Sherlock
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 4, Episode 3 (The Final Problem)
January 22, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains minor spoilers. Already seen the episode? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoilery notes.
“For God’s sake, this is not one of your idiot cases!” snaps Mycroft Holmes (Mark Gatiss) at John Watson (Martin Freeman) in … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 4, Episode 2 (The Lying Detective)
January 14, 2017 | David FarnorHow’s about that then? If that’s what the opening episode of Sherlock Season 4 seemed to be saying, as it wrapped up one of its weakest subplots, Episode 2 says it in an entirely different way. That smug satisfaction was … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 4, Episode 1 (The Six Thatchers)
January 5, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains minor spoilers.
There’s a thin line between clever and clever-clever. In the past, the BBC’s modern reboot of Sherlock has walked it like Johnny Cash in his prime, allowing Sherlock to be clever-clever and the show to … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (Season 3 Christmas Special)
January 2, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This review contains minor spoilers, although we have tried to avoid explicit plot details. If you don’t want to know any details about Sherlock’s Christmas special, watch the episode before reading.
Sherlock is back – but not as we … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 3 Episode 3 (His Last Vow)
January 13, 2014 | David FarnorWarning: This review contains mild spoilers.
“The problems of your past are your business. The problems of your future are my privilege.”
It’s hard to know exactly how you would react to the news that the woman you’ve just married … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 3 Episode 2 (The Sign of Three)
January 6, 2014 | David FarnorWarning: This review contains mild spoilers.
We all know what to expect from a wedding, just as we all know what to expect from an episode of Sherlock, but The Sign of Three skipped the old, blue and borrowed and … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Holmes Season 3, Episode 1 (The Empty Hearse)
January 2, 2014 | David FarnorWarning: This review contains mild spoilers.
How did Sherlock fake his death? The Empty Hearse, the first episode of Season Three, finally gives us some answers. In fact, it gives us three. And, along the way, throws in an appearance … Read More
Molly and Mycroft: The unsung heroes of BBC’s Sherlock
January 1, 2014 | David FarnorWe look back at Season 1 and 2 of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ modern-day reboot
It’s a three-patch problem.
That’s how Sherlock Holmes described his first case in A Study in Pink. That throwaway line set the tone for … Read More