![]() The investigation into this mysterious drug mirrors Holmes’ own drug use. Paget illustrated some of the grisly murders by this drug in the original story. Holmes investigates some strange murders, finding several dead people contorted and frozen in fear, possibly drugged. It’s something Holmes could solve easily, I have no doubt about that, but the real interest is in some of the imagery and detail put into the plot. ![]() ![]() There, he gets wrapped up in a local crime, and undergoes a philosophical change all at the same time. He gets more serious later on.įurther, Sherlock Holmes is depressed again, as in The Musgrave Ritual, and needs a holiday. For example, his costume is very comedic, as he wraps his scarf around his bowler hat, making him look like a teapot. Personally, I think Brett took a jovial and light approach to the beginning of the story, and adds touches of his own to many of the scenes. In any case, the outcome was a creative story. In this episode, there are a lot of changes from the canon, but this time Jeremy Brett was not an opponent to them, he was their instigator.Īs reported by several of the cast, Brett was exuberant and lively during filming, but many have remarked on his mood swings, so this may have been one of them. ![]() Jeremy Brett’s run in The Return of Sherlock Holmes is underrated, and there are so many good episodes, like The Devil’s Foot, filmed in 1988. ![]()
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