The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1.02

The Dancing Men

Hilton Cubitt comes to Sherlock Holmes in need of help. Elsie, his wife, is wracked with anxiety. The source of her distress seems to be a drawing of dancing men. The men are stick figures that are arranged in a horizontal line. Holmes concludes that the drawing must be code.

Mr. Cubitt is also concerned about a letter that Elsie received from Chicago. She burned the letter without even opening the envelope.

Holmes deciphers the code. Holmes anticipates trouble and heads to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cubitt. He is dead and she has been shot. She is suffering from a head wound. 

Holmes examines the evidence and determines that there must have been a third person present. He writes out a note in code and sends it to a nearby inn. A man comes to the Cubitt household in response to the note which he thought was written by Elsie.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1.01

A Scandal in Bohemia

The King of Bohemia hires Sherlock Holmes to retrieve a photograph of him with actress Irene Adler. The king is getting ready to get married and Miss Adler has threatened to make the photograph public on the same day that his marriage is officially announced.

Holmes uses some information that the king provides him, a couple of disguises, and some further subterfuge to figure out where Miss Adler has hidden the photograph.

Holmes and Adler arrive at Miss Adler's home the next morning, to retrieve the photograph and explain all to the king who has accompanied them. Holmes does not find what he sought. Miss Adler figured out what he was up to and has already left. She leaves behind a picture of herself, but not the picture that the king hoped to recover, and a note for Holmes.