Mycroft Holmes tells Holmes: « To anyone who wishes to study mankind, this is the spot. » This is a reference to the exact phrase told by Mycroft in The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter ( 72).ġ3. Mary Jane, she is incorrigible, and my wife has given her notice. » ( 43)ġ2. In A Scandal in Bohemia, Watson told Holmes that his servant : «. Watson has some words with his maid Jane about being late, being incapable of boiling an egg, leaving dust everywhere and almost destroying his boots while scraping the mud off them. In The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, Sherlock Holmes explained to Watson that his brother Mycroft WAS occasionally « the British government. » ( 54)ġ1. Mary refers to "England" thinking about Mycroft Holmes. This is a reference of The Adventure of the Final Problem where Holmes told to Watson : « it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognise danger when it is close upon you. » ( 24)ġ0. Holmes talks to Inspector Lestrade about Fear and Danger. The Sherlock Holmes' message received by Watson : « Come at once if convenient - if inconvenient come all the same. » is a reference to the same message in The Adventure of the Creeping Man ( 5).ĩ. This is a reference to A Scandal in Bohemia where Holmes called Watson: « I am lost without my Boswell. » ( 123)Ĩ. Sherlock Holmes refers to Watson as Boswell. In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes told to Watson that « There are seventy-five perfumes, which it is very necessary that the criminal expert should be able to distinguish from each other, and cases have more than once within my own experience depended upon their prompt recognition. » ( 3767)ħ.
In his living-room, Sherlock Holmes discovers the identity of the veiled women (Mary Watson) by the smell of her perfume.
At their first meeting in the hospital, Holmes to Watson: « You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive. » This deduction was made in A Study in Scarlet ( 94).Ĥ. The newsvendor talking to Watson about The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle is holding an issue of The Strand Magazine where most of the Sherlock Holmes stories were published for the first time.ĥ. When Holmes and Watson arrive in Baker Street, the travelling scene is the same than in the Granada TV series with Jeremy Brett and the music is the quite the same. The introduction speech by Watson in the episode is taken directly from A Study in Scarlet : « The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster. » ( 8) and « Under such circumstances I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. » ( 17)ģ. The Abominable Bride is a reference to an Untold Stories called: « The Case of Ricoletti of the Club-Foot and his Abominable Wife » quoted by Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual ( MUSG, 21)}}). Crazy, fun, Gothic, energetic, waited a long time, and it was worth the wait.1. The scenes between Holmes and Moriarty once again were simply amazing, Andrew Scott is just unbelievable, he is such a charismatic performer. Cumberbatch was definitely on fine form, I loved the altered appearance, suited him, I noticed a few Jeremy Brettisms, not sure if anyone else did, maybe the hair and some of the body language. It managed to feel fresh and exhilarating once again. Beautiful cinematography, great direction, awesome production values. A few minor quibbles, a little contrived at times, and as is the nature of the show it did seem a little wrapped up in its own smuggness at times, but I was utterly enveloped in the story, it had me wrapped from start to finish. Series 3 had been somewhat of a disappointment, a little too self satisfied I suppose, so I'm glad they did something different to refresh it, it was certainly different.
I must admit I have been hugely looking forward to this, possibly because I was keen to see how the altered setting would work. The duo must uncover how this devious crime was carried out. Sherlock and Watson land in the late Nineteenth Century to solve the case of Emelia Ricoletti, a bride that killed herself, and then later manages to shoot her husband and bring about the death of Lord Carmichael.