Dr. Watson: July 10, 2103.
Sherlock Holmes left me a message at Baker street
saying he had discovered the whereabouts
of the archvillain moriarty
and could not wait for my return.
I readied the coach craft and hurried off in pursuit.
Rrr!
Uhh!
Uhh! Uhh!
[grunting]
the laser wave sanitation grid
vaporizes all falling debris.
Not even new Scotland yard
will be able to find any trace of you.
Uhh! Uhh!
Dash it, Holmes.
You should never have gone off without me.
It's not over yet!
Whoa!
No victory for you tonight, Holmes.
What's this?
Ha ha ha!
The game ends here!
Aah! Aah!
Holmes!
No-o-o!
Sherlock Holmes...
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Watson!
Brought Sherlock Holmes back to life.
Back to life.
It's elementary, my dear Watson.
♪ Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd century ♪
Watson!
Sherlock Holmes is on the case.
Moriarty...
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Sherlock Holmes is on the case.
♪ Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd century ♪
elementary, my dear Watson.
Ah.
[gasp] Ronny.
Hey, deidre.
Hmm. That's how you do it, love.
Good luck with the tournament.
I Don't need luck. Later.
Your partner better show,
or we win the tournament.
Chill out. Ronny'll be here.
He already is.
Why are you in such a rush to lose?
We won't, if you Don't cheat.
When you're as good as I am, you Don't have to.
Here. This is yours.
Nice.
[blows]
announcer: 5 seconds to air time.
Players, take your places.
Coming at you live from the holocade,
it's the fifth annual televised holocade tournament.
On team one, we have April Murray and John Hardy
going up against Thomas moran and Ronald adair
of team 2.
These 4 champions are about to compete
in level 10 of alienator attack.
Contestants, charge your blasters.
Blasters must be recharged every 10 shots.
Shoot the targets as they drop.
If you miss and your target hits you,
your blaster will lose its power and will have to be recharged.
We know the rules, mate.
Make sure you play by 'em.
Announcer: Alienator level 10 commences now.
Unh!
[gasp]
unh!
Unh!
Come on, recharge!
Hyah!
Yaah!
Gotcha!
Huh?
Unh!
Ronny, what are you doin'?
We've almost won.
Ronny!
Announcer: What a fantastic finish!
Superstars.
Announcer: Tune in tomorrow
when our teams face each other again
for the final round in a winner-take-all grudge match.
If either team member cannot play,
the remaining player may continue on their own.
May the best players win.
Adair: It can't be.
Ronny.
Ronny!
[piano music playing]
I have now lost my best friend,
not once,
but for the second time.
Computer, display list one.
No.
That's impossible.
It can't be.
Computer, display list 2.
Yes, yes, this is more like it.
But how could this happen?
[whirring]
Holmes?
Is that you?
Inspector lestrade.
Good to see you, too, Watson.
I'm sorry, but--
come on, no time to waste.
I've been stuck all night investigating a break-in
at sir hargreaves' laboratory.
I'm sorry, inspector.
I Don't think I can face an investigation
on my own.
Watson, the best thing for you to do
is just that.
We both miss him terribly,
but the wheels of justice must keep turning.
He'd want it that way.
And besides, I have a need for your particular training.
Pardon?
I'll explain on the way.
Prepare yourself, Watson.
His name's Ronald adair.
Oh, dear!
He's been frozen solid.
[gasp]
pretty cold, huh?
Whoever this perpetrator was,
he's been taking lessons from moriarty.
Is he...
No. He's a popsicle,
but he's still breathing.
Lucky for him, he has a persistent mother.
When he didn't answer any of her voice messages,
she called us.
The doctors say
it'll take him 72 hours to thaw out.
No harm done.
But someone sure didn't want him
walkin' around for a few days.
We could wait to question him,
but whoever did this would be long gone.
Hmm.
I assume the door was locked when you arrived
and you were let in?
You're right. The landlord let us in.
How did you know?
Eyes and brains, inspector.
Eyes and brains.
The door locks from inside,
and it's well-scuffed,
indicating considerable usage.
Since the doorframe wasn't broken,
it told me someone had a key.
Hmm.
Now look at these numbers.
Column 1...
Column 2...
They mean...
Oh, dash it all!
I Don't know what they mean.
I've been fooling myself.
I'm not Holmes.
I miss him.
You and me both, Watson.
Inspector, we found this character
snooping around outside.
Claims he has business with the iceman here.
Move aside. Move aside, young man.
I'm a law-abiding citizen.
You can't hold me up.
Hmm. Not good. Not good at all.
Well, he won't be needing these game disks,
now, will he?
[beep]
all right, hold it right there, sir.
I think I have a few questions for you.
Oh, me? Forget about me.
Well, if I'm not needed here, I must be going.
Halt!
The computer disk.
It's a game disk is all.
The young man likes to play games, he did.
So do you.
The disk you put into the computer was blue.
You're coming with us.
Oh, no, no, I can't.
Much too busy.
Here, take your old disk!
[coughing]
stop him!
[coughing]
be on the lookout for an old man in a trench coat,
beard, long hair.
Detain for questioning.
All area units respond.
Blast it!
[coughing]
find him!
I want a hair net over this area now!
Watson: He was a spry one.
Exactly. I Don't know who he is,
but I intend to find out.
That's as close as you're gonna get, yardies.
Next time, yardies.
Next time.
His door was locked from the inside,
yet the young man was somehow frozen.
Who could have done such a horrendous deed, and why?
That's what I intend to find out.
We're goin' to the holocade studio.
Ronny adair couldn't hit the side of a starship
from the inside.
Hmm.
He still got the highest score.
And I'd like to know how.
Beth: You sure that's not just sour grapes?
Not likely.
I'm a lot better than he is. Ask anyone.
The tournament doesn't need cheaters
bringing the game down.
Well, April Murray is definitely not the president
of the Ronny adair fan club.
[Watson gasps]
inspector.
What is it, Watson?
I believe we have company.
The--the old man...
He was just here.
Who said robots were infallible, anyway?
No, I'm not happy.
We almost lost the tournament because of Ronny,
and now I've got to play the final round by myself.
Fortunately, I never miss.
The other team thinks he cheated.
Uhh!
I Don't know about that,
but I gotta wonder how he got off so many shots.
What do you mean?
I'm the fastest there is.
And according to the game computers,
I squeezed off 1,000 shots.
Ronny took almost 1,500.
That's impossible.
You gotta recharge every 10 shots.
Beth: You mean he cheated.
You're the yardie.
You tell me.
And look at this, Watson.
I found another list of numbers.
Huh. What do you make of it?
This is odd.
The blaster's power control
cut-off switch
has been bypassed.
That's it, Watson!
That's how Ronny adair cheated.
We knew the other blasters had to be recharged,
but adair's blaster never ran out of power.
He didn't have to have great aim.
He could just keep shooting until he got a better score.
Murray or Hardy must have figured out he was cheating
and put him on ice for the rest of the tournament.
They must really want to win.
You stay here and figure out what those numbers mean.
I'm gonna have the lab boys check these parts
for trace evidence.
Hmm.
This all seems much too simple.
Holmes always said never to accept your first conclusion,
no matter how perfect it appears.
"dig," he said.
"discover the truth beneath the lies."
lies? Lies, you say?
What do you know of lies, eh?
You've been following me, old man.
Perhaps you're the guilty party.
Me, the guilty party? Good heavens, Watson.
[Holmes' voice] haven't I always told you...
[Watson gasps]
eyes and brains, man. Eyes and brains.
Holmes! You're alive!
Thank heavens!
But I thought--
I saw you and moriarty vaporize.
Think, man. You saw flashes of light, that's all.
Base your deductions on facts,
never on assumptions.
Moriarty was almost subdued
when a light from far off broke through the dark
and momentarily blinded me.
Suddenly, I slipped on a patch of formed ice.
Moriarty lunged for me, and we both fell
to what should have been our doom.
I may have been temporarily blinded,
but my mind was still sharp,
and my reflexes even sharper.
But I had to convince moriarty's accomplice
that I had indeed perished at his hand.
And so, I hatched a most clever scheme.
Alas, I wasn't the only clever one,
as you shall soon discover.
I presume, Watson,
you do realize that one and the same man
caused my supposed demise,
mr. Adair's frozen condition,
and the theft at professor hargreaves' laboratory.
I do?
They are?
Ice, Watson.
Ice in July.
I slipped on ice.
Cryogenic projectiles stolen from hargreaves' laboratory.
Connect the dots, Watson.
And then adair was found frozen like an icicle.
I didn't put it together.
That is because you didn't pay attention
to what was plainly before you.
The ice I slipped on
was created by the cryogenic projector.
The blinding light was the projector's targeting light.
And it was obviously fired at me
by an accomplice of moriarty.
But who that is remains to be seen.
Now, do you remember
what adair had on his computer?
Numbers. Words.
I hadn't yet deduced their significance.
That is because they are not just numbers.
They are the game scores for alienator attack.
T78. "t" for Thomas moran.
Score, 78.
"r" for Ronald adair.
"j" for John Hardy. "a" for April Murray.
Simple.
But what do they mean?
That Ronald adair was not cheating.
He wasn't?
It's elementary, my dear Watson.
Think. Why would a man accused of dishonesty
chart out the suspect game scores,
as well as inspect the gun
he himself supposedly tampered with?
Does every criminal need a reason for his actions?
There is always a reason if one searches deep enough.
For example,
what if the man is actually innocent
and was trying to prove he has been set up to appear guilty?
Now come.
Holmes!
Your wax bust--
it was just frozen over,
like Ronald adair.
As I imagined.
We have a fair view from this empty house.
Come now. The game is afoot.
But who shot at you?
An expert marksman.
But we already knew that, didn't we?
Hmm... Of course we did.
You said the glare of light that blinded you
came from far off.
Excellent. Go on.
And adair's apartment fronted the thames.
Whoever froze him had to shoot from the opposite shore.
Not a simple task.
But why have we come here?
Because our ice-wielding friend
should have already arrived.
Holmes!
Steady, Watson.
What was that?
Just playing with the machines.
No more games, Holmes.
Yaah!
Are you all right, Holmes?
For the moment.
Watson, follow me!
Whoa!
Moriarty took no chances.
If he failed to destroy me,
his accomplice would do it for him.
Fortunately, they both failed.
At least for the moment.
You won't escape me, Holmes.
Moriarty paid too much for me to let you live.
Excellent aim!
But then you are the best, aren't you?
Playing video games is just practice
for your real job, isn't it?
Ohh!
Uhh!
You want me!
I am here for you!
Then it's over.
Uhh!
You're right, Holmes.
I Don't need this game.
But I won't leave without my prize.
Hold him, Watson.
We're almost there.
Rrr!
Aah!
Well, who is our mysterious attacker?
Surely, Watson, there can be no doubt.
Who I am no longer matters.
You're both being put on ice
until I can get out of this dump.
Moran?
Of course, Watson.
He is the mercenary moriarty hired and equipped
to eliminate me.
It is rather a compliment, in a way.
But why would a mercenary play a holocade game?
Target practice, of course.
And being a professional,
his ego demanded his team had to win.
Heh. Unfortunately, Ronny wasn't that good.
Which is why he had to alter his blaster.
Here. This is yours.
Nice.
[blows]
he needed the edge.
And, of course, if your ruse was discovered,
he would be blamed for cheating and not you.
He went home and calculated the scores.
He was going to show the rigged blaster to the judges,
but you wouldn't allow that.
I like to win,
and I always do.
Beth: Moran, freeze!
No! You freeze!
Huh?
Whoa--oof!
Sorry, moran.
The cold war is over.
I hope you'll enjoy playing your games in prison.
I found your DNA all over that rigged blaster.
I still Don't understand one thing, Holmes.
How did you know moriarty was still alive
and would still be hunting you?
Elementary, my dear Watson.
Elementary physics, that is.
Moriarty and I fell off the level at the same time.
The physics demands both bodies should have hit the grid
at the same time.
They did. I saw.
Remember, I caught the bottom of the level,
then dropped a rock to the sanitation grid.
Had moriarty actually fallen,
he would have hit the grid long before my rock.
That you saw 2 simultaneous flashes
is proof he saved himself as did I.
Now come.
Moriarty is still out there,
and this day
has just begun.
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