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The Empty Hearse

2014
Drama, Crime
TV Episode
1h 28m
Two years after the devastating effects of The Reichenbach Fall, Dr John Watson has got on with his life. New horizons, romance and a comforting domestic future beckon. But, with London under threat of a huge terrorist attack, Sherlock Holmes is about to rise from the grave with all the theatricality that comes so naturally to him. It's what his best friend wanted more than anything, but for John Watson it might well be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'.

Directed by:

Jeremy Lovering
Jeremy-Lovering
14 total credits
Credits include: Slow Horses, The Empty Hearse, In Fear and Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
polygon

Writers:

Mark Gatiss
Mark-Gatiss
154 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.
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,
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur-Conan-Doyle
89 total credits
Credits include: Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Sherlock, Mr. Holmes and A Study in Pink
polygon
,
Steven Moffat
Steven-Moffat
42 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.
polygon

Starring:

Rupert Graves
Rupert-Graves
66 total credits
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his early roles in A Room with a View and Maurice as well as for his more recent role as DI Lestrade in the television series Sherlock.
polygon
,
Mark Gatiss
Mark-Gatiss
154 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.
polygon
,
Martin Freeman
Martin-Freeman
88 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.
polygon
,
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict-Cumberbatch
88 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)
polygon
,
Amanda Abbington
Amanda-Abbington
23 total credits
Credits include: Sherlock, The Sign of Three, The Abominable Bride, His Last Vow and The Empty Hearse
polygon
,
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.
polygon
,
Wanda Ventham
Wanda-Ventham
13 total credits
Credits include: His Last Vow, The Empty Hearse, The Final Problem, The Blood Beast Terror and Invasion: UFO
polygon
,
Louise Brealey
Louise-Brealey
21 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.
polygon
,
Timothy Carlton
Timothy-Carlton
1 total credit
Credits include: His Last Vow, The Empty Hearse and The Final Problem
polygon

Genres:

Drama, Crime, Mystery

Country:

UK

Language:

English

The Empty Hearse

2014
Drama, Crime
TV Episode
1h 28m
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Ratings & Reviews

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22 Jan 2019
71
38th
"The Empty Hearse" is the resolution to the cliffhanger in "The Reichenbach Fall," except only the most gullible of people would have bought into the cliffhanger, and only the most braindead of people wouldn't demand something a little more creative here. I expected a bang, but this was just the dull thud of a corpse hitting the ground.
06 Jul 2016
88
74th
Gets a little too cutesy and self-referential at times, but still highly enjoyable.
03 Jan 2014
58
44th
I am slowly becoming more and more disillusioned with this series. The first season was really solid and I loved it, the second season had some disappointments (minus the Hound of the Baskervilles story), but was still good overall. This first installment of season 3, however, kind of crossed the line between being self-aware of its fanbase to self-parody which I found to be incredibly annoying and boring. Not only that, but the mystery was incredibly dull and overshadowed by events last season.
11 Feb 2014
81
64th
The mystery is a bit underwhelming, but otherwise reasonably fun Sherlock episode.
28 Jan 2014
75
90th
Excellent.
07 Jan 2014
70
71st
In a three episode season it seems weird to use almost a whole episode to re-establish the characters. It really wasn't needed, but despite being mostly a filler episode it is still awesome TV.
05 Jan 2014
80
61st
Personally, I really enjoyed the recap and all the fan service. After watching the second episode, however, this one almost feels like a bit of a waste. I won't knock it too much though, everyone in the show is awesome.
03 Jan 2014
8
78th
Spends too much time addressing the season 2 cliffhanger, but it's great to have these character back. The direction and visual style is incredible as always, but the main plot in this one is minimal.
18 Oct 2015
5
19th
While the on-the-nose nature of 'The Empty Hearse's' comedy is initially charming, the episode's uninteresting mystery and incessant insistence on parading its irreverence towards both the previous episode and the audience's investment quickly grows tiresome, and only serves as an indicator that perhaps Sherlock shouldn't have returned at all.
11 Mar 2014
54
50th
It's nice to have the show back, but this episode makes it clear that it's running out of steam. The fan theories were laughable in both a good and a bad way, but they didn't annoy me as much as the manufactured crisis of the train bomb (which was also oddly and specifically reminiscent of V for Vendetta).
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Jeremy Lovering
Jeremy-Lovering
14 total credits
Credits include: Slow Horses, The Empty Hearse, In Fear and Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
polygon

Writers:

Mark Gatiss
Mark-Gatiss
154 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.
polygon
,
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur-Conan-Doyle
89 total credits
Credits include: Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Sherlock, Mr. Holmes and A Study in Pink
polygon
,
Steven Moffat
Steven-Moffat
42 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.
polygon

Starring:

Rupert Graves
Rupert-Graves
66 total credits
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his early roles in A Room with a View and Maurice as well as for his more recent role as DI Lestrade in the television series Sherlock.
polygon
,
Mark Gatiss
Mark-Gatiss
154 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.
polygon
,
Martin Freeman
Martin-Freeman
88 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.
polygon
,
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict-Cumberbatch
88 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)
polygon
,
Amanda Abbington
Amanda-Abbington
23 total credits
Credits include: Sherlock, The Sign of Three, The Abominable Bride, His Last Vow and The Empty Hearse
polygon
,
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.
polygon
,
Wanda Ventham
Wanda-Ventham
13 total credits
Credits include: His Last Vow, The Empty Hearse, The Final Problem, The Blood Beast Terror and Invasion: UFO
polygon
,
Louise Brealey
Louise-Brealey
21 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.
polygon
,
Timothy Carlton
Timothy-Carlton
1 total credit
Credits include: His Last Vow, The Empty Hearse and The Final Problem
polygon

Genres:

Drama, Crime, Mystery

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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