The Redheaded League

This is the second short story in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It doesn't have an Episode yet, but something that Holmes says is similar to what Sherlock says in A Study in Pink. In The Redheaded League, Watson asks, "What are you going to do, then?" To which Holmes replies, "To smoke. It is quite a three-pipe problem". In A Study in Pink, when John returns from meeting Mycroft, Sherlock is lying on the couch with three nicotine patches on his arm. John asks, "You've got three". To which Sherlock replies, "It's a three patch problem". I think it's funny that they flipped it. But it kinds makes sense considering that Benedict Cumberbatch doesn't smoke.

A Case of Identity

In this short story, which happens to be the third in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Mary Sutherland has come to Sherlock Holmes to help her find out what happened to her fiancé Hosmer Angel. At one point, Holmes has Watson describe her appearance. So he does. Holmes begins by saying, "'Pon my word, Watson, you are coming along wonderfully. You have really done very well indeed. It is true that you have missed everything of importance..." This is like in The Great Game, when Sherlock has John analyze the shoes.

A Scandal in Belgravia vs. A Scandal in Bohemia

Either way you look at it, this is when Sherlock Holmes meets Irene Adler. Obviously the T.V. show is not going to match this one very well considering that the episode is based off a short story. Mycroft plays a big part in Series two of Sherlock, but I've yet to encounter him in the stories. As I said, the episode is based off the short story, A Scandal in Bohemia. Let's begin the analysis. This short story follows after Watson is married to Mary Morstan. Holmes comments on Watson's weight saying that had gained 7 and a half pounds and that wedlock suited him. Watson argued that he had only gained 7. This is like what Sherlock says to Molly in The Great Game, only, he said that she had gained 3 pounds, but Molly argued she had only gained 2 and a half. Holmes is sent a letter using Bohemian lettering. Turns out, it had been sent by the King of Bohemia. This is like what happened in The Great Game when Sherlock receives the letter from Lestrade containing the 'mobile phone'. Prague is also mentioned in A Scandal in Bohemia. Which reminds us of what happened in the episode The Great Game with The Gollum, who is named after a Prague legend. The Prince of Bohemia approaches Holmes about getting back some letters he had sent to Irene. There was also a not so appropriate photo. In A Scandal in Belgravia, Mycroft approaches Sherlock about helping an anonymous client get some files and photos back from irene that happen to be on her phone. One of the biggest differences is that in the short story, Irene is married, whereas in the episode, she is single and clearly into Sherlock. Now, to get the letters and photo, Holmes must first find out where she has hidden them. Watson must throw a smoke bomb into irene's apartments so Holmes can find out where she has hidden the letters. This kinda like what happened in the episode, except he was inside Irene's apartments and not outside like in the short story. In the short story, Holmes pretends to be hurt in a street brawl to get inside irene's apartments. In the episode, he has John punch him in the face. In the end of the short story, when the King has gotten his letters back, Holmes asks if he can keep the picture of Irene that was sent to him with a letter from irene. The King happily let's him keep it. In the episode, once the files and pictures have been taken off the phone, Sherlock asks to keep it. Against his better judgment, John let's him keep the phone. To Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler will always be THE woman.

The Sign of the Four

I think it's funny how in A Study in Pink, when Lestrade set the "drugs bust" Sherlock says he's clean, but in the stories, he's a cocaine addict. In the T.V. show, Sherlock is just addicted to cigarettes, so he uses nicotine patches. In The Sign of the Four, Sherlock and John talk about john's brochure, it's like what they discuss about John's blog in the episode The Great Game. In The Sign of the Four, Sherlock deducts from John's watch as opposed to his phone in A Study in Pink. I realize that BBC Sherlock is set in modern day, but it would still be easy for Sherlock to deduct from a watch, if John had one. Also, in the T.V. show, he deducts the same things from John's phone that he dies from John's watch in the books. Also, in The Sign of the Four, the murder and his ally come thru the window and it's speculated that the ally scaled the wall. This is like what happened in the episode The Blind Banker. Another difference is that in The Sign of the Four the treasure stealers are from India, whereas in The Blind Banker, they are Chinese. In The Sign of the Four, they leave a note saying, "The Sign of The Four". In The Blind Banker, they leave a Chinese sign.

Study in Pink vs. Study in Scarlet

The first difference between A Study in Pink (Sherlock Episode) and A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes story), is the title obviously. The second difference is that in A Study in Pink, the victim is a woman. In A Study in Scarlet, the victim is a male. In both versions, they were killed by a cab driver. Both cabbies had aneurisms. The difference between them is that in A Study in Pink, it was in his brain. In A Study in Scarlet, it was in his heart. Going off of that, in A Study in Pink, the cabbie was shot before Sherlock could take the poisoned pill. In A Study in Scarlet, the cabbie dies from his aneurism in prison. Both versions have the same location and Sherlock and John meet the same way. In both, the cabbie gives his victims a choice of pills. The biggest difference is in A Study in Pink, Sherlock said the woman was trying to write Rachel, but Anderson brings up the fact that Rache is revenge in German. In A Study in Scarlet, everyone thought the murdered was going to write Rachel, but was disturbed and didn't get to finish. The murder was actually writing Rache. The last small thing that was different was in A Study in Pink, the cabbie killed 4 people. In A Study in Scarlet, he killed only two for revenge.

I will do this for every episode of Sherlock that corresponds with a Sherlock Holmes novel or short story.

Clues for Series 3

For those of you who love Sherlock like me, you're all wondering what is going to happen during Sherlock Series 3. I think it's pretty obvious that Sherlock will come back after The Fall. This was just posted on the Sherlock FB fan page:
Steven Moffat has revealed the three tease words for series 3 of Sherlock. They are - Rat. Wedding. Bow.

Deducing caps on…
What does it mean? Is John going to the famous Mary we know from the Sherlock Holmes movies and stories? Try and figure it out. I will leave you will this. If you think you've figured it out, leave a comment.