stock in the throat . one tie about the neck . sign of bondage . these be the killer call card . this man leave his mark on his work like a painter leave his signature upon a canvas . sherlock holmes say this while study the corpse of a young woman . a girl and really and bear of a wealthy and aristocratic family who have go miss . she be the second and and now holmes have be bring out of his bored lethargy . he will find the killer and and the hunt will take him into some of london noble family and where arrogance and concern over position be find far more often than love or even much affection and where the butler be as much snob a their master and where hanky panky with the servant can be excuse as long a it discrete . traditionalist who be fond of a holmes who look like basil rathbone and mystery which definitely do not include a dose of sexual fetishism may not be thrill with this version of the great detective . holmes be play by rupert everett and a fine actor and but who be young than be use to . holmes be easily bore and we all know that and but here we do not just hear about his fondness for the seven percent solution and we watch him shoot up . mary moran and dr. john watson wife to be in the canon and have disappear . in her place a watson fiancée be dr. jenny vandeleur ( helen mccrory ) and an american who doesn not hesitate to call holmes sherlock . i be a trained psychoanalyst . surely you know that and she say to holmes while she and watson and home be at dinner . i do not know that and holmes murmur . i find it so strange and she say and that you two could be such close friend and yet not talk about someone as significant a a fiancée . i take no interest in such matter and holmes say . no and she continue and but a i understand it and sherlock and you dislike and distrust woman . woman be one of the necessary evil . i take it you have never be in love and she ask . my brain have always govern my heart and he reply . she beam at holmes and say and would you submit to analysis . you would make a fascinating study . to my way of thinking and a holmes story can work if the actor playing holmes be first rate at his craft and if the mystery ( and the writing ) be clever and if the actor give performance that be detail and authentic and and if the production value capture the mood and look of the period . sherlock holmes and the case of the silk stock work on all four level . rupert everett holmes come off a a bit dissipated because of boredom . he also be intense and honorable when he on a case and even a little vulnerable . ian hart be very good a watson . the mystery be well mount and well play and well write and with lot of condescension come from the upper class . the story also be off beat sexually and and not just game with a handy footman or two . there plenty of attention to foot along with deep inhalation of slipper . production value be very high and with much fog in the street and graveyard and a chilly stone morgue and the clip clopping of horse drawn carriage and immaculate and bespeak clothing . when the upper class english dress for dinner and the presumption of inherited privilege almost seem reasonable . holmes be such a vivid concept that any number of actor have be able to make him interest . rathbone be one and although i think see what hollywood do to watson would make conan doyle retch . ian richardson and jeremy brett and peter cushing and christopher plummer . all have do fine job . i would add rupert everett to the list now . and with the case solve and watson and jenny vandeleur marry and set to leave for their honeymoon in paris and the three of them be finish lunch . what will you do with yourself and sherlock and now that your boswell away and jenny asks . for me and he reply and there always the needle . holmes . watson say sharply . good old watson and holmes say with a slight smile and youre the one fix point in a changing age . no and i shall sit and stare at the wall like whistler mother and a study in gray . and now and it time you leave . perhaps while theyre go he will encounter irene adler .