One thing that stands out to me is Sherlock saying Mary carefully calculated the shot so as not to kill him, but, the thing is, he did die. It was his need to protect his best friend that brought him back and unless Mary is unbelievably clever, like, Sherlock clever, there's no way she could have banked on him using John to stay alive; "Oh, it'll all be fine. He'll just go into his mind palace, work out the best possible way to limit the amount of damage done to him by my gunshot and then he'll think of John to revive himself."
They probably should have put it down to pure luck, but that would mean Mary didn't intend for him to live, thus making her irredeemable (more so than she already is in the eyes of some fans!). Perhaps she shouldn't have even shot him at all, which I don't really understand why she did to be honest...
I hope it's because she actually turns out to be a real villain and Janine kills her as pay back , because she bludgeoned her and left her for dead too
I'm the same. I quite enjoyed it when it was on, but if the 2 previous series had left me in this state of indifference I would never have bought the DVDs and rewatched them loads of times, much less described myself as "Sherlocked" in my location!
I was thinking after reading some of your earlier posts "aww I hope Granny doesn't change her location".
I know what you mean though. I don't think I'll be so engrossed in discussing 'is Moriarty really back and how did he fake his death?' et al in any way like I did with Sherlock at the end of the RF episode either (ahh, happy days!).
John said "I don't understand" and CAM said "You should have that on a T-shirt" Later John said "I still don't understand" and CAM said "That's the back of the T-shirt".
"Everyone has secrets, John", said Sherlock in TSoT. ^_^
Which reminds me; I did laugh at Sherlock's humungous list of 'pressure points' depicted in Magnussen's mind palace.
Not that I caught what was on the list because all I was thinking throughout the episode was "what the diddly squat is going on?"
In an earlier post of mine:
It looked like a lot of text in the pressure point category but it was the following in a loop:
Irene Adler (see file)
Jim Moriarty (see file)
Redbeard (see file)
Hounds of the Baskerville
Opium
John Watson
The one i don't understand is Baskerville. How is that a pressure point?
It looked like a lot of text in the pressure point category but it was the following in a loop:
Irene Adler (see file)
Jim Moriarty (see file)
Redbeard (see file)
Hounds of the Baskerville
Opium
John Watson
The one i don't understand is Baskerville. How is that a pressure point?
But he was allowing them to live, wasn't he? All three would have been alive, with Sherlock and Watson probably leaving in the helicopter, were it not for Sherlock shooting Magnusson
If I was Sherlock I'd have deduced that at some point Magnusson was going to see to my demise, so perhaps shooting Magnusson first was the correct thing.
Cos she's a human being, a girl in love, and she thought he was going to propose to her. #off-guard-or-what!
c'mon , we've just been given quite a dramatic presentation of what the security in this place is like and CAM is quite a sinister figure , she's just gonna forget all that ? Plus her boss is still there !
c'mon , we've just been given quite a dramatic presentation of what the security in this place is like and CAM is quite a sinister figure , she's just gonna forget all that ? Plus her boss is still there !
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When he was flicking Watson on the face, Magnusson laughingly speaks about how much Janine hates it when he does it to her. What would you think of your boss if he/she did that to you? If that was me I'd be planning to tell him to stick his job at the first opportunity. Maybe she thought Sherlock wielding an engagement ring was that opportunity.
c'mon , we've just been given quite a dramatic presentation of what the security in this place is like and CAM is quite a sinister figure , she's just gonna forget all that ? Plus her boss is still there !
when Sherlock gets shot and he's falling backwards it looks like they actually tilted the set because there's pot-plant in the background that slides across the floor !
when Sherlock gets shot and he's falling backwards it looks like they actually tilted the set because there's pot-plant in the background that slides across the floor !
I wasn't sure if I imagined that, actually thought it was a lamp, something definitely seemed to tip over with him, I'll double check (freeze frame!) when I rewatch!
c'mon , we've just been given quite a dramatic presentation of what the security in this place is like and CAM is quite a sinister figure , she's just gonna forget all that ? Plus her boss is still there !
c'mon , we've just been given quite a dramatic presentation of what the security in this place is like and CAM is quite a sinister figure , she's just gonna forget all that ? Plus her boss is still there !
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At the risk of getting shot at by his fans, this sums up what I hate about Moffat's work. It's all set pieces and dramatic twists and to hell with any realism. If realism gets in the way of Moffat's latest idea then he just ignores it. Examples in yesterday's show:
Holmes and Watson getting access to CAM's office so easily
And Mary too (no explanation of how she got in)
Mary shooting Holmes in just the right place so that he doesn't die (even though there's a strong chance he will still die) and Holmes just accepting it
Mary nearly killing Janine and Holmes just accepting it
CAM giving away his secret
No security at CAM's house
Holmes shooting CAM
Holmes exiled and is back 4 minutes later
Yet another person back from the dead
And probably lots of others I can't remember off hand.
Sure it makes dramatic television, it fools the thick, lazy TV critics and mainstream viewers who let it wash over them, but it doesn't stand up to any sort of scrutiny as in any way realistic.
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Probably, but without the GPS they wouldn't have known where Sherlock had gone with the laptop.
"Everyone has secrets, John", said Sherlock in TSoT. ^_^
Which reminds me; I did laugh at Sherlock's humungous list of 'pressure points' depicted in Magnussen's mind palace.
Not that I caught what was on the list because all I was thinking throughout the episode was "what the diddly squat is going on?"
I hope it's because she actually turns out to be a real villain and Janine kills her as pay back , because she bludgeoned her and left her for dead too
I was thinking after reading some of your earlier posts "aww I hope Granny doesn't change her location".
I know what you mean though. I don't think I'll be so engrossed in discussing 'is Moriarty really back and how did he fake his death?' et al in any way like I did with Sherlock at the end of the RF episode either (ahh, happy days!).
Ha ha!
And LOL!
In an earlier post of mine:
It looked like a lot of text in the pressure point category but it was the following in a loop:
Irene Adler (see file)
Jim Moriarty (see file)
Redbeard (see file)
Hounds of the Baskerville
Opium
John Watson
The one i don't understand is Baskerville. How is that a pressure point?
'See file(s)'!!!
*snort*
in which case it's gonna be worse if she's just shot his best friend !
Cos she's a human being, a girl in love, and she thought he was going to propose to her. #off-guard-or-what!
Maybe she thought she'd tell him to stick his job anyway if she was marrying Sherlock Holmes.
If I was Sherlock I'd have deduced that at some point Magnusson was going to see to my demise, so perhaps shooting Magnusson first was the correct thing.
c'mon , we've just been given quite a dramatic presentation of what the security in this place is like and CAM is quite a sinister figure , she's just gonna forget all that ? Plus her boss is still there !
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When he was flicking Watson on the face, Magnusson laughingly speaks about how much Janine hates it when he does it to her. What would you think of your boss if he/she did that to you? If that was me I'd be planning to tell him to stick his job at the first opportunity. Maybe she thought Sherlock wielding an engagement ring was that opportunity.
Have you met many women?
No.
I just thought now would that be Appledore in Devon or in Kent?:)
when Sherlock gets shot and he's falling backwards it looks like they actually tilted the set because there's pot-plant in the background that slides across the floor !
I wasn't sure if I imagined that, actually thought it was a lamp, something definitely seemed to tip over with him, I'll double check (freeze frame!) when I rewatch!
But didn't we learned at the end that she wasn't in love with Sherlock and did it all for articles in a paper?
I thought that was her response to finding out Sherlock was only using her to get to Magnussen?
Have you ever met any women?
What, old licky-flicky face?
:kitty:
At the risk of getting shot at by his fans, this sums up what I hate about Moffat's work. It's all set pieces and dramatic twists and to hell with any realism. If realism gets in the way of Moffat's latest idea then he just ignores it. Examples in yesterday's show:
Holmes and Watson getting access to CAM's office so easily
And Mary too (no explanation of how she got in)
Mary shooting Holmes in just the right place so that he doesn't die (even though there's a strong chance he will still die) and Holmes just accepting it
Mary nearly killing Janine and Holmes just accepting it
CAM giving away his secret
No security at CAM's house
Holmes shooting CAM
Holmes exiled and is back 4 minutes later
Yet another person back from the dead
And probably lots of others I can't remember off hand.
Sure it makes dramatic television, it fools the thick, lazy TV critics and mainstream viewers who let it wash over them, but it doesn't stand up to any sort of scrutiny as in any way realistic.