The third season (or series as they call them in the U.K.) answers in the first episode what happened in the final episode of season 2. Each season of SHERLOCK is three 90-minute feature length episodes. Each season is complete on 2 Blu-ray disc sets. Set in current day, the performances of Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and the rest of the cast are top notch. Humor and intrigue mix perfectly especially with the give and take between Holmes and Watson. I have a 60-inch Samsung 3D television, and the images from the Blu-ray discs are amazing. The audio is superb. I know I can watch these episodes on TV, but this is like owning a fine set of literature that you can return to anytime you wish. This set, as well as Seasons 1 & 2 are well worth your purchasing.

The acting is great, the plots are deep, but the best thing about this fantastic series on BBC is that there is this Big Bang Theory/Sheldon Cooper type of humor, where Sherlock Holmes the genius is absolutely clueless (ha!) when it comes to women, sarcasm, relationships, humor, social cues, etc., so he is the Dr. Sheldon Cooper of BBT, and he needs John Watson (the Leornard character on BBT) to help him navigate actual life. Smart, witty, clever and way cool!

You say, "only 3 episodes in a season?" Well, these are feature length stories with quality scripts and some remarkable cinematography. Cumberbatch is brilliant in his character's self defined "high functioning sociopath" persona, which I think works perfectly for Sherlock. I am a fan also of Elementary, the current network version of Sherlock Holmes. BBC's character has a joie de vivre in his work that is very different from CBS' darkly driven one. The rapport been Holmes and Watson feels natural and true which really makes the show work. This is a very different as a series. Instead of a dozen or so episodes where the story is broken up between all or a few, these feel like three complete movies. I won't give anything away, but there is a mind blowing scene in this season where someone is shot, that you'll want to replay a few times. I would definitely start with season 1, tho if you've not seen them. ;-)

While I'm a fan of the original novels of Sherlock Holmes, I feel the this series brings a fresh, updated approach to the character in a modern day settings with all the new tools availabled today that the original holmes novel did not have at the time they were written over 100 years ago, YET the bulk of the detective work still remains true to the original Sherlock Holmes observational skills. Brilliantly played by Benedict Cumberbatch (Holmes) and Martin Freeman (Dr. Watson)., the two play against each other flawlessly. Season 3 resumes 2 years later than the prior season's (2) episode 3, where apparently Holmes jumped to his death at Barts Hospital. It seems he somehow survived the jump and was abroad for 2 Years, In summation, all 3 episodes of Season 3 will not disapoint and I will eagerly await Season 4 when it comes out in 2015.

As good as the American take on a modern day Sherlock Holmes can be in the contemporary TV show ''Elementary'', British creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's ''Sherlock'' tops it by a good measure. Actors Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as the fully capable Dr. Watson have lent their considerable talents to the creation of entirely new personas for the pair of classic detectives. A full stable of equally talented supporting characters supercharge each episode, and the quality writing provides a barrage of intricate plot twists while still paying homage to Doyle's original creatons and their adventures. This show will be a delight to any viewer, but start with the first of the three seasons' sets before jumping into this one..