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Does “A Deadly Curse” exist on Saint Marie?

‘Death in Paradise’: S2.E4. “A Deadly Curse”…

Not everyone, unless you happen to be interested in that kind of thing, gets their jollies from academically inclined pursuits. Historical tours and geology, not everyone’s cup of tea, do wonders for one’s mind. In many ways, from differing perspectives, such interests invariably open one’s thoughts to extraordinary possibilities.

Detective Inspector Richard Poole, in Alrick Riley’s “A Deadly Curse”, has his well-earned historical tour abruptly cut short when a new case requires his immediate attention. The episode, first televised in the British Isles on Tuesday, 29 Jan. 2013, revolves around a story penned by Death in Paradise series creator Robert Thorogood.

Thorogood, never far from the writing action, has developed a strong reputation for turning in sterling work. The series creator, at the time this article was penned, had personally been responsible for almost one hundred Death in Paradise stories. “A Deadly Curse”, coming during the second season, is one of Thorogood’s finest instalments.

Riley’s “A Deadly Curse”, televised half way through the second season, guest stars Pip Torrens, Kelly Adams, Rob Heanley, Jonathan Cake, Ben Turner, Bryan Dick, and Michael Brandon. Torrens, Adams, Heanley, Cake, Turner, Dick, and Brandon, for this instalment, respectively portray an unnamed Guide, Liz Curtis, Dr Ian Parks, Daniel Morgan, Chris Winchester, Benjamin Sammy, and Joel Maurice.

One can’t help but wonder why, considering how Torrens is such a hugely popular film and television star in the British Isles, why the actor’s character is only referenced as “Guide”. Does the character not deserve a name?

It makes one think of Star Trek: The Original Series and the character, Number One, Majel Barrett portrayed in the series pilot “The Cade”. That was of course a different time and there were somewhat sexist dynamics at play.

The episode centres on the fatal shooting of Ian Parks. Parks, an accomplished geologist with numerous years of experience under his belt, was oddly shot with a pirate age flintlock pistol. It’s Saint Marie.

Back in the day, possibly reflecting the reputations of such Caribbean locations as Port Royal and Tortuga, there is a chance Saint Marie had been a safe harbour for pirates. The East India Company was notorious for its attitude towards pirates. We digress!

Parks, a long with three other persons involved in a jungle expedition, had been actively seeking the legendary gold of 16th-century French privateer and pirate François or Le Clerc. There are a few artistic liberties, noting how the real life François Le Clerc died in the Azores and not in the Caribbean, taken with the story. It’s television and that, for the most part, is the way the cookie sometimes crumbles.

Curiously, a few days prior to Park being shot, expedition leader Daniel Morgan had been injured. The injury, fairly mild, hadn’t left Morgan with any serious medical issues. But, retrospectively speaking, it could have been far worse. The area in which they were digging, a cave, had suffered a collapse.

Fellow team members, Chris Winchester and Elizabeth “Liz” Curtis, seemingly the most responsible persons in the group, took the lead after Parks’ murder.

Poole, frustrated with how the investigation is proceeding, looks deeply into the pasts of all persons associated with the expedition. Joel Maurice, a broke land owner, is of particular interest to the detective inspector. Maurice had reportedly made promises to Parks and his companions that he either couldn’t or wouldn’t keep.

Creating further problems for the local police, when the prime suspect dies from an apparent fatal bug bite whilst literally in police jail, almost everyone points to Le Clerc’s curse as the cause. Is Le Clerc’s curse a thing? Food for thought.

Poole being Poole, not having time for such wild theories, cracks the case and gets a confession by promising to keep the motivating secret a secret from everyone else.

Music Used in Alrick Riley’s “A Deadly Curse”…

  • A Who Say performed by Sly Dunbar
  • Sexy Boo performed by Trini Jacob
  • Wrong Gal performed by Red Plastic Bag
  • Carnival Again performed by Biggie Irie
  • Radica performed by Kenneth Salick

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