Sherlock reacts with anger, denying there is anything wrong with him. A sceptical John tries to calm him, suggesting that he is imagining things. At a local inn, Sherlock is visibly shaken and confesses to John that he saw the hound. When Sherlock and Henry arrive at the hollow, they both feel a sense of abject terror, and the trio leaves.
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On the way, John notices what seems to be Morse code signals in the background (these were unrelated they were headlight flashes from a group of doggers). Sherlock, John, and Henry then visit the hollow in the hope of confronting the hound. That night, Henry tells John and Sherlock about the words "Liberty" and "In" in his dreams. Frankland intimates that he was a friend of Henry's father and is concerned for Henry's well-being. After Mycroft's credentials cause a security alert, a Doctor Robert Frankland (Clive Mantle) vouches for Sherlock's identity, despite knowing who he really is. They visit Baskerville, a nearby Ministry of Defence research base, using Sherlock's brother Mycroft's (Mark Gatiss) security pass. Sherlock and John arrive in Dartmoor to find that the hound is a local legend. Although initially dismissive, Sherlock suddenly becomes interested after being struck by Knight's use of "hound" instead of "dog". After years of therapy, Henry has visited the hollow where the killing occurred, only to have his terrors return, prompting his request for help. Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman) receive a visit from Henry Knight (Russell Tovey), who witnessed his father's death by a "gigantic hound" at Dartmoor 20 years earlier. Critics praised Cumberbatch, Freeman, and Tovey, as well as Sherlock's "mind palace" sequence. Critical reaction toward the episode was largely positive, with reviewers praising both the modernisation and its tonal fidelity to the original. This rating, although a slight drop from the previous episode, still represented the second largest audience in British television the week it aired. The hound was created using visual effects.Īfter its broadcast on BBC One, the episode received consolidated figures of 10.266 million viewers in the United Kingdom. Location shooting took place mostly across South Wales, though parts were shot in Dartmoor. Filming was done throughout May 2011, with additional shots taking place as late as August. As opposed to traditional ghost stories, Gatiss's plot focused on more contemporary horrors, conspiracy theories. The script was intended to follow elements of the horror genre and make the episode scary. In the conclusion it is revealed that the hounds were images induced by a mind-altering drug, a chemical weapon whose creator was in fact the real murderer of Henry's father.īecause of the popularity of the novel, Gatiss felt a greater responsibility to include familiar elements of the story than he did when adapting the lesser-known stories. The investigation leads the pair to Baskerville, a military research base. In the episode, Sherlock Holmes ( Benedict Cumberbatch) and his crime-solving partner Dr John Watson ( Martin Freeman) take on the case of Henry Knight ( Russell Tovey), who 20 years earlier witnessed the brutal killing of his father by a "gigantic hound" on Dartmoor. The episode is a contemporary adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous works. It was written by co-creator Mark Gatiss, who also portrays Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's brother in the series, and was directed by Paul McGuigan.
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"The Hounds of Baskerville" is the second episode of the second series of the BBC crime drama series Sherlock, which follows the modern-day adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and was first broadcast by BBC One on 8 January 2012.
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