Ep 12. The Red-Headed League

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a British television series that aired from 1984 to 1994. Each episode follows the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his partner Dr. John Watson as they solve various crimes and mysteries in Victorian London.

Season 1 episode 12, entitled The Red-Headed League, follows Holmes as he is approached by a man named Jabez Wilson who tells him about a strange job opportunity he received from a mysterious organization called The Red-Headed League. Wilson, who is indeed a red-headed man, was offered a well-paying job that required him to copy out the Encyclopedia Britannica by hand, but only while sitting in a specific office for four hours a day. This job was specifically created for red-headed men and was only meant to last a few weeks.

Holmes is immediately suspicious of the job offer and takes on the case to investigate the strange happenings. He sends Watson to visit the office where Wilson is copying the encyclopedia and, upon inspection, finds that there is nothing of value in the office. Instead, Holmes discovers that the organization behind the Red-Headed League was using the job to keep Wilson out of his pawnbroker's shop so that they could dig a tunnel from the cellar of the shop to the vault of a nearby bank.

The investigation takes a twist, however, when the tunnel diggers find a different tunnel already in place, leading to a locked room in a nearby house. With the help of Wilson, Holmes and Watson break into the room and find a note from the famous criminal, John Clay, indicating that he was planning to rob the nearby bank. In the end, Holmes and Watson manage to foil Clay's plan and bring him to justice.

Overall, The Red-Headed League is an exciting episode that showcases Holmes' deductive reasoning and attention to detail. The case is full of clever plot twists and unexpected turns, keeping the audience on the edge of their seat until the very end. The acting is superb, with Jeremy Brett delivering a captivating performance as Sherlock Holmes. Overall, this episode serves as a perfect example of why The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is considered a classic crime drama series.