The penultimate episode of Death in Paradise series eight was the first without Joséphine Jobert’s DS Florence Cassell and viewers were understandably mourning her absence following her departure for a new life in Martinique.
But many were worried that another Saint Marie detective might be on his way out too.
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Parisian Internal Affairs investigator DS Madeleine Dumas (Aude Legastelois) had been hinting that Ardal O’Hanlon’s DI Jack Mooney might be sent back to London due to potential negligence after Florence was injured in the line of duty. And although DS Dumas appeared to have a last minute change of heart – perhaps due to a combination of Jack’s Irish charm and his trademark eleventh-hour crime solving – after seeing the trailer for the season finale, viewers were not so sure…
The ‘next time’ clip included a scene in which Jack was seen Skyping with his rarely mentioned daughter Siobhan, who seemed a little distraught when she told him “things aren’t great” back home. And when he warned the Commissioner “I need to step away from the case”, alarm bells began to ring…
Join us next week for the final episode of series 8 of Death in Paradise! 🏝️
🗓️ Thursday 28 February
🕘 9pm
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☀️ #DeathInParadise pic.twitter.com/W2BnnM7Fou— Death in Paradise (@deathinparadise) February 21, 2019
Step away from the case….blimey…is he going to leave…#DeathInParadise
— billabong isfemale (@bill_abong) February 21, 2019
Awhhhh don’t make him leave 🙁 #DeathInParadise
— Sammie ✨🌹 (@Sammie__xx) February 21, 2019
@ardalsfolly nooo you can’t leave!! 😢 #DeathInParadise
— Alisha Barron (@alishazoebarron) February 21, 2019
Viewers had previously been speculating that DS Madeleine Dumas could be Florence’s replacement but after what they’d just seen, some thought Madeleine could be about to move up a rank…
#deathinparadise Getting the feeling Madeline is Jack's replacement, not Florence's. She reminds me a little of Richard. But however this plays out, Ruby has got to go. Dwayne was funny, naturally, organically funny. They've written her as "wacky" *voms* but she's just annoying.
— Karen (@kobriena) February 21, 2019
Don't tell me Jack is leaving now….. it very much looked like internal affairs woman is being lined up for his role if he ends up going back to UK because of daughter troubles. I had just really warmed to him this series ! Too many changes going on #deathinparadise
— Paula G. (@conchiedalquist) February 21, 2019
So will DI Jack Mooney still be in charge of the Honoré police department when this series wraps up? Could Ardal O’Hanlon really be leaving Death in Paradise so hot on the heels of Joséphine Jobert? We’ll find out in the season eight finale.
Trust Death in Paradise to leave it to the last minute to solve a mystery…
The Death in Paradise series eight finale is on BBC1 at 9pm on Thursday 28th February
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