Mycroft looks for Sherlock's help with finding a terror cell upon his return while others who have reeled his apparent death moved on with their life's.
The Season 3 premiere certainly felt like part one of a bigger story and I'm excited to see where our favourite detectives take us from here. Welcome back Mr. Holmes. Welcome back indeed.
As sly and quirky as ever, Sherlock continues to pursue a fiendishly clever trail, taking Holmes into a world of smartphones, DNA testing and state-of-the-art forensics.
The greatest satisfaction of this thoroughly satisfying season opener was confirmation that Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss (who penned the episode) knows us fans better than we know ourselves.
Some will dislike how Sherlock answers the question of the false death. Others may find fault in the increased humor of the season -- and it's often very funny.