Granted, “Sherlock” is only a limited affair, but for three successive Sundays with it and “Downton” on the case, there’s nothing sleepy or stuffy about public television. PBS, meanwhile, finds itself in a position that’s rare for public television – with a hit any network would envy, and the opportunity to build on that success, pretty impressively, without selling out the “ Masterpiece” brand. It all works thanks heavily to the chemistry between Cumberbatch and Freeman, which alternates between wide-eyed wonder and exasperation to the point of the good doctor calling his pal a “dickhead” and a “cock.” He is the editor of Red Herrings, the monthly in-house publication of the Crime Writers' Association. Davies has written extensively about Sherlock Holmes, both fiction and non-fiction. “Sherlock” deftly straddles a line somewhere between Billy Wilder’s “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,” with Robert Stephens (a film Gatiss not surprisingly has cited as an influence), and the asexual nature of the brilliant Sheldon in “The Big Bang Theory.” He was a teacher of English before becoming a full-time editor, writer, and playwright. In this age of “CSI,” it’s no small feat to contemporize Holmes and still make his acute intellect a modern marvel, as well as juggle the we’re-not-gay, not-that-there’s-anything-wrong-with-that relationship with Watson. The second installment, meanwhile, answers the burning question of what would happen if Holmes had to sniff around a crime scene while blind stinking drunk. Without giving too much away, the opener contains hilarious theories about the means of Holmes’ faked death, as well as an arcane plot explaining why he had to disappear, involving brother Mycroft (played by Gatiss). Selfridge’s” Amanda Abbington), who proves surprisingly nimble at handling Holmes’ self-absorbed intrusion into their relationship. The Shadows of Sherlock Holmes is a fascinating collection of stories featuring detectives, criminal agents and debonair crooks from the golden age of crime fiction: a time when Sherlock Holmes was esconsced in his rooms at 221B Baker Street and London was permanently wreathed in a sinister fog. Fortunately, he’s also acquired a plucky fiancee (“Mr. Selected and Introduced by David Stuart Davies. Watson (Freeman) has spent the past two years grieving over it.
Holmes’ brush with that villain – and his apparent death at season two’s close – dominate the third-season premiere, especially since Dr.
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