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Sherlock Holmes: Season 4

6 episodes Premiered Dec 29, 1987
Previously on Sherlock Holmes

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Sherlock Holmes Season 3.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
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S4·E1 Mytharc

The Sign of Four

Dec 29, 1987

For years after her father's disappearance, the beautiful Miss Mary Morstan receives anonymously every year one large and valuable pearl. When, finally, an invitation arrives to me

S4·E2 Core

The Devil's Foot

Apr 6, 1988

Reluctantly, after an illness, Holmes takes a holiday in Cornwall, with Watson for company. Then one day he finds himself investigating a mysterious death... after a quiet evening

S4·E3 Core

Silver Blaze

Apr 13, 1988

In a remote area of Dartmoor, The Silver Blaze, England's most famous and valuable racehorse, goes missing, the dead body of the horse's trainer is found, and sheep are savaged. Th

S4·E4 Core

Wisteria Lodge

Apr 20, 1988

On a visit to Wisteria Lodge, Scott Eccles gets a strange reception. A mysterious note arrives for his host, Garcia, and the next morning Garcia and his servants have vanished with

S4·E5 Mytharc

The Bruce Partington Plans

Apr 27, 1988

The body of one Cadogan West is found in an underground tunnel near Aldgate Station, with his skull smashed, and Holmes is puzzled by the interest his brother Mycroft is showing in

S4·E6 Mytharc

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Aug 31, 1988

Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on Dartmoor, with his face contorted in terror and the footprints of a huge dog near his body. On arrival in England, Sir Charles's American h