The Hounds of Baskerville story
In the episode, Sherlock and his crime-solving partner John Watson take on the case of Henry Knight, who 20 years earlier witnessed the brutal killing of his father by a "gigantic hound" on Dartmoor. The investigation leads the pair to Baskerville, a military research base. In the conclusion it is revealed that the hounds were images induced by a mind-altering drug, a chemical weapon whose creator was in fact the real murderer of Henry's father. It is based on the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.
13 total · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attitude of superiority | major | Sherlock Holmes had a massive ego and condescended people, left, right and center. |
| chemical weapons | major | The plot turned on an aborted government project to create a hallucinogenic gas for military use. |
| government secrecy | major | Sherlock and Watson infiltrated a top secret government genetic research facility, and ultimately uncovered an aborted project to create a hallucinogenic gas for military use. |
| mentor and protégé | major | Sherlock Holmes and his crime-solving partner John Watson. |
| murder | major | Sherlock uncovered that Dr. Franklin had years ago murdered Henry Knight's father on the moors. |
| private investigator occupation | major | We saw Sherlock Holmes and Watson doing what they do best. |
| biological weapons | minor | The possibility that the secret government research facility was the site of a biological weapons research program was entertained. |
| childhood trauma | minor | Henry Knight had been traumatized in his childhood by the sight of his father being murdered by a monstrous hound on the moors. |
| fear | minor | Watson was gripped with fear while in the presence of what he presumed to be a gigantic, menacing hound. |
| genetics | minor | Dr Stapleton genetically engineered a rabbit to glow green, probably by inserting the GFP gene into its genome. |