Sherlock - the big game
| Episode of the Sherlock series | |
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| title | The big game |
| Original title | The great game |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Season 1, episode 3 3rd episode in total ( list ) |
| First broadcast | August 8, 2010 on BBC One |
| German-language first broadcast |
August 7, 2011 on Das Erste |
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| Director | Paul McGuigan |
| script | Mark Gatiss |
| production | Sue Vertue , BBC |
| music |
David Arnold , Michael Price |
| camera | Steve Lawes |
| cut | Charlie Phillips |
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The great game (original title: The Great Game ) is the third episode of the British television series Sherlock and the last of the first season. The first broadcast was on August 8, 2010 on BBC One , the main public service broadcaster of the BBC , the German premiere was on August 7, 2011 on Das Erste .
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Sherlock Holmes is bored to death. After he had to turn down his last case, his actions are limited to shooting at your own four walls and reading Watson's blog, which, to his annoyance, does not only mention the positive aspects of the detective . While Watson visits his girlfriend, Holmes involuntarily witnesses an explosion across the street from Baker Street . The next morning, John Watson finds his roommate unharmed and in the company of his brother Mycroft . He asked Holmes to investigate the death of the secret service agent Andrew West, who was found dead next to a railway line; In addition, he lacks a memory stick with secret information about a weapons project. However, Holmes refuses.
He is called to Scotland Yard , where a mysterious package with a cell phone was handed in for him, which is very similar to the one in "A Case of Pink". The cell phone plays five time signals and shows the picture of the basement apartment, which is below Holmes and Watson's apartment. As soon as the investigators discover a pair of sports shoes there, Holmes is called from the cell phone. A scared woman answers who is obviously reading a given text. Should Holmes fail to solve the puzzle belonging to the athletic shoes, an explosive vest , which was strapped to the woman , detonated . Holmes suspects that the five time signals stand for five puzzles to be solved.
While Holmes and Watson examine the shoes, they are interrupted by Molly Hooper, who wants to introduce her new boyfriend, Jim, but Holmes deduces that her boyfriend is secretly gay . It turns out that the shoes belonged to a certain Carl Powers who died in a swimming competition a few years ago. Holmes, still a child at the time, tried unsuccessfully to inform the police of certain inconsistencies that had struck him. Sherlock recognizes from the shoes that the boy was poisoned by his skin ointment. On his website “The Science of Deduction” he informs the unknown bomber and criminal who is behind the riddles. Holmes suspects that this is the mysterious Moriarty . The captured woman can be freed.
A second message shows a blood-covered sports car and another hostage gives Holmes eight hours to solve the riddle. The car is found, the blood inside comes from its last tenant, Ian Monkford, but there is no trace of him. The address of a car rental company is found in the glove compartment and Holmes and Watson visit its owner. Holmes quickly came up with the solution: the circumstances that the owner has a certain suntan, was recently in Colombia and the blood in the car was last frozen, suggests that Ian Monkford was in financial difficulties and with the help of the owner the car rental company faked his own death so he could leave for Colombia and his wife could get the full life insurance policy. Again the hostage is released.
The next hostage prompts Holmes to investigate the case of Connie Prince, a television presenter best known for her makeover show. She apparently died of tetanus infection when bacteria entered her body through a wound on her hand while gardening. However, the wound was only inflicted on her after she died. Holmes reveals that the murderer her domestic worker Raoul de Santos was the Prince by an overdose of Botox - injections killed. He didn't like the way Prince treated her brother and de Santos' lover, Kenny Prince. Holmes informs the bomber again, but is unable to save the blind hostage because the hostage begins to describe his voice and is then killed by the hostage taker.
A photo of the Thames is the fourth puzzle to be solved. The body of security guard Alex Woodbridge is found on the bank, showing signs of a brutal death. These are the trademark of the notorious hired man Oscar Dzundza, who calls himself "Golem". Sherlock finds out that Woodbridge was employed in an art gallery . After he found out that a supposedly newly discovered work of the painter Vermeer was a fake, he had to be stopped to avoid the sale of 30 million pounds heavy painting to prevent. Watson discovers that Woodbrige was a hobby astronomer and knew little about art . Meanwhile, Holmes has found out the whereabouts of the golem through his homeless network, who is hiding underground, but it can escape. The two follow a lead to an astronomy professor with whom the victim spoke about the forgery. She is also attacked by the golem. Holmes and Watson do not manage to save their lives, but Holmes finds the decisive indication that the painting is not real: the “Van Buuren Supernova ” can be seen on the painting , which was not observed until 1858. Since Vermeer lived in the 17th century , the picture cannot be real. Again the hostage is saved. The owner of the gallery, Miss Wenceslas, admits that she had the picture forged. She came into contact with a certain Moriarty.
At Mycroft's urging, Watson is investigating Andrew West's case. He notices that there is no blood on the rails. Holmes appears and confirms Watson's suspicions: West was killed in another location and placed on the roof of a train, only to fall down elsewhere. They confront West's former future brother- in-law , Joe Harrison, who admits he stole the memory stick from drunk West. After he noticed the loss, he asked for it back. In the following argument, however, there were fistfights and West fell unhappy. In a panic, Harrison disposed of the body on a passing train. After his confession, he hands the memory stick to Holmes.
After apparently all cases are resolved, Watson visits his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Holmes arranges a meeting with Moriarty in the indoor swimming pool in which Carl Powers was also killed. Holmes suspects that the riddles were intended to prevent him from getting the explosive memory stick back. When he arrives at the meeting point, John unexpectedly meets him. Like the previous hostages, he also wears a bomb vest and repeats the words given to him. He is threatened by snipers . Finally, Moriarty appears in person. It's Molly Hooper's alleged boyfriend, Jim. He explains that the purpose of the riddle was not to get hold of the memory stick, which he had in the meantime and thrown into the pool without further ado, rather he wanted to demonstrate his power to Holmes. He threatens that he will not only kill Holmes should he ever interfere in his affairs again. Moriarty leaves the place and the snipers seemingly move away. Holmes frees his friend from the bomb vest and throws it away. Shortly thereafter, however, Moriarty reappears and announces that he has decided not to let them continue. Again they are threatened by snipers. Holmes responds by aiming his pistol at the explosive explosives vest that is now in Moriarty's vicinity. The episode ends with this cliffhanger .
Canon references
- Out of boredom, Sherlock shoots a smiley face into the wall. In The Musgrave Ritual , Watson tells how Holmes did something similar with the initials VR .
- Sherlock disagrees with John's reports on his blog. The conversation resembles one in The Mark of Four , while the content of the blog post references Watson's observations on Holmes' general knowledge in A Study in Scarlet .
- Mycroft asks Sherlock to find a memory stick with the Bruce Partington program on it , referring to The Bruce Partington Plans . The solution to the case (the betrothed brother as the perpetrator) is borrowed from The Fleet Contract.
- Sherlock receives a letter written on paper from Bohemia , alluding to a scandal in Bohemia .
- Sherlock compares Moriarty's warning to the way old secret societies sent orange pits , for example .
- Sherlock uses the Baker Street Special Forces to gather information from some homeless people, like Holmes from some street boys .
Publications
The episode, along with the other two from Season One, has been released on both DVD and Blu-ray Disc . In addition, they contain an audio commentary on this episode by Benedict Cumberbatch , Martin Freeman and Mark Gatiss .
Web links
- Sherlock - The Great Game in the Internet Movie Database (English)