The explanation for the time warp is ultimately all the more satisfying because it leads to a fuller depiction of the showrunners’ conception of Sherlock Holmes and what makes him the man he is. Now, we get a deeper look into his self-destructive tendencies, his troubles connecting with people, and most of all, how his work with Watson makes him a better person and detective. The show has always been interested in explaining how his brain works, whether it is through seeing his thoughts spelled out on screen or providing glimpses into his imagination. First things first: Sherlock’s back, and while it might be only for 90 minutes, it’s a welcome return. The solution to the murders is ultimately less interesting than the realization that The Abominable Bride is the series’ deepest exploration yet into Sherlock Holmes’s mind. What a wonderful, funny, weird, frustrating mess. Steven Moffatt and Mark Gatiss’ BBC updating of Conan Doyle’s world famous detective hits DVD. One reveal towards the end is taken from one of Doyle’s short stories that may refer to Holmes in passing without mentioning him by name, much like The Empty Hearse from the third series drew upon “The Lost Special.” ![]() The title of the story comes from a fleeting reference to an unrecorded case in “The Musgrave Ritual” which mentions “Ricoletti of the club-foot, and his abominable wife,” but the plot of this telemovie is mostly from the imagination of the showrunners. As usual, there are plenty of references to the original Holmes canon that only avid fans will get. It’s called The Adventure of Having Your Cake and Eating It Mark Gatiss joked on the set of the Victorian-era Sherlock special, displaying the kind of self.
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