I have a theory... Holmes smokes after every time he has a dignified and quiet orgasm just by watching himself being extraordinarily brilliant!:P And he smokes A LOT!:P
I hate to see the naive, modern mind attempting to question the minds of those in the past. It's so very selfish to assume what is familiar to one is and always was familiar to everyone, even before your time. There is stigma around drugs today that did not exist then. They were not yet aware of the negative effects of certain substances so you cannot approach Holmes having used them you would someone of today.
they referenced the drug scene in the "Sherlock" Tv series. Since it is a modern take on Holmes he used nicotine patches instead of narcotics. And yes it was quite common those days to use various stimulants as most ill side effects where not yet clearly documented. Holmes never was a misuser and very rarely used them in the stories except for when he was bored.
@vulcarr He was bored when he didn't have cases to solve, so he used artificial stimulants to keep his mind active and fight boredom. Drugs weren't illegal in Victorian Britain and could be bought at the pharmacy like aspirin nowdays.
"Those rascles" couldn't get the girl in any other place than that one small stretch of the road? Huh. They've come all the say from South Africa, yet they can't grab a female any where else? And at last he thinks of his daughter.
And I still don't like how he talked to Watson in London. He's pourtrayed as a child being bawled out and taking it! You know, Doyle called his character, "stupid." He's a doctor and he's pourtrayed like this. Also, how did he make $ and follow Holmes?
@Songsmirth: What are you talking about? Sometimes Holmes behaves like a diva and is completely inconsiderate but Watson usually gripes back in one way or the other and if it is by humouring him a bit. In the series he is portrayed as a competent and intelligent man. It's just, like in the Doyle's work, the whole decuction stuff is just not his thing. His mind does not work like Holmes and the letter can sometimes be an arrogant bitch about it. Like in the original stories. So?
@Songsmirth Watson was wounded during his service in Afghanistan, and received a small pension from the government, but it wasn't enough for him to afford his own residence, which is why he shared rooms with Holmes ("A Study in Scarlet"). He also set himself up with a small Practice after he married Mary Morstan, but when she died (just prior to Holmes' return) ,Holmes bought the Practice and Watson moved back in with Holmes ("The Sign of Four", "The Empty House"). Something like that anyway.
@sideshowbro I believe that is what I said. Somewhere in "The Empty House" it is mentioned that she had died a year or so before Holmes returned if I'm not mistaken.
@sideshowbro That's weird...I distinctly remember that part. Mary died, so Watson moved back in with Holmes. Maybe I had a different version or something.
Sherlock Holmes: The Worst Tenant In London. Indoor target practice, shady characters coming and going, habits that can chartiably be dubbed untidy, cocaine use and smelly chemical experiments. I think he almost burned the place down at least once. You can't help but admire him for that.
Reply to @mornmeril: In one of the stories, Watson mentions that he imagines Holmes must have paid Mrs.Hudson well over the odds for those rooms, and putting up with all the inconvenience. At any rate, the arrangement evidently suited both the landlady and her lodger. The shame of it is, that nowadays it is impossible to find a Mrs.Hudson, who provides the home, the meals, presumably the laundry (though we're never told about that) and keeps the fire supplied with fuel etc. etc. A treasure!
soory for asking such a stupid question but are the episodes on youtube the only ones for download. I have em all and was wondering if there are any more????PLEASE??? Jeremy Brett is an absolute joy as Holmes. He cracks me up!! help please. i want more.....!!!
@magicenchantment I have finally brought myself to watch it and no I am sorry I did not enjoy... not saying that others won't, just not for me.. I been spoilt as I was a teenager when Jeremy was Sherlock and I loved it...... finally got the box set the other day YAY!!!!
@buffykidd1971 oh thats a shame :( yeh jeremys briliant, hes the real sherlock holmes, and i've seen all his episodes, but if you like action and adventure and a good storyline then i cant see how anyone can fail to enjoy the new film. its very well made. but suit yerself :)
@magicenchantment dunno why.. mind you it was a romp, just did not like RDJ as Sherlock holmes to be honest I am not keen on him as an actor anyway, lol bless him.
@Kanuskiz bless ya I knew what you meant he he!!! Mind you which Dr Watson did you like best? David Burke or Edward hardwick?? I can't sa myself they were both brill!
@Kanuskiz not sure I don't think he wanted to do another series and it was a perfect oportunity to change watson to seeming older. Perhaps he aged a lot when Sherlock "died" it can do that to someone. You need to watch some more of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock holmes as if you not seen muuch ~Edward Hardwick you haven't seen half of the series! Enjoy
@Kanuskiz David Burke had a 2 year old son at the time, so he left the series and went back to the theatre so as to be with his child whilst he was growing up. According to Jeremy Brett, it was David Burke's wife who recommended Edward Hardwicke for the role instead.
It's odd how Holmes used cocaine and drank and smoked but disapproved of opium; in another mystery he didn't like having to go undercover in an opium den to chase down his "suspect".
I'm sorry? Do *you* know what they're distilled form? Have you *seen* the History Channel Documentary regarding the rise of drugs and their use from the Persians to postmodern society? Or do you just prefer to try to refute me, instead of actually telling me what's wrong?
I do correct myself: cocaine is distilled from coca, but morphine is distilled from opium poppies.
I found the last scene quite charming. In view of the rest of the episode, it could have been quite grave, but thankfully what could have been quite dire was alleviated by lightheartedness, if only for a moment.
Lol, the fire brigade! One would think they'd stop coming after a while. or perhaps they have a truck stationed near Baker street at all times, for every time Holmes sets fire to the drapes or something.
@gazaguy Sagaciously put, sir. The art of becoming fluent in modern slang is the equivalent to the art of incessantly putting one's foot in one's mouth. What a bore!
@gazaguy So is cussing. I tell my students that not only isn't it allowed. . it's lazy. ha But I like your description better... "Mentally dull and creatively stagnant." Wonderfully said. :)
its ALREADY over?! :( I want more!! MORE MORE SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURES!! :)) :D i know im crazy, but this is the effect of not watching sherlock holmes movies for me :D :))
From Wikipedia: "Holmes uses addictive drugs, which he turns to especially when lacking stimulating cases. Holmes is a habitual cocaine user, which he injects in a 7 percent solution. Holmes is also an occasional user of morphine, but expresses strong disapproval of opium. All three were legal in late-19th-century England."
Holmes was never a drug-addict. He took heroin and coccaine because he required a stimulant when he didn't have a case to work on. And yes, in Victorian England, stuff like coccaine, morphine and heroin were legal, over-the-counter drugs.
I have read the books, and I still don't think he was addicted. He took drugs only when he didn't have anything else to occupy his time. When there wasn't a case to stimulate him, he took cocaine to stimulate him instead. I don't think it necessarily means he was addicted to the stuff.
I guess it depends on what you consider addicted. I would call it addicted. He needed the stimulation. Thats sort of the definition of a psychological addiction, and you do not develop a physical addiction to cocaine in the way of opiates. So. I guess think what you like. But most people accept that if you use alone its a classic sign.
Could you tell me what short story or novel it is that it tells of him being addicted? I have only read one of the novels so far and it hasn't mentioned it. Just curious
I may have misread it... In one of the later stories Watson says he weaned Holmes off of the drugs but the habit was still there. When It said habit I assumed it meant addiction. Probably just a false assumption on my part.
Well I just got to the second novel and I believe it was the first page in which Holmes was shooting up some cocaine. Funny how he does drugs when he is bored and has no mystery to occupy him.
Haha yep that is the same book I am reading. I tried looking for the second volume that includes the novel where Holmes supposedly dies. But eBay yields only matches that have no picture. Let me know if you have any more luck
Damn it all that Brett died, such a good Holmes.....
.......the BEST Holmes; the Rathbone-Bruce ones have their moments, and the radio series was good, but Brett was the best Holmes, and the Brett-Hardwicke pairing was, I think the better one (and Burke was good when he had his time as Watson, but Hardwicke hade the vast majority.)
Doyle had to hurry up and get the Holmes stories out as the public would riot if he didn't. There was such a demand. If he had more time, the stories would probabally be even better. Holmes was based on Dr. Belles who Doyle wrote, "you yourself are Sherlock Holmes, as you well know it,"
I got a good laugh when they mix the chemicals and smoke up their apartment. When it shows the smoke coming from under their door and, later, out their window the first thing that came to mind was Sherlock saying "Yes indeed dear Watson! That was quite the roofy...man." LoL!
Of course he didn't. He was fictional. He didn't exist. In the stories, however, he definitely does opium, for example, in the dark and ominous beginning to "The Man With the Twisted Lip".
You and Orypeci may be right about his not doing opium:
"I suppose, Watson," said he, "that you imagine that I have added opium-smoking to cocaine injections, and all the other little weaknesses on which you have favored me with your medical views." -The Man With the Twisted Lip
holmes does cocaine and morphine, not opium - he was in the opium den in that story, but undercover. and to the original comment, it's arguable which of the above is most dangerous/addictive. opium and morphine are essential the same but morphine is distilled and therefore potentially more addictive.
Thank you for this series. I just discovered this goldmine -- remember it from A&E. I love Jeremy Brett as Holmes. He is better even than Basil Rathbone was. Too bad he died before be could make the whole set! A fine actor. He played Freddie in My Fair Lady and was in War and Peace -- both when young.
I do want to thank you for posting great Holmes series here. Iam wondering if anyone knows who is the man in the picture in the sitting room , when you get in on the right wall, a man with moustache...
im suprised that in the Final Problem that holmes didnt die from the cocaine but from falling off a cliff at least thats what my teacher told me ( he hasnt read it in couple years ) and i also kno that he didnt die in the final problem, and also, who wants holmes to die? man he should really stop that cocaine thing
Conan Doyle wanted Holmes to die. I believe for a while he got bored with him and wanted to end it. And Holmes does indeed quit the cocaine, earlier in this series than in the stories due to it having a wide child audience. See the Devil's Foot.
Conan Doyle killed off Holmes ("The Final Problem") in the early 1890s, but all of England demanded him back. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was released around 1902, and then "The Empty House" (in which Holmes returns after being thought dead), followed by more stories and another novel.
I'd read that even some member of the royal house insisted that he find a way to resurrect Holmes!
Its ironic that someone so connected with a character whose trademark was logical deduction that Conan Doyle killed him off to pursue his real interest which was the supernatural. He had intended to spend his time writing and researching this, but had to go back to Holmes due to public, and royal outcry, THANK GOODNESS!
im suprised that in the Final Problem that holmes didnt die from the cocaine but from falling off a cliff at least thats what my teacher told me ( he hasnt read it in couple years ) and i also kno that he didnt die in the final problem, and also, who wants holmes to die? man he should really stop that cocaine thing
LOOOOOL at the ending. 'Yes, Watson, that is the answer...'
mcburcke 3 days ago
Bring back Drs. House and Wilson as you know who sez I.
spycious 3 days ago
0:16 - Holmes: ಠ_ಠ
GeneralOlde 6 months ago 5
I have a theory... Holmes smokes after every time he has a dignified and quiet orgasm just by watching himself being extraordinarily brilliant!:P And he smokes A LOT!:P
mariuslupercus 8 months ago
I hate to see the naive, modern mind attempting to question the minds of those in the past. It's so very selfish to assume what is familiar to one is and always was familiar to everyone, even before your time. There is stigma around drugs today that did not exist then. They were not yet aware of the negative effects of certain substances so you cannot approach Holmes having used them you would someone of today.
BreezesofConey 9 months ago
great!. I would like show Sherlock Homes series in tpt.
amistosa2007 9 months ago
they referenced the drug scene in the "Sherlock" Tv series. Since it is a modern take on Holmes he used nicotine patches instead of narcotics. And yes it was quite common those days to use various stimulants as most ill side effects where not yet clearly documented. Holmes never was a misuser and very rarely used them in the stories except for when he was bored.
dkswede 1 year ago
I love that ending! :DDDD
Watson: "Is that the answer Holmes?"
Holmes: *coughs* "Yes, that is the answer Watson. Come on, let me explain."
Watson: *coughing* "Noooooo don't pull me back there!"
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剧末演员表的插图是哪个版本的书里的？
72won10lost 1 year ago
Why the hell was Holmes doing drugs? WTF?!
vulcarr 1 year ago
@vulcarr In the stories, he occasionally used morphine and cocaine.
2wingo 1 year ago
@vulcarr He was bored when he didn't have cases to solve, so he used artificial stimulants to keep his mind active and fight boredom. Drugs weren't illegal in Victorian Britain and could be bought at the pharmacy like aspirin nowdays.
MrsSherlcokHolmes 1 year ago 2
@MrsSherlcokHolmes I like how you just some it up to, 'when he was bored' ;) oh dear,. That's our Holmes for ya
"My mind rebels stagnation. Give me problems. Give me work."
littlemisshedgehog 11 months ago
Best. Ending. Ever.
TheFilmWeaver 1 year ago 9
LOL when Watson looks down at the syringe in the desk. Holmes is all like - __-
InsertZipCode 1 year ago 4
I love how the people in the street are just standing there smiling when smoke comes out of the window. "oh, look, mister Holmes is at it again."
RuleNr34 1 year ago 3
I love the way Holmes pulls Watson from fresh air back into smoke with the words "Let me explain" :-)))
SnowhitePP333 1 year ago 3
I got way too excited when Holmes said "There is more splendour yet to come."
soulfire667 1 year ago
How delightful! I love sherlock holmes and Jeremy Brett
marafi 1 year ago
'my daughter, sarah.' holmes looks at him in desbelief. anyone else find that mildly funny?
thats true, he ALWAYS makes watson read stuff. what, is he, illiterate?! XD
oh, i'm bad at cards, so i didnt get the girl :D
i love his coat. i want eetttttttttttt! and that laugh. i could hear it all day.
'and i think this is the answer.' thinking is not enough, sir! 'is THAT the answer, holmes?' 'yes, that is the answer, watson.' LOL
allyndeimos 1 year ago
"Those rascles" couldn't get the girl in any other place than that one small stretch of the road? Huh. They've come all the say from South Africa, yet they can't grab a female any where else? And at last he thinks of his daughter.
And I still don't like how he talked to Watson in London. He's pourtrayed as a child being bawled out and taking it! You know, Doyle called his character, "stupid." He's a doctor and he's pourtrayed like this. Also, how did he make $ and follow Holmes?
Songsmirth 1 year ago
@Songsmirth: What are you talking about? Sometimes Holmes behaves like a diva and is completely inconsiderate but Watson usually gripes back in one way or the other and if it is by humouring him a bit. In the series he is portrayed as a competent and intelligent man. It's just, like in the Doyle's work, the whole decuction stuff is just not his thing. His mind does not work like Holmes and the letter can sometimes be an arrogant bitch about it. Like in the original stories. So?
Trampadoo 1 year ago
@Songsmirth Watson was wounded during his service in Afghanistan, and received a small pension from the government, but it wasn't enough for him to afford his own residence, which is why he shared rooms with Holmes ("A Study in Scarlet"). He also set himself up with a small Practice after he married Mary Morstan, but when she died (just prior to Holmes' return) ,Holmes bought the Practice and Watson moved back in with Holmes ("The Sign of Four", "The Empty House"). Something like that anyway.
Lyrictheac 1 year ago
@Lyrictheac actually "The Sign of Four" is when Watson first meets Mary Morstan. I don't have any recollection of her dying.
sideshowbro 1 year ago
@sideshowbro I believe that is what I said. Somewhere in "The Empty House" it is mentioned that she had died a year or so before Holmes returned if I'm not mistaken.
Lyrictheac 1 year ago
@Lyrictheac i just reread "The Empty House". I didn't find any mention of her dying.
sideshowbro 1 year ago
@sideshowbro That's weird...I distinctly remember that part. Mary died, so Watson moved back in with Holmes. Maybe I had a different version or something.
Lyrictheac 1 year ago
this is really a good series.. I mean they show holmes like he really was with his cocaine and his moodswings and sarcastcic deductions splendid!
Yushimarukun 1 year ago
Thank you so much for having posted this. I am sitting in Warsaw, Poland, 4610 miles from home, longing for the mother tongue.
ashkenaz 1 year ago
"Is that the answer Holmes?"
"Yes Watson that is the answer."
*cough cough cough*
DarqRemake 1 year ago
My my. Carruthers isn't that hard on the eyes either! Fits the book description.
However, this last scene is very funny in the book and that hasn't quite come out.
lacreuset 1 year ago
Ah Holmes and his coke =P Naughty naughty.
lotusblue86 1 year ago 3
Sherlock Holmes: The Worst Tenant In London. Indoor target practice, shady characters coming and going, habits that can chartiably be dubbed untidy, cocaine use and smelly chemical experiments. I think he almost burned the place down at least once. You can't help but admire him for that.
TheKulu42 1 year ago 3
@TheKulu42 Poor mrs Hudson indeed...
mornmeril 1 year ago
Reply to @mornmeril: In one of the stories, Watson mentions that he imagines Holmes must have paid Mrs.Hudson well over the odds for those rooms, and putting up with all the inconvenience. At any rate, the arrangement evidently suited both the landlady and her lodger. The shame of it is, that nowadays it is impossible to find a Mrs.Hudson, who provides the home, the meals, presumably the laundry (though we're never told about that) and keeps the fire supplied with fuel etc. etc. A treasure!
Offshoreorganbuilder 1 year ago
soory for asking such a stupid question but are the episodes on youtube the only ones for download. I have em all and was wondering if there are any more????PLEASE??? Jeremy Brett is an absolute joy as Holmes. He cracks me up!! help please. i want more.....!!!
reaper060670 1 year ago
Is that the answer, Holmes?
Yes, that is the answer, Watson.
LOL!!!!!!!!! This is my favoritest episode EVER!!!!! <3 JB rocks!!!!!!
prolifeprincess 1 year ago
Anyone think that the ex-clergyman looks a bit like Dr Rowan Williams?..
tccham182 1 year ago
Fabulous. I remember seeing the studio set in the late 80s, all open to the public.
Best part of this ep. is Holmes description of the fight: "Delicious!"
mrbridger99 2 years ago
best holmes ever, I just canna bring myself to watch that movie.. Robert Downey Jr.. no sorry
buffykidd1971 2 years ago 4
@buffykidd1971 oh its a fantastic film, he's not a patch on jeremy brett but its good to watch and its really funny :)
magicenchantment 1 year ago
@magicenchantment I have finally brought myself to watch it and no I am sorry I did not enjoy... not saying that others won't, just not for me.. I been spoilt as I was a teenager when Jeremy was Sherlock and I loved it...... finally got the box set the other day YAY!!!!
buffykidd1971 1 year ago
@buffykidd1971 oh thats a shame :( yeh jeremys briliant, hes the real sherlock holmes, and i've seen all his episodes, but if you like action and adventure and a good storyline then i cant see how anyone can fail to enjoy the new film. its very well made. but suit yerself :)
magicenchantment 1 year ago
@magicenchantment dunno why.. mind you it was a romp, just did not like RDJ as Sherlock holmes to be honest I am not keen on him as an actor anyway, lol bless him.
buffykidd1971 1 year ago
Cocaine from opium? That´s good:-)
covlastne 2 years ago
Jeremy Brett was definitely the best Watson ever!
Kanuskiz 2 years ago
Holmes
swan240687 2 years ago
oops! I meant Holmes
Kanuskiz 2 years ago 2
@Kanuskiz bless ya I knew what you meant he he!!! Mind you which Dr Watson did you like best? David Burke or Edward hardwick?? I can't sa myself they were both brill!
buffykidd1971 1 year ago
@buffykidd1971
I never really saw Edward Hardwick's portrayal of Watson, so hard to judge. But why was David Burke replaced? He was excellent!
BTW, you should also check out Ian Hart's portrayal of Watson in 2002 version of Hound of Baskervilles. He is a really cool and smart Watson.
Kanuskiz 1 year ago
@Kanuskiz not sure I don't think he wanted to do another series and it was a perfect oportunity to change watson to seeming older. Perhaps he aged a lot when Sherlock "died" it can do that to someone. You need to watch some more of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock holmes as if you not seen muuch ~Edward Hardwick you haven't seen half of the series! Enjoy
buffykidd1971 1 year ago
@Kanuskiz David Burke had a 2 year old son at the time, so he left the series and went back to the theatre so as to be with his child whilst he was growing up. According to Jeremy Brett, it was David Burke's wife who recommended Edward Hardwicke for the role instead.
evchen3 1 year ago
@buffykidd1971
by 2002 version, I meant the one with Richard Roxburgh as Sherlock Holmes.
Kanuskiz 1 year ago
@Kanuskiz oh sorry not sure I have seen that one either,will rent it out if I can!!!
buffykidd1971 1 year ago
You mean Holmes? lol
brownowaltum 2 years ago
@Kanuskiz u dumb fuck
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angileribechman 2 years ago
I love the end where Holmes drags Watson back in through the window to explain, whilst outside everyone is worrying that's there's a fire! LOL!
GorgeousGirl200 2 years ago 3
what does Holmes say @5:10? after he says yes that is the answer.
Chakotaysmack 2 years ago
Holmes says - Oh, let me explain.
greghura 2 years ago 2
yes you are right! thanks!
Chakotaysmack 2 years ago
@Chakotaysmack he said...yes that is the answer watson!! ;)
anshakira 2 years ago
@Chakotaysmack and after that he said "oh let me explain", indeed
anshakira 2 years ago
..."is that the answer Holmes...yes that is the answer Watson, let me explain". Hilarious!!
SV2609 2 years ago 2
Favorite episode. Not your wife, your widow! Blam!
VValkyrie 2 years ago 4
It's odd how Holmes used cocaine and drank and smoked but disapproved of opium; in another mystery he didn't like having to go undercover in an opium den to chase down his "suspect".
tango2romeo 2 years ago
He probably didn't like opium because it clouds ones senses so much - makes it harder to understand and observe the world around you.
coramunroe 2 years ago
it makes sense. he wanted up not down.
Chakotaysmack 2 years ago
Cocaine is distilled from opium, as is morphine.
BroadwayFiend 2 years ago
@BroadwayFiend
no
lordsummerisle87 1 year ago
@lordsummerisle87
I'm sorry? Do *you* know what they're distilled form? Have you *seen* the History Channel Documentary regarding the rise of drugs and their use from the Persians to postmodern society? Or do you just prefer to try to refute me, instead of actually telling me what's wrong?
I do correct myself: cocaine is distilled from coca, but morphine is distilled from opium poppies.
BroadwayFiend 1 year ago
Homes uses Cocaine, and occasionaly Morphine, but usually cocaine. He'd be hearing the Aluminum Train as Watson came in. ;)
mahound9 2 years ago
I found the last scene quite charming. In view of the rest of the episode, it could have been quite grave, but thankfully what could have been quite dire was alleviated by lightheartedness, if only for a moment.
FredericDaguerre 2 years ago
Granada's reproduction of Sherlock Holmes is perfect, wonder why TV now doesn't have similar classics on air?
mycroftc 2 years ago
@mycroftc
try ITV3 Monday at 7:55 PM
Starryvideos 2 years ago
I love his impassive responses and facial expressions.
Geez Holmes, if you knew what was going to happen you might as well left the windows open before-hand! XD ROFL. Hilarious. A pure classic!
herojen926 2 years ago
Genius frequently has its moments of absent-mindedness.
coramunroe 2 years ago
That last scene is hilarious HH
TAfan2 2 years ago
Holmes is a smack head...Cool!
That's a joke, heroin is bad for your teeth kids.
nookie077 2 years ago
Was he doing heroin at 2:50? His sleeve was rolled up and there was a syringe in his drawer.
xtremerockninja 2 years ago
cocaine,"noob" ;-)
Lol, the fire brigade! One would think they'd stop coming after a while. or perhaps they have a truck stationed near Baker street at all times, for every time Holmes sets fire to the drapes or something.
greengrendel 2 years ago 5
Do you remember which one it is where he puts out his cigarette in the soft-boiled egg at the breakfast table? Lol I love Holmes.
coramunroe 2 years ago
@xtremerockninja It's cocaine.
Chikin1ninjas 1 year ago
Godt klaret dragonknight!
Hilsen fra en dansk Sherlock Holmes-fan :-)
sbk1983 2 years ago
lame.
ARCblooper 2 years ago
What's lame?
ChelseatheHolmesian 2 years ago
I just wanted to say that.
ARCblooper 2 years ago
Lame is a word used by the mentally dull and creatively stagnant to deride brilliant works that their minds cannot comprehend.
gazaguy 2 years ago 17
*chuckle* I see.
ChelseatheHolmesian 2 years ago 2
@gazaguy Sagaciously put, sir. The art of becoming fluent in modern slang is the equivalent to the art of incessantly putting one's foot in one's mouth. What a bore!
maejena 1 year ago
@gazaguy Lame.
cornwallace 1 year ago
Lame is a word used by the mentally dull and creatively stagnant to deride brilliant works that their minds cannot comprehend.
gazaguy 2 years ago 36
@gazaguy So is cussing. I tell my students that not only isn't it allowed. . it's lazy. ha But I like your description better... "Mentally dull and creatively stagnant." Wonderfully said. :)
Songsmirth 1 year ago
@Songsmirth I think it was Erma Bombeck who said cursing is counterfeit currency for a bankrupt vocabulary :)
gazaguy 1 year ago
@gazaguy Lame.
cornwallace 1 year ago
@gazaguy
How on earth does using the word lame cause one to become mentally dull and stagnant?
More probable is that fact that this story is not only predictable but obviously predictable.
Even "The Hound of the Baskerville's" was more mysterious than this. This case is by no means singular, and by no means interesting.
The only reason I watch this is because it has Holmes.
But the story is lame and unworthy of them. Not to mention that the other actors are all terrible.
PanKrato 1 year ago
i just read that storie in the great adventures of sherlock holmes book
sherlock holmes is amazeing but not as amazeing as dinosaurs :)
fabregas4naruto 2 years ago
LOL the fire company "let me explain"
sherlockholmesfan1 2 years ago 4
lol at the ending
coralin378 2 years ago
hahahahahahahaha the fire department came
airplaneman123 2 years ago
Brett truly IS good.
Thrusted2 2 years ago 4
How Watson says: More splendour?
I love that :)
marianneootjers 2 years ago
That ending was hilarious...in typical Holmes fashion.
Yoshi7Link 2 years ago 3
That was amazing! I absolutely loved it.
13Knives1 2 years ago
HAhahahaaaaa, poor Watson.
*coughcough, dying, smoke*
Holmes grabs him, smiling. "Let me explain."
Theta101 2 years ago 6
LOL. Hilarious!
Yoshi7Link 2 years ago
its ALREADY over?! :( I want more!! MORE MORE SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURES!! :)) :D i know im crazy, but this is the effect of not watching sherlock holmes movies for me :D :))
harurawy 2 years ago 2
Holmes uses drugs when he is bored and not working ona a case
chaircat 2 years ago
HAHAH, look at Holmes's eyes on 0:15 :-)
espanattias 2 years ago
At 2:53 was that heroine? And why did he take that if its that.
kazack66 2 years ago
he's a drug addict
bunni1090 2 years ago
From Wikipedia: "Holmes uses addictive drugs, which he turns to especially when lacking stimulating cases. Holmes is a habitual cocaine user, which he injects in a 7 percent solution. Holmes is also an occasional user of morphine, but expresses strong disapproval of opium. All three were legal in late-19th-century England."
MesserschmittBf109g6 2 years ago 2
thx dude
kazack66 2 years ago
Holmes was never a drug-addict. He took heroin and coccaine because he required a stimulant when he didn't have a case to work on. And yes, in Victorian England, stuff like coccaine, morphine and heroin were legal, over-the-counter drugs.
Shangas 2 years ago
shangas actually if you read the books he was addicted. He over came the addiction though.
13Knives1 2 years ago
I have read the books, and I still don't think he was addicted. He took drugs only when he didn't have anything else to occupy his time. When there wasn't a case to stimulate him, he took cocaine to stimulate him instead. I don't think it necessarily means he was addicted to the stuff.
Shangas 2 years ago 4
I guess it depends on what you consider addicted. I would call it addicted. He needed the stimulation. Thats sort of the definition of a psychological addiction, and you do not develop a physical addiction to cocaine in the way of opiates. So. I guess think what you like. But most people accept that if you use alone its a classic sign.
lollipopfop 2 years ago
Could you tell me what short story or novel it is that it tells of him being addicted? I have only read one of the novels so far and it hasn't mentioned it. Just curious
PhelixFace 2 years ago
I may have misread it... In one of the later stories Watson says he weaned Holmes off of the drugs but the habit was still there. When It said habit I assumed it meant addiction. Probably just a false assumption on my part.
13Knives1 2 years ago
Well I just got to the second novel and I believe it was the first page in which Holmes was shooting up some cocaine. Funny how he does drugs when he is bored and has no mystery to occupy him.
PhelixFace 2 years ago
It is kind of funny. I just recently bought the complete collection and I'm on The Sign of Four as well.
13Knives1 2 years ago
Haha yep that is the same book I am reading. I tried looking for the second volume that includes the novel where Holmes supposedly dies. But eBay yields only matches that have no picture. Let me know if you have any more luck
PhelixFace 2 years ago
I found volume 2 at borders. If you have one in your area that would be the place to go. Or you can order it from borders website.
13Knives1 2 years ago
Im sorry, what was the actual crime?
lollipopfop 2 years ago 2
The worst crime to befall a woman!!!!
sherlock holmes and the solitary cyclist part 5 0.53
bunni1090 2 years ago
Remember kids,
drugs and science don't mix!
QuinnthePrincess 3 years ago 19
@QuinnthePrincess Amen! Say On!
baroquemusician1 1 year ago
I thought I was going to die when that fire engine pulled up! This episode has some seriously funny moments!
WomaninBlack215 3 years ago 6
0:38 - holmes's expression: WTF...???
pGFTuv 3 years ago 14
LOOOOOOOOOOOOLL
AznDiamond1 2 years ago
HAHAHAHA
RiseofFooDos 2 years ago
Wow poor Watson is like dying there and Holmes grabs him by the collar to drag him back inside to explain.
XDXDXDXD
ChelseatheHolmesian 3 years ago 7
Let me explain!
*drags Watson back into the smoke*
:D
gerald01 3 years ago 13
I love Holmes' laugh <3 Jeremy is definitely my fav Holmes <3
Mrauh 3 years ago 9
I, too, love Holmes' laugh. It brings out his 'humanness'. Plus,in the books he laughs, so it's quite in character
freeindeed7 3 years ago 7
Damn it all that Brett died, such a good Holmes.....
.......the BEST Holmes; the Rathbone-Bruce ones have their moments, and the radio series was good, but Brett was the best Holmes, and the Brett-Hardwicke pairing was, I think the better one (and Burke was good when he had his time as Watson, but Hardwicke hade the vast majority.)
obiwanobiwan13 3 years ago 15
Watson always said Holmes' addiction was only dormant, not dead
RFTC69 3 years ago
they smoking weed lol
Trash501 3 years ago
Holmes was shooting up... I'm surprised today's production companies even try to get this on TV ...
leewonnacott 3 years ago
Haha! I love this show!
CaptainIchabodRainy9 3 years ago
Thank you for posting these adventures of Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett, the best Sherlock of all times! Adrien Alpendre
Armenterosma 3 years ago 4
houses were decorated really cool back then!
acerb45666555 3 years ago 3
Doyle had to hurry up and get the Holmes stories out as the public would riot if he didn't. There was such a demand. If he had more time, the stories would probabally be even better. Holmes was based on Dr. Belles who Doyle wrote, "you yourself are Sherlock Holmes, as you well know it,"
000266617 3 years ago
Oh, why, Holmes? MORE splendor? I don't know if I can take much more! Oh no... ha ha ha.
poppysdosh 3 years ago
I got a good laugh when they mix the chemicals and smoke up their apartment. When it shows the smoke coming from under their door and, later, out their window the first thing that came to mind was Sherlock saying "Yes indeed dear Watson! That was quite the roofy...man." LoL!
Byrdman0024 3 years ago 2
It was coke.
ladydruyear 3 years ago
completely rediculous, unreliastic in the extreme
kalcsa 3 years ago
such a great ending!
bookishmuch 3 years ago 6
I just wanted to point out that Holmes NEVER did opium, because even back then opium was highly dangerous-even more so then morphine or cocaine.
Orypeci 3 years ago
Of course he didn't. He was fictional. He didn't exist. In the stories, however, he definitely does opium, for example, in the dark and ominous beginning to "The Man With the Twisted Lip".
Argonaut22j 3 years ago
I thought there he was just hiding there to catch someone?
bookishmuch 3 years ago 3
You and Orypeci may be right about his not doing opium:
"I suppose, Watson," said he, "that you imagine that I have added opium-smoking to cocaine injections, and all the other little weaknesses on which you have favored me with your medical views." -The Man With the Twisted Lip
Argonaut22j 3 years ago 7
holmes does cocaine and morphine, not opium - he was in the opium den in that story, but undercover. and to the original comment, it's arguable which of the above is most dangerous/addictive. opium and morphine are essential the same but morphine is distilled and therefore potentially more addictive.
feelthejoy 3 years ago 3
i prefer when holmes smokes his calabash pipe..
mcdevster 3 years ago
"played cards for her"? those guys have issues with their mothers
steventhestudent 3 years ago 8
Thank you for this series. I just discovered this goldmine -- remember it from A&E. I love Jeremy Brett as Holmes. He is better even than Basil Rathbone was. Too bad he died before be could make the whole set! A fine actor. He played Freddie in My Fair Lady and was in War and Peace -- both when young.
pegcage 3 years ago 5
none has ever brought sherlock holmes to life more then jeremy breet. absolutly fantastic video.
TaskiyahEmaani 3 years ago 5
Patrick Doyle's music. Among his best. Probably, the best.
Thank you for uploading DK
androc75 3 years ago
"Is that the answer, Holmes?"
Yes, that's the answer! Let me to explain!"
You Holmes!!!
Seymourir 4 years ago 3
I do want to thank you for posting great Holmes series here. Iam wondering if anyone knows who is the man in the picture in the sitting room , when you get in on the right wall, a man with moustache...
Seymourir 4 years ago
Really enjoyed that! Thanks for the upload!
Jezzantora 4 years ago
im suprised that in the Final Problem that holmes didnt die from the cocaine but from falling off a cliff at least thats what my teacher told me ( he hasnt read it in couple years ) and i also kno that he didnt die in the final problem, and also, who wants holmes to die? man he should really stop that cocaine thing
Rasengan854 4 years ago
Conan Doyle wanted Holmes to die. I believe for a while he got bored with him and wanted to end it. And Holmes does indeed quit the cocaine, earlier in this series than in the stories due to it having a wide child audience. See the Devil's Foot.
BHSoren 4 years ago
Conan Doyle killed off Holmes ("The Final Problem") in the early 1890s, but all of England demanded him back. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was released around 1902, and then "The Empty House" (in which Holmes returns after being thought dead), followed by more stories and another novel.
praguephotog 4 years ago
I'd read that even some member of the royal house insisted that he find a way to resurrect Holmes!
Its ironic that someone so connected with a character whose trademark was logical deduction that Conan Doyle killed him off to pursue his real interest which was the supernatural. He had intended to spend his time writing and researching this, but had to go back to Holmes due to public, and royal outcry, THANK GOODNESS!
Jayjen35 2 years ago
im suprised that in the Final Problem that holmes didnt die from the cocaine but from falling off a cliff at least thats what my teacher told me ( he hasnt read it in couple years ) and i also kno that he didnt die in the final problem, and also, who wants holmes to die? man he should really stop that cocaine thing
Rasengan854 4 years ago