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The Blind Banker

The Blind Banker

2010
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Episode
1h 29m
Sherlock Holmes is on the job while people are getting murdered left & right - one in a museum/auction house, one a banker in his home, and another after a long foot chase. What do they have in common? And where did the museum worker disappear to who found the first victim? And who was the man who tried to take Sherlock's head?

Directed by:

Paul McGuigan
Paul-McGuigan
18 total credits
Paul McGuigan has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Lucky Number Slevin, Sherlock, Push, Wicker Park and A Study in Pink

Writers:

Mark Gatiss
Mark-Gatiss
81 total credits
Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen alongside Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock, the latter of which he also co-created.
,
Steven Moffat
Steven-Moffat
23 total credits
Steven Moffat is a Scottish television writer and producer. Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series Press Gang. His first sitcom, Joking Apart, was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom Coupling was based upon the development of his relationship with television producer Sue Vertue. In between the two relationship-centred shows, he wrote Chalk, a sitcom set in a comprehensive school inspired by his own experience as an English teacher.

Starring:

Martin Freeman
Martin-Freeman
66 total credits
Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Tim Canterbury in The Office, Dr. Watson in Sherlock, Lester Nygaard in Fargo and Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy.
,
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict-Cumberbatch
80 total credits
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking (2004); William Pitt in the historical film Amazing Grace (2006); protagonist Stephen Ezard in the miniseries thriller The Last Enemy (2008); Paul Marshall in Atonement (2007); Bernard in Small Island (2009); Sherlock Holmes in the modern BBC adaptation series Sherlock (2010); and Peter Guillam in the spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)...(wikipedia)
,
Una Stubbs
Una-Stubbs
10 total credits
Una Stubbs is an English television, stage, occasional film actress and former dancer. She is particularly known for playing Rita in the sitcom Till Death Us Do Part and Aunt Sally in the children's series Worzel Gummidge. She is also known for her role as Miss Bat in the series The Worst Witch and has most recently appeared as Sherlock Holmes's landlady Mrs Hudson in the Bafta award-winning television series Sherlock.
,
Zoe Telford
Zoe-Telford
16 total credits
Zoe Telford has 16 credits at Criticker, including: Match Point, Sherlock, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, The Painted Veil and The Great Game
,
Gemma Chan
Gemma-Chan
31 total credits
Gemma Chan has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Captain Marvel, Submarine, Exam, Eternals and Crazy Rich Asians
,
Louise Brealey
Louise-Brealey
10 total credits
Louise Brealey, also credited as Loo Brealey, is an English actress, writer and journalist. She is best known for playing student nurse Roxanne Bird in Casualty, and Molly Hooper in Sherlock.

Country:

UK

Language:

English

The Blind Banker

2010
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Episode
1h 29m
Avg Percentile 63.23% from 503 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(503)
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Rated 06 Jul 2016
85
62nd
Decently entertaining, but probably the most forgettable episode of the entire show.
Rated 23 Jul 2012
60
65th
Exciting and entertaining, but not the best of the Sherlock episodes.
Rated 27 Aug 2018
80
74th
There's not a whole lot of love for this one, but I actually prefer it to the following two installments with their clever (or lukewarm) attempts at trying to introduce classic characters in this modern version. This one is a straight forward bottle installment, something that I've always had a lot of love for.
Rated 24 Apr 2014
40
19th
Sometimes a certain three-letter word communicates disappointment much better than a load of four-letter ones: Meh.
Rated 23 Sep 2012
68
65th
Possibly the weakest entry of the show is still perfectly entertaining.
Rated 10 Feb 2014
86
77th
probably the weakest sherlock episode to date, though being weak by sherlock standards is still pretty damn good by regular tv standards. there were still lovely moments of witty banter, but it felt a bit thin and contrived, plot-wise.
Rated 08 Apr 2013
60
57th
A huge disappointment after the great pilot. The mystery is not very intriguing. The main problem is that the threat of the mysterious oriental powers doesn't really work in the modern setting. If set 100 years earlier it would have been far more suspenseful. It does have some funny comedic bits and a promising ending though.
Rated 21 Dec 2012
75
40th
Engaging TV film, stands out as the most unnecessary of the show though.
Rated 09 Nov 2012
70
60th
More slow moving than the previous episode, but had a few thrilling moments
Rated 15 Jan 2024
38
35th
The editing remains trash, and the script was also terrible this time around. Bleh.
Rated 05 Nov 2018
90
75th
The Blind Banker is a step down from the amazing opening. However Freeman and Cumberbatch are still in fine form and the lighter moments welcomed and build character just fine. It's a low point for the first series, but considering the other two, this is still in the top tier of Sherlock adaptations.
Rated 21 Jan 2018
62
27th
I don't remember this very well except for the fact that the modern approach felt quite awkward with this particular mystery. Also felt needlessly stretched to fit the running time. It was still passably fun I guess and didn't kill my interest in the series.
Rated 05 Oct 2015
6
32nd
Drier than the series' pilot and relying more on fortune and coincidence rather than Sherlock's powers of deduction, 'The Blind Banker' is a relatively entertaining episode if an unimpressive one.
Rated 01 Feb 2014
81
64th
A bit more uneven than the first episode, and more ridiculous, but still an entertaining time.
Rated 15 Jan 2014
73
39th
Too much case, not enough main-figure-dynamic.
Rated 04 Dec 2013
7
61st
Not as good as the prior episode, as the entire first hour is both slow and boring, but an exciting final act almost makes up for it.
Rated 13 Sep 2013
65
73rd
Very good.
Rated 11 Feb 2013
72
43rd
Got better as it went along, but not nearly as fun as the first installment.
Rated 23 Dec 2012
3
28th
Doesn't have the narrative drive or the exciting mystery of the episodes surrounding it. Honestly, I barely remember it. But since I watched it the same night I watched A Study in Pink and I remember that episode very well, I think that says a lot.
Rated 10 Dec 2012
65
58th
The classic Homes "oriental mystique" plot seems a bit at odds with the modern day setting, but its' still thoroughly enjoyable.
Rated 08 Oct 2012
63
58th
An entertaining watch, but lacks the intensity and dynamic of the very best Sherlock episodes.
Rated 01 Aug 2012
60
29th
After a pretty strong pilot, we end up in something that feels like an episode 15 years out of place at best. And 60 years out of place at worst.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Paul McGuigan
Paul-McGuigan
18 total credits
Paul McGuigan has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Lucky Number Slevin, Sherlock, Push, Wicker Park and A Study in Pink

Writers:

Mark Gatiss
Mark-Gatiss
81 total credits
Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen alongside Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock, the latter of which he also co-created.
,
Steven Moffat
Steven-Moffat
23 total credits
Steven Moffat is a Scottish television writer and producer. Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series Press Gang. His first sitcom, Joking Apart, was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom Coupling was based upon the development of his relationship with television producer Sue Vertue. In between the two relationship-centred shows, he wrote Chalk, a sitcom set in a comprehensive school inspired by his own experience as an English teacher.

Starring:

Martin Freeman
Martin-Freeman
66 total credits
Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Tim Canterbury in The Office, Dr. Watson in Sherlock, Lester Nygaard in Fargo and Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy.
,
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict-Cumberbatch
80 total credits
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking (2004); William Pitt in the historical film Amazing Grace (2006); protagonist Stephen Ezard in the miniseries thriller The Last Enemy (2008); Paul Marshall in Atonement (2007); Bernard in Small Island (2009); Sherlock Holmes in the modern BBC adaptation series Sherlock (2010); and Peter Guillam in the spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)...(wikipedia)
,
Una Stubbs
Una-Stubbs
10 total credits
Una Stubbs is an English television, stage, occasional film actress and former dancer. She is particularly known for playing Rita in the sitcom Till Death Us Do Part and Aunt Sally in the children's series Worzel Gummidge. She is also known for her role as Miss Bat in the series The Worst Witch and has most recently appeared as Sherlock Holmes's landlady Mrs Hudson in the Bafta award-winning television series Sherlock.
,
Zoe Telford
Zoe-Telford
16 total credits
Zoe Telford has 16 credits at Criticker, including: Match Point, Sherlock, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, The Painted Veil and The Great Game
,
Gemma Chan
Gemma-Chan
31 total credits
Gemma Chan has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Captain Marvel, Submarine, Exam, Eternals and Crazy Rich Asians
,
Louise Brealey
Louise-Brealey
10 total credits
Louise Brealey, also credited as Loo Brealey, is an English actress, writer and journalist. She is best known for playing student nurse Roxanne Bird in Casualty, and Molly Hooper in Sherlock.

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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