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

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

LOL Plenty. I need to rewatch it on the iplayer for much the same reasons.

[beckyblack]

The DVD makes that even easier. :D And it can let you zoom in and all sorts of stuff.

It's fun, because obviously it's a show about a detective and the fans are now all doing detective work to figure out how it was done. Good stuff!