Death and Other Details (2024) s01e08 Episode Script

1
TEDDY GOH: Previously,
on Death and Other Details
IMOGENE SCOTT: He followed us in Malta.
Viktor Sams was tracking us
and you knew the whole time.
- I wouldn't have let him hurt you.
- Where is he now?
If I knew, I would tell you.
- I fucked Eleanor.
- Oh. Does Leila know?
ANNA COLLIER: No. No, of course not.
I can't tell her. Do
I have to tell her?
It doesn't even fucking matter.
I don't think she wants
to be my wife anymore.
I want a divorce.
It's been so hard since
we lost his mother.
And since you began your affair.
- What do you want?
- Information.
- You would blackmail a priest?
- [CELIA CHUCKLES]
IMOGENE: Jiangsu, Anna.
Your factory there was
using a banned chemical.
I really can't with this right now.
How long have you been paying
blackmail to Viktor Sams?
I rebuilt the entire goddamn
factory and it bankrupted us.
You're criminals.
We gave you everything,
you ungrateful cunt.
LEILA COLLIER: He has
blackmail materials on everyone.
- [ALARM BEEPING]
- [ELECTRICITY ZAPS]
Jesus Christ.
THAT DEREK: Dad, the WiFi died.
[UPBEAT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
My mom was a whistleblower.
She was gonna take
down the Collier family.
And you were her witness.
♪
[SHIP HORN BLOWS]
[WAVES CRASHING]
[PASSENGERS CHATTERING]
RUFUS COTESWORTH: I know
you want answers, reader,
but we have to go back again.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
ELEANOR CHUN: Grandmother?
Danielle's been trying to reach you.
Legal's close to having the signature
pages for the Collier Mills deal.
I think I heard them
popping champagne. [CHUCKLES]
I've been thinking.
Anna Collier is still the right
person to take over as CEO.
She's not her father.
Her plan is solid. She
can run this business.
When we are finished with them,
there will be nothing
left for her to run.
What do you mean?
- [ELECTRICITY ZAPS]
- RUFUS: Back again.
For the moment we lost power.
For the moment Viktor Sams took
control of the entire vessel.
Oh, come on. Nobody
knows the ship like I do.
Cut me loose.
Mm.
This one aged in Burgundy.
What I'd give to be there now.
I can help figure out why the
backup generators haven't kicked in.
No.
Why?
On the one hand, you
work for Viktor Sams.
Viktor Sams is a ruthless killer.
Mm.
And the other?
I just don't like you.
She told me what you did 18 years ago.
How you abandoned her.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Won't happen again.
Yeah, it better not.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
It is not easy to threaten a man
while tied to a chair.
Anna copped to it.
Collier Mills poisoned
their workers and they knew.
[SIGHS]
It's all of a piece. Must be.
You have a theory, reader? As
to the identity of Viktor Sams?
Here is a hint. He was already
there, hiding among us.
[SPEAKING CANTONESE]
[SPEAKING CANTONESE]
Just fix it.
- I've been looking all over for you.
- I know the generators are down.
Not that. A guest left this.
♪
LLEWELLYN MATHERS: I want you
to know that what happened
has nothing to do with you.
- Kira deserved so much better.
- Excuse me.
- LLEWELLYN: I really loved her.
- Excuse me. Excuse me, sir.
- [GASPS]
- [SCREAMS] No!
- IMOGENE: No!
- [PASSENGERS MURMURING]
- Get down there!
- [PASSENGERS CHATTERING]
[SHAKY BREATHING]
♪
LLEWELLYN: "I want you to
know that what happened
has nothing to do with you.
I wish we'd had more
time together, mistress."
TEDDY [SCREAMS]: No!
LLEWELLYN: I didn't
mean to drink it all.
I should've saved you
some. [LLEWELLYN HICCUPS]
But they took the
cork, and [DEEP BREATH]
how often does someone send you a '98?
[LLEWELLYN HICCUPS]
We should do this another night.
Don't go.
You're the only one on this
floating Petri dish I can talk to.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS] That feels nice.
You're stressed about the murder.
[INHALES]
It's not a great look for the company,
but it's nothing I can't handle.
You clean up their messes?
Yeah.
You know what it's like. At
first, it's fan-fuckin'-tastic.
Buncha people spinning around
like the world just came unglued,
and they're all lookin' at
you like you're the only person
that can stick it back together again.
It's addictive, the adrenaline.
Power.
Access.
And then you blink and you're 60.
And they all have families,
and big, messy, beautiful lives,
and, and you're the guy who has
a file full of someone else's secrets
no one wants to sit with at a party.
I'm not a shrink
but it seems like you're
battling depressive tendencies.
And I cannot encourage self-harm.
Self-harm?
Clearly, there's been
a misunderstanding.
I have zero interest in
checking out of this game early.
I'm a cockroach.
I'll do whatever the fuck
it takes to keep on ticking.
Trust me, I've done it.
[DOOR CREAKS]
- [TEDDY SNIFFLES]
- [PAPER RUSTLING]
Miss Goh?
Is he dead?
From this height?
I didn't see the signs.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
We
I know you did.
Me too.
Oh.
It was my night off.
Did you Did he ever give you
the sense that he was hurting?
I thought he was having a good time.
I suppose it was something else.
Backup will be here within the hour.
We need to keep people calm. I
assume you have emergency protocols.
We do.
Good.
Consider this an emergency.
[MYSTERIOUS THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[WATER SLOSHES]
[SHIP HORN BLOWS]
[PASSENGERS CHATTERING]
Hi. Hello, Miss Goh. When should
we expect the power back on?
- We're working on it.
- That's not good enough.
I'm sorry, but we were told
before we booked this vessel
there were three redundant
levels of backup power.
I was in the middle of an
important phone call and
An important call? Were you now?
A man you've known all your life
just flung himself into the sea.
- Show some respect. Your call can wait.
- Hold on.
Who's dead?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
Imogene.
- Llewellyn, he's
- Yeah, I was there when it happened.
I'm so sorry.
That's funny. That's what he said, too.
If you know something, if you know
anything about Jaingsu,
about Viktor Sams, or about
what your family has been up to,
now is very much the fucking time.
You know everything I know.
Okay.
- Well, I'm gonna go search his room.
- For what?
I mean, he, he jumped, right?
He was a weird, sad, gross man,
and he was overwhelmed and he
He did jump, yes?
Well, no one pushed him
if that's what you mean.
Then what are you looking for in there?
You know everything I know.
[SIGHS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
IMOGENE: He knew something.
About my mom, about Viktor Sams.
You saw his eyes when
you said that name.
He didn't even flinch. He just
[SIGHS] There's nothing here.
Whatever secrets Llewellyn
knew, he took with him.
- [SLAMS BOX SHUT]
- No!
No. Rufus, think.
You must've interviewed
Llewellyn back then.
Walk me through everything.
Okay? Every detail, every
part of the investigation.
[DEEP BREATH]
Llewellyn is dead.
Anna, you don't always
have to jump down his throat
- about everything.
- N-No. I mean literally.
He's deceased.
Suicide.
He's dead.
Our legal counsel is dead.
Llewellyn was always weak.
Dad, Jesus Christ.
[PHONE RECORDING SOUND]
LAWRENCE COLLIER: What?
You've been trying to get me
to cut him loose for a decade.
The only reason we kept
him this long was insurance.
He did us all a favor.
KATHERINE COLLIER: [SCOFFS] You
know your father didn't mean that.
- [PHONE RECORDING SOUND]
- If you're watching this,
the power's back on and your boy's okay.
Or they found my phone
and I didn't make it.
Either way, those of you who thought
Lawrence Collier was super sus,
I'm beginnin' to think you're right.
Pray for me, y'all.
[PHONE RECORDING STOPS]
- Whoa.
- Your followers,
who else do they suspect?
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHUCKLES]
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
Leila.
Eleanor.
- Where is she?
- [GROANS] Go home.
Oh, fuck.
Tripp where is Anna?
I don't know.
[GROANS] She was here, but
[EXHALES] Why is it so fuckin' dark?
Because we are not in control.
[TRIPP LAUGHING]
Yeah. Who is, Leila?
Did you know?
About Anna and Eleanor?
- Oh, shit.
- You did. You knew.
I told her not to tell you.
Maybe you should've told her
not to fuck Eleanor.
[SIGHS] Who cares?
[DEEP BREATH] Seriously,
Leila, who fuckin' cares?
You love her, she loves you.
In the grand scheme, uh
Yeah, she fucked up.
But she's still here. She's still alive.
You really cared for the Governor.
I should've listened to her more.
Should've taken her seriously.
- She was fuckin' terrified, and I just
- She knew someone was after her.
She thought it was my dad.
♪
You don't think that
He couldn't be behind
all this, could he?
No.
No, this is bigger than him.
The man who did this goes
after people like your father.
Rich,
corrupt people.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Are we all gonna die?
[BALL BOUNCING]
♪
Give a boy a ball.
♪
WINNIE GOH: Where'd you get that?
Off a girl I know.
Open this.
Jules, please.
They used me.
You let yourself be used.
SIMON: Teddy, are you down here?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTING, FIGHTING]
♪
[SIMON GROANS]
You're one of them?
Is he working with you?
- Simon, are you?
- SIMON: Winnie, no!
[SCOFFS] I'm not a killer.
What does he want, your Viktor Sams?
Who's he after?
SIMON: As if you care about
anybody other than yourself.
There's no way off this ship.
None that you know of.
SIMON: Jules!
[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
LAWRENCE: Come on, where
the hell are we going?
They told us that we have to
gather in the Celestial Hall.
Well, have you called what's his
name, the guy who owns this boat?
ANNA: Dad, I will handle it.
[SIGHS] Well, I can't
see a goddamn thing.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
LAWRENCE: [CLEARS THROAT]
What am I doing here?
We are waiting for backup, Mr. Collier.
And until they come, I would
like everyone contained.
You expect me to just sit here and what?
To wait. This is what I expect.
[ANNA SIGHS]
Hi You're okay? I've been worried.
Have you?
You're still my wife. We're still
Let me fix this.
Fuck Dr. Mark. He's fired.
We'll find someone new.
Someone else to tell me I'm crazy?
- This trip
- [LEILA SIGHS]
- maybe you were right.
- [LEILA SCOFFS QUIETLY]
I love you.
I don't want a divorce.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, look, your friends, the Chuns,
have some room at their table.
We don't need to
♪
You don't mind if we join?
How could we?
Great, 'cause I'm famished.
- [GROANS] Tripp.
- TRIPP COLLIER: What?
Caviar's not getting any better.
Truer words.
Bottoms up.
Can we at least get some blinis?
BRAD: It's wild. I just chatted
with the lawyer yesterday morning.
We were gonna get a game going.
He's got a wicked backhand.
Had. He had a
wicked [CHUCKLES] backhand.
I gotta get used to sayin' that.
PASSENGER: I'd like
to see the maître d'.
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
Cotesworth and his assistant are
searching Mr. Mathers's suite.
I thought it a waste of time, but
then, his instincts on all this
have proven more reliable than mine.
And by the way, where is Miss Goh?
[CRYING]
LLEWELLYN [ECHOING]: You're
the only one on this floating
Petri dish I can talk to.
TEDDY: I didn't see the signs.
[BREATHING SHARPLY]
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOFTLY WHIMPERS]
♪
[GRUNTS]
LLEWELLYN [ECHOING]: They
took the cork, and [INHALES]
how often does someone send you
how often does someone send you a '98?
♪
[DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING]
LLEWELLYN [ECHOING]: How often
does someone send you a '98?
♪
- You're free.
- And you're not.
Oh, such a wordsmith you are.
Who did this?
- [DOOR OPENS]
- Give you one guess.
You pissed her off so quickly?
He's pissed off a lot of
people. Where's Cotesworth?
What, you think I have any idea?
I've been here, in the dark, for hours.
Is he with Viktor Sams?
- No!
- Unclear.
Jesus, Teddy, not you too.
He owns the ship, he owns you.
You knew I had an unsavory investor.
I mean, you were helping
me get out from under it.
I didn't want to
be in business with him.
- If I'd known what he'd done
- He killed Imogene's mom.
Yes, Jules, I know that now,
and I fuckin' hate myself!
[SUNIL SIGHS]
At least let me get a look
at the backup generator
so I can help get the power back on.
Forget about the power. We
need to find Mr. Cotesworth now.
Someone poisoned Llewellyn's wine.
♪
Llewellyn Mathers didn't kill himself.
He was murdered.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
How long did Mr. Mathers work for you?
[SCOFFS QUIETLY] I don't answer
questions without a warrant.
Friendly conversation then?
No.
Then permit an observation.
You chartered this vessel, Mr. Collier.
Every guest onboard is
here at your invitation.
And yet not once have you shown
a modicum of interest
in what has befallen us.
You've not asked to be
apprised of the investigation.
Either you do not care,
or you already know.
Ah. Mrs. Collier, is this where you
tell me that my boss's boss's boss
is a dear family friend?
We're well past idle threats, Eriksen.
You and Cotesworth have botched
this case so spectacularly
you won't have a boss's
boss's boss for long.
♪
Darling.
Alright, to the backup generators then.
No.
- No?
- They hacked our ship.
They could've hacked our comms.
Help is not comin'. Unless
we go to land and get it.
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Do you need something?
[CHUCKLES] That's rich. We
paid for this whole deal.
ANNA: Actually, this whole
deal was a marketing expense.
Now that Mrs. Chun is
the majority shareholder,
I'd say we're drinking her champagne.
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
What the hell is she saying?
[CELIA SPEAKING MANDARIN]
LAWRENCE: I don't
have to stand for this.
[KATHERINE SIGHS]
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
- You'll make a much better CEO.
- It hasn't been announced yet.
KATHERINE: Oh, don't be modest, darling.
Everyone knows the board
approved it weeks ago.
- The board has changed.
- The vote still stands.
But I
I don't wanna strong-arm
you into this, Mrs. Chun.
Collier Mills is a family
brand. It always has been.
This company is more valuable
with my daughter at the helm.
Because she's a Collier?
ANNA: Because I'm the
right person for the job.
I've walked every inch
of our factory floor.
I've known our vendors
since I was a child.
I can lead our company into a new era.
No.
The clients expect a Collier in charge.
But you are not a Collier.
Lawrence is not your father.
KATHERINE: That's absurd.
W-What is this?
I don't know anything. I
didn't do anything.
Aside from sleeping with my wife.
W-W-W-What is happening right now?
Oh, I don't want to
get in the middle of
ANNA: Shut the fuck up, Eleanor.
- Mom?
- Absolutely absurd.
Yeah, but Mom, is it true?
You are your father's daughter.
- Biologically?
- Of course!
- Of course, you are.
- Not what he says.
Toby you didn't.
She threatened my son.
So, Toby wasn't your first affair?
- Wha The priest?
- This isn't the place.
W-W-Wait, you're, you're
fuckin' the fuckin' priest?
- Language.
- I-Is Dad my dad?
Yes, of course.
You know how much we wanted you.
ANNA: Three rounds of in vitro,
and I was the miracle baby.
Oh, fuck.
You didn't even have to try, or
so you guys said, over and over?
It was all bullshit. You
just upgraded the sperm?!
- Anna, we should speak in private.
- Who is my dad?
The gardener? Your Pilates instructor?
Oh, no, don't tell me.
Don't tell me, the pool boy.
- [TRIPP SCOFFS]
- The least you can do
- is tell her the truth.
- No, the truth never helped anyone.
The truth is a weapon, and
it won't help now that he's
Now that he's what?
[SIGHS] It's too late, honey.
Is he dead? Is my real dad dead?
Oh, my God, I know who it is.
Oh, shit!
Yeah, [CHUCKLES] it's
Oh, fuck, I can't unsee it.
Your, your nose, your eyebrows.
Jesus. Mom, seriously?! Llewellyn?!
- No.
- The lawyer?
KATHERINE: We were both lonely.
He wanted Kira, Kira never wanted him,
and I wanted your father.
And Lawrence doesn't
understand the word love.
It was brief, it was sad, and
then I had you and it was worth it.
Did Llewellyn know?
It would've been too risky.
So, everyone was right.
You are just a gold digger. How obvious.
[SIGHS]
I gave you everything.
A last name that opens doors,
a future of your choosing,
the power to fall in
love and screw it up,
and to have whatever life you want.
I made a promise to God and I kept
it. I held this family together!
And Toby,
fuck you.
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[IMOGENE BREATHES DEEPLY]
Hey, at least you're maybe
not related to a murderer.
Is that supposed to make me feel better?
♪
♪
IMOGENE: My mom was a whistleblower.
She was gonna take
down the Collier family,
and you were her witness.
Uh, what?
♪
A whistleblower? I don't understand.
We have no record of you
working at our factory.
I had a different name then.
♪
[SOFT, CHEERY MUSIC PLAYING]
[CELIA SPEAKING MANDARIN]
♪
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
♪
[WORKERS COUGHING]
[CHEN COUGHING]
[COUGHING]
[COUGHING]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[DOOR OPENS]
♪
[ELEANOR SPEAKING MANDARIN]
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
So Lawrence knew about the poison.
He knew his factories
were killing people,
but it was cheaper just to pay them off.
- No, that is not entirely
- No, you said it yourself.
To fix it bankrupted the company.
Your dad knew that would happen.
He ran the cost analysis,
and he decided that people's
lives weren't worth it.
But my mom didn't think like
that, 'cause she tried to stop him.
She put a case together,
and he killed her for it.
- No.
- Yes!
Danny started looking into it,
and Alexandra brought that
same case forward and
And he killed them, too.
- No.
- Yes!
[ANNA EXHALES]
[IMOGENE SCOFFS]
[ANNA EXHALES]
[LAWRENCE SIGHS]
[IMOGENE EXHALES]
It's you.
You killed my mom. You're Viktor Sams.
Kira?
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, Kira.
Thank God you're here.
Nothing works without you.
♪
[SOFTLY] There are
good days and bad days.
- What's going on?
- It's okay, Dad. Everything's fine.
- Me and Kira just need a minute.
- What?
I tried to explain. There are
There are varying diagnoses.
It's something like
early-onset dementia.
That's why he didn't announce
you as CEO the first night.
He wasn't joking.
He didn't remember what
he was supposed to say.
He gave away our company and
he didn't even realize it.
He's not behind
whatever's happening here.
He's not capable of it.
- He killed my mom.
- He loved your mom.
You heard Celia.
He made mistakes, he cut
corners, but he's not a murderer.
- You don't know that.
- Imogene, I have not slept for two days.
Leila wants a divorce.
I lost the company.
My dad isn't even really my dad.
My real dad is the
world's creepiest creep,
but don't worry, he killed himself
before I found out, so there's that.
Oh, and I can see that none of
this is even registering with you
because all you care about
is did he kill your mom.
He did.
Prove it.
[IMOGENE SIGHS]
Hi, Lawrence.
It's Kira.
Why did you leave?
- I didn't.
- You did. You did leave.
No.
That's not what happened.
You were the only one asking questions.
Why did ya have to be a hero?
[EXHALES] You were poisoning people.
They were lucky to have a job!
Those people, always begging for work,
with their hands out.
I tried to explain it to
you. You wouldn't listen.
I never listen.
I didn't wanna do it!
I wanted you to stop!
Why wouldn't you stop?!
What did you do?
[QUIET, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
I did what I had to do.
You killed her.
I made a phone call.
Kira, I
I'm sorry, I
I miss you, so much.
You have no idea.
♪
The night after Keith
Trubitsky was murdered,
you served Llewellyn Mathers
a bottle of Pessac-Léognan.
Haut-Brion '98, unbearably dry summer.
Who could forget it?
I found this.
AGENT HILDE ERIKSEN: There is
the hole from the corkscrew,
as well as a small-bore puncture
that runs all the way through that cork,
roughly the size of an
18-gauge medical syringe.
We were able to retrieve Mr.
Mathers's body from the ocean.
And when we study it, we
will learn that he, too,
was poisoned with ricin,
the same substance used
to kill the Governor. Yes?
- I would never.
- Murder a guest with a vintage Grand Cru?
If the bottle was tampered with,
it was done so before
I laid hands on it.
I do what I'm told.
After 20 years of service at
the Ritz in Paris, the Pierre,
a guest wanted a bottle
sent to Mr. Mathers.
I served that bottle.
Hans, I would like to believe you.
But first,
which guest?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Where is Katherine Collier?
I told you to keep everyone here.
- Uh, we-we, we tried, but
- They're very
Eck! Check her suite, now.
And make sure the goddamn head waiter
does not leave his room until
we corroborate his story.
Are you capable of that?
Yes? Good, thank you.
[SCOFFS]
What's happened?
She sent Llewellyn a bottle
of wine laced with poison.
We did a thorough search of her room
and found some ricin in her things.
She killed him. We
don't know why, but
Why? Because Katherine is Viktor Sams.
IMOGENE [SOFTLY]: There's
no fuckin' justice.
When a detective goes
off hunting for justice,
makes his gravest mistake.
Yeah, then why do you do it?
Why?
For money.
He killed my mom.
He goes to jail, he's
not even gonna realize it.
What do you want?
A reward for puzzling it all out?
- I don't know what I want.
- Yes, you do.
You never wanted justice for
what happened to your mom.
You wanted her back.
That's impossible.
[ANNA SCREAMING]
[SOBBING, SCREAMING]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[ANNA GASPING, SOBBING]
Oh, my God, Mom!
- [IMOGENE BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [ANNA SOBBING]
♪
[HELICOPTER APPROACHING]
♪
Thank God, your backup.
That is not my backup.
Ah. Should be enough
fuel to get us to
♪
[DEVICE BEEPING]
There's enough here to sink us.
Well, shit.
♪
- [AGENT ERIKSEN GRUNTS]
- [ANNA GASPS, WHIMPERING]
You you work for Viktor Sams.
Gather the guests.
We are going to play a game.
[DEATH BY WHITE LIES PLAYING]
The safety in the
clouds out my window ♪
I wonder what keeps us so high up ♪
Could there be a love
beneath these wings? ♪
If we suddenly fall
should I scream out? ♪
Or keep very quiet
and cling to my mouth? ♪
As I'm crying, so
frightened of dying ♪
Relax, yes, I'm trying,
but fear's got a hold on me ♪
Yes, this fear's got a hold on me ♪
Yes, this fear's got a hold on me ♪
Yes, this fear's got a hold on me ♪
Yes, this fear's got ♪
- [CHILD GIGGLES]
- [BIKE BELL RINGS]
[MACHINE WHIRRING]