7.5/10644 votes#1 - The Complex Murder
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2016
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
7.5/10594 votes#2 - One for the Road
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2016
The outgoing governor of Saint Marie is poisoned at her leaving party.
Director: Edward Bennett
Writer: Dan Muirden
7.4/10571 votes#3 - Posing in Murder
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2016
DI Goodman finds himself embroiled in the highly strung world of modelling.
Director: Audrey Cooke
Writer: Tom Higgins
7.9/10621 votes#4 - A Personal Murder
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2016
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
7.6/10585 votes#5 - Lost Identity
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2016
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
7.5/10572 votes#6 - Dishing Up Murder
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2016
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
7.4/10556 votes#7 - The Blood Red Sea
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2016
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
7.7/10596 votes#8 - Flames of Love
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2016
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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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 5 Ratings Summary
"The Complex Murder" is the best rated episode of "Death in Paradise" season 5. It scored 7.5/10 based on 644 votes. Directed by Edward Bennett and written by Robert Thorogood, it aired on 1/7/2016. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "One for the Road".