#Sherlock season 2 episode 3 soundtrack serial

Far later in the episode, itвЂ™s suggested that SherlockвЂ™s version of вЂњFaithвЂќ had been just a projection brought on by loneliness and drugs - and when the truth finally comes out in the closing scene, we learn that вЂњFaithвЂќ was actually his evil sister Euros (!) in disguise. When he imagines a late-night visit from CulvertonвЂ™s daughter, Faith, bringing him the case of her father, he projects onto her all the traits we later learn are meant as references to his own suicidal tendencies: the marks on her arms indicating self-harm, the careless wandering into the rain without a coat, the handgun sheвЂ™s carrying on her person. We internalize all this knowledge throughout the episode, and realize weвЂ™ve never seen Sherlock this low before. The man certainly seems suicidal enough to beg for drug-induced death at the hands of a killer, as he winds up doing after heвЂ™s hospitalized for injuries sustained by lunging at Culverton and being subdued by Watson himself. When heвЂ™s examined by Molly midway through the episode, she concludes he could die in a manner of weeks if he keeps up his current habits.

#Sherlock season 2 episode 3 soundtrack serial

In this new version, Sherlock really is sick: HeвЂ™s back to using again in the wake of MaryвЂ™s death, on a bender that seems to have gone unchecked for weeks by the time heвЂ™s accusing Culverton of being a serial killer (on Twitter!). There is, however, one key difference that may be too much for some Sherlockians to bear. To catch him making a recorded confession, Sherlock has to put himself in harmвЂ™s way, while baiting WatsonвЂ™s conscience enough that his friend will bail him out at the last minute, despite the fact that a still-grieving Watson has sworn off all contact with the man he holds responsible for his wifeвЂ™s tragic death. вЂњThe Lying DetectiveвЂќ tracks very closely with this version of events: It, too, has a dastardly villain named Culverton Smith, a wealthy playboy (played with slimy malevolence by Toby Jones) who is a dangerous serial killer capable of hiding in plain sight, thanks to the hospital he built with secret passageways so he can murder his victims H. Essentially, he uses his only companion as another prop to be wielded in the service of his brilliant deductions. The ruse only works if Holmes can prevent Watson from examining him, and so the detective behaves in a manner any Sherlock fan will recognize: He deceives with outright lies, roping his blameless sidekick into a dangerous murder mystery. In Sir Arthur Conan DoyleвЂ™s 1913 story вЂњ The Adventure of the Dying Detective,вЂќ Sherlock Holmes pretends to be deathly ill in order to trick a man named Culverton Smith into confessing to a murder. Photo: Colin Hutton/Hartswood Films/Masterpiece Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock, Martin Freeman as Watson.