"The Dancing Men" is a favorite of mine. One of the neat things about the Holmes canon is that sometimes there is no poetic justice. While the great detective always solves the case, there is often collateral damage. In this one, a young bride is terrified by various images of dancing stick figures that are sent to her or appear in various settings. Her husband goes to Holmes to find out what is going on. Holmes, of course, is able to interpret the figures, but in the meantime, things don't go so well. Holmes often produced characters that came from America, and, invariably, there history seemed to present them with some nearly insurmountable obstacles. In this one, we have the sympathetic husband who has fallen into a situation he can't control. Holmes and Watson, played masterfully by Jeremy Brett and David Burke respectively, are eventually called to what appears a murder suicide scene, for which there is little explanation, other than the eerie figures that have pervaded the story. Again, the English countryside and a respect for the era are major factors in the success of this episode.