I am unable to comprehend how the character played by Benedict is Sherlock Holmes: the name is the only thing that is the same. Sherlock Holmes in this show is an arrogant, manipulative, anti- social, insulting, condescending prick who cannot treat anyone with respect or communicate with them. The show has started with the character created by Doyle and taken artistic liberty too far, using the guise of reinvention to rip out every single character trait of Sherlock and create an insufferable new character,perfect for Benedict to look good and get the fanboying and hype get them viewers. Sherlock Holmes would need information to solve cases. Well, good luck trying to do that when you let everyone know you think they're retarded within a minute of waking in the room. But of course, they all suffer his behavior because there wouldn't be a show if they acted like real people would act would it? Add to that all the drama and snappy dialogues and guns and explosions and standoffs: what happened to the Sherlock Holmes that was about the cases? In the books, Sherlock Holmes chides Watson for not prioritizing the case in his reports, and instead romanticizing the story. If he happened to watch this show, he'd probably have a brain seizure. I certainly was close to one.