History Series / Sherlock

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** In "The Lying Detective", Culverton Smith has his daughter, Faith, who comes to Sherlock at the start of the episode for help. [[spoiler:Except she doesn't.]]

* SerialKiller: Jeff Hope and Culverton Smith.
* SettingUpdate: To 21st century London.

** Mycroft's PA, Anthea. Not that that's her real name.

* TakeOurWordForIt: Holmes does so many {{Sherlock scan}}s per episode that he doesn't bother to explain many of them, unlike the original Conan Doyle stories where each scan was explained to the reader.

'''Mycroft:''' All lives end. All hearts are broken.

*** The potential damage to the eardrum from firing a gun indoors appears to be greatly exaggerated. Depending on the size of the room, the composition of the walls, the size of the round, and how far the gun is being held from the firer's ear, there can be little to no damage to hearing and a ruptured eardrum is highly unlikely. I've fired a pistol indoors without hearing protection with no hearing loss, and have known many people who have fired guns indoors without hearing protection, none of which have suffered ruptured eardrums from it.

* ClueOfFewWords: In "A Study in Pink" the primary clue in the mystery is that the murder victim scrawled the word "rache" in their dying moments. This is directly lifted from being an adaptation of "A Study in Scarlet" [[spoiler: it goes in a different direction however.]]

* SecurityBlindspot: Invoked by Mycroft, who phones John and directs his attention to several cameras in security conscious England, then deliberately has the cameras pan so that they're ''not'' looking at John. Basically sending the message, "I can do anything I want to you and no one will see." John, to his credit, tells Mycroft that it's a "clever trick" but that he could have just called him on his phone.

A modern-day version of ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' (2010-17, effectively on indefinite hiatus since then), created by Creator/StevenMoffat and Creator/MarkGatiss, produced in ninety-minute format for [[Creator/TheBBC BBC TV]] for three episodes a season. Sherlock (Creator/BenedictCumberbatch) solves crimes through sheer intellect and his SherlockScan, but is a (self-proclaimed) "high-functioning sociopath" barely kept in check by his friend Dr. John Watson (Creator/MartinFreeman) as he's called upon for the more baffling cases. The series incorporates 21st-century forensics technology, computers, smartphones, and Google searches.

A similar concept to ''Series/{{Jekyll}}'', another Creator/StevenMoffat-produced television series based around setting a classic Victorian story in the 21st century. Not to be confused with ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', the American ''Sherlock Holmes'' show also set in modern times but otherwise completely different in premise and episodic structure. Has an official manga adaptation.

The show is currently on hiatus due to Cumberbatch's and Freeman's busy schedules but Moffat mentions that he may continue the show once the two main actors are available.

** The last lines of the [[Recap/SherlockS01E01AStudyInPink first episode]] and [[Recap/SherlockS04E03TheFinalProblem last episode]] are "Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson", where it is said by Mycroft and Mary Watson ([[spoiler:albeit posthumously in a video message]]). It is immediately accompanied by a slow motion shot of the duo, [[PowerWalk where the former episode depicts them walking away from a solved mystery]], [[AndTheAdventureContinues while the latter has the two running towards a new one]], [[GrandFinale and many more to come]].

* FakeGuestStar: Rupert Graves (Lestrade) and Mark Gatiss (Mycroft) both appear in every episode of the second, third, and fourth series; Louise Brealey (Molly) appears in every episode of the first, third, and fourth series; and Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson) appears in every episode, but only Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are allowed to have their names in the opening titles.

*** In the books, he's also described as having a high-pitched voice, while Benedict Cumberbatch possesses the BadassBaritone mentioned below.

** Sherlock is first seen peering into a body bag at the morgue. He then proceeds to [[WhipItGood beat the body with a riding crop]], rather... ''passionately.''

* GooglingTheNewAcquaintance: John searches up Sherlock Holmes in the first episode, which brings him naturally to Holmes' website.

* ManHug: Lestrade gives Sherlock a big hug in "[[Recap/SherlockS03E01TheEmptyHearse]]" after revealing he is still alive.
** John gives Sherlock a big hug during Sherlock’s best man speech in "[[Recap/SherlockS03E02TheSignOfThree]]". Even better? The congregation erupts in applause when it happens.

* TerminallyIllCriminal: The [[MonsterOfTheWeek killer of the week]] in the pilot episode [[Recap/SherlockS01E01AStudyInPink "A Study In Pink"]] is a taxi driver-turned-SerialKiller because, as he's terminally ill and unable to provide for his family, he approached [[GreaterScopeVillain "consulting criminal" James Moriarty]] and accepted the offer to be paid for every person he murdered (an offer that, quite notably, Moriarty apparently decided to fund [[ForTheEvulz just for kicks]]).

*** In ''The Abominable Bride'', Victorian-era Mycroft is morbidly obese to the point of having a few years to live.

* FiveManBand: The TrueCompanions of the show ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Mycroft]]) actually fit this quite well:
** TheLeader[=/=]The AntiHero: Sherlock (doubles as TheSmartGuy)
** TheLancer[=/=]TheHeart: John
** TheSmartGuy: Mycroft and (to a lesser extent) Sherlock
** TheBigGuy: Lestrade (as an authority figure)
** TheChick: Mrs Hudson and Molly
** SixthRanger: Mary

** In "The Reichenbach Fall", Sherlock threatens Moriarty with such chilling conviction that Moriarty chooses to kill himself rather than face a vengeful Sherlock.

* JugglingLoadedGuns: Sherlock fires John's gun at their flat's wall out of boredom and later, uses it to scratch his head after the pool scene in "The Great Game".

*** [[spoiler:Then taken up to eleven in that hard copies and offline computers can be taken or destroyed, he actually keeps all his files in his mind.]]