"Excellent!" I cried.
"Elementary," said he.
Of course, any Sherlockian considering him or herself worthy of the name knows that one particular instance in "The Crooked Man" is the only time Mr. Sherlock Holmes uses the word “elementary” in that context. Never in the canon does he actually say “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
Nevertheless, it appears that CBS has hit upon the entirely
original idea of updating the Sherlock Holmes stories for the modern day, and
will title this show, ahem, Elementary.
Deadline is reporting that CBS has greenlit a pilot that would air
in 2012 and would transport the Victorian detective to 21st century
New York.
This news comes, unsurprisingly, after the success of the second
series of BBC’s Sherlock, as well as
Guy Ritchie’s recent sequel, Sherlock Holmes:
Game of Shadows.
As Holmes would also say, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data” [SCAN] and
so far, data is drastically lacking about this upcoming series. Aside from the
screenwriter - Robert Doherty - nothing is yet known, making
any speculation about the quality of the series difficult. One hopes, however,
that the script and acting will transcend the title and be something rather
than “elementary.”
Anastasia writes at The Itinerant Bookworm. This is her first contribution to the Baker Street Blog.
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