‘Enola Holmes 3’ Ending Explained: Do Enola & Tewkesbury Get Married?
What To Know
- Enola and Tewkesbury’s relationship almost unravels as the mystery involving Sherlock’s disappearance and a decades-old military conspiracy in Malta.
- Enola misses her wedding due to doubts about aristocratic life and the unfolding investigation.
Netflix’s Enola Holmes 3 is a mystery that follows murder and mayhem in Malta. The biggest question about it, of course, is: Does Enola Eudoria Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) marry Lord Tewkesbury (Louis Partridge)?
At the center of the story is Sherlock Holmes’ (Henry Cavill) mysterious disappearance and a sprawling conspiracy tied to a decades-old military cover-up, but the emotional heart of the film is Enola and Tewkesbury’s relationship. Their love story, which has been building since the first film, is finally put to the test as Enola questions whether she truly belongs in the aristocratic world that comes with marrying the young duke. Warning: There are spoilers ahead for Enola Holmes 3.
A bad beginning
The film opens with what appears to be the couple’s wedding in Malta, but things immediately go wrong. As Tewkesbury waits at the altar, Enola’s voiceover remarks that “all good stories start with a wedding,” but Enola is in her suite and wrestles with doubts about becoming a lady after spending years forging her own identity as a Holmes. She ultimately heads to the ceremony very, very late. However, after being pursued by Dr. John Watson (Himesh Patel) on horseback and finding out that Sherlock has mysteriously disappeared and was likely kidnapped, she never shows up for her wedding at all.
Why is the wedding in Malta?
Initially, the wedding is held in Malta to honor the Tewkesbury family’s history. Tewkesbury’s late father, Lord Tewkesbury, Peter, served on the island during his military career; the family spent summers there, and his parents were married there. The British-controlled island also ties directly into the larger mystery at the heart of the film.
We soon learn that there is manipulation at hand by an unseen force in hopes of gaining riches and revenge.
The mystery at hand
The central mystery begins when Sherlock Holmes vanishes just before Enola’s wedding, with Watson and Enola convinced he has been kidnapped. Then, after a fire at Tewkesbury’s home, his mother (Hattie Morahan) is kidnapped as well.
Following the cryptic clues left behind, Enola travels across Malta, where she uncovers a decades-old conspiracy tied to the British military. The investigation leads her to Moriarty (Sharon Duncan-Brewster), who orchestrated the kidnappings in a scheme to uncover a cache of stolen Afghan gold, get revenge on the Holmes family, and use Enola to unknowingly lead her to the treasure. She also manipulated events to bring the wedding to Malta to search for treasure that was hidden here by the military.
Along the way, Enola must rescue both Sherlock and Tewkesbury’s mother while unraveling the truth behind the long-buried crime by the British military.
Do Enola and Tewkesbury get married?
Tewkesbury is left hurt after Enola misses their wedding and doubts their future together. Yet, despite his frustration, he never questions whether they belong together. Instead, the adventure allows the pair to finally have the honest conversation they had been avoiding. Tewkesbury asks Enola if he pushed her into marriage. She reassures him that accepting his proposal was never the problem. She simply feared she wasn’t enough for the expectations and titles attached to his family.
By the film’s conclusion, after Enola rescues Sherlock, exposes the conspiracy involving stolen Afghan gold, and defeats Moriarty once again, the couple realizes they don’t have to fit into anyone else’s expectations.
In one of the movie’s sweetest twists, it is Tewkesbury who gives up the most. Rather than asking Enola to become the future Lady Tewkesbury, he announces that he intends to renounce the title altogether, saying he never wanted to marry a future lady; he simply wanted Enola as his wife. He instead chooses to reclaim his family’s blood surname, Tebbity-Gore (blech), distancing himself from a title tarnished by his father’s role in the military scandal with the stolen Afghan gold.
Enola happily accepts the idea, even if she jokingly isn’t particularly fond of the new surname.
A cliffside wedding
The film then delivers the wedding audiences have been waiting for. Eudoria (Helena Bonham Carter) finally gives the couple her blessing and officiates a small cliffside ceremony overlooking Malta. Watson serves as ringbearer, Enola reflects on her journey with Earnest, and the pair even steal a kiss before the ceremony officially begins.
When Eudoria declares, “By the power vested in me by no one at all, I pronounce thee woman and husband,” Enola and Tewkesbury are finally married.
The closing narration cleverly flips the movie’s opening line. Instead of insisting that all good stories begin with a wedding, Enola concludes that the best ones end with one.
After celebrating with fireworks — and one naughty, nighttime swim in the sea — the newlyweds begin their life together. However, beneath the water rests the sunken ship, teasing another mystery still waiting to be uncovered.
Enola Holmes 3, Streaming Now, Netflix
