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I agree about the extremes, and it wasn't just Sherlock but it was - rather annoyingly - Mary and Eurus. These two side characters were so extreme they were like bigger, better versions of Sherlock and John (the main characters of the show!). Mary is like a Super-John, not just a soldier but an elite superspecial assassin spy! Eurus is like Super-Sherlock, the most intelligent and logical person ever with mind control powers and who even taught him how to play viollin! It was just too much. Whatever John and Sherlock were, Mary and Eurus bested them. Enough! Give me an ordinary London world, with mysteries and crimes, and the super intelligent Sherlock and his faithful friend and colleague, John, navigating it all and making everything right. Give me human moments and for goodness sake, make the show about THEM! I hate that I know more about Mary and Eurus than I do about John Friggin' Watson! ugh. I am going for a glass of merlot now lol.
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Ha ha, that's true. Although what he lacks in experience he would probably make up for in confidence and swag. Not to mention he could easily deduce what is working and what isn't lol. ;)
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Redbeard replied to Let's_have_dinner's topic in Miscellaneous Musings
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That man is seriously adorable.
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I agree I would like to see more from John in future episodes. Also, the original Dr. Watson was a chronicler of Holmes' adventures. Why did they scrap the "John's Blog" angle, since that was a great way to modernize that aspect of the story. I would have liked to see them keep it up. Or even, frame each story with a beginning or ending voice over from John, that we could presume was from a book, or blog, just as a reminder that he is recording all this and he is the reason we even know about Sherlock Holmes in the first place? It'd be a great way to get some internal thoughts and feelings of his too.
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The killings didn't bother me either - in fact nothing cements a friendship more than literally having killed for each other lol. So the Magnussen shooting brings it full circle for me. John killed a man to protect Sherlock, Sherlock killed a man to protect John (&Mary). Hopefully now that's even it doesn't need to happen again. Now the beating, I would like them to address it some point in the future, even in some small way. That was between Sherlock and John, the central relationship of the series, so it cuts deeper than random bad guy of the week.
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I am not really a huge John fan, but I am 100% with him on this one. If I saw my friend in a room with a known serial killer and something obviously bad was going down and I had a gun? Sorry Mr. Serial Killer that would be a shoot first and ask questions later situation!
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These are great to see because after some of those stupid reports that their "frosty" relationship might mean no Season 5, well, I certainly don't see that here. Whew, that's one "barrier" for Season 5 knocked down woo-hoo!
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Well in fairness...it is Sherlock Holmes. Many a mature woman (ahem) would be reduced in such a way in his presence. He's Sherlock Holmes, not Sam the accountant lol. Can't honestly blame her.
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"Bounciness and sass", that's funny. The one scene that springs to mind reading that phrase was his exit out of the museum in...was it the Great Game? The way he took the uniform off and skipped through the door. Pure sass lol. I love that guy.
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Yeah poor Molly, why do her big moments with Sherlock always have to be fake lol. The "I love you" was fake (or was it? ;) ), and then that kiss she got after the Reichenbach Fall was super hot...but not actually real either (or was it? ;) ) lol. Next time'll be the charm, right?
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I also prefer it without Mary's narration. It was more intense and beautiful that way, just letting the images speak for themselves...but yeah either way I am so happy with this ending. I think they knocked it out of the park with this "happily ever after ending that could also be just a beginning" feeling.
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I hope we don't have to see much of Eurus in the future. All I can think of when I see her is Victor Trevor drowning in a well, the Governor's wife strapped to a chair, etc. etc. It's too much like Mary all over again, here is a woman that should not be forgiven for what she's done but she is forgiven anyway because well, she is a woman? And they like her? And of course she is hyper-super-powered and can out-think and outdo everyone else. No thanks, I just saw that story.
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Because Moftiss are setting the stage for their next big franchise: "Rosie Watson, P.I." debuting on the BBC in 2037 (about the same time as Sherlock Season 5)
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Plus, he's hot. lol But I HATE the thought of Sherlock having any kind of real relationship with Irene. Just yuck. Him "trying" the boyfriend thing with Molly would be adorable, though I don't see it ultimately working out (that would be so against character for Sherlock Holmes!) but there could be potential for some really fun and intriguing stories there in the meantime. I think they would have to end it eventually, end it in a good place though, with her finding happily-ever-after with someone else, but she could always take consolation in the fact that Sherlock tried. And, it would be great if John finds out Sherlock is seeing someone, thinking all along it is Irene, and then being shocked to find out it is actually...gasp...Molly. :lol: (I am onboard with Molly and Lestrade being end-game though...that'd be sweet for both of them)
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I agree about the friendship being unbalanced,and I also am kind of disappointed about John's behaviour. I just sometimes don't even get what John has done to inspire such friendship from Sherlock. Like, what does he really bring to the table? Why does Sherlock seem to put him on such a pedestal? I know initially Sherlock kind of liked that John didn't tell him to "piss off" like everyone else did...but that didn't last long. John's angry at Sherlock constantly it seems. Even when Sherlock puts him above everyone else, sacrifices his freedom and his life for him, John can barely muster up any gratitude or respect. Turns out he is not even that much of a "good man" or moral compass for Sherlock to follow so what exactly is "the point of him"? Okay that may be harsh, I am feeling a bit down on John today. What's a good episode to watch to see John actually being kind and a friend to Sherlock? Because I would like to watch that episode today lol.
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Agreed! Sherlock completely threw himself into that wedding didn't he? Heck he probably chose the Watsons' china pattern lol.
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Redbeard replied to aely's topic in Characters
Yeah, I think the moniker "Moftiss" is genius lol. Hats off to whoever came up with that! Who did, anyway? -
Bedelia, regarding Eurus telling Mycroft he looks funny, I don't think that was supposed to have been her bullying him when they were children. She actually says "You look funny all grown up", which is kind of a meta-reference to adult-Mycroft being there in this sequence. That's how I took it anyway.
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Was Sherlock kind of famous by then though? If so, maybe they were just excited for Archie that he would get to spend time with such a famous detective who they associated with being one of the good guys. You know how people confer a kind of trust onto celebrities (like Culverton Smith :o ).
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Well, we know three of them are cannibals lol.
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I am forgetting...is Mycroft even in the ending montage? I think maybe once with the parents, that is where the mom takes his hand. But was he shown other than that? It would have been nice to see him in Baker Street, even if he had a sneer on his face lol.
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Not upset by Mary's death at all. I was relieved actually. I was only upset when she still kept showing up in the subsequent episodes lol.
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While I do agree that we can assume much of what happened in regard to Victor, I also agree that a bit more acknowledgement would have been nice too. I guess right in the moment Sherlock was pre-occupied with the friend and brother who he could still save...but who knows maybe in future years we will get some brief scene of Sherlock respectfully paying a visit to a cemetery. Maybe its somewhere he goes to contemplate cases. He places a hand gently on a headstone somewhere. And then we can yell "Victor Trevor!" And then someone else will say "No, it had to have been Mary's". And then someone else will have another theory. And then we can all debate for years lol (But in my mind, it would be Victor's and it would be a place Sherlock goes often.)
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I wondered that too, it just seems so unnecessary. But I thought of that scene when I watched Hounds of Baskerville when Sherlock says "I don't have friends". Who can blame him for feeling that way when the last time he casually assumed he did, he was publicly corrected. I don't know what the writers intent was there but when I watch that scene John comes off as a real jackass. And then he has the nerve to get kind of insulted that Sherlock doesn't consider him a friend in HOB. You made the bed now lie in it, buddy. LOL
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