Of course, even if it were all a ruse, Doherty would be unlikely to spill the beans. “I would never want to spoil any surprise, tell someone if they were hot or cold,” he said. “We’ll dollop these things out and build to something that I hope will be special and memorable. But Irene,” he teased, “the most I can say is, yeah, Irene is absolutely very—how do I put this? I mean, obviously she’s not a character in the show at this point. She may be in flashbacks; we may eventually put a face to the name. But, yeah, we want to move slowly. We don’t want to rush too quickly into things.”
Lisa Edelstein’s Guest Appearance
This week’s episode guest stars Lisa Edelstein, Dr. Cuddy on House, M.D. It will be great to see Lisa’s face on primetime again, even if only for an episode. Doherty explained that Lisa is “playing Heather, the head of a public relations firm that specializes in corporate publicity, corporate issues. The company’s specialty is sort of cleaning up messes. A bomb detonates in a building and Sherlock, through a series or deductions, realizes that somebody at Heather’s company may have been the target. We have some fun stuff to play between her and Sherlock. There’s a bit of a flirtation that goes on,” he revealed. “And it will feel very unique to our show; I’ve always been a huge fan of hers.”
Mild Spoilers Ahoy...
Doherty was also kind enough to share a few tidbits from some upcoming episodes as well, including the introduction of Moriarty. “The sexiest thing I can tell you,” Doherty disclosed, “is that we are inching closer to a story with Moriarty, where we’re getting ready to sort of dip our toe in that water.” That would be in episode 11, which will air January 10. According to Doherty, “It’ll be one of our more mythological episodes. We’ve identified it as a spot to dispense a few more clues about what happened to Sherlock. Why is he in the state that he’s in? How did he end up in New York? It will be a big show for us.”
Confessing that its hard to tease very much without giving too much away, Doherty also mentioned that in a couple of weeks (episode eight) “we’re actually going to get a little deeper into Joan’s backstory, and explore how she came to be a sober companion.” He said that we’ll “meet someone from her past who had quite an impact, and helped sort of put her on that path.”
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Article comments
1 - Lucy H.
Great interview, thanks. I was hoping that "M" episode title that we saw in a photo the staff tweeted meant Moriarty was coming up. Looking forward to that.
2 - barbara barnett
Thanks Lucy! I'm guessing that's the "M" episode :)
3 - Lucy H.
By the way, I heard you say the other day that you're watching Eli Stone but it's a little too sweet for your taste. ... I can relate, although I do think it was quite an admirable show and a nice attempt to do some innovative things.
For anybody who's curious about the range of JLM's acting skills and the depth of his emotional reserves (and if you can stand BBC costume dramas), I recommend the distinctly non-sweet BBC two-part mini-series Byron. Not the best written thing in the world, but available on Netflix and extremely well acted, by Miller especially, but also by the rest of an amazing cast that includes Vanessa Redgrave, Natasha Little and Philip Glenister.
4 - barbara barnett
I'm enjoying Eli Stone very much (sweet as it is). JLM is quite good. I really enjoyed him Plunkett and Macleane as well (a bit bizarre of a movie, but with the benefit of putting him together with one of very favorite actors, Robert Carlyle) ;)
5 - Lucy H.
I really like RC as well. It was nice to see him get such a cool show as Once Upon a Time -- and I think he's great in it.
I find myself recommending Plunkett and Macleane when somebody asks me if I can think of anything that's just silly, escapist fun. Liv Tyler aside, the cast there can't be beat, and I think the Hogarth-meets-MTV approach actually works great for the story. Never could figure out why it got such terrible reviews. RC and JLM may have had some fun making it, at least, I'm guessing, though, doing a lot of improvising and such. I seem to remember an interview in which RC said that he wondered where his and JLM's writing credits were for P&M. They're both pretty funny guys.
6 - Resa Haile
Just a note to say that it hasn't actually been a hundred years since Doyle stopped writing the Holmes story; the last one was published in the *Strand* magazine in 1927. Very interesting interview, though.
7 - Resa Haile
I meant "the Holmes stories," although "the Holmes story" makes Watson's tales sound like one long biography, which, in a sense, they were.
8 - barbara barnett
Point taken Resa. I'll make that correction.
Lucy--just posted my review of Carlyle's new movie--and an interview with the director (he talks alot about RC's improvising ;))
The more I see of JLM, the more I like him. Plunkett & Macleane is just a great lot of fun!
9 - Josh Porter
Thanks Resa for the correction. I am working on my school project about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Your comment definitely saved me from a lot of embarrassment.
You are the best!