TJLC Explained

It's been over five years since Series 4 first aired. While many of us shut away BBC Sherlock and our time with it as a result, I think a re-examination of both the show and the TJLC reading is long overdue. I wrote this retrospective to try to make peace with the show and its writers. Hopefully this series can help a few of you do the same. This specific video reintroduces BBC Sherlock and the TJLC reading and discusses the various explanations for the writers motivations when writing Sherlock.

This video is the second installment of a larger retrospective series. Click the link below to be taken to the full playlist! Part Two looks back at Series One of BBC Sherlock, including an in-depth analysis of the structure of the first twenty minutes to establish a few concepts I'll be referring back to throughout the retrospective.

This video is the third installment of a larger retrospective series. Click the link below to be taken to the full playlist! Part Three looks back at Series Two of BBC Sherlock, along with the minisode Many Happy Returns.

This video is the fourth installment of a larger retrospective series. Click the link below to be taken to the full playlist! Part Four looks back at Series 3 and The Abominable Bride, and offers a wrap up for those who don't want to revisit Series 4.

This video is the fifth installment of a larger retrospective series. Click the link below to be taken to the full playlist! Part Five looks back at four of BBC Sherlock and pokes fun at the absurdity of the series to hopefully help us all feel a bit better about how things played out. It concludes by explaining why the retrospective took the shape it did even with Series 4 being the way it is.

This video is a re-upload of the sixth installment of a larger retrospective series. Click the link below to be taken to the full playlist! Part Six looks at BBC Dracula and explains, in great detail, how it changed everything about how I look back on Mark and Steven's work.

This video is the seventh and final installment of a larger retrospective series. Click the link below to be taken to the full playlist! Part Seven doubles as a 49th Episode of TJLC Explained, with a very different approach to the framing. If you've been following along with this retrospective, I just want to thank you again for coming along on this journey with me! I hope you've enjoyed ????