,
we'll have to bid you adieu.
See ya.
Let's get going.
[Emily giggles]
[upbeat music playing]
[breathing deeply]
- Wow.
- [upbeat music stops]
- Look, look, Papa! He's the sweetest.
- [chuckling]
He's so fluffy.
[toy, whistling] He's so fluffy.
[Emily giggles]
Perfect!
[toy] Perfect! [whistling]
I'm on a road trip with Papa.
- [toy] I'm on a road trip with Papa.
- [cell phone ringing]
[Emily] He's the best papa
in the whole world.
[toy] He's the best papa
in the whole world.
- [toy whistles]
- [ringing continues]
Hello, Ms. Egmann.
- Hello, Björn. How are you doing?
- [Björn] Good.
I'm in the car with my daughter
at the moment.
As I told your colleague,
I don't have the time for this.
[Nicole] I'll keep it brief.
If you happen to hear
from a certain runaway client of yours,
could you let him know we've never
had such a slam-dunk homicide case.
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- That's not why you went into work?
No, no. I was there because
my daughter likes to play lawyers.
Papa, I colored pictures there.
[Nicole] How do you play lawyers?
Obstructing justice
and lying to old acquaintances?
Nicole, Emmy is, like I said,
with me, and you're on speaker.
[Emily] Hello, Nicole.
Hello, Emily.
Look, could you please tell him
to turn himself in, okay?
- It'd be best for everyone.
- Okay.
I'm sure it's all very stressful.
I'm all about reducing stress these days.
- All right. Be well, yeah?
- [Nicole] Björn?
- Ciao.
- [cell phone clicks off]
[gentle guitar music playing]
[Emily] Papa, are we almost there?
Um, close.
Really?
Yeah, fairly.
[Emily] And now?
- [Björn] Almost.
- [Emily] Now?
[Björn] And now we're here.
Woo-hoo!
- [lively, dramatic music playing]
- [beeping]
[music fades]
- Here we are.
- Yay!
[pounding]
- [creaking]
- [tense music playing]
- Papa, what's in the trunk?
- Um
It's just work stuff. Yeah, it's a big
work thing I had to bring home.
Papa, you can work later.
Please, can we have some quality time
first? That's way more fun, isn't it?
Come play, Papa!
[pounding]
Quality time first, then work.
Pop, come on!
[toy whistling]
[toy] He's the best papa
in the whole world.
[Dragan, muffled] Hello?
Hey!
- [pounding]
- Lawyer man!
[Emily] Papa, let's play!
[meditative music playing]
[Joschka] So much of the stress
we feel is caused
by a very distorted view
of our own freedom.
Freedom is not just doing what you want,
whenever you want.
But what's wrong with that though?
The assumption that we constantly
must be doing something
is what causes us stress.
When you embrace saying "no",
people can't make you do
what you don't want to do.
It's then that you are free.
[Emily] Papa!
- We came here to have fun!
- [gentle, upbeat music playing]
[Björn]
It took a multi-week mindfulness seminar
to teach me something that my daughter
had always intrinsically understood.
[pounding]
That you have to defend your quality time
from anyone who wants to steal it away.
- [Dragan] Lawyer! Open up!
- [Emily] Papa!
Just come and play!
[pounding continues]
I don't have to do,
what I don't want to do.
- [Emily] Papa!
- I am free.
- [Dragan] Hello! Hey, Lawyer!
- [Emily] Woo-hoo!
Yay! Yay! Yahoo!
Catch up, Papa!
[gentle, upbeat music continues]
[Björn] As far as I was concerned,
the trunk full of mob boss
might as well have been at sea.
While I was spraying Emily
with her SPF 50,
the trunk of my car heated up
to about 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
[pounding]
An hour after that, the trunk
was twice as hot as Dragan's body temp.
In a desperate attempt to cool him off,
his sweat glands were
probably going haywire.
[pounding]
Then, his blood vessels
would open up nice and wide,
circulating at warp speed
to try to release heat.
By mid-afternoon,
whatever he had in place of a heart
was pumping away at full blast.
And before too long,
his whole cardiovascular system collapsed.
Probably around the time Emily and I
set our boat out on the lake.
[gentle, upbeat music continues]
And by the time I tucked Emily
safe and snug under the covers,
Dragan was dead.
[gentle, upbeat music fades]
It was a great day for me and my daughter.
For Dragan it was his last.
HAPPINESS
And you wanna know something
funny and ironic?
He died of burnout
as a result of my mindful relaxation day.
[quiet, meditative music playing]
[breathing deeply]
- [bird chirping]
- [music fades]
Papa, wake up! Come on, get up!
[Björn groans]
Papa, come see!
[contemplative music playing]
The lake's still there!
[Björn] Mm-hm.
[squawking]
- Hey look, Papa, a raven!
- [raven squawking]
The raven wanted to come say good morning.
- [Björn groans]
- Can we please swim again?
- You really want to?
- Yeah.
Then swim we shall.
Anything you want, my dear.
But first, I'll make us pancakes!
- Yay!
- Then we'll go for a swim.
[lively music playing]
[Björn clears his throat]
There.
Papa, why does it smell so bad?
[quiet, dramatic music playing]
[sniffing]
Hmm
Uh
Well, that [clicks teeth]
That must be the work I took home.
Can't you make it smell better?
Mm-hm.
I promise I'll fix it later, sweetie.
Promise.
- For now, we'll roll the windows down.
- Okay.
[dramatic music swelling]
MISSED CALLS
LAW FIRM, UNKNOWN,
LAW FIRM
[Bregenz] Mr. Diemel,
it's Bregenz, from work.
I'm getting swamped
with calls about your client.
[Toni] Lawyer man, it's Toni.
Call me back ASAP.
[Nicole] Hey there, Björn. It's Nicole.
I know we couldn't speak freely last time,
but I still have a few questions.
UNKNOWN
[Thewes] This is Ms. Thewes
from the Daily News.
I'd like to ask you a few questions
about Dragan Sergowicz.
[Toni] Are you stupid or what?
Call me back or you'll be sorry!
Mm-mm. Certainly not with that tone.
[dramatic music fades]
Hey!
Well? Hello! [chuckling]
And, ready, set, and up!
Wow, were you this heavy before?
Did you get taller?
[Emily] Yes, I'm all grown up now!
- How was it?
- [Emily] Good.
- Oh? All good? Yeah. Was it fun?
- Yeah?
[Katharina chuckles]
[Emily] It was so fun. We swam lots, and
saw these fish. And a raven said hi to me.
- Was the raven fun?
- Yeah.
- Did you miss your mama?
- [Emily] Nope.
- You liked hanging out with Papa?
- [Emily] Yeah.
- You wanna do that more?
- Yeah.
- Mmm, really?
- [Emily] Mm-hm.
- Is it playtime?
- Yeah, and you can play too.
Down you go. [groans]
Whoo!
Thank you.
Feel like some coffee?
Um Yeah, why not?
[gentle, upbeat music playing]
[Björn] I'd never given much thought
to corpse disposal.
It was a new situation for me.
The only guy I knew
who'd done it was Dragan.
But he wasn't exactly
in a position to advise me.
[gentle, upbeat music stops]
[Björn] Holy shit. Toni.
[car beeps]
[Toni] Björn!
- [quiet, tense music playing]
- [Björn] Toni.
- Forget how to answer your phone?
- [Björn] No.
A lot on my plate. Some things fell
through the cracks, you know how it goes.
[dog barking, snarling]
Quiet, Tyson!
That's no excuse.
We're all up to our necks in shit.
That's why we need Dragan.
So, where is he?
I'm sorry, Toni,
I promised to keep his location private.
[man] Okay.
- [Tyson continues barking]
- Everything went as planned then?
Yep. I took him somewhere safe.
- And he didn't send any messages?
- Nothing to report.
Just keep on keepin' on.
That sounds oddly laid-back,
given that we're in a turf war.
Hey, don't worry. Dragan's all over it.
[Tyson continues barking]
We're fine.
Toni, can you do something about your dog?
Tell him Boris is furious and we can't
just sit around. We have to strike soon.
I can't give him that kind
of ultimatum, now, can I?
The best I can do is
pass along that it's urgent.
- You know him.
- Tell him shit's about to hit the fan.
[sniffing]
- Damn, where's that smell coming from?
- [tense music continues]
[snarling]
[breathing deeply]
[tense music swelling]
It's rancid meat. I left it in here.
It was supposed to be barbecue.
But I screwed up.
[chuckling] You boys want some?
- [Tyson continues barking]
- [music stops]
We don't want that shit.
Find a dumpster, idiot!
Where do you think I'm driving off to?
How was your weekend trip?
[tense music playing]
With your daughter, Emily?
- Good. Nice and serene.
- [man] Yeah?
[Björn] Mm-hm.
Good.
[car engine starts]
[car engine revving]
[sighing]
Fuck.
[dramatic music playing]
[Björn] Toni was right.
I had to get rid of the meat.
[dramatic music fades]
- [retching]
- [flies buzzing]
[tense music playing]
God, that's so gross.
[breathing deeply]
[Björn] It's not like he smelled great
when he was alive,
but this was something else.
Still, I had to dispose of the body,
and I had to be thorough.
[groaning]
I'd never been so nauseous.
But I didn't really have a choice.
I had to get this murder
in the rearview mirror, and fast.
The next step was to somehow heave
that fat bastard outta my trunk.
- [cracking]
- [grunts]
[panting]
[upbeat music playing]
[panting]
[rope creaking]
[music fades]
[exhales deeply]
- [intriguing music playing]
- [flies buzzing]
Hm.
- [music becomes ominous]
- [shuddering]
[panting]
[Joschka, echoing] Even the longest road
begins with a small step.
[meditative music playing]
But if you focus
and take each step mindfully,
it won't be so overwhelming.
Just take one step and then another.
Forget about the destination.
Be where you are, and focus
on how each step is unique.
Mm-hm.
Now, we're going to take a deep breath in
[inhaling]
And now, let it out.
[exhaling]
Inhale
- [inhaling]
- [meditative music stops]
and exhale.
[retching]
[vomiting and spitting]
[groans and exhales]
[breathing deeply]
[Joschka] Breath is a powerful tool
within mindfulness.
[meditative music playing]
When we focus on our breath,
we can calm those negative emotions.
Let it free you.
Observe your intention before you act
and visualize your goal.
And then, you do what you have to do.
Stay calm, concentrate, and go.
[chainsaw roaring]
[gentle, upbeat music playing]
[chainsaw roaring]
[chainsaw shuts off]
- [panting]
- [intriguing music playing]
[chainsaw engine roaring]
[music becomes lively]
Oh, shit.
[music stops]
The thumb.
[sighing]
[exhales deeply]
[Björn] Dragan's thumb was my golden
ticket. With it, I could keep him alive.
He used it to sign off on company memos.
Like a rubber stamp,
but a smidge bloodier.
[dramatic music playing]
INDEPENDENT - RELAX - ACTION
[music stops]
[groaning]
[intriguing music playing]
His ring finger wasn't useful.
But I didn't want to leave any potential
clues at the scene of the crime.
See, I'm a textbook neat freak.
I'd have scrubbed that crime scene
even if there wasn't the threat
of legal consequences.
I just hate mess.
- [inhaling]
- [intriguing music fades]
[knocking]
Surveillance footage. From the boat.
[dramatic music playing]
[camera shutter clicking]
- [music stops]
- We aren't shooting more?
Well, Diemel went home, so there's not
much there to film. The place is dead now.
Let me see the card.
[Möller] All right. See ya.
[quiet, dramatic music playing]
[fire sizzling]
Good night.
[sighs]
[cell phone vibrating]
BABYSITTER
NEW MESSAGE:
WHEN ARE YOU COMING HOME?!
BENNI MISSES YOU AND I HAVE TO GO!!!
[sighing]
I'll find you, Dragan Sergowicz.
[quiet, dramatic music continues]
- [Björn] I was officially a murderer.
- [quiet, dramatic music fades]
I'd let a man die.
I figured I should check in
with my conscience about the whole thing.
[inhaling]
Did I have any qualms?
Nope. My conscience
wasn't raising any alarm bells.
I felt at peace with my decisions.
By leaving that trunk shut, I'd done
the right thing for Emily and for me.
Morally speaking,
I was in the clear. That was undeniable.
[contemplative music playing]
I'd successfully defended my quality time,
and I'd kept my promise to Katharina.
I protected Emily from Dragan
and his goons.
And thanks to my hard work,
nobody'd be seeing Dragan any time soon.
His days of stepping on my quality time
were ancient history.
[chuckles faintly]
[belches]
[cawing]
[gasps faintly]
[contemplative music stops]
[raven cawing]
[hissing]
[cawing]
[hisses]
- [cawing]
- [contemplative music resumes playing]
[shuddering]
- [caws]
- [grunts]
[cawing]
Shit!
[gentle rock music playing]
[gentle rock music fades]