Admittedly, I could probably watch Fat Mycroft shove puddings into his face hole for a while, but that’s really all that’s being offered here.įat Mycroft will eat you right up, yes he will Sure, it’s nice to see almost all of our old pals back in action (still no Irene Adler, just to spare you the disappointment later), but is it even worth it if they aren’t doing anything new? Filler episodes are okay once in awhile, but not when one episode is ninety minutes long.įlash-forwards to the present-day attempt to bridge the gap between Series Three and Four, but this only creates more questions than it answers, the most glaring of which being just … “Why?” Putting a modern-day adaptation of Sherlock back in Victorian London carries its own amount of “Why?”-ness, but the constant switching between the Victorian timeline and the present-day timeline in this episode only cloud up a show known for its crystal-clear storytelling. Sherlock avoids his feelings to accelerate his search for knowledge (“Scandal in Belgravia”), Watson and Sherlock have differing opinions on the existence of the supernatural (“The Hounds of Baskerville”), Moriarty is an ever-present spectre in Sherlock’s mind (“His Last Vow”). Alternate universes are excellent opportunities to examine character relationships in a “sandbox” scenario, but we don’t learn anything new.
Sounds like the perfect setup for some good ol’ fashioned Sherlockin’, but it’s ultimately a little too ol’ fashioned. A ghost, a hoax, or a puzzle foreshadowing the resurrection of Moriarty himself? A hysterical bride violently kills herself in front of a large crowd, then mysteriously murders her husband several days later. The Christmas Special in Britain is akin to the American Summer Blockbuster and, like so many summer blockbusters, “The Abominable Bride” is hugely anticipated but falls totally flat.Ĭreated the most widespread dampening of underpants since the first British InvasionĪs advertised, the episode finds Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman’s John Watson solving a mystery in Victorian London.
Grand Poobah of Quirky Protagonists Steven Moffat made the British Christmas Special his signature after taking over DOCTOR WHO, and decided to treat his children equally by giving SHERLOCK one of its own. It’s required viewing for any aspiring filmmaker from writers to cinematographers, and if you haven’t seen it, stop reading this and go watch the pilot.Ī clarification: Watch the pilot. King of Tumblr Steven Moffat’s adaptation of the British classic pushes the limits of what’s possible on the small screen and surpasses many feature films in complexity and cinematic finesse. Let’s establish something up front: SHERLOCK is a goddamned masterpiece.
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