A Pair of Professional Beauties
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neadodsElementary continues to point out that they Really Aren't Redoing Sherlock by casting someone as Inspector Gregson instead of Inspector Lestrade.
From A Study in Scarlet: "Gregson is the smartest of the Scotland Yarders," my friend remarked; "he and Lestrade are the pick of a bad lot. They are both quick and energetic, but conventional—shockingly so. They have their knives into one another, too. They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties.
Gregson may be smarter, but in the long run, Lestrade had more staying power in both the canon and the public mind; Gregson fades away to the point that in Sherlock he's little more than the probable reason behind DI Lestrade's never-canonically-given first name.
From A Study in Scarlet: "Gregson is the smartest of the Scotland Yarders," my friend remarked; "he and Lestrade are the pick of a bad lot. They are both quick and energetic, but conventional—shockingly so. They have their knives into one another, too. They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties.
Gregson may be smarter, but in the long run, Lestrade had more staying power in both the canon and the public mind; Gregson fades away to the point that in Sherlock he's little more than the probable reason behind DI Lestrade's never-canonically-given first name.
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