Thanks for posting this. Considering a purchase as gift and wondered if the show was any good.
No, it’s not all that great; rather convoluted and confusing trying to decide when Sherlock is hallucinating or tripping and when he’s in reality. That “woman” in last week’s episode left a lot to be desired in a heroine. Sherlock seems cast in a sadomasochistic personality disorder. I suppose there’s some bit of self-flattery going on when one actually watches an episode and fancies themselves as even remotely “understanding” it.
For a gift, I’d get ‘em something nice they can enjoy, like a box of chocolates or a beauty product of some sort.
I love the original stories and the BBC version with Jeremy Brett, and even the old fun ones with Basil Rathbone. Nevertheless, I was braced against "Sherlock" as being modernist crap, but I was pleasantly wrong. It's modernist, and definitely hip-dystopic, which is usually tediously evil. But in this case it's engaging and well done. I haven't seen the very latest shows, but if it's like the first season, it's an enjoyable alternate Holmes universe.