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His Last Vow
"His Last Vow" is the third and final episode of the third series of the BBC Television series Sherlock, which follows the modern-day adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The episode was first broadcast on 12 January 2014, on BBC One and Channel One. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Nick Hurran with music composed by Michael Price and David Arnold. The episode is a contemporary adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton".
In the episode, Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman) take on a case about stolen letters. This leads the pair into conflict with Charles Augustus Magnussen (Lars Mikkelsen), a media mogul specialising in blackmail whom Sherlock despises. Holmes and Watson try to get Magnussen arrested, but their attempt fails when they confront him at Appledore, Magnussen's home.
On its first broadcast on BBC One, the episode received 11.37 million viewers, a 32.1% audience share. Although this was a drop from "The Sign of Three" and "The Empty Hearse", it became the most tweeted-about single episode of a drama series in the UK. The episode received critical acclaim, and Mikkelsen's performance as Magnussen, in particular, was praised. For their performances in the episode, Cumberbatch and Freeman both won the Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, respectively. Moffat also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for his work on the episode.
John Watson, whose wife Mary is now visibly pregnant, finds an unkempt Sherlock Holmes in a crack house under the influence of drugs. John attempts to force him to rehabilitate, but Sherlock insists that he was undercover for a case. Mycroft confronts Sherlock about the drug use and realises that Sherlock is investigating Charles Augustus Magnussen, a newspaper owner who blackmails people. Lady Elizabeth Smallwood has enlisted Sherlock to negotiate the return of stolen letters written by Smallwood's husband. Mycroft warns Sherlock not to go after Magnussen, which Sherlock ignores.
John is also surprised to discover that Sherlock is in a relationship with Mary's bridesmaid, Janine. Sherlock tells John that he is dating her because she is Magnussen's assistant. He uses their relationship to enable him to break into Magnussen's office in London. Inside, Sherlock and John find an incapacitated Janine, and Sherlock happens upon Mary holding Magnussen at gunpoint. Mary shoots Sherlock, who harnesses all his mental powers to stay conscious. He is taken to a hospital, where he flatlines on the operating table. But in his mind palace, Moriarty taunts Sherlock that he's letting John down by dying, which convinces him to revive. When Sherlock wakes up in surgery, he mouths, "Mary". John meets Mary at the hospital and tells her that Sherlock survived. Mary visits the dazed and severely injured Sherlock and warns him not to denounce her. John nonetheless begins to suspect something after discovering that Sherlock moved John's chair in the Baker Street flat back to its usual spot and left a bottle of Mary's perfume on the table next to it.
Sherlock breaks out from the hospital and arranges a meeting with Mary. He tells her he knows she has stolen the identity of a baby who died in 1972. He deduces that she intentionally shot him in a non-lethal spot and, using a ruse, exposes Mary's secret life as an assassin to John.
Back at Baker Street John angrily confronts Mary, asking what he ever did to deserve her. Sherlock tells John that he's observed his addiction to danger, and his attraction to Mary complies with this fact. She tells them some of her past and that Magnussen has information that would send her to prison for the rest of her life. Mary gives John a memory stick marked with the initials A. G. R. A., which she says contains everything about her and would destroy his love for her. Sherlock tells John he can trust Mary because she saved his life by calling an ambulance after shooting him.
After ignoring the memory stick for several months, John burns it without reading it and reconciles with Mary. The couple is spending Christmas with the Holmes brothers at their parents' home, where Sherlock takes the opportunity to drug everyone but John so that they can steal Mycroft's laptop. Sherlock takes a hesitant John to meet Magnussen at his estate, which he believes contains Magnussen's blackmail archive. During their confrontation, Magnussen reveals that he was behind the kidnapping of John, as seen in "The Empty Hearse" and explains that he put pressure on Mary in order to "own" Mycroft via John and Sherlock.
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His Last Vow
"His Last Vow" is the third and final episode of the third series of the BBC Television series Sherlock, which follows the modern-day adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The episode was first broadcast on 12 January 2014, on BBC One and Channel One. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Nick Hurran with music composed by Michael Price and David Arnold. The episode is a contemporary adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton".
In the episode, Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman) take on a case about stolen letters. This leads the pair into conflict with Charles Augustus Magnussen (Lars Mikkelsen), a media mogul specialising in blackmail whom Sherlock despises. Holmes and Watson try to get Magnussen arrested, but their attempt fails when they confront him at Appledore, Magnussen's home.
On its first broadcast on BBC One, the episode received 11.37 million viewers, a 32.1% audience share. Although this was a drop from "The Sign of Three" and "The Empty Hearse", it became the most tweeted-about single episode of a drama series in the UK. The episode received critical acclaim, and Mikkelsen's performance as Magnussen, in particular, was praised. For their performances in the episode, Cumberbatch and Freeman both won the Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, respectively. Moffat also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for his work on the episode.
John Watson, whose wife Mary is now visibly pregnant, finds an unkempt Sherlock Holmes in a crack house under the influence of drugs. John attempts to force him to rehabilitate, but Sherlock insists that he was undercover for a case. Mycroft confronts Sherlock about the drug use and realises that Sherlock is investigating Charles Augustus Magnussen, a newspaper owner who blackmails people. Lady Elizabeth Smallwood has enlisted Sherlock to negotiate the return of stolen letters written by Smallwood's husband. Mycroft warns Sherlock not to go after Magnussen, which Sherlock ignores.
John is also surprised to discover that Sherlock is in a relationship with Mary's bridesmaid, Janine. Sherlock tells John that he is dating her because she is Magnussen's assistant. He uses their relationship to enable him to break into Magnussen's office in London. Inside, Sherlock and John find an incapacitated Janine, and Sherlock happens upon Mary holding Magnussen at gunpoint. Mary shoots Sherlock, who harnesses all his mental powers to stay conscious. He is taken to a hospital, where he flatlines on the operating table. But in his mind palace, Moriarty taunts Sherlock that he's letting John down by dying, which convinces him to revive. When Sherlock wakes up in surgery, he mouths, "Mary". John meets Mary at the hospital and tells her that Sherlock survived. Mary visits the dazed and severely injured Sherlock and warns him not to denounce her. John nonetheless begins to suspect something after discovering that Sherlock moved John's chair in the Baker Street flat back to its usual spot and left a bottle of Mary's perfume on the table next to it.
Sherlock breaks out from the hospital and arranges a meeting with Mary. He tells her he knows she has stolen the identity of a baby who died in 1972. He deduces that she intentionally shot him in a non-lethal spot and, using a ruse, exposes Mary's secret life as an assassin to John.
Back at Baker Street John angrily confronts Mary, asking what he ever did to deserve her. Sherlock tells John that he's observed his addiction to danger, and his attraction to Mary complies with this fact. She tells them some of her past and that Magnussen has information that would send her to prison for the rest of her life. Mary gives John a memory stick marked with the initials A. G. R. A., which she says contains everything about her and would destroy his love for her. Sherlock tells John he can trust Mary because she saved his life by calling an ambulance after shooting him.
After ignoring the memory stick for several months, John burns it without reading it and reconciles with Mary. The couple is spending Christmas with the Holmes brothers at their parents' home, where Sherlock takes the opportunity to drug everyone but John so that they can steal Mycroft's laptop. Sherlock takes a hesitant John to meet Magnussen at his estate, which he believes contains Magnussen's blackmail archive. During their confrontation, Magnussen reveals that he was behind the kidnapping of John, as seen in "The Empty Hearse" and explains that he put pressure on Mary in order to "own" Mycroft via John and Sherlock.