A Sherlock Movie Can Cover 1 Story The Show Completely Forgot About

Summary A Sherlock movie could explore Holmes' "death" years in Serbia and answer how he faked his death.

The show's decline after season 4 leaves little interest in a potential season 5, making a movie the best choice.

Sherlock's final season's disappointing ending could be rectified by focusing on this neglected storyline.

If a Sherlock movie finally happens, its best option is to cover one story that the BBC series completely forgot about, through which it can solve some of the show’s biggest mysteries. The Great Detective has been the inspiration for many movies, TV shows, and more for decades, and many adaptations of him and his cases have been given a modern twist. One of the most popular and successful modern adaptations of Sherlock Holmes was the BBC’s TV series Sherlock, created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the famous detective.

Sherlock brought the detective, John Watson (Martin Freeman), and other notable characters from Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories to modern-day London. As such, it adapted the detective’s cases to modern technology and social issues, and though it started strong, Sherlock’s decline began after his fake death in “The Reichenbach Fall”. Unfortunately, Sherlock’s final season was disappointing, and though there have been talks about a fifth season, it seems unlikely to happen. Now, Mark Gattis has expressed interest in a Sherlock movie, and its best story is one the show forgot about.

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A Sherlock Movie Can Explore Holmes’ Years During His Fake Death

Sherlock Didn’t Go Into What Holmes Did During His “Death” Years

Before Holmes returned to London and reunited with John, “The Empty Hearse” showed him in Serbia, where he was being tortured by unknown people.

One of the most important stories in Sherlock Holmes’ history is “The Final Problem”, in which Holmes’ nemesis, Professor Moriarty, confronts the detective, resulting in their deaths at the Reichenbach Falls. Sherlock adapted this story in its season 2 finale, appropriately titled “The Reichenbach Fall”, in which Moriarty (Andrew Scott) tried to discredit Holmes and push him to kill himself. However, right at the end of the episode, it was revealed that Holmes was alive, but he didn’t return until season 3’s premiere episode, “The Empty Hearse”.

Arthur Conan Doyle planned for “The Final Problem” to be the final Sherlock Holmes story, but after pressure from fans to bring the detective back, he did so in “The Adventure of the Empty House”.

Before Holmes returned to London and reunited with John, “The Empty Hearse” showed him in Serbia, where he was being tortured by unknown people. Sherlock was “rescued” by his brother, Mycroft (Gatiss), who told him a massive attack was about to happen in London, so he had to return. As Sherlock had been cleared of all the accusations against him made up by Moriarty, he was free to return to his normal life, but the series didn’t explain why he was in Serbia and why he was captured, nor did it show what else Holmes did during those two years.

The mess of Sherlock season 4 left the audience with no interest in what could have come next for Holmes and John, and retconning season 4 or its worst elements, as was Eurus Holmes, in a movie would be too tricky and risky. The best option for a Sherlock movie would be exploring what Sherlock did during his “death” years and the people he met during that time.

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A Sherlock Movie Can Finally Answer How Holmes Faked His Death In “The Reichenbach Fall”

Sherlock’s Biggest Unanswered Question Is How He Faked His Death

Different possible explanations were given in “The Empty Hearse” by Anderson and his people, but none of them turned out to be correct.

The biggest unanswered question left by Sherlock is how the detective faked his death. Different possible explanations were given in “The Empty Hearse” by Anderson and his people, but none of them turned out to be correct. Sherlock himself gave Anderson a detailed explanation, but the latter found flaws in it and, when he turned to question Sherlock, he was gone, so it’s unknown if the detective was truly there or if Anderson hallucinated the conversation.

A Sherlock movie covering his “death” years can finally give an official answer to how Holmes faked his death before exploring where he went after that and what he did. As Gatiss explained, the challenge with a Sherlock movie would be bringing the cast together as they are all busy, but if the project finally happens, it already has its best story.