The Best Episodes of Sherlock Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(276 votes)

   #1 - A Study in Pink

   S1:E17/25/2010

   A war hero, invalided home from Afghanistan, meets a strange but charismatic genius who is looking for a flatmate; it is London, 2010, and Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes are meeting for the first time. A string of impossible suicides has Scotland Yard baffled - and only one man can help.

   Director:Paul McGuigan

   Writer:Steven Moffat

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   Director:Paul McGuigan

   Writer:Steven Moffat
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   7.4/10(240 votes)

   #2 - The Blind Banker

   S1:E28/1/2010

   A mysterious cipher is being scrawled on the walls around London. The first person to see the cipher is dead within hours of reading it. Sherlock plunges into a world of codes and symbols, consulting with London's best graffiti artists. He soon learns that the city is in the grip a gang of international smugglers, a secret society called the Black Lotus.

   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Steve Thompson

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   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Steve Thompson
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   8.3/10(232 votes)

   #3 - The Great Game

   S1:E38/8/2010

   A strange clue in an empty room, a blood-soaked car, a priceless Old Master, a deranged bomber. With the clock ticking, the curtain rises on a battle of wits between Sherlock, John and the shadowy stranger who seems to know all the answers...

   Director:Paul McGuigan

   Writer:Mark Gatiss

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   Director:Paul McGuigan

   Writer:Mark Gatiss