She didn't see this coming *THE SOLITARY CYCLIST* (1984) first time watching | SHERLOCK

[@Scouse07]

"I love the stage fighting" I remember being told once that British TV of this time and earlier should 100% be watched as if it were a stageplay, and I cannot unsee that now

[@DanielOrme]

Most of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is Watson on his own investigating the situation.

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

8:11 I just realized why Women's bicycles did not have the top center pipe! The dresses! That's the reason.

[@kschneyer]

As I mentioned before, John Castle (who played Caruthers) is a fine actor with a long list of credits. I first saw him as Prince Geoffrey in The Lion in Winter (1968) -- a film which, if you haven't already seen it, you really should.

[@LadyOndyne]

Also in I Claudius! Stunning series!

[@marthaanderson2656]

totally agree Lion in Winter would be a great movie to review

[@kschneyer]

@@LadyOndyne Agreed! Also his role in that series was excellent.

[@CarolinaCharles777]

Though many love his successor, Burke is my favorite Watson. His "reactions" are priceless and he can truly carry scenes on his own.

[@GlenHallstrom]

Holmes: I emerged as you see me...(a slight cut on the forehead) Watson: ...And Woodley? Holmes: They took him home in a cart. (chuckle) WHAT'D I TELL YOU GIRL? HOLMES LAID HIM OUT FLAT! Great video! Thanks for doing this one.

[@martyemmons3100]

You really made my day, Mia Tiffany! The enthusiasm you showed for the Holmes beat down of Woodley. So far, I haven't noticed anyone mention 'The Ali Shuffle' Holmes employed. That dazzling foot work. Yeah, I'm being a little sarcastic. But for pure entertainment, this scene is most gratifying!

[@rabidsamfan]

I love that Holmes doesn’t learn a whole lot more than Watson did on his venture to the country.

[@j.d.4697]

Fun fact: Boxing technique of that time looked silly like this because it was developed for bare knuckle ring fights where getting hit in the head just wasn't an option.

[@colinluckens9591]

It's what I always say - the makers of this series were OBSESSED with historical authenticity - that attention to detail is for me one of the aspects that makes this series joyously unique 😃😃😃❤️❤️

[@JayM409]

You could rent a large middle-class house, complete with servants, on £100 a year. It was a lot of money, and it should have made her suspicious, especially since she was boarding with her employer.

[@baskervillebee6097]

Don't miss "The Blue Carbuncle."

[@MoviesWithMia]

We are going through each episode, so we’ll cover that one soon!

[@eddhardy1054]

Hi Mia. If you ever look at old Victorian photos you'll see a variety of hairstyles. The two you find strangely modern wouldn't have looked out of place in the 1880s/90s at all. Also Woodley clearly backhands Carruthers and catches him off balance which is why he staggers into the side table and falls. No heavy blow was necessary. Sorry for being a pedant but I love this series and I'm so glad you're enjoying it too 😊😊😊 ...I'm surprised the fight scene surprised you, I thought it was well known that Holmes was an expert Boxer (& Single-sticks man), oh and the stance Holmes adopts is I believe standard for followers of the Queensberry Rules of the time 😉

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

10:50 I do like the browbeating Holmes gives Watson.

[@LadyOndyne]

Love your reaction. This series is an ADAPTATION, capital A. At least the first seasons. Some of the are almost verbatim like this one. LOVE IT. This Sherlock-Watson relationship is my fav, because he never treats the Doctor like he is stupid, in facr, Watson can deduces some things as well (because Sherlock is always down to teach him). He can get frustrated (as Watson does also) but he never treats Watson like he is his witless butler or second-rate-Robin (as other productions do).

[@caitlin329]

Yes, you get the real sense of the tremendous affection they have for each other. Which makes sense; they spend *a lot* of their time together, especially in this adaptation. You wouldn't do that with someone you didn't both like and respect quite a lot.

[@peteg475]

Also, common sense should tell anybody that Watson is a smart cookie. He's a highly-trained and experienced medical doctor with distinguished military experience. He only seems a bit slow when seen next to an intellectual unicorn like Holmes. Any adaptation which portrays Watson as dopey completely misses the mark.

[@caitlin329]

Although ACD himself did describe Watson as stupid 😅 To be fair, he wasn't all about character continuity, and by that point had got quite fed up with the whole thing anyway.

[@kaykutcher2103]

By the end of Edward Hardwicke's first episode I expected him as Watson but whenever thinking of this series Burke's image is the one that always pops into my head. Case Book with Hardwicke is my favourite of the four mini series though with each outing being an absolute banger.

[@julioverne579]

The actresses they cast for this series are so unbelievably beautiful. They fit Watsons description so perfectly. Watson had an eye for "the beautiful sex" and in this series they matched that so well.

[@ink-cow]

Watching along with this one and seeing the British countryside reminded me of another series that managed to perfectly capture a legendary literary character, Jeeves of Jeeves and Wooster. A good film adaptation was always more elusive for him, but they nailed it with a series starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie (of House). They were born to play the roles. Jeeves is as clever as Sherlock in his own way, and instead of mysteries has to extricate his young dopey employer from the most ridiculous comedic complications. One of the beauties of the series is the settings, all those wonderful old English estates, the country roads, the period motor cars and all that. And everyone is a living cartoon character. Might be a fun watch for you sometime. If you ever hear the theme song, you'll never get it out of your head.

[@colinluckens9591]

Yeah Mia would definitely enjoy that production of Jeeves and Wooster!!😃😃😃👍👍👍👍 And you're dead right about the theme tune too!!😃😃😃

[@FrancisXLord]

My introduction to Sherlock Holmes was Jeremy Brett. I grew up watching this show on TV, during its initial run. It's like my introduction to Superman was Christopher Reeve, and I have trouble accepting anyone else in the role without comparing them to Reeve. Same thing with Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett was perfect for the role, and I can say that now having read every Sherlock Holmes story Conan Doyle ever wrote. I love the way, in the Scandal in Bohemia reaction, you said you're not used to Sherlock Holmes set in the era it was written. It was a while before I would be able to enjoy Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes because I had such a hard time dealing with the idea of Sherlock Holmes in modern times. That's the opposite experience to the one you had.

[@dearally4787]

This is one of my favorite episodes!

[@LadyAneh]

I’m so excited to see you react to this one-it’s one of my favorite episodes! :D Also. £100 a year at the time was enough for one person to live comfortably. Think mid-5 figures in today’s terms.

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

4:58 "The Adventures of the Solitary Cyclist," was written in 1903. 100 pounds a year would $15,070 today.

[@colinluckens9591]

It may have been written in 1903 but it was SET in 1895!!😉 (read the beginning of the story)

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

@@colinluckens9591 $17,111.86

[@richardzinns5676]

We are briefly told in A Study in Scarlet that Holmes is an expert boxer, and Conan Doyle was an expert boxer himself, and dealt with the sport as an important part of the plot of his novel Rodney Stone (which I haven't read, so can't tell you exactly how boxing figures in the plot). He was even asked to come to Nevada to referee a heavyweight championship fight, but couldn't make it, much as he wanted to; I gather that feelings were running so high in a contest between a white and a black boxer that Doyle was one of the few people that both sides felt could be counted on to be unbiased and objective.

[@jcortese3300]

Yes, this one was wonderful -- although really, they all are. I loved how smug Holmes was when explaining to Watson how the fight went down. "Mr. Woodley went home ... in a cart!" and the little heh-heh afterwards. 🙂 He may be super-intellectual, but he likes throwing down from time to time. If you read a bit about Doyle, it turns out he was a campaigner for marriage reform so that people could divorce more easily. There are more than a few characters in his books and stories who are kept in or threatened by marriages they detest.

[@meg41322]

There's a reason why boxers and Street boxers used to fight like Holmes. When fighting bare knuckle or with small thin gloves, the likelihood of injury from striking a persons head are greater. This style of boxing tends to be more effective. Holmes did an excellent presentation of this.

[@LA_HA]

The various Self-defense methods they had back then are really interesting. A well-bred gentleman was versed in several since they walked around a lot and rascals of all sorts would accost anyone for money. Or so I kinda recall finding out. Speaking of great detectives, gentlemen, and self-defense, the BBC's Poirot series had an episode featuring one of the deadliest dueling methods of the era. Hope she starts that after finishing this series

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

This was a great episode! I thought Watson‘s hiding place was OK. He did observe a lot of Carothers’ stalking secrets. I knew Holmes would win the fight because he approached it scientifically and logically rather than with anger. It reminded me of the Robert Downey Jr. fight in that Sherlock Holmes movie. I bet that’s where the movie got that from.

[@LadyOndyne]

In the books it is said he does professional boxing and he also excelled at fencing. But not usually did, because Sherlock is a moody person; if he doesn't feel like it, he wouldn't raise one finger XD

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

Eric Nye at the University of Wyoming created a pounds to dollar application. You can find the pound value to dollars from the years 1264-1983.

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

20:40 "The Crooked Man," is a very sad episode.

[@martyemmons3100]

I was afraid to comment on "The Crooked Man" being a heartbreaking story. Some of my friends are avid 'spoiler alert' folks. I on the other hand love knowing as much as I can about something I appreciate. If I like a movie, I'll read the book it's adapted from.

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

@@martyemmons3100 I find it especially heart breaking because I've been in the US Army and in combat. None of the men I served with would ever abandon me.

[@kschneyer]

One of the things that irritates some people about Sherlock Holmes is Doyle's misuse of the term "deduction." In terms of formal logic, nearly everything Holmes does is induction, not deduction. That is, he is arriving at probable conclusions from his premises rather than arriving on conclusions that absolutely must be true given his premises.

[@Torquemada07]

I remember this show as a kid growing up back in Ireland, never watched it because it was something "old" people watched heh, but I always loved the music at the beginning. Hope you continue with this series, really enjoying these reactions :)

[@cliffordwaterton3543]

love these little shorts that you do - its great to re-watch these episodes (not quite as polished as i remembered them but still enjoyable). thanks for the conan doyle info - as much as i have read and re-read Sherlock Holmes i wasn't aware of his other work apart from his interest in spiritualism.

[@wwoods66]

15:00 "What if he's, like, a PI, and he's been following her to _protect_ her?" Uh, that's _Holmes's_ role in the story.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Hahaha! Yeah that’s totally right 😅

[@danielmalinen6337]

'The Solidary Cyclist' as a book is one of my favorite short stories besides 'The Yellow Face' and 'A Case of Identy'.

[@The.Android]

Echoes of Robert Downey Jr as Holmes in that fight scene even though this was decades before RDJ. You couldn't possibly choose to go into a business like crime detection and meet all manner of unsociable and violent and criminal types and not intend and also be able to defend yourself against those who would do you harm. Also, love the new decor, very apt. 😉

[@caitlin329]

People sometimes forget those aspects of the original stories. Obviously the RDJ films played that side and the drugs up more, but it's nice to remember he was skilled in multiple areas. Some of his skills probably reflect his background and schooling, too.

[@suebob16]

If you can, check out Affairs Of The Heart, a 1974 British TV anthology series based on the works of Henry James. The episode "Grace" stars Jeremy Brett and Diana Rigg, and they are great together. Brett is a man who has inherited his family home from his deceased uncle and has to decide if he should accept an unusual offer by the wiley mortgage holder who currently owns the property. Another charming episode is "Elizabeth". Two British friends compete for the affection of a mysterious American widow who plans to live in the UK. It costars Edward Hardwicke who is the future Dr. John Watson after David Burke leaves the Holmes series. These are my two favorite episodes from this series, and I feel they are both worth watching.

[@adrianaheiler9794]

Yay! it's finally here. I had no idea what 2:30 is in my time so I just kept checking every hour until I fell asleep 😴 I knew you would enjoy Sherlock throwing hands. I got a good chuckle out of "Oh, we're DOING this!" I had to google that innkeeper as well, because I thought he looked familiar and had such an interesting face. Probably just reminded me of someone, since I couldn't find him in anything else I've seen. With that face he should have gotten way more roles! Watson popping out behind those sticks in the woods like a curious meerkat was ADORABLE! Too bad he got a dressing down from Holmes afterwards. He's trying his best, poor baby! 'Creature' is such an underrated insult 😂🤣 I love this series and your reactions to it, always looking forward to every new video.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Yay! So happy you had a chance to watch this!! Lol yes! Sherlock’s fight was EVERYTHING!!!

[@anthonyleecollins9319]

In the first half of the 20th century, detective fiction sort of divided into cerebral detectives (often British, often "eccentric") and "man of the streets" investigators (mostly American private detectives). Holmes was both. Sam Spade and Dr. Gideon Fell are both his descendants.

[@GairBear49]

In the first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, were Watson first meets Holmes, Watson is trying to figure out what Holmes does for a living. There is all these strange people come to see him and the Police show up now and again. So, he makes a list of Holmes characteristics, one of them is that Holmes is a very good amateur boxer. Holmes is very athletic in the stories and Brett follows this in the early episodes until the later stories when his health starts to deteriorate. Which is unfortunate, I think he would have done all of the Holmes stories, like David Suchet did all of the Hercule Poirot stories.

[@leehallam9365]

A Study in Scarlet was one of the 19 stories they didn't do. The problem with it, and the other full length novel they left, Valley of Fear was their structure. They are really a short detective story where Holmes solves the crime, capturing the perpetrator, then the second half is a long history of how they came to be there told by them. With nothing for Holmes and Watson to do but listen. Conan Doyle uses Holmes as a way of exploring an exotic world, in both cases American. The Sign of Four is actually similar, but depends less on its long narrative about India and the Andaman Islands. Of the novels only Hound of the Baskervilles is actually a proper novel telling one story, rather than a frame for a flash back. They actually did incorporate some of the other 17 short stories in episodes, as some of the stories were almost the same idea with different names, and one or two have very little to them. I think had he lived longer he would have done another series, but some would been left anyway. The plot of the Lions Mane is that the man who died on the beach, was stung by a jelly fish, I think even the most inventive script writer would have struggled to get an hour out of that.

[@geoffmason7215]

A fun story..unexpected twist and enjoyable great reaction thankyou

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Ooohh, "The Crooked Man" is one of my favorites. I have like twenty favorites, but still. 😀 Has anyone suggested that Mia check out 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes"? One of Billy Wilder's best, I think, and my favorite Miklos Rozsa score too.

[@martyemmons3100]

"The Crooked Man" is a favorite of mine also. Although it is one of the most heartbreaking of the episodes.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

​@@martyemmons3100 Yeah the earlier episodes seemed to be designed more as showcases for amazing character actors, like "Crooked Man" or "Blue Carbuncle" or "Copper Beeches" or "Red Headed League" or "Final Problem" (!) but my impression as a viewer is that something changed after "Final Problem" and I'm not sure what that was. Or if I'm correct, even. Later episodes seemed to be happy enough to rest on Jeremy Brett's awesomeness rather than go out of their way to set him opposite someone of equal stature. Maybe. That's not to say that there were no amazing character actors in later episodes but the adaptations tended to be more about Holmes and Watson than the client or villain of the week and that's absolutely fair enough. Once they realized how good Brett and Burke, and later Hardwicke, were they wouldn't have felt the need to stack the cast of characters or the supporting players. Maybe. I'm just saying stuff, I'm probably talking out the back of my neck.

[@martyemmons3100]

@@karlmortoniv2951, your observations maybe correct. I read somewhere that after "The Final Problem", that the public pressure to bring Holmes back was overwhelming. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had no choice but to bring Holmes back.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

@@martyemmons3100 I dunno about Doyle having no choice. He kept them begging for eight years. 🤣

[@RakeeshJ4]

As a big old nerd and lifelong fan of this particular season especially, I raced to this episode to check your response to this scene particularly, and was very far from disappointed:)❤

[@HannibalFan52]

I had just been wondering when you would do your next upload, and here you are! I really look forward to these Sherlock Holmes reactions, because I love Jeremy Brett's interpretation so much. I found a nice little inflation calculator online, and apparently 100 Pounds in 1903, the year the story was published, is the equivalent of 8,489.52 Pounds today. Not a whole lot, but even a penny went a lot further at the time, so one could live fairly comfortably on that salary. Trivia: When Groucho Marx was a boy, a loaf of fresh bread from a bakery was 5 cents; look at the price of an average loaf of bread today, and you get the idea. (Groucho would actually buy a day-old loaf for 1 cent, and put the other 4 cents aside for something special. His mother, of course, could tell the difference, but she never said anything, because she knew he wasn't spending the money on frivolous things.) Be well!!

[@emilyfarfadet9131]

This episode and "Copper Beeches" are my absolute favorites.

[@dryfesands1367]

Lovely reaction! I am so very glad you're doing these and even more happy you seem to be enjoying them. Pretty much every episode between now and the end of this series is absolutely wonderful. These shows are a great example of how great performances, spirited direction and superb adaptation of wonderful source material can overcome the limits of this era of TV. On the subject of Conan Doyle as a writer, his horror short stories are really overlooked and really *really* good. If you want a cozy chill, seek out "The Horror Of The Heights", "The Brazillian Cat" and The Terror Of Blue John Gap".

[@PrimeCircuit]

The loneliness of the countryside always made for fantastically eerie storytelling! fyi 100 pound back in the day was worth about 8500 pound today (almost $ 9.5k), which doesn't sound like a lot, but for a single woman around 1900 who is also provided board and lodging it was an excellent deal.

[@jazzheadjan6176]

Hi, Mia. Love your channel. Love Sherlock Holmes, and speaking of love, you absolutely must watch 'The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant and Loretta Young. You think you love Cary Grant now.....wait. You will fall head over heels with him in this movie.

[@kennethfrawley]

Love your channel!

[@rendalconstantineau1680]

Great episode, love your insights and thoughts about the episodes.

[@leehallam9365]

This is a great story, in the way it spends so much time building up the threat from the cyclist, only to turn it around at the end. Edward Burke was a great Watson, he left because he was offer a position with The Royal Shakespeare Company, which ment regular prestigious stage work. As his wife worked there, they considered that better for their three year old son, who is himself a successful actor Tom Burke. Don't worry too much about the switch over, Burke selected his own replacement, Edward Hardwick who is very good too. The three guest stars have had long careers on TV, John Castle who played Caruthers, was active from the mid sixties, had a good role in the seventies classic I Claudius, and as Inspecor Craddock in the BBC's Miss Marple series. He was always memorable when you saw him, without ever seeming to get that starring role. Barbara Wilshere was at the start of her career here, and was very busy in the eighties and nineties, with quite a lot of regular TV roles, since then it's been more supporting TV work. Michael Sibury is an Australian who was also starting out here, he has had a very busy four decades since this, first in British and then US television, he was actually in an episode of Elementary.

[@anthonyleecollins9319]

"...as Inspector Craddock in the BBC's Miss Marple series." Thanks. I knew I recognized him. I'd love to see a reaction to "A Murder Is Announced."

[@leehallam9365]

@@anthonyleecollins9319 Yes that's my favourite one in that series. The cast is superb.

[@constancec192]

YES! I love this

[@bigbow62]

Hi Mia, just watched an old favorite... North to Alaska (1960) John Wayne, Steward Granger, Ernie Kovacs & cast of thousands A great adventure / comedy about the Alaskan gold rush 🙂 Would make a fun movie for the channel & its free on KZbin 🎥😁

[@JohnAShort]

I love watching you discover these! This is one of my favourite episodes (although all the early ones are such close adaptations of the short stories!) Pretty much all the dialogue is straight out of Conan Doyle. And (I don't know if you've noticed this) you can see how close the costumes and casting get to the original illustrations from the Strand magazine that these episodes run on the end credits. The heroine is great, knows her own mind and is ready to just confront her stalker. The scene where Holmes examines her hands makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck! Looking forward to you seeing more of these. Episodes like the Red Headed League and the Final Problem will blow you away. (And don't worry the second Watson is very good too... Perhaps even better than the first?)

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

In the bar scene isn't Holmes performing Bartitsu-the martial art of gentlemen?

[@davidmichaelson1092]

I find it impressive that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle recognized what harassment of women looked like. Like the hairstyles you mention it doesn't seem like 1890's so much as 1990's.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Many of the Holmes stories are about how women are abused financially and bodily within and without marriage. It was one of the many concerns on which he wrote many articles.

[@billverno6170]

The exteriors always look better in British series/movies… even going back as far as The Avengers in the 1960’s. Britain is an island and as such there is a lot of moisture in the air - not just fog. The moisture acts as a light diffuser to the benefit of the cinematography.

[@colinluckens9591]

Wow fair play I didn't know that!!😃😃😃👍

[@caitlin329]

From A Study in Scarlet: 'Sherlock Holmes-his limits. 1. Knowledge of Literature.-Nil. 2. Philosophy.-Nil. 3. Astronomy.-Nil. 4. Politics.-Feeble. 5. Botany.-Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening. 6. Geology.-Practical, but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them. 7. Chemistry.-Profound. 8. Anatomy.-Accurate, but unsystematic. 9. Sensational Literature.-Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horrors perpetrated in the century. 10. Plays the violin well. *11. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.* 12. Has a good practical knowledge of British law. When I had got so far in my list I threw it into the fire in despair. “If I can only find what the fellow is driving at by reconciling all these accomplishments, and discovering a calling which needs them all,” I said to myself, “I may as well give up the attempt at once.”' I mean... He did include it in The Strand, though 😅 So clearly it stayed in his mind.

[@caitlin329]

Also very sweet to imagine Watson not long after their meeting occasionally sitting down to compile a little list about all the little things he's discovered about his new friend. Watson even said 'I could not help smiling at the document when I had completed it.'

[@vandalfinnicus1507]

Maybe you saw this looking up Doyle, but in case not: the two inspirations for the character Sherlock Holmes were Doyle's eccentric professor in medical school, from whom Doyle learned logical deduction and noting details others miss (plus medicine that was advanced for the time). Doyle said that was the smartest man he ever met. The other one is Edgar Allan Poe's "consulting detective" Auguste Dupin, set in Paris, of whom Poe wrote only five stories. Dupin gets mentioned on the first page of the first Holmes story, A Study In Pink. I guess Doyle wanted to be upfront about, to avoid getting crap from Poe fans.

[@zvimur]

Ehmm, A Study in Scarlet. "In pink" is the BBC "Sherlock" callback.

[@Concreteowl]

Holmes would only wear Deer Stalkers in a handful of illustrations. It's country wear. So it would look strange wearing it in the city.

[@Muck006]

6:20 There is no such thing as "south african" back then!!!!! It is all the British Empire. 13:10 Back then boxers didnt use gloves ... which means they didnt hit the face as much, because the bones of the face makes injuries to the hands just as likely ... and consequently there werent as many head injuries, because the brains werent as "shaken" as they are today. #thePastWasBetter 15:40 "That's not fair" Dear Mia, the UNIVERSE isnt fair! Get used to it ...

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

5:42 It's strange to think that Victorian England had no problem with décolletage. What man doesn't like décolletage?

[@barbaragibson612]

The evening dresses were cut low to show off the jewelry. Queen Victoria showed some cleavage in evening dress and the upper/middle classes mimicked her.

[@chrisjackson5210]

I think the emphasis the pub landlord places on "weekENDs" is amusing. It's more to do with a moral attitude towards the very idea of 'leisure time'. The "God-fearing" labourers of this rural community are essentially offended at the notion of mysterious strangers turning up and simply having the luxury of more 'time off' beyond Sunday morning church worship - the very idea!

[@peteg475]

Yes, and labor laws were such that many average people worked on Saturday - it was a normal workday for them.

[@chrisjackson5210]

@@peteg475 Exactly. I do also think that some of the subtlety of the class heirarchy displayed throughout this programme may be lost on non-UK viewers. It's something we in the UK are very finely attuned to - for better or worse!

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

This is not a favorite but is a darn good episode.

[@jeanlafayette7152]

I don't know if there's anything you can do about it, but episode 3 (The Naval Treaty) is unavailable. I've been enjoying these reactions, so it'd be a pity to miss one.

[@40slilacs]

would love for u to react to dance girl dance it’s so underrated and Maureen and Lucy have so many great scenes lmao it’s a classic!!

[@ancatdal]

Not my favourite mystery or story, but I really like the character of Violet Smith and how the actress plays her. For some reason she just stands out among the episodic characters.

[@markandresen1]

If ever you decide to come back to this series, I'll be one of the first in the queue.

[@SueProst]

Have you watched Downton Abbey. I think you'll enjoy it immensely.

[@MoviesWithMia]

YES!!! And both of the films!!

[@MoviesWithMia]

Absolutely was OBSESSED in college 😂

[@SueProst]

@@MoviesWithMia I tuned in towards the middle or end and the episode was when Carson went into the sea with Mrs. Hughes. I just thought it was so sweet and then I was hooked and saw both movies 2x.

[@impishmisconception7762]

The only thing I can't figure out is how Violet Smith gets on and off her bicycle without a mishap with her dress.

[@martinproctor6944]

I know you're a fan of David Burke's Dr. Watson, so you might be interested to know that he appeared in a somewhat villainous role in one of the Douglas Wilmer Sherlock Holmes stories back in the 1960's -The Beryl Coronet. You might also be interested to know that he appeared in The Avengers episode 'Death of a Batman' (and no, it's not Marvel's The Avengers or DC's Batman. It's the British spy series with John Steed and in this instance Cathy Gale. The episode has an interesting distinction in that it has three actors who have played Dr. Watson together in one scene. David Burke, Patrick Macnee and Andre Morell.

[@stevetheduck1425]

David Burke also appears in an excellent adaptation of one of M. R. James' ghost stories: 'A View From a Hill'.

[@truthalways1985]

You should watch the secret of seagull Island! Old free movie on KZbin with young Jeremy Brett.

[@Concreteowl]

The hair is appropriate for the period.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

I did find the location filming in a conifer plantation rather jarring. As conifer plantations were mostly a post World War One thing in the UK, and not likely in the county of Surrey at the time. I suspect it was done because the roads there didn't look too "modern".

[@whobp8]

A vicious cycle

[@billolsen4360]

Far as I know, you must have the bride's signature on the marriage certificate along with that of the groom's and the minister's/civil servant for a marriage to be legal. These two guys are my favorite Holmes & Watson, just a little more than Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce. Since you like classic films, you might want to give "Humoresque" (1946) with Joan Crawford and John Garfield a look. Joan is a very flawed person in this but is at her hottest, too. Also, Richard III with Ian McKellen (1995) is excellent, Shakespeare in a modern setting. The ladies liked Robert Downey Jr. in this one.

[@aranerem5569]

Hi there

[@annickroussemrou1064]

i m happy all three got to prison at the end. Even if mr no beard loved her, at the beginning he was ready to scam her and play her over a card game.

[@Muck006]

The value of 100 pounds back then is roughl FACTOR 100 ... so it would be 10.000 pounds today, which isnt much ... but there are far fewer expenses to be paid back then. 100 pounds sounds like an average salary for a governess back then.

[@kschneyer]

Her salary amounts to only about $11,000 per year in our money, but you can't really make a direct conversion.

[@kschneyer]

@Raylan Givens I don't think it's literally been a pound of silver for centuries. I got my inflation calculation from the Bank of England web site. :)

[@kschneyer]

@Raylan Givens The pound was taken off a silver equivalency in 1717. Came off the gold standard in 1931. All value-time relationships for currency are approximate, because different goods & services inflate at different rates depending on technology, social change, market evolution, etc. If you read four different economic historians estimating, say, what a shilling in 1601 would buy today, you'll get four different answers, and there's no way of determining which is the best. I can understand if you choose to disbelieve central bankers in principle, but if you'd like to substitute a different value, I'd love to see the evidence.

[@kschneyer]

@Raylan Givens The "value" of gold and silver was always an illusion anyway. In terms of both labor-to-produce and actual usefulness, their value is much less. They were valuable currency metals because they were agreed to be.

[@cameron120587]

100 pounds is about 10000 pounds today. With room and board and other work, this could be a nice part-time job.

[@The.Android]

So much hate of gingers in this episode. Would never be allowed today. Would it?

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

11:22 I like décolletage that is tasteful.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

Hey Mia, since you're a SH fan, I strongly recommend Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes with Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson in the TV series Sherlock (2010 to 2017). When this was on PBS, it was must-see television, just like Downton Abbey.

[@peteg475]

She's definitely seen it

[@MoviesWithMia]

Oh yeah! I have seen the Sherlock series twice now! And also the Downton Abbey series and both movies!! Needless to say, I am a sucker for British TV series

[@julioverne579]

#nomeansno

[@peachiekeenmachine]

[@Romance_dream_]

ow please do the sherlock BBC series!

[@MoviesWithMia]

A FANTASTIC SERIES! I have seen it twice already!!

[@Romance_dream_]

@@MoviesWithMia it wouldn't Hurt to react to it anyway 😄