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This series named Sherlock is the best rendition I have seen, and I have seen them all starting in the '30s

This show is incredibly good. Benedict Cumberbatch plays an interesting Sherlock Holmes that is incredibly believable. The series will allow you to not only watch Sherlock Holmes solve crimes, but grow and change as a person, a compelling portrayal. The cinematography is also incredibly good. There are several scenes during a "Scandal in Belgravia" that will take your breath away. Finally, as always the plots are brilliant. Viewers can watch as Holmes solves crimes that are updated to the modern era. You will not be disappointed.

The themes and motives for criminal darkness in human beings, as explored in Arthur C. Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tales, are timeless enough that they can survive a transition to a present-day setting, changes in societal mores and technology, notwithstanding. Serial killings, forensics (in its infancy at the time of Doyle's stories), the old characters' quirks, such as substance abuse and attempts to recover from same, or military backgrounds; John Watson's Victorian-era service in Afghanistan becomes post-9/11 service in the same locale, etc. The more things change, the more they stay the same, I guess. As do the villains' motives, unfortunately, despite adjusting said motives to conditions in the present, but to say more would give away spoilers. Holmes' being wrapped up in his own intellect might be a bit off-putting, making him a bit tactless at times when most of us would assume that some sensitivity to human suffering--caused by criminal conduct--is needed, and often succeeds only in making less intellectual types feel small and useless, but occasionally cracks show up in his cold, logical armor, showing that he's only human, and needs human friendship, or at least someone to whom he can show off his talents, hence his unusual friendship with Watson.

I watched seasons 1 and 2 via Amazon Prime streaming service. I really like the new, updated take for the story to modern, today's London. I like the casting of the two leads. The music (the main theme) sounds HEAVILY inspired by the music written by Hans Zimmer for the second recent Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey Jr.

Solid modern re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes. Both Holmes and Watson are modernized without taking away from what makes the classic characters great. Unless you absolutely hate updating classics, I think most Holmes fans will be satisfied with these new stories adapted and brought into modern times from classic Sherlock Holmes tales.

This series is my favorite telling of the Sherlock Holmes tales. I watched it on a streaming service and loved it. I bought both season 1 and 2 on blu. The blu-ray has outstanding picture quality and is the best way to see the series. Can't wait for season 3!

This is a superb retelling of the Sherlock Holmes series in a modern day setting, I cannot recommend this series enough, it is fantastic!

By chance watch one show I got hooked have all 4 seasons can't get enough I have a Sherlock addiction

Well written and well acted, Sherlock is an all-around good show.