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And with only a few flowery lines from Sherlock? So vague, no threats. I don't see how he could actually have made Moriarty do anything - Moriarty had the gun after all! What could Sherlock have threatened him with? And we saw that Moriarty held up well to torture, so the threat of a beating wasn't the final straw. Apologies if this has been discussed to death, I'm new and still looking around, but I was rewatching this scene, and the only way it makes any sense to me is if there are things they both knew that we were not party to, and which will be revealed in the next season. The only thing that makes sense to me, if it was all just as it was and nothing more, is that Moriarty was so unhinged that Sherlock could take advantage of that, and use his volatility and the fact that he was so 'changeable' to agitate him into making a fatal mistake. But again, it just seems... not enough. This was a man who had his fingers in many impressive criminal pies, we saw throughout season 1 and 2 the kind of people he was dealing with - 'criminal web with a thousand threads and he knows exactly how each of them dances'. It does make me think that the two Moriarty's theory is possible - one logical mastermind, and one 'not wound too tight' showman - to be sacrificed when needed?

I thought we had already been told Rich Brook was fake, when he grimaced at Sherlock while John and Kitty had their backs turned? I like the idea that he's carrying on from behind the grave. If it is another villain it had better be a really good one. I don't want the reveal to be "Haha! You thought Moriarty was back! But no, it's someone less interesting and less entertaining. We got you!!" That would be awful.

Up until watching The Empty Hearse I assumed there were very good reasons for Sherlock keeping John in the dark about his faked suicide. And then I watched The Empty Hearse... Twenty plus people knew about the plan, not just Sherlock's family, but also his homeless network. And the reason Sherlock gives John is a fear that he might be indiscreet. When was he ever indiscreet?! I understand that John's grief added to the drama (though if you ask me, he recovered from it so quickly I barely see the point) but couldn't the writers come up with something better than that? Couldn't they say that there were suspicions and John may have been in danger, anything that would warrant him suffering for two years! But 'I thought you might blab' (can't remember exact words, sorry) must have been like a huge slap in the face for John. I suppose at least it explains why he wanted to punch Sherlock multiple times! I just felt it could have been improved on. Am I missing something?

I am the one person to give CAM a vote! It was between him and Mycroft, but he has such a lovely speaking voice I can forgive the clammy hands I think!

Not clothing, but I did buy the Ikea Samtid lamp Sherlock has by his chair. And he has good taste because it's a very good lamp. (Hello everyone, by the way. I'm new!)