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Death in Paradise Apr 23, 2017 17:49:15 GMT

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Post by Salzmank on Apr 23, 2017 17:49:15 GMT

Apr 23, 2017 14:43:14 GMT tarathian123 said:

Are you sure that it's at 8, though? Wikipedia has it only up to 6.

My mistake. Typo. Didn't notice. Yes Series 6 has just ended.

I certainly miss Poole, as much as Goodman is a fun hero. I just think the premise--up-tight inspector goes to laid-back Caribbean island--worked better with Poole.

I prefer Goodman. I'm sorry to see he has left the show through family concerns, although the new Irish guy (and young daughter) seems to be fitting in quite well. The duo seems (imo) to be an attempt to combine the Poole reserve, and the Goodman bumbling.

I'll take a look at your write-up. :-)

Nice to hear the new DI and his daughter are fitting in well--as I said, we haven't yet got those episodes here.

Yeah, the majority of critics (at least, those who like the show and aren't steadfastly panning it all the time) seem to prefer Goodman--I don't know exactly what it is with me! I don't dislike Goodman, but I suppose my sympathies remain with Ben Miller's interesting and funny characterization, borrowing in part (I feel) from Albert Finney's Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express.

Also, it may be that Robert Thorogood, the creator, wrote more episodes in the Poole seasons, and I find the Thorogood-penned episodes to be superior to nearly all of the others. (Out of the Top 10 that I assembled last year--again, I had only seen up to Season 4 at that point--eight of the ten were written by Thorogood, a fact that I hadn't even intended!)

Thanks for taking a look.