Pearl Marston (Death in Paradise)

Pearl Marston (Tanya Reynolds) is a villainess from "Murder from Above", the Season 7 premiere of Death in Paradise (airdate January 4, 2018). She was the daughter of Philip Marston, the owner of a chain of hotels. Her backstory revealed that Pearl quit school at 16 to pursue acting, only to find work in a few small roles and modelling--leading her to largely depend on her father's wealth to live.
The episode began with Philip being on the verge of marrying Diane Smith, the head of HR for his company, only for Diane to die on the day prior to their wedding in what appeared to be a suicide. When questioned by DI Jack Mooney and Florence Cassell, Pearl and her two other siblings, Karen and Stephen, spoke fondly of Diane, with Pearl claiming she was distraught over a recently published article regarding the child she gave up in her youth.
But as revealed in the episode's climax, Pearl had not only hired a private investigator to leak the story about Diane to the media, but also conspired with Karen and Stephen to kill Diane. All three of the siblings worried that Diane's marriage to their father would put their lives of leisure in jeopardy. Along with preparing to force Pearl to get a job with the family business and stop living off Philip's money, Diane had also refused to sign the pre-nup Karen wanted her to agree to and was planning to report Stephen for sexually harassing her. Pearl's role in the plot was to lure Diane to Stephen's hotel room, where Stephen instigated an argument with Diane while Pearl went into Diane's room.
Once there, the evil Pearl locked the door and sent Philip a text on Diane's phone making it appear that Diane was prepared to commit suicide, later faking Diane's voice when Philip came to the room to stop her. Upon hearing Pearl's cry to Philip, Stephen shoved Diane off his hotel balcony to her death, with Pearl hiding in the bathroom as Philip broke the door open and discovered Diane's body. Pearl then joined her father on the balcony, allowing herself and her siblings to appear to have alibis for Diane's death. But ultimately, the map of the siblings' rooms allowed for Jack to realize the truth of Diane's death and the Marston siblings' murder plot against their soon-to-be stepmother.
Jack and Florence gathered the Marston family together to reveal the truth, with Jack revealing how Pearl had been behind the article about Diane and how she'd assisted Stephen in killing her and establishing alibis for him and Karen. After Jack's summation, Pearl was handcuffed and arrested along with Karen and Stephen.
Category:2010s
Category:Bondage Used On Villainess
Category:Brunette
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murderer
Category:Murder: Indirect
Category:Rich
Category:Sibling
Category:Spoiled
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested