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The Thursday Murder Club

CastHelen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Richard E. Grant, Tom Ellis, Geoff Bell, Paul Freeman, Ingrid Oliver
Year released2025
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Psychiatrist Ibrahim Arif: "... unprocessed trauma can cause behavior." 
Retired MI6 officer Elizabeth Best: ”... some medical expertise.” (0:01)

Retired trauma nurse Joyce Meadowcroft tells her hedge fund manager daughter Joanna, "... we even have llamas as support animals.”
”... humans do that under severe stress too..." (0:03)

Joanna tells Joyce, "... I worry about you..." (0:04)

Elizabeth tells Joyce, "... you have some sort of medical training..." (0:05)

Businessman Ian Ventham tells handyman Bogdan, "... I’m not worried about..." (0:08)

Ibrahim tells Joyce, "... but don’t worry..." (0:10)

Elizabeth tells Joyce, "... in need of medical expertise..." Structure
Joyce: ”... these files are all confidential.” (0:10)

Retired veterinarian John Gray tells Elizabeth, referring to his wife Penny, "... She was going crazy with boredom... kept her sane..." 
Elizabeth, referring to her husband Stephen: ”... that type of dementia... smart, clear...” (0:14)

Stephen tells Elizabeth, "... it worried me..." (0:15)

Ibrahim answers police constable Donna De Freitas, "Psychiatrist. I specialized in helping war veterans with PTSD." (0:19)

Ventham’s business partner Tony Curran appears to have suffered a traumatic head injury. (0:27)

De Freitas's superior DCI Chris Hudson, referring to Curran: "... blunt trauma to the right side of the head..." (0:28)

Ibrahim tells his retired union leader friend Ron Ritchie, "... You’re way too smart..." (0:30)

Her friend Stephen Best tells Elizabeth, "... don’t worry about me." 
”... You were obsessed...” (0:31)

Elizabeth tells De Freitas, "... That is a trait I admire..." 
De Freitas: ”I can’t share anything confidential.” (0:35)

Ibrahim tells Hudson, "Please excuse Ron’s behavior..." (0:36)

Elizabeth asks Joyce, "... in confidence, of course?" (0:39)

By telephone, Joyce tells Joanna, "... it does sound a bit bonkers..." (0:40)

Hudson tells De Freitas, "... To be honest..." (0:41)

Joyce: "... with kindness and cake." 
Elizabeth: ”... what a clever daughter...” (0:43)

Ibrahim: "... wasn’t it Jung who said...?" 
De Freitas: ”He had a smart watch...” (0:45)

Ibrahim tells the others, "... Just be patient." (0:53)

Hudson tells Ventham, "You seem very worried..." (0:55)

By telephone, Elizabeth tells De Freitas, "Bobby Tanner?... mixed up in drugs..." 
Elizabeth runs into a cemetery. (0:58)

Ron addresses a group at a cemetery.
Referring to Joyce: ”... Such a wise woman.” (1:00)

Ron tells the others, referring to Ventham, “ He was very stressed.”
Elizabeth: ”... overdose of fentanyl...” 
Ibrahim: ”Where did this fentanyl come from?” 
Joyce: ”Medical professionals used it in anesthesia and pain relief... a high dose can be absolutely fatal." 
Ron: ”... access to needles and drugs...” 
Elizabeth: ”... a lethal dose...” (1:07)

Elizabeth tells Bogdan, "... It’s a force of habit..." (1:11)

Elizabeth and Bogdan walk through the cemetery. 
Bogdan, referring to Stephen: “You put something in his tea?”
”Elizabeth, ”Yes, to help him sleep, a pill...” 
Bogdan, referring to his mother: ”... She don't always remember me...” (1:16)

Cemetery (1:18)

Hudson tells Elizabeth, "Oh, silly me..." 
Elizabeth: ”... such a shock...” 
Hudson: ”I’m losing my patience...” (1:19)

Ibrahim tells Hudson, referring to Ron’s son Jason, "... to be present for his son’s psychiatric evaluation... clear signs of PTSD... negligence case." 
Joyce asks Jason, ”Having an affair?” (1:24)

Ibrahim tells De Freitas, referring to the flowers, "... the most toxic arrangement..." 
”Donna, you read my mind...” (1:27)

Criminal florist Bobby Tanner answers Elizabeth: "... the only honest thing about me." 
Elizabeth tells De Freitas, ”Don’t worry...” 
Tanner: ”... shock horror...” (1:31)

Bogdan: "You’re a clever man, Stephen." (1:34)

Prescription bottles: temazepam, other benzodiazepine? 
Elizabeth tells Stephen, referring to his tea, ”... It could be poisoned.” 
Ron punches Bogdan in the face. (1:36)

Ibrahim(?), referring to Jason, ”... doesn’t look nervous at all." 
Joyce: ”I’m nervous.”
Ron: ”I’m nervous.” (1:39)

John Gray tells Elizabeth, referring to Penny, "... She’d seen too many abusers go free." 
Elizabeth: ”You keep a few syringes in that drawer...” 
Elizabeth, holding syringes: ”What’s in these syringes, John? Is it a massive dose of fentanyl?...” 
Elizabeth tells Penny, ”... Sweet dreams, darling...” (1:42)

Burial of Penny and John (1:45)

Joanna tells Joyce, "... after Dad died..." (1:48)

Joyce tells Ibrahim, ".. Gerry was so nervous, but what a sweet man..." (1:50)

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