Smoreni Zmaj Christmas special brings something different than previous "episodes" we are used to. I liked the idea and movie had all predispositions to be the best "episode" so far, but unfortunately, it isn't. I can not point my finger exactly and say "Look, that's what spoiled it all," but something's off. I think the best explanation would be to say that in this "episode" everything is too much. Everything is on right path, but it goes too far, and even the best things in life lose their charms when they're overdone.7/10

winobliss-09728 This was most clever and entertaining episode. I absolutely love this interpretation of Sherlock Holmes. I also enjoyed they way the writers managed to go back and fourth in time. The excellent acting of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in these roles makes this one of the best programs to watch.The writing is terrific with a plot that had more ups and downs than a mountain range, more ins and outs than a maze and more twists and turns than a dozen corkscrews, in short it was a triumph. Starting with a Victorian-era impossible murder with an even more impossible murderer, guest appearances by all the previous supporting cast including a massively-bloated Mycroft, surely a homage to Sydney Greenstreet and the return of the master-criminal we've all missed, a premonition of another husband-slaying in a big old house after dark, a recreation of the real Reichenbach Fall climax of yore, an ingenious denouement anticipating female suffrage years later but perhaps the best thing of all was the promise of a new series to come. BRAVO!!!

Wisty Sherlock and Watson travel back to the Victorian era and start investigation about the case of the Abominable bride.This film is a special version of the Sherlock series aired on BBC. In the Sherlock series, the setting is present age and Sherlock and Watson use high-tech equipment such as smartphones and PCs. However this film setting is the Victorian era. And this film is based on "Ricoletti of the club foot and his abominable wife" which is one of the untold stories.I like the Sherlock Holmes series because he is very clever and his reasoning is very smart. There are some films based on Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle but I think this film is the best. Because Benedict Cumberbatch is the best actor for Sherlock and Martin Freeman is also the best actor for Watson. Originally, I like the TV series which they use high-tech equipment but I like this film too because his magnificent reasoning doesn't changed.

Iridium_077 With all the hype that drives one of the BBC's most popular franchise, it's realistic to expect a high standard for a special episode set in 1890, the "classic Sherlock era". However, like recent Doctor Who episodes, a firework display was advertised whilst the equivalent of lighting a BBQ being delivered.Metaphors aside, the episode started off with a "previously on Sherlock" display just in case we forgot what happened in the long... LONG wait since the last one. I personally didn't enjoy that but I let it slide considering I could't remember half the stuff in previous episodes anyway. Then it was time for the actual episode. And wow did it start off great! Revisiting the first episode almost word-for-word, except in 1890. That was clever. Then the plot was introduced, classic Sherlock envisioning the crime scene as it was described and the VFX team having a field day with the wizard effects. Nice.The rest of the episode was actually alright. Brilliant cinematography, purposely disorientating the audience. Clap for you BBC. But then Sherlock woke up in the present day on the plane from S03E03. What? Wait, what? Oh he was in his mind palace the entire time... But was he? This was the part that I felt Steven Moffat was reading a tonne of fan-fiction on one screen, writing on the other with "Inception" playing on his TV in the background. But this wasn't clever. It was horrid, I had no idea what was going on! That is what I didn't enjoy at all. To finish it all off, in the modern era, they start to play the credit music, then jump back to 1890 with Sherlock discussing his version of the "future" with Watson before flying out of 221B Baker Street revealing the modern city era again. Make up your mind! My point is. Stop making your episodes so complex that it's impossible and irrational to understand it. I am no simple man, I just enjoy flicking on the TV and watching some rational television from a previously brilliant series. This isn't Doctor Who, no more time travel please. You have a great cast, great camera work and a great story going for you. Get back on track for Series 4 Sherlock team, please?