Thanks to the recommendation of Mark Steele via the Steelehouse Podcast, I recently watched the first season of the BBC’s Sherlock. As you might imagine, the show is inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s great detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his sidekick John Watson. But this isn’t a period piece, nor is a mundane, run-of-the-mill detective show. Sherlock is set in modern-day London, and it features engaging performances, crisp writing, and complex stories. The show is witty and it has a unique sense of style. Sherlock immediately propelled itself onto the list of the best TV series of the last few years.
The tragedy in all of this? When those Brits crank out a season of television, it’s not usually as many episodes as us Americans are used to. In the case of Sherlock, the first season consists of just three 90-minute episodes. Each one is so well done that to have reached the end of the line after just three installments feels like a cruel tease. In the best way, of course. The good news is that Sherlock will return with three more episodes later this year. Sweet.
In the meantime, here’s a trailer for the first season:
I’m totally checking out Sherlock on your recommendation.
I’ve been bored out of my mind with my DVR lately.
Let me know how you like it!
Just browsing through your old posts and came across this one. This was definitely a great show. I really bummed when I reached the end of it and realized I was going to have to wait a long time to see another episode of it. This version of Sherlock also makes it all the more obvious that House and Wilson are based on Holmes and Watson.
I was bummed to, but at least the new episodes are already in production. I imagine they’ll hit Netflix in, oh, 2013. Great point about House and Wilson — even the H/W connection is kinda transparent in hindsight. It’s like how Superman’s parents were originally going to be named Joseph and Mary, but the creators thought that was too on the nose and switched it to Jonathan and Martha.