Sherlock, Series II: The Reichenbach Fall - Sunday 8pm ET

TELEVISION BLEND ^ | 5/12/12 | Jessie Carp

[djone]

"The Reichenbach Fall" --- once again finds creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss referencing one of Doyle's key works for its title, this time his short story “The Final Problem.” ends with a trip to - wait for it - Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland where, well, you’ll have to seek it out for yourself to find out.

[djone]

But, as you can probably guess from that title, the Sherlock tale was supposed to be Doyle’s last with his most famous protagonist but after fan outcry, he returned to the sleuth and the short stories grew into novels. “The Final Problem” is also famous for being the story that introduced the character of James Moriarty, the brilliant and evil professorial nemesis of the pipe-smoking protagonist and one of literature's most famous villains. Fittingly, "The Reichenbach Fall" features the return of Andrew Scott's Jim Moriarty"...... The second season finale of Sherlock airs on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on PBS. "The Reichenbach Fall" stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. It was created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Enjoy

[JennysCool]

EXCELLENT series!

[1010RD]

The ruined it with the unnecessary sexualization in a Scandal in Belgravia. My family loved it until then. It is witty and great television, but now we have to be on our guard.

[djone]

Yeah

I didn’t like that either, it wasn’t needed in the story .

[1010RD]

The beautiful thing about the new series was that it was real without stooping, then that episode hit and we were like “why”? The story works without stooping and it wasn’t just the nudity, but the implied S & M with an underage girl. Can’t these guys just believing in a good story, solid characters and top drawer acting and directing?

It’s like little kids giggling over their privates. Grow up.

[giotto]

What girl? I don’t remember that. Are you referring to the member of the royal family who was involved with Irene Adler?

[warpsmith]

This is an *excellent* episode, def not to be missed!

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“EXCELLENT series!”

You mean we have to watch PBS to see this?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

But, as you can probably guess from that title, the Sherlock tale was supposed to be Doyle’s last with his most famous protagonist but after fan outcry, he returned to the sleuth and the short stories grew into novels.

Saw the 2nd season earlier this year - this last episode is very good and pays several clever homages to "The Final Problem", including the real-life aftermath.

[1010RD]

IIRC it was during the opening credits.

[naturalman1975]

I’ve just finished watching it.

There is a scene just before the opening credits which certainly refers to S&M with a girl - apparently a princess as she is referred to as ‘Your Highness’ - but there’s absolutely no indication she’s underage.

With a fictional series, it’s dangerous to speculate, but in real world Britain at the moment, there are actually no underage Princesses bearing the title of Her Royal Highness - the youngest is HRH Princess Eugenie of York who is now 22, but who was 21 at the time the episode was first aired.

(Technically, nine-year-old The Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wessex, is probably entitled to be addressed as HRH Princess Louise of Wessex, but her parents have chosen not to have their children use royal titles in an attempt to give them a better chance at a more normal life).

[1010RD]

Thanks for the background. For some reason the “girl” seemed young to me. It doesn’t matter to me, net, net, net. I really had enjoyed the series and my kids who are teens were looking forward to seeing the very first episode of the new season. I’m glad I watched it first. We skipped that one. The other two were fine.

[Straight Vermonter]

It’s frustrating that Netflix still only has season one available.