I caught wind of the Sherlock series just this year and watched the 3 episodes of season 3 sequence in almost one go, not having seen the first two seasons. I was so enamored of it, that I went back to catch seasons 1 and 2 on dvd.
It is wildly entertaining. Modern day Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) lives in a flat in London and rooms/hangs out with ex-military doctor John Watson (Martin Freeman) and solves mysteries. Sherlock is brilliant, arrogant, and infuriating. A high functioning sociopath -- by his own definition -- and a complete show off. He insults almost everyone he meets, yet respects Watson who is in contrast a moral, upstanding character, but also one of few loyal friends. And the series is in a way a study in friendship of the two characters. Meanwhile it contains many great cinematic action sequences.
The blindingly fast gathering of facts by Sherlock at various crime and interview scenes is a hallmark with the viewer following Sherlock's eye, and seeing his brilliant observations written in text, like mental notes, often with Cumberbatch quickly narrating.
A smart show with nearly movie length episodes. The next season almost can't come soon enough. Unfortunately the cadence set up by producers is roughly 3 episodes per two years with the next release set to be early 2016.
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