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How appropriate that this series should debut just as the US President wants to take over Canada, Mexico, Panama and who knows what (or where) will catch his fancy next?

Yes, sir, there is a North America, a Central America and a South America. Let's make them ALL great again, and not just the USA.

On a less political note, I was glad to see this as an adjunct to the BBC nature specials, although I don't know if it will ever replace them. The BBC has such a deep pool of talent (along with Sir David) that it is difficult for the US channels to match up with them. Why do you think that Masterpiece Theatre is made in the UK? Because they have so many great actors available to them.

I had (like so many others) enjoyed Season 1 of Sherwood. Season 2, however, was just so depressing that I couldn't even finish it. Party A kills someone from Party B, so Party B takes revenge on Party A, which then goes after Party B... you get the picture. The constant ping-pong between the "families" was annoying and confusing - I kept trying to remember which family had done which action.

So now IMDB wants me to add extra characters, so... the quick brown dog jumps over the lazy fox while the boy stood on the burning deck, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was 3 in the afternoon.

First off, don't blame my review on the fact that there is a Black man in the title role. I enjoy The Irrational, which has the same situation. And I liked Morris Chestnut in Rosewood and The Resident, so no, it's not a matter of race.

I found the show annoying, but it's hard to put a finger on just why this should be. Part of the problem may be the search for rare and unusual diseases like Fatal Insomnia and Songbird Fever. What, there aren't any commonly known diseases that are sometimes difficult to diagnose?

And I seemed to be torn between the Victorian-era Holmes and the modern Watson, who works in a modern hospital but has a Victorian office and labs that look like they were stuck in a time machine. This wasn't helped by the Reichenbach Falls intro, which depicts a manageable dive into a pool before the final descent - nothing like the actual Falls. Of course, this has to be the situation so that Moriarty (and probably Holmes) could be resurrected late in the episode.

Then I couldn't figure out why there were these two Croft brothers working in the same clinic. I found them both a bit annoying, and the explanation given later in the episode for their presence was unsatisfying.

There have been so many good representations of Holmes and Watson (especially the Cumberbatch "Sherlock", which was also set in the present day) that I felt there was something (besides Sherlock) missing from this show.