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The Irregulars Chapter Five: Students of the Unhallowed Arts
episode 1.5
UK 2021
produced by Rebecca Hodgson, Greg Brenman (executive), Jude Liknaitzky (executive), Tom Bidwell (executive) for Drama Republic/Netflix
directed by Weronika Tofilska
starring McKell David, Thaddea Graham, Jojo Macari, Harrison Osterfield, Darci Shaw, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Eileen O'Higgins, Clarke Peters, Royce Pierreson, Cassie Clare, Alex Ferns, Olivia Grant, Tim Key
written and created by Tom Bidwell, based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle, music by Paul Haslinger
TV series The Irregulars, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Henry Lloyd-Hughes)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Having gotten hold of Sherlock Holmes (Henry Lloyd-Hughes) the last
episode, Bea (Thaddea Graham) locks him into her room and forces
him to talk by promising him opium - and talk he does, telling her about
her and Jessie's (Darci Shaw) mother Alice (Eileen O'Higgins), who, like
Jessie, was an empath. And back in the day, Sherlock, Alice and Dr. Watson
(Royce Pierreson) had a detective agency that was the talk of the town,
Sherlock would impress everyone with his deductive skills, Alice's
abilities would come in handy invariably, and Watson pretty much kept
things together. Holmes and Alice soon became lovers, much to Watson's
dismay. Of course, the trio also dabbled in the occult, and eventually
happened upon some supernatural entity that sucked Alice out of existence. Other
subplots concern Bea and Leopold (Harrison Osterfield), who seems to make
his residence with Bea and company a permanent one, getting closer and
closer, and Billy (Jojo Macari) trying to get even with Vic Collins (Alex
Ferns), minder of the workhouse he grew up at, but while being up to the
job physically, he's no match for the man mentally ... What's
cool about this episode is that it stays focused and ties up one very
central narrative thread rather nicely - but to be honest, it does so in
exactly the way one would have it expected to, down to where Sherlock and
Alice are lovers.But on the plus side, the episode has a nice narrative
arc itself while also advancing the series' overall arc, and leaving
enough mystery to keep one watching. The story of Billy wanting to get
even with his former minder seems rather unnecessary though, and isn't
even all that well-told.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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