Admittedly, this didnt happen in one fell swoop.

For the first time in quite a while, the crime-of-the-week supported the underlying issues between the central protagonists.

For a television purist like myself, this was something akin to being orgasmic.

I blushed through basically the entire episode and maybe muttered oh my more than once.

What do you want, Im of English descent, thats about as wild as I get!

Watson and Holmes worked together to solve the case, as they so often do.

But this time, they were back working it out in the brownstone.

I mean this both literally and figuratively.

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Nothing brings Sherlock and Joan together like self-righteous indignation.

This may sound arch, but I mean it lovingly!

It a shade of personality they each wear very well.

The meat of the episode to me was more appealing than the cute capper of an ending.

Rating:

3 out of 5