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* SteppingOutForAQuickCupOfCoffee: Done verbatim by Inspector Valentine to let Father Brown look at Kalon's police file.
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* AdaptationDeviation: Has very little resemblance to the original story's plot aside from Kalon and a woman falling to her death.
* AdaptationalDumbass: Kalon's scheme is rather less clever than the original story.
* AdaptationalDumbass: Kalon's scheme is rather less clever than the original story.
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* EvilCounterpart / Fundamentalist: Kalon is this for Father Brown. Both are devout men of faith, but where Father Brown believes in reason, is kind-hearted and sincere, puts the well-being of his parishioners first and cares only about Suzie's well-being throughout the episode, Kalon is a blind fanatic, is smug and duplicitous, is devoted to his church to the point where he is willing to sacrifice others to protect it, and lusts after Suzie and wants her for himself.
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* EvilCounterpart / Fundamentalist: {{Fundamentalist}}: Kalon is this for Father Brown. Both are devout men of faith, but where Father Brown believes in reason, is kind-hearted and sincere, puts the well-being of his parishioners first and cares only about Suzie's well-being throughout the episode, Kalon is a blind fanatic, is smug and duplicitous, is devoted to his church to the point where he is willing to sacrifice others to protect it, and lusts after Suzie and wants her for himself.
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* IfJesusThen Aliens: Members of the sun-and-astral-spirit worshipping Church of Apollo challenge Father Brown that, as a Catholic priest, he should be open-minded towards the possibility of otherworldly phenomenon of the type they preach. Father Brown points out that there is a distinction between what is ''possible'' and what is ''probable''.
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* IfJesusThen Aliens: IfJesusThenAliens: Members of the sun-and-astral-spirit worshipping Church of Apollo challenge Father Brown that, as a Catholic priest, he should be open-minded towards the possibility of otherworldly phenomenon of the type they preach. Father Brown points out that there is a distinction between what is ''possible'' and what is ''probable''.
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* LockedRoomMystery: The leader's wife is killed after being thrown out of the window of a locked room. [[spoiler: In reality, the room was not locked at all. That was just a ruse the leader came up with so he could send Father Brown away to fetch the key, giving him enough time to get in the room, throw the victim to her death, and leave the room in time for Father Brown to return.]]
* LockedRoomMystery: The leader's wife is killed after being thrown out of the window of a locked room. [[spoiler: In reality, the room was not locked at all. That was just a ruse the leader came up with so he could send Father Brown away to fetch the key, giving him enough time to get in the room, throw the victim to her death, and leave the room in time for Father Brown to return.]]
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When the Church of Apollo comes to Kembleford, Susie is drawn to their charismatic leader, Kalon. After Kalon's wife is murdered, Father Brown must break his spell over Susie or risk losing her forever.
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* ColdReading: Father Brown accurately pegs this as part of the methodology of Kalon, the leader of the cult-like Church of Apollo. Unfortunately, it manages to work on Suzie, who has been feeling particularly vulnerable, prompting Father Brown and Sid to try and extract her from Kalon's clutches.
* EvilCounterpart / Fundamentalist: Kalon is this for Father Brown. Both are devout men of faith, but where Father Brown believes in reason, is kind-hearted and sincere, puts the well-being of his parishioners first and cares only about Suzie's well-being throughout the episode, Kalon is a blind fanatic, is smug and duplicitous, is devoted to his church to the point where he is willing to sacrifice others to protect it, and lusts after Suzie and wants her for himself.
* IfJesusThen Aliens: Members of the sun-and-astral-spirit worshipping Church of Apollo challenge Father Brown that, as a Catholic priest, he should be open-minded towards the possibility of otherworldly phenomenon of the type they preach. Father Brown points out that there is a distinction between what is ''possible'' and what is ''probable''.
* LightIsNotGood / DarkIsNotEvil: Kalon, the sinister cult-leader, wears beautiful and pristine white robes, in contrast to Father Brown's scruffy black cassock.
* LockedRoomMystery: The leader's wife is killed after being thrown out of the window of a locked room.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Kalon's motive; he offed his 'astral partner' so that he could run off into the sunset with Suzie.
* {{Touche}}: A silent one during the verbal duel between Father Brown and Kalon. After Father Brown insists the falsehood of a central tenet of Kalon's religion, the cult leader's immediate comeback causes Brown to adopt a facial expression that could only suggest this.
-->'''Father Brown:''' There ''are'' no astral spirits!!\\
'''Kalon:''' Says the man who believes in ''virgin births''.\\
'''Father Brown:''' ''[lengthy pause, with a ''touché'' look on his face]'' ...sorry.
** There is a double meaning to this example, however, since Father Brown also says this before delivering Kalon with conclusive proof that his religion actually ''is'' based on nothing more than the delusions of a fevered and damaged mind. Kalon's religious symbol, which be believes to have been delivered to him by the aforementioned astral spirits, is in fact based on nothing more than his confused reaction to a doctor's stethoscope while under medical treatment for a wartime head injury.
* WhamEpisode: This episode is a great deal more intense and darker than most of the other episodes in the series.
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* LockedRoomMystery: The leader's wife is killed after being thrown out of the window of a locked room. [[spoiler: In reality, the room was not locked at all. That was just a ruse the leader came up with so he could send Father Brown away to fetch the key, giving him enough time to get in the room, throw the victim to her death, and leave the room in time for Father Brown to return.]]
* LockedRoomMystery: The leader's wife is killed after being thrown out of the window of a locked room. [[spoiler: In reality, the room was not locked at all. That was just a ruse the leader came up with so he could send Father Brown away to fetch the key, giving him enough time to get in the room, throw the victim to her death, and leave the room in time for Father Brown to return.]]
