It is interesting precisely because we can see the first ideas that later formed "Sherlock" being born in it.

(And it is also interesting Johnlock-wise. Johnlock is even more explicit here than in the aired evrsion.)

But as a stand-alone story, not so much. Acting, characters, situations and sets were much, much improved in the aired version of "Study in Pink."

YES. Unequivocally. The story is similar to ASIP, but condensed. It's neat to see what could have been and what was. The original Baker Street was horrible and, as a woman, I rather more appreciate the look they were going for with Sherlock (more sloppy with skinny jeans) versus what they ended up with.

I prefer the showdown with the cabbie in the unaired pilot, part of which was recycled for ASIB (you'll know what part I mean when you get to it...). Sherlock in the ambulance at the end of ASIP will make a lot more sense if you watch the unaired pilot.

I was hestitant to watch the unaired pilot, but it actually enriched my viewing of the series.

Mary

Watch it. Definitely. I was quite thrilled when I discovered that this pilot exists (and can't quite understand why you haven't watched it yet), and as has already been stated, it's fascinating to see what was already there in that early version, the things they got rid of, the things they kept and the things they added...

...like Mycroft, who didnt exist in the pilot at all.

I'm glad they changed the style and design of the show though. To me the pilot looks as if it was made for a far younger audience... gothic Sherlock and his buddy John - which has its moments, but I like 'our' Sherlock and John better.

Young Sherlock bum in black skinny jeans. 

Do you need another reason?

tonnaree wrote:

Young Sherlock bum in black skinny jeans. 

Do you need another reason?

Young Sherlock bum in black skinny jeans with a view of his grey pants?

Funny how the Sherlock they ended up with does little for me, but unaired pilot Sherlock makes me a little hot under the collar...

Mary
 

It's definitely worth watching. Somehow I always tend to take shows for granted, I can't imagine how anything could have been different. But the pilot shows you that Sherlock, Baker Street, etc. really could have been different. And I'm glad that they chose to alter some parts, both storywise and about the look of the show. Especially Sherlock - I really can't understand how someone can like Sherlock in jeans, I really hate it - it draws my attention from the story () and really prefer the very well-dressed Sherlock we know from the "normal" episodes.
But there are some aspects of the pilot that I prefer over the real episode, like

how Sherlock guesses right about the cabbie (heck, he is Sherlock Holmes after all!), him playing drunk and the scene that ended up in ASIB, or the showdown in which the cabbie may be a real threat and that takes place in Baker Street

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maryagrawatson wrote:

Julia wrote:

Especially Sherlock - I really can't understand how someone can like Sherlock in jeans, I really hate it - it draws my attention from the story

Our Sherlock wound up in the unsexiest jeans imaginable. I'm still trying to figure out what was the point of them. But I digress.

But there are some aspects of the pilot that I prefer over the real episode, like

how Sherlock guesses right about the cabbie

At least, this lack of analytical skill wound up being consistent in all three series. He's just not a big picture kind of guy. He's a good deductor, not a good analyst. Very different set of complementary skills. I'm an analyst and then to crack the cases before Sherlock does, but in a completely different way since I tend not to see the details the way he does.

The one that drives me more nuts than this bit from ASIP is TEH. How can he not see that there is a carriage missing?!

Mary
 

He still cracked both cases through one evening.
Pretty impressive, if you ask me.

The original SH from "Study in Scarlet" didn´t realise that a person entering his flat in Baker Street 221B in one scene was a man in drag, impersonating the old woman. No such thing happened here and this new Sherlock was never fooled through such a strategy.

nakahara wrote:

With me it´s just the opposite.

This Sherlock leaves me absolutely cold, althrought he´s pretty:



This, on the other hand, makes me drool:

 
I would kick neither Sherlock out of my bed for eating crackers.