After the
Christmas and New Year break, Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson return
with a brand new case with the doubts over their future companionship
still lingering in the air.
The mystery
to be solved revolves around the grim discovery of a murdered hotel
manager found in a washing machine and takes in a charity
organisation, a university bound daughter and the hotel’s
unofficially employed working girls.
Pleasantly,
what appears on the surface to be a rather routine case soon develops
into something far more intriguing with several twists and turns that
would have been hard to predict. Some may argue that there are a few
too many leaps of logic required but credit must go to the writers
for throwing in a few interesting curveballs and the willingness to
be so bold.
Prior to the
holiday break, the main thread was the impending conclusion of
Watson’s time with Sherlock. This is immediately picked up here so
as to remind the audience of the situation. However, one of the
strongest aspects of the episode is the change in dynamic between the
two. Holmes now displays an increasing respect for Watson while she
is starting to pick up on some of his methods. It leads Holmes to
stop referring to her as his companion but instead use terms such as
“apprentice” and “associate”. It is one of the most rewarding
elements of the series so far to see how the relationship has grown
and how the mutual respect between the two has developed.
Jonny Lee
Miller and Lucy Liu are as watchable as ever but are also displaying
signs of greater chemistry, particularly in a scene where Holmes and
Watson indulge in a spot of “whore fishing” as part of the
investigation.
The
episode ends of a bittersweet note that proposes a few questions of
where the relationship will go in the future. It is especially
interesting to see how Sherlock will react and if we are any closer
to uncovering more of his past or meeting his mysterious father.
Review by Jonathan Gray
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