Yeah, you read that correctly.
Irene Adler, the one woman to ever outwit Sherlock Holmes in the original stories, appears in the newest Sherlock episode as a lesbian-identified (but possibly bi/pan-sexual) dominatrix known as "the woman".
Take a look at the very first you see of her:
Ummmmmmm yeah. Super hot. And really kickass--she totally dupes Sherlock the first time they meet, and is the "dominatrix who brought a nation to its knees".
She also appears like this, just to shock Sherlock:
And to avoid his trademark analysis of clothing. But, either way, she just walks into the room like that, completely unfazed. The Great Sherlock Holmes, however, can't stop sputtering. I understand the feeling.
She "misbehaves" to get what she wants--and ends up gaining more than just sexual power in the process.
She's "the woman who got away", in the original stories, and in BBC's miniseries, she plays the part of the femme-fatale with the perfect level of sadistic enjoyment, and always seems to one-up Sherlock, relishing every minute of it.
Now go watch the episode, and just try to tell me she isn't a BAMF.
