the mom has landed

My mother drove down - by herself! - to spend Thanksgiving here with me and the Gentleman Caller and his folks. Made outstanding time. We are now ensconced in my living room and I've talked her into giving the BBC Sherlock a try. So far she seems to be enjoying it, apart from she took one look at the box and said "'The game is on'? No, that's wrong - the game is afoot!" I explained again that it's a modern treatment, and she grumbled and rolled her eyes. We also agreed that we'd prefer if they'd called the first episode "A Study in Salmon". But she did turn to me about five or ten minutes into the show and say "Much better than Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law. This seems more like trying to bring the original characters into a modern setting than like trying to take the original story and make it yours."

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