6.9/10424 votesLoading...#1 - Murdering Lyrical
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2022
A reggae rap artist is shot dead at a soundcheck for a concert. Things prove uncomfortable for Marlon when he discovers a personal connection to the crime.
Director: Ruth Carney
Writer: Jillian Mannion
7.0/10431 votesLoading...#2 - Phone-In Murder
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2022
When a woman reports a murder and is then found strangled, the team are left wondering whether she was reporting her own murder.
Director: Toby Frow
Writer: Robert Thorogood, Emma Goodwin
7.1/10482 votesLoading...#3 - Death in the Salon
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2020
The team are left stumped when the owner of a hair salon is killed in front of her family without anyone seeing what happened.
Director: Jennie Darnell
Writer: Victoria Asare-Archer
7.1/10480 votesLoading...#4 - Steamy Confessions
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2021
The team are baffled when an archaeologist is poisoned during a dig but there is no evidence to prove how it was done. Meanwhile, Neville tests his skills in an island crab-cooking competition.
Director: Richard Signy
Writer: Emma Goodwin
7.1/10392 votesLoading...#5 - On the Sanctity of Children
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2023
The team investigate the murder of a former children’s home resident. Meanwhile, Marlon sits his sergeant’s exams, and Selwyn meets his daughter for the first time.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10592 votesLoading...#6 - Swimming in Murder
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2015
DI Goodman investigates when the lead singer of a band is murdered on Saint Marie.
Director: Paul Murphy
Writer: Ian Kershaw
7.2/10523 votesLoading...#7 - The Healer
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2018
Jack and the team find themselves embroiled in the mysterious world of faith healing when a woman is poisoned during a ceremony and all evidence points to the arrogant healer himself.
Director: Stewart Svaasand
Writer: Tom Higgins
7.2/10579 votesLoading...#8 - The Poison Dart Gun
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2019
Jack and the team uncover a nest of vipers when a zoo owner is killed with a tranquiliser dart and everyone has an alibi.
Director: Stewart Svaasand
Writer: Justin Young
7.2/10487 votesLoading...#9 - Tour De Murder
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2020
Jack’s romance with Anna blossoms while he and the rest of the team investigate the mysterious death of a cyclist during a race.
Director: Paulette Randall
Writer: Fay Rusling, Oriane Messina
7.2/10440 votesLoading...#10 - A Double Bogey
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2022
The arrival of a long-lost brother to a family-run golf club culminates in a body on the course. But a prime suspect with an alibi leaves the team with an impenetrable conundrum.
Director: Jennie Paddon
Writer: James Hall, Kevin Rundle
7.2/10437 votesLoading...#11 - Painkiller Thriller
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2022
When a young popstar is found dead at a rehab clinic, it initially looks like a tragic accident. But Neville is convinced there’s more to her death than meets the eye.
Director: Toby Frow
Writer: Robert Thorogood, James Hall, Asher Pirie
7.2/10409 votesLoading...#12 - The Communal Death
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2023
The team investigate a preppers commune when one of their members is poisoned inside a locked bunker. Meanwhile, Neville has a series of adventurous dates with Sophie.
Director: Declan Recks
Writer: Emma Goodwin, James Hall
7.2/10391 votesLoading...#13 - Going Round in Circles
Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 2/4/2024
Our team are rocked when commissioner Selwyn Patterson is shot at the Yacht Club, as he celebrates 50 years of police service. Even more shockingly, we’ve seen whodunnit… or have we?
Director: Steve Hughes
Writer: James Hall, Tom Nash
7.2/10312 votesLoading...#14 - Serving Up Murder
Season 13 Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/2024
The poisoning of a celebrity chef confounds the team as they question how and when the poison could possibly have been administered.
Director: Angie de Chastelai Smith
Writer: Katerina Watson
7.2/10289 votesLoading...#15 - Murder Most Electric
Season 13 Episode 4 - Aired 2/25/2024
An electrocution at a substation causes an island-wide blackout and introduces the team to the baffling world of cryptocurrency.
Director: Angie de Chastelai Smith
Writer: Patrick Homes, James Cary
7.3/10594 votesLoading...#16 - Damned If You Do...
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2015
The President of The Saint Marie Heritage Society dies while re-enacting the French invasion of the island.
Director: David O'Neill
Writer: Tom Higgins
7.3/10531 votesLoading...#17 - Caught Off Camera
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2019
Jack and the team are mystified when the TV presenter of a holiday programme is found drowned. The spotlight falls on the crew.
Director: Sarah O'Gorman
Writer: James Hall
7.3/10568 votesLoading...#18 - La Murder Le Diablé
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2020
New Year's Eve celebrations are cut short when a masked man stabs a woman in her own home. Jack and the team must uncover the identity of the mystery murderer before they strike again.
Director: Ian Barber
Writer: James Hall
7.3/10502 votesLoading...#19 - A Murder in Portrait, L'enfant terrible
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2020
DI Jack Mooney and the team are put to the test when a celebrated artist is poisoned in her studio in confounding circumstances.
Director: Ian Barber
Writer: Tom Nash
7.3/10487 votesLoading...#20 - Murder on Mosquito Island
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2020
A desert island survival course goes wrong when the leader – a trained survival expert and ex-SAS soldier – is found dead in the forest of a remote island near Saint Marie.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kefi Chadwick
7.3/10470 votesLoading...#21 - Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2020
A blind actress is the only witness to her husband’s murder. But with no evidence that there was anyone else there at the time, can her version of events be trusted? Meanwhile, Neville gets the all-clear to fly home, but is he ready to leave paradise?
Director: Jennie Darnell
Writer: N/A
7.3/10560 votesLoading...#22 - Pilot of the Airwaves
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2021
When a TV news presenter is found strangled in her pool, Neville is sure that her popular co-host is guilty. But given that he was live on air at the time of the murder, how could he have done it? Meanwhile, the team welcomes back an old colleague.
Director: Richard Signy
Writer: Justin Young
7.3/10508 votesLoading...#23 - Last Call to Honoré
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2022
When a seemingly simple kidnapping ends in murder, Neville and the team must work out what went wrong and how someone ended up dead.
Director: Jennie Paddon
Writer: Robert Thorogood
7.3/10445 votesLoading...#24 - Undercover and Out
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2022
Florence’s undercover role takes a dangerous turn when she finds herself in familiar surroundings, amid a murder investigation. In a race against time, can Neville solve the murder?
Director: Fabián León López
Writer: Robert Thorogood, James Hall
7.3/10448 votesLoading...#25 - Murder in the Stars
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2023
The team investigate the mysterious death of an astronomer after he falls from a cliff during a rare planetary event. Meanwhile, is romance blossoming for Neville?
Director: Declan Recks
Writer: Ian Jarvis
The Worst Episodes of Death in Paradise
Every episode of Death in Paradise ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Death in Paradise!
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
Worst Episodes Summary
"Murdering Lyrical" is the worst rated episode of "Death in Paradise". It scored 6.9/10 based on 424 votes. Directed by Ruth Carney and written by Jillian Mannion, it aired on 2/18/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Phone-In Murder".