That's part of the problem. In the real 221B everybody hears the reading of the case file for basic background information, which includes likely locales and sometimes critical clues. For example, one of the cases has a poodle-loving rich woman as a prime suspect in a case where somebody was found straggled near the Boar's Head Inn. The clue at the Inn mentions that a dog was seen running around loose at the time, and I believe it was Scotland Yard that noted flea bites on the victim's neck. Given that information, it's quite plain that the murderer was the rich woman, and she used her poodle's leash-if you have the case file. If not, too bad, so sad, you don't even know she owns dogs. Not unless it's mentioned elsewhere, even though it would be hopelessly redundant to anybody with the background information.
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