Sherlock - Season One - Review

“Elementary, my dear Watson!”

Time and time again we have seen renditions of Sherlock, whether in movies or in television series. This series, however, can be said without a shadow of a doubt, that it is by far the best and the closest rendition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Although this series is pretty short, three-four episodes per season, and four seasons in total, with each episode being an hour-long, it manages to end each season while giving the audience complete closure.

The series is directed by several directors, including the lead director Paul McGuigan, with the help of Euros Lyn, Toby Haynes, Nick Hurran, and several others. It must be noted that although there is a general director, each episode of the show actually has its own director.

However, the series' writer and actor, Steven Moffat is also around to guide the story into its trajectory and make sure that there is cohesion with the stories.

This season follows the stories of “A Study in Pink”, “The Blind Banker”, and “The Great Game”. Although in the original books the study is actually in scarlet and there are no stories titled the blind banker nor the great game, they are still derived from the book.