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The Best Episodes of Death in Paradise Season 3

Every episode of Death in Paradise Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Death in Paradise Season 3!

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A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Death in Paradise Season 3 Episode 1 - Death of a Detective
    8.2/10(1012 votes)

    #1 - Death of a Detective

    S3:E1

    DI Poole attends a university reunion, but one of the group is murdered with an ice pick.

    Director:Cilla Ware
    Writer:Robert Thorogood

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  2. Death in Paradise Season 3 Episode 2 - The Wrong Man
    7.5/10(766 votes)

    #2 - The Wrong Man

    S3:E2

    DI Humphrey Goodman and his team are called to investigate a murder on a film set.

    Director:Cilla Ware
    Writer:Daisy Coulam

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  3. Death in Paradise Season 3 Episode 3 - An Artistic Murder
    7.6/10(725 votes)

    #3 - An Artistic Murder

    S3:E3

    The murder of a gigolo brings the team into contact with the social elite of Saint Marie.

    Director:Dušan Lazarević
    Writer:Paul Logue

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  4. Death in Paradise Season 3 Episode 4 - Ye of Little Faith
    7.6/10(727 votes)

    #4 - Ye of Little Faith

    S3:E4

    The team are faced with the seemingly impossible murder of an air stewardess.

    Director:Dušan Lazarević
    Writer:Ian Kershaw

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  5. Death in Paradise Season 3 Episode 5 - Political Suicide
    7.6/10(697 votes)

    #5 - Political Suicide

    S3:E5

    Saint Marie's commerce minister is discovered dead.

    Director:Robert Quinn
    Writer:Simon Winstone

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  6. Death in Paradise Season 3 Episode 6 - The Early Bird
    7.4/10(718 votes)

    #6 - The Early Bird

    S3:E6

    A birdwatcher is discovered murdered in the Saint Marie jungle.

    Director:Robert Quinn
    Writers:Simon Winstone, J.C. Wilsher

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  7. Death in Paradise Season 3 Episode 7 - The Man with the Golden Gun
    7.6/10(683 votes)

    #7 - The Man with the Golden Gun

    S3:E7

    DI Goodman and the team spend the night locked in a house with a murderer.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Jack Lothian

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  8. Death in Paradise Season 3 Episode 8 - Rue Morgue
    7.9/10(709 votes)

    #8 - Rue Morgue

    S3:E8

    The team investigates the apparent suicide of an elderly resident at a retirement home.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Robert Thorogood

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Death of a Detective" is the best rated episode of "Death in Paradise" season 3. It scored 8.2/10 based on 1012 votes. Directed by Cilla Ware and written by Robert Thorogood, it aired on 1/14/2014. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Wrong Man".