What went wrong?

it started off so nicely…

BBC becoming uber Leftist happened. The same thing killed Top Gear and Dr. Who.
Have you watched S04E00? It's a Feminist shitshow.

Weren't there only three episodes in the first series?
The second episode, I think, was fucking awful.
Then the second series happened, and it tried way too hard and pandered to the (wrong kind of) audience.

the moment that faggot took out a fucking """""""""smart"""""""""""phone while playing Sherlock Holmes is when everyone associated with this piece of shit should have been gassed

it was never good and stupid idea to begin with
OP, as usual, is a complete faggot

The show turned into shit when it became successful. It ended up looking like a glorified series of fanfictions.

which kind of audience was that?

The female audience, in particular the females on Tumblr and write gay fanfiction about Sherlock & Dr. Watson.
Their only knowledge of Sherlock Holmes comes from this show - they are not going to read the actual stories, or watch the good, old adaptions.

Yes, the second episode was complete trash.

Women were a mistake

Black Sherlock when?