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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Why did Sherlock choose this solution for Magnussen?
In the last episode "The last Vow" of the third season of Moffat's TV show, Sherlock and Watson broke into Magnussen's mansion to steal the proofs about Mary's past. But it turns out that Magnussen ...
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Who is in the painting behind Mycroft's desk in "The Empty Hearse"?
In the scene where Sherlock is talking to Mycroft after his extraction from Serbia, they are in a dark office. My presumption is that this would some kind of office belonging to Mycroft, and not ...
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What is Eurus's motive in the final problem
In Sherlock season 4, episode 3: "The Final Problem" why does Eurus want to torture Sherlock? What is her motive?
It is revealed that as children, Sherlock had redbeard as a friend. She wanted to be ...
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Connection between the cases in "The Sign of Three"
In the episode The Sign of Three (S03E02), Sherlock remembers that Tessa knew John's middlename and this is how he figures out the whole thing about the Mayfly Man and his attempt to assassinate one ...
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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 is Mycroft saying on his phone before he tells Sherlock not to interfere with Adler?
In A Scandal in Belgravia, Sherlock cracks the code and John confirms it's flight 007. This triggers Sherlock's recollection of Mycroft saying something earlier in the episode on his phone, "bond..."? ...
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How is it possible that Magnussen can blackmail so many people without actual evidence?
In the last episode season 3 of Sherlock, The Last Vow, Magnussen blackmails a lot of people. We are led to believe ( as in the real situation) that he has a large vault storing all the photo-...
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How did Sherlock find out who is the guilty one in "The Six Thatchers"?
At the end of "The Six Thatchers" (Season 4 episode 1) Sherlock is on the bridge and deduced that
How did he come to this conclusion? I see absolutely no real clue or evidence that leads to her!
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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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How many references to famous Holmeses are there in Sherlock?
In Sherlock's series four finale "The Final Problem" there are multiple references to Basil Rathbone and possibly other famous Holmeses.
In this Buzzfeed article is the following quote from one of ...
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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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Does Sherlock have an eating disorder?
After having rewatched BBC's Sherlock for probably the fifth time, I picked up on a new trait of Sherlock's. Throughout the series we see a lot of scenes where other characters are eating, especially ...
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How did Sherlock deduce that the banker had made two international trips in one month?
In the episode "The Blind Banker", when Sherlock meets Sebastian, Sherlock looks at Sebastian's watch and deduces that he had made two international trips in one month because the time was right but ...
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Couldn't Sherlock just verify his choice of the bottle by the chemical analysis (Study in Pink)?
In "Study in Pink", the killer wants Sherlock to play the game with the pills, betting on the fact that for Sherlock being right is even more valuable that being alive. The killer uses this incentive ...
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Why is Mycroft unable to solve The Final Problem
Sherlock does not remember his past, Mycroft does.
Sherlock does not know James Moriarty has met Eurus, Mycroft does.
Sherlock does not know his sister and her condition, Mycroft does.
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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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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 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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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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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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What was the connection between the Mayfly Man, Tessa and the other women?
In The Sign of Three, when Sherlock is having a conference with the 5 women (the Mayfly Man case), he finds that the employers of all five women are different. So how does Tessa know about the wedding ...
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Are the plots of future Sherlock episodes going to be much more by Steven Moffat than Sir Arthur Doyle?
The following contains spoilers for the third season of Steven Moffat's Sherlock and
Doctor Who #11 (Matt Smith).
I just watched S3E3 of Sherlock, the Sherlock Holmes interpretation by Steven Moffat
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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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Does the holiday special episode of Sherlock relate to the previous season?
I have just noticed that there is a special episode of Sherlock called "The Abominable Bride". Does it relate plot-wise to the previous season (3)?
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Why did Mycroft give Sherlock's information to Jim Moriarity?
Why did Mycroft give Sherlock's information to Jim Moriarity in S02E03? What did he get in exchange?
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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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What was the final line in The Abominable Bride?
My DVR let me down and it seems I'm not alone. So, how does this labyrinth end?
Then what?
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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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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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Similarity of the endings of different Sherlock Holmes adaptions
I've recently watched Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and I'm as hooked as everyone else is to see how the TV series Sherlock reveals Sherlock's trick. Is it pure coincidence that these two ...
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Why did Sherlock change clothes before seeing Irene Adler?
Why did Sherlock change clothes before seeing Irene Adler in the episode "A Scandal in Belgravia" (S02E01)? Same with the punch he asked John to do. Was that his attempt at impressing a girl because ...
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A study in pink: doesn't Sherlock know it's not a real gun?
I have a question regarding Sherlock's first season's first episode.
Towards the end, Sherlock says to the serial killer:
I know a real gun when I see one.
The serial killer (i.e, the cab ...
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What is Mycroft implying when he says "Regrettably Lady Smallwood, my brother is a murderer"?
Is Lady Smallwood actually willing to just let Sherlock go? But Mycroft doesn't agree because Sherlock murdered someone therefore must be punished whatsoever?
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How could Sherlock find the kids in the Reichenbach Fall using the foot prints?
He analyzed the traces that were left by the kids shoes and used them to realize which places the kids went to later. How could that work?
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They are right. And we are wrong
In recently aired BBC Sherlock Season 4 Episode 0, when Sherlock goes to visit Mycroft on his call with John Watson. Mycroft tell them about taking a case. Relevant conversation is following:
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Why does Mycroft say this in that time period?
In the Sherlock special episode "The Abominable Bride", there is a scene where Mycroft talks about Moriarty with Sherlock. In the conversation he says something along the lines of "... a grain in the ...
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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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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.
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Will PBS air full-length episodes of Sherlock Series 3 in the US?
When Sherlock originally aired in the United States as part of PBS's Masterpiece, each episode was edited down to an hour, from the original 80-90 minute length. Will series 3 be similarly edited? Or ...
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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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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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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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Why did Mycroft have to break into a facility that he has authority over? [duplicate]
In The Final Problem, Sherlock, John and Mycroft trick their way into the facility at Sherrinford. Once captured, Mycroft reveals himself and begins to demand an account of events from the governor.
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What did Mycroft mean when he said: "You know what happened to the other-one" [duplicate]
At the end of Sherlock S03E03, Mycroft says to man standing beside him: "Don't be absurd, I am not given to some brotherly compassion. You know what happened to the other-one", and the man seemed ...
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What phone call does Mrs. Hudson refer to in "The Empty Hearse"?
In the beginning of the Sherlock episode The Empty Hearse when John returns to 221B Baker Street, Mrs. Hudson shows a very rude behavior by slamming tea and biscuits onto the table. Why was she so ...
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What is the relation between Jim and Richard?
In the SHERLOCK episode "The Reichenbach Fall," Sherlock and John Watson ran into James (Jim) Moriarty in the home of a journalist determined to expose Sherlock as a fraud. Sherlock was furious and ...
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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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How were the Abominable Bride murders committed?
If I understand The Abominable Bride correctly (admittedly a very big "if"), the graveyard scene serves to prove to Sherlock that
However, if the Ricoletti case really had occurred, then the ...
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On what evidence could the police arrest MayFly man?
In Sherlock's S03E02 (The Sign of Three) Sherlock identified the cameraman as the MayFly man and also the attempted murder of Bainbridge. But Sherlock couldn't find any murder weapon or any live ...
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Why didn't Mycroft speak the truth in "The Final Problem"?
I watched "The Final Problem" and I have the below queries:
When Mycroft told Sherlock about Eurus, why didn't he tell Sherlock the whole truth..specifically about Redbeard?
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