Benedict Cumberbatch's titular detective may have taken an entire episode to figure out his first Sherlock mystery, but the crucial twist was given away in the episode's opening moments. With a dastardly killer on the loose, sweeping shots of modern London, and numerous instances of Sherlock Holmes insulting people via social ineptitude, "A Study In Pink" offered an early taste of the phenomenon Sherlock would become. Holmes is pitted against a super-intelligent taxi driver who moonlights as a serial killer. Rather than pulling the trigger himself, the culprit forces his victims into playing a deadly game of chance.
One of CBS' newest sitcoms, Ghosts , features a cast full of spectral characters that each hail from a distinct time period and come with their own unique backstory and death. Though each of the eight ghosts has a wildly different perspective based on their different experiences throughout history, they nonetheless form a sort of family, which is one of the show's greatest charms. After all, being stuck with the same people for all of eternity allows for plenty of time to get to know each other. Ghosts , which is an adaptation of a BBC show of the same name, stars Utkarsh Ambudkar and Rose McIver (who played Liv Moore on five seasons of iZombie ) as Jay and Sam, a young couple who inherit a mansion in upstate New York. To their surprise, however, the house also comes with several ghostly inhabitants, who Sam is able to see after a near-death experience. These are Thorfinn (Devan Long), Sasappis (Román Zaragoza), Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones), Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky...
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