http://modernartists.blogspot.in/2013/05/normal-pathology-of-fall.html

Thank goodness for the shining exceptions to the rule, like Joss Whedon’s Avengers and Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, which show that a high-quality blockbuster is still possible.

I still feel warmly disposed to this series and think of it less harshly than you do, although we’re in total agreement on the clunking ‘gay’ plot line which is not only unnecessary and intrusive, it sticks out like a sore thumb as some dreadful in appropriate way to make the show ‘relevant’.

Maybe I’m simply a softer touch on this one because I saw it in the lowered-expectations mid-afternoon slot where it was a pleasant surprise – I assume you’re catching the early evening rerun showing, which sets a different level of expectation. Or maybe you know your Chesterton and Father Brown rather better than I do? If so, gay sub-plot aside, this was one of the more faithful adaptations of the original short stories, so if you didn’t take well to this one then I heartily advise you to steer clear of the liberties they take with the later ones – which started to grate even with me!