CP3S said:

Bingowings said:

Saying something is lucky is not the same as saying it's crap.

Yes I believe everything has an element of chance or luck in it.

There are many people who labour for most of their lives to create things of beauty who do not enjoy success in their lifetime and there are people who make a really interesting scribble and pick the right frame and stick it the right window and become millionaires.

Most human endeavor is some degree towards the middle but either way, good is good and popularity is popularity, whether it was more down to chance than hard work.

A lot of the mind work that went into making Sherlock a success started of as intellectual play that doesn't undermine the end results either.