9/14/2023 0 Comments Sherlock review![]() ![]() The show has tremendous art direction and attention to detail, and I particularly like Watson's military-inspired jackets.I will threaten to break the space/time continuum by pointing out that Benedict Cumberbatch has a role in the sequel to the recent Star Trek reboot. This episode gives us the famous Sherlock Holmes quote: "Once you've ruled out the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, mustīe true." As IMDB notes, Watson calls Sherlock "Spock" shortly after, and Spock said the same thing in "Star Trek II," crediting the quote to an ancestor.There was almost no Mycroft in this episode, despite being (or perhaps because it was) written by show co-runner Mark Gatiss, who also plays Mycroft.The payoff wasn't really funny enough to justify it, making it feel like padding. I thought the UMQRA Morse code bit was perhaps a red herring too far in an episode full of red herrings.I like that John's offense at Sherlock trying to drug him was overwhelmed by his delight that Sherlock was wrong. Tomatometer 123 Reviews 45 Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings What to know Critics Consensus Sherlock makes a welcome and shocking return, and Cumberbatch and Freeman are game, but it may prove. ![]() ![]() (We get a hint of some of this same quality in the mentions of his relationship with his alcoholic sister.) Oh, and how tries to give them hallucinogenic coffee.īeyond that, I think John has a surgeon's stubbornness and arrogance in his (accurate) belief that Sherlock needs him, and that he can, if not change Sherlock for the better, at least curb his worst qualities. But there are plenty of soldiers who deal with PTSD in ways that don't make them codependent on a condescending sociopath who misleads, insults and drives away their girlfriends as a matter of course. ![]()
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