Discuss the current direction of the show, especially its later seasons and their emphasis on Sherlock and Watson's personal lives.
Arthur Conan Doyle's character has been successful for so long and undergone many adaptations because of the clever use of the powers of deduction to solve mysteries that boggle lesser minds.
Is the BBC show wandering from its origins? Is that something that contributes to its success and popularity, or will it trip it up if it continues?
The topic would definitely be of interest to a large audience, but it would be helpful for concept of "soap opera" to be more thoroughly defined. Perhaps just culturally. As a soap opera in the US is different than the UK and extremely different than Mexico or other Latin American countries. And is becoming a soap opera a bad thing? – mazzamura8 years ago
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdaptationDecay <-- this page may be helpful for anyone interested in writing about it. – Sadie Britton8 years ago