Quick Summary
A tourist is stabbed while travelling alone down a single floor in the hotel’s lift. The incident prompts a team investigation into the case. Their inquiry reveals that the family linked to the event hides numerous skeletons in their closets.
About This Program ✦
Murder Going Down is a television programme presented as a single episode. Classified within the crime‑drama genre, it follows the conventions of an investigative series, concentrating on a particular homicide. The format is self‑contained, delivering the entire narrative within one broadcast slot. The episode’s central event centres on a tourist who becomes the victim of a violent attack while inside a hotel lift. As the elevator descends a single floor, the traveller finds themselves alone when a knife is used to stab them. The assault occurs entirely within the confined space of the lift. During the subsequent investigation, the team uncovers a family that appears to harbour numerous skeletons in its closets. This suggests that the household contains a variety of concealed matters, each potentially significant to the case. The discovery indicates that the family’s hidden history may be intertwined with the circumstances of the tourist’s death. The remainder of the episode follows the investigators as they attempt to link the lift stabbing with the family’s concealed issues. By bringing these hidden elements to light, the team hopes to clarify the motives and connections that led to the fatal attack. The narrative concludes with the team confronting the implications of the family’s undisclosed past.
Death in Paradise broadcasts on RTE One +1 at 12:45am, Friday, 13 February 2026. (Subtitles, repeat)



