Further proof that CBS’ in-the-works Sherlock Holmes reboot will take the iconic franchise in a radical new direction: The network has cast Lucy Liu as Watson!
TVLine has learned that Liu has been tapped to play Watson to Jonny Lee Miller‘s Sherlock in Elementary, the network’s modern-day take on the famed detective saga.
Another key change: Sherlock and Watson now live in New York City.
I want her and her freckles back on my TV.
(I couldn’t finish Ally McBeal because of, well… Ally McBeal.)
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
…WHAT THE ACTUAL SLANDERING FUCK OF ALL THAT IS HOLY?! ACD IS ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE RIGHT NOW. ROOOOOOOLLLING IN THE FUCKING DEEP THAT IS 6FT. NO, NO, NO! GODDAMN IT, AMERICA, THIS IS WHY I CAN NEVER DEFEND YOUR ASS. *FLIPS TABLE*
please, please, please let this not get a pick up. please. oh my god, this has broken me. WHY?????
female Watson. But since...US, I just know they did this to allow for a straight romance...
MTE. No problem at all with Watson being a woman, only that Holmes isn’t ALSO a woman.
I’m PUMPED! She was SOOOOO good in her “detective”-esque role in Lucky Number Slevin!
guy. My interest has declined. D:
what the fuck is this?????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kinda wanna see, this, just
And this is how they get around the “gay issue.” I’m almost kind of annoyed. I tried to see this as progressive but I...
I… am interested. No, shut up. I want to see what they do with this, how they try to make it work. They can’t possibly...
title. It’s a trap, alright.
Yup, they’re casting Ms. Lucy Liu as Watson. I don’t hate her, I just don’t think it is a good idea… Now I get my PK...