An number of busts featuring the likeness of Napoleon are being broken and when latest one turns up with a dead body, Sherlock Holmes brings his skills to the matter.
The Six Napoleons features Jeremy Brett's Holmes at his most imperial best as goes through the evidence. While Lestrade (Colin Jeavons) has made up his mind about the case Holmes is always thinking outside the box. The case is presented as rather bizarre crime yet when it is resolved it has all too human motives. When Holmes explains the crime and it's background in full detail there is a touching moment when Lestrade tells Holmes of the pride that Holmes invokes at Scotland Yard.
The episode features 2 guest appearances of note. British comic great Eric Sykes plays a newspaper reporter whose home happens to the site of the murder, Sykes gives a great performance as a newsman unable to write the story of his life because he is afraid of reprisals. A pre Star Trek-The Next Generation Marina Sirtis makes a impression even though her character speaks only in Italian.
The Six Napoleons is one of the best episodes of Jeremy Brett's take on the role of Sherlock Holmes.
The Six Napoleons features Jeremy Brett's Holmes at his most imperial best as goes through the evidence. While Lestrade (Colin Jeavons) has made up his mind about the case Holmes is always thinking outside the box. The case is presented as rather bizarre crime yet when it is resolved it has all too human motives. When Holmes explains the crime and it's background in full detail there is a touching moment when Lestrade tells Holmes of the pride that Holmes invokes at Scotland Yard.
The episode features 2 guest appearances of note. British comic great Eric Sykes plays a newspaper reporter whose home happens to the site of the murder, Sykes gives a great performance as a newsman unable to write the story of his life because he is afraid of reprisals. A pre Star Trek-The Next Generation Marina Sirtis makes a impression even though her character speaks only in Italian.
The Six Napoleons is one of the best episodes of Jeremy Brett's take on the role of Sherlock Holmes.