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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!

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
Genres:ComedyCrimeDramaMystery
Network:BBC One

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 897 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".

  • Death of a Detective
    8.2/10897 votes

    #1 - Death of a Detective

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/14/2014

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

    Director: Cilla Ware

    Writer: Robert Thorogood

  • The Wrong Man
    7.5/10686 votes

    #2 - The Wrong Man

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/2014

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

    Director: Cilla Ware

    Writer: Daisy Coulam

  • An Artistic Murder
    7.6/10647 votes

    #3 - An Artistic Murder

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/2014

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

    Director: Dušan Lazarević

    Writer: Paul Logue

  • Ye of Little Faith
    7.6/10653 votes

    #4 - Ye of Little Faith

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/2014

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

    Director: Dušan Lazarević

    Writer: Ian Kershaw

  • Political Suicide
    7.6/10627 votes

    #5 - Political Suicide

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/2014

    Saint-Marie's commerce minister is discovered dead.

    Director: Robert Quinn

    Writer: Simon Winstone

  • The Early Bird
    7.4/10644 votes

    #6 - The Early Bird

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/2014

    A birdwatcher is discovered murdered in the Saint-Marie jungle.

    Director: Robert Quinn

    Writer: Simon Winstone, J.C. Wilsher

  • The Man with the Golden Gun
    7.6/10608 votes

    #7 - The Man with the Golden Gun

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/2014

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

    Director: Richard Signy

    Writer: Jack Lothian

  • Rue Morgue
    7.9/10632 votes

    #8 - Rue Morgue

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/4/2014

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

    Director: Richard Signy

    Writer: Robert Thorogood