Well, this is more of a jumbo trailer type thing. You don't get to know what is gonna happen in the coming episodes but it only informs you that sherlock is coming back.(As if we didn't know about it, duh). Its 7 minutes and 12 seconds long....what did you expect? Watch out for John Watson though, he can catch your eye. Again, Benedict Cumberbatch does a great job by teasing the public watching the video....all his winking , smiling at the camera..... It just made me more eager to watch the coming episodes.For me it was the perfect Christmas gift :-) Catch it on you tube! The next episode is on new years eve making it my perfect new year gift again. The game is back on people!
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Good episode
goranka-solovjev28 September 2020
Next time you cast actors as Serbs please... no pretty please cast someone who actually speaks serbian. As a serbian I am used to acts being casted as bad guys (not all Serbs as Russians or Arabs are bad people) but, if you want to portray as bad an evil people cast (I will repeat ) someone who does speaks Serbian.
Season 3 prequel: A tease but a welcome one
bob the moo29 December 2013
Just in case viewers weren't already wishing their Christmas break away in order to get to the New Year's Day return of Sherlock to the BBC, this little mini prequel came out a week before that return with a short that alludes to him being alive. In a pub Anderson tries to convince Lestrade that a handful of complex crimes across the world can only have been solved by Holmes, regardless of who publicly took the credit. Meanwhile, John Watson gets to watch a longer version of the DVD Holmes did for him on his birthday, bringing back some painful memories. But, he's definitely dead right? Smile, wink.
Like everyone else I am very much looking forward to the return of Sherlock and the continued mystery over how Steven Moffat can write such tight and engaging stories for this show but be all over the shop with Doctor Who, sorry, I mean of course the mystery over how he survived a fatal fall while making it look like he died at the end of the second season. This little short doesn't do anything that whet the appetite for the return but it is amusing and fun in its own way. Wisely Sherlock himself only appears in two ways – one is as a suggested outline in the visualization of Anderson's theories and the other is in a pre-recorded DVD, albeit one that is paused at a key moment. This is a wise choice as nobody wants to play the card early, but it does also help add to the appeal.
It is a throwaway short of course – just a 7-minute promo but it is fun. Freeman and Graves carry it along and the cheeky direction and use of the instantly recognizable music makes it one big tease – albeit a tease that is self-inflicted by the viewer and one that can be enjoyed now that the wait is down to days.
Like everyone else I am very much looking forward to the return of Sherlock and the continued mystery over how Steven Moffat can write such tight and engaging stories for this show but be all over the shop with Doctor Who, sorry, I mean of course the mystery over how he survived a fatal fall while making it look like he died at the end of the second season. This little short doesn't do anything that whet the appetite for the return but it is amusing and fun in its own way. Wisely Sherlock himself only appears in two ways – one is as a suggested outline in the visualization of Anderson's theories and the other is in a pre-recorded DVD, albeit one that is paused at a key moment. This is a wise choice as nobody wants to play the card early, but it does also help add to the appeal.
It is a throwaway short of course – just a 7-minute promo but it is fun. Freeman and Graves carry it along and the cheeky direction and use of the instantly recognizable music makes it one big tease – albeit a tease that is self-inflicted by the viewer and one that can be enjoyed now that the wait is down to days.
Many Happy Returns!!!!!!
dhruviekandhari28 June 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Yes,Brilliant and Many Happy Returns to Our Favourite Consulting Detective Sleuth Sherlock and has returned.Wow,I mean these wonderful 7 minutes which were written By Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are just brilliant that shows what has been since The Reichenbach Fall and How much everyone has changed and in these 7 minutes,You get a clue that how different and unusually brilliant The next Series would be.Wonderful performances and excellent heartwarming Christmas Special.Hats off .They showed many things in these 7 minutes.So,Ladies and Gentlemen,Get ready for the next moving piece of television and a long awaited Brand New Three 90- Minute Films and The Brand New Season 3 of The Epic Drama "Sherlock" and let"s Celebrate The Return Of Our favourite Consulting detective Sleuth"Sherlock".9/10,As I said Many Happy Returns.
The best Sherlock Holmes rendition right now, also the mini episode after sherlock supposed death is actually 2 years after season 2 not 3 like the synopsis says.
rjnielson12 January 2014
Warning: Spoilers
I love this show. I have to say though on the episode the synopsis says that the mini episode is two years after the 3rd season. It is actually based two years after the 2nd season. Anyway like I said. The best rendition of Sherlock Holmes today. Better than Elementary, better than the Sherlock Holmes movies with Robert Downey Jr. As sherlock. Which is really hard to beat. The movies are great, but Sherlock is better. It's a close one for sure though. I rate the Downey-Law Sherlock movies a 4 stars out of 5. While I rate the Cumberbatch-Freeman version a 4.5 stars out of 5. If you love Sherlock Holmes. This is the best one to be watching. I first had watched the movies and came across this one a loved it. I thought the Downey Sherlock was unbeatable. Obviously there are other legends at the Sherlock helm. The thing is though of the 3 Sherlock holes today (Sherlock, Elementary, Sherlock Holmes movies) this is the best of them all. Again the movies come real close behind Sherlock. Elementary I have seen a few episodes. The concept of it and the series as a whole is pretty good, but the movies and Sherlock are without on a better level. Also my rating on Elementary (Johnny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes) is a 3 stars out of 5.
Serbs again? Really?
lidijavulicevic-9139817 December 2020
Until when will Serbs be an association for murderers, terrorists? And please, if you are already taking Serbs, at least try to speak the correct Serbian language and with a good accent, specifically in this episode it sounds more like Croatian
Why oh why....
tammyahansen25 July 2020
Worst Adaptation of Sherlock ever
gabrielg-3166018 February 2023
Sherlock Holmes is not a cold-blooded killer or high-functioning sociopath Steve Moffat and his team are terrible writers who should invent their own detective and characters because they are clearly incapable of getting anywhere near who Sherlock Holmes character actually is. I doubt they ever bothered to find out, like most of their audience.
This portrayal of Sherlock Holmes is closer to a James Bond type of character, not Sherlock. Cumberbatch does his best with terrible writing, but inevitably the real Sherlock would never kill people in cold blood nor act as judge and jury in the stopping of an individual criminal.
Holmes 'powers' are not power of deductive reasoning, but instead portrayed like 'super-powers' similar to a marvel character. HIs explanations are not reasoning or elimination of possibliities but big shows of self-aggrandisement.
Basically this is not Sherlock, but a terrible rendition by a half-hearted writer who wouldn't know a good mystery from his left hand.
This portrayal of Sherlock Holmes is closer to a James Bond type of character, not Sherlock. Cumberbatch does his best with terrible writing, but inevitably the real Sherlock would never kill people in cold blood nor act as judge and jury in the stopping of an individual criminal.
Holmes 'powers' are not power of deductive reasoning, but instead portrayed like 'super-powers' similar to a marvel character. HIs explanations are not reasoning or elimination of possibliities but big shows of self-aggrandisement.
Basically this is not Sherlock, but a terrible rendition by a half-hearted writer who wouldn't know a good mystery from his left hand.
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