Questions tagged [sherlock]
A BBC TV series of feature length episodes updating classic Sherlock Holmes stories to a modern day setting. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman
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Is the Cluedo joke in Sherlock's "The Hounds of Baskerville" a random gag or is the game genuinely broken?
In Episode 2x02 - The Hounds of Baskerville our Mr. Holmes is - once again - bored and wants a case:
Sherlock: I NEED A CASE! [...] What am I saying? This is brilliant. Phone Lestrade, tell
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Why was Mycroft indifferent about Mary's potential death and the possible consequences of Ajay's reappearance?
In season 4 Sherlock clearly says that Ajay is a killer and hints that he could murder Mary, but all Mycroft says is that agents die. Sherlock goes to Mycroft for help. He sees Mary as a friend. He ...
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How did Sherlock know it was a Boomerang?
In A Scandal in Belgravia (Sherlock S2E1) we come to know that Sherlock comes to know that the person who was standing near the river got distracted by the blasting of an engine and was hit by a '...
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How did Sherlock fake his death? [duplicate]
To be honest, I am quite bit confused about the "faked death" scene of Sherlock himself in the BBC series Sherlock.
The beginning of Season 3, Episode 1 shows that he escaped with the help ...
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Who is the guy in Sherlock's mind palace?
In the episode "His Last Vow" when Sherlock gets shot by Mary, he started to enter his mind palace in order to survive the shot.
We begin to see a series of regular persons belonging to his ...
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How could Moriarty walk clean from the trial after breaking into three key places (S02E03)?
In The Reichenbach Fall, Moriarty was captured on the cameras while breaking the glass chamber where the crown was showcased.
How could the jury ignore this evidence and declare him not guilty? Even ...
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Why are the landscape shots in Sherlock so blurry?
Have a look at the images below and tell me why all these landscapes are so blurred? What can be the motive behind doing that? The blurred part is mostly at the top half of the images.
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Why is the clapperboard tilted when shooting Sherlock scenes?
Netflix offers behind-the-scenes videos of the making of Sherlock on BBC. In those videos, at the start of a shot on set, the clapperboard is held level while the information is read aloud, and then ...
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What is the relationship between the theme songs in Sherlock Holmes (2009 movie) and Sherlock (BBC series)?
I've just started binge-watching the BBC series Sherlock. The first episode aired 7 months after the release of the movie Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey, Jr. The theme songs for the movie and ...
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Why does Sherlock (BBC) use miles?
I've just started watching the BBC series Sherlock on Netflix. In the first 5 episodes, we've noticed that Sherlock and Watson always refer to long distances in miles rather than kilometers. It was my ...
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Why did Mycroft involve Sherlock in S02E01 when he already knew what was happening?
In Sherlock S02E01, why did Mycroft involve Sherlock when he already knew about the flight bombing?
I don't understand what investigation was meant to be done by Sherlock since he already knew about ...
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Does the Science of Deduction exist in real life?
Sherlock Holmes always talks about the "Science of Deduction", which is the ability to deduce anything about people just from observation.
Does the "Science of Deduction" really exist, and does it ...
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How did Sherlock write letters on Irene's mobile, when (usually) the lock-screen of phones accept digits not letters?
How did Sherlock write letters on Irene's mobile in A Scandal in Belgravia, when (usually) the code for a lock screen of a phone contains 4 digits not letters?
He was trying numbers all through the ...
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How did Magnussen know about Redbeard?
In Sherlock, Magnussen whispers to Sherlock Redbeard. So how could he know about Redbeard? Sherlock couldn't tell him because he isn't so stupid. Mycroft won't obviously tell him. So how did ...
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Why was Sherlock so sentimental about Mrs. Hudson
Throughout the Sherlock series Sherlock Holmes behaves badly with Mrs. Hudson.
However, in "A Scandal in Belgravia" (S2E1), when some American official (or someone) goes to Baker Street in the ...
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Why couldn't Sherlock figure out that there was no glass between him and Eurus?
I don't really get the episode The Final Problem in the Sherlock series. But what I find most amazing is that Sherlock who can basically predict the future 2 weeks in advance can't notice that there ...
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Why did Sherlock find it so difficult to find Irene Adler's password?
In a Scandal in Belgravia Sherlock spends a whole episode trying to guess/find Irene Adler's phone password. But in other episodes Sherlock finds almost no trouble in finding others' passwords, like ...
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Why didn't Zawe Ashton stay on Sherlock as Sally Donovan?
Sally Donovan was portrayed by Vinette Robinson throughout the series except for the unaired pilot (s1e0).
Why didn't Zawe Ashton remain on Sherlock?
Looking at their filmographies, Zawe Ashton ...
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What is Mycroft Holmes' full name? Is there a mention anywhere?
In the BBC Sherlock series, Sherlock mentions that his full name is William Sherlock Scott Holmes. Has there ever been a mention of Mycroft's full name anywhere? (including other series, books and ...
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The amount of texts Irene sent in A Scandal in Belgravia?
In the BBC Sherlock series, in A Scandal in Belgravia, Irene Adler's texts are shown on the screen near the end as she scrolls through them. But, if her texts are counted there are 16 while on the ...
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How did Eurus get to know about the outside world while she was living in solitary?
I recently watched the Sherlock TV series again. One thing is bugging me: how could Eurus Holmes tell Mycroft about the upcoming terrorist attack in London? I mean, according to Mycroft, Eurus had no ...
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Did Sherlock explain to John why he faked his death?
Sherlock fakes his death to stop his 3 only friends from being assassinated, but does he explain to John that if he didn't fake his death John would have died?
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Does Lestrade guess/know that Sherlock is alive in the BBC series?
Does Greg Lestrade know/guess that Sherlock is alive?
In the Many Happy Returns trailer to Season 3, he grins at the headline "The Game is back on".
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BBC Sherlock - addictions [closed]
Are Sherlock's addictions good for his mental condition? I noticed he avoids alcohol (rarely drinks), but used to smoke (still does, on occasion) and does / did drugs.
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Was Sherlock pretending when identifying the corpse?
When Sherlock was to identify the dead body of Irene Adler in "A Scandal in Belgravia", did he really think it's hers or did he pretend to fool everyone else as he suspected Irene did that on purpose?
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What are the major differences among the characters in the two major modernised versions of the Sherlock Holmes stories? [closed]
Both CBS in the USA and the BBC have released television series based on the Sherlock Holmes stories but set in the modern day. Both were developed at roughly the same time in the early 2010s.
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The pills in "A Study in Pink" [duplicate]
In the Sherlock episode "A Study in Pink", was the taxi driver bluffing when he asserted that there were two kinds of pills, those that kill and those that are harmless? I am not sure.
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Why does Anderson laugh hysterically after Sherlock leaves?
In "The Empty Hearse" (Season 3, episode 1) the following occurs:
Anderson (abruptly stopping crying and looking round): Hang on.
(He stands up and walks over to his wall of papers.)
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How did Sherlock narrow his questioning to four women in The Sign of Three? [duplicate]
I just watched The Sign of Three, where several women claim to have dated a ghost. At some point, Sherlock narrows his questioning down to four women.
What was his criteria to choose these four women ...
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Why did Watson hallucinate?
In Sherlock S02E02, The Hounds of Baskerville, Watson gets stuck in a lab and starts hallucinating under the influence of H.O.U.N.D. drug, as Sherlock experiments on him to observe the effects.
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Where did Sherlock Holmes music originate?
I just recently re-watched BBC's Sherlock Holmes, and was thinking back to all of the other Sherlock-type movies I had seen. Then I noticed, all of this music sounds similar (sources below), but ...
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Making sense of Mary Watson catching the bullet
In season 4, episode 1, Mary Watson
I'm aware the dodging bullets or jumping into the line of fire after a weapon has been fired are common TV tropes.
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How does Sherlock know what Moriarty "is going to do next" in The Abominable Bride?
I just finished seeing Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, but haven't started on Season 4 yet. So please, no Season 4 spoiler.
At the end of the episode, Sherlock learns that Moriarty is dead, but he ...
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What is Mycroft's job?
In the new BBC series of Sherlock, what does Mycroft actually do?
He seems to have a lot of power, seeing as how he can people spied on, deals with terrorists, foreign threats etc. But then he also ...
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Sherlock's text to the victim's phone in "A Study in Pink"
In S01E01 A Study in Pink, Sherlock discovers that the killer kept the victim's phone and decides to send a carefully crafted text message to it. He sends, "What happened at Lauriston Gardens? I must ...
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What was Mary's real intention?
In Sherlock S03E03, every time when I watch the scene of Mary shooting Sherlock, I get perplexed about Mary's actual intention.
Let's have a look at the facts:
Just after she shot him, Molly and ...
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Is James Moriarty gay, in BBC's Sherlock?
In BBC's Sherlock, James Moriarty is portrayed as a criminal mastermind. He is a psychopathic individual who is obsessed with Sherlock.
Moriarty is extremely difficult to read and anticipate. He shows ...
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Why did Anderson think that "Rache" was German?
In A Study in Pink the victim claws "Rache" into the floor before she dies. The forensic expert Anderson then suggests to Sherlock that it was German for "revenge". Sherlock then ignores this and says ...
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Why doesn't Sherlock understand the joke?
In Sherlock S04E01, when Lestrade asks John about his fatherhood and if he is getting any sleep, John makes a reference joke (Sherlock being the baby) and Lestrade joins in too. But Sherlock doesn't ...
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Did the show actually explain how Sherlock faked his death?
I had always thought that how Sherlock faked his death was a bit of mystery, as Sherlock himself never told anyone how he did it. However, my friend is convinced that Sherlock faked his death exactly ...
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What is the marital status of Mycroft Holmes?
In Sherlock S04E02, Mycroft Holmes seems to have an affair with Lady Smallwood, but it is left to the interpretation of the audience.
As far as I remember, there has never been any direct mention ...
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In the Season 3 of Sherlock, what did that 'Elephant in the room' case mean?
In Season 3, Episode 2 of Sherlock, he mentions about a case called "Elephant in the room".
Was that a reference to some old Sherlock story, or something else?
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How come Sherlock still remembers how to play the violin?
In Sherlock S04E03, when Sherlock meets Eurus in her cell, Eurus asks Sherlock to play the violin and professes that she taught Sherlock how to play the violin.
EURUS: You play, don’t you?
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Was there evidence that she existed before Season 3?
In the fourth season of BBC Sherlock we learn that there is a third Holmes child.
We learn that there is a lot of references in Season Three that were tied to Eurus: Redbeard, the East Wind, Mycroft ...
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What’s up with the weird therapy room in “The Six Thatchers”?
At the end of The Six Thatchers, Sherlock is having a therapy session. We get two angles at the room in which this is happening:
Unless I am very much mistaken, this suggests the following layout of ...
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Why is Mycroft willing to help Sherlock in "The Hounds of Baskerville" case?
We already know about their "sibling rivalry". And for me, the BBC series depicts their rivalry more intensely than the original by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In other words, BBC's Mycroft loves to "make-...
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At what point does friendship become "queerbait"?
I'm asking this specifically about BBC Sherlock, in regard to John and Sherlocks relationship. As a queer person, and as a fan of the show, I've been seeing a lot of complaints about 'Johnlock,' and ...
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Why does Mycroft give a blank look to Sherlock, when asked about the response time?
In Sherlock S04E03, when the drone carrying the grenade arrives, Sherlock asks Mycroft about the trigger response time and Mycroft gives a blank look to Sherlock. Then Sherlock re-frames his question ...
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Why did Eurus give the note from Culverton to Sherlock?
What is Eurus' motive for giving the note from Culverton to Sherlock in season 4? Does she want Sherlock to catch Culverton or to make Sherlock creating trouble for himself?
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How did Sherlock come up with the word "anyone" in "The Lying Detective"?
So somehow Sherlock managed to find out the missing word for somebody is actually anyone. How did he do that? What evidence was he able to obtain that enabled this discovery?
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