The Best Episodes of Death in Paradise Season 5

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(744 votes)

   #1 - A Personal Murder

   S5:E41/28/2016

   The team must solve a deeply personal case when Dwayne's old mentor is found dead and a text message from beyond the grave says it was murder. DI Goodman tries to unleash his inner gourmand.

   Director:Audrey Cooke

   Writer:Emma Goodwin

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   Director:Audrey Cooke

   Writer:Emma Goodwin
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   7.8/10(715 votes)

   #2 - Flames of Love

   S5:E82/25/2016

   The team is faced with an impossible murder when a young backpacker is shot inside a sealed room. DI Goodman has a date, plus it is the day of JP's wedding - but will he make it to the altar?

   Director:Richard Signy

   Writer:Matthew Barry

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   Director:Richard Signy

   Writer:Matthew Barry
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   7.7/10(703 votes)

   #3 - Lost Identity

   S5:E52/4/2016

   DI Goodman's aunt Mary comes to visit him, but things take an unexpected turn when she becomes the only witness to the murder of a tourist. Some unorthodox advice on love from Dwayne leaves JP in a spin.

   Director:Roger Simonsz

   Writer:Robert Thorogood

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   Director:Roger Simonsz

   Writer:Robert Thorogood
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   7.6/10(710 votes)

   #4 - One for the Road

   S5:E21/14/2016

   The outgoing governor of Saint Marie is poisoned at her leaving party.

   Director:Edward Bennett

   Writer:Dan Muirden

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   Director:Edward Bennett

   Writer:Dan Muirden
5. 

   7.6/10(689 votes)

   #5 - Dishing Up Murder

   S5:E62/11/2016

   The team enter the high-pressure world of fine dining when a well-known chef is murdered in his own restaurant. Florence has one final lesson on love for DI Goodman and Dwayne gets a chance to repay an old debt.

   Director:Roger Simonsz

   Writer:Dana Fainaru

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   Director:Roger Simonsz

   Writer:Dana Fainaru
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   7.5/10(760 votes)

   #6 - The Complex Murder

   S5:E11/7/2016

   Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman and his team are left stumped when millionaire environmentalist and scientist Dan Hagen is shot on his boat while out at sea. The evidence seems to point to a robbery gone wrong, but with no other boats reported in the area, Goodman suspects a member of Dan’s team, his wife of nine months, his ex-girlfriend, his scientist partner and a research graduate who were diving together in plain sight of one another at the time of the murder. A metal toy soldier with no fingerprints found at the scene is the only clue.

   Director:Edward Bennett

   Writer:Robert Thorogood

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   Director:Edward Bennett

   Writer:Robert Thorogood
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   7.4/10(685 votes)

   #7 - Posing in Murder

   S5:E31/21/2016

   DI Goodman finds himself embroiled in the highly strung world of modelling.

   Director:Audrey Cooke

   Writer:Tom Higgins

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   Director:Audrey Cooke

   Writer:Tom Higgins
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   7.4/10(669 votes)

   #8 - The Blood Red Sea

   S5:E72/18/2016

   When a marine salvage hunter is killed, the evidence seems to point to one man. It would be an open-and-shut case for the team if it wasn't for the suspect's solid alibi. Meanwhile, it is JP's stag do - and with Dwayne as best man, what could possibly go wrong?

   Director:Richard Signy

   Writer:Will Fisher

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   Director:Richard Signy

   Writer:Will Fisher