Nothing is meant to be as it seems, and when it does, then better take another look. Written by Gatiss, "Hearse" is a brilliant flight of farcical lunacy - a hall of mirrors designed to confound not only befuddled Watson and Anderson - but you. ![]() Few believe Anderson - including Watson, who's just trying to move on from the "tragedy" - but his obsession forms the puckish conceit that threads the entire episode. The episode title, "The Empty Hearse," refers to a blog created by one Philip Anderson (Jonathan Aris), a New Scotland Yard forensics specialist (from season one), who has gone somewhat barmy as he pursues various theories about how Sherlock not only survived his fall but faked his fall. (Maybe "finest" - a good case can be made for that, too, but let obsessed fans hash that out.) Sunday's return of the Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss-created series is a triumphant one, and should easily establish "Sherlock" among TV's finest series. (And why is Holmes rambling on about cesspools anyway? Watch.) Answers, or some, are forthcoming Sunday. Peter Farley played Holmes for the Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective video game series, BUT he appears on-screen as Holmes in introductory sequences to the video game episodes. What we don't know is how he did this, and why poor bereft Doctor John Watson (Martin Freeman) had to witness the whole bloody thing. Peter Farley, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (1991) Okay, this is a weird entrant, but I thought about it, and it does count. As all (of us) know, Holmes faked his own death at the conclusion of the second season ("The Reichenbach Fall," when Holmes apparently fell off of a hospital roof to his death.) ![]() By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy.
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