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Sherlock - The Great Game
episode 1.3
UK 2010
produced by Sue Vertue, Mark Gatiss (executive), Steven Moffat (executive), Beryl Vertue (executive), Rebecca Eaton (executive), Bethan Jones (executive) for Hartswood Films, Masterpiece Theatre, BBC (BBC Wales)
directed by Paul McGuigan
starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Andrew Scott, Rupert Graves, Una Stubbs, Zoe Telford, Loo Brealey, Mark Gatiss, Haydn Quinn, Vinette Robinson, Matthew Needham, Kemal Sylvester, San Shella, Deborah Moore, Lauren Crace, Nicholas Gadd, Caroline Trowbridge, Paul Albertson, Rita Davies, Di Botcher, John Sessions, Stefano Braschi, Jeany Spark, Alison Lintott, Doug Allen, John Lebar, Lynn Farleigh
screenplay by Mark Gatiss, based on characters by Arthur Conan Doyle, series developed by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, music by David Arnold, Michael Price
TV-series Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Moriarty
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Obviously, there is a madman in town: The Bomber, who has made it his
m.o. to wire his victims up with bomb belts, has them guarded by a sniper
all the time, then he calls Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and
tells him to solve a crime seemingly unrelated to everything in a certain
amount of time to save the life of his respective victim. Of course,
Sherlock Holmes always succeeds, but the Bomber has one of his victims
shot anyways because she wanted to give away his identity. While
investigating all of these cases, Sherlock finds out a good deal about the
Bomber, too, like that he must have an organisation where one can order
all sorts of crimes, and this organisation is responsible for all the
crimes Sherlock had to solve. But apparently, the Bomber, a criminal
genius, is also bored, so he has challenged the only man he deems
intellectually equal to himself: Sherlock Holmes. Ultimately, the - as
oof yet unidentified - Bomber invites Holmes to a showdown at a public
swimming pool, and it's ... Watson (Martin Freeman)? No, not really,
Watson is only the latest victim-to-be, equipped with a bomb belt and a
gun aimed at his head. The actual Bomber is Moriarty (Andrew Scott), the
criminal genius of his day vying for Holmes' attention and appreciation. The
story ends on a cliffhanger, with snipers aiming at Holmes and Watson from
seemingly everywhere. Co-showrunner Mark Gattis plays Sherlock's brother
Mycroft. On a pure narrative level, this episode is less than
satisfying: It's over-convoluted, full of plotholes, doesn't fully make
sense, and it's low on character motivation - but boy, is it a good
episode. Basically, it's the story where Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes
finally comes into his own, his ruthless and antisocial behaviour are
finally fully and properly developed, and his acting is totally on cue.
And a very strong supporting cast of course doesn't hurt one bit, neither
does a competent directorial effort. Good one, actually!
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