I thought this was a fun way to get Holmes and Watson back in the Victorian era. Still, it was a bit stilted, and I think it could have been tied back into the overall narrative in a more interesting way.

Jerky time travelling plot that didn't mesh, plus a boring focus on how brilliant Holmes is despite his shooting up drugs (most people would say, not too bright). There's a subplot on suffragettes supporting a murderess...which also doesn't work too well.

Glad I didn't spend good money on this at the theatre!

Rated 2/10. I feel really cheated watching this silly and disappointing story. Why? Because in the end, you find that there is no story!

When this series first started out, it was okay, but it's morphed into something quite daft. No thanks.

Give me the Elementary TV series any day, with Jonny Lee Miller in the lead role.

Entertaining and great fun - but probably only for those who (A) have already watched previous episodes of Sherlock, and (B) are very familiar with the original Sherlock Holmes stories. It is full of continuous references to the Conan Doyle stories, direct or indirect, all the while playing with a side-by-side storyline involving the Victorian Holmes and Watson, and their modern counterparts from the Sherlock series. Gets confusing if you aren't paying attention, because the story moves very fast and with continual twists and turns.

Boring. Boring. Boring.

Tries to modernize and refresh Sherlock Holmes but the result is disjointed, confusing and not terribly entertaining.

As a lover of Sherlock Holmes
stories, I was expecting old stories, new cast. Wrong!!!
As has been previously noted,
watching the first two series is
mandatory if you are not going to wonder what is going on here. If you are able to just let yourself go, you're in for a great
time. A most imaginative story
that does move back and forth
rather like a roller coaster, but
if you hold on with both hands
you are in for a treat!!
Mrs. Hudson has some hilarious lines!!

If you haven't watched the 3 series of Sherlock, why would you watch this special and expect it to make sense? Would you start reading a book 3/4 of the way through, then complain that you don't know what's going on?

On the other hand, if you HAVE watched, and greatly enjoyed, the 3 series of Sherlock, then this special is - imo - an absolute treasure. Excellent use of old and new, the return of much loved characters, and a rip-roaringly good tale. Tons of humour as always, and a joy to watch the meeting of Holmes and Sherlock as originally written by Conan Doyle.

Did not enjoy, I chose to end it early so I would not suffer further.