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The Best Episodes of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2

Every episode of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2!

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An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 3 - Cell 13
    7.5/10(93 votes)

    S2:E3

    Professor Van Dusen, the 'Thinking Machine', boasts that he can think his way out of a prison cell. When he is locked up he is given the chance to prove that he can escape by the power of his mind alone.

    Director:Reginald Collin
    Writer:Jacques Futrelle

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  2. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 7 - The Superfluous Finger
    7.3/10(75 votes)

    S2:E7

    Professor Van Dusen must find out why a young woman had a perfectly healthy finger cut off by the eminent surgeon Prescott.

    Director:Derek Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 9 - The Moabite Cypher
    7.2/10(67 votes)

    S2:E9

    Dr Thorndyke has to decypher a code to stop a plot to assassinate a Russian Grand Duke.

    Director:Reginald Collin
    Writer:Reginald Collin

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  4. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 13 - The Mystery of the Amber Beads
    7.2/10(61 votes)

    S2:E13

    Hagar the Gypsy sets out to prove that Detective Sergeat Grubber is wrong about who killed Mrs Arryford.

    Director:Don Leaver
    Writer:Owen Holder

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  5. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 4 - The Secret of the Manifique
    7.1/10(75 votes)

    S2:E4

    Laxworthy and two friends secure the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French navy.

    Director:Derek Bennett
    Writer:Gerald Kelsey

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  6. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 10 - The Secret of the Foxhunter
    6.9/10(69 votes)

    S2:E10

    William Drew of the foreign Office investigates an unusual crime.

    Director:Graham Evans
    Writers:Gerald Kelsey, William Le Queux

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  7. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 12 - The Looting of the Species Room
    6.9/10(61 votes)

    S2:E12

    Gold disappears from the strongroom of the RMS Oceanic and its purser, Mr Horrocks, tries to discover what has happened.

    Director:Jonathan Alwyn
    Writer:Ian Kennedy Martin

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  8. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 1 - The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway
    6.8/10(86 votes)

    S2:E1

    Polly Burton assists in soving the case of a grl found dead on a seat of an underground train.

    Director:Graham Evans
    Writers:Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Alan Cooke

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  9. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 2 - Five Hundred Carats
    6.8/10(79 votes)

    S2:E2

    Inspecor Lipinski investigates the theft of a 500 carat diamond.

    Director:Jonathan Alwyn
    Writer:George Griffith

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  10. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 6 - The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist
    6.8/10(80 votes)

    S2:E6

    Lieutenant Holst of Copenhagen has to help a Russian countess who claims her brother-in-law aims to kill her.

    Director:Jonathan Alwyn
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 8 - Anonymous Letters
    6.8/10(70 votes)

    S2:E8

    In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Dagobert Trostler investigates a poison pen case.

    Director:Dennis Vance
    Writer:Anthony Steven

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  12. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 5 - The Absent-Minded Coterie
    6.3/10(71 votes)

    S2:E5

    Valmont has to help break a ring of counterfeiters.

    Director:Peter Duguid
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 2 Episode 11 - The Missing Q.C's
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E11

    Charles Dallas is led into a strange and sinister adventure in the aftermath of a sensational murder trial.

    Director:Jonathan Alwyn
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Cell 13" is the best rated episode of "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 93 votes. Directed by Reginald Collin and written by Jacques Futrelle, it aired on 2/12/1973. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Superfluous Finger".