A great great episode. Moffat really is a genius writer. We get to see top Sherlock work: all the stuff from Faith's piece of paper, and his predictions of John's behaviour weeks in advance, that's the kind of stuff you'd expect from Sherlock Holmes, and this episode does not disappoint. And the ending !!! Never saw that coming. That was a masterpiece.
Toby Jones' scenes are really fun too. So persuaded to be protected by his power and fame, always pushing the limits of what he can say without actually screaming he's a serial killer. He makes up for the way Sherlock identifies and traps him, that is totally out of the blue and has little interest.
Even Ghost Mary was well done. It could have been really anoying but no, it actually added to the story. The way she helped John deduce the phone call, or how Sherlock found his therapist was quite clever. The way Eurus deducted it too after barely meeting him is more surprising.
John's cheating was weird, completely out of touch, and annoying in the previous episode, but the way it turns out in this one makes up for it.
I never ever suspected that the three women were the same person. The third sibling in Sherrinford was heavily hinted in both episode, but until she said Eurus, no clue. However Sherlock did not see either that the Faith he saw and the therapist were the same person. That seems strange, but let's say he was too high.
The episode's not perfect though. The high Sherlock scenes were really really too much. Fortunately, everything that comes after is top notch.
There's also some incompatible stuff in Sherlock's plan. Seeing Mary's video it seems to go perfectly with the plan. He puts himself in harm's way by being at the hospital, and everything works out including John bringing the cane, and I suppose coming to save him. But first, it's almost pure luck that John finds the CD, and this, just in time, at a few seconds to come and save him. But Faith not being the one he saw was definitely not part of the plan, he still doesn't get it at the end of the episode, so what was the intended course of action if she had been the same one ? Doesn't seem to fit.
Review by FLYVIP 2BlockedParent2018-01-11T01:33:00Z
A great great episode. Moffat really is a genius writer. We get to see top Sherlock work: all the stuff from Faith's piece of paper, and his predictions of John's behaviour weeks in advance, that's the kind of stuff you'd expect from Sherlock Holmes, and this episode does not disappoint. And the ending !!! Never saw that coming. That was a masterpiece.
Toby Jones' scenes are really fun too. So persuaded to be protected by his power and fame, always pushing the limits of what he can say without actually screaming he's a serial killer. He makes up for the way Sherlock identifies and traps him, that is totally out of the blue and has little interest.
Even Ghost Mary was well done. It could have been really anoying but no, it actually added to the story. The way she helped John deduce the phone call, or how Sherlock found his therapist was quite clever.
The way Eurus deducted it too after barely meeting him is more surprising.
John's cheating was weird, completely out of touch, and annoying in the previous episode, but the way it turns out in this one makes up for it.
I never ever suspected that the three women were the same person. The third sibling in Sherrinford was heavily hinted in both episode, but until she said Eurus, no clue.
However Sherlock did not see either that the Faith he saw and the therapist were the same person. That seems strange, but let's say he was too high.
The episode's not perfect though. The high Sherlock scenes were really really too much. Fortunately, everything that comes after is top notch.
There's also some incompatible stuff in Sherlock's plan. Seeing Mary's video it seems to go perfectly with the plan. He puts himself in harm's way by being at the hospital, and everything works out including John bringing the cane, and I suppose coming to save him. But first, it's almost pure luck that John finds the CD, and this, just in time, at a few seconds to come and save him. But Faith not being the one he saw was definitely not part of the plan, he still doesn't get it at the end of the episode, so what was the intended course of action if she had been the same one ? Doesn't seem to fit.