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Season 3 - Best Episodes Of Death in Paradise

Overall Rating: ★ 7.8

Season 3 - Best Episodes Of Death in Paradise

(Overall Rating: ★ 7.8)

Episode Ratings & Analysis

Explore season 3 episodes of Death in Paradise. Explore detailed ratings, episode summaries, and visualize how the show's quality evolved over time.

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

14 Seasons
112 Episodes
Returning Series
Comedy Crime Drama Mystery
Best Episodes
S3E1 - Death of a Detective ★ 8.2
S3E8 - Rue Morgue ★ 7.9
S3E4 - Ye of Little Faith ★ 7.6
Worst Episodes
S3E6 - The Early Bird ★ 7.4
S3E2 - The Wrong Man ★ 7.5
S3E3 - An Artistic Murder ★ 7.5
★ 8.2/10 (919 votes)
#1

Death of a Detective

S3:E1
Jan 14, 2014

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

NitzanSchwarz Jul 4, 2024

This episode is forever heartbreaking, and I would like to explain why, despite how sad it is, I thi...

★ 7.9/10 (643 votes)
#2

Rue Morgue

S3:E8
Mar 4, 2014

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

★ 7.6/10 (663 votes)
#3

Ye of Little Faith

S3:E4
Feb 4, 2014

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

★ 7.6/10 (638 votes)
#4

Political Suicide

S3:E5
Feb 11, 2014

Saint-Marie's commerce minister is discovered dead.

★ 7.6/10 (621 votes)
#5

The Man with the Golden Gun

S3:E7
Feb 25, 2014

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

★ 7.5/10 (699 votes)
#6

The Wrong Man

S3:E2
Jan 21, 2014

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

★ 7.5/10 (656 votes)
#7

An Artistic Murder

S3:E3
Jan 28, 2014

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

★ 7.4/10 (656 votes)
#8

The Early Bird

S3:E6
Feb 18, 2014

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

★ 7.4/10 (656 votes)
#1

The Early Bird

S3:E6
Feb 18, 2014

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

★ 7.5/10 (699 votes)
#2

The Wrong Man

S3:E2
Jan 21, 2014

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

★ 7.5/10 (656 votes)
#3

An Artistic Murder

S3:E3
Jan 28, 2014

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

★ 7.6/10 (663 votes)
#4

Ye of Little Faith

S3:E4
Feb 4, 2014

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

★ 7.6/10 (638 votes)
#5

Political Suicide

S3:E5
Feb 11, 2014

Saint-Marie's commerce minister is discovered dead.

★ 7.6/10 (621 votes)
#6

The Man with the Golden Gun

S3:E7
Feb 25, 2014

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

★ 7.9/10 (643 votes)
#7

Rue Morgue

S3:E8
Mar 4, 2014

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

★ 8.2/10 (919 votes)
#8

Death of a Detective

S3:E1
Jan 14, 2014

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

NitzanSchwarz Jul 4, 2024

This episode is forever heartbreaking, and I would like to explain why, despite how sad it is, I thi...

★ 8.2/10 (919 votes)

Death of a Detective

S3:E1
Jan 14, 2014

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

NitzanSchwarz Jul 4, 2024

This episode is forever heartbreaking, and I would like to explain why, despite how sad it is, I thi...

★ 7.5/10 (699 votes)

The Wrong Man

S3:E2
Jan 21, 2014

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

★ 7.5/10 (656 votes)

An Artistic Murder

S3:E3
Jan 28, 2014

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

★ 7.6/10 (663 votes)

Ye of Little Faith

S3:E4
Feb 4, 2014

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

★ 7.6/10 (638 votes)

Political Suicide

S3:E5
Feb 11, 2014

Saint-Marie's commerce minister is discovered dead.

★ 7.4/10 (656 votes)

The Early Bird

S3:E6
Feb 18, 2014

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

★ 7.6/10 (621 votes)

The Man with the Golden Gun

S3:E7
Feb 25, 2014

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

★ 7.9/10 (643 votes)

Rue Morgue

S3:E8
Mar 4, 2014

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

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode
2 ★ 7.8 8
★ 8.0 A Dash of Sunshine
★ 7.6 An Unholy Death
6 ★ 7.7 8
★ 8.1 Man Overboard (2)
★ 7.4 The Secret of the Flame Tree
3 ★ 7.7 8
★ 8.2 Death of a Detective
★ 7.4 The Early Bird
1 ★ 7.7 8
★ 7.9 Predicting Murder
★ 7.4 An Unhelpful Aid
5 ★ 7.6 8
★ 7.9 A Personal Murder
★ 7.4 Posing in Murder
4 ★ 7.5 7
★ 7.9 Unlike Father, Unlike Son
★ 7.2 Swimming in Murder
8 ★ 7.5 6
★ 8.0 Beyond the Shining Sea (2)
★ 7.2 The Poison Dart Gun
10 ★ 7.5 1
★ 7.5 Lucky in Love
★ 7.5 Lucky in Love
7 ★ 7.5 8
★ 7.6 Murder from Above
★ 7.2 The Healer
13 ★ 7.3 2
★ 7.4 Your Number's Up
★ 7.2 Going Round in Circles
12 ★ 7.3 3
★ 7.3 Murder in the Stars
★ 7.2 The Communal Death
11 ★ 7.2 8
★ 7.5 Death in Flight
★ 6.9 Murdering Lyrical
Don Warrington
Élisabeth Bourgine
Shantol Jackson
Ginny Holder
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Cast & Crew

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