I wasn't quite as down as some were with the first episode of the run, but the second was definitely superior. This side of the pond something like Sherlock always attracts more coverage that average, and it always amuses me that people feel that a show has to be bracketed as a certain *type*. There were complaints after the first episode that Sherlock was turning into an action star - carefully ignoring the fact that in the books Holmes could always take care of himself. I even read an angry denunciation of the end of the episode, because it was trying to be too clever. To which I would reply, Sherlock probably isn't the series for you.
Was there profanity in Sherlock? I must have missed it. The BBC allow a few F-words in its post 9pm dramas should they be warranted. The night before, Taboo had launched in a 9.15pm Saturday slot (very unusual scheduling). It certainly had a few F-bombs in it which I assume FX either had alternate takes of, or did strange sound dips to avoid. Am I right in thinking that's slightly too strong language for a channel like FX? I do note that drama runs a full commercial-free 60 minutes on BBC1, and that FX run it for 1:23 as a result. But I'm straying off topic. Adam On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Jon Delfin <jondel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suspect I agree with you, but I was so annoyed with PBS for its > candy-assed masking of profanity that I almost stopped watching and > switched over to "alternative methods." > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 1:30 AM, Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The first episode was almost unwatchable to me. It was a soap opera, had >> almost nothing to do with Holmes and Watson solving a mystery, and the >> ending was just annoying. >> >> The second episode was one of the better bits of TV I'm likely to see >> this year. >> >> Anyone else have similar reactions to this season, or was it just me? >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
