Sherlock - stone me!

[mylodon]

For the first 45 minutes, I thought this series was going to end with a whimper, managing to be both dull and OTT at the same time. Half way through, someone flicked a switch. Suddenly the programme was exciting and profoundly moving, finishing in a completely fitting manner (very much in keeping with canon). Some lovely lines for Watson (who is the star of this show, folks) - including his outrage at being described as a "confirmed bachelor" (newspaper code for gay).

So, in conclusion:

- Keep with canon, boys. The closer the two series have kept to canon-type storylines and charaterisations, the stronger they've been. Conan Doyle knew his stuff.

- A light touch works best. The last two episodes have been brilliant in re the "are they a couple?" thing, as opposed to the clunkiness of the first one, with all its heart to heart stuff.

- Martin Freeman continues to give a masterclass in acting. Never OTT or histrionic, just all his inmner feelings shining through by body langauge or vocal intonation. The end of this episode broke my heart.

And, now for a theory or two. Behind cut.
Molly and Mycroft helped Holmes engineer it. Is Holmes needed to do espionage work or something else which requires that he's deep in cover - and you can't get deeper than very publically dead. Holmes didn't go off the building, Mycroft did - the bodies were switched when John was so conveniently knocked out. Must watch on iplayer with this in mind.

Comments

[tomatoe18.livejournal.com]

Yes, Mycroft is too clever not to be involved (and I have a feeling he actually KNOWS that Sherlock's still alive at the very least). But I just remember how much Sherlock dislikes Mycroft and I don't think Sherlock would've chosen Mycroft first to be his ally in all of this. My pet theory says it's Molly who's his primary helper while Mycroft quietly supports their plan in the background. I don't buy that expression of sadness (it's more like blankness) of him sitting in the Diogenes Club.

But you got me thinking about the possibility of his telling Moriarty all those things about Sherlock being intentional. It's like Mycroft knew the game was going to get dangerous, Moriarty has to be eliminated and what better way to eliminate him than let his genius brother take care of the problem? (Then again, if Moriarty comes back alive in series 3, this whole theory could be wrong.) But this is definitely plausible, something to seriously consider.

[jestana.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure Mycroft knew in canon that Sherlock wasn't dead (haven't read many of the stories, just lots of fanfic). So I could see him knowing in the show. I agree that Molly helped. I just want to know how they managed to pull the whole thing off. :D

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

There are plenty of newspaper sites with "how did they" articles.

:)

[tomatoe18.livejournal.com]

Yes, you're right - I revisited the Conan Doyle story about Holmes' return and there Mycroft did know about it. But I didn't immediately warm up to the idea of Mycroft being an accomplice at first because of the way the actors play their characters on screen and their interactions. Seeing all the theories that have emerged though, by fans and experts alike, I think the theory that Mycroft had something to do with Sherlock's death became even more reasonable!

But I'm done speculating for now. Otherwise my head would explode from theories. Especially now that Steven Moffat has finally shown his troll side by saying that we all missed something from the finale. I'll just sit and wait here patiently until Series 3 starts. :P

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

"All missed something" sounds like "Buy the DVD!".

:)