As far as show openers go, Sherlock was right up there. A fast pace (too fast in places), slick visuals and an intriguing plot all added up to a pilot that rivalled the first ever episode of Lost back in the summer of 2005. When you compare the budgets of the 2 shows it makes Sherlock even more impressive.

Amazingly the idea to set Sherlock in modern times worked, it had disaster written all over it but somehow they pulled it off. Maybe in these troubled times we need to know a nut-job genius is out there watching our back like More >