I was reading a quote from one of the BBCSherlock show-runners who was talking about how, after they had cast Cumberbatch and Freeman came in and read with him, said something like "there's our show right there." wrt the chemistry between them.

Miller and Liu are both fine actors. I can even kind of see his Holmes (and I'm willing to give him some time, with a full season), but, yeah, I don't think the writers "get" Watson (understandable, since Watson is a deceptively hard character)

This Watson is very different from the traditional Watson. There's no war background, she lost a patient and her medical credentials (apparently, or she just quit), and she doesn't want to share. I think she's still in "This is just a job I'm doing, he's just doing moderately interesting things but I can't get attached" mode. He's definitely in "I can be trusted with my own brain, no, really, why did Dad sic a chaperone on me?" Once she gets more involved in the cases, their dynamic might change.

He was rightfully annoyed that she was poking around his stuff, but he did start playing again. So they are affecting each other.

I'm intrigued by this variant. I'm glad it's not an attempt to just drop the traditional Holmes and Watson into 21st Century New York.

edit: And please, no Moriarty, especially if they go with the batshit crazy version BBC did. Moriarty is ruthless and brilliant, he's not insane.

I'm intrigued by this variant. I'm glad it's not an attempt to just drop the traditional Holmes and Watson into 21st Century New York.

This.

edit: And please, no Moriarty, especially if they go with the batshit crazy version BBC did. Moriarty is ruthless and brilliant, he's not insane.

Also this. As much as I overwhelmingly love CumberSherlock, I equally loathe that iteration of Moriarty.

I wish they had kept the war element to Watson and the war injury.

Yes, they could have, it wouldn't have been easy.

Okay, I am watching Bones, and that trick with the plane would not fly (pun entirely intended) if I were a defense attorney, I would argue that the Jeffersonian was acting under color of law. That search (and all results from it) would be thrown out. Exotic animal guy would definitely get off. There would be some question as to whether his confession could be used against someone else.

I wish they had kept the war element to Watson and the war injury.

Not like we haven't been at war for however many years.

In Afghanistan, even.

Okay, I am watching Bones, and that trick with the plane would not fly (pun entirely intended)

Also, it takes at least several weeks for bone damage to show up from bone infection.

I'm so excited I went straight from watching Storage Wars to Castle!