I prefer to watch an entire season before giving a review but as I won't be watching any more of this, I figured I'd just go ahead and fire away. I'm not exactly sure what happened in the pilot but I'm sure I didn't like it. I'm a Sherlock Holmes maniac, which is largely irrelevant here because if the premise and execution of this show has anything to do with Holmes then I missed it. There are a lot of problems here; not the least of which is that it's not a Sherlock Holmes detective show. It's a medical show that borrows heavily from, as I'm sure you've read from all the other reviews, House. It's incredibly disappointing. The idea of the solid, discreet companion that is Watson having his own show is intriguing, to say the least. Too bad it's not that Watson. It's an arrogant, overbearing, rude, and cruel Watson. Almost every character trait the antithesis of the stories and novels. Sigh. They throw in a nod to Sherlock Holmes here and there with deductive reasoning, at which Watson was never very good in the original stories and novels. Let me talk about the other characters. They sure are pretty. Do I believe any one of them as top physicians in their fields? Not for a second. There is just no way. My immersion is gone every time one of the models opens her or his mouth to fast talk medical terms. Fast talking. Oh boy, if you like fast talking, this is your show. It's rapid fire big medical terms from everyone. I'm not a doctor but I'm reasonably intelligent, and I could not keep up. I lost the thread mid-sentence multiple times. The sets. Over The Top. That medical facility looks like something from a James Bond evil villain hideout. The costumes. Over The Top. The Gucci lab coats. The scoop tops showing off impressive decolletage, not that I'm complaining mind you. Then there is the exposition. Lots of it. How did you figure that out? I did things off screen. Watson's sidekick? Maybe that was explained at some point, but I sure missed it. Who is he? Why is he? What is he? Finally, the ending. Sigh. No build-up, no foreshadowing, just, hey, look who's here. I'm incredibly disappointed in this mess. What a shame with what is clearly a big budget. Oh well.

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