It turns out Sherlock’s titular star Benedict Cumberbatch has been legitimately connected to the family lineage of one Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the wordsmith behind Sherlock Holmes’ creation.
As 2017 was just getting underway, Sherlock’s first proper season premiere in three years delivered a twist that equaled the mystery series’ most jarring moments.
The link is a tad more than elementary, but it’s real.
And now that everyone is coming to grips with how the Rachel Talalay-directed episode left things, the real world has dropped its own shocking turn of events on fans (and everyone else, really).