Sherlock unfortunately. S1-2 are some of the best TV I've ever watched. 3 was okay, and then 4 was completely off the rails, with each episode being about some zany conspiracy. Granted it can't take all the credit, Doyle did the same.

[–] KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

I actually think that seasons 3&4 ruined the previous seasons. The issues presented in the later seasons were all present before then, but weren’t as obvious.

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It's been awile but was season 4 when he basically became God? Like, I get that he's smarter than everyone but it turned into him basically containing all human knowledge in his head. "That hair on her scarf is from a Persian blah blah breed of cat only available from X thus proving she's the murderer" without doing any research, just God-like knowledge kicking around his head.

[–] CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The worst was the little closed-eye twitching Cumberbatch was doing when "going" through all this knowledge. It was always kinda there, but season 4 was peak "let's show him doing that for 10min straight." It looked so ridiculous...

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Haha it's like each twitch represented flipping a page to new info. "He's accessing his mind palace!"

I'm surprised he didn't put two fingers up to his temple as well.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 points 1 week ago

Yes it was far less a whodunnit and more of a psychic detective show

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It's so sad! So much potential and then. That.