BBC goodness with a genius hero who seems to have Asperger’s syndrome and is only tolerable alongside his quietly charming sidekick. Together they are dynamite.
The Guy Ritchie movies that I love so well (as I do all things Guy Ritchie) actually complement the vision of the BBC show, sharing enough to make them an expansive terrain but bringing such a different set of creative elements that neither really interferes with the other.
In the end, it comes down to Benedict Cumberbatch, a genius playing a genius…
