The episode starts with Watson being introduced to Sherlock in Victorian London, with almost identical dialogue to the first episode of the modern day series.
The episode continues in exact parallels reconformed to the time period, using flashback and flashforward; Lestrade and Anderson run the police department, while Molly disguises herself as a man in order to work as a doctor. Mary is a normal housewife, with a keen interest in women's rights. Mycroft spends his days in the Diogenes Club, overweight and betting his own life away with his brother.
Months after their meeting, Holmes & Watson are visited at Baker Street by Lestrade, who informs them of a recent death. Mrs Ricoletti, a consumptive bride gone mad, fired on passersby in the street, before turning her pistol on herself. Later that evening, however, while exiting an opium den, her husband is encountered by what appears to be her spirit, which shoots him twice through the chest with a shotgun and then vanishes mysteriously in the fog.
The 'Bride' resurfaces months later after a client (referred to by Mycroft) comes to Sherlock with a case that her husband (Eustace Carmichael) had been threatened by her. Holmes arrives at the manor but Eustace refuses to cooperate. After giving instructions to Lady Carmichael to retire early, Holmes and Watson wait in an outhouse.
Suddenly the bride appears and disappears in front of them and the sound of a breaking window is heard. Sir Eustace's screams are heard followed by Lady Carmichael's. Holmes goes up and finds Sir Eustace stabbed seemingly by the Bride. The 'Bride' scares Watson and escapes through a broken window. Later Lestrade arrives and consoles Holmes and mentions a note found attached to the dagger. The note says - 'Miss me?'
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