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Father Brown (2013)
Awful season 11--had to force myself to watch it...😔
Man--this is just woeful. How did this show's mysteries get so dull and lifeless? Why are two of the leads--Devine and Brenda--even less-useful (and still more annoying) than they were in S10 (and that is saying something 🙄.)? Why do the writers insist on pushing this Sullivan/Devine romance that is hopelessly unbelievable--and a cringing ordeal to watch? The only decent eps were the Flambeau, Lady Felicia, and season finale ones, which were suspenseful and heartbreaking in a way FB has not been in a very long time. The show did need to make changes, but this silly unfunny new direction and unwatchable characters were all the wrong moves. (What--did the BBC secretly want to kill the show or something?) FB is doing no one any favors being this bad--time to give it the axe.
Father Brown: The Serpent Within (2023)
The Sullivan/Devine romance is awful
I was hoping the season finale would justify this development, but it confirmed what was already apparent: Devine and Sullivan's romance is unbelievable and lacks chemistry. And by wrapping up a lot of Devine's appeal in that, the show makes her irritating and Mary-Sue as all get-out. She and Sullivan are just not compatible enough. Sullivan needs someone who will challenge him and push him out of his stiffness/occasional arrogance, not someone trailing around making puppy-eyes at him. These two don't spark writing-wise, and they sure as hell don't spark chemistry-wise. A really good romance makes you interested in what the lovers bring out in each other--and makes you want to see them together. That is decidedly not happening here--does anyone really want to see Sullivan settle down in tedious village domesticity? And it doesn't do Devine's character any favors either--it's like she was designed to appeal to FB fans that the writers think are married cat-ladies or something. :P I seriously hope the show pairs both of them off with someone else.