Sleepin-Dragon commented that this episode in season 1 was the last appearance for DI Poole in Death in Paradise. However, he continued in this series and his last appearance actually was the first episode of season 3.
7 Reviews
30 Pieces of Silver
ygwerin127 October 2019
Warning: Spoilers
A woman's body is found by her neighbour when she is late for work, but who is she?
Dwayne's police badge is found in the dead woman's house, he explained that he'd met her the night before.
Who is the mysterious stranger that seems to be lurking around, and breaking and entering the crime scene?
The case shows links to an ongoing police investigation in London, who said that they have an officer on the island. A man who claims that he is that officer announced himself to the team, without actually showing them his warrant card.
Catherine seems to be getting to like a new tourist, Camille doesn't mind but won't call him dad.
The Commissioner tells Richard he has a chance to return to London to resume his old job, but he leaves precious little time for him to confirm his acceptance.
Fidel becomes a new dad of a bouncing baby girl.
Dwayne's police badge is found in the dead woman's house, he explained that he'd met her the night before.
Who is the mysterious stranger that seems to be lurking around, and breaking and entering the crime scene?
The case shows links to an ongoing police investigation in London, who said that they have an officer on the island. A man who claims that he is that officer announced himself to the team, without actually showing them his warrant card.
Catherine seems to be getting to like a new tourist, Camille doesn't mind but won't call him dad.
The Commissioner tells Richard he has a chance to return to London to resume his old job, but he leaves precious little time for him to confirm his acceptance.
Fidel becomes a new dad of a bouncing baby girl.
Liked it, but it's quite flawed episode.
harrykivi23 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The 1.season of "Death in Paradise" has been decent with "Missing a Body?" and especially "Wicked Wedding Night" being very good. After the first half of the season was quite good, the second half has been kind of disappointing. "Amongst Us" is definitely the best entry since "Missing a Body?", but it's still not a great episode.
Let's start with good, shall we?
. The production values are great as always. The music's wonderful and the acting's good. Danny Webb and Fiona Glascott are enjoyable in scenes they are in.
. There are moments of charm in this episode. The humor mostly works and the mystery is compelling.
But...
. The murder mystery does get messy after few twists, because some things surrounding the victim's true identity are a little hard to follow.
. The solution is also not of the best. The identity of the killer ( Aidan, who romances with Camille's mom) was not hard to figure out at all.
. The romance-part of "Amongst Us" didn't feel necessary to the story and got melodramatic at best.
Overall, an enjoyable, but flawed episode.
7/10 HK
Let's start with good, shall we?
. The production values are great as always. The music's wonderful and the acting's good. Danny Webb and Fiona Glascott are enjoyable in scenes they are in.
. There are moments of charm in this episode. The humor mostly works and the mystery is compelling.
But...
. The murder mystery does get messy after few twists, because some things surrounding the victim's true identity are a little hard to follow.
. The solution is also not of the best. The identity of the killer ( Aidan, who romances with Camille's mom) was not hard to figure out at all.
. The romance-part of "Amongst Us" didn't feel necessary to the story and got melodramatic at best.
Overall, an enjoyable, but flawed episode.
7/10 HK
Oddity
mariakatalina-1950327 August 2018
I really love this show, but this episode had something in it that bothered me.
The show us a BBC show. It us set on a Caribbean Island that is again under British protection.
The coin in the close up with Camille is a USA 10c piece. A dime!
Why?
A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Sleepin_Dragon16 October 2020
The final episode of Series one, and sadly the final for DI Richard Poole, a shame he only did the one series, but I can see that they had perhaps gone as far with the character as they could have.
Wonderful to see Adrian Dunbar have a presence, he was almost invisible in the previous episode.
It's a good mystery, nice to see one of the team implicated in a crime, it moves along at a pace, and has a slightly more serious tone than the last few episodes.
It's all about Richard though, and his final appearance.
Not brilliant, but it's good, 8/10.
Wonderful to see Adrian Dunbar have a presence, he was almost invisible in the previous episode.
It's a good mystery, nice to see one of the team implicated in a crime, it moves along at a pace, and has a slightly more serious tone than the last few episodes.
It's all about Richard though, and his final appearance.
Not brilliant, but it's good, 8/10.
Procedure
bevo-136789 November 2020
Why is Camile made to look like an idiot?
pmicocci-189083 September 2021
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Is it because she's black? Because she's French? Because she's from a small island? She was initially presented as an undercover detective, top of her class in Paris, yet she's never heard of SOCA, and when Poole correctly treats Dwayne as a witness, if not a suspect, she ascribes it to his "grumpiness" at not having been invited out for a drink the night before by his colleagues.
That's the thing that's always bothered me about this show: several black police officers native to the island, somehow very French in an island that's been British for a few centuries, are helpless without the leadership of a brilliant, white British eccentric outsider. And they always think he's gone off the rails, despite his proven track record, until he magically pulls the rabbit out of his hat that none of them was clever enough to see before.
And why does the guilty party always sit there listening to the genius' brilliant exposition until the end, and then suddenly jump up and try to flee? It wasn't believable on Perry Mason and it's not believable here.
That's the thing that's always bothered me about this show: several black police officers native to the island, somehow very French in an island that's been British for a few centuries, are helpless without the leadership of a brilliant, white British eccentric outsider. And they always think he's gone off the rails, despite his proven track record, until he magically pulls the rabbit out of his hat that none of them was clever enough to see before.
And why does the guilty party always sit there listening to the genius' brilliant exposition until the end, and then suddenly jump up and try to flee? It wasn't believable on Perry Mason and it's not believable here.
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