Watson Episode 1 Annotations
SWITZERLAND REICHENBACH FALLS 00:00-00:10 The Reichenbach Falls Is location of the final confrontation between Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty. The Falls appears in the story “ The Adventure of the Final Problem ”, published in December 1893. In the story, Watson is convinced leave Holmes to return to their hotel to attend a dying English lady, but this is a ploy by Moriarty to confront Holmes alone. By the time Watson returns, both Holmes and Moriarty appear to have plunged into the Fall. 00:10-00:40 Watson hears three shots ring out and sees Holmes and Moriarty tumble into the Falls. · In “ The Adventure of the Empty House ”, published in September 1903, Holmes notes that Moriarty “ drew no weapon, but he rushed at me and threw his long arms around me ”. In the same story, Holmes clarifies that he didn’t go into the Falls at all: “ I slipped through his grip, and he with a ho...