Let's start with a big TV secret.
Relationships, connection and empathy is what makes good shows great and gives them longevity.
This episode not only provides a clever little puzzle but also riffs nicely on about family relationships, dementia, senior moments, fights between cousins.
It might not be a bell-ringer like for example the Natalie Dormer arc (historic writing, historic TV) but it is as good as the series usually is. Which is to say, GREAT.
As this review is belatedly penned in 2017, the infamous British Sherlock series appears to have self-destructed or, at the very least, really really annoyed its fan base by trying to cross a bridge too far (plotwise.) Slow and steady wins the race. Great episode. When it ultimately goes into syndication it should cycle around on cable for decades to come.
Relationships, connection and empathy is what makes good shows great and gives them longevity.
This episode not only provides a clever little puzzle but also riffs nicely on about family relationships, dementia, senior moments, fights between cousins.
It might not be a bell-ringer like for example the Natalie Dormer arc (historic writing, historic TV) but it is as good as the series usually is. Which is to say, GREAT.
As this review is belatedly penned in 2017, the infamous British Sherlock series appears to have self-destructed or, at the very least, really really annoyed its fan base by trying to cross a bridge too far (plotwise.) Slow and steady wins the race. Great episode. When it ultimately goes into syndication it should cycle around on cable for decades to come.