A very good episode from the Seventh series of Death in Paradise, I've been critical of some episodes for feeling unoriginal, and for recycling old material, this episode managed to be intriguing, clever and be very original. It felt very fresh, original ideas, a very unusual start, and a totally different, and much welcomed conclusion. For a show which is normally so light and frivolous to discuss a subject like bullying, was I thought a brave and intelligent move, for people to see that even the likes of JP's character can be bullied in his youth and conquer it head on was terrific, deeper content then we usually get on this show. Of course there was the usual fluff, DI Mooney's fish, Dwayne and Darlene's problematic, but delightful relationship. A surprise twist for Dwayne, so it'll be interesting to see what develops for him and his visitor in next week's finale. Overall the penultimate episode of Series 7 was very good indeed.
6 Reviews
Episode 7.7
Prismark1016 February 2018
When an elderly neighbour calls the police that there seems to be a violent altercation taking place in the next house. Officer JP discovers that someone he once knew at school was at the scene of the crime and implicated in the death.
DI Mooney has a gut feeling and a loose nut that the suspect is innocent, JP is less sure as the suspect used to bully him at school.
The denouement was rather unusual and the mystery really kept you guessing. The post credit 'in memoriam' suggests that the episode had to go through a major rewrite to cover up the death of a guest actor while filming was taking place. A reason why the culprit is never seen caught.
DI Mooney has a gut feeling and a loose nut that the suspect is innocent, JP is less sure as the suspect used to bully him at school.
The denouement was rather unusual and the mystery really kept you guessing. The post credit 'in memoriam' suggests that the episode had to go through a major rewrite to cover up the death of a guest actor while filming was taking place. A reason why the culprit is never seen caught.
Instinct Of A Peanut
chiumt31 March 2019
Good, but not great!
harrykivi11 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The seventh season of "Death in Paradise" has not been very impressive for me. Only "Murder on the Day of the Dead" has been a very good story. After "Meditated in Murder" was a bore, I really hoped the next entry to be a lot better. Fortunately, "Dark Memories" is a solid "Death in Paradise" episode, though not great by any means.
Let's start with good, shall we?
. The production values are great as usual. The episode looks and sounds wonderful. The actors have more to do than the previous time around and the acting's solid. Tobi Bakare gives his best performance as JP. Ardal O'Hanlon continues to be a likable too.
. The murder mystery is pretty intriguing with twists, turns and some very quirky humor. Really liked the themes touched upon here!
But....
. The beginning sequence of this episode is very off-putting, because it sets up a much more intense episode than we got. To be honest, after a dark start, "Dark Memories" continues the same way as many "Death in Paradise" episodes before.
. The story does not get properly going at first as well. In the beginning the case seemed a bit too familiar.
. The solution, which is very different one indeed- we never see the murderer getting caught-, has an enjoyable identity of the killer ( Samuel), but the motive for the murder is a generic one at best. Also, I felt the deed was done with way too much chance. The killer just happened to see the row the victim had, happened to go in, check on the victim, see the money and happened to hit the poor man in the same place as the previous attacker.
Overall, good, but not a perfect episode.
7/10 HK
Let's start with good, shall we?
. The production values are great as usual. The episode looks and sounds wonderful. The actors have more to do than the previous time around and the acting's solid. Tobi Bakare gives his best performance as JP. Ardal O'Hanlon continues to be a likable too.
. The murder mystery is pretty intriguing with twists, turns and some very quirky humor. Really liked the themes touched upon here!
But....
. The beginning sequence of this episode is very off-putting, because it sets up a much more intense episode than we got. To be honest, after a dark start, "Dark Memories" continues the same way as many "Death in Paradise" episodes before.
. The story does not get properly going at first as well. In the beginning the case seemed a bit too familiar.
. The solution, which is very different one indeed- we never see the murderer getting caught-, has an enjoyable identity of the killer ( Samuel), but the motive for the murder is a generic one at best. Also, I felt the deed was done with way too much chance. The killer just happened to see the row the victim had, happened to go in, check on the victim, see the money and happened to hit the poor man in the same place as the previous attacker.
Overall, good, but not a perfect episode.
7/10 HK
Bloopers
paulhar14 April 2019
Am I the only one who noticed this? When DI Mooney arrives at the crime scene, Dwayne tells him that the witness was putting out the rubbish just after midnight. However later in the show, Mooney asks one of the suspects where he was between 10 and 11pm. How would such a blatant error make it to screen?
Dark Memories
studioAT8 July 2020
People criticise this show for repeating the same format time and time again, so it was nice to see a bit of variation here.
It's not the best episode, but it was good also to see JP do a bit more. He normally gets one episode per series to do so, and this was it.
Good overall, but not the best of S7.
It's not the best episode, but it was good also to see JP do a bit more. He normally gets one episode per series to do so, and this was it.
Good overall, but not the best of S7.
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