They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
tell that to the Great Detective.
the new BBC series, "Sherlock", balks that old axiom in a manner both brassy and gleeful; Taken from actual Holmes texts and repositioned in a modern context, this is a Sherlock Holmes for the 21st Century.
In a manner of speaking, this "series" is quite interesting; They've recreated an origins approach to the classic pairing of one eccentric detective and one old soldier with a slant for medicine --excellently executed by Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman -- and gives us a faithful interpretation of our adventurers.
the series is currently set to premiere in the US later this month, but avid fans can find the UK's airdates from earlier this summer. Rather than a longer, drawn-out season, the writers have opted to have three 90-minute episodes, a format which has only whetted this viewer's appetite for more such runs.
