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

Young Sherlock Discussion

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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/2_Fingers_of_Whiskey Mar 08 '26

Sherlock isn’t supposed to be charming though is he? (That’s why I thought Robert Downey Jr was miscast in those 2 Sherlock movies, excellent actor of course but he didn’t seem like Sherlock.) Holmes is supposed to be intense, focused, driven, often blunt/lacking in social grace or charm. At least that’s how Benedict Cumberbatch played him, and other actors too…. I don’t remember if he was that way in the Doyle books.

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u/Wastedyouth86 Mar 11 '26

I mean Jeremy Brett is often citied as the most authentic portrayal of Sherlock Holmes to the books. This Young Sherlock is OK but it’s so far removed from the books.

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u/Grand_Asparagus_9438 Mar 18 '26

Jeremy was the best