Beyond Paradise finale leaves us with one huge unanswered question as show future 'sealed'

aired its final episode of the series tonight as Humphrey Goodman tackled a difficult new case that involved a woman who had disappeared on her way to work.

The hit detective drama - featuring Kris Marshall, Sally Bretton and Zahra Ahmadi in the lead roles - was back tonight for one final episode of its third series as the team tackled a seemingly impossible case.

In the new episode, the police of Shipton Abbot were investigating the case of a young woman who had disappeared - but soon they realised that her disappearance actually coincided with the disappearance of another woman.

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As the series wrapped up, a lot of the final storylines were explained including how PC Kelby Hartford took the dog that had been guarding the women and given it a new life after the culprits were arrested.

It was also shown Humphrey and Martha waving goodbye to young Rosie, who they had fostered. Her mum had been allowed to have her back and a care plan was put in place to ensure she was ok.

However, one storyline did get left in the air. Throughout the series, Esther had been seeing Martha's former flame Archie. The pair had shared some time together, before Esther called it off.

In the end, there had been real hopes they might get back together but she decided she couldn't do it. Archie asked her why she was so scared about them being together or letting her guard down, but she just drove off. Could this be proof there's a new series in the works or will we never find out what really happens to Esther and Archie?

Now fans are likely to be thinking what will happen between Archie and Esther. Before the start of the series, speaking about the chance of romance, Jamie said of Archie's prospects: "He’s come back ready for other relationships. He’s not the kind of man who’s happy being a “solo traveler” through life - he’s looking for partnership.

"And without spoiling too much, he will give it a go somewhere in Shipton Abbott this season."

Of course, we now know that's with Esther, who is also feeling good about herself and her romance chances, according to actress Zahra, who has played Esther in all three series of the BBC show.

"At this point in the series, she’s in such a good place that she’s unknowingly giving off a different kind of energy - it’s attracting a different kind of man than she’s used to. She’s hesitant at first because this person isn’t someone she’d usually go for," she said.

"But this new, more confident version of Esther thinks, 'OK, let’s see where this goes.' Things end up going further than she initially expected, which creates some challenges and forces her to think seriously about the situation. It’s not something she’s allowed herself to get into since Zoe’s dad, so it’s been a long time coming."

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