- Network: The CW
- Series Premiere Date: Apr 16, 2025
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For now, the show has successfully intertwined mystery with melodrama, and American impertinence with English stiff-upper-lip stoicism, and nimbly added fresh stakes to a dog-eared story.
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Thewlis and Hunt do a wonderful job playing their parts, and the show delivers sufficient intrigue and excitement to keep the narrative moving forward at a good pace.
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It may not be the boldest statement, or the most radical transformation for a character we already know so well. But it’s just disarming enough to make this latest entry in the ever-expanding Sherlock universe feel comforting in its familiarity, rather than tiresome.
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Thewlis, who has the ranginess and sharp profile one associates with the character, is a fine Holmes, caustic with a comic edge, and Hunt holds her own as his problematic partner. I can’t say the plot makes perfect sense — as only half of the eight-episode season was available for review, I have no idea where it’s going — but you can say that about many if not most mysteries, and it’s enjoyable from moment to moment.