Name: Anonymous 2014-01-05 21:14
How Sherlock escaped death revealed
London - Benedict Cumberbatch made his long-awaited comeback as Sherlock Holmes on Wednesday, but the hit BBC series still left fans scratching their heads over how the super-sleuth managed to cheat death.
The show's creators teased fans by depicting some of the more far-fetched ways Holmes may have survived, in a nod to the speculation that has swept the Internet since he leapt from a rooftop a year ago in an apparent suicide bid.
The BBC series, starring Cumberbatch as a modern-day version of the 19th-century British detective, has been broadcast in more than 200 countries since 2010. But some viewers complained that the storyline, centring on a terrorist plot to blow up the British Parliament, was difficult to follow. Both delighted and disappointed fans flooded the Internet with reactions. The Times newspaper gave the episode four stars, but complained: "You wait two years to find out how Sherlock dunnit, and three solutions come along at once."
The series has helped Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, who plays Doctor Watson, to Hollywood stardom.
Agence France-Presse
London - Benedict Cumberbatch made his long-awaited comeback as Sherlock Holmes on Wednesday, but the hit BBC series still left fans scratching their heads over how the super-sleuth managed to cheat death.
The show's creators teased fans by depicting some of the more far-fetched ways Holmes may have survived, in a nod to the speculation that has swept the Internet since he leapt from a rooftop a year ago in an apparent suicide bid.
The BBC series, starring Cumberbatch as a modern-day version of the 19th-century British detective, has been broadcast in more than 200 countries since 2010. But some viewers complained that the storyline, centring on a terrorist plot to blow up the British Parliament, was difficult to follow. Both delighted and disappointed fans flooded the Internet with reactions. The Times newspaper gave the episode four stars, but complained: "You wait two years to find out how Sherlock dunnit, and three solutions come along at once."
The series has helped Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, who plays Doctor Watson, to Hollywood stardom.
Agence France-Presse