The Norwood Builder - Part 6 of 6 (Sherlock Holmes)

Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Not as good as the book, but still worth watching.

[@jmmj6665]

Jeremy Brett why I found you so late! RIP Sir, a great actor ahead of his time!

[@kramnesnay]

Holmes is a genius! What a great eposide: this is so different from most of today's rubbish on TV where you do not need to use your brains. Thanks for posting, these episodes are all gems.

[@HorroRviXenKate]

Jeremy Brett is outstanding as always

[@merrylegs234]

Although Matthew Solon is about as close as you're likely to get to the literary description of Macfarlane: "He was flaxen-haired and handsome in a washed-out negative fashion, with frightened blue eyes and a clean-shaven face, with a weak, sensitive mouth. His age may have been about twenty-seven; his dress and bearing that of a gentleman."

[@SinbadHiccup]

i dont even know why, but i love holmes's face at 1:00.

[@TheKulu42]

I've always imagined that Lestrade is at least competent, but he seems out of his element when the crime takes an unconventional turn. Note how quickly he deduced-with a hint from Holmes-the housekeeper's involvement.

[@60037894]

"his work is his own reward"!!! that's just awesome

[@TheKulu42]

@Andreus Agreed. Lestrade's a decent chap and he actually became Holmes' and Watson's good friend. I believe Lestrade wasn't a bad detective, either; however, like others, he benefited from Holmes' assistance when a case took an unconventional term. By the way, if Oldacre had been murdered in his living room, there should have been blood on the floor, walls and even the ceiling, not just the walking stick.

[@TheKulu42]

Quite true. I"m sure Lestrade is good at conventional cases; those involving Holmes do tend toward the odd, thus requiring imagination. This lack of vision seems too characteristic of Scotland Yard in Homes' time. He said as much about Inspector Gregerson in "Silver Blaze."

[@herodotus53]

I don't understand exactly why he killed the homeless sailor-- just so he would have a body with which to frame McFarland? What a sick bastard.

[@Bringiton513]

God bless your soul for uploading these videos. Great acting, superb!

[@sleedolfine15]

In the stories,Holmes described Inspector Lestrade as being the best of the inferior official police force.

[@TheKulu42]

Quite true. And Lestrade shows his true character when he's big enough to admit that Holmes was right and he was wrong.

[@CaptainPolaris]

@HerrGobel I'm not entirely sure, but to me it sounded like a variation on the show's theme.

[@HerrGobel]

I say, what is the title of the song that the fellow was playing on the piano at the end?

[@tomduggan51]

anish Many thanks for providing this episode from this fine series.

[@Ophanimswatchoverme]

Tacklehuggle for Sherlock! Weeeeee!! *runs to hug him* *Oomf* *grins*

[@sailorearth2007]

They changed it a little from the book...there it was a rabbit.

[@ShawDAMAN]

Pause at 1:05 That would make a great drawing, or a poster. :D Holmes with the smirk of success, Watson pensive as usual after his exposure to criminality and Lestrade looking a bit befuddled. Love the profile shot at 1:11 too.

[@VexWerewolf]

@TheKulu42 Generally the Norwood Builder, in all its adaptations, is full of plotholes such as this, but I forgive everything because canonically it's the first story after The Empty House and there's a lot of tie-in with it.

[@VexWerewolf]

@TheKulu42 Yeah, I've always thought that was an oddity. One that's actually related to this particular depiction of the Norwood Builder is... look at the actor they chose to portray McFarlane. Do they honestly expect a man like him to have been able to beat Oldacre to death? Also, Lestrade specifically states that the thumbprint must have occured when McFarlane came to collect his hat and stick - which were stated earlier to have been left at the scene of the crime.

[@TheKulu42]

@Andreus That's a good point about McFarlane Vs. Oldacre. In Sidney Paget's illustrations, Oldacre is a withered thing my grandma could strangle, but in the Granda adaptation he's much more formidable physically. The only way McFarlane could take him down is to hit him from behind or something. Good point about the thumbmark, too. What of his clothes? If bloody enough to leave finger prints, bloody enough to leave some on his clothes.

[@wallyhonk]

I thought that too nebraskame

[@talitakoomi]

Anyone know in which story Holmes first hears of Moriarity? I know that "Final Problem" is the one where they go over the falls, but what is the one before it? And which is the story directly following Holmes' "death"? Thanks for your help!

[@kaisenji]

Great bollocks, that is evil indeed. Can you imagine waiting 20 some odd years just so you can seek revenge on an old lover? Ye gods how dark! Brilliant job, Holmes! Watson you too good man!

[@talitakoomi]

@sparrowa02 Much thanks!! I love Sherlock! Maybe it's that whole "inaccessability" thing that's so enticing....he was the first of the great detectives! Everybody else just borrowed from Arthur Conan-Doyle's brilliance. Ever read "A Study in Scarlet"? T'would make a great movie- but the Mormons would have a COW!!! :)

[@thomasskrobola8664]

The young actor who played MacFarlane also played "Chuffy" in Jeeves and Wooster...a hilarious part in a hilarious series, equal in quality in my opinion to the Granada Holmes series.

[@candr]

@talitakoomi The story after "The Final Problem" is "The Adventure of the Empty House" where Watson follows a book seller to his apartment and find it is Holmes in disguise. Holmes explains how sorry he was for making him believe he was dead for the last two years. Then ask him to assist him in the present case, which involves one of Moriarity killers trying to take revenge on Holmes by trying to shoot him from a house across the street with a hunters air gun.

[@candr]

@talitakoomi The greatest, by all means, but not the great first. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Poe presents C. Auguste Dupin who used much the same methods as Sherlock in 1841 to be continued with "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" and the "The Purloined Letter" in the next few years. While Doyle is said to have gotten his character from Dr Bell of Scotland there are some that suggest some of it might have been that of Dupin.

[@calamagrostis88]

Great episode and it shows that Holmes does not rely on intellect alone, he has a feeling that something is wrong, and he trusts the perception of his unconscious mind before he has all the facts.

[@DWor-]

Perfect. Finished my malfunctioning DVD refusing to play. (His work is his own reward.) Thank ye! ^_^ Happy to finally view it again after to trying to get it out of my home equipment.

[@crickethelper111]

cool episode man

[@DemMedHornene]

This episode was rather amusing, I like how the story makes a sudden twist at the end.

[@arminfdordrecht]

great ending

[@jeremebernier6374]

Simply...capital!!!

[@VexWerewolf]

@TheKulu42 Lestrade's a good man, really. His heart's in the right place.

[@TheCosmicVagabond]

fantastic episode!

[@Exotic808]

Thanks for sharing all this with us. I enjoy these videos more than anything else. Paul

[@CanadaCob]

@nebraskame i think he poor fresh wax onto the original...the pulled it out and then used it

[@namanchaturvedi8897]

the best sherlock holmes ever, jeremy brett! class at its best! also close to the book & good direction by richard harris !

[@giles422]

@Spyritus right the f--k on, man. Agree 100 percent

[@Lyrictheac]

I love the music that plays during the end credits.

[@harrysboy]

Thank you for posting this great episode..

[@RokiaNY]

Loved the piano at the end. beautiful

[@ceruleanmist111]

Beautiful ending music.

[@mjarail]

This episode also showed two pieces of Victorian technology that some of my friends enjoyed when they saw this; horse drawn steam powered fire engines and a steam tractor. The UK has many vehicle preservation groups involved with these machines, as well as preserved steam railways.

[@PhysalisFranchetti]

I also enjoyed seeing the electric light switch seen on the first floor landing in part 5 - I think that's what it is. I think that the early light switches were made in Bakelite, which was invented in the early 20th century. Certainly gas lights were common in the Edwardian period, with electric lights only appearing later on. These early episodes of Sherlock though were set in the 1880s (says so in the history, but also the female fashions are absolutely 1880s), so perhaps the BBC have caught this later addition to a Victorian house by mistake, or possibly unavoidably. P.S. I too liked that fire engine & horses :-) Yeah & the steam train in the previous episode

[@andrewmorrice9139]

ITV was responsible for this series, not BBC.

[@notAbba]

Unfortunately, it wasn't a mystery at all -- 100% transparent, right down to the thumbprint. But 55 minutes cannot contain a good novel.