Repeatedly, the show tries to shoehorn disconnected original short stories into a single narrative, and fails. It ends up having the satisfaction of neither. The issue is that the show is caught in an uncomfortable limbo between a 21st century action hero, and a 19th century detective. While Doyle’s short stories were self contained, Sherlock has an overarching narrative, building up to a Big Bad Villain like a video game, or a comic book. The show’s undoing is evident in this first episode. Then he and John merrily jaunt back to 221B, after we’re shown that Sherlock’s ‘enemy’ is in fact his brother. The episode ends when the murderer gasps out ‘Moriarty’ while being tortured by Sherlock.
Its loosely based on A Study in Scarlet, and just how loosely based is evident in the first ten minutes when Sherlock arrogantly shoots down the idea that ‘Rache’ stands for ‘Revenge’ in German-which is the answer in the actual story.
We are introduced to Sherlock in A Study in Pink.
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