SPOILERS FOLLOW AFTER FIRST PARAGRAPH
The first episode of this modern series, "A Study in Pink" was absolutely terrific. After watching it, I said to myself, "This series has real promise. Too bad, it's only three episodes." But after this second episode, I couldn't believe that I was watching the same production.
In this drama, Sherlock breaks into a dangerous house unaccompanied by Watson, and is so obsessive-compulsive that he leaves Watson outside. In the house, he is partially strangled, but left alive. Later on, shots are taken at Sherlock, Watson, and Soo Lin Yao, a young woman whom they then leave alone as they both chase after the potential killer. When the killer seems to escape, they just stand around looking like lost souls. Guess what happens next.
Later on, Sherlock, Watson, and Sarah (a new girlfriend of Watson's) are in an obviously dangerous environment, but Sherlock compulsively chases off by himself and Watson & Sarah are abducted. We then have a scene out of a Dr. Fu Manchu movie, with Watson & Sarah tied up in an underground tunnel with a cartoonish villainous woman and her thugs.
Somehow Sherlock magically (but we have no idea, or at least I may have looked away for a minute and have no idea) finds where they are being held. In a scene reminiscent of every deus ex machina you've ever seen, Watson & Sarah are saved at the last second (okay, three seconds), and Sherlock isn't killed either. (Those devilish Chinese have forgotten how to shoot and have suddenly lost their martial arts skills). In the last scene, we have an updated version of a scene from the movie, From Russia With Love, with a Chinese woman in the role originally played by Lotte Lenya who failed in her mission. Better watch out when you fail the Tong.
Well photographed, good music, but juvenile writing, and high school acting. Try the scene where Sarah is grinning like a schoolgirl as she watches the Chinese magicians.
The first episode of this modern series, "A Study in Pink" was absolutely terrific. After watching it, I said to myself, "This series has real promise. Too bad, it's only three episodes." But after this second episode, I couldn't believe that I was watching the same production.
In this drama, Sherlock breaks into a dangerous house unaccompanied by Watson, and is so obsessive-compulsive that he leaves Watson outside. In the house, he is partially strangled, but left alive. Later on, shots are taken at Sherlock, Watson, and Soo Lin Yao, a young woman whom they then leave alone as they both chase after the potential killer. When the killer seems to escape, they just stand around looking like lost souls. Guess what happens next.
Later on, Sherlock, Watson, and Sarah (a new girlfriend of Watson's) are in an obviously dangerous environment, but Sherlock compulsively chases off by himself and Watson & Sarah are abducted. We then have a scene out of a Dr. Fu Manchu movie, with Watson & Sarah tied up in an underground tunnel with a cartoonish villainous woman and her thugs.
Somehow Sherlock magically (but we have no idea, or at least I may have looked away for a minute and have no idea) finds where they are being held. In a scene reminiscent of every deus ex machina you've ever seen, Watson & Sarah are saved at the last second (okay, three seconds), and Sherlock isn't killed either. (Those devilish Chinese have forgotten how to shoot and have suddenly lost their martial arts skills). In the last scene, we have an updated version of a scene from the movie, From Russia With Love, with a Chinese woman in the role originally played by Lotte Lenya who failed in her mission. Better watch out when you fail the Tong.
Well photographed, good music, but juvenile writing, and high school acting. Try the scene where Sarah is grinning like a schoolgirl as she watches the Chinese magicians.