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Sherlock Holmes was always a modern man - its the world that got old. Co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, Sherlock is back as he should be: edgy, contemporary, difficult and dangerous. Sherlock can tell a software designer by his tie or an airline pilot by his thumb, he has a unique analytical brain unlike anyone else in the world and has found the best way to stave off boredom is by solving crimes. When a chance encounter brings soldier John Watson into Sherlock';;;s life, it';;;s apparent the two men couldn';;;t be more different, but Sherlock';;;s intellect coupled with John';;;s pragmatism soon forges an unbreakable alliance as they investigate a series of baffling cases together.
What makes "The Blind Banker" such a delight is not so much its serviceable mystery but rather the exchanges between Cumberbatch and Freeman, who take the brilliant layers of the writing and add a couple layers more.
The plot is more satisfying -- clearer and more self-contained. The Holmes-Watson relationship has bedded down into one that I think Conan Doyle would recognise, a mixture of admiration, infuriation and genuine affection.
The pretty pictures can't prevent the show from dragging, particularly in the final half-hour when a story like this should be shifting into top gear rather than coasting.