In the BBC series Sherlock, what is the title of the series-two finale?

The series-two finale of the BBC series Sherlock is titled “The Reichenbach Fall.”

The episode adapts Arthur Conan Doyle’s story “The Final Problem,” especially the confrontation between Holmes and Moriarty at a dramatic waterfall location. In Sherlock, the story is relocated to contemporary London and centers on a public campaign that turns Holmes into a suspected fraud.

“The Reichenbach Fall” ends with Sherlock apparently jumping from the roof of St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Watson believes Holmes has died, but the closing sequence shows that Sherlock survived and had arranged a deception. The mechanics of that survival became a major subject of discussion before series three.

The title echoes the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland from Doyle’s original story. The television episode uses the name as a reference while reshaping the setting and plot for the modern adaptation.