All Eight Death in Paradise Season 7 Episodes RANKED!

Many consider Death in Paradise a mediocre detective show, but I couldn't disagree more. This is one of my favorite shows, and it has been for many, many years. I love the mysteries well enough, but even more, I love the characters and the setting! Now, without further ado, I, Brighton Nelson from The Reel Ranker, present to you: All Eight Death In Paradise Season 7 Episodes RANKED!

8: Season 7, Episode 3 - "Written in Murder"

This episode focuses on two things: the death of a prominent author, Frank O'Toole, and Dwayne's Erzulie date with Darlene. And the sad thing is that the latter is the better storyline. The mystery itself had a cool enough plot for an episode, with the victim being killed during his attempt to fake his death. Now, as much as I love the idea here, the execution isn't quite as good as it could've been, and, unfortunately, the suspect felt a little too obvious for my liking—a good episode, but not a great one.

7: Season 7, Episode 1 - "Murder from Above"

This episode focuses on a murder that initially appears to be a suicide but is revealed to have been done from a room contrary to the onlookers' beliefs—a rather interesting twist. On top of that, there's a lovely scene where Siobhan (Mooney's daughter) leaves the island to attend university, and, you know, goodbyes are always heartwarming to watch. And, of course, I love myself some melon curry scenes. Overall, it was a good episode.

6: Season 7, Episode 6 - "Meditated in Murder"

This episode takes place in an exclusive meditation resort where everyone was participating in a prayer at the time of the victim's death. While the interrogations themselves and the Commissioner's speech subplot are nothing too noteworthy, the reveal here is utterly shocking and very interesting! With the complexity of the case, I couldn't rank this any lower, even though it suffers in some areas.

5: Season 7, Episode 8 - "Melodies of Murder"

This episode has a fun musical setting, an interesting double murder, and a great send-off to Dwayne, who's finally reconciled with his father and has gone off adventuring with him. While I'm usually happy about episodes giving new characters, this episode was different—it simply isn't the same show without Dwayne. Regardless, this episode has an intriguing murder case, and Nelson Myers steals the show, which makes for quite the Death in Paradise episode!

4: Season 7, Episode 5 - "Murder on the Day of the Dead"

This episode takes place during Fete Mouri, the island's Day of the Dead. The island lives up to its name with a mysterious murder, where a man calls the police force to report that he believes his wife was murdered. It gets more interesting when it's revealed her murder was attempted twice by two different people! We also get two fun subplots here, one involving Darlene and her niece and the other being Mooney taking Harry to the vet. Ultimately, this is a great episode!

3: Season 7, Episode 4 - "The Healer"

While I understand that some people find this episode a little too similar to "Predicting Murder" (Season 1, Episode 3), that's one of my all-time favorites of the series, and this has all the epicness of that episode with enough difference to make it stand out. Granted, it isn't as good as that episode, but it's still a great episode that I thoroughly enjoyed.

2: Season 7, Episode 2 - "The Stakes Are High"

This is an enjoyable episode, with epic poker madness, the much-wanted-by-me Detective Dwayne Myers, and a heartbreaking murder case with a brilliant murder weapon! Putting poison on the tip of the cigar and having it burn away, leaving no evidence behind? What a murder. This episode is just full of fun!

1: Season 7, Episode 7 - "Dark Memories"

This is pretty much all I wanted from the episode "Missing a Body?" (Season 1, Episode 4). I always wanted an episode where someone confessed, but frankly, that one was quite dissatisfactory. On the contrary, this episode had an excellent execution, with an actually good faked murder by confession and a brilliant mystery. On top of that, the original suspect is an acquaintance of JP's, making for a more exciting interrogation. Another epic part of this episode is Dwayne's birthday, which gets some fantastic Darlene and Nelson Myers action as well. This is definitely my favorite episode of the show's seventh outing and a top-tier episode.

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The Verdict

The Reel Ranking:

8: Episode 3
7: Episode 1
6: Episode 6
5: Episode 8
4: Episode 5
3: Episode 2
2: Episode 4
1: Episode 7

Common Consensus:

8: Episode 4
7: Episode 6
6: Episode 3
5: Episode 8
4: Episode 7
3: Episode 5
2: Episode 2
1: Episode 1