We are not always the people we think we are. The man who thinks he longs for the suburbs and regularity and structure instead longs for danger. The high-functioning sociopath is a man who has friends, loves them and can cope with that.

Also posted at http://sir-guinglain.dreamwidth.org/2014/01/12/sherlock-lessons-for-life.html.

I've not yet rewatched The Blind Banker (interrupted as I was by a phone call on Sunday), which is to do...

...but if you've not seen this yet, here's University of Stirling media academic - and graduate of Doctor Who fanzinedom - Dave Rolinson on how much Sherlock owes to Doyle and how multi-faceted its status as adaptation is, with particular ( Read more... )

A bit uncertain early on, I thought - but Holmes's and Watson's run through the streets of London was the equivalent of the first Morse and Lewis car journey through Oxford in The Dead of Jericho, and it found its direction. Gatiss has given himself a part in which he can be sinister and sibillant and chew scenery *because that's how the character ( Read more... )

A ReTweet has directed me towards the Sherlocking blog, which in turn has pointed me towards the pitch video for the forthcoming Sherlock series, brought to us by Messrs Gatiss and Moffat, Hartswood Films, and the BBC. My knowledge of the characters isn't extensive, but this looks promising (though the scenes may all come from the pilot, which is ( Read more... )