WhileSherlock and Daughter’s season 1 finale resolved the threat of the Red Thread, the CW show has only just begun to explore its titular troubled relationship.The CW’sSherlock and Daughteris the latest spin on the Sherlock Holmes mythos and one of many versions of the classic character that is currently enthralling audiences.
While CBS’sWatsonreimagines Sherlock’s assistant as a surgeon who returns to work after Holmes' apparent death, Netflix’sEnola Holmesfollows his mischievous little sister as she proves a canny detective in her own right. In contrast,Sherlock and Daughterfollows Sherlock Holmes and a young American, Amelia, who is convinced the master detective is her biological father.
ThroughoutSherlock and Daughterseason 1, Sherlock begrudgingly accepts the challenge of working out who murdered Amelia’s mother. Working with Amelia to investigateSherlock and Daughter’s cast of characters, David Thewlis’s title character gradually come to an unavoidable conclusion about Blu Hunt’s resourceful Amelia. Surprisingly, the truth is revealed in the finale’s opening scene.
Holmes and Amelia Save Lord Salisbury in Sherlock & Daughter Season 1’s Ending
Despite weeks of uncertainty,Sherlock admits that Amelia is his daughter inSherlock and Daughter’s season 1 finale. He realizes that her mother was pregnant the morning she left for America, and he is embarrassed to note that the world’s most perceptive detective somehow didn’t spot the tell-tale symptoms of morning sickness.
Sherlock and Daughterseason 2 is not yet confirmed.
However, there is no time for the pair to celebrate with a sentimental family reunion. The Red Thread’s plan to kill the Prime Minister is underway, and Sherlock and Amelia spend the rest of the fast-paced finale’s story trying to thwart this plot. Eventually, this means taking down Lady Violet, Chief Inspector Whitlock, and even Dan Moriarty.
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Amelia plans to attend the debutante ball, where British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury will be the guest of honor, with Clara. However, the ball at the American Embassy is a trap for the politician.The CW show’s heroinemust work with her father when Holmes realizes that the police are in on the plot to kill Lord Salisbury.
Seeing an Austro-Hungarian naval patch on Herbert’s person, Holmes deduces that the killers planned on starting a war between the British Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but it is not yet clear why.
Disguised as a waiter, an assassin named Herbert shoots Lord Salisbury. Luckily, Holmes intervenes and not only saves the politician’s life but also disarms and kills Herbert. Seeing an Austro-Hungarian naval patch on his person, Holmes deduces that the killers planned on starting a war between the British Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but it is not yet clear why.
Chief Inspector Whitlock and Lady Violet’s Plan Explained
Soon, Lady Violet’s return means the plan is revealed in full as is the answer to the mysterious murder of Amelia’s mother.The plan was to assassinate the British prime minister when he attended the debutante ball at the American Embassy, and Chief Inspector Whitlock planned on aiding the Red Thread Gang by making sure that the assassin, Herbert, got away after the shooting.
The gang then wanted to blame the assassination on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, getting Britain mired in a war that would deplete their resources. Meanwhile, Lady Violet, who had stolen the plans Amelia’s late mother made for new weaponry, would share these with Hungary to ensure England’s defeat.
Lady Violet killed Amelia’s mother to access her plans for weapons, and Dan Moriarty was using the Red Thread to ensure there would be a greater demand for munitions manufacturing.
With this twist,the CW crime drama seriesrevealed who killed Amelia’s mother and why, confirming the suspicions of many viewers. Lady Violet killed Amelia’s mother to access her plans for weapons, and Dan Moriarty was using the Red Thread to ensure there would be a greater demand for munitions manufacturing in America. As always, money was his motive.
However, Holmes shot Herbert when Herbert’s bullet narrowly missed the politician, thus thwarting the plot. Amelia confronted Lady Violet with a gun, but Lady Violet managed to disarm her and Sherlock’s daughter seemed to be doomed to the same fate as her mother. This was when Lady Violet admitted to Amelia that it was she who killed her mother.
Amelia indirectly killed her mother’s murderer and got her revenge at last.
She continued to outline her villainous plan to Holmes and, while she was distracted, Amelia tied Lady Violet’s scarf to the wheels of her carriage. Lady Violet fired at Holmes and missed, but the noise startled her horses and set them running. This broke Lady Violet’s neck, meaning Amelia indirectly killed her mother’s murderer and got her revenge at last.
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Amelia Trapped The Villain In A Smoke-Filled Passageway
It was satisfying to seeSherlock and Daughter’s heroinebest Lady Violet, but not all of her plans were so successful in the finale. Dan Moriarty attempted to shoot Lord Salisbury after Herbert’s death, but Amelia trapped him in a smoke-filled passageway and assumed he would suffocate with no exit in sight.
Of course, this being Moriarty, he found a way out in time.Dan Moriarty’s survival was implied rather than confirmed, as viewers only saw the hole left in the passageway and not the character himself emerging from Amelia’s trap. Still, since the Moriarty family are Holmes’ most famous nemeses and Amelia is continuing her father’s work, his return is almost inevitable.
Moriarty’s survival will likely be central to the plot ofSherlock and Daughterseason 2, since Lady Violet and Chief Inspector Whitlock were both effectively pawns for the villain. Moriarty is typically depicted as Sherlock’s greatest enemy and the main villain of his stories, so it would add up if Dan becomes Amelia’s primary antagonist throughout the show.
How Sherlock & Daughter Season 1’s Ending Sets Up Season 2
Holmes Finally Admitted He Was Amelia’s Father in the Finale
While Holmes finally conceded that Amelia was his daughter at the start of theSherlock and Daughterseason 1 finale, the ramifications of this didn’t become clear until its closing scene.Holmes told Amelia she could stay with him in Londonand keep assisting him with cases, but only if she didn’t tell anyone her real identity and stayed disguised as his maid.
Thanks to this change,Sherlock and Daughter’s second seasonmay switch to more of a mystery-of-the-week format after the overarching storyline of season 1. That said, the CW show’s ratings success proves that its current formula isn’t broken, and fans will no doubt want to know what happened to Dan Moriarty after his unlikely escape.
Sherlock and Daughter season 2 may see Hunt and Thewlis’s characters continue to chase the same villain from season 1 in a new guise, or the show may introduce a slew of new villains for its second outing.
As such,Sherlock and Daughter season 2 may see Hunt and Thewlis’s characters continue to chase the same villain from season 1 in a new guise, or the show may introduce a slew of new villains for its second outing. Regardless,Sherlock and Daughterseason 1’s finale proves the CW series has a bright future ahead of it.
