Oh my goodness, yes. I think their characterization is my favorite outside the actual canon. Their Holmes is slightly insane, and always ready to fight, but also genuinely, deeply kind, and their Watson is the perfect blend of puzzled, vaguely scared, adoring and annoyed. And they hug each other and cry over each other’s feelings, and argue about art, and Watson sketches Holmes and boxes Holmes and plays Holmes’ violin horribly when he misses him. Holmes doesn’t stay away three years and when he comes home Watson and Mrs. Hudson BOTH faint. Basically, it’s glorious.
I VERY STRONGLY AGREE
Plus, there is a lot of humour in Russian Holmes. Lestrade especially is a gem. And Russian Watson is fabulous, he’s like… canon Watson with a twist. I don’t know how to describe it really. He’s just amazing.
Basically they’re perfect for each other
You know what I think it is about this Watson? Watson as narrator doesn’t emphasize much about himself; he writes himself into the shadows so Holmes shines bright. And most Watsons play their character like that: a reactor, an observer, responding to Holmes’ emotions, supporter not protagonist, though kind and brave. But this Watson is written and played mostly off what’s between the lines: what he must have been like, to be able to do what he did. We see the quiet self-confidence, the love of art and beauty and the interest in learning, the flexibility to make the most of any situation, the deep emotion that surfaces with people he trusts, the physical self-possession that would have been in evidence always, not just when Holmes needed backup. He’s clearly always a soldier, and a writer, as well as a doctor. He’s never passive; you’re always convinced that there’s a lot more going on in his mind than he gives voice to. The acting is masterful.
does anyone have a link to Watch it ? I doubt it’s on Netflix
It’s on YouTube! Search Lenfilm Holmes.
It might be a bit difficult to find them in the right order so:
I watched about 10 minutes of this and found it kind of fun even without any English subtitles, and the cats were fascinated. Then I realized I could probably google for where it might have some – turns out most of the episodes are available with Prime and have English subs there.
Loathe as I am to recommend Amazon for anything, ever, this is mostly an indicator that you can probably get the DVDs with subs if you hunt around.
Dama Cherepaha 