The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Season 2
Season 2 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 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway
Jan 29, 1973
Polly Burton assists in soving the case of a grl found dead on a seat of an underground train.
Five Hundred Carats
Feb 5, 1973
Inspecor Lipinski investigates the theft of a 500 carat diamond.
Cell 13
Feb 12, 1973
Professor Van Dusen, the 'Thinking Machine', boasts that he can think his way out of a prison cell. When he is locked up he is given the chance to prove that he can escape by the p
The Secret of the Manifique
Feb 19, 1973
Laxworthy and two friends secure the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French navy.
The Absent-Minded Coterie
Feb 26, 1973
Valmont has to help break a ring of counterfeiters.
The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist
Mar 4, 1973
Lieutenant Holst of Copenhagen has to help a Russian countess who claims her brother-in-law aims to kill her.
The Superfluous Finger
Mar 11, 1973
Professor Van Dusen must find out why a young woman had a perfectly healthy finger cut off by the eminent surgeon Prescott.
Anonymous Letters
Mar 19, 1973
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Dagobert Trostler investigates a poison pen case.
The Moabite Cypher
Mar 26, 1973
Dr Thorndyke has to decypher a code to stop a plot to assassinate a Russian Grand Duke.
The Secret of the Foxhunter
Apr 2, 1973
William Drew of the foreign Office investigates an unusual crime.
The Missing Q.C's
Apr 9, 1973
Charles Dallas is led into a strange and sinister adventure in the aftermath of a sensational murder trial.
The Looting of the Species Room
Apr 16, 1973
Gold disappears from the strongroom of the RMS Oceanic and its purser, Mr Horrocks, tries to discover what has happened.
The Mystery of the Amber Beads
May 7, 1973
Hagar the Gypsy sets out to prove that Detective Sergeat Grubber is wrong about who killed Mrs Arryford.