Does watching ‘Sherlock’ count as doing research?

Advice to all aspiring writers out there: don’t subscribe to Netflix. Bad, bad, bad idea. I have come under its spell. One episode of a series just isn’t enough. I try to tell myself that watching a good murder mystery is research, but who am I kidding?

At lease I’ve been distracted by quality. How good is ‘Sherlock’?! Missed it on TV and so I’ve had the pleasure of discovering it now. Such fun. Fast pace, brilliant dialogue, great characters. Actually, perhaps it is good book research afterall; now, where’s that TV remote……

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