Who did it?

Someone has lent us a complete boxed set of Sherlock Holmes adventures, the Granada TV series starring Jeremy Brett, the casting is pure gold. We are enjoying a nightly showing in the interests of cultural education.

R is very enthusiastic about this series. He likes best the bit at the beginning, where the foul deeds of the crime are enacted, at which he asks

'Who did it?'

'We don't know, R, it's a mystery - which Mr Sherlock Homes is about to solve - unless you can beat him to it!'

'Oh' says R..

At the end, he says

'I don't understand, who did it?'

All groan. After we have explained, painstakingly, he asks:

'Yes but why did he do it, what's the use?'

At which we ask ourselves, why does he watch it? But he claims it is Very Good and he understands everything, Perfectly.