The Irregulars

A young adult fantasy from an alternative version of good old England, in which black magic unfolded? Why not, as a stage it's more than tempting. It's too bad that better characters don't walk through the scene and that their story doesn't seem to know what it really wants to be about. Of the five main characters, a maximum of three are interesting, but the cases they receive from Watson (yes, it's an alternative fantasy of England, so don't go crazy over the color of his skin, because it's not the only change) are surprisingly dark and interesting, and it's a shame that their solutions are no longer completely like that. Nevermind. A huge qualitative leap up for the series is the fifth chapter, which finally brings (a great - and also a different) Sherlock Holmes, but the end of the series falls into the average again, when it tries too hard to be like It and tries in vain to convince that you characters that haven't actually been important have some purpose. It's a shame, it could have been much better. (04/08/2021)

Being way too correct is not the main problem with The Irregulars. The problem is that it is way too predictable. On the surface, it all looks nice enough, and production-wise, this television show does not disappoint. However, the show brings nothing to the table. The decent horror atmosphere is killed by a clichéd narrative where perhaps not a single character is developed well except for Watson. Ultimately, I almost feel sorry that the producers of this show used familiar characters and did not develop their own. (05/07/2021)