The Great Detective Becomes a Father in the 'Sherlock & Daughter' Trailer
David Thewlis and Blu Hunt in "Sherlock & Daughter"
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With the arrival of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in the public domain, it pretty much means anything goes now when it comes to the world of the iconic British detective. Watson is out here trying to tell a Sherlock story in which Holmes is not even present. Prime Video's forthcoming Young Sherlock series will give the great detective's backstory a dash of teen angst. Then there's CW's latest drama, which will ask a question that probably none of us have ever even wondered about at any point in our lives: What if Sherlock Holmes was a dad?
Sherlock & Daughter introduces us to Amelia Rojas (Blu Hunt), a spunky nineteenth-century American teen who journeys to London's Baker Street hoping to get the great Sherlock Holmes (David Thewlis) to help solve her mother's murder. There's just one small twist — according to her late mom, Holmes may actually be Amelia's father.
Sherlock, already dealing with a complex case he can't investigate directly without putting the lives of his nearest and dearest at risk, decides that things can't possibly get any messier than they already are and decides to team up with Amelia to try and figure out the answers to their collective mysteries. Whether she's Holmes's progeny, what happened to her mother, and how exactly Professor Moriarty fits into all this are questions the series' first season will have to answer; however, this series is certainly trying something (wildly) different with the Holmes canon.
Here's the series' synopsis.
The mystery thriller series Sherlock & Daughter puts Sherlock Holmes out of his comfort zone, mysteriously unable to investigate a sinister case without risking the lives of his closest friends. Enter: young American Amelia. After her mother’s mysterious murder, she learns that her missing father may be the legendary detective. Despite wildly different backgrounds and attitudes, the pair must work together to solve a global conspiracy, crack her mother’s murder, and find out for sure if she really is Sherlock’s daughter.
Alongside Thewlis and Hunt, the cast also features Dougray Scott (Irvine Welsh's Crime) as Professor Moriarty, Paul Reid (Derry Girls) as Inspector Bullivant, Seán Duggan (Miss Scarlet) as Dr. Watson, and Antonio Aakeel (Slow Horses) as Swann. The rest of the ensemble cast includes Allan Keating (Obituary), Shashi Rami (The Gone), Kojo Kamara (The Outlaws), Fiona Glascott (Julia), Orén Kinlan (Flora & Son), Gia Hunter (Here We Go), and Ivana Milicevic (The 100).
Series creator Brendan Foley wrote all eight of its first season episodes alongside Micah War Dog Wright and Shelly Goldstein. Bryn Higgins and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers are directing, with James Duff serving as showrunner. Executive producers include Foley, Duff, Karine Martin, Chris Philip, Peter Gerwe, Dominic Barlow, and Ivan Dunleavy.
Sherlock & Daughter will premiere on CW and the CW app on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET and air/stream weekly through the end of May.
