I dunno, though, Silk Stockings was, ultimately, no different from any run-of-the-mill modern-day serial killer story. It would have fit perfectly well in any number of shows, and while Everett was competent as Holmes, he didn’t have that “spark” which actors such as Jeremy Brett or Nicol Williamson or Robert Stephens brought to the role. In fact, he seemed to spend most of the film moping about Watson’s marriage which, I guess, adds a little more complexity to the Holmes/Watson relationship, but it didn’t do much for me.

Oh, and speaking of that marriage, horrible American accent from Helen McCrory as Mrs. Vandeleur. There’s this unfortunate trend lately in BBC productions to have British actors try to fake American accents and it’s never turned out well (Jekyll being a notable recent disaster in that regard). How hard is it to find a decent American actor in London?

I wouldn’t mind seeing more with Everett and Hart, I’d just like to see a screenplay that was more in tune with the original stories and didn’t try to modernize the story so much.