Marino

## Behind the scenes

**"Marino"** is the seventeenth episode of *Servant*. It debuted on 26 February, 2021, on Apple TV+, as the seventh episode of season 2.

## Plot

Leanne is staring at the TV watching the news report on the shooting at Mrs Marino’s house. George notes that disobedience comes at a cost. He goes into a trance on the sofa staring forwards, and Leanne walks out the room. Dorothy asks Sean to go and find Leanne while she stays with George.

Locking herself upstairs, Leanne says to Sean that she should never have come and that Sean should leave her alone. Back in the living room, Dorothy and Julian try to get through to George with no luck - they are perplexed as to what he is doing. Upstairs, Sean asks Leanne to tell him more about why she was sent to the Marino place. She says she was sent there by someone who reads the signs, everybody has their place. She says she broke the rules, but does not answer Sean when he asks what happens when rules are broken.

Dorothy begins to search for leads in relation to The Church of the Lesser Saints to find evidence to see if they have done something like this before. Julian confronts George in the hope of snapping him out of the trance. When he gets close to him, he begins to grunt, startling Julian. Leanne begins to hit herself with a crop upstairs. Back downstairs, while researching, Dorothy phones 8 News for updates on the Marino shooting and she finds out it was a triple homicide, with a little boy missing. Leanne listens to this through the floorboards, and moves away finding a note with “S3rg10.games” written on it.

In the living room, Julian is panicking about the shooting and worried about what their fate might be. Dorothy reassures him that they have leverage, with George and Leanne in their house. They are interrupted by a knock at the door and it is Officer Reyes. She says there is no news about Jericho, but she asks if she can come in and while she does, Julian and Sean carry George out of the living room. Reyes wants to talk to Sean alone but Dorothy insists she is involved. Reyes mentions the shooting and is aware that Leanne is missing. She knows the Turners are involved and places leaflets for Cheesus Crust on the table, noting how legal it is what they have done. Dorothy insists that the cult is involved and demands the officers take it seriously. Reyes is alarmed to hear a noise which comes from George which Julian quickly stops. Reyes quickly makes sure the Turners understand that Mr Marino left a note and they are looking for a body, the cult is not involved.

Upstairs, Leanne is watching a video by Sergio Marino where he is talking about ‘’Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered’’. She is distressed watching this, and during the video she appears on camera as a special guest. With the video playing, she makes a lot of crosses like the one she made when she first arrived at the Turner house. During the video, Leanne makes sure Sergio eats well. She then begins to chase Sergio, but is interrupted by Mr Marino who says it is nice to see Sergio happy.

Reyes asks for a drink and she begins to follow Sean out but Dorothy is able to stop her by complaining she has a headache. She goes into the bathroom while Reyes moves to the kitchen, where George has been moved to the other side of the kitchen counter. Reyes says to Sean she is very concerned and also says she would like to look round the house, off the record. Sean follows her and Dorothy sees the pair go upstairs. They make their way to the area where Dorothy has done her research into the cult and Reyes responds that she had also researched the cult, and believes them to be long gone. She is also concerned with Dorothy’s fascination with Leanne and decides she wants to check the house out further. She goes up into the attic room much to the dismay of Sean and sees a lot of crosses in there which she believes Dorothy made. Sean goes along with this. She leaves the room after feeling dizzy with a cross in her jacket, and Leanne shows herself once they leave.

Dorothy begins to walk Reyes out and Sean goes to George in the bathroom where the Turners have now tried to conceal him. Reyes notes the Turners can call her anytime - she will be an honest friend.

Leanne comes downstairs clutching a bible, and sees that Sergio’s body has now been found, having sustained three bullet wounds to the side of the head. In the bathroom, Dorothy confronts George in an attempt to get Jericho back and slaps him. She is interrupted by a package which is a box containing a Betamax tape. George exits the bathroom and says the answer has come and they must show Leanne the tape tonight - the Turners though confirmed they don’t have a Betamax player. He goes upstairs with the box, while Dorothy says to Julian and Sean that they have called their bluff, while holding up a note.

Leanne tears down all her crosses while distraught, and breaks the crop, with the glass ceiling shattering above her. Sean applies the substance George makes to his burned hand. George sits on a bed, opening the box more fully to reveal more items, picking out a knife.

## Cast

### Starring

* Lauren Ambrose as Dorothy Turner
* Toby Kebbell as Sean Turner
* Rupert Grint as Julian Pearce
* Nell Tiger Free as Leanne Grayson

### Guest-Starring

* Boris McGyver
* Victoria Cartagena
* Molly Griggs

### Co-Starring

* Hudson Barry
* Charles Hagan