3 Episodes
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Sherlock Holmes, a brilliant but eccentric detective, and his loyal friend Dr. John Watson, a former army doctor, tackle complex cases in modern London. This season, their primary adversary is the criminal mastermind Moriarty, who seeks to dismantle Sherlock's reputation and life.
Moriarty orchestrates a plan to frame Sherlock as a fraud. To protect his friends, Sherlock faces Moriarty on a rooftop. Moriarty shoots himself, and then Sherlock leaps to his apparent death to save John and others. The season ends with Sherlock secretly watching John mourn him.
Season 2 of Sherlock covers episodes 1-3. Here's everything that happened:
Season 2, Episode 1: A Scandal in Belgravia - Sherlock and John retrieve compromising photos from dominatrix Irene Adler for Mycroft. "The Woman" proves Sherlock's intellectual match, possessing a phone with state secrets. Sherlock cracks her phone's password, revealing "SHER" (I AM SHER-LOCKED). Though reported dead, Sherlock later rescues Irene Adler from execution, confirming her survival and complex connection.
Season 2, Episode 2: The Hounds of Baskerville - Sherlock and Watson investigate a monstrous hound on Dartmoor, connected to a secret military base. They discover the "hound" is a hallucination induced by a chemical weapon, part of a covert project. Dr. Frankland, the true culprit behind Henry Knight's father's death, is blown up in a minefield while attempting to escape. The episode concludes with Moriarty's release from a government facility, foreshadowing future events.
Season 2, Episode 3: The Reichenbach Fall - Moriarty executes an elaborate scheme to destroy Sherlock's reputation, framing him as a fraud. He threatens to have assassins kill John, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade unless Sherlock commits suicide. On a hospital rooftop, Moriarty shoots himself, eliminating his fail-safe. Sherlock then makes a final call to John before leaping from the building, seemingly to his death, to save his friends. The episode concludes with Sherlock secretly observing John at his grave.
