Sherlock The Abominable Bride review: Complex, confusing and clever

What a great start for television this year. The special Sherlock episode, The Abominable Bride, where Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman reprise their roles as Sherlock and Watson, was crisp, cunning, mighty confusing and enough to leave you with a concussion. Read | Sherlock new trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch is up against a ghost We then switch to an ‘alternative time’ in 1895 where we see John and Sherlock meet for the first time, again. Even the 19th century Watson cannot keep himself from trying to find a more ‘human’ side of Sherlock and, we wonder, how anyone can ignore his sweet, friendly face. Also, she calls the detective ‘Mr Holmes’ rather than the usual ‘Sherlock’ and is a real English lady who offers tea to the media outside her house.