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What is the best BBC Sherlock episode of all time?

By YPB Team

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 — ranked #11
    The Reichenbach Fall
    Moriarty frames and corners Sherlock, forcing the detective to a rooftop confrontation and his apparent death.
    1000pts
  2. The Lying Detective — ranked #22
    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 — ranked #33
    A Scandal in Belgravia
    Sherlock matches wits with dominatrix Irene Adler over a phone full of compromising secrets.
    577pts
  4. A Study in Pink — ranked #44
    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 — ranked #55
    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 — ranked #66
    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 — ranked #77
    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 — ranked #88
    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 — ranked #99
    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 — ranked #1010
    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 — ranked #1111
    His Last Vow
    Sherlock takes on blackmailer Charles Augustus Magnussen while a shocking secret about Mary comes to light.
    300pts
  12. The Six Thatchers — ranked #1212
    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 — ranked #1313
    The Final Problem
    Sherlock, John and Mycroft confront the secret Holmes sibling Eurus in a deadly series of psychological trials.
    300pts

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