The new Netflix show, perfect to binge that brings back Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes to a supernatural teen reality.
Do you know when you are watching a TV series and you say “Oh just one more, I’ll go to sleep after this one” and you just binge the whole show on one night or weekend? Yes? Well, that’s what happens with The Irregulars.
The series – written by Tom Bidwell – draw the viewer into a spiral of terrifying, yet thrilling adventures following a gang of street-smart teens who get involved in the deepest paranormal secrets of Victorian London, as the city tears apart right under everyone noses.
The group of friends led by the determinate and compassionate Bea (Thaddea Graham), her sister Jessie (Darci Shawn), haunted by sinister nightmares, the bubbly Spike (McKell David) and the short-tempered Billy (Jojo Macari) are easily manipulated by the secretive Doctor Watson (Royce Pierreson) to accept investigate the kidnap of four babies born on the same day in the capital for a substantial sum of money.
People from different backgrounds and stories come together to bring you into an adventure and fantasy world, which brings us to the new member of the teen gang, the posh Leo (Harrison Osterfield), who runs away from home every day to be the brains behind the cases with his new and first friends, hiding his true identity, the son of Queen Victoria, Prince Leopold.
What they didn’t know was that it was only the beginning of a long journey of solving cases, love affairs and the discovery of psychic powers that could change the whole world.
Doctor Watson’s brilliant sidekick couldn’t be missing, the great Sherlock Holmes (Henry Lloyd-Hughes) is the unknown character until at least half way through the show, being concerned with his own opium addictions.
You can see the bright-minded Holmes broken-hearted and falling apart in addiction throughout the show. Where is the detective you’ll wonder. Well, he’s lost in his own darkness but without notice being the key to most of the dilemmas and wonders.
Growing apart from Sherlock Holmes typical rational and on minute observations, The Irregulars digs to solve the cases diving into the villain’s minds and emotions to find motives for that side of them as “Monsters create monsters”.
The eight episodes present a new monster hunt each time, either it is an evil tooth fairy, a shapeshifter or a tarot themed murder.
The British Crime TV Drama launched by Netflix on March 26 is an exciting show that brings back 221b Baker Street, and the more episodes you watch the more you’ll realize that it is not only about solving the cases, but also about discovering that Jessie’s nightmares that contain all the answer’s that the truth may not always be what you’ve been told and that closing a rip between dimensions is the only way of stopping the monsters the threaten that world.
The soundtrack that goes along with the show seems to have been chosen by finger. It has a way to connect the scene with the viewer, growing a feeling of jumping into the screen and letting it touch you, either to dance, cry or laugh.
The great value of family, friendship and sacrifice for the greater good play a significant role within the series. People learn to accept their differences, and grow with each other through challenges and hard choices that can make one’s life either come to everything or nothing.
“Everybody leaves me.” And “I’m here. I’m not going anywhere.” Both important quotes that are at the end of the eighth and final episode. It is said in a way that can close the curtain, but will it be the end for the group and their hunger for discoveries or will Doctor Watson find a new mystery for his most recent detective proteges?
By Marta Tavares
Feature image: The Verge