While die-hard fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries may have been sceptical of a twenty-first century retelling of the earlier stories, BBC's Sherlock takes a brave attempt of infusing the clever mind and crime-solving savvy of the titular character, and give him a technological flare that fans of today can easily relate to. Benedict Cumberbatch plays Holmes with such arrogance - borderline annoying - brilliance, eccentricity, and bravado, that it doesn't matter if he's running around with a cell phone and finding clues on his laptop - he is the same Holmes book fanatics grew up with. That quick-thinking mind is there, as is the disdain of the police department over his rather original methods of crime-solving. Along the way, of course, is the narrator of the series, Dr. James Watson, who, in this instance, blogs online about his misadventures with Holmes, with whom he resides in 221b Baker St.

Watson is played by Martin Freeman, who is eager, and the rare person who looks up to Holmes with utter awe and amazement, the complete opposite of everyone else who knows the rather sloth sleuth. They use their state-of-the-art cameras, phones, and computers to assist in figuring out the mystery, and it adds more to the nuance of the characters rather than taking away because of the technology. It's a tool of the crime scene, not necessarily a character.

Holmes, in the first three stories of the first series, is haunted by a mysterious Moriarty, the adversary of the sleuth. Unfortunately, all the hype building up to the big reveal of who Moriarty is by the third episode doesn't quite work out, as the actor portraying him is no where near as sinister or clever as Holmes. Perhaps he may just be reading his lines, and therefore is supposed to be the one with the upper-hand, but the actor playing him, in The Great Game, comes off a bit immature and petulant. Here's hoping he either steps up his game to be a worthy opponent to Cumberbatch's Holmes, or gets recast.

BBC's Sherlock is out now on DVD, and can be purchased on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.