Holmes is high...

[@JettoTanku]

1:35 looks like he glanced over at the filming crew and saw them laughing their heads off. Lol!

[@VanTrollenheim]

I love how Musgrave is just totally unaffected by Holmes's laughter. He must be used to Holmes acting weird.

[@meissnerflux]

joeyjojos he knows when the good Holmes is in the sweet embrace of the poppy :-D

[@Albukhshi]

@@meissnerflux Cocaine, in this case...

[@regnbuefarvet]

@@Albukhshi How do you know? :D

[@Albukhshi]

@@regnbuefarvet Because Holmes loves his Cocaine. It's canon :P

[@pisces2569]

Well Musgrave and Holmes were friends in college. He probably seen all sorts of weird behavior from Holmes

[@andrekhamasmie8635]

Imagine how difficult it must be to play such a contagious hysterical laughter. It's the champions league of acting.

[@zackarydoesgacha9510]

0:25 I feel bad for Watson he was gonna do something sneaky and his drug use just made him too sad to do anything

[@JoshCoyour]

I can't help laughing or smiling whenever Jeremy does XD.

[@jamesedgewood4643]

The way Watson says 'astonishing' while staring at Holmes he's clearing thinking.....'you're high as a kite.'

[@sgt406pd]

Miss them both, I can watch Jeremy and Edward play Holmes and Watson over and over.

[@johngellard1187]

Definitive.

[@rajeshbargotra4743]

Me too...i could watch them more than a million times, perhaps ❤

[@thesanantoniokid]

0:09 - Poor Watson..."Aha! I will sneak sneakily up and surprise him!...oh bugger, cocaine..." At least Holmes is having a good time.

[@luna_ainsworth]

I love how Musgrave and Watson tried so hard not to laugh at 1:37

[@SherlockHolmesFan_JB]

His laugh is so contagious 😂

[@DDX1944]

He just haves the most beautiful, loveliest, and contagious laugh evar! I LOVE JEREMY BRETT!

[@coralroper6876]

He has an interesting laugh, Jeremy Brett.

[@HipsterYoda]

Yes, yes he does, but a good one none the less.

[@CSK513]

I love it

[@skyharpy4623]

He could make the.... Don't say it Joker

[@MetallicAGirl14]

SkyHarpy nah he’s was too attractive for that more of a James Bond

[@coralroper6876]

@Fahjah Fajitas The man is a legend.

[@knottreel]

This scene is hilarious. When I first saw it I wasn't paying attention to the needle, so when Holmes broke out laughing at Muskgrave it was even more funny.

[@LucyAndHerStuff]

Omg me exactly I just didnt understand why he was having such a good time 😭🤣🤣

[@melissabarrett9750]

I adore his outbursts of laughter... Every time, I join him in laughing with a huge smile on my face.

[@Aannan]

Haha! Holmes is so adorable with his blanket and his giggling and his eyes lingering on the butler... :)

[@franciscasusilawatirimbaja2960]

Totally agree with this. LMAO 😂

[@Ella-gj7vr]

🏳️‍🌈

[@shadetreader]

I, too, gayzed at the butler while enveloped in a blanket

[@DernWraithslayer]

Apparently it gets cut sometimes when aired on TV - probably in an attempt not to expose the kiddies to drug abuse and whatnot. So many viewers were quite understandably confused at Holmes suddenly going all...well, bonkers.

[@SH-zh8eh]

Yes, as a child when I watched this I had never known that sherlock was a drug abuser.

[@ghada6763]

The silent giggling though 1:17 - 1:20 😅

[@foxcaty]

Sherlock and his blankie =

[@jonnnyren6245]

foxcaty More like SHEET but that doesn't make a difference. He's high...

[@adventureswithaurora]

“I'm in shock. Look, I have a blanket!” - Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes

[@gypsycyn]

One of the best moments in this Sherlock series! hilarious!

[@harrysecombegroupie]

Go home Shezza, you're munted.

[@waltzingwendigo]

I literally lol'd when he started to lol

[@meissnerflux]

waltzingwendigo haha me too

[@eckoalbino1623]

There is something of a comforting, comic energy when he does that. It's so infectious that once he starts laughing, you just can't help it. Laughter is the best medicine after all

[@crispus.corvus]

THE ORIGINS OF THE PICCOLO HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@changingowl10]

To stimulate his mind in between cases. Since his mind rebels against the dullness of it all.

[@rhythmicginger]

Some great moments indicating Brett would have made a perfect radio Joker...

[@marysylvie2012]

The costumes were splendid in this series.

[@HipsterYoda]

Good old Jeremy!

[@MetallicAGirl14]

It looks like they all tried to stop laughing at 1:33

[@morlokkurak4763]

Oh my. That seven percent solution.

[@lustyrevelwenches]

Ahahaha, this always makes me crack up endlessly. Adore Jeremy Brett. & I love Watson beginning to laugh, it feels so genuine.

[@melissabarrett9750]

I hope he wasn't acting but was genuinely amused.

[@thelouisfanclub]

Lol I know exactly how Watson feels in this scene, where you have to be like "Oh Holmes.. he's such a.. crazy guy.. always laughin.. finds such joy in all aspects of life.. not on drugs.. or anything like that.. "

[@adventureswithaurora]

🤣🤣🤣

[@albinoenricojosiah5495]

The Laughing Detective

[@Lava91point0]

The way Watson looks at him and leaves him to it lol

[@janeyrevanescence12]

"He's as high as the sky on the 4th of July..."

[@JulsLittleBeirutAnarchy]

He’s British so, 4th of July is just a ordinary day.

[@phantom.lover0527]

John's *behave* look at 1:13

[@principalityofdehong22]

“I remember on my last visit he spent several hours explaining to me in French....[starts laughing]...the origins of the piccolo!” XD

[@elenad3010]

The titles writing "the oxygens of a pickle" cracked me up even more 😭

[@FraxinusDipetala]

What a great scene. He was flying high as a kite...

[@silvia7597]

I love it! I laugh my head off each time I watch this scene!

[@prolifeprincess]

I love that little giggle at 1:38 !!!

[@likinitlikinit]

Watson is such a good husband

[@JaneFrieman]

I love your answer! Yes Watson is indeed a very supporting husband in this bromance.

[@LucyAndHerStuff]

Exactly omg they're so married 😭💖💖

[@jjj7790]

It is incredibly difficult to pay attention to anyone else in the scene.

[@artintheblood]

Exactly. I was only paying attention to Holmes.

[@HuntingViolets]

@SnapeAngel From "The Sign of Four" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (the second Holmes novel): "Which is it to-day," I asked, "morphine or cocaine?" He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened. "It is cocaine," he said, "a seven-per-cent solution. Would you care to try it?"

[@Kythos]

A scene seen in the first episode, Scandal in Bohemia.

[@Darkdog]

This is brilliant! The bloody hell with drugs! Now, his laughter on the other hand, that! is both addictive and contagious! Ps. Holmes only uses two types of drugs, cocaine and morphine, none other.

[@TheWolfspirit22]

OMG that's my first time seeing Holmes High XD poor Watson!

[@jasonlefler3456]

Jeremy Brett is the definitive Sherlock Holmes. Why though does Watson remind me facially of Ron Burgundy?

[@ambeckerful]

This Watson is played by Edward Hardwicke. With all respect to David Burke, I think *his* Watson slightly resembles Burgundy at times.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

He's probably an ancestor!

[@changingowl10]

LOL. In the begining Watson's like: "Alright! I get to sneak a peak at Holmes' early work!" Then he sees the coke.

[@Londonrainwaters]

Aaaahhh, Watson`s so wonderfully awkward....look how he tries to override Sherl`s noticeable excessive cheerfulness!

[@smile673]

OMG is the most hilarious thing I ever watched!xDxD We miss you so much Jeremy ♥

[@samhague4213]

THAT LAUGH!! XD

[@1992KCWolf]

The boot was worn by his brother! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA XD that was just too funny! lol that never gets old

[@librarianlovesrick]

He's damn BRILLIANT!

[@nelsonx5326]

I think Holmes was a bit drunk on brandy. He got a laugh from the boot being a praised relic. Later in this scene he says, 'The boot', and starts laughing again.

[@bundle_of_penguins]

OMG, it is so funny how Edward and this other guy are trying not to laugh... XD

[@seriousm.73]

And people say Holmes never laughs.

[@KarrieDreammind5]

Omg this is hilarious! I should watch this series!

[@oswin9827]

You should! I highly recommend this for all Holmes fans :)

[@67marlins81]

+Jᴜɴɢʟɪ Mᴏɴᴋᴇʏ what episode was this?

[@oswin9827]

67marlins The Musgrave Ritual.

[@67marlins81]

Thanks, J.M.

[@67marlins81]

Thanks, J.M.

[@Londonrainwaters]

1:47 :" B-B-Brunton, b-b....." Listen to this seven times and try not to laugh....

[@fanthy]

very high yes indeed !

[@CSK513]

I really love him😹😻!

[@vmikozod]

High as a kite XD

[@changingowl10]

For some odd reason when Holmes looks at the butler weirdly, I always get the "I vant to drink your blood" sence. :D

[@malgrk]

1:26. Totally made my day! Can't stop watching this :D

[@tenhirankei]

This is what comes from "self-medicating". You never do get the dose quite right.

[@bundle_of_penguins]

Just try your very best not to laugh... for me, it's quite impossible not to show at least a glimpse of a smile... XD now I need to watch it again and laugh my heart out! XD

[@nathaliemelissa96]

Is Holmes wearing a shock blanket?? xD

[@strongadolf3794]

Cocaine constricts the veins making you feel cold, it's like the opposite of alcohol.

[@Boskov01]

@@strongadolf3794 *I know this is a year old, but still...* He was also sick at the beginning of the episode and complained that Musgrave Manor (the house) was "freezing." So the cocane surely didn't help that much.

[@beyoncealways2911]

look he’s in shock! he’s got a blanket!

[@adventureswithaurora]

@@beyoncealways2911Glad I'm not the only one who thought of this. 🤣🤣🤣

[@dr.elizabethmartin7118]

Holmes and his 7% solution - no solution at all. cheers! Love Jeremy Brett - absolutely wonderful. And also his Watson - perfection. much love....................cheers!

[@patrizialucchetti2508]

high high indeed....

[@radogost7]

@Shifterred If I remember well, the case happened years before Holmes met Watson, and the Canon story runs as H tells W how it all happened and it doesn't mention any drugs. Here it is adapted to involve both H and W, and begins with, as you say, a "stagnant" moment. Holmes quite involuntarily accepts Reginald Musgrave's repeated invitations to stay at his place, since he was bored to death. The case at Musgrave Hall appeared only after this scene, so that explains Holmes' cocaine this evening.

[@LuRawen]

Oh god! This is so hilarious! I have been working SO hard against my dead-line this week, haven't really slept/ eaten properly since monday... So you can imagine what this video does to me! XD

[@yayoineko]

I never got to see this episode, thank you for uploading it! Holmes is so darn cute!!It seems he's taken a bit too much of his solution....XD LOL

[@myla9094]

I love Jeremy Brett

[@GlassCtiy]

yup he's high

[@Mrlzman]

Cokefiends were much classier in the victorian era.

[@anushkagupta2391]

Thank God for Watson.

[@JadyLester]

Whoa, I've seen people on the bus with that same kind of barely-suppressed laughter.

[@melissabarrett9750]

I've actually burst out laughing on buses at some of my thoughts. I imagine others might have thought I was taking illicit substances, but they go against my personal values.

[@blackmoonrising8354]

2:48 oh god Holmes is so damn high, what do I do - shit I'll just keep laughing, maybe no one will notice. #shootme #getmeoutofhere #wewereonacase #thiswasonlyacase

[@totofan4ever]

Forget 7 per cent solution. It seems like Holmes had taken a 20 per dollar solution!!! I shouldn't laugh. Drugs are against my beliefs.... but this is so hilarious! Poor Watson. Such an awkward moment. XD

[@TheDamnRaven]

Looks like Holmes wants to bite the Butlers neck. *growl*

[@Comet12864]

While Holmes' laughter is funny, his drug use, and his reasons for it, aren't. He uses drugs in the times where he can't find enough mental stimulation in normal life - such as when he hasn't had a case for a long time. It's bizarre how, in knowing that context, his laughter seems both funny and sad at the same time.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

A lot of people are like that, but it is rarely discussed in the media because the hypocritical puritans would wag their useless fingers and call people like that selfish, lazy and God knows what else . Focusing on the "cure for emotional pain" narrative supposedly makes users more "sympathetic", but it neglects a large portion of both recreational users and addocts, who simply need it to relieve boredom. Also, a lot of people who need constant stimulation don't slip into that same downward spiral, because they can find it in other areas (chess, sports, music), whereas Holmes could only find it - at least to a degree that could stave off his cocaine cravings- in interesting cases alone.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Sorrty for typos...I can't be bothered to edit right now- I am too "high on Mahler" 😉

[@birchlover3377]

Brett requested that Holmes quit cocaine, when he realized so many children watch the show. Episode The Devil's Foot.

[@bdaarmy9736]

​@@Danko_Sekulic Dude, you nailed it. I think why they don't talk about it cause most people can't relate to that. They can't understand why someone could possibly become an addict just out of boredom. But it's a thing that definitely happens.

[@Cyber47508]

Woah! At 2:41 he laughs like Mark Hamill's Joker! :D

[@jamesoblivion]

@SnapeAngel Holmes never used heroin in the books...only cocaine and morphine. Mostly cocaine.

[@Wallace-oh6qy]

1:50 "B-Brunton buh buh"

[@larryl3416]

The actor who plays Musgrave also played Captain Needa in Star Wars and was force choked to death by Darth Vader.

[@johnchalmers7336]

From what I have read about drug use in Victorian England and throughout the West , Holmes would not have been alone in his Highness . They could have thrown the Woodstock Festival , 80 years earlier .

[@vrushalibedekar4014]

Arthur Conan Doyle gave us this astute detective with some inner demons. He needed to pacify them from time to time. Since he was an introvert he slayed them by seven percent cocaine solution. The drug is responsible for that hilarious laughter. And sends chill to Watson's heart. 😊

[@ИринаПрусенок-ф5ь]

Sadness. Not chill

[@ZidaneWarner]

As someone who smokes weed frequently, this is an accurate depiction of what it's like to be high off your ass. I know it's something else. But it's there.

[@miamivicepastels83]

i remember this one lol

[@in-a-bad-mood]

When I saw that scene, it was quite clear to me that Holmes was high. I got a laugh flash here, too. There are some funny scenes in the series, that’s one.

[@ALI44344]

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[@DecembersSunshine]

LOL. Wow Sherlock you really should cut back on that stuff.

[@jonnnyren6245]

So the man who defeated the Napoleon of Crime laughs inanely like a maniac while high on cocaine aye? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DINOLOVER6717]

i love this video! lol

[@barbarachieppo9603]

3:12 😊❤

[@habbo3hampster]

i love how these days the use of cocaine is illegal and yet one of the most influential people uses it

[@thesanantoniokid]

@SnapeAngel Nuh-uh, a 7-per cent cocaine solution, at least according to Conan Doyle. Promise! It was different from modern coke, not a powder that you snort, but I promise it's cocaine!

[@ejhowgood1967]

Fun fact on an immersion trip in France a woman explained (I think) the biology and dietary habits of the swan to me entirely in French (NOT my first language) in the gardens of Versailles. I don’t think she realized until the very end that I was not following it whatsoever.

[@saltech3444]

When I was in Italy I talked to an old French couple, and tried a couple words of French. As soon as I started speaking the first French words, that was the last English in that conversation - and I could no longer follow. Something similar happened once when I applied to a French woman by email for an apartment in Paris.

[@johngellard1187]

Brett's bipolar disorder mirrored in this scene.

[@meissnerflux]

brilliant!

[@oliverbayley3509]

RIP Jeremy Brett 1933-1995 RIP James Hazeldine 1947-2002 RIP Edward Hardwicke 1932-2011 RIP Michael Culver 1938-2024

[@Wallace-oh6qy]

3:11 "oh dear Musgrave"

[@SH-zh8eh]

I think I can understand and perhaps relate to Holmes to a certain extent. I can relate to the boredom he experiences and canonically as he doesn't seem to take any interest in romance and sexual sort of things he really can't relate to other people's excitement about those certain things and of course since he's a genius the world is definitely a lot more duller to a sharp mind like his and thus accumulating to his terrible boredom. And the only thing that helps him escape this is the intriguing cases he gets or his drug abuse(which is really a terrible thing and one mustn't really resort to such circumstances whatsoever) or his violin but I really think a person like him will get tired after playing the instrument after quite sometime as it isn't that much unpredictable like his other interests. So, it's really terribly sad to see him go through this and I really hope he'd find other certain things that'll take him out of his bored phases ( but of course he's a fictional character but stil...).

[@chanyoke7585]

Sherlock Holmes always so lovable...and so was Jeremy Brett too always!❤👍🏻

[@WhoDoctor-u2e]

Jeremy adds to Sherlock that Sir Arthur never did. The actual story of the Muskgrave Ritual doesn't have Holmes having a cold or high.