I have never understood the love for this show. I am well aware that I am in the minority of hating everything about the BBC adaptation.

The deductions are so specific that it come across as fantasy. Cumberbatch gives a great performance but the character is so inherently unlikeable and cruel that it puts me off the whole show.

The writing is not as good as people think it is. A boomerang killing someone? Ask any Australian and they'll tell you that boomerangs never come back. There is also a secret Holmes sister who can deduce so well she can take over a prison. Not that it's ever explained how.

There wasn't even resolution to the series 2 cliff-hanger. Just a few theories that might have happened because god forbid the writers think about anything for more than 2 seconds.