Sunday, May 6, 2012

Masterpiece Mystery - Sherlock - Entertainment Weekly: Tonight's Best Tv May 6 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: TONIGHT'S BEST TV SUNDAY MAY 6, 2012

A Daily Guide To Notable Shows


... Sherlock

9-10:31 PM PBS, SEASON PREMIERE

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are back in the wittily filmed modernizations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes tales. The first one, based on Conan Doyle's "A Scandal in Bohemia," finds Cumberbatch's Sherlock tied up with dominatrix Irene Adler (Lara Pulver), who's blackmailing the royal family with compromising photos. The new season pops with all the visual energy of the first, and the script by Doctor Who and Tintin writer Steven Moffat captures both Conan Doyle's arch leaps of logic and his contemporary badinage. Freeman's Watson remains the perpetually nettled blogger of Sherlock's adventures, and Mark Gatiss makes the most of his small but crucial role as Sherlock's pained and proper brother.

RATED: A-

Ken Tucker

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