3. Dr. House
Dr. Gregory House is a brilliant diagnostician and specialist in infectious diseases at a hospital. With his sarcastic and cynical nature, he doesn’t hold back and often resorts to unconventional methods to help his patients.
Watch Dr. House if you like the following about Sherlock :
- Idiosyncratic but brilliant protagonist
- Unconventional approach to problems
- Main character struggling with inner issues
- Support from other characters
- Episodic structure, where one episode deals with a medical case
This is what the IMDb ratings say:: 8.7 out of 10 stars are given on average by the 499,775 IMDb users for Dr. House.
Fun fact: Dr. House’s address is 221B Baker Street, thus referencing Sherlock Holmes (via house.fandom.com).
4. Elementary
Similar to Sherlock, Elementary takes the classic Sherlock books and places them in a modern context. Instead of London, New York City is the setting where Sherlock Holmes solves tricky cases together with Dr. Joan Watson.
Watch Elementary if you like the following about Sherlock :
- The classic Sherlock story modernly interpreted
- Many elements from the foundation reimagined
- Sherlock and Watson as investigator duo
- Focus on detective work
- Complex and intelligent cases
This is what the IMDb ratings say:: Elementary receives an average of 7.9 stars out of 10 from the 117,539 IMDb users .
Fun fact: The name of Joan Watson’s mother is Mary Watson. This is a reference to the original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, where Watson’s wife is named Mary (via IMDb).
