Sherlock Holmes is a wreck. He's hardly been sleeping and when he does he has the same recurring dream. He is approached by Lord Robert St Simon to find his wife. She disappeared immediately after their wedding. Lord St Simon is renowned as a very eligible bachelor but upon investigation his past relationships did not end very amicably. Moreover, this is not his first marriage.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes started very well and seemed a decent follow-up to the excellent Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the almost-as- good Return of Sherlock Holmes. However, from a point the episodes got weaker and weaker, as if all the best stories had been taken and the producers were happy to adapt any Sherlock Holmes story into an episode. Nothing was bad enough to be unwatchable. Until now.
This, the final episode of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, is without a doubt the worst episode in the series. The plot is all over the place and significantly padded. The padding is all dream sequences and flashbacks that add nothing to proceedings, except try to look arty when it is really just empty. It could easily have been done in half the time and been much more coherent in the process.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes started very well and seemed a decent follow-up to the excellent Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the almost-as- good Return of Sherlock Holmes. However, from a point the episodes got weaker and weaker, as if all the best stories had been taken and the producers were happy to adapt any Sherlock Holmes story into an episode. Nothing was bad enough to be unwatchable. Until now.
This, the final episode of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, is without a doubt the worst episode in the series. The plot is all over the place and significantly padded. The padding is all dream sequences and flashbacks that add nothing to proceedings, except try to look arty when it is really just empty. It could easily have been done in half the time and been much more coherent in the process.