NR, 8 min.
Creators: Mark Gatiss,
Steven Moffat
Writers: Mark Gatiss, Steven
Moffat
Starring: Benedict
Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves, Jonathan Aris
“Sherlock” season 3 made its
British premiere New Year’s Day to the highest ratings the series has ever
pulled. It doesn’t premiere here in the States until January 19, but a couple
of days before its British premiere this webisode hit the internet as a teaser
for the whole world.
“Many Happy Returns” is an 8-minute
short that doesn’t have much of a story, but will certainly help build the
anticipation of the series’ return for die-hard fans. During the final episode
of season 2, “The Reichenbach Fall” Sherlock faked his own death to finally
defeat his nemesis Moriarty. Here we see three aspects of that aftermath. First
is a conversation between Director Inspector Lestrade and the former coroner,
Anderson. Anderson has lost his job because of his obsession with investigating
Sherlock sightings all over the globe. While Anderson is convinced Sherlock is
alive, Lestrade is not. The second are the Sherlock sightings themselves, where
the master detective is seen in silhouette solving cases for other
investigators who take the credit. The third is a videotape of Sherlock viewed
by John Watson on Watson’s birthday. John has not handled Sherlock’s death well,
having become bitter about losing his companion.
I don’t think there’s a
person in the world who actually believes that Sherlock Holmes has been killed
off on a show titled “Sherlock”. And, anyone who knows the mythology behind
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes adventures is probably aware of the case
where he faked his own death. So in the end, this webisode really doesn’t serve
any dramatic purpose in the story of this modern telling of Sherlock’s
adventures with Watson, but it does serve as a nice teaser for those highly
anticipating the series’ return in a few weeks. So, don’t forget to set your
DVRs on PBS for January 19.
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