Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century

This show is incredibly silly based on premise alone. But honestly, it does more with its premise than I expected it would. Instead of just being a version of Sherlock Holmes born in the 22nd Century, this is the actual Victorian man, revived from the dead, and placed into a time and London he is unfamiliar with. Since this show isn't exactly home to the deepest writing, we don't see it affect him for too long. But when the show allows us to, it's really interesting.

The thing is, Watson wasn't revived with him. His Watson is a police robot, or compudroid, that read Watson's writings and took on his personality. And oh my God, I love it. We do get an entire episode dedicated to the fact that Holmes is unwilling to accept this machine as a replacement for the real John Watson, the man with whom he shared so much of his life. He slowly warms up to him, and eventually accepts him as a suitable Watson, even if he isn't the original. It's surprisingly heartwarming!

Some of the stories adapted to this new setting were actually pretty interesting. I like how they updated certain aspects for this future timeline. Not every one is a winner, but there's some good stuff in there if you look. Moriarty is pretty generic (and American?), sadly. He's also got a French sidekick now, who I do kinda like. There's also Beth Lestrade, meant to be the descendant of the inspector of the same last name. She's alright. I don't love her, but I think she's a decent character.

I wish the show could've done more with what it had, but what it did was immensely interesting. It's almost an equivalent to, like, Batman Beyond in terms of adaptation. At least it allowed Holmes to be a whole person, instead of the "highly functioning sociopath" of the BBC adaptation. (I have a MASSIVE beef with BBC Sherlock, but this is not the time or the place for that.)