From a lawsuit filed in June by the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle alleging that an upcoming Netflix film about Enola Holmes, the younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, depicts Sherlock in an empathetic manner distinct to Doyle’s later short stories, which are not yet in the public domain. The following is taken from allegations in the lawsuit describing Sherlock’s emotional evolution over the course of Doyle’s career.
Sherlock Holmes was famous for his great powers of observation and logic. He was famous for being aloof and unemotional. His closest companion, Watson, revered Holmes and was generous in his admiration.…