The series lacks any seriousness and therefore any credibility. But the credibility is already gone the moment you put "Sherlock Holmes" in the title and the writer couldn't even write a children's book that kids would call "smart" or "clever." Nothing in this series is solved through logical deduction; instead, to seem "clever," it just makes things up, or often doesn't even bother. A simple example: something gets stolen and the police follow the thief's trail to a boat. That's where they stop. Then Sherlock shows up and follows footprints away from the boat to a path, and from there carriage tracks to a pub, where he finds the thief. That's an insult to anyone who has ever read a Sherlock Holmes novel. Even worse than this stupid plot with its stupid twists is the casting: everything went wrong. The series is miscast down to the smallest role; especially Sherlock, Mycroft, and Moriarty. After a few episodes, the movie "Idiocracy" (2006) starts to feel like a prophetic prediction rather than a funny satire.