My Brain Hurts...In the Best Possible Way (Sherlock - TV-14)

I've been Sherlock-ed! This freaking show. Let me tell you. Sherlock is a BBC made television series based on the infamous legend of Sherlock Holmes. Each episode is a modernized tale taken almost directly from the original novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Complexity and completed tales are allowed because each episode is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes long... So be quite aware of this before you try to watch an entire season in an afternoon.

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The show features Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek: Into Darkness - Khan, The Hobbit - Necromancer) as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman (A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Arthur Dent, The Hobbit - Bilbo Baggins) as his partner Dr. John Watson. Seasons 1-3 are currently available on Netflix with three episodes per season. If you watch this show - ye be warned - you will get attached and you will want more. However, Sherlock is not expected to return to British television until 2016... and who knows when it will become available in the US.

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I was immediately attached to Sherlock because of its movie-like detail. It has developed theme music and pretty incredible special effects. Each episode takes you on the twisted journey of solving a case and wraps it up completely by the end of the episode - no loose strings. At the same time, the central plot involving the main characters continues and develops from episode to episode.

Sherlock, himself, is instantly lovable. I'm not kidding you. Male or female, you will either fall in love with this man or you will wish you were just like him. Benedict Cumberbatch is fantastic at portraying a man who is honest about his social-ineptness as well as being insanely brilliant. And that, of course, makes him quirky, ridiculously sassy, and utterly hilarious.

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There's also an obvious theme of brotherhood throughout the series. Sherlock and John grow close quickly and maintain a strong bond that carries through the story. Of course, that leads to plot development when life takes interesting turns...

I definitely recommend Sherlock to anyone looking for a show that includes genuinely British men, a show for the not-so-average-crime-series lovers, or a show that takes A LOT of investment. Rating: 4.5/5 pints of Ben & Jerry's.