British people have got to have a lot of free time to keep up with their shows.
 
The newest reincarnation of the famous detective has once again returned to television, but this time in a modern way. Sherlock, which takes the character from the 1800's to the 21st century, and has updated the character to live in modern times. 
 
There have only been three episodes, but each episode is an hour and a half long. Man, I have enough trouble keeping up with hour long shows. I don't know who has time to keep up with a show where each episode is essentially a short movie. 
 
Despite this long run time, Sherlock is quite an entertaining show. As most fans of the character would probably gasp at the mention of modernizing Holmes, this show has performed this time transfer quite respectfully. Every bit of Sherlock's trademark character is still intact. He is still the ultra preceptive yet socially retarded detective we all love. 
 
The show finds a interesting way to bring him into modern times by being a consultant for the police department when they cant solve a case, and a lot of his investigative work is based around modern social standings(i.e. cell phone location, fashion sense, etc.). 
 
It also seems that Sherlock shares similarities in direction with the recent Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey Jr. The show has visual representations of what is going through Sherlock's head as he investigates crime scenes. Throughout each episode there are lots of inventive scenes, such as text messages being written next to the stars as they are typing it. Overall, the look and feel of the show is great.
 
Beyond direction though, Sherlock has a great cast. The actor playing Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch, eats up scenery every time he's on screen. The role of Watson performed by Martin Freeman, has much more depth than expected. In fact he is the character we are first introduced to in the first place. His modernizing is quite unique, in the form of him being an army veteran with post traumatic stress disorder. The two of them together have great chemistry and give great contrast with their vastly different characterizations. 
 
Sherlock seamlessly updates the classic character into a modern world, but keeps every bit of his trademark mannerisms intact. It's a great detective show that I highly recommend checking out. Some may not like the long episode run time, but the bold direction and sparkling performances keeps this show at a brisk pace.