Critic Reviews

Cumberbatch and star British producers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss ("Doctor Who") have performed quite a remarkable feat here--they've created something unique and pleasurable where so many have trod before.

The result is a sharp, funny, clever series that remains faithful to the spirit of Doyle's stories while infusing them with a vibrant spirit of modernity.

There have been many great "Masterpiece" offerings over the decades, but I can't think of a single one that is as much out-and-out fun as Sherlock, a modern-dress Conan Doyle that crackles with superb writing, brilliant performances and snappy direction, and does it all while somehow managing to be oddly faithful to the original source material.

Tremendously clever fun, Masterpiece Mystery! presents the first of three modernizations of the Sherlock Holmes tales.

Sherlock is an electric marriage of great writing with great performances.

The beauty of this series is that it's so entertaining and so well-executed.

Each week, the series takes on a Holmes classic, updates it, turns it on its ear and leaves you breathless.

This Holmes update's second season continues to be both clever and classic.

Three scintillating new Sherlock brain-teasers.

This is TV pleasure at its most intense, without even a shade of guilt.