Creator/star Phoebe Waller-Bridge showed us a version of womanhood that was messy and mesmerizing, funny, and unapologetically f*cked up. Not quite.įleabag dared to follow an anti-heroine who was wildly charismatic, but also petty, reckless, impulsive, and selfish. And both have the good fortune to include the remarkable English actress Fiona Shaw in their casts (though in crushingly small roles.) These similarities suggest Enola's story will be one of a devil-may-care rebel with an irreverent wit and some truly questionable choices. Both feature that woman delivering direct-address asides to her at-home audience, treating us as trusted friends. Both productions center on an Englishwoman who is the black sheep of her family because of her free-spirited nature. You might well wonder, reading the above, what comparison can be made to Fleabag? Well, Enola Holmes is helmed by Emmy-winning Fleabag director Harry Bradbeer. Naturally, opposites attract, cases collide, and much hijinks ensue that have major repercussions. However, Enola's quest is derailed when she crosses paths with a young aristocrat (Louis Partridge) on the run for mysterious reasons. Following the clues their clever mother left behind, she runs away to solve the mystery of the missing Mrs. Mycroft enrolls Enola at a boarding school to turn her into a docile debutante they can easily marry off. Sherlock muses about their mother's departure but without urgency or concern. Her brothers turn up not to comfort Enola, but to deal with her.
(Most of which will have no bearing on the plot ahead.) That is until her sixteenth birthday when her mother vanishes. There, she was taught Shakespeare, philosophy, tennis, archery, and jujitsu. While he and his crafty older brother Mycroft (Sam Claflin) were off in London being big men of mysteries and governance, Enola (Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown) was raised as a "wild child" in the English countryside by their eccentric mother (Helena Bonham Carter). Based on Nancy Springer's novel The Case of the Missing Marquess, Enola Holmes centers on the lesser-known little sister of the great detective, Sherlock (Henry Cavill).
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