Once in a great while, great TV comes along. The first season of "NYPD Blue." "The X-Files." "Twin Peaks." That sort of thing.
Maybe because I don't watch a lot of TV (OK, I watch some crap telly very late at night sometimes), I tend to really latch on to something I like. I latch on in an embarrassing, I'm-10-and-live-a-rich-inner-life kind of way. I found just that sort of show recently. I was so excited! I was 10 again! Then I discovered there were only three episodes! Help! NOooooo! Then I watched the last episode, and it was a cliffhanger! So they have to make more!! Yessssssss!
This mental roller-coaster I'm riding is the new PBS "Mystery!" production of "Sherlock," a modern-day reimagining (that's big nowadays; see "Hawaii 5-0" on Mondays) of what we purists call "the canon." This particular purist was a skeptic. During the first 10 minutes of the first episode, I was like, really?? Afghan war flashbacks? Sherlock smacking around a body in the morgue while a lab assistant looks all googly-eyed at him? Seriously, people.
Maybe because I don't watch a lot of TV (OK, I watch some crap telly very late at night sometimes), I tend to really latch on to something I like. I latch on in an embarrassing, I'm-10-and-live-a-rich-inner-life kind of way. I found just that sort of show recently. I was so excited! I was 10 again! Then I discovered there were only three episodes! Help! NOooooo! Then I watched the last episode, and it was a cliffhanger! So they have to make more!! Yessssssss!
This mental roller-coaster I'm riding is the new PBS "Mystery!" production of "Sherlock," a modern-day reimagining (that's big nowadays; see "Hawaii 5-0" on Mondays) of what we purists call "the canon." This particular purist was a skeptic. During the first 10 minutes of the first episode, I was like, really?? Afghan war flashbacks? Sherlock smacking around a body in the morgue while a lab assistant looks all googly-eyed at him? Seriously, people.
But I came around after about 15 minutes, and now I'm this show's SUPER. BIGGEST. FAN. I am a fan of the actors (including Benedict Cumberbatch, shown here). I am a fan of the modern London setting. I am a fan of how Dr. Watson is an Afghan war veteran.....just like he was an Afghan war veteran in "real life." I am a fan of the in-jokes with the titles. I cannot stop talking about this show. People wish I would. But the final episode for God-knows-how-long was last night.
I hate that.
I hate that.
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