CBS’s *Elementary* recast Sherlock Holmes’s adventures as a modern New York crime drama, with Jonny Lee Miller as Holmes and Lucy Liu as Joan Watson. Initially met with scepticism, the series became a lasting take on the characters, exploring Holmes’s addiction and Watson’s growth from his sober companion into a detective and partner.

The article highlights the show’s major changes to the Holmes stories, including its first-season revelation that Holmes’s supposed love Irene Adler is actually his nemesis Moriarty, played by Natalie Dormer. Across seven seasons and 154 episodes, the series earned strong reviews and ratings, with much of its appeal attributed to the evolving partnership and banter between Miller and Liu.