The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight (1980) — watch online on iFILM — brings the Soviet series to its confrontation. Scotland Yard has swept up Moriarty's entire network. The professor himself slipped through, and he has exactly one item left on his agenda: Holmes.

Holmes and Watson slip away to the Swiss Alps hoping to wait it out. It is not enough. Nikolai Kryukov plays Moriarty with a stillness that is more unsettling than theatrical menace — he simply decides and then acts. Vasily Livanov drops the quick wit of earlier episodes; this is a different Holmes, focused and grim. The Reichenbach Falls sequence delivers what two seasons of build-up earned it. Stream Mortal Fight online on iFILM.