I watched 2 of the 8 episodes of Young Sherlock on Amazon Prime Video that started on 4 March 2026. The series is an adaptation of Andrew Lane‘s Young Sherlock Holmes book series, itself a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes stories. Guy Ritchie directed the series, and Hero Fiennes Tiffin stars as 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes.
“As a 19-year-old at Oxford University, Sherlock Holmes is not yet the master detective he grows up to be. He is raw and unfiltered, and he lacks discipline. A murder at Oxford puts Holmes’s freedom at risk, and he sets out to solve his first murder mystery that leads him to a global-level conspiracy.”
I like the cast of Young Sherlock: Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Sherlock Holmes
Dónal Finn as James Moriarty, Sherlock’s new friend and future enemy
Zine Tseng as Princess Gulun Shou’an / Xiao Wei, a young Chinese princess, scholar and martial artist with plenty of secrets
Joseph Fiennes as Silas Holmes, Sherlock and Mycroft’s adventurous father
Natascha McElhone as Cordelia Holmes, Sherlock and Mycroft’s artistic mother who suffers grief from the death of her daughter
Max Irons as Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s older brother who tries to keep Sherlock out of prison
Colin Firth as Sir Bucephalus Hodge, an wealth industrialist who has some dastardly plans
I can’t wait to watch all 8 episodes! Purists might object to some of the liberties Guy Ritchie takes with young Sherlock, but I’m entertained! GRADE: Incomplete, but trending towards a B+
As you might remember, I’m usually game for a Holmes variation….those stressing youth are getting rather populous, however.
Todd, I’m engaged by this version of Young Sherlock. Diane is watching it with me so it has some appeal to non-Sherlockians.
Tseng, fwiw, is in her 30s…Not a kid, at least. Shall check it out, and have been meaning to check out the THREE-BODY PROBLEM adaptation as well, starring Tseng.
Have my soda cocktail of Polar Frost lemonade, Sparkling Ice fruit punch, and Bing Crisp apple/cherry lined up for the evening’s HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU (US) and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE…
Todd, that Polar Frost Lemonade Sparkling Ice Fruit Punch sounds inviting!
Three bottles, though one could mix and match in a glass. Simply a pity one can’t buy Cascade Ice Cranberry Pomegranate in the eastern US any longer. My favorite flavors in the singles bottles from each line. Polar’s best liter-bottle flavor is probably their Orange Dry…you’ll find that, no sugat added and sugary, at Wegman’s.
Todd, I’ll give Polar’s Orange Dry a try!
And the Bings are canned, rather than bottled.
Very hard pass. The chance of my watching another Guy Ritchie crap-feat is zero.
Jeff, Young Sherlock has exceeded my expectations.
Glad you liked it. But Young Sherlock Holmes is 14, in boarding school, in the books. Now he’s at Oxford, and Moriarty is his good friend!
Why not just call it Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock?
Jeff, I agree. Young Sherlock is loosely based (really loosely!) on Andrew Lane’s series. But despite the “modifications,” Diane and I enjoyed the first couple episodes.
I’m looking forward to it. I don’t have Amazon but Larry does. He’s going to VA next week to visit his daughter and family so I’ll watch it then as I don’t think he’ll like it.
We had a good time this past week in Peoria for Padre spring training. Again, thanks to Jackie Meyerson we had 2 free nights at a Marriott property very near the stadium. I still have about 100k points!!
Maggie, AMAZON PRIME Video released all 8 episodes of YOUNG SHERLOCK so you can binge to your heart’s delight! Jackie has Marriott wrapped around her finger!
Thanks for the pointer…I did go through all 8 episodes last night and this morning, and took in the most recent WATSON as well. And LAST WEEK TONIGHT and the first episode of Steve Carell’s new sitcom ROOSTER, about a writer of increasingly popular paperback-original sorts of CF novels and his family and campus life. Some of the jokes too easy, but written by good sitcom vets Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, and it’s likable.
Todd, glad you liked YOUNG SHERLOCK. Diane and I still have episodes to watch. A Second Season has already received the Green Light!
Thanks for the pointer…I did go through all 8 episodes last night and this morning, and took in the most recent WATSON as well. And LAST WEEK TONIGHT and the first episode of Steve Carell’s new sitcom ROOSTER, about a writer of increasingly popular paperback-original sorts of CF novels and his family and campus life. Some of the jokes too easy, but written by good sitcom vets Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, and it’s likable.
Dunno how this stuttered in.
McElhone and Tseng would put this in the plus column by themselves.
Also can rec VLADIMIR, even given how arch it is, and DTF ST. LOUIS, in its more hapless archness. More good than not.
Todd, the power of Advertising is tempting me to try the new Arch burger at McDonalds! I don’t normally eat fast food, but the new commercials for the Arch are enticing me…
Definitely different arches. Then there is the ridiculous high arching of my diabetic feet (I never realized till it was noted to me by medical folks).
Todd, luckily I have no foot problems. But plenty of my friends do.
Though the demo by the current CEO has deserved every bit of mockery it’s drawn…