Death in Paradise [Edited by MNHQ at OP's request]

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Is shit isn't it

Me and DH just wondering this too! I hope so. I love DIP. I know it's not very realistic but it's such a nice piece of tv escapism.

There definitely seems hints that Ardal is returning to the U.K. to be with his daughter, and is the internal affairs policewoman going to be the new inspector? Looks like she is hereto stay rather than returning to
Paris.

Can someone please explain why the Internal Affairs woman is from Paris? Saint Marie is a British territory: why would the French internal affairs be involved?

Just remembered that I heard an interview with Ardal the other day. He said he was going on tour, so I presumed that could be a reason for not returning.

However, the tour dates are in March, and then November, with nothing in between. That suggests he’s good for another series.

I thought today was a better episode than last week, although, as usual, there were too many assumptions in the summing up.

I don't mind if Madeleine stays, but I don't want Ardal to leave. Enough people have left already!! But yes, the trailer for next week certainly seemed to hint he would leave for his daughter

Can someone please explain why the Internal Affairs woman is from Paris? Saint Marie is a British territory:

That's what we wondered too. The chief of police or whatever he is (the guy from Rising Damp) isn't french, and neither are any of the detectives who have come over.

On a related note we also wondered why some people have strong french accents while others have strong Caribbean accents.

Well Sainte Marie was French until 30 years ago when the Brits took it over. But that doesn't explain the French sergeants.

I think the cookie cutter gorgeous woman with a sexy french accent and skimpy shorts, along with the fact that it's also played in France, realistically explains the French sergeants but I'm not sure of the fictional reason.

Am I the only person to love Ruby? I think she's fab! I'm also fascinated by Ardal O'Hanlon's skinny legs.

Ruby has definitely improved since her first episode.

Ooo Bergerac! Fantastic.

The French investigator can't take over from Ardal, she's too official. The whole point of DIP is that it's tropical Scooby Doo.

Tropical scooby doo! Great analogy.

Watched last night

Said to df it was pre recorded and one of the two walking out did it

Nice to see Vincent - obv not dead via Phil 😂😂😂

I don’t think Ardal will go yet. He’s barely had a chance to settle into the character. I don’t think him starting halfway through a season did him any favours, and there have been virtually no subplots for his character. There’s so much potential story to mine with his coming to terms with the death of his wife and falling in love with another woman, so I reckon he’ll get at least one more series.

Then again I also thought the Florence/Patrice wedding would go ahead, so ffs don’t listen to me.

I presume because of duel backgrounds a lot of training is the same like nursing would be. So because of their French language skills they could apply to work there if they wanted as well as having british police do the same.

Last week was the first time I’ve worked out how they have done it before the end. I wish they would put him in shorts or leash short sleeves, it suited other uptight guys but not him.

Wasn’t the IA lady called sargeant? So she could replace Florence?....

When Kathrine was talking to the IA Sergeant about the Paris police force, why didn't she mention her daughter? I've forgotten her name.

Camille, and why would she mention her? Highly unlikely the IA person would know her. That's like me being asked if I know X person because they're also from glasgow!

And anyway when people leave a programme I think they go into some kind of stasis so nobody talks about them and they never pop back to visit.

Could Madeleine's trousers be any tighter? They're practically sprayed on!

I went off it as I couldn't stand Kris Marshall's overdone bumbling character, but stayed with it as I liked Danny JJ and the female character. Now they''ve both gone and she has been replaced by the dreadful Ruby. Not sure if I will see this series out.

Aw, I like Ruby now. I wasn’t sure at first, but she’s really grown on me.

Having said that, they need to bring Rosie back into it quick. I’m getting some definite shipping vibes between JP and Ruby. They were sitting very close together at the end, is all I’m saying.

I was also a little at the solution to this week’s episode although I won’t say more ‘cause I’m not sure how spoiler free this thread is meant to be. I’d guessed something along those lines, but how the actual solution played out... really? Really?

And Madeleine reminds me a bit of Richard.

"If ya ask me, he needs a good kick in the hole" - Has to be the most Dougal-esque sentence ever said by Inspector Mooney

Ruby has certainly grown on me, and I like her now.

Dec - I agree with you. If Rosie doesn’t come back soon, we’ll be having a mn thread along the lines of “my dh is apolice officer and has a new female partner. She’s going and enthusiastic, and seems to be getting very close to dh. Should I worry?”

Glad to hear it’s coming back.

How pretty did Ruby look out of her uniform!!

Did anyone else think that it was quite a high jump and long swim from that ferry? Also what about his luggage and passport?

They were sitting very close together! And much as I'm sure if you do work in a close partnership like that, it's easy to develop feelings, I don't want that storyline — I like them both too much.

I also think the police station needs to sort out their security quickly...