davidrediscovery

Watch the old Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movie Terror by Night. It's the same story as this episode, except Jessica is flying while Sherlock was traveling by train. The same trick by the thief used to get the gem off the train/plane. The same odd pair of suspects who turn out to be a red herring. MSW did add one extra twist on the end as to the identity of the murderer and it's a good episode otherwise, but some deja vu for fans of the old Sherlock Holmes movies.

Little known fact: there were two versions of the pilot. The one that aired on ABC was pretty similar in tone to the other episodes. But when the show was rerun on A&E, the pilot episode was recut: scenes cut, other scenes never seen before added. Plus it was given an opening credits sequence (the other episodes just opened with titles over the opening scene) and a new theme (not used in any of the other episodes). Plus the entire hour was rescored in a manner not consistent with the classical adaptations heard in the other episodes and in the movie. Don't know whose idea it was, but it didn't help matters. It was nice to see some new footage from the pilot, and I even made up a tape combining the footage from both versions for an expanded version.