I've just finished the first and half of the second seasons of the Granada series of Holmes with Jeremy Brett. I must admit the more I watch, the more I enjoy it, and as the flow of the series improved with its seasons, the amiability between Brett's Holmes and David Burke's Watson becomes positively delightful.
I have just finished "The Resident Patient", and the writing of the episode, the editing, even down to camera angles and cinematography took a massive leap of quality forward from that of an affable but lumbering BBC serial, to an emotionally enticing and engrossing storyline. This episode positively drew me in from the smiles that Watson teased out of Holmes at the barber shop to the banter over the title of their adventure. It was a serious storyline, and yet a lighthearted pleasure to watch.
So I'm writing about it. I am very very happy that ITV and PBS have been such monumentally good sports about keeping this show available to the public on Youtube.
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