Aziraphale615

Even though this is definitely not G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown, I liked the series when I first started watching. The first few seasons were pretty good, and even kind of dark at times, and there were some well-written episodes here and there after that, but things became a little too goofy once Inspector Mallory (whose wife, incidentally, is named Valerie Mallory) came on board. Several good character actors also appear to have left and the series appears to have gone on for longer than it should. I like Mark Williams as Father Brown, and am sort of shocked that the show is continuing without Sorcha Cusack as Mrs. McCarthy.

Starting watching this after being gifted a Britbox subscription, and the first three seasons are excellent. Well-thought out problems/plots, interesting, 3 dimensional characters with an odd but palpable chemistry between the main 2, great acting, humor, etc. Season 4, not only is the chemistry between the 2 leads odd, but the mysteries are further out there. What I liked about the first 3 seasons is that you could actually figure out the mysteries - you might not know the why, but you could sometimes figure out the how. Fair mysteries, where the viewer really was given most of the pertinent information. This starts to ebb as we hit season 4. I just watched the first episode of season 5, and yeah, so far, it's the worst. I guess it just jumped the shark.