Watson mentions in Stamford that having left the army he is in need of a place to live, and Stamford mentions that he has an acquaintance who is also looking for someone to share a suite of rooms. On the street he runs into an old colleague, Stamford, with whom he worked at St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1881, Dr John Watson, an army medic, has returned to London after being wounded during the Second Afghan War. From fog-shrouded Limehouse to the bowels of a ruined church, Holmes, Watson and their friends must use all their cunning to combat an enemy seemingly from beyond the grave and the final, shocking truth about. Mrs Ricoletti's ghost now appears to be prowling the streets with an unslakeable thirst for revenge. Why is Thomas Ricoletti a little surprised to see his wife dressed in her old wedding gown? Because, just a few hours before, she took her own life.
Originally said to take place in its own continuity and set during the Victorian period like the original stories, the majority of the episode takes place in Sherlock's mind palace and follows on directly from " His Last Vow".Ī special episode largely taking place in Victorian London in 1895. It is written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. The event also included a guided set tour of 221B Baker Street by Steven Moffat prior to the film and a "making of" short film afterwards starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and others. This special was also shown in over 500 theaters in the United States for two nights on January 5th and 6th, 2016 at 7:30pm local time. It was shown the same day at 9/8c in the United States on the PBS show Masterpiece. "The Abominable Bride" is a special episode of Sherlock which aired on New Year's Day 2016. It’s elementary." Dr John Watson, meet Mr Sherlock Holmes." ―The Abominable Bride And that is exactly what we want Sherlock Holmes to do. This new Sherlock Holmes lives to solve crimes and mysteries. Equally impressive and unlikeable, his Sherlock exhibits an almost total disregard for authority, family or friends. Cumberbatch’s performance has rightly been heaped with praise.
Taking many of the classic storylines of the Victorian set novels but skilfully weaving a story arc that is both emotional and enthralling, the now 21st century saga effortlessly hitting the moments that Sherlock Holmes aficionados will expect while remaining a thrilling and evocative piece of television for the uninitiated.Ĭritically acclaimed, the show has won three BAFTAS, nine Prime Time Emmys and garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Cumberbatch for Best Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television amongst numerous other nominations and awards. Hudson Spectre star Andrew Scott as Holmes’s arch nemesis Moriaty Gatiss plays the infamous sleuth’s brother Mycroft Rupert Graves (The White Queen) plays Scotland Yard’s finest Detective Inspector Lestrade and Lars Mikkelsen plays "the Napoleon of Blackmail" Charles Magnussen. The partners in fighting crime are ably supported by Una Stubbs as their Baker Street residence housekeeper Mrs. The stellar Sherlock cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch (Marvel’s Doctor Strange and an Oscar nominee for The Imitation Game) as the fiercely intelligent but equally arrogant Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman (The Office, Fargo, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy) as Holmes’s often exasperated side-kick Doctor John Watson. Until the special episode “The Abominable Bride” that is. Anyone expecting a smoking pipe and a deerstalker will be left wanting. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the men behind Doctor Who and The League Of Gentlemen, Sherlock plays with expectations and gives them a delightfully knowing modern spin. The classic tomes in question are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories. A modern masterpiece that takes a character from classic literature and playfully confounds audience expectations while staying true to the much-revered source material. Quite simply, Sherlock is one of the greatest shows of our time.