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Right now, you don't have to go more than a few days without Sherlock Holmes. I caught the second Robert Downey Jr. version on a plane a couple of weeks ago, and PBS's remarkable new version starring Benedict Cumberbatch opens up its second season Sunday night.
I was a Jeremy Brett guy, and I always will be, but one of the nice things about the Holmes franchise is that loyalty and love are easily transferable. I think Cumberbatch is a trip, and Martin Freeman has taken Watson in a really interesting direction. I love the new version, but I don't feel like I'm cheating on Brett.
By contrast, I think Downey and Jude Law have noodled around with the homo-erotic element of the relationship to a point where it isn't even interesting (or funny) any more.
Today on the show, how many things can you change and still get Holmes basically right? Meet the PBS show creators and a mystery writer enthralled by Holmes.
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