Teresa Gower (Death in Paradise)

Teresa Gower (Amanda Root) is the villainess of "Damned If You Do...", episode 4.03 of BBC's Death in Paradise (airdate January 22, 2015). She was a librarian and the secretary of the Saint Marie Heritage Society, a historical re-enactment group with Francis Davison acting as its' President.
The episode had Teresa and the rest of the group falling ill to apparent food poisoning, with Francis being found dead by DI Humphrey Goodman. Humphrey, having been called by Francis before his death stating that he believed someone was trying to kill him (having been followed by the group's original leader, Alan Butler), began investigating the poisoning and discovered that Teresa had been caught by Francis stealing money from the Society's funds. When confronted by Humphrey and Camille Bordey, Teresa admitted to the theft, but claimed Francis was willing to help her pay back what she'd stolen.
But as revealed later on by Humphrey, Francis had actually planned to expel Teresa from the group for her theft. Teresa's backstory revealed that she had become lonely while caring for her ailing father before his death and viewed the Society as a family, growing especially close to Francis' son Ryan (who felt neglected by his father due to his focus on the heritage group). Not wanting to be forced out of the Society and separated from Ryan, Teresa plotted to kill Francis. Teresa first went about poisoning the group's dinner, lacing their stew with enough water hemlock to make everyone (herself included) all sick without killing them. After that, the evil Teresa then boiled the hemlock into its' most lethal concentration before putting it onto the edges of the pages of Francis' journal that contained a speech he was rehearsing for an upcoming performance. Teresa did so knowing about Francis' habit of licking his fingers when turning the pages of his journal, with Francis ingesting the lethal poison and dying as a result.
Eventually, Humphrey deduced that the reason Francis died of the poison while everyone else survived was because he was poisoned a second time, and revealed Teresa as his killer after gathering the Society group together. He also revealed that Teresa had asked Francis to discuss her financial problems as an opportunity to plant the poison in his journal and that her primary reason for killing Francis was to avoid being separated from Ryan. After attempting to deny everything, Teresa confessed to poisoning Francis, tearfully proclaiming that Ryan deserved better than Francis as she was placed under arrest.
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Category:2010s
Category:Brunette
Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Hero's Friend
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murderer
Category:Murder: Poison
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Category:Fate: Arrested