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The Best Episodes of Sherlock Holmes

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The Best Episodes of Sherlock Holmes

The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced...

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  1. Background image for The Case of the Perfect Husband
    7.5/10(180 votes)

    #1 - The Case of the Perfect Husband

    S1:E27

    Russell Partridge announces to his wife Janet one day that he is in fact a killer who has murdered his six previous wives, and notifies her that she has one day to live and get her affairs in order before he murders her, too. Janet can get no one to believe her tale, except Holmes and Watson, who must devise a plan to trap the killer before Janet's time runs out.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Case of the Exhumed Client
    7.2/10(130 votes)

    #2 - The Case of the Exhumed Client

    S1:E31

    Sir Charles Farnsworth is found dead in his mysterious Farnsworth Castle. It turns out that Farnsworth had a clause inserted in this will that his death, no matter what the apparent cause, would be investigated by Sherlock Holmes. Holmes' investigation reveals traces of arsenic in the man's body, and there seems to be no shortage of people who knew Sir Charles who wanted him dead.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Case of the Haunted Gainsborough
    7.2/10(131 votes)

    #3 - The Case of the Haunted Gainsborough

    S1:E35

    This is the story of the hunt for the MacGregor treasure -- and curse. The villain would be the castle's foreclosing mortgage holder, Archibald Ross.

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff
    7.1/10(173 votes)

    #4 - The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff

    S1:E8

    The only clue at the site of two grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Insp. Lestrade goes to Sherlock Holmes for assistance.

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    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Case of Harry Crocker
    7.1/10(179 votes)

    #5 - The Case of Harry Crocker

    S1:E9

    Vaudeville escape artist Harry Crocker turns to Sherlock Holmes for help when he is accused of strangling a chorus girl.

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  6. Background image for The Case of the Red Headed League
    7.1/10(178 votes)

    #6 - The Case of the Red Headed League

    S1:E11

    Sherlock Holmes investigates a strange story told to him by a shopkeeper, who claims to have been a member of the 'League of Red-Headed Men' until it unexpectedly dissolved.

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Case of the Unlucky Gambler
    7.1/10(124 votes)

    #7 - The Case of the Unlucky Gambler

    S1:E37

    A young boy shows up at Baker Street, asking for Holmes' help in finding his missing father. Holmes' investigation reveals that the man is a gambler on the run from his creditors, and the team begins to make the rounds of the seedy gambling underworld in search of the boy's father.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Case of Lady Beryl
    7.0/10(229 votes)

    #8 - The Case of Lady Beryl

    S1:E2

    Lady Beryl confesses to a murder that was committed at her home, but Sherlock Holmes is convinced that she is innocent.

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    Director:Jack Gage
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Case of the Thistle Killer
    7.0/10(151 votes)

    #9 - The Case of the Thistle Killer

    S1:E18

    Sherlock Holmes helps Scotland Yard to track down a killer who has been leaving three thistles next to each of the women he has murdered.

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  11. Background image for The Case of the Christmas Pudding
    7.0/10(177 votes)

    #10 - The Case of the Christmas Pudding

    S1:E23

    When a serial killer is sentenced to death, he issues a threat that he will kill Sherlock Holmes before he himself is executed.

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  12. Background image for The Case of the Tyrant's Daughter
    7.0/10(122 votes)

    #11 - The Case of the Tyrant's Daughter

    S1:E39

    A chemist is accused of the murder of his fiancé's stepfather, who was determined to keep the two apart. Although there is mounting evidence of the chemist's guilt, Holmes is requested by the old man's housekeeper to investigate the case, as she believes the young man to be innocent.

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  13. Background image for The Case of the Belligerent Ghost
    6.9/10(180 votes)

    #12 - The Case of the Belligerent Ghost

    S1:E5

    When Dr. Watson thinks that he has seen a ghost, it puts Sherlock Holmes on a trail that leads to a crime at an art museum.

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    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Case of the Winthrop Legend
    6.9/10(179 votes)

    #13 - The Case of the Winthrop Legend

    S1:E7

    Sherlock Holmes seeks a rational explanation for the Winthrop family legend, which foretells the death of any family member who unexpectedly finds silver coins in his possession.

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    Director:Jack Gage
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Case of the Greystone Inscription
    6.9/10(147 votes)

    #14 - The Case of the Greystone Inscription

    S1:E16

    Millicent Channing comes to consult Sherlock Holmes because her fiancé John has disappeared. John has recently been absorbed in his historical study, believing that he has made an important discovery. All that Millicent knows about it is that John was planning to see Sir Thomas Greystone. She tells Holmes about her visit to Greystone Castle, where she was received coldly by the Greystones, and was told that they had never seen John. Holmes proceeds to John's flat to look at his research papers, and he finds a copy of a historical inscription that he then takes with him to Greystone Castle.Millicent Channing comes to consult Sherlock Holmes because her fiancé John has disappeared. John has recently been absorbed in his historical study, believing that he has made an important discovery. All that Millicent knows about it is that John was planning to see Sir Thomas Greystone. She tells Holmes about her visit to Greystone Castle, where she was received coldly by the Greystones, and was told that they had never seen John. Holmes proceeds to John's flat to look at his research papers, and he finds a copy of a historical inscription that he then takes with him to Greystone Castle.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Case of the Laughing Mummy
    6.9/10(155 votes)

    #15 - The Case of the Laughing Mummy

    S1:E17

    Sherlock Holmes helps one of Dr. Watson's old friends by explaining the source of an odd noise in the man's home, but in doing so Holmes uncovers a more serious mystery.

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    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Case of the Cunningham Heritage
    6.8/10(253 votes)

    #16 - The Case of the Cunningham Heritage

    S1:E1

    Dr. John Watson meets private detective Sherlock Holmes, and assists him in solving a case that has confused Inspector Lestrade.

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    Director:Jack Gage
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun
    6.8/10(202 votes)

    #17 - The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun

    S1:E3

    Holmes and Watson travel to Sussex to investigate the murder of Squire Douglas, who was shot to death in a sealed-up castle, with only two apparent suspects.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Mother Hubbard Case
    6.8/10(186 votes)

    #18 - The Mother Hubbard Case

    S1:E10

    Sherlock Holmes tracks down a murderer who uses a young girl to lure victims to empty houses, where they are killed.

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    Director:Jack Gage
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Case of the Deadly Prophecy
    6.8/10(136 votes)

    #19 - The Case of the Deadly Prophecy

    S1:E22

    Holmes and Watson are called to a boy's school in Belgium. It seems that a young student has gotten into the habit of writing the names of faculty members on the steps of a nearby church, and shortly afterwards person whose name has been written down is found dead.

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Case of the Jolly Hangman
    6.8/10(137 votes)

    #20 - The Case of the Jolly Hangman

    S1:E28

    Jessie Hooper hires Holmes to find her missing husband, William, and -- with the help of Lestrade's cousin MacDougal of Glasgow -- he his found hung -- like his grandfather. A rope salesman's laugh is the key clue. It is ironically the window that William never returned to repair that traps villain by his tie.

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  22. Background image for The Case of the Impromtu Performance
    6.8/10(121 votes)

    #21 - The Case of the Impromtu Performance

    S1:E32

    A condemned man scheduled to hang the next day uses his last request to ask Sherlock Holmes to prove his innocence of the murder for which he is about to be executed.

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  23. Background image for The Case of the French Interpreter
    6.7/10(149 votes)

    #22 - The Case of the French Interpreter

    S1:E14

    Dr. Watson urgently fetches Sherlock Holmes from his club, and brings him to see a French interpreter who urgently needs the detective. The interpreter, M. Dubec, explains how his services were requested by a man named Lattimer, who then abducted him and took him to an unknown location. There Dubec was asked to persuade a Frenchman to sign some papers for Lattimer and an associate, so that they can gain control over his sister's wealth. The case becomes more urgent when the criminals find out about Dubec's meeting with Holmes, and once again take him to their hidden location.

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  24. Background image for The Case of the Violent Suitor
    6.7/10(151 votes)

    #23 - The Case of the Violent Suitor

    S1:E25

    "Aunt Lottie", an advice columnist who is actually a man named Alex Doogle, advises a young woman to break up with her violent and insanely jealous boyfriend. The jilted boyfriend then finds Doogle, severely beats him and threatens his life. Doogle turns to Sherlock Holmes, both for his own protection and to save the young woman from her crazed fiancé.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Case of the Shy Ballerina
    6.6/10(190 votes)

    #24 - The Case of the Shy Ballerina

    S1:E6

    Dr. Watson accidentally comes home from his club with another man's coat, providing an important clue when the other man is murdered late that same night.

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  26. Background image for The Case of the Impostor Mystery
    6.6/10(117 votes)

    #25 - The Case of the Impostor Mystery

    S1:E29

    Holmes and Watson return from a vacation at Brighton to find an impostor has been impersonating Holmes, misadvising Lestrade to guard Hambleburg's not Carrolton's jewelry store and Sir Arthur to hide his valuables in the biscuit jar. Fighting impersonation with impersonation, Watson becomes the maharaja of Gampoor.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Case of the Perfect Husband" is the best rated episode of "Sherlock Holmes". It scored 7.5/10 based on 180 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/2/1955. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Case of the Exhumed Client".