'Elementary' Season 6 Spoilers: How Does Series Stack Up Against BBC's 'Sherlock' Five Years Later?
"Elementary" is now headed into its sixth season in 2018, and all the while, it has invited comparisons with "Sherlock," the high profile British adaptation of the iconic detective. How does the Jonny Lee Miller-led series compare to Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes?
This tough assignment is taken on by Metro, who took on a point-by-point comparison between the two. It's about time, too, with "Sherlock" being hinted to have come to an end with its fifth season, while "Elementary" got a last-minute renewal from the CBS.
Miller and Cumberbatch are, as a matter of fact, real-life friends. Their approach to Conan Doyle's iconic character, however, couldn't be more different. While Cumberbatch plays up the "high functioning sociopath" side of the detective, Miller has a more mellow, and arguably better defined, Sherlock that is struggling with an addiction.
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Andrew Scott's Moriarty is a cinematic take on Sherlock's traditional adversary, and he has carried the storyline at times during the five seasons of the British adaptation. Again, "Elementary" takes to an entirely different track, casting Natalie Dormer as Jamie Moriarty, who was also Irene Adler, the one person Sherlock loved.
It was an "absolutely brilliant reveal" that capped an excellent first season, all told.
Miller's Sherlock also plays off brilliantly against Lucy Liu's Joan Watson, again another turnaround from the novels. The dynamic is altogether different compared to Martin Freeman's John Watson and his interactions with Cumberbatch's Holmes.
Overall, "Sherlock" stays true to the source material while "Elementary" goes for a more experimental approach that, fortunately for the matter, worked really well with their audience. The trend looks to continue for Season 6, as Desmond Harrington returns, according to TV Line.
Like other "Elementary" characters, there are layers to Harrington's character Michael. "At least in the early goings, he'll be something of a friendly ear for Sherlock, who will be going through a lot," executive producer Bob Doherty said.
"Michael is somebody who's in recovery and someone who wants to be helpful. But as is so often the case, the deeper we get into the season, we'll see there's a bit more going on with Michael than meets the eye," Doherty hinted, as fans are due to find out when the series resumes in 2018.
