Alright so Enola Holmes 2 is now out, meaning another mystery is afoot.
So tip top cherr-o, grab your tea and strumpets because uhhhh a crime is to be solved.
But in this video we're gonna be discussing that ending, some of the film’s real-life
counterparts, our theories for potential sequels or spin-offs, along with our reaction and
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If this is your first time here, I’m Jared, welcome to the Heavy Spoilers show, now let’s
get into Enola Holmes 2.
So this sequel takes place roughly a year after the first, with Enola having opened
her own detective agency, that's doing about as well as Elon’s Twitter take over.
Zero clients because of her age and gender, with many asking for the “real” Sherlock,
not this strange girl, who looks like she’s Eleven.
Though a young girl named Bessie swoops in with a missing person’s case that saves
Enola’s livelihood and the movie's plot.
Essentially Bessie’s Sarah, they’re not real sisters, one morning, just turned up
missing.
The initial clues are Sarah’s red hair, her being an academic, lip stick, and one
wilting plant, while another is flourishing.
This leads Enola to the Lyon’s match factory, where she not only discovers Sarah had stolen
important ledger documents from the Lyon’s office, but a sickness called Typhus, is spreading
like an epidemic, with many of the factory girls contracting it.
This feels eerily similar to uhhh…
Nevermind.
Enola spies on a meeting between Mr. Lyon, his cub, William, along with Mr. MacIntire
and his secretary Ms. Mira Troy.
Enola’s hunch to follow Sarah’s flatmate, Mae, proves fruitful as she discovers they
worked at the Paragon theater together as performers, rather than the The Stag Antlers
bar that she had told Bessie.
Something is a miss, as Enola gathers more evidence including matching lipstick and a
hidden love letter.
Feeling a shadow follow her, Enola bumps into a drunken Sherlock, as both head to his place.
The plot thickens, as Sherlock’s own mystery, which looks like a Charlie Kelly Pepe Silvia
situation, may have a connection with Enola’s, both involving financial dealings and bank
transfers.
Enola’s unintentional, intentional meeting with Tewkesbury, the young lad from the first
film, in the park furthers the investigation, as she cracks the love letter cipher and identifying
the flower drawing is a Poppy, leading her to 28 Bell Place, Whitechapel.
Noooo not a church, instead quite a love nest, with a dead Mae.Wait, Mae’s dead?!
Already?!
Things are a bit fishy though, because Inspector Lestrade, a few police officers, and Superintendent
Grail arrive minutes later.
Who is most certainly the cane wielding stranger stalking Enola the night before.
Obviously caught red handed, uhhh Enola has red blood on her, ehhh whatever, Enola is
obviously suspect number 1 in Mae’s death.
Learning that both Enola and Grail have a shared interest in finding Sarah, Enola escapes
before she can be arrested.
Now knowing she is looking for a gent, with a tapered hat, of which was found at Mae’s
crime scene.
Enola realizes the flower drawing is not of a Poppy, but that of a Sweet William, William
Lyon, the gent she saw at the factory.
It’s all connected maaaaannnnn.
Knowing this, Enola heads off to the Match Maker’s Ball, tricking Willaim into giving
up his handwriting, confirming he in fact wrote Sarah’s hidden love letter.
Later questioning him during a dance.
Back to the Pepe Silvia Sherlock case, like poetry in motion, Sherlock realizes the bank
transferring pattern is that of the 27 dances that exist…
There’s 27 dances?
The cupid shuffle, macarena, whatever the hell this is, Okay Okay.
Either way he cracks the cipher revealing a chilling message, in an almost Jigsaw “Wanna
play a game” fashion.
“Good to meet you Sherlock Holmes”, with the account name being…
“Moriarty”
The game is afoot.
Buuuuuuttt Enola unfortunately goes to jail.
This whole sequence is honestly unnecessary…
Honestly…
Enola’s mother and Edith Puthy break her out, smoke bomb a carriage, beat up Grail
and his goons, You get it, action.
Annnnnnddddddd back to London.
Now like the ending to a Saw movie, all of the clues and pieces finally fall into place,
revealing Sarah and Mae had been doing their own research, discovered the white phosphorus
used for the new matches, as opposed to the old red tips, was the cause of the Typhus
amongst the factory girls.
Lyons and MacIntire knew of this, but wanted a cheaper product, resulting in HUUUUUGGGGEEEEE
profits.
Sarah was to expose them, that’s why Grail was hired to arrest her before she could talk.
Even William Lyon, Sarah’s lover, was working with them to expose the truth.
With the help of T-bone, Enola and Sherlock seek more answers from William, only to find
him dead.
Upon further investigation, all of the clues at the scene seemingly are planted to throw
them off, but Enola finds a crumpled piece of sheet music in William’s hand.
T-Dog informs them “The Truth of the Gods” that “Gods” can refer to the top level
of the theater…
The Paragon theater.
This directs back there, with X marking the spot… despite Dr. Jones’s teachings…
leading Enola, Sherlock, and T-Berry to all of the evidence needed to expose Lyons, MacIntire,
and their financial corruptions.
Sarah reveals herself, having been the blonde Ceicely in a wig at the ball, as everything
is gathered to hand over to the authorities.
Grail and his goons arrive, stating it is all blackmail, none of this will stick, attempting
to kill each of them.
Through this you realize Grail’s corruption ties in with Lyons and MacInTire…
I thought it was funny that Grail said this…
Only to have that dream come true, when Enola pecker hooked him, crashing down on to the
stage.
As the dust settles, Sherlock has one more trick up his sleeve, revealing that no it
wasn’t Grail, or even MacInTire that was behind this all… but rather Mira Troy, aka
Moriarty.
She had made a fateful error that led to her identity.
Troy solely doing all of this to get ahead, she, as a woman in these times, had to make
her own way, maybe getting a bit dirty along it.
Completely sinister, as she says it was fun.
Being taken away, she slyly says it’s a shame our dance had to end, but maybe… just
maybe we’ll take to the floor once again.
Cleverly tying in with the final newspaper article Sherlock is reading.
Stating “Master criminal escape”, opening the door for an Enola Holmes 3 or even a Sherlock
stand alone film that sees him going wit to wit with the iconic antagonist.
If you didn’t know, these too are like the Batman and Joker of the British crime solving
world.
Uhhh that’s my manslapining for the day.
The final minutes sees Enola and Sarah Chapman leading a revolt at the match factory, informing
all of the workers of the deadly phosphorus and Typhus origins, leading to them striking.
While T-Bag, I mean Tewkesbury, uses his political influence of a lord, to charge MacInTire with
the corruption charges he had been avoiding.
Enola once again opens her detective agency, while her and Tewkesbury, the dapper nincompoop,
happily stroll down the road…
Surprisingly a decent portion of the core plot involving a match company, deadly white
phosphorus, the workers striking, and even Sarah Chapman, is rooted in reality.
In July 1888, roughly 1,400 women and girls went on strike from the ​​Bryant & May
match company over low pay and hazardous working conditions.
This strike continued for a handful of weeks, resulting in Bryant & May caving in to the
demanded improved working conditions.
Sarah Chapman had been one of the leading forces in the strikes, and has since been
remembered via a charitable organization called The Matchgirls Memorial, that was developed
in 2019.
The organization has raised awareness of the Matchgirls' Strike and its participants, while
also passing on that spirit to today’s labor force.
So not only does Enola Holmes 2 have a bit of historical relevance, but also relates
to various working conditions over the last handful of years, with everything that has
happened…
Now don’t leave just yet, as there is a Marvel Studios-esque mid credits scene, setting
up a potential sequel/spin-off in this Holmes world.
Thursday at 4 comes around, with Sherlock at his place on Baker’s Street.
There is a ring at the door, however it is not Enola, but rather a strange man, asking
about the flatmate situation.
This is revealed to be Dr. John Watson, played by Himesh Patel, the long time partner of
Sherlock Holmes in all of the different interpretations of Sherlock’s mystery solving.
I actually loved this, both Patel playing the character, but also setting up either
an Enola Holmes 3 or Holmes and Watson, no no not that movie, jeezzz us.
But these two going after an escaped Moriarty or even get into scrambles of their own.
Overall Enola Holmes 2 was fine, harmless even, but doesn’t do too much to keep you
interested for the final piece of the puzzle to fall into place.
I felt like the biggest problem was the runtime, like it’s bloated by about 25 minutes.
When Enola goes to prison and her mum blows her out, only to wind back up exactly where
she was before, it seemed a bit perplexing.
The mystery solving bits were my favorite, a huge step up from the first, you know the
small details that I may have missed, finally all connecting.
So tighten it up, pump in a bit more Sherlock mysterying, maybe a cameo by Scooby-Doo, Idk
I’m just making shit up.
Surprisingly the introduction of Watson had my fan flailing the most, because the three
of them teaming up has some promise.
Enola and Sherlock’s chemistry was spot on, so bring on Himesh Patel for that threesome.
WAT!
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