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By: Conner Williams \r\nEditor in Chief<\/pre>\n
I\u2019ve said it once and I\u2019ll say it again: BBC\u2019s \u201cSherlock\u201d is one of the greatest television shows in history.<\/p>\n
Each episode seems to be more cleverly written than the last, and this one takes the cake by a waterfall. <\/p>\n
The long-anticipated special episode entitled \u201cThe Abominable Bride,\u201d which fans were told is a standalone and is separate from the series, took us back to the origin of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch, \u201cStar Trek: Into Darkness\u201d) and John Watson (Martin Freeman, \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d): Victorian-era London. <\/p>\n
Complete with wonderful costumes and time-period props, the episode takes us back to the time when it all began, when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle conceived the brilliant crime-solving duo that has inspired countless detective narratives for more than 100 years. <\/p>\n
The game is afoot as Holmes and Watson take on yet another seemingly incomprehensible case of murder and mystery. A woman dressed in a bride\u2019s gown is spotted on a balcony shooting at multiple people before she turns the gun on herself. Then, hours later, she is reported by a police inspector to have murdered her husband in cold blood. How could she, whom had just committed suicide hours before, have killed this man?<\/p>\n
Reluctantly sporting his trademark cap at the insistence of Watson\u2019s words, \u201cYou\u2019re Sherlock Holmes, wear the damn hat!\u201d Holmes unravels the mystery thread by thread only to reveal that it isn\u2019t what he thought it was; it\u2019s something much greater, a resemblance to a case that has haunted him for years. No, Holmes must solve this case in order to solve another, a case that has baffled him and left his mind twisted from the day it happened. <\/p>\n
I absolutely love the way that \u201cSherlock\u201d episodes twist and turn all over the place, keeping me guessing as to where they are going next. This particular episode took me down a winding path that kept showing me what appeared to be the end of the road, but was actually yet another twist. <\/p>\n
\u201cElementary, my dear Watson,\u201d as Sherlock would so often tell his faithful companion as he tried to keep his bearings during the case. I felt similarly to Watson as I tried to keep up with the constant barrage of unexpected surprises this episode had in store. <\/p>\n
The fourth season of \u201cSherlock\u201d is, regrettably, tentatively scheduled to premiere sometime in the beginning of 2017. <\/p>\n
If you missed \u201cThe Abominable Bride,\u201d you can catch it again on Sunday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. on PBS, or you can stream it online at pbs.org\/masterpiece beginning Jan. 11.
\nDid you miss me? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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