Sherlock · Season 2 · BBC One
Sherlock Season 2
Sherlock Season 2 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 9.2/10. 3 episodes on BBC One from 1 January 2012.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Season 2 is where Sherlock peaked, and 'A Scandal in Belgravia' is why. Lara Pulver's Irene Adler matched Cumberbatch scene-for-scene - an adversary who fought with intelligence rather than menace, and a script that understood what made the Holmes-Adler dynamic irreducible. The 9.4 individual IMDb score reflects genuine consensus: this is one of the best single episodes in British television history. The finale, 'The Reichenbach Fall', then delivered the roof scene and a cliffhanger that held a global audience for two years. Season 2 could have ended the series and it would have been a triumph.
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The Room
“Season 2 is Sherlock at full power - 'A Scandal in Belgravia' alone is worth the price of the series.”
Rotten Tomatoes (critics consensus)
Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about — premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E1A Scandal in Belgravia9.4
Irene Adler enters the show without clothes and leaves having beaten Sherlock Holmes at his own game. The writing is the cleverest in the series - the mystery, the seduction, the reveal, all operating simultaneously. Pulver and Cumberbatch produce the show's best single performance pairing.
The moment: Holmes deducing Adler's phone password - the scene that made 'A Scandal in Belgravia' immortal.
“9.4 on IMDb - the show's highest-rated episode and one of British television's most accomplished hours.” — IMDb
- E3The Reichenbach Fall9.2
Moriarty's endgame arrives and Sherlock's reputation is systematically dismantled before the confrontation. The rooftop is earned - this is a finale that understood you must take everything from a character before you can have an audience beg for their return.
The moment: The pavement. Watson walking away. Two years of global waiting began in that single cut.
“The cliffhanger that ended Season 2 generated more audience anticipation than almost any television event of the decade.” — Rotten Tomatoes (critics consensus)
Season Over Season
The creative apex - 'A Scandal in Belgravia' alone elevates this above Season 1.