Jeez. I thought Mrs McCarthy was bad...
But Mrs Devine is so unbearably stupid that it gets right on my nerves. She acts ESPECIALLY dumb here.
Once again, she decides to "disguise herself" to infiltrate the criminal lair. And once again, it falls apart as soon as she gets in costume. Brenda has to save her stupid butt once again, as she gets captured immediately.
And to see people complaining about Brenda? Excuse me, your racism is showing. Brenda is awesome.
But this is as bad as every other episode of this show at this point. The writers obviously have a template to work from.
Crime is committed. Wrong person is arrested on very little evidence. Father Brown talks to them multiple times so that they can reuse the jailhouse set over and over, and inevitably, Father Brown solves the case. I swear I know that jail cell more than I know my own house at this point.
The acting gets worse with each consecutive episode. The female copper in this one was obviously told to "look shady" when she walked on-screen, so it is no surprise when she does something shifty. I discovered that it is only her second acting credit, so she deserves some leeway.
The rest of the acting is panto levels of silly. I feel like yelling "he's behind you" half the time. The mystery here isn't much of one, either. Also, Panto levels.
I have to say, the actors can't be entirely blamed, because the scripts are so atrociously written. I assume some kind of writing mill with writers all in a room typing away to come up with 10 scripts over a weekend. Booze is probably involved. Copious amounts of it.
But Mrs Devine is so unbearably stupid that it gets right on my nerves. She acts ESPECIALLY dumb here.
Once again, she decides to "disguise herself" to infiltrate the criminal lair. And once again, it falls apart as soon as she gets in costume. Brenda has to save her stupid butt once again, as she gets captured immediately.
And to see people complaining about Brenda? Excuse me, your racism is showing. Brenda is awesome.
But this is as bad as every other episode of this show at this point. The writers obviously have a template to work from.
Crime is committed. Wrong person is arrested on very little evidence. Father Brown talks to them multiple times so that they can reuse the jailhouse set over and over, and inevitably, Father Brown solves the case. I swear I know that jail cell more than I know my own house at this point.
The acting gets worse with each consecutive episode. The female copper in this one was obviously told to "look shady" when she walked on-screen, so it is no surprise when she does something shifty. I discovered that it is only her second acting credit, so she deserves some leeway.
The rest of the acting is panto levels of silly. I feel like yelling "he's behind you" half the time. The mystery here isn't much of one, either. Also, Panto levels.
I have to say, the actors can't be entirely blamed, because the scripts are so atrociously written. I assume some kind of writing mill with writers all in a room typing away to come up with 10 scripts over a weekend. Booze is probably involved. Copious amounts of it.