The Empty Hearse

"The Empty Hearse"

"The Reichenbach Fall" is the first of the third series of the BBC television series Sherlock. It was written by Mark Gatiss and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson, and Mark Gatiss as Mycroft Holmes.

Inspired by "The Empty House" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the episode follows Sherlock Holmes' return to London and reunion with John Watson, along with an Underground Terrorist Network.

The episode was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC One HD on 1 January 2013.

Plot

Two years after his reported Reichenbach Fall demise, Sherlock with the aid of Mycroft returns to London which is under threat of terrorist attack. John, has moved on and has a girlfriend, Mary Morstan, and Sherlock enlists Molly to assist him, but when John is kidnapped by unknown assailants and is rescued by Sherlock and Mary, John returns to help find the terrorists and an underground plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament during an all night sitting on 5 November, Guy Fawkes Day.

External links

• "The Empty Hearse" at IMDb