Today, we are on to our next adventure with Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes! we will be watching THE SECOND STAIN (1986)! This is my first time watching this episode and I canβt wait to dive in!
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00:00 Intro
00:24 Golden Oscar Patron Shoutout
00:59 Fun Facts
02:56 Episode Reaction
13:36 Final Thoughts
14:27 Outro
16:27 Bloopers/Outtakes
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I was afraid you had given up on this series. thanks for continuing.
This is another good episode.
Jeremy Brett grunts by accident in this episode.
4:16 At that point in history, there were interlocking secret treaties that forced one country to back another and another and another, like dominoes. Also insults to royalty or heads of state were causes of conflicts.
Hello! You should do a review on a movie βSuddenly, Last Summer (1959), starring Elizabeth Taylor.
I think it is called "The Second Stain" because it is when Holmes sees the second stain and realises that the carpet has been moved that he solves the mystery.
The exterior locations are all shot in and around Westminster and Whitehall. The large building behind the opening titles is the Foreign Office and the Hope's house, in Carlton Gardens, just up the road from Buckingham Palace is still, the Foreign Secretary's official residence.
9:29 You caught it also.
Just think of all the allies in high and powerful stations in life that Holmes has discreetly helped.
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The premise of this story, that Europe was an armed camp just waiting for something to set off a war, was very accurate for the 1890's when it was written. I recently watched a documentary about how World War 1 broke out (less than 20 years after this) and it emphasized how for years those tensions had existed among European nations, people everywhere fearful that even some minor event (even a misplaced letter) could light the fuse.
9:44 it's not shown in your review, but (in my opinion) one of the greatest moments/scenes in the Brett version of Homes comes after this scene, when he shows the outside guard the photograph:
https://youtu.be/lEwmmquJmXs?si=7an6E1xekEDCCyO2&t=2036
I attended a Sherlockian conference in Minnesota a couple of weeks ago. My scion has a meeting coming up this weekend (we meet monthly).
The only person who can match the deductive capabilities of Sherlock Holmes is one Mia the Great!
This is a great episode. Colin Jeavons is incredible as Lestrade. Boastful but not entirely unlikeable. A great character.
Some Sherlockians theorise that there is a "second" second stain case, as it is mentioned elsewhere in the stories, but the description does not fit this story.
Holmes in the stories turns down a knighthood — which Conan Doyle wanted to do but for his mother's insistence that it would insult the crown.
A knight is Sir "FirstName" when cutting the name down, so "Sir Arthur." Doyle is also referred to as "Doyle" or "Conan Doyle," the latter of which because he did use it as a double last name (like Bonham Carter).
Mrs. Wilson was played by the exquisite Patricia Hodge, who appeared in the film Betrayal, and in the entire series Rumpole of the Bailey.
The document might have something to do with oil, as Europe was changing from coal to oil for fuel at this time.
Sherlock Holmes was offered a knighthood at the same time as his creator but Arthur Conan Doyle declined on Holmes's behalf.
I think it's obvious why Conan Doyle named it THE SECOND STAIN. It is sufficiently obscure. One does not wish to give too much if anything away in the title.
It is interesting that an author can get tired of one of their characters who seems to take on a life of his own.
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot appearing in 33 novels, two plays and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. While she didn't kill him off mid-stream (she eventually did, in Curtain), she often expressed how tired of him she was. According to Wikipedia: "By 1930, Agatha Christie found Poirot "insufferable", and by 1960 she felt that he was a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep". Despite this, Poirot remained an exceedingly popular character with the general public. Christie later stated that she refused to kill him off, claiming that it was her duty to produce what the public liked."
L. Frank Baum's Wonderful Wizard of Oz was the first of 14 Oz stories written by him. At one point, he had grown weary and so had Dorothy and her aunt and uncle finally move to Oz (in the books, Oz was always a real place) and declare that all therefore there would be no more stories. Children besieged him with letters begging for more. Finally one little girl pointed out that with the recent advance in wireless telegraphy, Dorothy could continue send info in order to justify further sequels. Baum realized he was licked and relented.
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This has always been one of my favorite episodes! Holmes is so animated the snorting when crawling on the floor, the burst of laughter when he shows the constable the photograph, and the jump at the end. When I saw this as a teen I fell in love with Sherlock and have never looked back. β€
To me, this is the ultimate Holmes adventure. International stakes, personal stakes, great Watson moments, great Lestrade moments and Brett at his absolute peak. Just the amazing acting by Brett when Lestrade shows him the second stain- totally motionless, yet you can SEE Holmes' excitement! Top notch!
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Gotta say, it certainly FEELS more like Jeremy Brett's series after Burke left. Hardwicke is fine, but makes less of an impression, in my opinion. Barely registered in this one.
I was just wondering when the next episode was going to be.
Next episode is in my top 5 of favourite βSherlock Holmesβ cases and one of the best episodes in the series.
It's such a treat to watch a Return of Sherlock Holmes reaction video, Mia.
That snarl of his when the box is empty always cracks me up.
I love that you react to these, and so perfectly. I grew up with them and it's wonderful to revisit them with you. π
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Really looking forward to the Musgrave Ritual.
I think these episodes are when this series, always excellent, is at its absolute best. Brett and Hardwicke have established a great relationship, the series is so successful that budgets aren't an issue and Jeremy Brett's health problems hadn't become a serious issue.
Not long now to the feature length "Hound of the Baskervilles"!
And can I mention the music by Patrick Gowers? The opening theme is always the same but within each episode the music, based around the main theme, is arranged in a way that is appropriate to the particular episode. So in "The second stain" it arranged in an Elgarian imperial pomp and circumstance sort of way.
Compare and contrast the way the it sounds in The Musgrave Ritual.
Such a great episode and some wonderful funny moments between Holmes and Watson. God i miss Jeremy Brett! He could say a thousand words with one look
Mia content is always entertaining, and if you're not careful you might just learn something.
I suspect Doyle came up with the concept of the moved carpet generating a second stain as a vital clue first and then built the story around it.
Throughout the 56 short stories and 4 novels that Conan Doyle wrote about Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson (who was the "author" of almost all) alludes to cases which, for one reason or another, he merely names but does not elaborate. In the first paragraph of "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty", Watson states:
"The July which immediately succeeded my marriage was made memorable by three cases of interest in which I had the privilege of being associated with Sherlock Holmes, and of studying his methods. I find them recorded in my notes under the headings of "πππ πΌππ«ππ£π©πͺπ§π π€π π©ππ ππππ€π£π ππ©πππ£," (my emphasis) "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty," and "The Adventure of the Tired Captain."
He then goes on to lengthily embellish the intriguing but ultimately bogus details of the "Second Stain" before stating "…the new century will have come before that story can be safely told."
At the start of the actual "Second Stain" text, Watson reminds Sherlock that he had promised to tell this story when the time was ripe.
I think in the intervening years Doyle thought of a hook whereby the title of the story would be justified.
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Brett was one of a kind, and was brilliant as Holmes.
Yay! So glad to see you react to this one! Big favourite of mine. Thanks ^_^