Death in paradise

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Thurs at 9 Richard returns
Can we figure out how they are going to pull this off given that he had an ice pick in his chest when we last saw him
My guess. It was stated and he has been undercover for the last 3/4 years or however long it has been

Staged

I guessed on the last D I P thread that he would be a ghost like Randal and Hopkirk ( deceased)!!
No one took me on so it was either a stupid idea or no one knew what Randal and Hobkirk was! 😂😂😂

I was very young of course but I used to love Randal and Hopkirk (deceased)

I must have missed that last thread

It was just a general DIP thread, not specifically about the new series!

I would pay good money to see Richard as a ghost.

Oh, and you wouldn’t need to be that old to remember Randall and Hopkirk: there was a reboot in the early 2010s with Reeves and Mortimer. (It was actually pretty good)

I reckon it’ll be a flashback though

I had completely forgot about Reeves and Mortimer doing a version! I'm going to try and find it.
I was a child of the 70's so was thinking about the original!

Try YouTube! The quality isn’t always great but a lot of the episodes are on there.

Richard is coming back??? How have I missed this.... I remember Randall and Hopkirk though can't remember if it was reruns of an old version or a reboot. I think it was Reeves and Mortimer but surely that was before the 2010s .

Can we have predictions about how they are gojng to bring him back from the dead?

Flashbacks

Who's Richard?

The first guy
Noooo I hate flash backs 😒

I cannot wait, hoping it is an undercover situation/body double situation rather than flashbacks. Although people always get over their friend coming back from the dead quicker than I would. Serious annoyed that I’m working on Thursday because I know DH will watch it without me.

Good!! I can't stand the character that Ralf Little plays. The whole story line is about his bloody eczema and allergies.

He was in a previous episode as a suspect so it's not the actor with the problem. It's so bloody boring.

Serious annoyed that I’m working on Thursday because I know DH will watch it without me
That is not allowed in our house!!
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I don't think anyone has played it as well as Ben Miller did, he's really been missed.

However, I also think the writing has gone downhill the last few series.

I don't think they could do flash backs. A lot of the cast has changed, they would need all the original cast

Camille is also coming back so it could be flashbacks with just her and the commissioner.

Just read the BBC website and it says this in the little write up about the programme at the end “Meanwhile, the team welcomes back an old colleague” - so maybe not a flashback?

The crimes are definitely recycled on a loop, they're very predictable. DD and I still enjoy it though. I've said this before, but they should never have killed Richard off - he was so desperate to return to London they could easily have written him out that way

It will be like the death of Bobby Ewing. All a dream...

Presumably they can do flashbacks by reusing footage from the first series ie: she remembers moments from past cases. I liked Camille so am glad she's back. The female dective who ran around in short shorts and strappy tops annoyed me (surely even in hot countries that's not professional attire if you are telling someone their relative has died).

I think flashbacks too. To be fair to the character that Ralf Little plays, from interviews he's given his eczema and allergies will be pulled back. Maybe due to him unclenching in the Caribbean. And it takes a while for the new detective to settle in, although to my mind, the last one never really worked.

@terrywynne oh no, I think she is coming back too! I read a trashy newspaper column (The express I think) which said that for season 10, lots of old characters were going to make a appearance!