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Death in Paradise Season 9 Episodes
Season 9 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2020 - 2020
Episode 1
Episode 1
57 mins
Local airline boss Aaron McCormack's wife Vanessa is fatally stabbed in their villa by a man in a traditional devil mask during the Caribbean New Year's Eve masquerade, leaving the message 'La vengeance ...' in her lipstick. The second part 'est complète' is found at the home of Aaron's estranged brother Donald, who inherit the family rum firm but ran it into debt and survives a superficial stabbing by the same devil thanks to the arrival of Aaron's gambler accountant Charles Crabtree, who stole the cash he was to invest for Vanesa, who realized Aaron's affair with PA Tabitha Brown is serious. Lush prime suspect Oscar Samuel, whom both brothers recently fired, is cleared by observant Jack, who develops a mutual romantic interest in tourist witness Anna Masani and links the cases in a diabolically misleading way.
Episode 2
Episode 2
57 mins
Sainte Marie's post-impressionist only celebrity painter Donna Harman was fatally poisoned by cyanide in her signature energy drink, but in a closed can in her equally locked-up studio. Around for a party were her silver-spoon lover and favorite Max Newman, her aspiring painter and PA Anthony Marcus, her sister and her agent, gallery keeper Patti Grenson. Each may have had motive, so checking the alibis is crucial, as well as the atypical painting recently bought by rich local Terry Minto. Jack ponders all and the MO while his romantic boat trip with Anna goes pear-shaped.
Episode 3
Episode 3
58 mins
At Sainte-Marie's leg in the Tour des Antilles, Xavier Prince, the cycling star of the British Virgin Islands' Storm team, makes a fatal fall into a ravine, which only seems suspicious when a piece from a short of that team is found nearby. There was serious rivalry with two team mates: coach Hunter's son and has been-star Anton Maduro. Their physiotherapist, US trained former female cyclist Inez Farah, supplied someone doping.
Episode 4
Episode 4
58 mins
Clarence Delport is the main suspect for the murder of Christopher Williams, son of a local Pastor Demon Williams, who is found in a dinghy miles at sea but fell to his death from great height. DI Jack Mooney is distracted by the arrival of his daughter Siobhan, who gets along great with his prospective fiancée Anna Masani who plans a Caribbean tour, and considers leaving the island with either or both. Still he cracks the case after digging up family secrets and locating the fall to a lighthouse.
Episode 5
Episode 5
58 mins
DI Neville Parker inadvertently sabotages his own plan to return to Manchester by ruling the apparent suicide of resorts mogul Neil Henderson's electrocuted daughter Tamsin Lewis dubious. She left the firm, dominated by her stepmother Joanne, and probably discovered mismanagement. Fresh widower Charlie Lewis nearly was dumped for an affair with lover Sarah, who confirms they broke up. While allergies-tormented Neville gets only two nights in the crime scene hotel, and his condition worsens so as to prolong his stay, it helps clear the case after working out a surprising accomplice. Hotel porter Jacob Roach was hired by Henderson to lean on locals to sell land for the new resort, including Devon Ambrose, whose corpse he hid in his own freezer. Commissioner nor Neville are happy he has to spend weeks recovering in the bungalow, suspected to contribute to his ailments, and' creepers' like Harry.
Episode 6
Episode 6
58 mins
Survival instructor Will 'Wolfie' Arnot was fatally spear-stabbed alone in the jungle on St. Felix 'mosquito island', off St-Marie's coast. It's poorly staged as if the perpetrator came from and went back to the beach. Suspects are his four survival clients with the Bristol-based adventure travel firm. Casey Booth struggled with him over the device containing her vlog, which gave him a terrible rating. Bethan Miller blamed Will for the death under his command as squad major on SAS Iraq mission of her brother, who was beaten with fatal results by bullies, her boyfriend Dave Hammond may have helped her and probably tried to cover up. Sissu-y nerd Malcom Simmons was Will's bullied schoolmate. The commissioner's dislike of Neville Parker only grows as his new yacht is commandeered for the case, which is solved brilliantly and surprisingly.
Episode 7
Episode 7
58 mins
Hairdresser Eleanor Beaumont is found dead in her own salon. Three female clients were present, including a bride, her mother and an aunt who returned after years off the island, but allegedly neither Perrault saw or heard anything. That also applies to why and by whom the washing machine was switched on three minutes after the murder took place, and where is the murder weapon. DI Parker's annoying habits get on everyone's nerves. Neville believes 'domestic' lizard Harry is the cause of a new rash he developed on top of his allergic symptoms, so Harry has to be dumped in the wild, but doing that humanely isn't easy.
Episode 8
Episode 8
58 mins
Retired actor Robert Garwood is fatally shot at the beach near home, the only 'witness' allegedly being his blind actress wife Olivia Reeves, who holds the purse strings. The marriage was falling apart, she claims he became cruel as his acting talent never led to a breakthrough. Archie, the now adult son 'Bob' never took in interest in, recently arrived to attempt getting close. The commissioner already bought a ticket for Neville's return to Manchester, but he starts to doubt if he wants to leave his new life behind, despite continuing health issues. Meanwhile J.P. sweats blood without tears taking the sergeant's exam, written and supervised by the commissioner, who concludes he only lacks confidence. Neville finds Olivia's confession incorrect and works out what happened, fatally mixing plots.
