The Illustrious Client
Sherlock Holmes - S1 - E2
Sir James Damery, acting for a very illustrious client, consults Holmes. Violet Merville is engaged to marry the Austrian Baron Gruner, who has murdered at least one wife and yet the foolish, headstrong Violet will not hear a word against him. The client is fearful for Violet's safety should the marriage go ahead. Holmes enlists the assistance of Kitty Winter, a woman whom the Baron used and threw aside, to get access to Gruner's album in which he has catalogued his conquests, to make Violet see him in his true light.
Sherlock Holmes: Season 1 - 13 Episode s
1x1 - The Speckled Band
May 17, 1964
Helen Stoner needs the great man's help. She lives in a country mansion with her flamboyant and sinister guardian Grimesby Raylott, who has travelled abroad and brought home some souvenir livestock. Recently her sister Julia, about to be married and made by Raylott to sleep in a bed that was screwed to the floor, died in mysterious circumstances. Her final words referred to a "speckled band." Helen is fearful for her own safety and Holmes and Watson investigate.
1x2 - The Illustrious Client
February 19, 1965
Sir James Damery, acting for a very illustrious client, consults Holmes. Violet Merville is engaged to marry the Austrian Baron Gruner, who has murdered at least one wife and yet the foolish, headstrong Violet will not hear a word against him. The client is fearful for Violet's safety should the marriage go ahead. Holmes enlists the assistance of Kitty Winter, a woman whom the Baron used and threw aside, to get access to Gruner's album in which he has catalogued his conquests, to make Violet see him in his true light.
1x3 - The Devil's Foot
February 26, 1965
Whilst in Cornwall Holmes is approached by the local vicar to determine how Brenda Tregennis died whilst sitting in a room, playing cards with her two brothers, who were struck down with dementia as a result. The trail leads to an African adventurer and a deadly root known as the Devil's Foot.
1x4 - The Copper Beeches
March 5, 1965
1x5 - The Red-Headed League
March 12, 1965
1x6 - The Abbey Grange
March 19, 1965
1x7 - The Six Napoleons
March 26, 1965
1x8 - The Man with the Twisted Lip
April 2, 1965
1x9 - The Beryl Coronet
April 9, 1965
1x10 - The Bruce-Partington Plans
April 16, 1965
1x11 - Charles Augustus Milverton
April 23, 1965
1x12 - The Retired Colourman
April 30, 1965
1x13 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
May 7, 1965