I didn't really like the last episode, so I was really skeptical, but this episode wasn't bad at all. It was definitely better than what I expected.
- It was nice to know right from the beginning who the serial killer was because it was quite interesting to see how Sherlock would trap him.
- I wasn't sure at first what to think about the imaginary Mary, but it was well done. It makes sense that John keeps seeing her and she wasn't really annoying. Instead she was supportive and funny, and I liked that.
- I think I actually liked that ending. Seeing how the therapist, John's "affair" and Faith were the same person freaked me out a bit because even I didn't notice it. I thought something was off with the therapist because her voice or accent seemed to change a bit during the episode, but I didn't see something like this coming. Now I have to see how this all plays out.
- And I keep remembering the scene where Sherlock said "Must be something comforting about the number three. People always give up after three." Maybe there will be even more than one Holmes sibling? Could be twins because Sherlock said "It's never twins."
Just some thoughts, though :D Let's see where the finale is going.
i enjoyed this episode a lot, more than the first one. yet now i will proceed to complain about it in many words, because there's not much to say about things that i liked except than i liked them.
anyway, i just can't help but be bothered by how detrimental and crucial random correspondence of events and blatant coincidences are this season. like sherlock switching to finding whoever's breaking the thatcher' busts while working on a completely unrelated case that had become a mystery after an accidental car crash.
and in this episode he figures out the "anyone" bit because he recently heard that word from the people close to him, what?.. and even worse - john only goes to save sherlock, in the last moment no less, because mrs hudson throws a fit and points out that sherlock likes to stab case related things that give him grief, otherwise he would have never found the cd in time, if ever. i like detective stories and complicated plots that neatly unravel by the end and hopefully shock us the viewers or make us smugly nod if we had drown the right conclusions before it all became clear, but i hate when it's too convenient, obviously set up, it just takes me out of the action, and then it's not even clever anymore, is it?
also, fuck, i really wish they wouldn't have been continuously and heavily implying that sherlock is asexual while also continuously and quite bluntly trying to erase his asexuality via john and his adamance to "humanise" and "normalise" sherlock which, quite offensively, means that you just can't be either human or normal if you aren't driven by carnal or at the very lest romantic desires. i don't even expect the writers to commit and label sherlock as asexual, i've basically given up on any representation at this point, because sex sells and everything is about money, i get it, but i wish they would have left it unclear for some and clear for others, yet unspoken, ambiguous, instead of trying to forcefully stir it in another direction in a sad attempt of making sherlock a more desirable character in the eyes of the sexually unsatisfied fans of the actor who plays him.
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 VeroBlockedParentSpoilers2017-01-09T09:29:23Z
HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT!
What a bloody marvellous twist!
MIND = BLOWN. I'm so excited I don't think I'm expressing myself properly.
Unbelievable. Amazing. What an episode! The "east wind" is coming. Now, the game is definitely on. You really now it's a good episode when you end up screaming at the screen. And I've been like this for at least 10 minutes.
Since the beginning I felt there was something wrong with the therapist. That creepy red bloodstain carpet was not normal. I though it was a foreshadowing, and it definitely was.
Sherlock is back in form. this episode got me at the edge of my seat. It felt like 5 minutes. What an intense episode. I'm emotionally drained now. The writing was brilliant. It was full of intense and emotional moments and I right now I feel as high as Sherlock. It was really gripping. And when Sherlock hugged crying Watson... I died. The scene in which he was confessing to Mary was absolutely great. It made me feel much emotions than at her death scene. It was beautifully interpreted. And man, that Culverton laughing really creeped me out. What a portrayal. I'm sure I'm gonna have nightmares with Toby Jones.
Really, now the east wind is coming and I can't wait. Although it's really a pity it's almost over. It will be a huge finale. It's gonna be crazy. And I'm so hyped myself. So now Watson cheated on Mary with Sherlock's sister? Mind-blowing.
And bravo Mrs. Hudson! Those one liners a d mad driving skills. Mr. Hell on Wheels. When you thought it was enough, Sherlock appears in the boot. "You reptile!" omg, Got to love her.
"What is it with the number three? People always give up after number three." Maybe there are more siblings?
Eurus is Sherringford? She's been Moriarty this whole time? Maybe she tried to drown Sherlock when they were kids, thus what happened to her. maybe Redbeard saved him. he flashed back to his memories as a kid. Water has always been important. and Moriarty's first crime was drawing a child so maybe she's him.