Sherlock Series II
Benedict Cumberbatch (War Horse, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) returns as the world’s foremost consulting detective, with Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Office UK) as the stalwart, if edgy, Dr. John Watson, and Andrew Scott (Lennon Naked) as the unassuming mastermind of evil, Jim Moriarty.
Guest stars for the new season include Lara Pulver (True Blood) as Irene Adler, the only woman who ever kindled the embers of passion in Holmes; and Russell Tovey (Little Dorrit) as the character who speaks the immortal line, “Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!” Except the hound he means is not just big… *See episode descriptions below:*
Sunday, May 6 at 9:00 p.m.
A Scandal in Belgravia
Picking up from last season’s gripping conclusion, Sherlock and Watson are plunged into a case of blackmail involving crafty dominatrix Irene Adler, whose motto is “know when you are beaten.” It seems she has incriminating photos of a session with a British royal. Can she outsmart Sherlock at his own game—and at a battle he is ill prepared to wage: love?
Sunday, May 13 at 9:00 p.m.
The Hounds of Baskerville
Sherlock and Watson pursue the trail of the Baskerville experiments—top-secret government research on genetically engineered gigantic animals for military use. Or so it is rumored. Whatever the truth, something big is up on the moors.
Sunday, May 20 at 9:00 p.m.
The Reichenbach Fall
In what may be the climatic case of his career, Sherlock faces Moriarty’s diabolical
plot to “get Sherlock,” which begins innocently enough when the criminal mastermind
breaks into the Crown Jewels. As the scheme unfolds, Moriarty poses the
“final problem,” and a tabloid reporter reveals the “shocking truth” about the great
detective.
For more information about Sherlock Series II go to www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/sherlock/.
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