YOUNG SHERLOCK: Episode 1.1: “The Case of the Missing Scrolls”

Name: YOUNG SHERLOCK: Episode 1.1: “The Case of the Missing Scrolls”
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“A Young Detective’s First Big Mystery”

Family Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.

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What You Need To Know:

Episode 1 of YOUNG SHERLOCK on Prime Video reintroduces the world’s most famous detective. This time, he’s a young man in 1871 and learns how to solve a mystery and gets into trouble along the way. Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s older brother, bails him out of jail for picking pockets. Mycroft assigns Sherlock to work at Oxford University. There, Sherlock meets a kind math professor, a Chinese princess, and a student and fellow mystery-lover named James Moriarty. When some ancient Chinese scrolls go missing, Sherlock becomes the prime suspect. With Moriarty’s help, Sherlock must solve the case and clear his name.

YOUNG SHERLOCK’s premiere episode is a fast-paced adventure. It’s full of twists and turns, plus new characters to help and hinder Sherlock as he tries to solve his first case. Episode 1 of YOUNG SHERLOCK has somewhat of a moral worldview. Sherlock desires to recover stolen goods and bring a thief to justice. However, he and other characters exhibit some immoral behavior, including stealing and fighting. Episode 1 of YOUNG SHERLOCK has some people are shot and four obscenities. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children.

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Moral elements with traditional social values, where people desire to find stolen goods and bring justice;

Foul Language:

Four obscenities (two “s” words and two “h” words) and one light profanity;

Violence:

Several fistfights with minimal blood shown, plus a scene features several characters shot with minimal blood shown;

Sex:

No sex or sexual references or immorality;

Nudity:

Two brief scenes of upper male nudity;

Alcohol Use:

Characters drink socially at meals, parties, and pubs, but not to excess;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drugs; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Characters steal throughout the episode with no remorse, as well as lie when it best suits their purposes, plus as the series opens, Sherlock Holmes has just been released from jail for picking pockets, but his older brother tries to discipline him to change his ways.

More Detail:

Set in 1871, YOUNG SHERLOCK’s first episode on Prime Video reintroduces viewers to the iconic character of Sherlock Holmes but as a young man who’s still learning the deduction skills that make him a famous detective, while he gets caught up in plenty of trouble.

In Episode 1, Sherlock leaves jail after his brother Mycroft pays bail and takes him to Oxford in hopes of encouraging him to clean up his act. Instead of enrolling in the university as a student, Sherlock takes a job as a campus cleaner.

While he works, Sherlock encounters all kinds of interesting characters, including a kind math professor, a Chinese princess, and James Moriarty, a student and fellow mystery-lover. Sherlock and Moriarty dive in a mystery when historic scrolls arrive on the campus by the princess go missing. However, they become the last two people seen entering the library where the scrolls remain.

So, to clear their names, Sherlock and Moriarty must find the missing scrolls and get into plenty of trouble along the way.

YOUNG SHERLOCK’s debut episode is a fast-paced adventure, with plenty of twists and turns to keep viewers guessing. The episode reintroduces this famous character and adds plenty of interesting new characters to add to the mystery.

YOUNG SHERLOCK Episode 1 has a mixed worldview. While there are moral elements, such as Sherlock and Moriarty’s desire to find the stolen scrolls, the episode also features immoral behavior, such as Sherlock and Moriarty often steal things and get into fights. The episode also includes some light use of strong language and many violent scenes. MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children, teens, and sensitive adults.