Sherlock: Series Three

Sherlock, 2014. A private investigator solves mysteries.

Created by Mark Gatiss, & Steven Moffat, based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle. Directed by Jeremy Lovering (1 episode), Colm McCarthy (1), & Nick Hurran (1). Written by Gatiss (2 episodes), Moffat (2), & Stephen Thompson (1). Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, & Martin Freeman.

Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: Very little holds together if you give it any thought. But if you can get past that and accept that it's a few degrees sillier than they intend it to be, it can be pretty fun. B

GPA: 2.9/4

Sherlock: Series Two

Sherlock: Series Two, 2012. A private investigator solves mysteries.

Created by Mark Gatiss, & Steven Moffat, based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle. Directed by Paul McGuigan (2 episodes), & Toby Haynes (1). Written by Moffat (1 episode), Gatiss (1), & Stephen Thompson (1). Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, & Martin Freeman.

Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: C
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: Much better than the first series, which I did not like. I continue to not understand what people see in Cumberbatch; Jeremy Brett could Sherlock circles around him. (And I have more than a little resentment towards him for Star Trek. A white actor who takes a role of a non-white character is not someone I want to see more of.) And Moffat continues his annoying habit of not letting you forget how hard he's trying. Still, it's a pretty good show. B

GPA: 2.9/4

Sherlock: Series One

Sherlock: Series One, 2010. A private investigator solves mysteries.

Created by Mark Gatiss & Steven Moffat, based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle. Directed by Paul McGuigan (2 episodes) & Euros Lyn (1). Written by Steven Moffat (1 episode), Steve Thompson (1) & Mark Gatiss (1). Starring Benedict Cumberbatch & Martin Freeman.

Concept: 3/4 (Good)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent). How do you ruin Sherlock Holmes? Make him dumber than the audience.
Characters: 3/4 (Good). Holmes and Doctor Who have always been very similar characters, but when they're written by the same person, at the same time, the line between the two gets annoyingly fuzzy.
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good)
Acting: 3/4 (Good)
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent). Often good, but I've got to take a point off for the planetarium scene. So horrible.
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4). It seems quite fun at first, but there are enough gaping holes in the quality of the writing that I ultimately find myself annoyed with it more than anything else. The more I see, the more convinced I am that Moffat's few great Who episodes were flukes.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.5/4 (Okay)