The BEST episodes of Death in Paradise
Every episode of Death in Paradise ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Death in Paradise!
Murders and mojitos. Fresh off the plane, a British detective joins the police force on the luscious Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
#1 - Chain Reaction
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2021
Neville's attempts to embrace island life backfire when, during a game of beach volleyball, a sandfly bite lands him in hospital. His time on the ward takes a shocking turn when a nurse takes her own life during a night shift. Marlon gives JP some unusual advice to help his twins sleep.
#2 - Fake or Fortune
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/5/2021
Neville must solve a mystery from the past that unlocks the truth of who murdered the concert pianist and why. Help is at hand with the return of a former sergeant.
#3 - I'll Never Let You Go
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/18/2021
A man confesses to murdering his boss despite being unable to remember what happened. Convinced that things aren't as simple as they seem, Neville determines to uncover the truth and unveil the real killer.
#4 - Flames of Love
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2016
Sian Evans is found shot dead in her backpackers hostel showers. With a gun in her hand and her body slumped against the door, it all points to suicide. All the hostel residents are on a boat tour except for her boyfriend, the manager, a woman missing from her home in Wales and Leo, a recent arrival. Humphrey and the team discover they all had a motive to kill Evans . The only clues are her toiletries laid out and her missing towel. JP marries Rosey Fabrice and Humphrey meets an old girlfriend.
#5 - The Stakes Are High
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2018
DI Mooney and the team enter the high-stakes world of poker when a finalist is poisoned during the Caribbean Poker Masters tournament. With the only suspects sitting around the table and even a twitch of an eye can reveal a player’s hand, just how did the killer commit murder?
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#6 - The Blood Red Sea
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2016
When the salvage of the 400 year old silver coin hoard from a sunken ship is completed, the leader of a Marine Salvage team, Tosh Walker, is found dead with a stab wound to the chest. The evidence leads to prime suspect, rival treasure hunter, Newton Farrell, who argued with Walker earlier; but he is alibied by Catherine at the time that Walker's wife received a phone call from Walker claiming Farrell had stabbed him.
#8 - Murder from Above
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2018
DI Mooney and his team are tested when a hotel billionaire’s fiancee falls from a balcony the day before her lavish wedding and everything points to suicide... except for the fact that the victim only painted one fingernail.
#9 - Written in Murder
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2018
When famous thriller author Frank O’Toole is found stabbed through the heart in the middle of the ocean, Jack and his team are baffled. But as the spotlight turns on Frank’s closest friends and family and secrets are exposed, Jack uncovers a murder plot worthy of one of his novels.
#10 - Murder Begins at Home
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2019
A horse-trekking expedition is cut short when Jack discovers the dead body of a rider in the most unexpected of places: the police station itself.
#12 - Murder on the Day of the Dead
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2018
The island’s Day of the Dead celebrations are cut short by a woman’s death. DI Mooney and the team must navigate the waters of the elitist Yacht Club to catch the killer.
#13 - Beyond the Shining Sea (2)
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2019
In the conclusion of a two-part episode, Jack and his team face the toughest challenge of their lives when tragedy strikes close to home.
#14 - The Complex Murder
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2016
Humphrey buys himself a new boat, and a millionaire philanthropist is murdered on his yacht.
#15 - A Personal Murder
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2016
Dwayne's old mentor, Cedrik, is found dead and as he is being cremated a text message saying "I was murdered" from his phone that Dwayne had placed in the coffin, is received by Dwayne. Evidence from a pillow indicates murder. The suspects are Cedrik's three friends and his girlfriend. Goodman is also confused as to why the victim gave Dwayne a lucky necklace and had ordered a cheap mail order watch two days before he died.
#16 - A Dash of Sunshine
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2013
There is an unwelcome blast from the past for DI Richard Poole when a former colleague turns up in Saint Marie. Will an extra detective on the Caribbean island prove to be a help to Richard and the team as they try to explain a seemingly random killing, or a hindrance?
#17 - Dishing Up Murder
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2016
After chef Robert Holt is discovered fatally stabbed, with his body turning up in a freezer the morning after the opening of his new restaurant, DI Goodman and the team are left clueless as to who is responsible. Most of the victim's loved ones were at the event, but Humphrey realises that Holt's brother, Gary, was absent and wonders if he could have committed the crime.
#18 - Lost Identity
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2016
Goodman's aunt Mary comes to visit him, but things take an unexpected turn when she becomes the only witness to the murder of John Green, a tourist, thrown from his balcony in the next hotel room. A check on Green's background reveals that he did not exist until five years ago and the first thing he did upon arriving was meet career criminal Neil Jenkins; resident on Saint Marie for the last nine years.
#19 - The Impossible Murder
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/2017
Humphrey and Martha's romantic weekend at the remote Hotel Cecile is disrupted by the murder of the hotel owner on the first night of their stay.
#20 - Erupting in Murder
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/2017
The death of a scientist on the side of a live volcano proves a difficult case to crack for Humphrey and his team when everything appears to point to a death from natural causes.
#21 - Man Overboard (1)
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/2017
A murder investigation propels the team to London in pursuit of their suspects.
#22 - Man Overboard (2)
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/2017
The team race against the clock in London to solve two murders, after their prime suspect is found dead. Meanwhile, Dwayne has an emotional encounter and Humphrey finds that some advice from an unexpected source helps him come to a big decision.
#25 - A Murder on the Plantation
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2013
DI Richard Poole struggles to muster that loving feeling for the local voodoo festival celebrating romance and friendship. However, an understanding of the nature of love, friendship and the ties that bind, proves vital in solving a mysterious murder at a local sugar plantation.