User Reviews

After attacking and robbing health spa owner Elsie, Finbar Finch is imprisoned for four years, he vows to get even.

Twenty minutes in, I was preparing to write a somewhat negative review, I thought the early stages of this one were a little silly, that humour was perhaps at odds with the story itself, which was actually really good.

It does get better as it progresses, and it is saved by a pretty brilliant ending. With a few tweaks this really could have been a classic episode. I genuinely loved the twist at the end, it was so unexpected, and so well delivered.

Arguably too many silly moments, Mrs McCarthy felt like Frank Spencer at times, her face mask, her trip in the mud bath, they were amusing moments, but I'm not sure they were needed.

The best element for me, was actually Ryan Gage, who played the wonderfully named Finbar Finch, he's an actor or some pedigree, Endeavour fans will I'm Sure recognise him, I thought was great here, very charismatic.

If I heard the name Elsie barked out again, I will scream, every two seconds it was Elsie, Elsie.

Very nearly excellent, a few flaws too many, 7/10.

All getting a little too far fetched. Good cast but strange casting decisions in some part, the storylines are getting more and more improbable and convoluted. A shame as earlier series were good.

The plot itself could have worked, but the casting was horrible. The main villain, Finbarr (Ryan Gage) was just awful. He could not pull it off at all. The lead victim (Robyn Addison) was equally bad as an actress. Her fake limp was comical. She was also way too abrasive to be a sympathetic character, and she was verbally abusive to her husband.

I thought her husband (Peter Singh) was her man-servant or therapist. Towards the end somebody referred to him as Robyn Addison's husband. Hubby was another poor actor, and he was very passive and subservient to his wife. More like an employee than a husband.

Obnoxious Bunty was the main character, and Father Brown once again has been demoted to being a sidekick in his own TV series.

Get this guy out of here omg! No self respecting man in the 50s would let himself go like that and walk around town. People would ask about it and heckle him and tell him to clean himself up. He wouldn't be let into places because they'd think he was a homeless bum! Mrs McArthy is a woman of standards and she'd force him to shave and clean up. And every woman would tell him to go away. I get this was during the pandemic.. But trying to appeal to lazy people who can't look after themselves isn't getting you viewers and viewers... I like his character but letting him be like that in the show is ridiculous. Also the casting for this episode was terrible.