User Reviews

The Hercule Flambeau stories are always a highlight of each season of Father Brown. Unfortunately this one fell slightly short.

There has been a theft and a dead body was left behind. Flambeau is wanted for murder.

Inspector Sullivan knows that Flambeau will turn up in Kembleford to see Father Brown. This could be his fast track back to Scotland Yard.

Flambeau does seek out Father Brown, he tells Father Brown that he is being framed. Someone has set up an elaborate trap.

Maybe going to an auction will provide the answers. It leads to another death and Flambeau realises that someone has a personal vendetta against him.

It is a flimsy story. Another one in this series where the culprit is easy to figure out because of a bad wig or facial hair.

Flambeau the master of disguise manages to evade the police and security by looking just like Flambeau, the much sought after master criminal.

In fact, that is what they did.

It's possible that Flambeau may not have recognized the serving girl from earlier in the episode, or remember her, but to not mention that a girl was involved with the auctioneer in any way to the detective, and/or the sergeant, is a mystery in and of itself. However, not mentioning an obviously conspicuous bright red Jaguar sports coupe is just bad writing. How many of those are driving around Kembleford???

Then there is John Light's tan, if that was what it was. Fresh from an island vacation or a tanning bed?

I do not know the back story of this series, but it seems it ended, and most actors moved on, but Britbox picked it back up? Perhaps they should have left it to die off gracefully. Everything now seems forced. I like Blakley well enough, but. Ruby-May Martinwood is fairly off-putting. She comes across like a cranky old lady stuck in the body of a snarky twenty-something. The inspector(s) being resentful of Father Brown had become tiresome. I would think that in a small village with a murder rate now higher than modern day Chicago would be more concerning and Brown's help appreciated.

It was a nice little series for a Saturday night, but let's go back to likeable characters and believable storylines. If not, then. Mark Williams needs to officially give last rites to it.