The Sherlock Mystery: The Movies And Shows VS The Original Stories

The Character of Mrs. Hudson, Then and Now

Conan Doyle described Mrs. Hudson as such, “landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman. His [Sherlock’s] incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London. On the other hand, his payments were princely. The landlady stood in the deepest awe of him and never dared to interfere with him, however outrageous his proceedings might seem. She was fond of him, too, for he had a remarkable gentleness and courtesy in his dealings with women.”

On the show, Mrs. Hudson is presented very faithfully in this manner, as a very side character, but beloved by Holmes and also Watson.