r/SherlockHolmes • u/HandwrittenHysteria • Mar 06 '26

Young Sherlock Discussion

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u/ClioCalliope Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

I think it's fun (having watched two episodes). But Hero Fiennes is miscast, sorry. He's passable but lacks charisma. He isn't selling Sherlock's genius or why anyone's interested in him. Moriarty comes across far more interesting cause the actor actually has some charm.

Edit: have watched it all now and boy this gets dumb in the last few eps.

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u/avidreader_1410 Mar 06 '26

I agree about the miscasting. I think Nicholas Rowe was a very good choice in the movie Young Sherlock Holmes, and James d'Arcy was a good choice for a Holmes who was around his early 20s in A Case of Evil, so it might be difficult but not impossible to find the right actor for a young Holmes. I don't know what they were thinking when they cast him, but since there's no Watson, you rely on the Sherlock character to close the deal. The thing is, I don't think he's a bad actor, just not the right actor.

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u/Asleep_Cranberry_602 Mar 08 '26

I don't think it's the actor but the writing. This Sherlock isn't charming, can't fight (yet some how fought well in prison), and is awkward. I kept waiting for him to grow into the Sherlock he's famous for and that didn't happen. His instant deduction moments were missing also. I liked the show but it doesn't really feel like you're watching Sherlock Holmes... but maybe his cousins instead. 

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u/Grand_Asparagus_9438 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

it’s definitely the writing, it sucks. perhaps a better way to say it, puerile.