A professional thief and the only person to ever outsmart Holmes. Lord Henry Blackwood

So when you scan this index, don’t see a checklist of plot points. See the DNA of every brooding, brilliant, broken detective that followed. From BBC’s Sherlock to The Mentalist to Elementary , they all trace back to this 2009 moment—when Guy Ritchie realized that the most interesting mystery wasn’t whodunit, but why a genius destroys himself to avoid being ordinary.

The Bohemian Detective: Reimagining the Legacy in Sherherlock Holmes (2009)