9/20/2023 0 Comments Review sherlock special![]() “Bride” opens with a restaging (or, perhaps, the original staging) of Holmes and Dr. By the end, I found myself wishing this wouldn’t be the last time we see old-timey London in the Sherlock universe. Director Doug Mackinnon, a Doctor Who regular, keeps Steven Moffat and Mark “Mycroft” Gatiss’s improbably dense script moving at a breakneck pace, while effortlessly juggling twin Bizarro World canons. Its head-spinning, mind palace–plumbing narrative is so rich and textured - and the Gothic shadow-and-fog production is so spot-on - that I’m tempted to say it’s the Best Episode Ever. “The Abominable Bride” is the most purely entertaining episode of Sherlock since the second season. Transplanted into the past, can Sherlock shake up musty ol’ Baker Street enough to thrill us present-day fans? This is the first major pop-culture event of 2016, people. I don’t have to tell you that this episode is set in the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle era, which hasn’t been on the small screen in any extended fashion for more than 20 years. Instead, this one-off holiday special is meant to tide us over until the fourth season debuts in 2017. Set in England in 1895, “The Abominable Bride” isn’t a continuation of the present-day Sherlock narrative - or so it seems at first. Hudson’s tea, but don’t be surprised if she doesn’t say much. So, plop down on your sitty thing and have a sip of Mrs. Happy New Year and safe deductions, fellow Sherlockians! It’s time for a brand-new case starring the ‘Batch, Bilbo Baggins, and the rest of the gang, all sporting fancy Victorian hats and uncomfortable corsets. ![]() Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Freeman as Dr. ![]()
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