User Reviews

The end of season finale usually features Flambeau and they tend to be one of the best episodes, although, last season's Flambeau episode was marred with some dodgy green screen work.

Flambeau has been charged with murder and has requested Father Brown as his spiritual adviser. The victim is a business associate of Flambeau, Flynn Hardwick despite protesting his innocence, he pleads guilty to his murder and is sentenced to hang.

Bunty and Mrs McCarthy are not convinced of the behaviour of Hardwick's widow and both believe that he is still alive. Father Brown is convinced that all this is an elaborate plan by Flambeau. There is something in the prison he wants, something valuable.

As always Flambeau the master criminal is always one step ahead and Father Brown is not far behind always hoping that Flambeau will one day redeem himself. However Flambeau might have really landed himself in it this time with his complex schemes as his execution is brought forward.

Flambeau and Father Brown again make a great team and it is a nice way to wrap up the fifth series which has gone well despite the cast changes.

Series five has been very good overall, I've noticed a slightly more serious, grown up approach to many episodes, and the show has been all the better for it.

There seems to be a definite pattern with the series finale, John Light is brought back as Hercule Flambeau, and the dynamic between him and Father Brown has become more complex, with a blur between friend and foe. The previous series finale was disappointing in some ways, but this one was excellent.

A wonderfully intelligent story, very unique and cleverly devised, it really had you guessing through til the end, plenty of twists and turns.

Great way to round of series five.

Written by Tahsin Guner, this episode contains everything I could hope for in a Father Brown, or any other mystery, so applause, too, to producers, directors, set decorators... -- John Light's 'Flambeau'? I wish someone would make an all-Flambeau Father Brown set. His acting is superbly nuanced, but - hold on. This is supposed to be a comment about the episode itself...