

Watson to believe it was the same “ghost” who had punched him before. Watson and Holmes, Holmes admitting to “tugging” Watson’s nose and allowing Dr. The episode ends with a short segment of comic relief between Dr. Benson’s feet and successfully retrieved the gun. Benson cocks his pistol to presumably shoot Dr. Benson had worn a long trench coat and a floppy hat, just as Higgins had the night of the heart attack, and in the dimly lit night Dr. Watson had saw him with the stolen painting (what Dr. Watson was not punched by a ghost, but by Mr. Holmes finally reveals what he has known all along – Dr. There, Holmes discovers the real Moonlight Madonna, caught face-to-face with Mr. Watson is unsure as to how the painting is involved, he follows in Holmes’s footsteps to a Mr. Holmes, seemingly off topic, tells the inspector that the Moonlight Madonna had been stolen and that the one in the museum was a fake. Watson and the audience are confused as to how these details fit together, Holmes has already pieced together the puzzle. Holmes notes the paint under Higgins nails, what he wore that night, and that he was carrying a package – while both Dr. Throughout the show, it’s obvious that Holmes suspects more than what he is letting on. Sherlock Holmes then begins the investigation of the belligerent ghost. Watson was punched, absolutely positive that it had been Higgins. Watson took Higgins home and was sure he was dead. Watson witnessed a man by the name of Albert Higgins suffer a heart attack. Season 1 episode 5 of the series, The Case of the Belligerent Ghost, told the story of a “ghost” who attacked Dr. The TV adaptation acts just as the book does, providing thrilling entertainment while also bringing to light real-life unjust issues.

Owen Edwards, a Welsh broadcaster of the late 1900s, wrote and published a biography of Arthur Doyle – he suggests that his book was written to reveal real social injustices in our world, specifically “official incompetence and aristocratic privilege” (The Quest for Sherlock Holmes). Holmes is portrayed as providing a new sense of justice, one seen as fairer than the regular criminal justice system. Holmes was both a consultant detective with law enforcement and a private detective who took cases from an array of clients, in both instances solving even the most intricate cases (IMDb). The show told the stories of a detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, Dr. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, classified in mystery and crime genre, is a TV adaptation of the book written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
