RE: Sherlock Holmes was born in 1854, how did he magically appear in the 21st century?

What cracks me up is that the rest of the cast in these episodes continue to fail to ask those same questions. Evidently there never was an author to the name of Doyle. Instead Johnny Lee Miller is the original Holmes and Lucy Liu the original Watson. Not fictional characters at all. They're real and carrying out their deductive lives weekly on CBS.

That's a lot of disbelief to suspend. But I find myself watching. Perhaps it is the Watson character that warms me up a little. Without Lucy's Watson, the series would fall flat immediately.

-Steve

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Topic - Sherlock Holmes was born in 1854, how did he magically appear in the 21st century? - Teresa 04:23:47 11/21/13 (14)

That's why it's a "mystery" series, ma'am. nt - tinear 20:06:43 11/30/13 (0)

These are different people with the same name - tunenut 10:45:35 11/22/13 (1)

Ditto with Lucy Liu's character, Watson, who is looking after him. Very common name, a simple coincidence^ - Road Warrior 12:17:03 11/22/13 (0)

RE: Sherlock Holmes was born in 1854, how did he magically appear in the 21st century? - user510 10:26:34 11/22/13 (0)

He used one of these silly... - musetap 15:23:52 11/21/13 (2)

Hey, just like in Time After Time... Nt - geoffkait 10:32:54 11/22/13 (0)

Great comparison - Teresa 18:00:15 11/21/13 (0)

Masterpiece Theater's "Sherlock" is an excellent update . . . - Billy Wonka 13:49:24 11/21/13 (0)

Yeah. And exactly when did Watson become a gender bender? - free.ranger 13:35:13 11/21/13 (1)

Actually that one makes sense to me, as the original Watson would be long dead and - Teresa 17:57:11 11/21/13 (0)

Simple answer really. "He's fictional." Fictional characters don't age! ;-) -nt - Raiderman 10:44:05 11/21/13 (1)

Fictional characters don't age! - How about the ones in Star Trek? - Teresa 18:13:20 11/21/13 (0)

Good one! As a side note - you should stay away from Sponge Bob, too. - Enophile 09:06:14 11/21/13 (0)

The same way the Capulet's and Montague's appeared in 1990s L.A. in Baz Lurhmann's - Road Warrior 07:15:27 11/21/13 (0)

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