Mrs. Mary Maberley contacts Sherlock Holmes with an odd situation. She was recently approached by an agent of a person willing to buy her house for well over the market price. She is reasonably keen to sell but in a strange clause in the sale documents she must leave everything, including personal items, behind. This does not sit well with her and she wants Sherlock Holmes to figure out the buyer is actually after.
Not a great start to the fourth series of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes mysteries. There's not much mystery, the villain is fairly obvious and the "crime" is more one of social machinations than a felony. Some plot developments are tacked on to make things seem more sinister than what they are and these seem clumsy and out of place.
Jeremy Brett is also not at his best and clearly was in ill health when appearing in this. He died 18 months after the episode was released. The performances of Brett are what lifted the first two series to higher levels so his not being at the top of his game does also take some of the shine off the episode and limit the engagement factor.
Not a great start to the fourth series of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes mysteries. There's not much mystery, the villain is fairly obvious and the "crime" is more one of social machinations than a felony. Some plot developments are tacked on to make things seem more sinister than what they are and these seem clumsy and out of place.
Jeremy Brett is also not at his best and clearly was in ill health when appearing in this. He died 18 months after the episode was released. The performances of Brett are what lifted the first two series to higher levels so his not being at the top of his game does also take some of the shine off the episode and limit the engagement factor.