Enola Holmes is coming back with a new adventure in Enola Holmes 2, and one of the official images released by Netflix confirms the movie will answer its biggest mystery. Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes is one of the most popular literary characters in history, and as such, he has been adapted to all types of media for over a century. However, not all of these adaptations have been loyal to Conan Doyle’s works, and many artists have given the Great Detective and company a twist, as is the case of Nancy Springer and her book series The Enola Holmes Mysteries.
Springer introduced readers to Enola Holmes, the 14-year-old sister of Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. By the time the audience meets Enola, Sherlock is already the famous detective he’s known as, but given the 20-year difference between him and Enola, along with various arguments and disagreements with their mother, Eudoria, Sherlock (and Mycroft) hadn’t seen his sister in years. Enola, then, grew up with her mother, but on her 14th birthday (16th in the movie), Eudoria disappeared, leading Enola to bring out her own detective skills to find her. In addition to this premise, the movie Enola Holmes saw the youngest Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) solving the mysterious disappearance of Lord Tewkesbury (Louis Patridge) and running away from home as Mycroft (Sam Claflin) wanted to send her to a school for young ladies.
In addition to all that, Enola Holmes had a subplot involving Eudoria (Helena Bonham Carter), who turned out to be part of a secret society looking to make big changes, though not exactly through the best methods. Now, even though Eudoria and Enola briefly reunited at the end of the movie, it didn’t answer the biggest questions around her actions and disappearance, but an official image from Enola Holmes 2 shows mother and daughter back together, pointing at the sequel solving some, if not all, the mysteries around Eudoria Holmes.
How Will Enola Holmes 2 Answer Its Eudoria Mysteries?
Enola Holmes 2 will see the title young detective following Sherlock's (Henry Cavill) steps and opening her own agency, but she soon finds out that life as a female detective isn’t easy. It all changes for her when a young girl working at a match factory hires her to find her missing sister. This new case takes her to London’s most sinister factories, the highest echelons of society, and 221B Baker Street itself, and she will require the help of her friends, including Sherlock himself, to solve this case. Netflix has already released some official images from Enola Holmes 2, including one with Enola and Eudoria in what seems to be a carriage carrying some stuff. Now, the questions around Eudoria can’t be answered by the books because the movie made major changes to it, as in the source material, Eudoria leaves with the Romani to live a free life and never sees her daughter again, so Enola Holmes 2 will have to get creative.
The image suggests that Eudoria will team up with her daughter at some point, either to help her solve the young girl’s case or to ask her daughter for help, though it could also be the other way around. Another image shows Enola dressed in a fancy dress and handcuffed, so it’s possible that Eudoria will help her daughter break free and they will escape together, and this bonding experience could help her open up to her daughter. Just by having Bonham Carter back, Enola Holmes 2 can solve the mysteries of her militant suffragette group, why they were building bombs, and why she ran away without an explanation, as well as whether she’s a dangerous woman or she can be an ally to her detective children.