Now, so far I'm the only who's had this opinion so it may just be me, but the new Sherlock Holmses is lousy with the dumb!Watson. It's not that Holmes is supposed to be so smart, Watson just comes off as a bumbling idiot. Again, this may just be me because I haven't heard anyone else say this. Have you seen it?

Ha, that's true. I just wish we'd see why Lassie and Wilson are supposed to be the wunderkinds they're made out to be. You made sense, definitely. I don't know why the writers think this is a valid way to the main characters look better.