{"id":622306,"date":"2026-09-20T23:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/622306\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T23:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:02:09","slug":"netflixs-new-sherlock-holmes-mystery-is-officially-5-days-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/622306\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s New Sherlock Holmes Mystery Is Officially 5 Days Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acting is such a peculiar career because it involves inhabiting a character usually different from the actor<\/a>. Some performers have struggled to separate themselves from the characters they have played and the lines blur. And when someone does it for a while or on a big platform<\/a>, letting go can be even harder. But it’s not always bad news, because sometimes playing a certain character exposes an actor to a different world, and they learn something useful later on.<\/p>\n

That’s what happens to Basil (Jose Coronado) in Netflix<\/a>‘s murder mystery premiering this week. The year is 1959, and a group of people is isolated near an island in Mallorca, Spain. As the storm rages outside, making departure or arrival on the island impossible, one of the guests in the hotel where the group is sheltering is found dead. Everyone assumes Elisa Mander, a discreet tourist of English origin, committed suicide, but close inspection reveals this could be a murder<\/a>. Enter Basil, a retired actor who once played Sherlock Holmes<\/a> on the big screen. As the only person with any semblance of experience solving mysteries, he is tasked with finding out what happened to Elisa. Everyone is a suspect, but the investigation reveals something even more complicated than anyone expected.<\/p>\n

That is the premise of The Final Problem, Netflix’s 4-part period thriller<\/a> premiering on September 25. The series is based on Spanish author Arturo P\u00e9rez-Reverte’s novel of the same name and was written for television by Alberto Mac\u00edas, Carlos Molinero, and Marisol Farr\u00e9. F\u00e9lix Viscarret directed all the episodes. Other cast members include Mar\u00eda Valverde (Adela), Marti\u00f1o Rivas (Fox\u00e1), Maribel Verd\u00fa (Auslander), Gonzalo de Castro (Fonseca), Cristina Kovani (Vicky), Jos\u00e9 Condessa (Toni), and Pep\u00f3n Nieto (Seruya).<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tCollider Exclusive \u00b7 8 Questions \u00b7 2 Minutes
\n\t\t\t\tWhich Netflix Character Would Be Your Best Friend?
\n\t\t\t\tDustin \u00b7 Emily \u00b7 Wednesday \u00b7 Gi-hun<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tSome friends drag you out of the house. Some sit with you on the worst night of your life. Netflix has written both, plus the one who tells you the truth you have been avoiding all week. Answer eight quick questions about how you actually do friendship, and find out which of them was always going to end up in your corner.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\ud83e\udde2Dustin(Stranger Things)\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\uddfcEmily(Emily in Paris)\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udd77\ufe0fWednesday(Wednesday)\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udfe2Gi-hun(Squid Game)\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tFIND YOUR BEST FRIEND \u2192\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

01<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tHow do you usually end up making a new friend?
\n\t\t\t\tThe origin story says a lot about the friendship that follows it.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tAWe got loud about the same obsession and never stopped.
\n\t\t\t\tBThey invited me somewhere before we had properly met.
\n\t\t\t\tCWe bonded over disliking exactly the same thing.
\n\t\t\t\tDThey noticed I was struggling and stayed with me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

02<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tWhat is a perfect Saturday with your best friend?
\n\t\t\t\tFriendship is mostly built out of very ordinary hours.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tAA ridiculous plan neither of us should attempt.
\n\t\t\t\tBSomewhere new, photographed heavily, ending very late.
\n\t\t\t\tCSomewhere quiet, few people, zero small talk.
\n\t\t\t\tDSomething simple, and a conversation that actually matters.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

03<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tYou call them at two in the morning. What happens?
\n\t\t\t\tThis is the real test of a friendship, and everybody knows it.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tAThey are already putting their shoes on.
\n\t\t\t\tBThey answer instantly and turn it into a plan.
\n\t\t\t\tCThey answer and say something unflattering and true.
\n\t\t\t\tDThey listen for an hour and never check the time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

04<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tWhat do you want from them when you are clearly wrong?
\n\t\t\t\tThe best friendships are the ones that survive being corrected.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tASupport first. We can review the mistake later.
\n\t\t\t\tBA relentlessly positive reframe of the entire disaster.
\n\t\t\t\tCThe blunt version. Do not soften it for me.
\n\t\t\t\tDPatience, and no judgment about how I got here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

05<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tWhat do your friends actually value about you?
\n\t\t\t\tThe friend you attract says something about the friend you are.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tAI am all in, always, about everything.
\n\t\t\t\tBI can turn almost any situation into a good time.
\n\t\t\t\tCI say the thing nobody else in the room will.
\n\t\t\t\tDI look after whoever is having the worst day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

06<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tYou have a falling out. How does it go?
\n\t\t\t\tHow a friendship repairs itself matters more than how it breaks.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tALoudly, briefly, then back to normal by Tuesday.
\n\t\t\t\tBThey apologise first, enthusiastically, with a gift.
\n\t\t\t\tCCold silence, then one dry joke that fixes everything.
\n\t\t\t\tDWe talk until we both understand what actually happened.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

07<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tWhat do you actually need a best friend for?
\n\t\t\t\tEverybody is missing something. The right friend fills that gap.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tATo make my life bigger than it would be alone.
\n\t\t\t\tBTo push me out of the house and into my own life.
\n\t\t\t\tCTo catch me when I start lying to myself.
\n\t\t\t\tDTo be the person who never gave up on me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

08<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tTen years from now, what keeps the two of you close?
\n\t\t\t\tEight questions in, this is the one that decides who you get.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tAWe would still drop everything for each other, instantly.
\n\t\t\t\tBWe still make plans, and we still actually go.
\n\t\t\t\tCWe still cut through each other’s nonsense in one sentence.
\n\t\t\t\tDThey stood by me once when it cost them something.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

REVEAL MY BEST FRIEND \u2192\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tThe Group Chat Has Spoken
\n\t\t\t\tYour Best Friend Is\u2026<\/p>\n

Four Netflix characters, four completely different ways of showing up
\n\t\t\t\t\tfor somebody. This is the one who fits how you actually do friendship, and what having them in your
\n\t\t\t\t\tlife would be like.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tStranger Things \u00b7 Netflix \u00b7 Since 2016\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tDustin Henderson<\/p>\n

You do not do friendship at half volume, and neither does he.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat you want is somebody who says yes to the plan before you have finished describing the
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplan.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDustin is the friend the entire show runs on: loyal past the point of sense,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tenthusiastic about everything, and incapable of leaving anybody behind.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou have the same instinct. Your friendships are loud, specific and slightly ridiculous,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand they last for decades because of it.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHe is also the one person who would take your strangest interest completely seriously,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twhich is far rarer than it sounds.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou would have a group chat. It would never once be quiet.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily in Paris \u00b7 Netflix \u00b7 Since 2020\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily Cooper<\/p>\n

You are the friend who makes things happen, and so is she.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTogether you would be mildly exhausting to everyone around you and completely delighted with
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tyourselves.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily treats an ordinary Tuesday as something that could be turned into an occasion,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twhich is either the best or the worst quality in a friend depending on your energy
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlevels.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou share her refusal to sit still. Neither of you has ever accepted a night in when
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsomething was happening somewhere else.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShe is far more loyal than people give her credit for. She defends her friends loudly,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpublicly, and occasionally before checking the facts.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShe would post the photo without asking. You would forgive her, because it is a very
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgood photo.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday \u00b7 Netflix \u00b7 Since 2022\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday Addams<\/p>\n

You have no patience for pleasant lies, and she has no ability to
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttell them. What looks like coldness from the outside is the most reliable friendship on this
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlist.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday never says a kind thing she does not mean, which makes the rare ones count for
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tan enormous amount.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou would rather be told the truth than be made comfortable. She is constitutionally
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tincapable of offering you anything else.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnderneath all of it she is ferociously protective. She simply refuses to make a
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tperformance out of caring.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDo not expect a birthday message. Do expect her to ruin anyone who wrongs you.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tSquid Game \u00b7 Netflix \u00b7 2021\u20132025\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tSeong Gi-hun<\/p>\n

You look after whoever is having the worst day. So does he. It is
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe least strategic way to move through the world and the best possible quality in a friend.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGi-hun is not the strongest player in Squid Game, or the cleverest. He is the one who
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tkeeps choosing to protect somebody else, over and over, at genuine cost to himself.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou have the same instinct. You notice who is struggling and you stay with them, long
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tafter anybody would blame you for leaving.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHe is a flawed friend, and that is part of why it lands. He lets people down, then comes
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tback and tries again, which is more than most manage.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHe would give you his last chance and never once mention that he had done it.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\u21bb RETAKE THE QUIZ\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

An Actor Channels Sherlock Holmes in ‘The Final Problem’<\/p>\n

Netflix has already released the show’s trailer previewing events in the series. Basil is almost tricked into conducting the investigation, but after noticing that some things about the victim’s alleged suicide don’t add up, he gets even more invested. For example, she was dolled up as if preparing for something major, and people don’t dress up to commit suicide. Basil’s suspicions of other guests are not taken too kindly because no one wants to be accused of murder. He is criticized for trying to recapture his glory days as Sherlock Holmes<\/a> by pretending to be him.<\/a> There are also concerns because a person who has killed once could strike again.<\/p>\n

The Final Problem arrives on Friday, September 25. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Acting is such a peculiar career because it involves inhabiting a character usually different from the actor. Some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-622306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}