Arcadia

Thanks! It must be pretty huge. I'm afraid I'd be terrified by it (acrophobiaaaa....) In case anyone else finds this stuff interesting, here's a few factoids condensed from the Wikipedia entries that Caya directed us to.... "The Gherkin" is a 41 floor skyscraper in London's main financial district. It's on the former site of the Baltic Exchange, which was extensively damaged in 1992 by a bomb placed by the IRA. The tower's dome, known as the "lens", recalls the glass dome that covered part of the Baltic Exchange. The building uses energy-saving methods ... it uses half the power that a similar tower would typically consume. Despite its shape, there is only one piece of curved glass on the building—the lens-shaped cap at the very top. ASBO is for Anti-Social Behaviour Order. "The orders, introduced by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998, were designed to correct minor incidents that would not ordinarily warrant criminal prosecution." Such as, one assumes, getting caught with a can of spray paint whilst standing next to some fresh graffiti.

It's funny, I just realized the other day that J. & S. exhibit basically the same behavior in this regard. John only has to look at himself if he wants to know "why" Sherlock didn't get in touch..... I don't find it particularly unusual, actually. A little sad and thoughtless, I guess, but pretty human. At first you don't want to deal with other people's pain, then you're kinda embarrassed because you didn't, then it's just easier to, as John put it, let things slide.... yep. Been there, done that. I would take it as a sign of healing that he finally DOES visit Mrs. H.

Oh, those cups ... yeah, but I meant the one at the very beginning, when John is still in that depressing little hotel room or whatever it is. So there's no "in story" reason for S to treat Mrs. H so affectionately? At least, that we know of? It's sweet, but it's odd. But then, so is Sherlock..... The perils of watching chronologically! I never thought to check the headstone. The next 3 -- yay, Thanks! I remember now, the reference to ASBO is after John gets apprehended with the spray paint... (poor, put upon John... :-)

Yeh, she's great. Congrats!

Cool, answers already! Thanks!! So, the Daily Mail is one of those sensationalized tabloid-type papers? OK, I think I get it.

And in the Blind Banker... When they go to the bank, John seems amazed by which bank they've ended up at. What is the signifance of this particular bank? What is the bullet shaped building with diamond pattern (seen out the window of the bank, and many other times in subsequent episodes). It's quite beautiful and very odd. When John's applying for a job -- what is "locum work"? I don't actually remember what scene this is, but my notes say "After John's been hired -- What's an ASBO?" Help? In the scene with Sherlock and Molly at the cafeteria -- who or what is an Egon Ronay? Who wants to be first in line to smack Sherlock for the way he manipulates Molly in that scene? At episode's end, a person is spray painting a symbol on something across the street from 221B -- does that ever have any significance?

So far I've gotten thru Study in Pink and the Blind Banker. Questions from Study in Pink: In the first scene: what is the logo on John's cup? It looked like a caduceus (?), which I suppose could be (mistakenly) intended as a sign for the medical profession, but is it anything else? During the press briefing, why does Donovan whisper "Daily Mail" to Lestrade? I assume it's a newspaper, but why does she alert him? The big wheel thing, I gather it's called the London Eye? Why? And I assume it's a Ferris Wheel? Is it as huge as it looks? Any cool facts we should know about it? Why is Sherlock so demonstratively affectionate with Mrs. Hudson, and only Mrs. Hudson? About how old are John and Sherlock supposed to be in this episode? (I noted in his "blog" John sez Sherlock "looks about 12", which is adorable but not very precise .... :-) I've been watching with the captions on. Sometimes the punctuation -- specifically, the ! and ? marks -- are in parentheses. (Like this(!) What does that mean? How is "like this!" different from "like this(!)" ?

Okay, I'm going to be brave here and try to start a new topic. So.... I'm working my way through another viewing of all the episodes of Sherlock, and occasionally noticing little bits I don't understand -- either because I'm not British, or haven't read enough ACD, or not attentive enough, or whatever. I know I could probably find the answers to most of these questions on Google but I thought it would be more fun to see if anyone on this forum would like to provide some answers. Most of these are questions of fact, but when they're not, feel free to theorize! And to add your own questions!

Still haven't figured out how to embed (?) videos, but this one made me laff so hard I had to share it... Cats Acting Like Total Jerks!

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. A legion of the dead.

Firefly. :-)

The Voice. The Voice or, um, Saturday Night Live.

At this point I don't know whether to hope it does, or hope it doesn't!!

I/ sho _ _ d/ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ is _,/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _./ D _ _ i _ s/ _ _. I deliberately picked a rather obscure one. Bwahahaha......

Oh rats, of course you're right. I don't know what I was thinking! Yes, Series 1. Good catch!

And so much good acting ....

One h. I/ s h _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ is _,/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _./ _ _ _ i _ s/ _ _.

I/ s _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ is _,/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _./ _ _ _ i _ s/ _ _.

Ephemeral.

Actually, I remember thinking that was another reason the ending was so brilliant ... if we'd had a big, emotional, huggy-kissy farewell, and THEN the plane turned around, I think we would've all felt ... well, cheated. As to Moriarty's return ... for me, it just depends on how they do it. I'm hoping it will be a different person, that would feel less like ... er, cheating.

Yeah, the "why" still bothers me more than the "how." Esp. since the promos for that episode featured that very question; here I was, all prepared for an answer. *Sigh*

I took the handshake a slightly different way (of course! Give me 10 people, I'll give you 10 different viewpoints!) ... to me, it showed two men who were so close, and who had already said so much to each other, that there was no need for further words or actions. There is simply complete acceptance of one another. A teary farewell would have been, at best, out of character (they have both amply demonstrated how hard it is for them to show feelings) and at worst, trite. That's what those OTHER shows would have done.... I thought it was magnificent, actually. However, since I am far more of a softy than either John or Sherlock ... if that plane hadn't turned around, I don't think I could've borne it. For that alone I will forgive Moftiss just about anything else. :-)

From Season 2. _/ _ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _ _,/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _./ _ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _.

Sherlock. :-) London.

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