While Holmes and Watson work to get used to each other, they’re called in on another case: a man, shot dead in his home and his furniture stolen. When Sherlock determines that the murderer was a woman and that there were two crimes, a homicide and then a burglary, he begins to butt heads with a new detective. Though he hands them the burglar, he cannot figure out who the killer is from the little facts he has. When a second murder, lands in their laps, they find their victims were unknowingly related and potentially the heirs to a large fortune, but when the woman the first victim’s thieving neighbor describes turns up to be in a coma during both murders, the thread they’re following turns to a tangled clump.
My Thoughts:
It is nice to see that Watson has a life outside Sherlock in this series. And while I’d prefer it if she were more intrigued by the mystery of it all, It is nice to see a Watson who’s life does not so wholly orbit Sherlock. I imagine it must be difficult, to have your life put on hold every six weeks you have a client. It couldn’t be an easy thing to do when you’ve got a relationship, and it certainly doesn’t lend itself to an extremely trustworthy environment.
The murders themselves were interestingly commonplace, the way the sister tried to cover it up, was the only thing that really bespoke of a Sherlockian mystery. I feel like this episode was more about establishing characters and the burgeoning dynamic of the partnership between Watson and Holmes.
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