Invalided home from the war in Afghanistan, Dr.
John Watson becomes roommates with the world's only "consulting detective,"
Sherlock Holmes. Within a day their friendship is forged and several murders are solved.
Mycroft needs Sherlock's help,
but a remorseless criminal mastermind puts Sherlock on a distracting crime-solving spree
via a series of hostage human bombs through which he speaks.
A dark secret in the Holmes family rears its head with a vengeance,
putting Sherlock and friends through a series of sick,
manipulative psychological and potentially fatal games.