Good Night, Mr. Holmes

The Final Problem

In the heartbreaking finale of the first season of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Watson writes of Holmes's final showdown with his nemesis Moriarty.

The Red-Headed League

A red-haired shop-owner is presented with an amazing opportunity, meant only for red-haired men - come to an office and copy out the A volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica. But suddenly, he reports for work and the office is shut down. What’s going on? 

The Resident Patient

A young, successful doctor comes to Holmes because his benefactor, Mr. Blessington, is freaking out - terrible dreams, night sweats, hallucinations. Soon after, Blessington hangs himself. Or does he? Holmes and Watson uncover the real story.

The Norwood Builder

A young lawyer is in peril - he'd just drawn up a will for a new client, who had made the young lawyer his sole heir. But the client - a builder in Lower Norwood - appears to be dead. The lawyer is being pursued by the police for murdering the builder. Can Holmes and Watson clear the lawyer's name?

The Greek Interpreter

We are introduced to Mycroft Holmes! He asks Holmes and Watson to investigate the case of a Greek translator who's been abducted and forced to translate for nefarious characters.

The Copper Beeches

Violet Hunter comes to Holmes and Watson for help in an unusual case: she's been offered a governess position, but the employer insists that she cut her beautiful chestnut hair. The position is odd in other ways, too - she has to wear an electric blue dress and sit by a window at certain hours of the day. The episode features a young Natasha Richardson, a lecherous and leering Joss Ackland, and a country estate named for trees that don't exist on it anymore.

The Blue Carbuncle

A beautiful - and large - blue gemstone is stolen from the Countess of Morcar while she is Christmas shopping in London. Easy enough to pin it on a hotel repairman who has a prior history of crime, but he insists that since his marriage he’s reformed. A goose-buying syndicate, an old hat, and the cheer of the Christmas season create a memorable episode for Holmes and Watson.

The Speckled Band

A deeply unpleasant stepfather, a mysterious death, sisters who are so frightened their hair has turned white - Sherlock Holmes once again rides to the rescue of a terrorized woman on the brink of leaving an unhappy home for a happy marriage. Can Holmes and Watson solve this classic locked-room mystery?

A Crooked Man

A “daughter of the regiment,” detecting footprints on a stone patio, a betrayal in the Levant, and Fiona Shaw! Holmes and Watson are called to solve the death of a retired colonel who had served in India. Supposedly the colonel had a happy marriage - but did he really? And who is David?

The Solitary Cyclist

A lovely young music teacher, and avid bicyclist, named Violet Smith is being stalked by a bearded man in black, as she bikes from the train station to her pupil's home at a magnificent estate in Surrey. Here we see Holmes demonstrate his finest boxing form, explore the intricacies of the rites of the Church of England, and delve into the mysteries of South African gold mines - all accompanied by characters with spectacular facial hair.