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