The Irregulars (2021)

Watchseries; If you want Gothic horror in Victorian London with the gloves off, read "From Hell". If you want a really good Sherlock Holmes continuation, read "The House of Silk". If you want a great recreation of Victorian London, watch "Dickensian". If you pine for a cack-handed, adolescent, tin-eared, über woke, anachronistic pile of tosh like something out of Bunty but with bad language watch this series.

If you want Gothic horror in Victorian London with the gloves off, read "From Hell". If you want a really good Sherlock Holmes continuation, read "The House of Silk". If you want a great recreation of Victorian London, watch "Dickensian". If you pine for a cack-handed, adolescent, tin-eared, über woke, anachronistic pile of tosh like something out of Bunty but with bad language watch this series.

The Irregulars watchseries. A few episodes in and I'm enjoying it.. It may be a teenage thing but I'm 52 and looking forward to watching more..

Saying something isn't historically accurate, when a show is dealing with a Sherlock Holmes universe and supernatural is completely idiotic. The show is fun, entertaining and something different. Most of the characters have an arc that is quite interesting and while some of the back story of some of the characters is a bit too much, overall it is okay. Each episode is a story in of itself and continues the narrative. Criticizing a show or fans of the show for being "woke", says more about you and less about the show, it is supposed to be fun entertainment not a documentary about London in the late 1800's.

Reading the bad reviews is more entertaining that watching the show itself.

Once u accept that premise, it's a great show. Everyone loved the Cumberbatch's Sherlock Holmes version, where his use of internet helped solve the murders. Why can't everyone accept a group of diverse teens doing likewise using their skills in Victorian England to solve them?

One of my guilty pleasures is Sean Connery in a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The Irregulars reminds me of this. Forget your ingrain knowledge of Sherlock Holmes, sit back and enjoy this plucky group of teens as they try to climb out of the soul sucking life of Victorian England and solve several mysteries plus the main overarching one.

Unlike the yucky angst of most CW teen show, these kids, led by the amazing main character of Bea, work together to solve not only the mysteries provided to them by the enigmatic Dr. Holmes, but the crazy relationship between Holmes and Watson and their connection with these two men.

Look at the title, The Irregulars, because this show is about them with Sherlock merely playing a pivotal, but minor flawed role. Grab snacks and just enjoy the Irregulars, cause it is a fun, mysterious, horror stream-worthy show.

I tried, I really did. But this badly written, poorly acted and unrealistically set piece of twaddle, had me cringing and rolling my eyes far too many times in the first episode to make me want to watch any more. It doesn't even feel like it's set in Victorian England. It feels more like some lame attempt at a steampunk version of a school play. Another miss for Netflix.