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The Lying Detective

2017
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Episode
1h 29m
Sherlock faces perhaps the most chilling enemy of his long career: the powerful and seemingly unassailable Culverton Smith - a man with a very dark secret indeed. (BBC)

Directed by:

Nick Hurran
Nick-Hurran
21 total credits
Credits include: Sherlock, Altered Carbon, His Last Vow, Little Black Book and It's a Boy Girl Thing
polygon

Writer:

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
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
,
Toby Jones
Toby-Jones
102 total credits
Credits include: The Hunger Games, Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Finding Neverland and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
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
,
Chris Wilson
Chris-Wilson
12 total credits
Credits include: The Lying Detective, Incendiary, StreetDance 3D, Midsomer Murders and London Dreams
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
,
Miranda Hennessy
Miranda-Hennessy
3 total credits
Credits include: The Lying Detective, Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre and To Have and to Hold
polygon
,
Asheq Akhtar
Asheq-Akhtar
2 total credits
Credits include: The Lying Detective and Scrapper
polygon
,
Usman Akram
Usman-Akram
1 total credit
Credits include: The Lying Detective
polygon
,
Sharon Cherry Ballard
Sharon-Cherry-Ballard
1 total credit
Credits include: The Lying Detective
polygon
,
Lee Kemp
Lee-Kemp
1 total credit
Credits include: The Lying Detective
polygon
,
David Kirkbride
David-Kirkbride
6 total credits
Credits include: The Lying Detective, Privates and Episode #1.3
polygon

Country:

UK

Language:

English

The Lying Detective

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

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17 Jan 2017
75
76th
Building on the wobbly foundation that was the previous week's episode, The Lying Detective manages to steer the show back on track with a nice little (convoluted) serial killer thriller and some decent twists.
27 Jan 2024
50
56th
Messy but way better than the last episode. The plot twists are getting a tad ridiculous but it's fun.
05 Nov 2018
95
82nd
The Lying Detective seems a Sherlock episode to distract from the fact that the writers did not really know where to go with this season. All in all however, it's still intriguing and thrilling. Not to mention a very creepy performance from Toby Jones.
19 Apr 2018
61
57th
Entertaining but very predictable.
11 Mar 2017
75
68th
Its heavy on the Sherlock outthinks the bad guy outthinking him ad nauseam but still a solid enough piece of entertainment. Toby Jones is brilliantly nasty and got way under my skin, i loved it. He steals the show for sure.
16 Feb 2017
79
57th
A bit of an improvement over the previous episode in that it flows better and feels more cohesive, and it also has a bunch of really entertaining moments. Even so, it relies a too much on style to cover up flaws in the writing and the actors to make up for the increasingly one-note characterizations.
31 Jan 2017
86
93rd
Another great episode. Interesting plot. Fenomenal performances (Watson's grief is wonderfully played by Freeman). Cumberbatch gives Sherlock so many vulnerabilities. I love that they mentioned The Woman, although I was expecting Sherlock to have gone further than texting in their relationship.
25 Jan 2017
85
89th
An amazing bounce back from the horribly season opener. Toby Jones gives a nice chilling performance and the writing is sharp.
15 Jan 2017
50
30th
The show's always been highly stylized, but this week it's just ugly. Large numbers of shots that use only a tiny portion of the frame and leave characters on the very edges of it (and facing off screen). Tries to use style to get into too many different mindsets and comes off as all flash.
08 Jan 2017
67
58th
I can't help but feel that this show is beginning to lose itself - Double 0 Sherlock in Six Thatchers and a case of the slightly overdramatic this week. While I enjoyed it and it kept me intrigued throughout, and one twist really caught me off guard, it's just not as intricate and slick as it used to be. At times, it feels a bit bloated and drawn out yet also rushed and messy. Don't get me wrong it is good, it's just not quite the same Sherlock for me.
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Nick Hurran
Nick-Hurran
21 total credits
Credits include: Sherlock, Altered Carbon, His Last Vow, Little Black Book and It's a Boy Girl Thing
polygon

Writer:

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
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
,
Toby Jones
Toby-Jones
102 total credits
Credits include: The Hunger Games, Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Finding Neverland and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
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
,
Chris Wilson
Chris-Wilson
12 total credits
Credits include: The Lying Detective, Incendiary, StreetDance 3D, Midsomer Murders and London Dreams
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
,
Miranda Hennessy
Miranda-Hennessy
3 total credits
Credits include: The Lying Detective, Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre and To Have and to Hold
polygon
,
Asheq Akhtar
Asheq-Akhtar
2 total credits
Credits include: The Lying Detective and Scrapper
polygon
,
Usman Akram
Usman-Akram
1 total credit
Credits include: The Lying Detective
polygon
,
Sharon Cherry Ballard
Sharon-Cherry-Ballard
1 total credit
Credits include: The Lying Detective
polygon
,
Lee Kemp
Lee-Kemp
1 total credit
Credits include: The Lying Detective
polygon
,
David Kirkbride
David-Kirkbride
6 total credits
Credits include: The Lying Detective, Privates and Episode #1.3
polygon

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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