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# Death in Paradise: Season 1

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    Episode Synopsis For a FABULOUS Series!
  

*by H***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 4, 2014*

It's the small Caribbean Island of St. Marie, hot and sultry. In the city of Honoré, Lord and Lady Solcombe are holding a pool party at their mansion. All of a sudden, a shot cuts the air. Then an alarm rings. Cut to the Honoré police station, where a constable takes a call and tells his coworker that the Solcombe "panic room's gone into lockdown. We've got the codes to open it in our safe."They rush to the house and open the room, only to find the British Chief Detective, their boss, dead on the floor from a bullet. But there's no gun in the room, and no way in or out that wasn't locked down tight.A new temporary Chief Detective is needed, and the London Met sends Richard Poole. Poole makes it clear that this is a temporary assignment, as the sun is too bright, the beach too sandy, the heat too brutal, the police station too antiquated, and, worst of all, about 30% of the people and lots of the culture is still French, from when the island was a French colony. What's an Englander to do? Well, for one thing he insists on wearing his wool suit, buttoned up, shirt and tie and polished shoes. When he has time, he searches for a decent cup of tea.Poole may be initially pedantic and inflexible, but he is also a brilliant policeman. In the first episode, he solves his predecessor's murder. By the end of the 1st season, he and his 3-person staff have learned to appreciate each other and work together well. There are lots of comedic moments as well as good mysteries, and the recurring characters are wonderfully portrayed. The series is filmed on the island of Guadalupe, in the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles, and its vibrant culture is like a fourth cast member.This series is EXCELLENT viewing, highly recommended. The biggest question is - where did they find a lizard with such great acting skills? When you're done with Season 1, start in immediately with Season 2. That's what we did!
  
Death in Paradise Season 2







  
  
    EDITED TO ADD: Season 3 is now available on DVD Region 1 - Hooray!
  
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    Season 1 premiered on air in England in October 2011, and took until January 2013 to air in the U.S. There are 8 episodes for a total run time of 466 minutes. It's presented in 16:9 aspect ratio with English subtitles. The show as aired did not have episode names shown, nor do the DVDs. For convenience, I'll give the episodes title names that are popularly used.The Season 1 DVD set has no bonus extras, which is a real shame. You get two DVD discs with four episodes each.PART ONE: Arriving in Paradise.Poole asks the police sergeant to describe the murdered detective. She replies, "Not your typical Englishman. You know, charismatic."Trivia: To explain a MET police officer on the island, they have St Marie be a British territory. However, it's filmed on Guadalupe, a real island that is a French territory. So, vehicle drivers are on the left.PART TWO: Wicked Wedding NightDan and Lisa have a beach wedding at a big resort on St. Marie. Unfortunately, the bride shortly afterwards falls from a 5-story hotel balcony, skewered by a spear gun. Poole's personality and culture clashes are a real irritant to his staff.PART THREE: Predicting MurderAfter dark. Dwayne (Constable Myers) and a lady friend join a group sitting around a fire pit on the beach. An elderly woman stands next to the fire and speaks with a style to raise the hair on the back on your neck - and that's watching it safe from your living room. The party breaks up when she scares everyone with her last words: "The scarred man... He's coming... He's a killer... He's killed before... Silence me. I'm to be murdered. I'm to be MURDERED!"The next day, our heroes are called to a school, closed for break, where an old woman has been killed by cyanide. Yes, it's the same woman as the night before. The Voodoo connection/prophecy makes the very British Poole most uncomfortable. Even when the school headmaster turns out to be the victim's son-in-law. With a scar on his cheek.Detective Camille to Poole: "You are the most annoying man I have ever met."Poole: "Well, it's a small island."PART FOUR: Missing a Body?On a dark beach, a man sneers, "You haven't got the guts. Little mousy Megan. If people only knew. That gun's not even lo..."And the woman holding the pistol shoots him.The next morning, after spending the night collapsed near a pier, she wanders into the Honoré station, saying, "Can someone help me? It's my husband. He's dead. I shot him."Unfortunately, when they take her back to the beach, there's no body. The normally stern Poole almost melts into a puddle at her feet, Megan is so sweet and innocent and soft-spoken. riiiiiiiight!PART FIVE: Spot the DifferenceSt. Marie is too small for an airport. People fly into the near bigger island, Guadalupe, and then take a ferry to St. Marie. Poole is at the Guadalupe airport to meet Vincent Carter, prison guard, and Leon Hamilton, prisoner. Hamilton is to serve the last part of his prison sentence on St. Marie, the place where he defrauded hundreds of people. Poole takes custody of Hamilton by being handcuffed to him, though, to be safe, Carter will escort them to the Honoré jail.Unfortunately, there's a little problem on the ferry, as the Commissioner later booms to the humiliated Poole: "I could understand if he was secretly poisoned. In fact, secretly anything. I could even forgive a gunshot from another boat or a jet-ski or a helicopter. But no. A knife was plunged into his back while YOU were standing next to him, JOINED at the wrists!"PART SIX: An Unhelpful AidCamille is in Paris on an IT course. Poole has come down with tropical fever. It's up to Constables Dwayne and Fidel to figure out how a scuba diver drowned in a few feet of water. This episode has some great comedy with the feverish Poole insisting that he still can work.Trivia: Sara Martins, who plays Camille, was originally a bigger part of the script. Unfortunately, she had an injury and missed most of the filming.PART SEVEN: Music of MurderCamille and Dwayne have dragged Poole to the biggest musical event of the year. The group, The Venerators, hasn't been on stage for 10 years, and this is their big come-back. The excitement is crazy, so crazy that Poole attempts unsuccessfully to escape. But at last, the show is about to start. Just like in the old days, the charismatic lead singer is carried in, inside a closed and decorated coffin. The crowd cheers as the coffin is set upright on the stage, opened, and there he is, in his dance of death make-up. But something's wrong. He's not moving. For a good reason - there's a bullet hole in his temple. Good thing Camille forced Poole to stay.PART EIGHT: Amongst UsIt's a balmy evening, and Poole is relaxing at home in his jammies, doing a crossword with the lizard. In the meanwhile, Dwayne, the charmer, picks up a woman at a bar and walks her home. She invites him in for coffee and this leads to that, etc.Unfortunately, the next morning, her neighbor finds her dead, lying in bed with coins stuffed into her mouth. And Dwayne's police badge under the bed.Other clues point to Dwayne, too, and Poole is hard pressed to figure out who is framing his constable.Trivia: I didn't want to believe it, but Harry the Lizard is 100% CGI. I'm heartbroken.This is a great series with lots of humor and heart and well-plotted mysteries.Happy Reader

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    LOVE IT! BEAUTIFUL THROUGH ALL 5 DETECTIVE INSPECTORS
  

*by T***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 28, 2023*

Found this when it first came out. Stories follow a particular detective and local staff as they work their way through personal and cultural idiosyncrasies. And even though the format for each episode is the same, the stories have plenty of surprises.  Give it a try.

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    A wonderful series -- humorous, challenging plots, good balance of character personalities . . .
  

*by J***K on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2023*

It's a very good series, humorous, murder plots are challenging and fun to try and solve as the shows progress, very good acting, good balance of characters, beautiful scenery, a very fun, uplifting, entertaining series of shows to watch. I've watched all 12 seasons, all shows in all the series, and They've all been great!Including the writing, production, directing, wish there was another season past the 12th --

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