The Abominable Bride
| "The Abominable Bride" | |
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| Sherlock episode | |
| Directed by | Douglas Mackinnon |
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| Produced by | Sue Vertue |
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| Cinematography by | Suzie Lavelle |
| Editing by | Andrew McClelland |
| Original air date | 1 January 2016 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
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"The Abominable Bride" is a special episode of the British television programme Sherlock. The episode was broadcast on BBC One, PBS and Channel One on 1 January 2016. It depicts the characters of the show in an alternative timeline: the Victorian London setting of the original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The title is based on the quote "Ricoletti of the club foot and his abominable wife" from "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual", which refers to a case mentioned by Holmes.
The episode won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, the first win of the series in that category.
In the 19th century, Dr. John Watson has been medically discharged from the Army and moves to London. Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes by a fellow student of Bart's, and becomes interested with his investigative principles. Holmes invites Watson to share his new flat in Baker Street, which Watson accepts.
In 1895, Inspector Lestrade arrives and presents Holmes and Watson with a puzzling case: Emelia Ricoletti, a consumptive bride, had fired on by-passers in the street from a balcony before fatally shooting herself. Later that evening, Mr Ricoletti was confronted by Emelia, who shot him dead before disappearing into the fog. Fascinated by Emelia's apparent survival, Holmes takes the case. At the morgue, Dr. Hooper informs Holmes that the woman who killed herself, the woman who murdered Mr Ricoletti and the body on hand have all been positively identified as Emelia Ricoletti. Confused, Holmes loses interest in the case. When the bride apparently returns to murder other men, he deduces that these are copycat crimes.
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