![]() ![]() ![]() Guess who that may be, and don't trip over the corgis on your way to an answer.īut, of course, we can't dive into the new story until Moffat and Gatiss let us off the cliff we've been hanging from since the end of last season, when Jim Moriarty ( Andrew Scott) was about to blow up our heroes by the side of an indoor swimming pool. "A Scandal in Bohemia" becomes "A Scandal in Belgravia" in the first new episode, with Holmes and Watson dealing with a blackmail case centering on dominatrix Irene Adler ( Lara Pulver), who has compromising photos in her camera phone of a member of England's most powerful family. This so-called "season" - which probably should be called a miniseries in three acts - finds show creators Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss recasting three classic Holmes tales in modern times with modern sensibilities and technology. I can almost guarantee that by the finale of the third new episode on May 20, you'll be jonesing badly for more - and not just because of the cliffhanger ending.Īll three of the new episodes, beginning Sunday and continuing for the next two Sundays, simply crackle with imagination, great writing and directing, and superior performances from leads Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson. I'm not at all in favor of government regulating television any more than it already does, but, really, someone ought to pass a law demanding that PBS offer more than a paltry three episodes a year of the crazy brilliant "Sherlock" series on "Masterpiece Mystery!" Sherlock, Series 2: On "Masterpiece Mystery!" "A Scandal in Belgravia," 9 p.m. Shown from L-R: Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as Watson Colin Hutton/BBC/Hartswood Films for MASTERPI London in a series that USA Today hailed as Òunabashedly entertaining.Ó Benedict Cumberbatch returns in the title role, with Martin Freeman as his deadpan sidekick, Watson, and Andrew Scott as the mousy mastermind of evil, Jim Moriarty. Watson are back for a new round of clever crime-solving in 21stcentury Facebook Twitter Email Sherlock, Series 2 ![]()
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