![]() There’s not much chemistry between the two, and though you could argue that in real life the friendship between Houdini and Doyle did fray beyond repair and this is a glimpse of their oil-and-water beginnings, mostly it’s just that the actors seem to have different agendas for the same series. The point is, everything seems off about Houdini & Doyle, including the casting and pairing of Michael Weston ( House) as Houdini and Stephen Mangan ( Episodes) as Doyle. Critic's Notebook: When Every Fox Show Becomes a Procedural, It Gets Very BoringĪlso, while Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes’ creator did know each other, it wasn’t in the time frame of the series (1901) and they didn’t storm into Scotland Yard to solve quirky cases, aided by a female “policeman” who would have been very, very ahead of her time (although the trio does make a twist on TV’s “cop/not a cop” thing, because it’s now an unholy trinity of “wouldn’t have been a cop/not a cop/not a cop and definitely not famous crime-fighting partners” - if you care about such things). ![]()
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