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"The Return of Sherlock Holmes" The Devil's Foot (1988)
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Arthur Conan Doyle (short story "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" from volume "His Last Bow")John Hawkesworth (developer)
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"The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (1986)Original Air Date:
6 huhtikuu 1988 (Season 2, Episode 1)Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Episode Complete credited cast) | Jeremy Brett | ... | Sherlock Holmes |
| Edward Hardwicke | ... | Dr Watson |
| Denis Quilley | ... | Dr Leon Sterndale |
| Damien Thomas | ... | Mortimer Tregennis |
| Michael Aitkens | ... | Reverend Roundhay |
| Freda Dowie | ... | Mrs Porter |
| Norman Bowler | ... | Owen Tregennis |
| Peter Shaw | ... | George Tregennis |
| Christine Collins | ... | Brenda Tregennis |
| John Saunders | ... | Dr Richards |
| Frank Moorey | ... | Police Inspector |
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[first lines]Dr Watson: Almost there.
Sherlock Holmes: What does a Harley Street specialist know about my health?
Dr Watson: Listen, Holmes, Dr Moore Agar insists you have a complete rest if you wish to avoid an absolute breakdown. The sea air will do you the world of good.
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These Granada Holmes deals are hit and miss because of the way the creative teams were assigned. This is one of the bad ones, beyond remarking.
There are two mildly interesting things about the episode.
One is the continuing oscillation between supernatural forces and the mechanical logic of life that was popular in Victorian England. These forces pull extremes, even today. This version of the story plays that down. From the very first you know we are dealing with a powdered drug. From the very first you know who did it and why.
The other interesting thing is a continuing issue in film. How do you deal with distortions of reality, like dreams and hallucinations? There seems to be a sort of hack vocabulary for this that TeeVee imposes: some wavy images, threatening situations, blood from skin, short, confusing exposures, jittery camera.
Its done here in the clumsiest of ways. Five years later a more maddened Brett would be in "The Last Vampyre" that was equally bad as a Holmes, but much better in the hallucination department.
Oh and accompanying music that seems to come from only one source. This, my friends is why there will never be a decent Holmes produced for TeeVee. Whenever these choices have to be made, the TeeVee vocabulary is just too hackneyed and ordinary.
Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.