Death in Paradise (TV Series) Episode #13.8 (2024) User Reviews

Thanks for the last five years Ralph, a good end to the series.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 25 March 2024]

Neville is all set to leave the island, whilst waiting to board his plane he chats to a man named Kurt, when he wakes up the other end, the man isn't on the plane, but has been found dead on the beach in Saint Marie.

Neville's entire journey has been somewhat quirky from the off, so it was somewhat fitting that his final case is a somewhat bizarre affair.

Well imagined, and well contrived, it seemed almost impossible for the victim to have ended up on the beach, the solution was unexpected, it worked well. I was as intrigued to discover whether Noel would end up with Florence, as I was to learn the killer's identity, very much in keeping with Neville's journey.

Very nicely acted as always, a well assembled cast for this series finale. It's been so wonderful, so nostalgic having Swathe and Florence back.

I wonder if we'll have to wait until Christmas to learn who will take over Policing the deadly Island, the whole rigmarole of names coming forward will begin again.

Thanks Ralph Little, and good luck with your next project, I've really taken to Neville.

8/10.

Still enjoyable, keep on

[kgaby71 · 8/10 · 25 March 2024]

This episode I as enjoyable. This season has seen a lot of familiar faces and it feels good to see them back on Sainte-Marie.

The solution is often related to a wrong timescale. The murder being committed either before or after the time of death the investigators believed was right. But we are offered clues here and there to be part of the investigation.

Even if the same methods are coming back, the series is still enjoyable, the landscape beautiful, the characters appealing, with a large dose of humour. It is still fun to try and find who done it and how. So please continue with the show for several seasons.

Best episode of an utterly mediocre season!

[jologo-12649 · 8/10 · 25 March 2024]

I fundamentally agree with the other two reviewers for the reasons they gave that the series is in decline and should probably end now, notwithstanding that it's apparently been renewed for at least one more season. That said, I think this last episode was probably the best of season 13, although that's not saying much.

Not to break the mould, it employed the writers' favorite trick to solve the case - the deceptive timeline - albeit in a somewhat unusual manner. The subplot romance between Neville and Florence set up in the prior episode, though scarcely credible, provided a superficially satisfying sail-off-into-the-sunset fairytale ending to the season.

Personally, I was hoping that Florence would be appointed "Inspector" of the St. Marie Police Force. Though I'm by no means an advocate of "progressive" casting, isn't it high time a local/Caribbean, or at least a qualified non-male and non-white police officer, like DI Florence Cassell, be appointed to head homicide investigations in Honore?

Starting Over...hopefully

[labenji-12163 · 7/10 · 8 April 2024]

With both Ralf Little and Tahj Miles departure it's a great time to recast. Perhaps keep Don Warrington as the Commissioner for one more season to usher in the new cast. Dwayne is just a bit too old to reprise his role, I would have been okay with Shantol Jackson staying as a Sergeant, but never bought her as a Detective, I mean I realize the actress is 31, she just looks 16, but she is just not a strong enough actress, with all of the unnecessary facial expressions and the pouting thing she does when she is trying look serious, just don't believe she can carry the show with a season lead actor/actress.

I mean if they are really considering Martin Clunes as the new Inspector the 30 year age difference between him and Jackson would be too distracting, I think they should have just left her as a police sergeant. I like the character Darlene, but again a 50+ year old becoming a police officer is a stretch, why couldn't she remain a civilian employee?

While I don't see Martin Clunes taking the role, simply due to his having to spend much of the time in Guadeloupe filming at his age and the fact that he doesn't have to go off the grid to find work...I think he would be wonderful in the role, he may see it as too similar to his Doc Martin character... I'm also in favor of Idris Elba, although that's a long shot.

Whoever they pick, I hope we see a brand new team and a different format, can't wait to see what shakes out, because it may become the The Death of Death in Paradise.

Episode 8

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 25 March 2024]

The end of the thirteenth series and DI Neville Parker is leaving but he does not get very far.

Booze and antihistamines do not mix. He gets drowsy in the plane and dozes off. A passenger Kurt Henderson has disappeared mid flight.

While Commissioner Selwyn Patterson tells Parker that a body has been found in Saint Marie. A man who fits Parker's description of Kurt Henderson. He has been shot dead.

So was Kurt Henderson ever on the plane? Or was he just imagined by Parker as he was drowsy. Parker is back on the case instead of exploring Dominica.

Stories like this always remind me of the movie Flightplan. Either the passenger is somewhere on the plane or somehow surreptitiously got off. In this case this was a small plane.

DI Parker finds everyone else on the plane had something to hide. Kurt was having an affair with a married woman. So there were plenty of motives to kill him.

I did think it might have been a stretch as to how Kurt got off the plane and then out of the airport.

It was secondary to Parker's departure story. Ralf Little has called it a day as Parker gets a happy ending with DS Florence Cassell.

About new DI

[misisix · 30 March 2024]

This series is very lovely because it was able to create a story inspired by the riddles and codes of the famous author Agatha Christie and show the audience how to solve the mystery in the way of the famous detective Poirot. One of the interesting points of the series is that none of the characters created in the position of DI have the right ability to solve the puzzle.

Now in the new season we have to see a new DI and I would like to see three of the actors I know in this role. First, Rachael Stirling, who I think is a very good actress and could be a different DI. John Light, who had a negative role in the series Father Brown, also has a lot of abilities, and I think he can be useful if he appears in this series. The last person I really want to be the new DI for this series is Peter Capaldi, who had both a successful run on Doctor Who and is a very attractive character. If Mr. Capaldi becomes the new DI of Saint Mary's, I can safely say that it will be the best season of the series because he has proven in other series that he can play the role of a mystery solver and detective well and his place in the series it is empty. Keeley Hawes is also a good choice for this series. An actor from Canadian series named Ennis Esmer can be interesting in this series. I really like the movement of DIs in this series because it adds variety to the series and prevents it from becoming repetitive...

I think it's time to get rid of Catherine.

[IByte ! · 6/10 · 13 April 2024]

Say what? Why would you want to get rid of a character that seems so kind and motherly? Yes, you heard me right. For several episodes spread over the past two seasons, she has given me the impression of being a person who presumes to know everything better when it comes to the emotional world, forcing people to do her will and getting very angry when she doesn't get her way. During the daughter story in season 12, she got very cross with Selwyn, when the only 'evidence' of his transgressions was a three second audio effect of him zoning out. At the end of episode 3 of season 13, she suggested the culprits should get away with murder (because, you know, men are evil, according to modern lore), which led to me considering to just quit this show altogether. In the current episode, well, it could have been the perfect happy ending (albeit a little predictable and deus ex machina, perhaps), but they somehow ruined it a bit for me. Are you there because you want to, or because that bossy five letter b word got her angry face on again? It seems the writers are getting worse at doing the emotional backstory, and it occurred to me that most of my least favourite episodes include one of her hissy fits. So yes, I do think it is time to get rid of this presumptuous character. I am now rather less excited about the upcoming season than I was before.

(Oh, you wanted a review of the rest of the episode? Well, enough plot twists to keep us entertained, as usual.)

Very convoluted episode.

[lizzieqever · 2/10 · 5 April 2024]

Normally these are really high quality mysteries. This one was really a stinker. So many plot holes.

Why did the murder victim have to pay the third guy on the plane $50k? He really didn't have to pay anyone I live in the pilot. And why did they all lie about it? What's the point of that? The guy got off the plane. Just tell the police the guy got off the plane. Why in the world would the pilot not do that? He had his plain impounded all he had to do was just say the guy got off the plane.

Then the actual murderer brings a silencer with them apparently to use with the gun that his wife just fired. Why in the world would he have a silencer with him and not a gun? Why would the guy who the Wife shot at and sit there for two minutes doing nothing? Wouldn't you go grab the gun that she dropped wouldn't get away maybe? You can't have plot twist just have plot twists. Unless it's thought out and all fits together it's stupid!

Let's hope this is a one off piece of bad writing.

Time to call it a day?

[lynnemorris-74090 · 3/10 · 24 March 2024]

The format was a bit daft when it started with Ben Miller but the interesting plots and famous name actors made it worth watching. However over 13 series the format has become tired and the latest series has been poor. Storylines are increasingly incredible and most of the acting is wooden with some notable exceptions. One imagines the filming team thinking let's get this scene in the bag so we can get back to our luxury hotels for a few margaritas. The final episode of this series was particularly silly and the romance side story was unnecessary. Maybe it's time for a dignified death for Death in Paradise.

Implausible

[n-wolter · 3/10 · 10 April 2024]

I quite like this show, but this last episode was bad. I tried to figure out what might have happened. One of the things that was most confusing for me was where the gun ended up. If Kurt left the plane right before take-off, he's killed on the beach while the plane is in the air and the plane becomes a crime scene and is (presumably) locked right after it landed in Dominica, then when did Taylor hide the gun on the plane?

The writing wasn't good on this one, and the connection between Neville and Florence not convincing. I used to like Dwayne, but he's way too much of a caricature these last few episodes, that was annoying. I do like Naomi, but her clothing often looks off, wrong for her, in some way and her connection with Marlon seemed a bit far-fetched. I'm also sorry for Darlene that she has to run around in that stupid, impractical uniform.

I can't say I look forward to the next season, tbh.

Rip Nevelle. Onto the next detective.

[ewansearch · 1/10 · 26 March 2024]

Wow. Have just finished the episode and what a boring tedious watch. I was so excited to watch one more episode and sad the series was ending but would have been so much better leaving it an episode early. The boring unbearable love life of Nevelle is something I will never be interested in. The murder was uninteresting. And it involved a plane and hallucinations. I don't know how they managed to make that boring that's ingredients for some awesome sauce if you ask me. I think it would've been a better episode if his plane crashed like he was scared of in the first scene. Rip nevelle. Onto the next detective.

Rather awful.

[sequencechase-22940 · 2/10 · 26 March 2024]

Neville's solving of the case was lame, and yet all the "natives" are made to fawn and praise his utter mediocrity. Ugh! Dear God, when will colonialism end on Saint Marie?! Wouldn't it be awesome if the next DCI they send from London was Idris Elba? 🙏 To be fair, Raif Litle gave it his all, but the writers have given him nothing to work with. They also don't even seem to look at the previous episodes; In this one, Dwayne says, "why am I not surprised he has his own metal detector," even though a few seasons back, Dwayne has a big sight-gag showing up with... a metal detector! The show has become dependent on bringing back old characters, but who they really need to bring back is Robert Thorogood, the original writer. ✍🏼

Sloppy Performance with Terrible Music

[pepperway · 4/10 · 25 March 2024]

I wondered whether this episode was left to the work experience bods to get it done as fast as possible. But then again, they would have made a better job of it.

Some of the camera work, particularly scenes in the police office, was so distracting that I couldn't concentrate on the story. Coupled with some less than on the ball acting and the execrable and continuous music that drowned out what they were saying, the whole thing was sloppy beyond belief.

This is all a great pity because a lot could have been made of the story, which was a bit more original and interesting than those of recent previous episodes. Ben Miller coming on at the end would have been a highlight.

If this series is to continue for a further season then I hope they get a new inspector and also probably new script writers and director, in order to refresh the show.

End it now

[xmasdaybaby1966 · 2/10 · 24 March 2024]

Well, after all the cameos from old characters in recent weeks then this is probably a good place to end the show.

The show is tired, plots are thin and the acting seems most wooden.

Over 20p shows is a great achievement and we gave Beyond Paradise to take on the baton.

It must be time to say good bye to the Caribbean.

What do you think sleepin_dragon?

Well, after all the cameos from old characters in recent weeks then this is probably a good place to end the show.

The show is tired, plots are thin and the acting seems most wooden.

Over 20p shows is a great achievement and we gave Beyond Paradise to take on the baton.

It must be time to say good bye to the Caribbean.

What do you think sleepin_dragon?