I enjoyed the second episode as well. Not as strong as the first, but still pretty solid. FYI, Martin Freeman (Watson) was cast as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.

See. this is why when it comes to British tv I always go with 'alternate methods' rather than try to watch the American broadcast. Its like they can't resist the urge to screw with it.

Wait, they edited the episodes?

Damn, I can't believe This was my favorite episode of the three.

I liked that too, especially the way the actor played the part.

God damn that was good. Someone needs to clone Moffat.

I nearly didn't watch this show, because I didn't really care for the other modernization Moffat did (Jekyll), but this was awesome. I really cannot wait for the next set of shows.

Jekyll wasn't a modernization.

Finished the last one of the three myself tonight. This series is really well done. Shame we only got three episodes. I was skeptical at first, but this is pretty faithful to the characters of the books . Ritchie's movie was fun to me, but little more than light entertainment. This kept you thinking.

I saw the first ep finally and it put me to sleep. Mainly cause I was dead fucking tired. It was good for what I saw. Though the part with the killer revealing everything went forever. I gotta see it again...

I really enjoyed these, but the year long wait until the next one is going to be brutal.

Same here. I loved the pilot. The 2nd episode was a bit of a drop off. But the 3rd was the best of the lot.

As for Guy Richie's movie, thats not Sherlock Holmes. Its a fun popcorn movie about a Victorian era John McClane. But Sherlock Holmes it is not.

I disagree. It seems as though opinions from fans of Doyle's original short stories are split. Being a fan of the original material, I enjoyed Ritchie's film quite a bit; although not as much as Moffat's adaptation. I guess it's a like it or hate kind of deal.

I finished the first series a few days ago. I wasn't impressed by the second episode, but I loved the third. The twist with Moriaty was perfect and really makes me excited for the second series. Sucks we have to wait another year though.

I am a huge fan of the Jeremy Brett version of Sherlock, and I really enjoyed this new series (I like that they have almost the exact same layout of Sherlock's apartment as in Brett's series).

I hope they are able to keep Martin Freeman involved, since he's probably going to be busy with The Hobbit soon. And I hope they do more than 3 episodes next season.

For those interested, an interview with the creators about the second series: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...ond-series-bbc

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But that Moriarty guy is fucking creepy. He looked weird in John Adams but DAMN when he was making those faces I was creeped out. He acted a bit TOO gay at times though. And fuck that cliff hanger!

Inspired by Sherlock cleaning up at the BAFTA's (UK's Emmys) Just watched the entire series on Netflix.

Verdict:
First Episode - absolutely terrific. Perfect start to the show
Middle Episode - a little weak and surprisingly racist but still pretty good
Last episode - back to absolutely terrific with a great cliffhanger. Actually, I'd rate this up there with a few episodes of the Sopranos and maybe Lonesome Dove as one of the best hour plus of TV dramas I've ever seen.

Overall, this is great TV. I can't believe I didn't watch it in first run.

According to the running times listed on Netflix, they appear to be the UK versions of the episodes, and not the PBS edits. So you may be at an advantage to those who watched it first run on PBS.

Are the US DVD/Blu-ray releases the full versions, or the PBS edits?

Full versions.

Grr. Now I'm going to have to rent them and watch again.

I can't wait for the new ones!

Misfits got shafted. It's a much better show.

I saw on Ian McKellan's blog that Martin Freeman is on hiatus from The Hobbit so he can go back to England and shoot the next set of these.

Misfits was good, but Sherlock was a much better produced/acted series.

I just watched the first two episodes and am enjoying it.

i agree. Misifits is awesome but Sherlock was amazingly well done

Shockingly awesome news! I figured Sherlock was going to be on a 3 year hiatus due to Hobbit.