London 2010. Sherlock Holmes — loner, oddball, genius. John Watson — doctor, war hero. Two men who couldn’t be more different, united by adventure. Sunday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD.
Blowing away the fog of the Victorian era, the world’s most famous detective enters the 21st century in Sherlock, a thrilling contemporary version based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes is bored. And he's not just staring at the wall, he's shooting at it. London is quiet and peaceful, and for Holmes, that is nothing short of maddening.
An explosion rocks Holmes and Dr. John Watson out of their doldrums and into a series of deadly puzzles conceived by a brilliant bomber. It starts with a pair of shoes left in the center of an empty room — shoes connected to a case that caught Holmes's interest twenty years ago as a boy. Soon a blood-soaked car, a television star and a recovered classic painting figure into an ever-widening cat-and-mouse game.
As fast as Holmes can deduce answers, more cryptic clues arrive from his intelligent and violent adversary. After many surreal twists and turns, the outcome of the game may be uncertain, but for once, Sherlock has found a worthy opponent.
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