If this is the end of Sherlock, the last we’ll see of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Holmes and…
It crops up, both on the page and (repeatedly) the screen: Watson sees, but does not observe. To him, a ripped hem…
“Friends? Well, he only has the one.”
What a wonderful, funny, weird, frustrating mess.
In the Holmes canon, “His Last Bow” is the last case, chronologically speaking—set in 1914, with the looming World…
Watson’s getting married! And we’re all invited to celebrate the charming couple, solve a highly coincidental…
Steven Moffat’s Sherlock has always labored under some imposing shadows. As the most-adapted character of all time,…
A conflict of style and substance has always been at the heart of PBS’ Sherlock. Having sprung fully formed as a…
In the climactic showdown of tonight’s season finale, “The Reichenbach Fall,” the diabolical James Moriarty sneers…
Here is the line that remains with me from this episode of Sherlock: “Once you’ve ruled out the impossible, whatever…
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In a way, Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story “The Final Problem” was the prototypical cliffhanger. It involves the…
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The trouble with Moriarty is that he’s one of the least super supervillains of all time. He makes a significant…
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Note: I’ll be doing recap-style reviews for the remaining two episodes in Sherlock’s inaugural season, so unlike…
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Sherlock makes its American debut (as a Masterpiece presentation) tonight at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on PBS.
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