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Following the unique preceding episodes, Sherlock takes another distinct tonal turn with the finale of Series Three. This time, we're heading into far more mature territory in terms of the characterization and plotting, Steven Moffat's script taking the viewer on a relentless rollercoaster of emotion and jaw dropping, unexpected twists. With any luck, if it as good and different as early reviewers claim, the Moffat episode might put a few calls for his head on hold for the time-being.
Make no mistake, this is arguably the darkest episode in the series' history, going to places it has never trodden before. It is emotionally devastating in ways completely different from The Reichenbach Fall, while retaining a vein of tight, fierce humour that relies explicitly upon character based incident and wordplay that is also markedly different from the comedy that appears in The Sign of Three, for example. This is not what some have cited as the 'fan service' that has appeared in The Empty Hearse and The Sign of Three, more a logical follow-through from previously established events and a fulfillment of some possibly long held suspicions that coalesce into some dramatic final closing scenes. When the end credits start, do not turn off your television or change the channel. |
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If they have to kill off anyone, I could live without Anderson. I could also get unseemly pleasure from the extreme humiliation of Mycroft.
Lestrade's assistant has been with us since Series 1, Ep.1, so not being introduced now as a replacement. I LIKE MARY. I will be very upset if she goes. |
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With any luck, if it as good and different as early reviewers claim, the Moffat episode might put a few calls for his head on hold for the time-being.
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I know a lot of 'spoiler free' reviews have been posted here already but I don't think I saw this one. I may have just missed it so apologies if I am re-posting. It doesn't reveal any big major spoilers but is a bit more spoilery than the others I've read so if you found the others too much maybe don't read this one.
http://cumberbatchweb.tumblr.com/pos...iew-last-night A few very interesting points:
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What's up with that explanation?
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I'm fully expecting the episode to be great
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Not that baseless at all, if you consider the way Holmes almost spits out the word "poppet" (puppet) in his speech.
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I believe the answer given to Anderson is the correct (and final) version of what happened.
For me, the overall scene was to also reflect that whatever explanation he gave, it wouldn't be accepted as the truth by everyone. Cleverly done I thought! ![]() |
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With any luck, if it as good and different as early reviewers claim, the Moffat episode might put a few calls for his head on hold for the time-being.
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I know a lot of 'spoiler free' reviews have been posted here already but I don't think I saw this one. I may have just missed it so apologies if I am re-posting. It doesn't reveal any big major spoilers but is a bit more spoilery than the others I've read so if you found the others too much maybe don't read this one.
http://cumberbatchweb.tumblr.com/pos...iew-last-night A few very interesting points:
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Even without it resolving anything or highlighting any details we missed, unable to surprise us & being entirely a comedy? Because that's all Moffat can do now, if I recall
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Louis Moffat will be in the next episode? Lol, they weren't kidding when they said they didn't care about the nepotism accusations...
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Louis Moffat will be in the next episode? Lol, they weren't kidding when they said they didn't care about the nepotism accusations...
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Perhaps, but "jaw dropping, unexpected twists" from Moffat in Doctor Who have generally meant "making it up as he goes along and ignoring any continuity to what he's previously written" so I don't have high hopes.
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Plus isn't his wife the producer?
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Even without it resolving anything or highlighting any details we missed, unable to surprise us & being entirely a comedy? Because that's all Moffat can do now, if I recall
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Perhaps, but "jaw dropping, unexpected twists" from Moffat in Doctor Who have generally meant "making it up as he goes along and ignoring any continuity to what he's previously written" so I don't have high hopes.
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The characters you'd least expect to die would be Sherlock and Watson and as The actors have signed on for next series I can't imagine it.
I have a feeling who it might be...not Mycroft....someone else. |
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The characters you'd least expect to die would be Sherlock and Watson and as The actors have signed on for next series I can't imagine it.
I have a feeling who it might be...not Mycroft....someone else. But the fact that actors have signed a contract for the following season makes no difference. You can have an entire season with flashbacks from a character who died earlier. Technique usualy used for dramas so it's doubtful for Sherlock. And yet... |
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Yes you are correct there. Moffat can write comedy set pieces but is unable to thread them together into a coherent storyline.
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Sack Moffat Now! He has his own child feature in a brief cameo. Its a disgrace!
Really getting desperate now. |
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Would be pretty surprised if Mycroft doesn't die at this point. From the trailer he looks to be playing an important role in the story and now this talk of flashbacks?
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If your talking of my post, i'm clearly talking in general sens that it's not a contradiction for a character to be dead and at the same time the actor who plays it is signed for the following season. All they have to do is use the flashbacks technique.
I also said i doubted it for Sherlock. The 'and yet...' i left at the end was a wink at the amount of posts that feared Sherlock becoming more drama oriented. Talking about the trailer is a bit of a spoiler. Many explicits theories were made here by a lot of people (including myself), but it was all based on what we've seen in the past episodes. Lastly, even if they kill someone they can bring them back afterward, as we've seen. As long as there is a good explanation. Hard to do but these people have to earn their high salary that comes with a hit series. Just to be precise
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