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The upcoming episode of Death in Paradise<\/a>\u00a0sees the St Marie police crew head to Saint Barnabas after Naomi\u2019s best friend\u2019s wedding is ruined by a brutal murder \u2013 however, it\u2019s not all doom and gloom throughout the season 12 episode.<\/p>\n In a first-look clip, which can be shared exclusively by RadioTimes.com<\/a>, we hear about DS Naomi Thomas\u2019s (Shantol Jackson) beginnings as a police officer from her old Sergeant Sammy (Patrice Naiambana).<\/p>\n As Marlon (Tahj Miles) is practising for his upcoming police exams, Naomi jumps in with a correct answer \u2013 to Marlon\u2019s frustration.<\/p>\n \u201cI hate that you know all of this off by heart. It\u2019s cool, I\u2019ve got ages \u2013 a whole month. How hard can it be?\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Sammy joins the conversation, telling a story of how Naomi turned up to his station at the age of 10 to tell him she wanted to be a police officer.<\/p>\n \u201cI gave her an old police textbook, thought that would be the end of it, and she came back every day for a year with these,\u201d he says, handing over a pack of yellow notes to DI Neville Parker (Ralf Little).<\/p>\n \u201cThe case of the missing trike!\u201d Neville says laughing, before Sammy adds: \u201c10 years old and following the police textbook like the Bible \u2013 and that never changed.\u201d<\/p> Friday\u2019s episode features guest stars Gia R\u00e9 (Monique Hays) and The Outlaws<\/a> star Gamba Cole (Ty Edgars) as friends of Naomi whose wedding is disrupted by the murder of Monique\u2019s father.<\/p>\n Speaking about the episode, Shantol Jackson revealed that it was her favourite storyline to shoot.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a coming-of-age moment for Naomi. It was an emotional, special episode for me,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cI came home very exhausted from set, not just for the long days but because of the emotional roller coaster, which I appreciated, because sometimes we don\u2019t get much human interaction in the show as we are always solving crimes and getting down to business.\u201d<\/p>\n The episode follows last week\u2019s ominous ending<\/a>, after Neville\u2019s ex-colleague DC Andrew Buckley appeared to back out of telling him a potentially dark secret.<\/p>