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The Worst Episodes of Sherlock Holmes

Every episode of Sherlock Holmes ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Sherlock Holmes!

Worst episode
S4E4 Wisteria Lodge
6.611 votes
Best episode
S2E5 The Red-Headed League
8.41,410 votes
Top season
Season 2
8.2avg
Binge time
1d 13h
41 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Sherlock Holmes Season 4 Episode 4 - Wisteria Lodge
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    S4:E4

    A bored Holmes eagerly accepts a case involving the disappearance of an amateur Spanish cartographer as well as his servants from his rented country lodge.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Sherlock Holmes Season 7 Episode 5 - The Mazarin Stone
    6.6/10(9 votes)

    S7:E5

    The Mazarin Stone, a famous jewel, acts as a magnet for crime. Holmes investigates the latest and perhaps most curious episode in its adventures.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Sherlock Holmes Season 7 Episode 1 - The Three Gables
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    S7:E1

    A dead young man's affair with a beautiful widow brings odd, dangerous events to his grandmother's house.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Sherlock Holmes Season 4 Episode 1 - The Sign of Four
    6.5/10(6 votes)

    S4:E1

    A woman receives one large and valuable pearl anonymously every year. When an invitation arrives to meet the mysterious pearl-giver, she seeks Holmes's advice.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Sherlock Holmes Season 5 Episode 1 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
    7.2/10(9 votes)

    S5:E1

    Watson, on holiday in the Lake District, meets the enigmatic Lady Frances Carfax, who is being haunted by the ghost of a horseman.

    Director:John Madden
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Sherlock Holmes Season 3 Episode 6 - The Man with the Twisted Lip
    7.1/10(7 votes)

    S3:E6

    A respectable man is seen in an opiun den by his wife; that evening, he disappears.

    Director:Patrick Lau
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Sherlock Holmes Season 5 Episode 6 - The Creeping Man
    7.1/10(7 votes)

    S5:E6

    A woman is terrified by the mysterious creature seen at night at her second-storey window, and urges her fiancé to consult Sherlock Holmes.

    Director:Tim Sullivan
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Sherlock Holmes Season 6 Episode 2 - The Last Vampyre
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S6:E2

    Holmes investigates a killing which has all the hallmarks of a vampire.

    Director:Tim Sullivan
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Sherlock Holmes Season 3 Episode 5 - The Abbey Grange
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    S3:E5

    Holmes is called in to investigate a murder, but on Holmes's arrival the case seems to have been solved.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Sherlock Holmes Season 7 Episode 3 - The Golden Pince-Nez
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    S7:E3

    Sherlock Holmes and his brother Mycroft investigate the murder of a man found clutching a pince-nez.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Sherlock Holmes Season 7 Episode 4 - The Red Circle
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    S7:E4

    A nervous landlady brings a mysterious tenant to Holmes' attention.

    Director:Sarah Hellings
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Sherlock Holmes Season 3 Episode 2 - The Priory School
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    S3:E2

    A man seeks Holmes's help when his son is kidnapped from school.

    Director:John Madden
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Sherlock Holmes Season 6 Episode 3 - The Eligible Bachelor
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S6:E3

    After a woman vanishes without trace on her wedding day, Holmes starts suffering from nightmares, which he sees as a factor in the mystery.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Sherlock Holmes Season 7 Episode 6 - The Cardboard Box
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    S7:E6

    After her sister's disappearance, a woman receives an alarming present in a cardboard box.

    Director:Sarah Hellings
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Sherlock Holmes Season 6 Episode 1 - The Master Blackmailer
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    S6:E1

    Holmes and Watson attempt to thwart the schemes of an infamous blackmailer.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Sherlock Holmes Season 4 Episode 2 - The Devil's Foot
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    S4:E2

    After an illness, Holmes reluctantly takes a holiday with Watson for company and ends up investigating an unexplained tragedy that occurred to three siblings after a quiet evening at home playing cards.

    Director:Ken Hannam
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 5 - The Crooked Man
    7.8/10(1455 votes)

    S1:E5

    After a fierce marital argument, a man is found dead next to his unconscious wife in a locked room with no key and with curious animal tracks outside the window.

    Director:Alan Grint
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 3 - The Naval Treaty
    7.8/10(1493 votes)

    S1:E3

    Holmes is approached by a young Foreign Office employee to recover a stolen document before it can cause an international scandal and ruin his career.

    Director:Alan Grint
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 1 - A Scandal in Bohemia
    7.8/10(1903 votes)

    S1:E1

    Holmes is tasked with getting back a compromising photograph that might ruin a very important marriage.

    Director:Paul Annett
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Sherlock Holmes Season 3 Episode 4 - The Musgrave Ritual
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    S3:E4

    An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the mystery.

    Director:David Carson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Sherlock Holmes Season 5 Episode 2 - The Problem of Thor Bridge
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    S5:E2

    The wife of a gold-mining millionaire is found shot dead. When the children's governess is charged with the crime, Holmes is asked to clear her name.

    Director:Michael A. Simpson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Sherlock Holmes Season 5 Episode 4 - The Boscombe Valley Mystery
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    S5:E4

    A woman sends for Holmes after her son is charged with the murder of his father.

    Director:June Howson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Sherlock Holmes Season 3 Episode 1 - The Empty House
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    S3:E1

    Three years on from the tragedy at the Reichenbach Falls, Watson wrestles with a murder case under his own steam.

    Director:Howard Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Sherlock Holmes Season 3 Episode 7 - The Six Napoleons
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    S3:E7

    Holmes is curious about a series of attacks arround London on figures of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

    Director:David Carson
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Sherlock Holmes Season 7 Episode 2 - The Dying Detective
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    S7:E2

    A woman fears for her husband's life, who has recently started to take opium, and suspects his cousin is behind it.

    Director:Sarah Hellings
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Wisteria Lodge" is the worst rated episode of Sherlock Holmes. It scored 6.6/10 from 11 votes. Directed by Peter Hammond and written by Unknown, it aired on April 20, 1988.

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