What is the best BBC Sherlock episode of all time?

From the case that first put Baker Street on the map to the finale that split fans down the middle, these mysteries swing from tightly wound crime puzzles to full-on emotional gut-punches. Which one comes out on top?

1

The Reichenbach Fall

Moriarty frames and corners Sherlock, forcing the detective to a rooftop confrontation and his apparent death.

1000pts

2

The Lying Detective

A grieving Sherlock spirals into drug use as he pursues the sinister philanthropist and confessed killer Culverton Smith.

785pts

3

A Scandal in Belgravia

Sherlock matches wits with dominatrix Irene Adler over a phone full of compromising secrets.

577pts

4

A Study in Pink

The series opener in which Sherlock Holmes and John Watson first meet and crack a string of apparent suicides driven by a poisoned pill.

500pts

5

The Hounds of Baskerville

Sherlock and John travel to Dartmoor to unravel a man's terror of a monstrous hound stalking the moors near a secret research base.

409pts

6

The Great Game

A bomber sets Sherlock a series of timed puzzles, building to the first face-to-face showdown with Moriarty at a swimming pool.

409pts

7

The Blind Banker

Sherlock investigates a coded cipher and a Chinese smuggling ring after a mysterious break-in at a City bank.

409pts

8

The Sign of Three

Sherlock delivers a best-man speech at John and Mary's wedding while realizing a murder is unfolding among the guests.

409pts

9

The Abominable Bride

A one-off special that plunges Sherlock into a Victorian-era case of a vengeful bride returning from the dead.

409pts

10

The Empty Hearse

Two years after his faked death, Sherlock returns to a stunned London and an unforgiving John amid a terror plot.

300pts

11

His Last Vow

Sherlock takes on blackmailer Charles Augustus Magnussen while a shocking secret about Mary comes to light.

300pts

12

The Six Thatchers

A smashed bust of Margaret Thatcher pulls Sherlock into a case that circles back to Mary Watson's hidden past.

300pts

13

The Final Problem

Sherlock, John and Mycroft confront the secret Holmes sibling Eurus in a deadly series of psychological trials.

300pts