"Father Brown" The Numbers of the Beast (TV Episode 2020) Poster

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8/10
It's all in the balls.
Sleepin_Dragon1 May 2020
Mrs McCarthy's sister is in town, Roisin, the pair visit a fortune teller, who predicts a win, soon after Mrs M wins big at the Bingo.

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, a good use of misdirection, just when you get caught up in the goings on at the Bingo, the murder happens, it's intriguing to learn if the two events are linked or not.

Lovely to see Mrs M's real life sister, Niamh is very good, it would be nice if we got to see her again.

It's the usual mix of humour and drama, it's a very good episode 8/10.
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6/10
I like show but why are the inspectors so dumb?
joeymaguire-173-67847423 January 2022
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I've been bingeing Father Brown starting with S1E1 til S8E6 and every single episode every single Inspector is dumb. They jump to the first wrong conclusion every time. This episode he tries to get the first suspect to sign a false confession that they wrote when the guy has clearly mental health issues with hearing voices. I wish the writers would do better. I don't know if they think it's funny to make the cops look like buffoons or what. Every episode I think to myself, "how the heck did they become Detective Inspectors?" I mean it was the same with DI Valentine, Sullivan and Mallory!!!
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7/10
Enjoy the show but ignore the plot.
ian-imdb1 February 2021
Whilst a willing suspension of disbelief is often necessary with Father Brown, this episode stretches it to the limit. The story, of a Romani fortune-teller who can apparently predict winning bingo numbers, is intriguing but relies on the obviously flawed premise that such predictions are in any way useful. There are several further plot holes along the way, including the painfully contrived resolution.

The characters, the regulars plus the surprise appearance of a previously unknown sister for Mrs McCarthy, are as delightful as ever and the period Cotswolds setting equally charming ... but the plot holes are big enough to drive the Kembleford bus through. It's better to just enjoy the scenery and try not to pay too much attention to the storyline.
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10/10
Good.
valstone5222 November 2020
Great episode, about time Mrs Mccarthy was taken down a peg. She always has a holier than thou attitude. Supposed to be so religious but always gossiping and judging others. Wish they would get a new inspector, Mallory is asinine, pompous, and rude, such a little slug.
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7/10
Sisters
safenoe7 February 2023
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If there was a pop song for this episode The Numbers of the Beast, it would be Sisters are doin' it for themselves, and here Mrs McCarthy (Sorcha Cusack) introduces her on-screen sister Roisin Crayford who is played by Niamh "Heartbeat" Cusack, the real-life sister of Sorcha. Also both are aunts to Max Irons, whose father is Jeremy Irons of Damage fame.

Not a bad episode of Father Brown, screened just as the world was shutting down, which seemed awhile ago.

The Numbers of the Beast deals with bingo corruption and Father Brown thankfully solves the crime. This episode also deals with wellbeing.
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5/10
Fundamental plot issue
cpotato101012 May 2020
The game they are playing is Bingo, or the UK version, Housie.

The UK card, with three rows of nine places, may differ from the five-by-five card in the US, but the basic play is the same.

One purchases a card, which has the numbers and spaces randomly chosen and printed on the card. The player gets no choice in which numbers are on the card.

Since the player has no choice in the layout of the card, nor the numbers chosen, knowing the "winning numbers" ahead of time does the player no good.

Perhaps if the writers had chosen to make the game of chance a lottery, this part of the plot would have worked better. The rest of the story could have worked out the same.
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