Midnight at the Pera Palace (2022) s01e03 Episode Script

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A NETFLIX SERIES
[dog barking]
[thunder rumbling]
APRIL 18, 1919
[Fahrettin] As you can see,
Mustafa Kemal is in terrible danger.
Oh, my God! That's one hell of a plan.
THE NIGHT OF THE BALL
Are you quite sure?
I can assure you,
everything that I've told you is true.
That is horrific.
[whistle blows]
[thunder crashes]
I promise you, I'll stop them.
[band playing "The Sleeping Beauty Waltz"
by Tchaikovsky]
Welcome, sir.
Good evening, madam.
[porter] Listen. I want you to take
your duties here more seriously, because
[chiming]
APRIL 21, 1919
Ahmet, you should've seen
the look on Halit's face.
[gasps] Oh my God! Ahmet!
Ahmet! Ahmet!
[gasping]
Oh! [gasps]
- Can I help you?
- [gasps]
- [Esra sighs]
- [Ahmet groans]
- [groans]
- I was so scared.
- [sighs]
- [moans]
- What the hell happened to you?
- [sighs]
Ahmet, you're hurt.
The diary. The diary!
Peride's diary.
Uh, Peride's diary's gone!
[groans]
[band plays "Funtime Frankie"]
[music continues, muffled]
[key turns]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[grunts]
- [Fahrettin groaning]
- [chains rattling]
[Halit] Shh.
You need to be quiet if you want to live.
So I'll be your host for a very long time.
- [chains rattling]
- [grunting]
Until all this is over.
[muffled grunts]
[grunting]
[Esra] I don't believe it, Ahmet.
Someone broke into the room,
hit you over the head,
- and you were completely off-guard?
- All right, all right. Yes.
- [groans]
- Anything in the diary worth reading?
Ow. There was lots of interesting
stuff, and I'd just begun reading.
- Ow, that's enough.
- You're just gonna have to let me do this.
- [groans]
- Hey, Ahmet.
[sighs] The body I sent back to 1916,
Peride found it herself.
- Hey, wait. That was her.
- Yes. She took the key from her own hand.
You know, the one I used
to send the body back,
which mysteriously
found its way into your room.
And then she started investigating.
[sighs]
She'd managed to learn quite a bit.
It all led back to one of the hotel's
building contractors, it seems.
[sighs] Dimitri.
- Have you finished?
- Just wait.
Ah.
What's this?
Haven't you dressed a wound before?
[sighs]
[sighs] And?
And everything Peride knows
is from that man Dimitri.
He knows more about this hotel
than anybody else does.
He's been here since the beginning.
If you ask me, Peride being here on the
night of the murder wasn't a coincidence.
She obviously had a plan in mind.
She'd learned the secret of the hotel
and was about to use it.
She'd travel back and forth in time.
But wait just a minute.
Peride prevents the assassination
by time travel?
She goes to the future, so when she gets
back, she knows who the killer is, right?
Exactly.
But before she could leave
Which means that Peride had the key on her
at the time she was killed.
But what about
[sighs]
Do you realise how great a danger this is?
What if the killer got hold of the key?
Hmm? [sighs]
How could I have been so careless
about it?
Everything that's happened is my fault.
Ahmet, wait. You know what? You know,
things aren't actually all that bad.
[sighs]
[sighs]
Perhaps the key
Perhaps the key
is in a pocket of my dress.
Where have you put it?
At the house. I changed clothes, remember?
[gasps] You have to get it back. Please.
[sighs] Meanwhile,
I'll try and find the diary.
How are you gonna find that diary?
In the whole of Istanbul?
With a little help from Peride.
It can't have been. It wouldn't have
happened in our hotel, I'm sure of it.
[Esra] Well, it did.
Mr Ahmet will investigate
and find the thief.
- He's a famous detective.
- [chuckles]
Wouldn't an official inquiry
be more appropriate, Madam Peride?
Of course, you know best, but I mean
You bet I do.
Better than anyone.
It is not your place to advise me.
Now.
Ahmet will represent me.
So he's doing my bidding,
and thus, that of my uncle also.
Shall we begin?
Ow.
[sighs]
Look at this.
Looks like her car.
What's the matter with you, huh?
Ugh.
[birdsong]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[distant rooster crows]
[gasps]
Have a nice day.
- [gasps softly]
- [door creaks]
[sighs]
[gasps] Ma Marika.
[mouths]
I need to ask you something.
- Remember the green dress
- [mouthing]
[Naim] Is that you, you little hussy?
Are you trying to kill me?
Is that it? Huh?
I have dedicated my life
to living honourably!
I will not have it!
I will not have dishonour in my own home!
- Dishonour? What are you talking
- Shush!
Your sister just told me everything!
I know you've been sneaking out at night
and flirting with some officer!
- What's his name? Kemal, is it?
- A disreputable officer at that!
You whore!
- You'd better watch your mouth!
- How dare you
Don't you dare touch me!
[gasps]
Is this what you call a family?
Is this what you call a father?
Is this how families are here?
Can't you see he's being horrific
to all you women,
and you just behave like doormats?
[Leyla] Mummy?
Now, listen, Naim, listen.
You lay a hand on that little girl,
you'll have me to deal with.
Do you hear me?
Some demon has possessed you.
You are no longer my daughter.
- Go on, get out!
- [gasps]
- Out!
- Mother!
- Stop!
- Please, stop! Let go!
- Let go! Let go of me!
- Get out!
- [Esra] Let go of me!
- [Naim] Go!
I have no daughter called Peride.
I disown you this very instant!
You'll be alone.
You can support yourself now.
Get inside!
I always have been alone!
[sighs]
[maid humming]
[Peride] Stop! That dress.
[panting] Doesn't it
- Isn't there a secret pocket or something?
- Uh
Wait, Madam, here it is. Look.
- [sighs]
- [Leyla] Mummy!
We should go before Grandpa finds out.
- But you can't come with me.
- Why?
Because because it's really dangerous.
Then you shouldn't go, if it's that bad.
Say sorry to Grandpa.
I'd sooner die than apologise.
Believe me.
Stay strong, Leyla, like I did,
when a bully like that screams
at you like that, do you understand?
Whatever the consequences.
They can't control you
just because you're family.
Why should you behave how they want
just because you need to belong somewhere?
You can't belong there
if you can't say what you think!
[tuts] All right?
But what am I supposed to do
without you on my own?
It's not so bad being on your own.
I swear it isn't.
But when you look at me like that
Esra was brave.
She didn't have anyone.
At least you have Grandma.
She loves you very much.
Esra had one, as well.
She became her grandma's mother.
Yeah, and she messed that up, as well.
[Reşat] Peride?
Peride! [chuckles]
Where are you going?
You seem miles away.
Pera.
You're going all the way there on foot?
Hop in. I'll give you a lift.
Anyway, it's a good thing
I bumped into you.
Come on, you can talk to me.
- [birds calling]
- [ship's horn blaring]
[car door closes]
I haven't been able to sleep all week.
I've been thinking about
what we had together.
You're obviously still angry with me.
That's why you're distant.
Unrequited love
is the worst feeling.
You must believe me. I understand it.
I'll make you forget him.
I swear to you.
If you'll have me
I'll ask your father for your hand.
[snorts]
[laughs]
It's nerves.
[laughing]
It's nerves! [laughs]
But you can't be serious.
[gasps] Oh, I
I'm I'm sorry, um
Uh It's not you, it's me.
It's my problem.
[sighs] Seriously, I'm not wife material.
I don't know how to love someone.
I mean, I've got attachment issues.
I'm sorry.
Besides, I'm not the woman you love,
anyway.
[groans] Come on, let's go.
[door closes]
[sighs] That place is unbelievable.
How could Peride live there?
[groans]
What's happened? What's the matter?
Tell me something.
What the hell is a father good for, huh?
Do you wanna tell me?
[sighs] Got the wrong man, I'm sorry.
- [sighs]
- Let's not worry about that.
[inhales] All right.
The key. Did you bring it?
No, sorry.
- [gasps] But I found something.
- [sighs]
What does it say?
"Halit and his British friend
are planning an assassination
of a Turkish officer whom you know well."
[sighs] "I have detailed information
on the matter that I can share with you."
"You can find me in the Garden Bar
if you wish to talk to me."
"Signed, Fahrettin."
Fahrettin.
[George] Has he given any names?
[Halit] He's not talking.
We'll see about that.
- [George] Hmm.
- [Halit] Hmph.
[sighs]
[exhales]
[piano plays "The Cascades"]
Excuse me. Do you know
someone called Fahrettin?
[Halit] What business
do you have with Fahrettin?
He told me that he would help me.
Hmm.
To help you?
[man] Next, please.
[Esra sighs] I heard
you were looking for a singer.
Fahrettin was supposed to organise
an audition for me here.
I see.
You really want to sing in this place?
Yes. I'd be good in a place like this.
Lady
I'm going to be honest with you,
so you can be honest with me.
What do you really want?
I have an ear for music ♪
- And I have an eye for a maid ♪
- [sighs]
So here's the thing.
My father has disowned me completely.
So of course, I'm broke
with nowhere to stay. I need a job.
The owner of the Pera Palace
is your uncle,
but you want to work here, yes?
I don't want any help from my family.
I can stand on my own two feet.
[inhales] Look, this bar's not a place
for afternoon tea.
This is the Garden Bar.
You should try and make peace
with your father.
It's not for you here.
- Night and day ♪
- [chuckles]
- She's as good as they say she is.
- Just like the strain ♪
- Of a haunting refrain ♪
- Put her on tonight.
She'll start upon a marathon ♪
And run around your brain ♪
You can't escape ♪
You've got to be joking.
Well, I only said it for something to say,
but the more I thought about it,
the more it made sense.
- Ah, made sense?
- Yes.
At the Garden Bar, I can keep an eye
on Halit if I'm working for him.
And find Fahrettin
without raising suspicion.
And how are you going to get this job?
[Esra] My uncle has given me
full authorisation.
The Garden Bar's generous offer
will be doubled by us here.
The band, I have an entirely different
proposition for you.
[chuckles]
[laughter]
The new girl's not here.
What do you mean?
Who's that?
All right. One, two, three.
[playing "Seni Yerler"]
Sen bizim mahalleye
Geldin geleli canım ♪
Bizde ne akıl kaldı
Ne de fikir, bittik ♪
- Get her off the stage!
- O endam, eda nedir öyle, hey yavrum! ♪
Kaç yıllık arkadaşlar
Birbirimizi sattık ♪
Um, gentlemen. [clears throat]
Do you know who that man over there is?
No. Who is he?
He's only one of this country's
most poisonous journalists.
You don't want to give him a story.
Terzi Mukadder satıp savdı malı mülkü ♪
Gizlisi saklısı kalmadı ♪
Topumuz niyette ♪
Sen bizim mahalleye
Geldin geleli canım ♪
Bizde ne akıl kaldı
Ne de fikir, bittik ♪
O endam, eda nedir öyle, hey yavrum! ♪
Kaç yıllık arkadaşlar
Birbirimizi sattık ♪
Ye, ye, ye! ♪
Çıtır çıtır ♪
Ye, ye, ye! ♪
Kıtır kıtır ♪
Ye, ye, ye! ♪
- Çıtır çıtır ♪
- [mouths]
Ye, ye, ye! ♪
Hey seni yerler, yerler ♪
Seni ham yapar bu zilliler ♪
Yaylanmadan yürü ♪
Yoksa günah bizden gider ♪
[music stops]
- [man] Whoo!
- [applause]
[cheering and applause]
[band playing up-tempo jazz]
[sighs heavily] Thanks.
I've got to give it to you.
You really are a piece of work.
I'm aware I imposed it on you, but
But you left me no choice.
As much as I admire your talent,
I don't want trouble.
I can't give you a job.
Why not?
You know the law.
It gets out that I have a Turkish girl
on stage, I'm finished.
Uh [gasps]
[American accent] Don't worry.
I'm an entertainer from the United States.
I love your beautiful city, sir.
[chuckles]
[exhales] Come with me.
[piano playing up-tempo jazz]
Mind your step.
[gasps] Shit!
- [whispers] Where are you heading?
- I don't know!
Mr Ahmet. They need you at the hotel.
It's urgent.
[sighs] Mm.
[sighs]
Mr Ahmet?
I believe I've found
what you're looking for.
That's great. Where is it?
[dog barking]
- [man laughing]
- [Halit] Thank you.
[slow jazz playing]
[women laughing]
This What the hell are we doing here?
[Halit] It's not what you think.
Thank you.
But don't get me wrong,
it's not that I don't want to.
Au contraire. There's a time and a place
for everything.
[Esra] That's not going to happen. Ever.
Never say never, that's what I always say.
[giggling]
[woman] Oh, if it isn't Mr Halit.
Madame Eleni.
[chuckles] And what are you doing
in these parts?
- I was hoping you had a room available.
- A room?
Mademoiselle here
will be working at my place.
- Ah. Hmm.
- She's new around here.
She has nowhere to stay in Pera.
Well, seeing as it's you,
I'm sure we can arrange something.
Mm-hm.
Because she's wearing
the only dress she brought with her,
could you lend her some outfits
to go on stage?
Uh-huh. Gladly.
[inhales] Aaah!
- Pretty little young miss.
- [Halit chuckles]
- But perhaps she's rather skinny.
- [Halit laughs]
Skinny?
[laughs] Peter!
I'm not staying here.
Who do you think I am?
Why not?
What do you mean, why not?
Because this place is a
- Mm-hm.
- You know.
Where else did you have in mind?
[sighs]
It's quiet safe here.
Madame Eleni rents the rooms upstairs
to professional ladies like yourself.
You'll have nothing to do with this place.
- [woman laughing]
- Hmm. Well, that's great.
You'll be standing on your own two feet.
[chuckles] This is real life.
Or if you think
this is a bit too much for you,
the Pera Palace is just over there.
[Ahmet sighs]
[clear throat]
[sighs]
Well, where is it?
[sighs]
Whose room is this?
[grunts]
[grunts]
[exhales]
[cicadas chirping]
[sighs]
[yelps]
Madam Peride.
You!
What are you doing in this place?
This is my room. I live here.
And you?
Me, too.
Uh what? What do you mean,
you're living here?
Can you please not tell anyone?
But why?
You know, somebody like you?
Well, I've seen a lot worse.
[sighs]
I certainly wasn't
brought up in a mansion.
[seagulls calling]
Good morning, sir. Your breakfast
is ready. Follow me, please.
Ah, morning, Sonya.
Have you seen Peride at all?
Is she at the hotel?
- [knocking at door]
- [gasps]
Who is it?
- [Ahmet] It's me.
- Oh!
[Ahmet sighs]
Okay, don't make fun of me.
- Have you seen a ghost or something?
- I didn't sleep a wink.
Why? And how come you knew
[gasps] You found it!
Ahmet, Ahmet, I swear you are
the king of the sleuths!
The room we found it in
was in Fahrettin's name.
Oh shit.
And he's been missing for three days.
He didn't return to the hotel
the night of the murder.
[sighs] The staff gave me
a description of him.
He sounds a bit suspicious.
He's got a big scar across his face.
[sighs]
[Halit] You're tougher than I expected.
Are you going to release me?
Well, what do you think?
We're only just getting started.
[Ahmet] Whoever stole it left nothing
in there about the assassination.
But there is something useful, though.
Apparently, Peride knows a great deal more
about the hotel than I do. Mm-hm.
When I thought I knew everything.
How could I be so stupid?
I've been in that hotel all my life,
oblivious to everything.
What are you talking about, Ahmet, huh?
I was aware that there were a few rooms
inside the Pera Palace with portals.
- Mmm?
- But in actual fact,
there's one portal that can transport you
to whatever time you want
But I thought
that control was out of our hands.
That's how it's supposed to be.
But that's not what Peride wrote.
Well that's all right, then.
That means we can use it,
go and save Peride,
then travel back home.
- This Dimitri, I must find him.
- What?
And you must find Fahrettin
as soon as you can.
Just in case. You have to find out
everything he knows.
Uh
Uh, but Ahmet
[door closes]
Shit.
[sighs]
[band plays "The Charleston Charmer"]
Excuse me.
[whistling and laughter]
[cheering]
Fahrettin been seen around here
much recently?
German Fahri, you mean?
German Fahri, did I hear you say?
With the big scar right across his face.
Why is that?
Because he admires the Germans.
I mean, the Germans are the reason
for all our problems now.
Should never have been so foolish
as to have taken their side in the war.
[sighs]
What do you want with Fahrettin?
Well, I'm sorry,
that's none of your business.
Where would I find him?
I've no idea.
[music continues, muffled]
- [grunting]
- [chains rattling]
[host] And now, it gives me great pleasure
to present, direct from New York
- Britney!
- [grunting]
[Esra] Hey, hey
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
Oh, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
I think I did it again ♪
I made you believe ♪
We're more than just friends ♪
Oh, baby
It might seem like a crush ♪
But it doesn't mean ♪
That I'm serious ♪
'Cause to lose all my senses ♪
That's just so typically me ♪
Oh, baby, baby ♪
Oops, I did it again ♪
I played with your heart ♪
Got lost in the game ♪
Oh, baby, baby ♪
Oops, you think I'm in love ♪
That I'm sent from above ♪
I'm not that innocent ♪
[cheering and applause]
[band playing
"Putting On The Jazzamatazz"]
[heartbeat]
[music fading]
[chains rattling]
[heartbeat continues]
[Fahrettin groaning]
[groaning continues]
[gasps]
- [Fahrettin moaning]
- [grunts]
[grunts]
[exhales]
[laughs]
[groans]
[Fahrettin moaning]
Fahrettin?
[mumbles]
Peride, Allah must have sent you to me.
- Release me.
- Tell me who did this. Halit?
Who else could it have been? [panting]
- How long have you been here?
- [sighs]
Since the night I spoke to you.
- [Esra panting]
- The night of the ball, I mean.
George's man saw me
and he ran to his master to rat on us.
[Esra grunts]
I got away, but Halit managed
to find me the next day.
- [Esra grunts]
- [Fahrettin groans]
- [sighs]
- So, what, you didn't take the diary?
What diary? [panting]
Oh, never mind. What do you know
about the assassination plot?
I told you about it then.
Right, but I have to have details.
Tell me again what they're planning.
It's George.
- [grunts]
- It's George with his wonderful plan.
He's such a loose cannon
that even his commanders are oblivious.
[sighs]
George wants to become king of the city.
[Esra panting]
He'll start a massacre.
First Mustafa Kemal, then everyone else.
There won't be a Turk left in Istanbul.
Hurry, Peride. Please hurry.
For Allah's sake.
I can't do it!
[grunts]
[both panting]
Osman. Osman. You have to tell Osman.
He'll be able to help.
Osman who?
Halit's big brother. He's my partner.
[sighs] I don't know what he'll think
when he hears
of his little brother's treachery.
[chuckles]
I'll deal with him myself
when I'm out of here.
I'll deal with his betrayal.
Don't be taken in by his appearance.
[panting] He's a
- [gunshot]
- [Esra yelps]
[gasping]