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So, I just started watching BBC's Sherlock (two episodes so far), and I mostly like it except ... is it always so sexist, or will that get better? I am a Cumberbatch fan, the production is excellent and the writing is pretty good, but I've never been a big Holmes fan, so the sexism might be a deal-breaker for me.

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Yeah, my concern is more the way the show portrays women than how Sherlock treats them--of course the secretary MUST be sleeping with her boss. Of course their landlady will act as a housekeeper for them. Of course Watson's date becomes the damsel in distress and is the one the bad guys want to kill even though threatening either Sherlock or Watson would better serve their purposes. I dunno. Maybe it's just a kind of sexism that really gets to me, because Supernatural's sexism doesn't bother me a bit most of the time! At least there are important, strong female characters on SPN, whereas in the Sherlock universe, so far at least, it's as if women are completely IRRELEVANT, and grr, that drives me crazy. But I'll take your advice and try it out at least through episode 4. :-) Thanks for your thoughts.