Meet the new 21st century occupant of 221B Baker Street, London. Yes! It is yet another version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictitious crime buster, Sherlock Holmes - 2011 BBC edition.Thanks to UniFi and BitTorrent, we are not at total dependence for the strewn our way by our unfriendly satellite TV to view new shows.
I just finished viewing the three 1-hour episodes of the entertaining Season 1 series of Sherlock which were released in the UK in 2010. Refreshing, cocky, conceited tenant of Baker Street terrorizing the streets of London doing what the present day CSI team should be doing. Only this time, the streets of London appear clean and breathable and the London Black Cab is Sherlock and Watson's frequent mode of transport , not hansom cab as in the original Doyle's novel. Also missing are the paraphernalia frequently associated with Holmes- the Sherlock cap and the pipe (Sherlock is on nicotine patch now). I wonder if he is still on dope. Holmes is still the mysterious character frequently in his own world but I did not hear him say, "Elementary, my dear Watson!". Watson is an Army doctor who injured himself in tour of duty in Afghanistan. His injury turned out to psycho-somatic as thought by Holmes and towards the end of the first episode, he was running together with Holmes after the bandit!
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