I liked it, but it wasn't as good as the first one since I think a lot of the element surprise was removed since we knew that Holmes was re-cast as a bad guy. In the first series it was fun to see his pompousness and sadism come out to flip him from good guy, but that's known and so we just see him go from bad to worse. Moriarty is also flipped and has been recast as hero who turned to crime to clear his name and find the real killer. There is a shadow government that is responsible for his frame up and now we get into that a bit more; enter Helen Mirren as Porlock, our arch enemy. That part was pretty fun, but some of the scenes and set up were a bit long. In the end, we've got a new tragedy and of course Holmes is up to no good and that will carry the next installment which I will be anxiously awaiting! ( )