Adelaide Savage approaches Sherlock Holmes regarding her husband Victor. He has is drug addict, encouraged and enabled by Mr Culverton Smith. While Holmes is visiting the household, Victor collapses and subsequently dies of a rare tropical disease. Mr Smith inherits Mr Savage's estate upon his death. He also happens to be the foremost expert on the tropical disease Mr Savage died of.
A fine return to form for the Sherlock Holmes series. The last few episodes of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were lacklustre, culminating in the distinctly sub-par style-over-substance The Eligible Bachelor. The first episode of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Three Gables, also wasn't great, being more an empty social melodrama than a mystery-drama.
However, this episode gets us back to the Sherlock Holmes we know and love. An intriguing mystery and a great performance from Jeremy Brett see things returned to normal. One of the reasons for The Three Gables being so mediocre was that Brett was not at the top of his game (largely due to ill health I would think) but here, while he still is clearly not in the best of health his performance is top-notch.
A fine return to form for the Sherlock Holmes series. The last few episodes of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were lacklustre, culminating in the distinctly sub-par style-over-substance The Eligible Bachelor. The first episode of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Three Gables, also wasn't great, being more an empty social melodrama than a mystery-drama.
However, this episode gets us back to the Sherlock Holmes we know and love. An intriguing mystery and a great performance from Jeremy Brett see things returned to normal. One of the reasons for The Three Gables being so mediocre was that Brett was not at the top of his game (largely due to ill health I would think) but here, while he still is clearly not in the best of health his performance is top-notch.