Episode 5: All Things Sherlock, Sherlock VS. House M.D., Top 5 Detectives
The game is afoot! We dive into all things Sherlock Holmes by exploring the character's origins, discussing how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle influenced the procedural genre, and debating modern versions including the Sherlock Holmes films, BBC's Sherlock, and CBS's Elementary. In the INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER, it's a battle of wits between Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock and Hugh Laurie's House, M.D. We deduce our top 5 detectives.
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Show Notes
0:00 - 45:12: All things Sherlock.
45:13 - 50:54: INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER - Sherlock VS. Dr. Gregory House.
50:55 - 1:11:23: Top 5 Detectives.
Links
- The Official web site of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Wikipedia
- Dr. Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
- How Sherlock Holmes changed the world
- Alphonse Bertillon and the invention of fingerprinting
- The Sherlock Holmes Society of London
- The legacy of Jack the Ripper
- Daniel Kahneman on "Thinking, Fast and Slow"
- When intuition misfires
- Implicit Association Test
- The suicide detective
- Sherlock's expiring copyright: it's public domain, dear Watson
- Why do we keep resurrecting the same literary characters?
- House, M.D. solves a real life medical mystery
- The science of why we don't believe in climate change
- How to create your own mind palace
- The personal blog of Dr. John Watson (from BBC show)
- The science of deduction (from BBC show)
- Benedict Cumberbatch on Sesame Street
- Sherlock in Star Trek and Star Trek in Sherlock
Top 5 Detectives
Conrad:
- Sam Tyler & Gene Hunt (Life on Mars)
- Fox Mulder and Dana Scully (The X-Files)
- Veronica Mars
- Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs)
- Harry Dresden (Dresden Files)
Ali:
- Columbo
- Veronica Mars
- Fox Mulder and Dana Scully (The X-Files)
- Dr. Samuel Beckett (Quantum Leap)
- Judge Joseph Dredd (2000 AD)
Honorable Mentions:
- Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect)
- Jessica (Murder, She Wrote)
- Matlock
- Inspector Lynley (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries)
- Perry Mason
- Doctor Who
- Detective John Hartigan (Sin City)
- Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon)
- Kojak
- Detective Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie: Poirot)
- Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man)
- Magnum, P.I.
- Charlie's Angels
- Adrian Monk (Monk)
- Dexter
- Scooby-Doo
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Angel
- Dirk Gently
- Rick Deckard (Blade Runner)
- Rorschach (Watchmen)
- Richard Castle (Castle)
- Father Dowling Mysteries
- Brother Cadfael (The Cadfael Chronicles)
- Batman
- Spock (Star Trek)
- Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Sam and Max (Sam & Max Hit the Road)
- Dick Tracy
- Inspector Gadget
- Scruff McGruff the Crime Dog