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11 seasons in and Father Brown is still great. Yes, we all miss the characters of Mrs McCarthy (wish she would come back), and we also miss Sid (loved the character but doesnt he come back every once in a while). I really love having around Lady Felicia every once in a while, her character is great. I absolutely love the episodes that Flambeau are in, OMG he and Father Brown are a hilarious pair. I think though that yes, adding characters that really do not do what they should no secretary for the church and no housekeeper for the church makes it a little funny that Father Brown hired them to do just that, but lets be clear this is a TV show not real life. So for those haters find a different show and quit writing such terrible reviews the show is not that bad its actually a really good show and keeping Sgt Goodfellow is great he finally made Inspector it looks like since he is wearing a suit, and Inspector Sullivan back isnt that bad either.

Oh My Gosh I loved this episode, the only thing missing was Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon. I almost wish they had saved this script for when he came back. Them going back to the academy was so great and the tests they put Jim West (Robert Conrad) through was a little funny, almost like they do someitmes in movies and today's tv shows when someone goes back to the FBI or CIA academy. It was interesting though that Jeremy Pike (Charles Aidman) was able to do a disguise and fool people at the academy, you would think someone would see through that, it made them seem very stupid. It is also interesting that they use hand stamps under a light that have been used by various bars and such for many years, this made me chuckle remembering getting stamps like that too.

Wow I had never seen this before, and loved every minute. Tonight on the Catchy Comedy channel they were showing this little seen pilot episode of the "Dick Van Dyke Show", with the only actor I recognized being the late Carl Reiner. I loved seeing this pilot with them saying Petrie different, and even different actors playing the beloved Sally and Buddy. But I do feel having Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam were so much the better choice their interactions really made the show a lot better. I think all the changes that were made make the show so much better, even the character of Ritchie. Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore are also such improvements as Rob and Laura in the show with Carl taking up the reins as Alan, and the great addition that was not in the pilot was Richard Deacon as Mel.