I get that it's YA fiction, and so not aimed at people like me. On the positive side, MBB was terrific and the production sumptuous. However the script was pretty awful and often beggared belief.

I'm not sure why the story had to be set in the world of Sherlock Holmes at all, instead of a standalone story of a strong female character during the Victorian era. It's as if the writers had to borrow credibility from those well-established male characters, which kinda undermines the whole notion of emancipation.