The Solitary Cyclist - Part 6 of 6 (Sherlock Holmes)

[JoeDurobot]

Damn the firemen where so quick at this time, not even ten seconds after the smoke is visible from the street they are here already!

They should go back to horse nowadays!

[vhwaikar]

Typical Holmes-getting back to business solving the chemical reaction, even after listening to such good news

[LadyTarasque]

lol that's one fast fire response xP

love how Mrs. Hudson just sniffs but just continues on with her business.

and the last 3 lines were pretty funny xP especially the way Watson asked if that was the answer

and the smoke sure is purply o-o

[MusicLuver519]

I love how, at the end, the room is filling with smoke, Holmes and Watson are gagging out the window, and then Holmes says, "But let me explain!" and drags Watson back inside. Probably the funniest thing I have seen in this series so far.

[Imverycute2]

LOL, 1:51 -- Holmes drops his cigarette in the vase!

I love the fact that, even though they're true to Holmes's character and honest about his cocaine addiction, they never actually show him shooting up. Just rolling up the sleeve and closing the drawer to hide the needle. And Doyle had to have been ahead of his time showing Watson as the "anti-drug voice" that would feature so well today.

[allaria8700]

I love everything about that era especially the clothes, just beautiful. I do love David Burke as Watson, he's adorable! Brett was as brilliant as ever and I love how they show the needle in the drawer. Brilliant episode, one of my favourite stories :)

[saye3034]

although I am a Persian and have not been grown in this culture, I always appreciate Victorian culture, clothes and manner of talking.I'm studying in London, but all I love about it, is 221 Baker Street.!!!!

[shauncollege]

Man, they didn't sugarcoat anything, even the cocaine. Bravo!

[xxsangrealxx]

@shauncollege Brett's portrayal IS actually sugarcoated - he didn't like the idea of Holmes shooting up. He felt it was a horrible example for children, so unlike a lot of other portrayals (like Roxborough's in Hound of the Baskervilles), you never actually see Holmes using the cocaine, just implications that he's just finished using it.

[sherbuy]

David  Burke is my favorite Watson, plays it deliciously. lol

[lollipopfop]

Why is Watson even harping about the drugs? Back in that time doctors did not know it was a problem.

[littleserrano]

Yes, actually they did by that time. That is not to say they thought it should become a police matter. They just knew it was physically harmful to abuse pharmaceuticals, which is what all those things were at that time.

[2000Erich]

It was even legal back then. But it could be construed as controvertial, just as abortion is today.

[Shangas]

They DID know that it was a problem. Why do you think the opium wars started?

[FantasticMrDoc]

they knew telling from the addiction and the change of habits, so it was more like a suspicion...Like watching the degenerative aspects of alcohol consumption . . .

[GodsWildfire]

I love the expression on Holmes's face at 0:38!

[spinner678]

ELLO mate

[CassandraMotou]

well, well... that was an amusing ending XD

[pegcage]

rafster9318: I know what Holmes is all about. I have read the 4 novels and all the stories at least 10 times during my adult life. I always though Rathbone was THE consummate Holmes, until I saw Jeremy Brett. I cannot get enough of this Granada series.

[rafster9318]

a good film altogether, but its a shame that MOST of the people commenting haven't a clue what holmes is all about

[lollipopfop]

Because Holmes is about pretending that what he says is intelligent when it is just plain silly. He deduces things from totally unrelated things, and the only reason he solves crimes is because the writer makes it so.

[perdurabo3]

The writer ( A Conan Doyle ) made it so that two innocent men where saved from the gallows due to his progressive insights into using scientific methods and critical thinking in solving crime. If what he said was just plain silly he would not get to solve the cases in the manner that he does in the books now would he ?

[Shangas]

Before Doyle came along, modern detective-fiction as we know it today, didn't exist. Nobody before Doyle had the brains to figure how how a crime just MIGHT be solved. Until he came along, it was all guesswork, dumb luck, conincidence and stupidity.

[PyroCLastik]

What a troublemaking chemist Holmes must have made!

[rafster9318]

nah everything he did was carefully considered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LordHamlet99]

"Is that the answer, Holmes?" (cough, splutter) "That IS the answer, Watson." (cough, cough) Perfectly charming.

[jaudsle]

what do you think the smoke was. It was to solve the case of the persecution of a tobacco millionaire.  It stunk!.. everytime he gets high he starts poking fun at his own deductions and playing with chemicals.. watch the devils foot.. great post thanks!!

[madamewho]

He was shooting cocain you dumass... ofcourse if you actually read The Books of sherlock Holmes you would know...

[2000Erich]

Cocaine, or morphine. One or the other. But cocaine seemed to be more of his preference.

[supertestII]

heroin of course

[benjoe91]

wtf what was he shooting?

[DTitus528]

We played cards for her. That is awful.

[kaisenji]

Quite. Dispicable actions on all accounts. I wish I could have been there I would have slapped him myself.

[ShadowStar12]

Well that was extremely funny at the end!