Sherlock is is an enjoyable show, owing largely to the source material and general structure of Conan Doyle's stories.

But there is *so much* that is annoying about this show:

The extremely repetitive, annoying, blatantly manipulative score. It's impressive to have created a musical score that is more aggravating than a laugh track, as has been achieved here.


The extreme caricature of Sherlock's personality, which is wholly out of proportion from the original character of Sherlock Holmes. The result is a sort of lack of empathy for the character, like the look-at-these-dorks "humor" of the American show Big Bang Theory.




Despite each episode being the length of a feature film, no episode, if considered independently as a movie, would ever make a list of 100 or even 1,000 best movies. If Sherlock is going to ask so much of our time, it should use it effectively, to explore interesting ideas and challenges. I believe it declines to do so.

At its core, the show is very cheap entertainment — *not* art. It lacks ambition and it lacks taste.