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This is a lovely gentle series of local 'whodunnit' crimes set in a rural village in Devon. The countryside and aerial coast photography is gorgeous, will definitely encourage more tourism! Kris Marshall is as good as ever, continuing his 'bumbling genius' detective role from Death in Paradise. The support cast are wonderful, the local accents are delightful to hear, and the stories are interesting and varied, without murder and other gruesome crimes. The humour is wry and amusing, I think, and it's just a lovely comfortable show to watch, especially for those of us from the 'colonies' hankering for our British entertainment, rather than the usual brash American stuff.

DI Humphrey Goodman takes up his new post in Devon, leaving The Caribbean well and truly in the past.

If you're a fan of Death in Paradise, you should like it, if you were a fan of Kris Marshall's spell in Saint Marie, then I think you're going to love it.

It's different enough from Death in Paradise, to not just be DiP without the weather, but there's also something very familiar and cosy about it.

It's quite light, it's verging on afternoon drama, but it's engaging, intriguing enough, and has a few laughs.

Spinoffs don't always work, and very few seem to last, but there's enough here, providing it does well, for this to run.

I adored Humphrey, and he's as goofy here as he was before, but additionally he's as sharp, clever and observant, he's lost none of his quirkiness, none of his character, he's picked up exactly where he left off.

It's nicely produced, it's an area I know very well, mixing up Devon and Cornwall, that's going to rile a few people, hopefully it'll put both counties on the map.

It's a winner, 8/10.

Humphrey and Martha's relationship really drags the show down. I don't think they have good chemistry and none of their plot lines make a lot of sense. They are both a bit old for the baby storyline IMO. Humphrey is played by a 50 year old man, Martha is played by a woman in her mid-40s. They look their age, especially in the brutal lighting of this show. Shouldn't there at least be a line about how time is running out to have children at all and that's why they needed medical interventions?

Why is there a love triangle at all? The other man is also well into his forties. Their engagement was decades ago. It seems forced for drama.

Their relationship story just seems like it's written for characters around age 30-early 20s failed relationships are still fresh but they are thinking about settling down, deciding if they want kids but still have a lot of time left for these big decisions. These two don't have that time! Where is the urgency?

Why is her mom so against Humphrey? Wouldn't it be better for her to excited about her daughter getting married and maybe having a baby? Not that anyone has to do either but by your mid-40s having never been married or having children is still unusual in 2023, you'd think someone would remark on it. Finding love when you least expect it, a chance at grandchildren. Something!

The mysteries are cute and the team there is pretty solid. They all seem to get along well and have their own personalities. Why have the dragged out, downer, unrealistic personal life subplot? Why couldn't Humphrey move there and be happy? Do the writers realize their relationship is a bad idea/they don't have chemistry and that's why it gets worse every episode? Could they be writing Martha out? I can only hope.

Very disappointing and dull. I won't repeat what other comments have already stated. I will add is that the flashback interjections while solving the crime are beyond annoying...they disturb the flow of the show.

I suppose the music is attempting to be reflective of the locale, but it is just uninspired and kitschy.

The characters are not interesting or likeable. Not oddball or funny enough to cause laughter and not talented enough to be believable.

I really wanted to like this show, but sadly it just tries to ride on the coattails of Death in Paradise and fails. Which wouldn't be necessarily bad, but perhaps the creators and writers could go back and watch old episodes of Death and get some inspiration.

Until the ex-fiancé was introduced into the mix. She's that naive to think it's okay and it's strictly a business arrangement and it's going to stay that way. And Humphrey is okay with it. Humphrey is enough of a clueless dork who spends money on another useless boat, that we don't need Archie in the story to cause friction. Humphrey does that on his own well enough. Reverse the roles and let's see if she would be okay with an ex coming into the picture... Was interested in this to see if I would enjoy it as I was a fan of Death In Paradise, but it's more of the same predictable writing. Same old predictable tropes that are still prevalent in the year 2023. I'll pass if the writing doesn't improve.