"Death in Paradise" is a long-running cozy mystery series set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie, featuring clever whodunit puzzles, locked-room murders, and light-hearted fish-out-of-water dynamics between eccentric British (and later black British) detectives and a diverse local police team solving apolitical crimes driven by personal motives like jealousy, greed, and revenge. The show's organic casting reflects the multicultural island setting without forced DEI quotas, race/gender-swapping, or identity politics, prioritizing escapist entertainment, humor, and formulaic storytelling over any progressive messaging, social justice lectures, or systemic critiques. Aggregate season scores of 1-3/10 reflect its consistent purity as traditional, unadulterated fun free from contemporary ideological intrusions, with zero notable 'woke' backlash across the reviewed seasons.