BBC!Sherlock is pretty good at showing that quality. What they don't show is how for v.v. smart people coming up with the "right answer" is also a matter of trial-and-error (we call that "science"), it's just that they run most of the trials in their brains and very quickly.
*nods* And, ironically, seeing the process makes it more believable to me. I feel like some of the earlier episodes, with their slower pacing, allowed for more trial-and-error in Sherlock's methods, which brought me on board. The faster episodes seem to arrive at an answer too quickly. I think it may be because there's a certain something to seeing when you're wrong, or adjusting an answer to make it fit. Seeing Sherlock right all the time, immediately, makes his deductions seem more like a trick.
I'm with you on the social intelligence, which is one reason why this version doesn't always work for me. And the disguises--yes! I'm not sure why they haven't gone there very often. M.
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*nods* And, ironically, seeing the process makes it more believable to me. I feel like some of the earlier episodes, with their slower pacing, allowed for more trial-and-error in Sherlock's methods, which brought me on board. The faster episodes seem to arrive at an answer too quickly. I think it may be because there's a certain something to seeing when you're wrong, or adjusting an answer to make it fit. Seeing Sherlock right all the time, immediately, makes his deductions seem more like a trick.
I'm with you on the social intelligence, which is one reason why this version doesn't always work for me. And the disguises--yes! I'm not sure why they haven't gone there very often. M.