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"The Reichenbach Fall" is the third and final episode of the second series of the BBC television series Sherlock. It was written by Stephen Thompson and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson, and Andrew Scott as Jim Moriarty.
Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character appearing in stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from 1893 to 1908. [1] The elder brother (by seven years) of detective Sherlock Holmes, he is a government official and a founding member of the Diogenes Club.
William suspects Mycroft's motives and Mycroft admits that he is also avoiding personal humiliation as Robespierre's real name was actually Sherrinford Holmes, his ancestor. Adler is later found dead, but Holmes had already been sent a sign by Adler and thus knows she had faked her death, so he burns the envelope without looking at the name inside.
The next morning Sherlock theorizes that "hound" may be an acronym rather than a word. The pair run into DI Lestrade who was sent by Mycroft to keep an eye on Sherlock. They interrogate the innkeepers about a past order for meat that John spotted, which struck him as odd for a vegetarian restaurant.
Later, John and Sherlock hijack a fishing trawler to travel to Sherrinford, carrying out a diversionary plan so that Sherlock can reach Eurus' cell with Mycroft disguising himself as a fisherman. Mycroft and John corner the prison governor, discovering that he has explicitly disobeyed Mycroft's protocol and has allowed Eurus to interact with ...
By giving Magnussen the laptop, Sherlock and John are now guilty of selling government secrets. They can be imprisoned for high treason, whereas Magnussen remains legally untouchable. When Mycroft and the police arrive, Sherlock coldly shoots Magnussen in the head, realising that this is the only way to free his friends and everyone else from ...
The episode, dramatised by Edith Meiser, aired on 18 May 1931, with Richard Gordon as Sherlock Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr. Watson. [16] Meiser also adapted the story for the American radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson. The episode, titled "The Adventure of Charles ...
The police arrive, and Sherlock deduces that the shooter is John, but hides the truth from the police. Sherlock and John leave the scene, encountering Sherlock's enigmatic "arch-enemy," who is revealed to be Sherlock's elder brother, Mycroft, who works for the British government. John discovers that Mycroft tried to bribe him out of genuine ...