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Young Sherlock
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Brook and Sarah take a break from their summer break to discuss Prime series Young Sherlock in this bonus episode. Want to be the first to hear when a bonus drops? Sign up for our free newsletter, the Clued in Chronicle. Chronicle subscribers received this episode early.
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Young Sherlock (2026 series) Prime
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Transcript
Introduction to Cluedin Bonus Episode
00:00:12
Speaker
Welcome to a Cluedin bonus episode. I'm Sarah. And I'm Brooke, and we both love mystery. Hi, Brooke. Hi, Sarah. We're popping in for a little special bonus episode while we're on our summer recording break.
Overview of Young Sherlock Series
00:00:29
Speaker
I'm really looking forward to chatting with you about Young Sherlock, the series that is on Prime and ah I believe directed by Guy Ritchie. Yes. For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, the synopsis of this particular series is 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes finds himself entangled in a murder at Oxford that jeopardizes his freedom.
00:00:53
Speaker
His first case, tackled recklessly, leads him to uncover a far-reaching conspiracy that alters his path forever.
Hosts' Impressions of the Series
00:01:04
Speaker
So Brooke, I know that you and I have both had an opportunity to watch all of the episodes. I think there's eight of them. So it's you know not too long, but I thought it was really good. What did you think?
00:01:16
Speaker
I did too. I had one of those experiences where once I started watching them, I just wanted to to keep going and kind of binge it. But I spread it out over, I think, about a week and a half.
00:01:28
Speaker
Yeah, we spread it out. I think it was, ah i think it took us a little bit longer to watch it. um And I, I think it was probably a week after I'd finished watching it that I said to you, was like, I think we really need to talk about this because I am still thinking about it.
00:01:42
Speaker
Yes. Yes. um So I wanted to also say, even if you're not someone who is planning to watch the series, I want to encourage everyone to watch the opening credits because they are so beautiful. They're very, you know, visually stunning and really sets that scene for that Victorian era that this is set in. um and I just thought it was fantastic. I can watch it over and over. it's It has kind of a steampunk feel to it. But I think it is a really great way to get the flavor of the way Guy Ritchie takes this on.
00:02:23
Speaker
I agree. Yeah, that that opening sequence is theatrical.
00:02:31
Speaker
Which makes sense because so is Guy Ritchie. That's right. That's right.
Key Characters and Spoiler Alert
00:02:36
Speaker
ah So Brooke, I think you and I will try and avoid spoilers, but we are going to talk about the series and the episodes with probably a little bit of detail. So someone who hasn't watched it, um this is your warning. And we do strongly encourage you to go to go and do that first.
00:02:55
Speaker
You mentioned that it's, you know, Sherlock, he's 19, he's at Oxford. We very early meet his brother, Mycroft, who anyone who's read any of the Sherlock Holmes stories should be familiar with. And we also meet James Moriarty.
00:03:13
Speaker
Yes, yes. So we are obviously talking about an origin story in this series, ah not only of Sherlock, but also of Moriarty.
00:03:27
Speaker
What did you think about the way that they presented the relationship between Sherlock and Moriarty? I really liked it.
00:03:38
Speaker
you know it was almost... was almost sad to watch because they are very playful with each other. They work really well together. They're they're not um adversaries in this show. They're friends and they're working together. And...
00:03:59
Speaker
And knowing what happens in the stories that were written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, there is some fracture in that relationship. And it's sad because it just starts off so well.
00:04:12
Speaker
Yes, yes. I completely agree. I thought this was a really wonderful choice. We've seen plenty of versions where they're lifelong enemies. You know, they're two people who always have hated one another. But you're right. This adds this, like, impending doom layer. And it...
00:04:33
Speaker
raises this question of like, when does it go south? And we start to see little bits and pieces along the way. But even now, at the end of this first season, they're still partners in a sense, and things are still good. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
Character Development and New Family Members
00:04:51
Speaker
so So the eight episodes end with a question.
00:04:58
Speaker
and certainly there are little hints, as you said, little hints along the way that their relationship is not going to remain as strong as it is that that we see in this first set of episodes. But they they do end that this series as as friends.
00:05:18
Speaker
We also see some other characters in the Holmes family, which are now these are creations of the people behind this, right?
00:05:29
Speaker
In the stories, in the original stories, it's only ever Mycroft and Sherlock. There's no mention of any other siblings or their parents. And um there is this story of his sister that's woven through these episodes.
00:05:49
Speaker
Yes. And I thought it was really well done, even though, as you said, it's not um part of the original canon. I thought it was really believable and lends itself to seeing what inspires Sherlock to become Sherlock or a detective, right? He has this very strong impetus to want to solve mysteries. And so that worked really well for me. um maybe that's all I had to say. That worked really well for me.
00:06:25
Speaker
Yeah, i same here. And I think, um as you say, it it I just think that this whole series is so clever in the way that it just drops these breadcrumbs that we know where it's going, right? But it it just really, you know, imagines What happened in his life to make him into this character that he is? So we see the things that we're familiar with, right? This extraordinarily intelligent, well-read character, both him and Mycroft and Moriarty as well. They're all very, very um intelligent and curious and ah
00:07:15
Speaker
they all play really well together. Yes. And there's not the the tension that comes later in their lives, that tension between – well, I guess there is a tension between the brothers, but it's ah a more playful tension.
00:07:30
Speaker
Right. Kind of the older brother, younger brother, the more straight-laced, the more, um you know, living on the fringes. And that doesn't seem as, you know, as serious as kind of where it goes down the line.
Production Insights and Tone Shift
00:07:46
Speaker
One thing I really – noticed though, and I'm wondering if you did too, Sarah, was there was this shifted tone about halfway through the season. um at The first few episodes, it's very fast editing. This is a very Guy Ritchie feel. Fast editing, fast camera flashes, modern music, um a lot of uh fight scenes and um the other thing that I loved that we had a lot of in the first part of the series was these visual deductions like we get to see like Sherlock's brain working and on screen we would see how he put everything together because we see what's going on in his head um we don't get that so much in the second half of the episodes did you notice that too there was kind of a change
00:08:35
Speaker
Yeah, I did notice that. And when I look at the episode list, Guy Ritchie directed the first two episodes. And so I think that's why there's that um that difference. ah The next three episodes were directed by another person and then the final episodes ah by two other directors the the remaining three episodes there are there are two other directors who did that and so I wonder if that is part of it but I do feel like just the story itself shifted at that halfway point
00:09:13
Speaker
You're right. Like a big storyline got wrapped up and we see Sherlock kind of getting his feet under him as ah as an investigator. So I think that part of that made sense, but it really did feel differently. And I think what you've just said is is the explanation, different directors. So that's that's really interesting.
Source Material and Future of the Series
00:09:35
Speaker
You know, the series is billed as being inspired by Andrew Lane's young Sherlock Holmes novels. But after reading, I went out and read the descriptions of the books and really it doesn't seem to follow those plots very closely at all. ah This feels much more like a brand new Sherlock Holmes origin story. So I thought it was interesting that that's even kind of drawn in, but um maybe somebody who has read those novels could you know inform us of where the connection is because there has been that parallel drawn there.
00:10:09
Speaker
Oh, that's really interesting, Brooke. I haven't read those books. You know, sometimes ah adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories or um interpretations of his stories can feel, don't know, I don't know what the right word is, but this felt authentic.
00:10:33
Speaker
Mm-hmm. I could never be mistaken for being a true Sherlockian. um But based on the stories and books that I've read from the, from of the canon, this did feel real to me. Like it fit in there where I think maybe that's what it is, is that some of the others don't quite feel like they fit.
00:10:58
Speaker
h Right. we've We've read different books or seen different shows where, for instance, Sherlock has children or he has these you know his life has gone in on past the original books in the canon. And some of those can feel a little off.
00:11:15
Speaker
But I agree with what you say. this This feels like I could buy this. I could understand that this is really the way he grew up.
00:11:26
Speaker
Well, Brooke, ah you will be pleased to hear that there is a second season and the filming is underway. So hopefully we won't have to wait too long before we get some more of these stories.
00:11:41
Speaker
That is great news because there are some unanswered questions like you mentioned, and I'm really looking forward to the next case with this group of characters.
00:11:53
Speaker
Well, thank you for joining us, everyone, for this special bonus episode. Until next time, I'm Brooke. And I'm Sarah. And we both love mystery. Clued in Mystery is written and produced by Brooke Peterson and Sarah M. Stephen.
00:12:08
Speaker
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00:12:25
Speaker
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