TV in Review: Sherlock, “The Great Game”

February 21, 2012 by 2 Comments

I thought that watching it would give me a sense of completion, but another late night viewing of Sherlock (2010) just left me wanting more.

It’s been interesting to see how a television season can be fashioned out of only three episodes. The first, “A Study in Pink,” was like watching a new star make an entrance, fully formed. I felt like co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss had given me a personal gift. The second episode, “The Blind Banker,” was disappointing in its Orientalism but nonetheless more entertaining than most television fare. And now that I’ve watched the third and final episode, “The Great Game,” all I can say is…bring on season two!

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TV in Review: Sherlock, “The Blind Banker”

February 13, 2012 by 2 Comments

Please don’t be mad at me, but I wasn’t as thrilled with “The Blind Banker” as I was with “A Study in Pink.”

Some of it has to do with the old-fashioned Orientalism of “The Blind Banker.” In this episode, the second of the first Sherlock series, we are supposed to be wowed by the mysterious Orient, which is presented mostly as an assortment of objects. This frames the whole story…we open in a museum, introduced to magical tea cups, and in the end it’s an object from the Orient that solves the whole case.

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