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* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: Inverted. Suzie finds an old pair of James Trewlove's shoes in the Adams' attic, [[spoiler:but they don't fit Van Ert... thus he is not James Trewlove]].
* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found on the stage floor after after Van Ert grabs Lady Felicia, fires the gun, and then runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
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* RailroadTracksOfDoom: James tries to escape Father Brown, only to wind up squashed under a train.
* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: Inverted. Suzie finds an old pair of James Trewlove's shoes in the Adams' attic, [[spoiler:but they don't fit Van Ert... thus he is not James Trewlove]].
* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found on the stage floor after after Van Ert grabs Lady Felicia, fires the gun, and then runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: Inverted. Suzie finds an old pair of James Trewlove's shoes in the Adams' attic, [[spoiler:but they don't fit Van Ert... thus he is not James Trewlove]].
* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found on the stage floor after after Van Ert grabs Lady Felicia, fires the gun, and then runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
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* RailroadTracksOfDoom: James tries to escape Father Brown, only to wind up squashed under a train.
* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: Inverted. Suzie finds an old pair of James Trewlove's shoes in the Adams' attic, [[spoiler:but they don't fit Van Ert... thus he is not James Trewlove]].
* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found on the stage floor after after Van Ert grabs Lady Felicia, fires the gun, and then runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.train.
* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: Inverted. Suzie finds an old pair of James Trewlove's shoes in the Adams' attic, [[spoiler:but they don't fit Van Ert... thus he is not James Trewlove]].
* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found on the stage floor after after Van Ert grabs Lady Felicia, fires the gun, and then runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
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* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Father Brown [[ChekhovsGun finds a lira coin on the ground]] on the way to the Adamses. He assumes it is one of the foreign coins Mrs. [=MacCarthy=] is bringing to world-traveler Mr. Adams to see if he will exchange them. Later, [=MacCarthy=] clarifies she is keeping the Italian coins for herself, meaning the coin was actually the perpetrator's and proves he wasn't in Nigeria, but Italy.
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* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Father Brown [[ChekhovsGun finds a lira coin on the ground]] on the way to the Adamses. He assumes it is one of the foreign coins Mrs. [=MacCarthy=] is bringing to world-traveler Mr. Adams to see if he will exchange them. Later, [=MacCarthy=] clarifies she is keeping the Italian coins for herself, herself and didn't bring any, meaning the coin was actually the perpetrator's and proves he wasn't in Nigeria, but Italy.
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* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Father Brown [[ChekhovsGun finds a lira coin on the ground]] on the way to the Adamses. He assumes it is one of the foreign coins Mrs. [=MacCarthy=] is bringing to world-traveler Mr. Adams to see if he will exchange them. Later, [=MacCarthy=] clarifies she deliberately didn't bring any Italian coins, meaning the coin was actually the perpetrator's and proves he wasn't in Nigeria, but Italy.
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* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Father Brown [[ChekhovsGun finds a lira coin on the ground]] on the way to the Adamses. He assumes it is one of the foreign coins Mrs. [=MacCarthy=] is bringing to world-traveler Mr. Adams to see if he will exchange them. Later, [=MacCarthy=] clarifies she deliberately didn't bring any is keeping the Italian coins, coins for herself, meaning the coin was actually the perpetrator's and proves he wasn't in Nigeria, but Italy.
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* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found after after Van Ert grabs Lady Felicia, fires the (real) gun, and then runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
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* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found on the stage floor after after Van Ert grabs Lady Felicia, fires the (real) gun, and then runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
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* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found after Lady Felicia goes missing after Van Ert runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
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* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found after Lady Felicia goes missing after Van Ert grabs Lady Felicia, fires the (real) gun, and then runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
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--> '''Mrs. Adams''': The only way I leave this marriage is in a ''coffin''.
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--> '''Mrs. Adams''': The only way I leave this marriage is in a ''coffin''.
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* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: Inverted. Suzie finds an old pair of James Trewlove's shoes in the Adams' attic, [[spoiler:but they don't fit Van Ert... thus he is not James Trewlove]].
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* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found after Lady Felicia goes missing after VanErt runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
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* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found after Lady Felicia goes missing after VanErt Van Ert runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
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* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Father Brown [[ChekhovsGun finds a lira coin on the ground]] on the way to the Adamses. He assumes it is one of the foreign coins Mrs. MacCarthy is bringing to world-traveler Mr. Adams to see if he will exchange them. Later, MacCarthy clarifies she deliberately didn't bring any Italian coins, meaning the coin was actually the perpetrator's and proves he wasn't in Nigeria, but Italy.
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* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Father Brown [[ChekhovsGun finds a lira coin on the ground]] on the way to the Adamses. He assumes it is one of the foreign coins Mrs. MacCarthy [=MacCarthy=] is bringing to world-traveler Mr. Adams to see if he will exchange them. Later, MacCarthy [=MacCarthy=] clarifies she deliberately didn't bring any Italian coins, meaning the coin was actually the perpetrator's and proves he wasn't in Nigeria, but Italy.
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* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Father Brown [[ChekhovsGun finds a lira coin on the ground]] on the way to the Adamses. He assumes it is one of the foreign coins Mrs. MacCarthy is bringing to world-traveler Mr. Adams to see if he will exchange them. Later, MacCarthy clarifies she deliberately didn't bring any Italian coins, meaning the coin was actually the perpetrator's and proves he wasn't in Nigeria, but Italy.
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* RailroadTracksOfDoom: James tries to escape Father Brown, only to wind up squashed under a train.
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* RailroadTracksOfDoom: James tries to escape Father Brown, only to wind up squashed under a train.train.
* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found after Lady Felicia goes missing after VanErt runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
* TheKetchupTest: Father Brown does this to some red substance found after Lady Felicia goes missing after VanErt runs off the stage. {{Zigzagged}} as they were using ketchup for the scene in the stage play, but Van Ert had swapped the prop gun for a real gun. It turns out Lady Felicia is fine and it was in fact the stage ketchup.
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* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: When Father Brown catches James, Mrs. Adams' brother, trying to flee the scene in drag, the only thing he comments on is how his brogues would give him away quite easily ("And if you wanted to pass incognito, you should really have changed your shoes.").
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* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: When Father Brown catches James, Mrs. Adams' brother, trying to flee the scene in drag, the only thing he comments on is how his brogues would give him away quite easily ("And if you wanted to pass incognito, you should really have changed your shoes.").").
* RailroadTracksOfDoom: James tries to escape Father Brown, only to wind up squashed under a train.
* RailroadTracksOfDoom: James tries to escape Father Brown, only to wind up squashed under a train.
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'''The Flying Stars''' is the second episode of the first season of ''Series/FatherBrown''.
When an alcoholic woman is found drowned near her home, Father Brown suspects murder, although the police think it's an accident.
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* TheAlcoholic: Lady Adams. When she's found drowned in the lake, it's initially assumed that she accidentally fell in while drunk.
* AllPartOfTheShow: A cops and robbers comedy play takes place near the end of the episode. Naturally, this means that Lady Felicia frantically running on stage and calling for the police is treated as part of the play's proceedings, as is the murderer coming after her and threatening her at gunpoint to keep her quiet.
* AllForNothing: Had the murderer not died at the end, he would have found out that his entire murderous plot would have amounted to absolutely nothing in the end — as the diamonds he killed to obtain are nothing more than pretty fakes, the real deal having been pawned off years ago.
* DadTheVeteran: Colonel Adams.
* DivorceRequiresDeath: Discussed when [[VictimOfTheWeek Lady Adams]] insists that she'll die before allowing her husband to divorce her simply because he doesn't want to watch her drink herself to death, mere minutes before she's killed in a scuffle with another person.
--> '''Mrs. Adams''': The only way I leave this marriage is in a ''coffin''.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: The Adams family are revealed to be in such dire financial straits that they'd pawned the titular Stars off years ago to make ends meet.
* OfficerAndAGentleman: Colonel Adams fits this to a tee, even though he's completely broke.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: The Adams' are very against their daughter Ruby marrying her penniless, Communist lover. Colonel Adams later reveals that he was against the match because he was counting on Ruby marrying into money to secure her future, as the family had long lost all the wealth they did have.
* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: When Father Brown catches James, Mrs. Adams' brother, trying to flee the scene in drag, the only thing he comments on is how his brogues would give him away quite easily ("And if you wanted to pass incognito, you should really have changed your shoes.").
When an alcoholic woman is found drowned near her home, Father Brown suspects murder, although the police think it's an accident.
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!!Tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: Lady Adams. When she's found drowned in the lake, it's initially assumed that she accidentally fell in while drunk.
* AllPartOfTheShow: A cops and robbers comedy play takes place near the end of the episode. Naturally, this means that Lady Felicia frantically running on stage and calling for the police is treated as part of the play's proceedings, as is the murderer coming after her and threatening her at gunpoint to keep her quiet.
* AllForNothing: Had the murderer not died at the end, he would have found out that his entire murderous plot would have amounted to absolutely nothing in the end — as the diamonds he killed to obtain are nothing more than pretty fakes, the real deal having been pawned off years ago.
* DadTheVeteran: Colonel Adams.
* DivorceRequiresDeath: Discussed when [[VictimOfTheWeek Lady Adams]] insists that she'll die before allowing her husband to divorce her simply because he doesn't want to watch her drink herself to death, mere minutes before she's killed in a scuffle with another person.
--> '''Mrs. Adams''': The only way I leave this marriage is in a ''coffin''.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: The Adams family are revealed to be in such dire financial straits that they'd pawned the titular Stars off years ago to make ends meet.
* OfficerAndAGentleman: Colonel Adams fits this to a tee, even though he's completely broke.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: The Adams' are very against their daughter Ruby marrying her penniless, Communist lover. Colonel Adams later reveals that he was against the match because he was counting on Ruby marrying into money to secure her future, as the family had long lost all the wealth they did have.
* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: When Father Brown catches James, Mrs. Adams' brother, trying to flee the scene in drag, the only thing he comments on is how his brogues would give him away quite easily ("And if you wanted to pass incognito, you should really have changed your shoes.").
