The Adventure of the Missing Stocking

April 18th, 2007

The writers of the hit TV series LOST (with my, um, help) take time out their busy schedule to write a a new Sherlock Holmes mystery.

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14 comments.

  1. Brilliant. Only one thing — not enough flashbacks.

    Posted by Dan Someone on April 18th, 2007.

  2. Throw in a couple of cylons, and you have a Battlestar Galactica story arc.

    Posted by Mr. Big Business on April 18th, 2007.

  3. That was brilliant. Finally someone constructs a way to ask the original Holmes if he’s For Real.

    Posted by ladypuppy on April 18th, 2007.

  4. Only two criticisms, Matthew; one, there was no deluge of new, confusing and highly superfluous characters introduced during the narrative; and two, your characters engaged in dialog and moved the “plot” forward at least a little bit – the real writers of LOST would have resorted to many more silent, meaningful glares that are meant to convey a solemnity and seriousness of occasion, but do nothing whatsoever to advance the audience’s comprehension of the “story” or, in fact, to entertain in anyway.

    Does that sound like I’m a bit bitter?

    Posted by junior on April 18th, 2007.

  5. Clever, caustic and well written. Thanks for this.

    Posted by brism on April 18th, 2007.

  6. Why would cocaine make Sherlock Holmes sleepy? Cocaine is a stimulant.

    Posted by David on April 19th, 2007.

  7. Awesome.

    Posted by Diablevert on April 19th, 2007.

  8. A conspicuous absence of the word “singular,” but other than that you had me going until the hippo bit.

    Posted by Brendan on April 19th, 2007.

  9. Hehehehe. Brilliant.

    Posted by Ariel on April 19th, 2007.

  10. “Egress” is a noun, dude. You can’t “egress” from anything. You can “effect your egress” from something, I guess.

    Posted by doctor windphone on April 19th, 2007.

  11. Main Entry: egress
    Pronunciation: E-’gres
    Function: intransitive verb
    : to go or come out

    Posted by Brian on April 19th, 2007.

  12. David: I think he was thinking of morphine.

    Posted by Lethargi on April 21st, 2007.

  13. Just had to tell you that I very much enjoy this blog. I spent this past Saturday laughing out loud so much that tears of joy sprang from my eyeballs. I was reading “favorite posts”. I kept reading the punch lines out loud to my husband. The Queen is my hero.

    Carry on.

    Posted by Kay on April 24th, 2007.

  14. A reasonable satire of much of the second season through last November, but, if you’ve been watching since the break, I hope you’ll agree that the writers have advanced the plot quite a bit, and coherently at that. It’s back in my top three shows. I’d love to see you parody 24, surely the riper show for satire.

    Posted by Drew on April 25th, 2007.