Editing The Final Problem (section)

===Television===

The Soviet television film series ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson]]'' (1979–1986) adapted "The Final Problem" as "The Deadly Fight" (and "The Adventure in the Empty House" as "Hunt for the Tiger").

In the television series ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' starring [[Jeremy Brett]], the 1985 episode based on the story begins with the theft of the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'', masterminded by Moriarty in order to sell prepared fakes to collectors. Holmes recovers the original painting just before Moriarty makes a sale to a "Mr. Morgan". Holmes's interference with his plans convinces Moriarty that the detective must be eliminated, and Holmes is subsequently presumed to have died in a tumble down the Reichenbach Falls. This was the last episode to star [[David Burke (British actor)|David Burke]] as Dr. Watson. Burke was replaced by [[Edward Hardwicke]] until the end of the show's run, starting with the adaptation of "The Empty House" which acted as the first episode of ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes''.

The [[BraveStarr]] episode "Sherlock Holmes in the 23rd Century" begins with a revised version of the climax of "The Final Problem", in which only Holmes plummets down Reichenbach Falls, but instead of falling to his doom, he falls into a natural time warp that transports him into the year 2249. 

The first episode of the animated television series ''[[Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century]]'' (1999–2001) begins with the climax of "The Final Problem", where it is later revealed in the second episode that while Holmes managed to survive the fall by grabbing a tree branch and would go on to solve many more cases (later being entombed in honey upon his death of old age, which preserved his body enough to be revitalized in the 22nd century), Moriarty had indeed perished and was buried by Holmes himself, preserved in ice in a freezing cave. Holmes, the robotic Watson and Inspector Beth Lestrade later visit the burial site at Reichenbach Falls to confirm Moriarty's death upon news of a lookalike causing a crime spree in New London. Upon seeing a drill hole in the ice, Holmes surmises that the new Moriarty is in fact a clone with all the original's memories and skills.

The two part sixth season finale of ''Monk,'' "Mr. Monk is on the Run" (2008), is loosely inspired by both "The Final Problem and "The Empty House." Adrian Monk is supposedly shot over a pier after being accused of murder, only to be alive in the second part. The orchestrator is revealed to be Dale "the Whale" Biederbeck, described as "the Genghis Khan of world finance," much like Moriarty as "the Napoleon of Crime."

Episode three of the first season of BBC's [[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]], titled [[The Great Game (Sherlock)|The Great Game]] shows a variation of the part where Moriarty confronts Holmes at Baker Street in the story.<ref>Mark Gatiss, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. DVD audio commentary for ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'': "[[The Great Game (Sherlock)|The Great Game]]".</ref> The story is also the basis of the episode "[[The Reichenbach Fall]]"(Season 2, Episode 3), which first aired on 15 January 2012 and shows Holmes falling from the roof of [[St Bartholomew's Hospital]] in [[London]], supposedly leading to his death.<ref name="ign-kapow">{{cite web |first=Leigh |last=Singer|title=Kapow! 11: Ideal Holmes|date= 10 April 2011 |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/04/10/kapow-11-ideal-holmes |work=IGN|access-date=2020-06-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BBC One's BAFTA-nominated Sherlock begins filming second series|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/05_may/16/sherlock.shtml |work=BBC Press Office |date=2011-05-16 |access-date=2011-05-16}}</ref> Throughout a confrontation between Sherlock and Jim Moriarty in Baker Street, Moriarty repeatedly utters the phrase "the final problem". The special episode of ''Sherlock'', "[[The Abominable Bride]]", which was broadcast on 1 January 2016, featured a re-creation of the showdown between Sherlock and Moriarty set in Victorian times, as depicted in the book. The [[The Final Problem (Sherlock)|2017 series finale of ''Sherlock'']] is named for this story, but bears little to no resemblance to the canon.

The 2012 series finale of the American medical drama ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''—which was inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories—sees Dr. [[Gregory House]] fake his own death, in an ode to "The Final Problem".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/series-finale-review-house-everybody-dies-keep-me-in-your-heart-for-a-while|title=Series Finale Review: 'House' - "Everybody Dies' Keep Me in Your Heart for a While|last1=Sepinwall|first1=Alan|date=22 May 2012|website=[[HitFix|HitFix.com]]|access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref>

The 2013 Russian television series ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2013 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' adapted "The Final Problem" as "Holmes' Last Case".

The 2018 [[HBO Asia]]/[[Hulu Japan]] series ''[[Miss Sherlock]]'' loosely adapts this story for its series finale "The Dock." In this version, the famous scene at the Reichenbach Falls is replaced by an analogous scene set at a fictional "Reichenbach Building" in Tokyo.

The 2019 penultimate episode (Season 7 Episode 12) of the CBS adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'', was titled "Reichenbach Falls", and portrayed Sherlock's ploy to bring down a powerful serial killer billionaire, Odin Reichenbach. Holmes fakes his death on a bridge, which puts Odin Reichenbach under investigation for the murder of Sherlock Holmes and thereby exposes Reichenbach's past crimes.

The 2024 Indian Television series [[Shekhar Home]] remaking the adaptation of the BBC's Sherlock in its last episode also adapts the climax of the story where the   titular character Shekhar falls down the Howrah bridge with Jaimini Maurya(James Moriarty).