See, I didn't see any promos but I saw the pilot a month ago, so this is my second time watching it after having conversations with other people about it. It's far less problematic than Sherlock has been in six episodes, that's for sure :P
Oh gosh, I find Joan so REFRESHING. It's nice to not watch Watson get used as a punching bag and then quietly put up with this eccentric figure because they're ~curious~. She calls him out on his behavior and he adjusts accordingly, which is a lot nicer than this over the top belittle-you-as-fast-as-possible-so-you-feel-dumb technique he's picked up in recent adaptations. They'll grow as characters and friends, but they won't be starting off on radically uneven terms, which will eliminate that struggle.
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Date: 2012-09-28 03:22 am (UTC)Oh gosh, I find Joan so REFRESHING. It's nice to not watch Watson get used as a punching bag and then quietly put up with this eccentric figure because they're ~curious~. She calls him out on his behavior and he adjusts accordingly, which is a lot nicer than this over the top belittle-you-as-fast-as-possible-so-you-feel-dumb technique he's picked up in recent adaptations. They'll grow as characters and friends, but they won't be starting off on radically uneven terms, which will eliminate that struggle.
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Date: 2012-09-28 03:25 am (UTC)(And you know that I think Sherlock is a brilliant work of art -- I don't expect so much from a typical 13/26 episode TV series.)