Sherlock: The Worst Episode From Every Season

5. Season Four - The Six Thatchers

What a lackluster episode. It's honestly so disappointing to see a once-great show like Sherlock become such a pointless, unfocused, convoluted, rushed, and even an unintentionally goofy mess. This was the show that gave us episodes like A Study in Pink and The Reichenbach Fall, only for the show to eventually give us a show like this. This episode had terrible writing, terrible directing, terrible pacing — all in all, it was just a terrible episode.

For some reason, the writers thought it would be a great idea to center an entire episode around the character Mary Watson, even if we've only known her for one season and quite frankly, don't care for her much at all. It's almost as if the writers were trying to justify that pointless plot twist concerning Mary in the last season, having us wondering, 'Is this show going to be twists for twists' sake?'

Even if you did care about Mary Watson, this episode is so janky, messy, and unstructured, it's hard to get invested in any of the plot points at all. The episode just kind of jumps from scene to scene with barely anything connecting them. There's also very little tension in the episode, which is a problem because, well, it's a Sherlock episode. What is a detective show without tension or thrill?