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The Final Problem

2017
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Episode
1h 29m
A dark secret in the Holmes family rears its head with a vengeance, putting Sherlock and friends through a series of sick, manipulative psychological and potentially fatal games

Directed by:

Benjamin Caron
Benjamin-Caron
14 total credits
Credits include: The Crown, Sharper, The Final Problem, Wallander and Night Always Comes
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
,
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:

Martin Freeman
Martin-Freeman
87 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
,
Andrew Scott
Andrew-Scott
50 total credits
Andrew Scott is an Irish film, television, and stage actor. He received the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement for A Girl in a Car with a Man, and an IFTA award for the film Dead Bodies. Scott's notable television roles have included Paul McCartney in the BBC television drama Lennon Naked and arch-villain Jim Moriarty in Sherlock, for which he was awarded the 2012 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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
,
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
,
Sian Brooke
Sian-Brooke
14 total credits
Credits include: The Six Thatchers, The Final Problem, Radioactive, Blue Lights and The Moorside
polygon

Country:

UK

Language:

English

The Final Problem

2017
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Episode
1h 29m
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Ratings & Reviews

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20 Jan 2018
92
84th
While it certainly leaves open the possibility of further adventures, this episode serves as a fitting finale for one of the most ambitious and audacious TV shows ever made. Here, we finally get a good look at Sherlock's origins, which reveal his most dangerous and fascinating opponent yet. Very entertaining, and filled with big moments, reveals, and payoffs.
16 Jan 2017
10
0th
Sherlock Holmes: No longer about solving mysteries, but about walking over the title character's history again and again.
31 Jan 2017
86
93rd
I'm aware many are frustrated about it. But I like the idea of watching how Sherlock became the legend he is. We have so many small and big things that explain why he is the way he is. I'm so involved with his character that I find it very emotional. His childhood scenes moved me. Cumberbatch is stunning here. Gatiss is great.
25 Jan 2017
75
78th
It is great and is probably the most ambitious piece of television made, which also works against it as it was kind of exhausting to sit through. The tempo is too high and it feels like the writers were throwing all the rest of their ideas in the mix. I assume this was the end, since it will be hard to top. It is a fitting final chapter to a great series.
28 Jun 2023
73
55th
I personally think this entire series went off the rails by this point. And while it's still real interesting, it just fails to be Sherlock Holmes anymore. It's good, but still manages to disappoint. Alas.
07 May 2020
1
4th
So fucking stupid. Imagine trying to figure out where to take the show and using the Ring and Saw franchise as inspiration.
05 Nov 2018
97
85th
The Final Problem will be polarizing to say the least. In keeping with the rest of series 4, it can come off as a little overwrought and silly. The villain doesn't appear with the emotional connections she should. The ending is finely tuned and raw enough to compete with the previous endings. Although if this is truly an end for the series, it probably should have played out in a more straightforward way.
25 Oct 2017
26
18th
Please be the final episode so I can stop being forced to watch these because of other people.
16 Feb 2017
82
67th
After the first three seasons the fourth season is a let down, but this is a fitting conclusion to the three episode arc. It's absolutely absurd and reliant on gimmicks, but at least it remains entertaining all the way through with twists and reveals and tense moments and a fun, if not quite well rounded, villain.
17 Jan 2017
75
76th
If you're gonna jump a shark, you can right as well do it in style! Where this season's first episode failed to merge the establish universe with the super-spy high-jinx narrative the show's been moving towards, this one actually made it work quite well. Plotwise it borrows heavily from both Skyfall and Spectre, but the amount of crazy shenanigans they throw at the screen at a regular pace throughout the well structured hour-and-a-half makes up for it.
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Benjamin Caron
Benjamin-Caron
14 total credits
Credits include: The Crown, Sharper, The Final Problem, Wallander and Night Always Comes
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
,
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:

Martin Freeman
Martin-Freeman
87 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
,
Andrew Scott
Andrew-Scott
50 total credits
Andrew Scott is an Irish film, television, and stage actor. He received the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement for A Girl in a Car with a Man, and an IFTA award for the film Dead Bodies. Scott's notable television roles have included Paul McCartney in the BBC television drama Lennon Naked and arch-villain Jim Moriarty in Sherlock, for which he was awarded the 2012 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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
,
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
,
Sian Brooke
Sian-Brooke
14 total credits
Credits include: The Six Thatchers, The Final Problem, Radioactive, Blue Lights and The Moorside
polygon

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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