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In the second series of the widely celebrated ITV detective programme, Dr John Watson finds a mystery in an empty house, while Holmes and he later solve the mysteries of an abbey grange, the Musgrave

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Season 1

  • The Empty House
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    The Empty House

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/1986

    Believed dead after his fatal encounter with Moriarity three years ago, Holmes returns to England to foil a murder plot against him by a former Moriarity gang member.

    Director: Howard Baker

    Writer: John Hawkesworth

  • The Priory School
    7.9/101,145 votes

    The Priory School

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/1986

    The headmaster of a prestigious prep school calls on Holmes for help when the ten year old only son of powerful but publicity-shy duke disappears.

    Director: John Madden

    Writer: T.R. Bowen

  • The Second Stain
    8.1/101,167 votes

    The Second Stain

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/1986

    Holmes is asked by the country's Prime Minister to aid in the recovery of a stolen diplomatic letter, which, if published, might lead England into war.

    Director: John Bruce

    Writer: John Hawkesworth

  • The Musgrave Ritual
    8.3/101,202 votes

    The Musgrave Ritual

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/30/1986

    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: Jeremy Paul

  • The Abbey Grange
    7.9/101,150 votes

    The Abbey Grange

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/1986

    Holmes is called to a manor house to investigate the brutal murder of a country lord with a fireplace poker and reconcile the story of his bruised and battered wife with the facts.

    Director: Peter Hammond

    Writer: T.R. Bowen

  • The Man with the Twisted Lip
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    The Man with the Twisted Lip

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/1986

    Responding to a grieving wife, Holmes investigates the apparent murder of her husband in an apartment above an opium den.

    Director: Patrick Lau

    Writer: Alan Plater

  • The Six Napoleons
    8.0/101,175 votes

    The Six Napoleons

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/20/1986

    Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.

    Director: David Carson

    Writer: John Kane

  • The Devil's Foot
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    The Devil's Foot

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/1988

    While convalescing in Cornwall, a depressive Holmes investigates the apparent death from apoplexy of a local woman and the unexplained sudden dementia of her two brothers.

    Director: Ken Hannam

    Writer: Gary Hopkins

  • Silver Blaze
    9.0/101 votes

    Silver Blaze

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/1988

    Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.

    Director: Brian Mills

    Writer: John Hawkesworth

  • Wisteria Lodge
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    Wisteria Lodge

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/20/1988

    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: Jeremy Paul

  • The Bruce Partington Plans
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    The Bruce Partington Plans

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/27/1988

    Sherlock's brother Mycroft enlists his younger sibling to locate missing patent plans that pertain to a strategically critical state-of-the-art submarine.

    Director: John Gorrie

    Writer: John Hawkesworth

  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
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    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/4/1988

    Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on Dartmoor, with his face contorted in terror and the footprints of a huge dog near his body. On arrival in England, Sir Charles's American heir, now Sir Henry Baskerville, engages Holmes to come to Devon and get to the bottom of the age-old legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles - a phantom which kills.From the outset, Holmes is convinced there is a human murderer at work and he lays a deep plan to foil him.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Sign of Four
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    The Sign of Four

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/11/1988

    For years after her father's disappearance, the beautiful Miss Mary Morstan receives anonymously every year one large and valuable pearl. When, finally, an invitation arrives to meet the mysterious pearl-giver, Mary Morstan seeks Holmes's advice, and he begins to unravel some remarkable clues, including a poison dart and a man with a wooden leg. What Holmes finds is an old soldier who is determined to punish those who betrayed him and his friends by stealing their oriental treasure.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown