#Sherlock

A great, wonderful show returned on New Years day after a long two year wait after the cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers ended the previous series. For those of you who do not know what show I am talking about it is Sherlock, a modern day adaptation of Sherlock Holmes airing on BBC starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. (To those who don’t know this show, watch it. You will not be disappointed.) Because of the modern twist to the old detective’s stories, social media plays a prominent role. Dr. Watson (Freeman) writes a blog describing the crimes solved by Sherlock (Cumberbatch), and Sherlock keeps a website entitled “The Science of Deduction” containing several different articles, one of which details the differences in 243 types of tobacco ash. Note, Watson's blog does contain information from past episodes, so if you don't want to be spoiled, don't click that link. 

As mentioned above, series 2 of Sherlock ended on a doozy of a cliffhanger. I won’t go into details, but millions were left theorizing and discussing what could explain what in the world just happened to end that episode. My friends and I were not immune. We discussed together, over Facebook, watched Youtube videos, you name it we probably did it. A lot of guess work can happen in two years. Social media allowed us to do something great too. We were able to organize a time for us to get together and watch the first episode. This allowed for more discussion, more amazement, and more side commentary that would not have been possible otherwise. In fact, we have already made plans to get together for future episodes, realizing quite quickly that watching this show is by far much more entertaining and exciting when watching it with friends than by yourself even if you have to wait a few more days to do so.