In the Sherlock Christmas special, The Abominable Bride, Sherlock Holmes spent the majority of the episode in his mind palace attempting to figure out how Jim Moriarty could have faked his own death. In the end, Holmes concludes that, despite the police’s inability to recover Moriarty’s body, that the consulting criminal dead. However, if this is true, who put out the gif of Moriarty? (‘Did you miss me?’)
Based on Holmes’ original canon, the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Moriarty refers to two people: Most notably, Professor Moriarty, the man who killed Sherlock Holmes in “The Final Problem.” Notice the lack of forename in the name. Within the same story, Watson refers to the name of another family member when he writes of “the recent letters in which Colonel James Moriarty defends the memory of his brother.” Based on this, it is a logical conclusion that there are two men sharing the surname Moriarty—a maths professor and a Colonel. However, in a mistake on Conan Doyle’s part, Holmes refers to Moriarty on one occasion as “Professor James Moriarty.” Nevertheless, Gatiss and Moffat are known for their numerous modifications Conan Doyle’s stories (done to fix his mistakes and allow the programme to fit modern times). Therefore, it is a rational to assume that they will continue with the idea of
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Where is the programme going if Jacob Moriarty is the true mastermind behind the Holmes/Moriarty war? Well, all of Moffat and Gatiss’ tales have been based on Conan Doyle’s original tales. While it is possible to predict what the next three episodes will be based on, this is a very long process that will take up too much time. However, there is one story that cannot be passed up in the fourth series—“The Valley of Fear.” “The Valley of Fear” is famous for the first appearance of Professor Moriarty. Therefore, this is the perfect way to introduce Jacob as the mastermind behind the