Last weekend I finally sat down to watch “Sherlock” which I’ve heard a number of people, not least of which my brother-in-law Rob, go absolutely mad for. I was somewhat dubious about whether the show would be as good as everyone said, especially as it’s written by the guy who writes Doctor Who, which as I’ve said before I’m not a huge fan of. I know, I know, they’re coming to take away my sci-fi nerd membership card as we speak.
Fortunately for me the series didn’t disappoint. Martin Freeman is an excellent lynchpin as Watson, and Bernard Cumberbatch’s Holmes manages to be both annoying and likeable. It was a good move to keep with the tradition of telling the story from Watson’s perspective, as too much of Holmes would have shifted him completely into the “more annoying than entertaining” camp.
The stories are all gripping, with only the second episode not quite fitting in with the overarching Moriarty storyline (he is mentioned but it feels a little tacked on), but when the storytelling is this good, who cares?
At first the concept of having text messages imposed onto the screen was annoying, but I made my peace with it; only the superimposed street signs during the chase sequence of the first episode annoyed me, as I just felt they were trying too hard to be different. The only other thing that jarred slightly was the music, but only because it felt like they’d lifted it directly from the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes film with Robert Downey Jr from a couple of years ago.
The series as a whole was very entertaining and the series feels a lot like Jonathon Creek
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