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Sherlock

drama mystery
148 Stimulating

Actively engages higher-order thinking

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Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50
43
Educational Value/50
29
Craft & Quality/50
39
Cinematic Score/50
43
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)  — How we score →

The TVI Take

Modernizes detective stories with visual deduction, demand for rapid-fire logic, and character arcs around trauma and partnership beneath puzzle-solving.

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