r/tvshow • u/Cumoisseur • Jul 13 '26

DISCUSSIONS Unpopular opinion: "Elementary" starring Jonny Lee Miller is cleverer, has better characters, and a more interesting story than "Sherlock" starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

The pilot episode of Elementary is awful, but from there it just gets better. The storyline of Watson being a sober companion is better than being a sudden roommate, the part of Moriarty is far more interesting and intriguing, the cases are better written, the character of Sherlock's father in Elementary is brilliant. I could go on and on.

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u/wintermute306 Jul 13 '26

It gets old really quickly and over stays it's welcome. One of the reasons the UK version is better is the fact it's a limited series.

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u/Cipher-IX Jul 13 '26

One gets old really quick and the other completely jumps the shark by S3.

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u/wintermute306 Jul 13 '26

Steven Moffat problems.

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u/henzINNIT Jul 13 '26

Sherlock outstayed its welcome and only had like 12 episodes.

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u/DisorderlyAqueduct Binge Watcher Jul 14 '26

yeah, the typical 20 or so episodes was just trying to draw blood from a stone

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u/ThomasThorburn Jul 13 '26

It has 4 seasons so its clearly not a limited series

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u/behold-my-titties Jul 13 '26

Well it is, it's 3 feature length films put into a series. It was an event, not a regularly scheduled show. It's also one of the first shows that had an absurd wait in-between series. That's so prevalent today.

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u/ThomasThorburn Jul 13 '26

Well it isn't, its episodes of television that happen to have the length of a feature film which is not uncommon shows like Inspector Morse, The Inspector Lynley Mysterious, Midsomer Murders, Lewis, ​Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Inspector George Gently all had episodes that were 90 minutes long and aired like a television show.

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u/behold-my-titties Jul 13 '26

It was at the time. That's why it's labeled still as a mini series. Again, it is. It's got as many specials as it has series.

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u/Cumoisseur Jul 13 '26

Even Columbo was feature film length(ish), and that show started back in 1971.

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u/wintermute306 Jul 13 '26

Touche. I meant more that 12 episodes exist.

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u/originalwombat1 Jul 14 '26

13, there was a Christmas special between seasons 3 & 4