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Gayle Hunnicutt as Irene Adler

In A Scandal in Bohemia

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one block from each other in London what can it mean

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The journey to Thornbridge was consumed by an oppressive silence, save for the clattering of the carriage wheels over cobblestone roads. As we neared the estate, the landscape became increasingly desolate, the fog thickening as though it sought to smother the very air we breathed.

Holmes traced the outline of his lips with the stem of his pipe, staring thoughtfully past the curtains lining the windows. "You will recall, Watson," said he, "the tragic rumors surrounding Remington's niece, Emily, whose untimely death had cast a pall over the family.

I nodded, casting my mind back about ten years prior. "The official account had been an unfortunate accident, yet few believed it at the time. The girl drowned, did she not?"

"Yes. Found near the lake's edge by her closest friend—and her supposed lover. How tragically convenient. The frenzy of the press was cut short by Lord Remington himself, and many believed he had a hand in stopping any further investigation. His reputation in London society never recovered. I myself took an interest in the case at the time, though I found myself maligned by the curious affair of the broken penknife." At the last, he winked and I shook my head.

When Holmes and Watson are summoned to Thornbridge Hall, they find themselves entangled in a web of secrets surrounding the tragic death of Lord Remington's niece, Emily, years earlier. As the two navigate a house steeped in haunting memories and unravel the dark past of its troubled inhabitants, buried truths resurface, threatening to destroy those involved.

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~ Publicity Switzerland photos from the original shoot. Jeremy Brett and David Burke in "The Final Problem", (TV Episode 1985).

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Need to rant for a second - does anyone else go feral about Granada Holmes's character development in season one??! Like:

Dancing Men

"He doesn't come to me for sympathy." In the beginning he's more interested in the cypher than anything.

Being generally disinterested in Hilton Cubitt's backstory "then explain - and come to the point!"

Watson having to whisper in his ear to ask the cook to sit down.

Vs Norwood Builder, where

He's restraining himself from offering his client reassurance because Lestrade is there. From the first moment, he is absolutely there to HELP his client, not just to solve a mystery.

In fact WHEEDLES MORE TIME out of Lestrade so he can hear the full story before MacFarlane is arrested.

Immediately asks the housekeeper to sit down and is wrong-footed when she point-blank refuses

Even his reaction to failure! In Dancing Men, when it's clear they're too late he goes cold with anger and does his utmost to, at the very least, prove the widow innocent. In Norwood Builder, when the evidence keeps going against him, he sinks into full despair, and needs Watson to pull him out of it!

Just... *gnashes teeth, shake fist* BRETT!! I've seen discourse before on Watson's growing confidence in his deductions and sort-of-apprenticeship with Holmes, but like. I love Holmes's journey too!

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The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier illustration by Frederic Dorr Steele (1926)

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Poirot + ruthlessness AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT (1989 - 2013)

"And he is ruthless, ruthless with those who commit crime. And they will be brought to justice." - David Suchet, BFI Q&A, Nov 12 2013

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things sherlock holmes has canonically done:

scrapbooked the hell out of his newspapers

put on a hat that was too big for him 

giggled

cried because lestrade was nice to him

got all sappy and romantic by smelling a rose

let a puppy lead him on adventures

“impish mood”

lit his pipe with an ember from the fireplace because he thought it looked cool

feel free to add to this

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Each step felt a touch heavier these days, as if the years had pooled in my joints and muscles—a weight pressing down quietly, like an old promise kept too long. The country air, sweet with hay and a faint tang of moss, seemed worlds away from the murky fog of Baker Street, where gas lamps cast dim halos in the mist and echoed bootfalls grew swift in my wake. Mary's laughter, once the light of my evenings, had faded into memory, and in its place, Holmes filled the armchair beside the fire, blurring the line between this room and a hundred others we'd shared. The clock on the mantel ticked in slow, steady strokes, each movement carving a small space into the evening quiet, filling the air between us with a patience only age could teach. Though his brilliance remained undiminished, we now occupied ourselves with memories rather than mysteries. The physical demands of our former work lay behind us, and yet, there was a singular satisfaction in the company of my oldest friend.

An elderly Holmes and Watson reminisce on days gone by.

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November in the Sherlock Holmes Canon

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Still obsessed with Arthur Conan Doyle’s letter to Bram Stoker gushing about how wonderful a book Dracula is, but particularly how it makes such a good template for leaving fic comments, so I’m gonna to a BREAKDOWN:

Just say you loved reading it - “I am sure that you will not think it an impertinence if I write to tell you how very much I have enjoyed reading Dracula.”

Comment on a detail of the craft or structure that impressed you - “It is really wonderful how with so much exciting interest over so long a book there is never an anticlimax.“

Comment on how it emotionally affected you - “It holds you from the very start and grows more and more engrossing until it is quite painfully vivid.”

SHARE YOUR BLORBO FEELINGS - “The old Professor is most excellent and so are the two girls.”

Show appreciation for them as an author - “I congratulate you with all my heart for having written so fine a book.”

Next time you don’t know what to say on a fic you enjoyed, just use the ACD method~

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THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

2.04 The Resident Patient

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: 1x09 - The Greek Interpreter

Mycroft Holmes. Glad to meet you, Dr. Watson. I hear of Sherlock everywhere since you became his chronicler.

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For the Anon who requested ages ago this scene from “The Man with the Twisted Lip”