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Death in Paradise viewers left worried after DI Neville Parker puts Harry the lizard in danger

Photo credit: BBC
Photo credit: BBC

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Death in Paradise returned to our screens with another murder to solve tonight (February 20) – but viewers were far more interested in the fate of everyone's favourite CGI lizard instead.

As new Detective Inspector Neville Parker (Ralf Little) is still struggling to settle into life on Saint Marie, it wasn't long before he was blaming a new rash on his scalp on Harry the lizard – the lizard who's been living in the DI beach hut since the series' start.

"I guess I have no choice but to to deal with the little green monster," Neville told Madeleine Dumas (Aude Legastelois).

But while he admitted he could never kill Harry, he had no qualms about releasing him into the wild instead.

Photo credit: BBC
Photo credit: BBC

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After catching Harry in a wicker basket, Neville later took the lizard to the woods where he urged him to live instead.

"Come on, Harry, this is best for both of us," he said. "Come on, off you pop."

But when Harry made it clear he was having none of that, Neville ultimately resigned himself to a life of living with the lizard – before he accidentally dropped the basket and ended up losing Harry altogether.

And despite the fact there was still the unsolved murder of the owner of a local hair salon to mull over, viewers were more invested in Harry's fate:

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Thankfully, by the end of the episode – after the murder was solved, naturally – the Saint Marie PD all returned to the woods in the hopes of finding Harry and as JP (Tobi Bakare) spotted the lizard on a nearby tree, it soon became clear that Harry had found a new friend too.

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Photo credit: BBC

"Looks like you're going to have to make room for another tenant in the shack, sir," Ruby (Shyko Amos) teased.

"No, no way," Neville replied. "One lizard is enough for any man!"

But soon enough, Ruby named the new lizard Shaniqua, and it looks like DI Parker will be sharing his beach hut with two lizards from now on.

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Death in Paradise continues next Thursday (February 27) at 9pm on BBC One.


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