I took my DVDs with me on my Easter visit to my family.  The Michigan weather was crap, cold and snowly, so I popped them in.  My dad and younder brother had to get used to the length of each episode, but kept asking me to pop in another. They practically fell to the floor in fits of laughter when Irene's text alert went off after Sherlock apologized to Molly.  We watched both series in two days.  They weren't too happy when they found out Series 3 won't be out for a while. Last week my baby brother graduated high school.  I'll give you three guesses to figure out what he bought with his graduation money.  He let me know that he bought Series two.  He actually drove 40 miles to buy series one. Guess what he popped in for everyone to watch last Sunday morning as my older brother, sister-in-law, sister, aunt, and cousin were visiting? Scndal in Belgravia (he didn't pick up Series 1 until last Monday).  My Dad was telling my older brother how much the show was worth checking out.  My sister-in-law is madly in love with Robert Downey Jr, and could not imagine a better Sherlock.  While I love RDJ myself and his portrayal of Sherlock, I think he's a much better Tony Stark.  Stan Lee must have had some sort of psychic vision of RDJ when he created Iron Man. RDJ is great as Sherlock, Benedict is freaking awesome. And I actually watched the films more for Jude Law. My sister-in-law did love the part where Sherlock threw the CIA d-bag out the window and John's bad days scene.  I think she'll be putting it in her netflix queue. She asked me if the BBC show was better than Elementary, people on this board can look at my past posts and guess my answer to that one. I tolsd her she should make up her own mind on that one as many people love Elementary, but while I love Johnny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, I find Elementary to me bland.  She and my brother like watching House and Bones. I said "you know how House and Bones have interesting characters and a good blend of funny, tragic and dramatic moments? Elementary lacks those things."
  My mom has a soft spot for Martin Freeman after she saw him do amazing potrayals of two of her favorite literary characters-Bilbo Baggins and Arthur Dent.  She loves his portrayal of John and the interaction between John and Sherlock, especially when John pulls rank to get them into Baskerville.
My Cousin has become a total Cumberfan.  She loves actors with a lot of range.  She saw Star Trek a few weeks ago and though Benedict was amazing as Kahn.  She loves him as Sherlock.  She said that the mysteries on the show are great, but what makes her really enjoy watching it is Sherlock as a character. She likes Mrs. Hudson because she's the only woman (in Series 1) who doesn't completely annoy Sherlock.  I showed her the Broken News clip and some interviews.  She's very impressed with his range.  So several of my family members have now seen the show and they love it and they are telling other people about it