First issue was annoyingly generic, only looking at Duke Thomas and his "been there, done that" anger at the world. The Convergence preview and this second issue do a much better job at exploring the concept (which involves conspiracies and mysteries, instead of just hashtag activists hitting the streets).

I was disappointed with the first issue - Duke was a very interesting character when written by Snyder in Batman, but in his own title, Bermejo seems to have drained all originality out of him into a banal, generic, "Duke Thomas is mad at the world" cookie cutter story. The second issue was much better, giving room…

It is the ultimate lazy writer card.

Fundamentally, I think this film sees clearly the foundation of Sherlock Holmes - the rationalist fantasy that man can comprehend and assert a measure of control over the world's mysteries - and rejects it utterly. As a result, I think it will not make a large dent in the history of Holmes adaptations or the community…

Well said. I loathe it when films or books try to pretend that Doyle and Sherlock Holmes exist in the same universe.

Yeah, agreed. Holmes's passion for justice is the fire that keeps the intellectual puzzle solving worthwhile, and the fact that (spoiler!) he fails so hard in this instance was so frustrating in the novel.

The Granada productions are indeed stellar. Sometimes uneven, but generally really excellent, and Jeremy Brett and his two Watsons are always solid.

It's reasonable, though I don't think it's amazing. It nice to see a take on Holmes and Watson that's truly different, though. Just kind of weak execution.

Fair enough.

I happened to be in my email when the notification popped up.

I wasn't pointing out anachronisms (things out of their place in time) - I was pointing out specific story structures that work, but are so blatantly obviously structures rather than simulated human interactions.

While I like the performances of the show, it's a bit too much like "Dexter with hackers instead of serial killers" to feel really fresh. Plus, the structuring tends to be incredibly artificial - in the first episode, when Elliot has the two folders, there's a pause in the meeting, and I just knew there was going to…

Even a bad adaptation does not harm the original text. All adaptations have some impact on the interpretive community that reacts to the text, though. And sometimes, a good one can do more "damage" (a relative term - perhaps "influence" or "supplanting") than a bad one. The bad ones can be laughed off or ignored. The…

Beautifully adapted, and yet, I fear this will be similar to the Lord of the Rings films, fine works in their own right, but sadly lacking much of the richness of the literary work.

You have a point that Major has behaved sacrificially - but I disagree that his actions are all nobly motivated. A lot of this is nonverbal interpretation, so it just comes down to me reading Major's actions and words as less nobly motivated than you.

Yes, the hallucination was what I was referencing.

I really like this show, but the last two episodes have been really frustrating. I totally understand that you can't have the love interests get together easily - where's the story in that? But it's massively unsatisfying to have Liv and the audience get at taste of what Major at his best might be like if he found out…

Thank you, Miles, for giving such consistently thoughtful and entertaining reviews of a great show. Here's hoping to success in your future endeavors, and that the AV Club will find a worthy replacement!

Red-Headed League!

Yeah, they said individual writers might live-tweet a few upcoming episodes, but nothing this week.