Chanel

Just watched Sherlock 3.03 (for the third time!) and wanted to chat about it, so very new here and please let me know if I make any blunders. I was sort of surprised to see so many comments where people didn't like this and that because I totally loved every minute of this. I was truly surprised to like Mary as I'm an avid SH/JW shipper but I really really liked her. I was surprised she didn't die, but only because her death was canon and I thought she was dying when she sagged in the xmas scene. I was so shocked and surprised that she was in Magnusson's(?) office and just about had a heart attack when she shot Sherlock but the scenes around that were so entertaining that I'm happy to dismiss that giant plot hole. I think her betrayal of John was less malicious than Sherlock's betrayal, and John forgave Sherlock easy enough, plus add in the fact that he doesn't know what she actually did before meeting him, I can see why he forgave her so easily. He loves her, and she's having his baby. I loved the family and mycroft scenes, as I always do, my fave bit with Mycroft was his complaints about christmas lasting all week when it was 2pm, and the smoking and heartbreak bit. In my head Mycroft would never leave Sherlock to die, so he definitely would have stepped in before the 6 months were up. Maybe he stepped in after 4 minutes??? Because I don't think Moriarty is still alive. All we see at the end is a picture of JM with the chin moving and a voice over saying 'miss me'. I think it's a new player, villain. Someone from Morairty's team, but def not JM himself. In fact, the only bit I hated was Magnusson, who was well played because he was just vile and I wanted to see someone blow his brains out after the first scene with him and the licking. I hoped and expected John to kill him. I was disappointed with the last scene where John just took the flicking abuse because I desperately wanted to John to say 'It's all in your head? fantastic!' and then shoot the (bad word) in the face. I think John picks sociopath friends to hide his own (much lesser) sociopathic tendencies and it is not unrealistic for John to shoot CAM to protect Mary and Sherlock, bringing it a full circle to the first ep in season 1 where he kills the cabbie. Anyway, all those little plotty bits will get rewritten by fanficcers so I'll be happy soon enough. This whole season has taken me on a rollercoaster of highs and lows and I've loved every minute. I'm happy that I don't know the canon so I'm not at all upset with this version, but I have read a thing about a brother before, (probably wikipedia) which said that it was a common theme in the view of people that studied the original Sherlock Holmes stories that Sherlock and Mycroft probably had an older brother only because in those days the oldest sons stayed home and managed the estate (that canon Mycroft and Sherlock came from) while the second son took up a job in civil service (such as Mycroft had) One of the things I like about the writers is those little throw away lines they give the characters that spawn fantastic fanfic. They really write for the fans. I'm hoping for a deluge of new stuff now that the season is over to keep me entertained while I impatiently wait for season 4. Thanks for reading, if you made it this far, lol.