User Reviews

As said before, the fifth season has been an enjoyable one so far with only "Lost Identity" being not good. "Dishing Up Murder" is another solid "Death in Paradise". So let's start with good, shall we?

. The production values are great as usual. Everything looks good and the music fits the scenery. The restaurant setting is very well captured and the acting's pretty good all around.

. The murder mystery is enjoyable enough with decent characters, mostly -working humor and with easily the best solution of the season so far (it turns out everybody had a hand in the murder).

But....

. The mystery could have been better with more twists and turns. Before the final and a very good twist, "Dishing Up Murder" was not that impressive of an episode, to be honest. That awesome ending saves this episode from being just yet another fine entry.

.Not all of the humor works. Some jokes about the holes in the road and the clumsiness of DI Goodman are not very funny. Am I the only person, who thinks that JP's relationship with Rosey has deepened way too quickly? I get JP is in love, I would feel the same that time around, but the fact he proposes to her after being together for "three months", I find it as a weird direction for the characters.

Overall, nothing else than good.

7/10 HK

Saint Marie has been chosen as the location for a new luxury restaurant Le Calmar, meant to be a companion to the top London restaurant.

The Millionaire owner and head chef Robert Holt's body, is located in the restaurant locked kitchen.

Was this a robbery when Robert Holt's, expensive luxury watch remained on his wrist?

Who was the murderer, restaurant staff or brother? What was the motive?

Why does DI Humphrey Goodman invite PC J. P. Hooper round to his pad for a video night?

PC Dwayne Myers has his work cut out, handling a young local thief.

Here a master chef is bumped off, and of course all fingers point to pretty much all the suspects. A character by the name of Jackson appears, and he was was played by Danny John-Jules's son, Dante Langlais John-Jules.

One thing as a long-time fan of Death in Paradise, I wonder how the Saint Marie police take the photos of the ring of suspects for their whiteboard, Quite seriously, at the crime scene do they kindly ask the suspects to calmly pose for the whiteboard init, I don't quite get it really. Anyway, more credit should also be given to the two paramedics who turn up at the crime scene. They play a pivotal role. Also you rarely see a funeral held for the victim init.