The Second Stain - Part 3 of 6 (Sherlock Holmes)

[@CocoOPNY]

Every detail of every scene with Jeremy Brett is purposeful, brilliant and either poignant or hilarious. Absolute genius. XOXOXO

[@Southenisland]

The scene where the paper catches fire is hilarious. I love these little touches XD~

[@vrushalibedekar4014]

Lestrade, according to Holmes is buzzing around like a bluebottle 😂😂😂😂lol

[@minarima]

'It is a capital punishment to theorise in advance of the facts!'... Awesome :)

[@ShadowStar12]

6:12 he just threw the match away and the papers caught on fire! LOL! I love this!

[@scottdavis0801]

Nothing is ever better than the book! I love Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. These stories are shot brilliantly.

[@drummerhere]

Not as good as the book? This is incredible!

[@beernd4822]

The books were not very good, they were rather boring. But an old rule of thumb says: the worse the book the better the movie. And this series is great, the acting, the costumes, the setting, well, the lot is a superb bit of cinema. IMHO

[@oldsreo]

Jeremy Brett has Holmes down pat. All the tics and Eccenticities. And Edward Hardwicke is the Perfect watson. I always hated the bumbling characters they had in the early stuff. He was a bad ass who served in the Army.

[@Mosflow]

he just flicked the match away. lol thats what he gets for being careless. lol love that scene

[@debraladams9140]

Love hearing Big Ben chime!

[@natesmith6924]

12 bells - I counted them as they rang out.

[@WhenJacksAttack]

Has anyone else ever looked at Jeremy Brett and realized that even without trying, he's THE perfect Severus Snape? He puts Alan Rickman to shame, and he wasn't even in the movies!

[@ambeckerful]

Both are sexy AF! Yes, he would be perfect as Snape. Though I wouldn't know who Alan Rickman is if not for his role as Snape (my fave character in the HP movies)! R.I.P Jeremy and Alan.

[@vikramra7]

Easiest way for Holmes to solve the mystery is by the theorising the exact opposite of what Lestrade find out.

[@giorgikvatchadze4928]

0:59 "It is a capital mistake to theorize in advance of the facts"!

[@gladwren]

Love how he opens the letter @3:42 with a flap as if it's a dish cloth. Ha!

[@Boskov01]

"Should I bring this to a successful conclusion, it will certainly represent the crowning glory of my career." (Papers catch on fire) "HOLMES!!!" Certainly not the crowning moment of his career.

[@walleye364]

Was the paper going up in flames a symbolic gesture of how his crowning achievement could end up destroying his career?

[@mjarail]

Don't you just love how Holmes and Watson yank Lestrade's chain?

[@prolifeprincess]

Oh man......The fire part.....LOL! :D

[@TheKulu42]

Thanks. And you make an excellent point as well. If Lady Hilda was having an affair, it was for the thrill of it. I think you're right about her loving intrigue; she was dramatic again when Holmes confronted her. Oh, I reread the original story and learned that Lucas had a spy in the foreign office-he learned of the letter that way. Scholars speculate that Holmes dealt with this spy. And that prime minister suspected Lady Hilda and sacked her hubby later.

[@Fuki3000]

LOL, paper on fire~! "HOLMES!" D: "GAWD!" D:

[@steemdup]

Good Lord, I cannot believe Sherlock just threw the lit match aside. lolol! Gentlemen never referred to each other by first names - does anyone know why? Was it considered too familiar, or was it just not proper during that era?

[@73bettie]

steemdup only very good adult friends of the same gender might use christian names. But not using first names did not mean you could not be close friends. And chances of them using first names in public were even less.

[@allyndeimos]

what does lestrade have against french? 'probably screaming at her, being french.' and poor mrs. hudson... 'BREAKFAST mr. holmes' (exchanging paper for breakfast). and he just takes it back XDXD.

[@TheKulu42]

Some Holmes scholars believe that her ladyship was having an affair with Lucas--something much more damaging than an old love letter. Of course, my question is this: If so few knew about the letter's existence, how did this spy Lucas know about it, and that a woman fit for blackmail would have access to it?

[@RukiaSaixPuppy]

@Shangas Especially since his method of dousing the fire is with more paper. lol

[@SV2609]

Face of Holmes between 9:48 to 9:50 - absolute shock!!

[@TheKulu42]

Good Grief! I didn't think of that. Europe really was 'an armed camp' at that time, and it wouldn't take much to push the proverbial button.

[@jenk5721]

6:10, holmes you pyro! LOL

[@Poirottvfan]

6:11 Holmes, in his flourishing style of hand gestures flings the match used to light his pipe then promptly sets about to almost burn down his flat -- very funny touch! I was starting to think that Holmes's style of gesturing especially when he wanted to signal that he was finished his 'interview' with a client was rude and dismissive -- but perhaps that's an actor's interpretation or slightly exaggerated form of non-verbal cues more for the benefit of the viewer/audience.

[@tuppybrill4915]

I thought he was a bit careless with that match

[@Mimi2591]

4:30 I would almost say that Holmes is suffering at that moment listening to Watson.

[@Youking22ify]

its awsome

[@mfjdv2020]

good point zutal0rs, but wouldn't the British Government pay Lestrade's expenses? And i also wonder if Holmes and Watson are that well off if they live in such unpretentious digs.

[@greyforge27]

Lestrade is such a troll

[@TheKulu42]

Really? I'll have to check that out. Thanks.

[@mfjdv2020]

at 3.03: is that the good old gas works in the background?

[@angelicak887]

They tried so hard to swerve Lestrade.

[@allyndeimos]

@Songsmirth ah. thanks for the info

[@numo97]

Lol fail new series what's it called