01x01 - Chapter One: Rare

[bunniefuu]

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

[DOGS BARKING]

YOUNG ANNA COLLIER: Tripp, give it back!

YOUNG TRIPP COLLIER: Aw, you're

never gonna get this back.

NANNY: Tripp, leave your sister alone!

- RUFUS COTESWORTH: Pay attention.

- YOUNG ANNA: I'm gonna k*ll you!

- RUFUS: Details matter.

- YOUNG TRIPP: Good luck.

RUFUS: If you want to

solve a crime, any crime,

you must first learn to

see through the illusion.

KATHERINE COLLIER: She

got suspended from school.

Stole a rare book from

the library, first edition.

She's been acting out

since her mother d*ed.

Which is completely understandable.

Maybe she'll talk to you.

LAWRENCE COLLIER: She's

like a daughter to us.

All the resources of this

family are at your disposal.

[GENTLE, MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[WHISTLES] I'm Rufus.

Must be Imogene?

[SIGHS] Huh.

I'd wager they never even play with it.

So you're the world's

greatest detective.

[CHUCKLES] Their words, not mine.

[RUFUS GRUNTS]

I'm here to help with

your mother's case.

I understand you're the only eyewitness.

I don't remember.

- [ENGINE RUMBLES]

- [expl*si*n BLASTS]

But I wanna help.

You will.

You and me,

we're gonna help each other.

[SINGERS VOCALIZING]

RUFUS: I bet you think

it's easy, reader.

You are wrong.

Illusions are everywhere.

[WATER SLOSHING]

[QUANDO C'È LA LUNA PIENA

BY COCKI MAZZETTI PLAYING]

RUFUS: In my 30-year career, I

have learned two key lessons.

One, do not attempt to bribe

a national parks employee.

And this:

what is real is precious and rare.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Celia Chun is using this

to f*ck with the offer,

but [SIGHS] she's just

bluffing. I know she wants in.

Check these upper deck bars.

These people got all your money.

Because I know.

She's on our ship drinking our booze.

She wants in, so just give

me the numbers that I want.

- Has she convinced 'em?

- Who, the board?

No, the Chuns. Don't you work for her?

As an assistant in the

marketing department,

as you remind me constantly.

You know, I keep a screengrab

of your adorable, little pay stub

- in my favorites folder.

- Yeah, I know, Tripp.

- You showed me at the holiday party.

- Mm.

ANNA: for anything under eight.

- You know that.

- IMOGENE SCOTT: She's rattled.

- TRIPP: My sister? Terrified.

- Give me the revised spreadsheet.

She's gotta lock down

this Chun money. Has to.

- Mm! Olives. Thank you.

- SERVER: Of course.

ANNA: And that's last

night, but we'll see. Okay.

Hi, sorry. Work is just

- I'm being a bad friend.

- No, it's fine.

Did you, uh, d'you fix things?

- Close that funding round?

- It's fine. Everything's fine.

Good. Well, don't worry about me.

I'm happy just freeloading as per usual.

What? Imogene, please, you're family.

Really glad you say that

because my room service bill

last night was hilarious.

Ha-ha.

- Cheers.

- Cheers.

[EXHALES] Mm.

♪

- [GLASSES CLATTERING]

- GUEST: You gotta be f*ckin' kidding me!

This watch is worth 50 grand! You

hear me? That's 50,000 American.

- More than you make in a f*cking year!

- I'm so sorry, sir.

- I'm so sorry

- Your tip was in here. Was.

[WINNIE BREATHING HEAVILY, GASPS]

Is that your friend, Tripp?

It's my investor supposedly.

I hate that. Only a true

assh*le punches down.

Somebody has to say something.

Doesn't always have to be you, though.

But I'm so good at it.

♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪

We get it you're a garbage person.

But what makes you think

you have to broadcast it?

Excuse me?

You're here as a guest

of the Collier family

on a billion-dollar

boat on a free vacation.

You should learn to say thank

you and shut up about the rest.

And that watch? That is an abomination.

It's not enough that people like you

need to own all the beautiful things.

Ya have to own the ugly things, too.

[SCOFFS]

Huh.

- You know what I think?

- Please. Blow my feeble mind.

[LIGHTER CLICKING]

I think you want it both ways.

I think you tell yourself

you're some kinda crusader

fightin' for the little

guy from the inside.

But the truth is, you're not an insider.

You're not somebody. You're nobody.

You're a a paid friend.

And that doesn't make

you better than them.

Makes you a hypocrite.

Tell me I'm wrong.

[COUGHING]

No, you got me pegged.

[MYSTERIOUS, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

[LOCK BEEPS, BUZZES]

♪

[GUEST SNORING]

[SNORING CONTINUES]

[GLASS SHATTERS]

♪

RUFUS: Here's a stupid

thing people love to say:

"The simplest explanation

is always correct."

[TAPE REWINDING]

RUFUS: Well I never took those cases.

I took the impossible ones,

and it made me rich

Housekeeping.

RUFUS: for a while.

You want to know how I did it?

I already told you.

Pay attention Details matter.

♪

[SCREAMS]

♪

- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

- [SHIP HORN BLARES]

- [SEAGULLS CALLING]

- [CHURCH BELL TOLLS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DEEP DRUM MUSIC PLAYING]

I can't believe we're gonna be

trapped on this thing for 10 days.

I'm so sorry I dragged you into this.

[BIRDS CALLING]

[LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING]

- It's okay.

- Sir!

Hey, hey, it's okay.

Hey, Larry, Larry, Larry!

Hey, man, nice digs!

[CHUCKLES] I hope she floats.

I'm Tripp's friend, Keith Trubitsky.

I wanted to thank you for the

invite. I mean what a treat!

"The world is ugly and

the people are sad."

Wallace Stevens wrote that, and

he d*ed in 1955, the lucky f*ck.

Imagine if he saw the

dumpster fire it is now.

But all that ugliness stays on shore.

When we sail these rolling waters,

we leave the real world behind.

And let me tell you who

paid for the privilege.

You all know Mr. Lawrence

Collier by name and reputation.

He sails with his wife, Katherine,

to celebrate his retirement.

Every guest aboard this

vessel is important

because every one of them is

important to Mr. Lawrence Collier.

Their daughter, Anna, is expected

to take over for her father

as CEO of Collier Mills,

but this is no simple case of nepotism.

Anna Collier is a shark.

They can't come back and

want to renege on terms

that we already signed

to. Just tell them no.

TEDDY GOH: Her wife, Leila Collier,

a retired clickbait journalist,

requested a room on the

south side of the ship

to avoid 5G contamination.

Leila has certain peculiarities.

[SLIGHT CHUCKLE]

Anna's childhood friend, Imogene Scott,

was taken in by the Collier family

after her mother's grisly m*rder.

Anna's older brother,

Lawrence the third, or Tripp,

- is a self-employed entrepreneur.

- Hit me.

Goddammit! m*therf*cker

TEDDY: Tripp has launched

many enterprises,

all of which have failed.

What he has succeeded at is cocaine.

♪

NURSE: Here's your vitamin B12 IV drip.

TEDDY: Governor Alexandra Hochenberg

of the state of Washington

is up for reelection this fall.

She is a virtual shoo-in.

We've been working on this

deal for over a year

TEDDY: As might be expected,

the Colliers always travel

with their family lawyer.

After I got your

dipshit son into Vassar?

TEDDY: The Collier entourage

includes Father Toby Briggs,

well-known political kingmaker.

Father Toby drags along his son,

known to the world as That Derek.

Oh, yeah. These people rich.

TEDDY: That Derek is

a rising TikTok star.

What up, baddies? It's

your boy, That Derek.

Surely, in his celestial manse,

Wallace Stevens weeps for us all.

The Chun family operate a

global fast-fashion empire

overseen by matriarch Celia Chun.

Rumor has it the Chuns will announce

a sizable investment in Collier Mills

while they sail with us.

You may recognize their

personal security detail,

Rufus Cotesworth.

Once heralded as the

World's Greatest Detective,

he has been brought low by circumstance.

[RUFUS SNORING]

TEDDY: And finally, rounding

out our VIP guest list,

is Mr. Keith Trubitsky

of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Proof that money cannot buy taste,

good looks, charm or ability.

f*ck!

Our guests look to

you to transport them

to a bygone era of beauty and style.

It is a spell we cast. Do

not be the one to break it.

Dismissed.

[CREW CHATTER INDISTINCTLY]

TEDDY: Winnie, do you know what

the very best part of my job is?

Sunil lets me fire anyone I want.

You can't fire me.

Not if you don't want a

lecture from Mum at New Year's.

I worry.

There are temptations when you spend

so much time around these people.

You start to think like them,

you start to act like them.

But you can't,

because they have something that

protects them everywhere they go.

And what is that?

Money.

CREW [OVER PA]: Buongiorno,

ladies and gentlemen

[ELEVATOR DINGS, CHIMES]

[ANNOUNCEMENT CONTINUES OVER PA]

[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]

RUFUS: I'm Rufus.

I'm here to help with

your mother's case.

♪

[HEAVY BREATHS]

[RECEPTIONIST SPEAKING FRENCH]

I'd like to leave a note for a guest.

I'm just not sure what room he's in.

Rufus Cotesworth?

I'm sorry, but the itinerary

of each passenger is private.

So, he's not a guest.

I didn't say that.

Who's he working for?

Oh.

Good afternoon, Ms. Scott.

What message would you like

to leave Mr. Cotesworth?

Changed my mind.

I'd like to leave a message

for whoever he's working for.

"You hired a fraud. Cut your losses."

Aren't you gonna get a pen?

- I'll remember.

- [ELEVATOR DINGS, CHIMES]

TRIPP: Hey! Hey, hey,

hey! Hey, bud. Hey.

Just got off the call with HSBC

and they said they

never received your wire.

Oh, yeah, my advisor wanted

to take one last look, so

Ah, uh-huh. Yeah, I'm

not dickin' around, 'kay?

Deadline's a deadline.

Midnight tonight or else

get in a f*ckin' lifeboat,

get the f*ck off the ship.

Okay, tiger. [CHUCKLES]

Give me the thing.

- The prospectus.

- Yeah, sure. I'll read it right now.

- Okay.

- 'Kay?

All right.

- Oh, is this you?

- [DOOR LOCK BEEPS]

My, my sister's right across the hall.

Fancy that.

[MOANING]

[LEILA MOANING]

[ANNA MOANS]

[YELPS]

[BOTH LAUGHING]

See, we can have fun

on this trip. [LAUGHS]

Yeah. [EXHALES]

[CHUCKLES]

I know the plane was hard for you.

- I'm just saying. Y

- [LEILA SIGHS]

You did it.

We're here now and we're safe.

Nowhere is safe, Anna.

W You didn't find

any listening devices.

We're on a ship in

the middle of the ocean

- for a whole week.

- [LEILA SIGHS]

Let's take advantage.

Swim go dancing.

Close a three billion deal.

That too.

But I will make time for us.

♪

Will your father announce you tonight?

At the welcome party.

I'll come.

Really?

Maybe we can go dancing after.

[CHUCKLING]

[KNOCKS ON DOOR]

You're never gonna f*cking

guess who's on this ship.

Rufus Cotesworth is here, on the ship,

and he's working for the Chuns.

Private security.

The man's at the deep end

of a 20-year downslide.

- The man's a f*cking hack.

- This is a message from Celia Chun.

- Yes.

- Corporate due diligence.

It doesn't mean anything.

You're missing the point.

She's trying to intimidate us.

Well, then, Katherine, don't let her.

It's not me I'm worried about.

- If he snoops around in the wrong place

- He's a f*cking hack!

We have information that could bury him.

It would be mutually

assured destruction.

Still, it's bad form, and it

shows the Chuns don't trust us.

- I'm gonna talk to Eleanor.

- LLEWELLYN MATHERS: No, no.

If we look nervous, it means

we have a reason to be nervous.

We just keep it tight.

Do you even know how?

[SLIGHT CHUCKLE]

Okay, then. We stay the course.

I will not blow this deal

over Rufus f*cking Cotesworth.

[TAKES DEEP BREATH]

RUFUS: I'm here to help

with your mother's case.

I understand you're the only eyewitness.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

It rained that day.

I don't know.

It rains a lot here.

It did.

There was a chill in the air.

[DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLING]

Were you wearing that?

She let me borrow it.

- She was always worried about the cold.

- [DISTANT RAINFALL]

RUFUS: [CHUCKLES] My mum was the same.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

So you were there

in the car.

Yes.

♪

What do you have there?

Imogene you stole this from Anna.

She doesn't even know what it is, Mom.

It has a secret compartment,

and she had no idea.

You mean this?

[CHUCKLES]

It's a replica of the one in the study.

Yeah, I know, 'cause Mrs. Collier

keeps her first

engagement ring in there.

You know, the one she

got from that polo player?

You see things.

Things other people don't

even bother to notice.

Anyone can have a toy. You have a gift.

You're gonna make me

put it back, aren't you?

I sure am.

♪

No.

N-No, I can't get out of the car.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

[CRIES] Don't make

me get out of the car!

No! Don't! Mom, don't!

♪

[expl*si*n BLASTS]

- [GLASS SHATTERS]

- [SCREAMS] No! Mom, no!

[CRIES] No!

[GASPS]

No, Mom!

[SNIFFLES] No!

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[EXHALES]

[LIGHT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[EXHALES]

[LOCK BEEPING]

I see you.

- Hm?

- Have you been following me?

In Sydney?

In New York last month?

Hold on there. This is

the first time this Hoosier

has left the great state of Indiana.

Did you switch rooms to

spy on me and my wife?

Switch rooms? Oh, I

moved 'cause [INHALES]

last one was next to a

buncha screaming kids.

Who are you working for?

Lady, I think, maybe,

you're a little mixed up.

[LOCK BEEPS]

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[LOCK BEEPS]

[LIGHT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Pretty isn't it?

- [BARTENDER POURS DRINK]

- Yeah, it's a Gilbert Bayes.

He only made a few of these.

They must've paid a fortune

to have it installed here.

Yeah, it took three cranes.

Sunil.

I'm the, um

Oh, there's gotta be a better word

for it, but the mind disappoints.

- You own the boat.

- I do.

Mm.

You Americans never parse words.

Yeah, well, we're number

one in adult-onset diabetes,

so good with the bad.

It's incredible.

And it's real.

Down to every splinter. Yeah.

She's as real as we can

make her and still float.

You know, our rule

was, "If you can see it,

should've been made prior to 1955."

So, the glassware?

Curated from antique shops

across Ireland and Wales.

You know what was tricky?

- Hm?

- The towels.

Literally no one would

know the difference.

You did.

♪

Yeah, but they?

They don't care.

You wasted your money, friend.

GUEST: And where is your

lovely bride tonight?

Sadly, she is down with a migraine.

She sends her apologies.

She had an accident a few months ago.

I begged her to quit her job.

Now she's all alone in our

house while I'm working, and I

I don't know why I'm telling

you any of this. [CHUCKLES]

Mm.

Hey is tonight the night?

Dad does like to keep

people on their toes.

I swear to God, Anna, if

he fucks you over on this.

He's already teed it up with the board.

I'm next in line, it's

just a matter of when.

TRIPP [ON MICROPHONE]: Hey,

everyone. Hey, hi, yeah, thanks.

Uh, just wanna say thanks

so much for comin' out.

Thanks for being here

to honor my old man,

Papa Bear. [CHUCKLES]

My dad [SNIFFS]

a man with such high standards,

he wouldn't even hire his own son.

[CHUCKLING]

[GUESTS MURMUR]

Ah, anyway.

Ah, give it up for Lawrence

Collier, the second.

[GUESTS APPLAUDING]

I've always been a man of few words.

[GUESTS LAUGHING, APPLAUDING]

Mrs. Chun would be especially grateful

if you took the time to get to

know her granddaughter, Eleanor.

She's the pretty one.

SUNIL: Yes, but sadly, I believe Eleanor

prefers the company of the fairer sex.

And a stroll around the deck would

go a long way with the grandmother.

Whose pockets, may I remind

you, deep as the Mariana Trench.

LLEWELLYN: Imogene Scott.

You look just like your

mother did at that age.

Twenty-eight the best age.

Best age of all.

I'm looking forward to my 60s, actually.

Are you enjoying them?

Llewellyn, aren't you late for work?

The Hong Kong office opened an hour ago.

- Every time with this guy.

- It's embarrassing.

RUFUS: Everyone thought

that Contessa's jade necklace

had been lost forever.

There's just one thing separates

a detective like me from the rest.

I don't stop 'til I find the truth.

m*therf*cker.

I swear, I never met a

case I couldn't close.

- I am I'm a braggart. I am.

- [ALL LAUGHING]

- Hey!

- Stop me, stop me if I

Tell me, how much is the Chun family

paying you to taste their food?

Who are you?

Who am I?

Have we met?

[HUFFS]

- Oh! God!

- [GUESTS GASPING]

[RUFUS GROANING]

IMOGENE: No, no! Get off me!

No, no! Stop! [GROANS]

I swear I never met her before

in my entire life. [LAUGHS]

- [GRUNTS] Stop!

- Hey, hey, hey!

No. Don't touch me.

Please, Ms. Scott,

- will you go back to your room?

- Or what?

Huh, you're gonna throw me overboard?

[IMOGENE SIGHS]

Just so you know, he deserved it.

[SPEAKS FRENCH] Évidemment.

What's your name?

Jules.

Or, uh, Jules, if you prefer.

Fine.

I won't go back in there,

but I can't call it a night.

Wouldn't be fair to the dress.

Where's the real party on this dinghy?

I'm on duty clearly.

Clearly.

[Alors On Danse by Stromae playing]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ARTIST SINGING IN FRENCH]

Show me where you work. [PANTING]

♪

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

[Alors On Danse by Stromae continues]

[ITEMS CLATTERING]

How was the party?

It was amazing.

Everyone asked where you were, and

my dad didn't announce me as CEO.

And Imogene decided to make a scene

and chuck a glass at

Rufus Cotesworth's head.

Probably three stitches, maybe four.

So, I screamed at the ocean for a while,

and drank grappa with

that Italian couple.

I tried.

I know you did.

Ya just looked so

f*cking hot in that dress,

I wanted to show you off.

Anna,

the man across the hall.

Keith Trubitsky?

I am telling you, there

is no Keith Trubitsky.

[CHUCKLES]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[LOCK BEEPS, CLICKS]

- [GLASS SHATTERS]

- [SCREAMING]

♪

A bit gruesome,

and yet somehow poetic.

[SIGHS] I will take

care of it, of course.

- Wait. This is too much.

- Oh, please. I'm not paying.

The guy who is

he's not paying either.

- Corporate expense.

- Well,

you're fortunate to have such friends.

Everything has a price.

- What was yours?

- Mm I don't know.

Watching my mom's car

blow up in their driveway.

A joke.

I lost my parents, too.

Hm looks like we're both alone.

Jesus, I'm an assh*le.

Um I'm sorry.

No you don't wanna

hear a sad story right now.

Mm, it's actually the only kind I like.

Can I tell you a secret?

What?

- I don't like champagne.

- [IMOGENE CHUCKLES]

- [SPEAKS FRENCH] C'est dégueulasse.

- [KNOCKS ON DOOR]

- [RAPID KNOCKING ON DOOR]

- Okay!

Jules.

JULES: What is it, Nnamdi?

Dead? Are you sure?

NNAMDI: We are, sir.

JULES: Room 534. This is Mr. Trubitsky.

[GLASS SHATTERS]

[WHISPERS] f*ck.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[NUMBER PAD BEEPING]

[BEEPING]

[EXHALES]

TEDDY: Last night, Mr. Keith

Trubitsky was m*rder*d in his suite.

But we have taken all

the necessary precautions,

and are briefing the staff in shifts.

Our team has increased

security throughout the ship

to keep all of you and our

guests safe from further harm.

We're fortunate to have a

world-renowned detective on board,

Mr. Rufus Cotesworth.

He's been asked by Interpol

to lead the investigation

until we've docked in Palermo.

As such, none of our guests need

yet to be apprised of the situation.

Right.

Go on about your

business, shan't notice me.

[TAPE REWINDING]

♪

[MONITOR BEEPS]

[TAPE REWINDING]

[MONITOR BEEPS]

♪

[WATER RUNNING]

Jules?

[FAUCET SQUEAKS]

- Jules?

- Do you realize they sourced

vintage hand towels for

every room on this ship?

- Madness, that.

- Get out of my room.

I wouldn't do that, Ms. Scott.

- Ah, so, you do remember my name.

- [CHUCKLES] Came back to me.

Seven minutes, 23 seconds.

That's how long you were

in Mr. Trubitsky's suite.

♪

[HANGS UP RECEIVER]

I didn't k*ll him.

[INHALES] Interpol gets

their hands on this footage,

they will think differently.

- What do you want?

- I want to help you, Ms. Scott.

That's bullshit.

Fine.

I want the truth.

Oh, the truth?

Since when do you care about that?

Never gave up on the truth.

Truth gave up on me.

[SNICKERING]

That's so sad.

You know what?

You wanna show 'em the footage?

- [RUFUS EXHALES]

- Show them.

I can handle it.

Hm will your friend,

Anna, be so eager

to grease the wheels of justice

when she finds out you've been

skimming from the family firm?

♪

In 24 hours, Interpol

lands on this ship,

and you will be their prime

No.

Their only suspect.

Let me help.

YOUNG IMOGENE: I can't.

I'm trying to. It's just

- [SIGHS] I can't remember. I can't do this.

- RUFUS: All right, then.

We don't have to.

[RUFUS GRUNTING]

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

What are you writing?

Just a story. A little

story about a purple rabbit

who only likes to eat rose petals.

No, you're not. That's gibberish.

Is it?

[CHUCKLES]

"Once upon a time,

there was a purple rabbit

who ate rose petals day and night."

- It's a code.

- That it is.

And no one can read it.

Not without the primer.

- What's a primer?

- It's like a lock.

A keyword known only to me.

And whoever else I

trust with my thoughts.

First coded word of every

message, always the same.

Your primer.

That very thing.

See?

If you knew the primer was,

say, cat.

C-A-T.

Then you get a code.

A big, um, D, Q, I.

Now you know the D becomes C,

Q becomes A, I becomes T.

From there, you can get to

work decoding the whole mess.

How?

I use something called

frequency analysis.

Some letters are more

common than others.

Vowels, for instance.

You know what the most common

vowel in the English language is?

- "Truth."

- It's E.

No. "Truth."

That's your primer.

It's at the front of

every one of your messages.

The same letter in the

first and fourth place.

Not a vowel, a consonant.

T it's "truth."

Hm.

Perhaps I should be working for you.

[RUFUS CHUCKLES]

[RETCHES, COUGHING]

What am I doing here again?

RUFUS: I always work with an assistant.

- Read my book.

- [IMOGENE SIGHS]

RUFUS: It's a classic

locked-room m*rder.

No way in or out.

Yeah, well, I got in.

Aside from the door, windows

are hermetically sealed,

the floor is It's a floor.

We have surveillance that shows

no one came in or out

of the place all night,

present company excluded.

He's been dead four, maybe five hours,

based on the way the blood

is pooled in his extremities.

Wait, so it couldn't have been me.

I was here at, like, 2 a.m.

Let me show you.

Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead.

2:16.

I was here at 2:16. I can prove it.

We can show this to Interpol.

It's a start but it's not enough.

The real question is,

who would want Mr. Keith Trubitsky dead?

♪

Wait, do you smell that?

[SNIFFS] Two,

maybe three Mai Tais.

- Smoked salmon chaser.

- No, not

It's disinfectant.

Housekeeping was in here working

before they found Trubitsky.

Trampling my crime scene, no doubt.

Who knows what else she saw.

We must speak to the housekeeper.

[SPEAKING CANTONESE]

She didn't see anything.

Hm.

No, she said a lot more than that.

What? He always works with

an assistant. Read his book.

And that's you?

If she remembers

anything of consequence,

I'll be sure to inform you immediately.

Thank you.

Are you serious?

You're just gonna let her

push you around like that?

Housekeeper doesn't know anything.

And Ms. Goh is simply being

protective of her aunt.

In fact a not insignificant

amount of the crew are her relations.

And you speak Cantonese.

[SOFTLY] I dabble.

[SOFTLY] Dabble elsewhere.

Very well but the truth

will come out sooner or later.

And I prefer sooner as I like a nap.

♪

Hey, hey! What was that?

Huh? Why didn't you

press the housekeeper?

She didn't say anything.

She doesn't know anything.

No, that's bullshit.

They're hiding something.

Everyone on this ship

is hiding something.

Doesn't mean it's the

thing you're looking for.

Okay, but wait. No, hey, wait, wait.

You don't think it's a bit weird?

You and me, separated for 20 years.

All of a sudden, we're floating

around on some preposterous vacation

in the middle of nowhere,

and some assh*le gets himself m*rder*d.

- You don't like coincidences.

- Coincidences are just dressed-up clues.

Hm. Read my autobiography.

Yeah, I skimmed your stupid book.

♪

Oh, you know something

bigger is going on.

That's why you don't wanna

ask too many questions

in front of the staff.

That's why you cut out that

footage? That's why you came to me?

We can rely

only on ourselves.

We have no idea

who could be a part of

whatever this is.

[SIGHS] Okay.

- So, what now?

- Now we get to the fun part.

Get to figure out who's

messin' with us. Let's go.

What next?

I close the door

put the key card down.

No, no, no. No, I put it on the table.

Uh, the room is a wreck.

Uh, there's ketchup

stains on the carpet.

Shirt was on a chair, pink guayabera.

- No, no.

- [WHOOSH]

IMOGENE: No, it was green.

It's a green guayabera.

Mm I don't know. I don't know. I

Oh! Why can't I think?

Bog standard.

Memory is malleable.

Most witnesses distort the

truth without even realizing it.

Trust nothing. [WHISPERS] No one.

Especially yourself.

♪

[GLASSES RATTLE ON CART]

Wait.

No, I'm, I'm right, it was

green, but it wasn't on a chair.

There was a bar cart in the room

and it's not up there anymore.

[EXHALES]

Holy sh*t, that-that's

how they got in and out.

- Possibly.

- No, definitively.

Then the k*ller knows

something about you, too.

They were hiding in Trubitsky's suite.

They saw you make a hash of

his timepiece, nick 600 quid.

If you see this through,

it is possible that

you will be in danger,

that you already are.

Okay, so, so, if No, if

they rode out in the cart,

where'd, where'd they go? Where'd

they get off? Who saw them?

- I can talk to the staff.

- No, you don't trust the staff.

♪

I know what to do.

[EMPLOYEE WHISTLING]

♪

♪

Enjoy the ride, did ya?

IMOGENE: Cart stopped four

times. Twice on deck four.

Housekeeper dropped empty plates,

but the doors were

open into those suites,

so, k*ller could've

slipped into a room, maybe.

More likely, they got off here

[WHISPERING] 'cause there's no cameras.

Bit addictive, isn't it?

That feeling rushing through you.

[RUFUS CHUCKLES]

You know, I think we should

go back to the security room.

There's gotta be footage of

Wait, you've already

been to the security room.

You already saw the

cart get wheeled out.

You already knew everything

that I have just quote,

unquote "figured out."

I had a hunch.

What the f*ck, man?

It's more fun when you

unravel it yourself.

I'm out.

Wait, I'm sorry. I tr I tried

[SIGHS] Imogene.

You're good at this.

You've always been good at this.

Even when you were 10 years old,

I could see

you had a gift.

Was that before or after you

spent all the Colliers' money

and then dropped my mom's case?

You think that's what happened?

Soon as they stopped paying, you quit.

It's more complicated than that.

I was a kid,

and you made me believe

you were on my side.

I was.

I am.

And you were right.

There is a reason

that you and I are

on this ship together.

What reason is that?

I'm still trying to put

the final piece in place.

You know, I think I've

played your games long enough.

Then go.

Sleepwalk your way into the grave.

You will not leave a mark

on this world if you do.

[SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING]

I have a name Viktor Sams.

Does that mean anything to you?

LAWRENCE: No Should it?

I traced components of the

device that blew in your driveway.

Various parts purchased

by a Viktor Sams.

Likely an alias.

Three months on this case and

all you have is a fake name?

- Not a fake, sir. An alias.

- [LAWRENCE SIGHS]

RUFUS: Question now is whose.

Well, I don't have a g*dd*mn clue, do I?

[FOOTSTEPS RETREATING]

RUFUS: I know you're in there.

Viktor Sams? That's who k*lled my mom?

Now we just need to unmask him.

I'll see this through no matter what.

I promise.

Jules?

[SIGHS]

SUNIL: He's workin' the Gallipoli event.

Um thanks.

I know that look.

You wanna punch somethin' or someone?

What are you even doing here?

It'd bore you. [CHUCKLES]

Uh, it's numbers-matching

Chris Craft engine.

Right nightmare to

maintain, but it sounds good.

Right, so this is why you're single.

You're in love with your toys.

Who said I was single?

Well, you cut your

hair, day before we left?

Lost 10 pounds, recently.

Hopin' to meet someone.

Or she broke your heart.

She liked me better as a banker.

Oh.

- She was a bitch.

- [BOTH CHUCKLING]

No, I

I wasn't any fun.

And I was angry.

I hated the whole ugly world.

Yeah, well, it's perfectly hate-able.

It is.

So, I quit and I put everything

I own into making that ship,

into making somethin'

perfect, somethin' real.

Are you happy now?

[INHALES] I have a purpose.

I know, it's it's a bit

odd. It's hard to explain,

but I,

I think it all found me.

I just had to step onto the path.

And leave your mark.

Yeah, exactly.

[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]

[GENTLE, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

RUFUS: Pay attention. Details matter.

If you want to solve a crime, any crime,

you must first learn to

see through the illusion.

But you'll never succeed

with just one pair of eyes.

That's why I always

work with an assistant.

To dig out the truth behind every lie.

To wake you from a week-long drunk,

if need be.

To sort the run-of-the-mill

liar from the prime suspect.

m*rder*d in his stateroom

via harpoon g*n, apparently.

Wait, Keith Trubitsky. Are ya sure?

LLEWELLYN: What I was told.

[SPEAKING MANDARIN]

[FOOTSTEPS]

TEDDY: I've gathered all

of the guests, save one.

- Lawrence Collier?

- His exact words were, "f*cking hack."

- We have a history.

- I intuited that from context.

Would you like to begin questioning?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[GLASS CLINKING]

As you all know a man has

been m*rder*d on this ship.

k*ller is among us.

I've been studying each of you,

and have learned devastating facts.

♪

RUFUS: I'm sorry.

YOUNG IMOGENE: You haven't

found Viktor Sams yet.

- You aren't finished!

- But I am.

What about my mom?

- You promised!

- I should not have done that.

YOUNG IMOGENE: Don't

go. Please don't go!

Please!

[CRYING]

RUFUS: I don't like coincidences.

Trust nothing. No one.

I always work with an

assistant. Read my book.

There is a reason

that you and I are on

this ship together.

Keith Trubitsky was your assistant?

That's why you were on the

Varuna? You were working a case?

Rufus!

What case?

I think you know.

[CRYING]

[SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING]

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

RUFUS: I will be questioning

you, individually.

After careful consideration,

- I would like to begin with

- I'll go first.

[MYSTERY BY WIPERS PLAYING]

♪ You think I'm retrospective ♪

♪ Of someone you used to know ♪

♪ I think it's indecision ♪

♪ That leaves us a long way to go ♪

♪ But you say, "It's not that way" ♪

♪ Try to make amends,

so it will never end ♪

♪ I always tried to wonder ♪

♪ How it must feel to be real ♪

♪ In one door out the other ♪

♪ Undercover, do you think it shows? ♪

♪ But you say, "It's not that way" ♪

♪ Try to make amends ♪

♪ So it will never end ♪

♪ You don't care about it ♪

♪ You don't care about it ♪

♪ You don't care about it ♪

♪ You don't care about it ♪

♪ But can't you see ♪

♪ It's a mystery ♪

♪

[SONG FADES]

- [BIKE BELL RINGS]

- [CHILD GIGGLES]

[MOTOR WHIRRS]