Michelle84

I dont think its bad as everyone has been saying, i've watched it three times and its a nice change. For starters, something i found quite different is that usually the show is mainly in John's perception, however this time majority was in Sherlock's. It was a nice switch up, and there needed to be an ending for the arc of Mary. By basing this episode on her, the producers can quickly move on and get to the next episode without having to drag Mary's fate -in consideration that her death is cannon and everyone knows it would happen one way or the other. Ridding of her in the first episode is a surprising twist itself, as something as big as a death is quite shocking for the first episode of the season. I think this episode needs more appreciation... through this episode, the next episode was an absolute masterpiece! Got to make sacrifices to please and shock viewers.

This episode absolutely shocked me, it was a step up of the last episode (which I thought was still pretty good unlike the other viewers -watched it 3 times and every time for me at least, it got better) but this was was on another level. Moffat really carefully thought this through -in the first episode of Sherlock, it is mistakenly believed that John had a brother rather than a sister, and most of us as the audience followed Sherlock's footsteps and hung on tight to this 'brother' theory, however this time for Sherlock himself. The episode was set so meticulously, with the use of the Greek words and the mention of the 'east winds' and so forth which clearly show the immediate danger of Sherrinford. In The Six Thatchers, when Mycroft calls Sherrinford its not to her directly but rather a possible receptionist, which begs the question of whether or not she belongs to some type of institute -whether it be mental or anything really, which gives confinement it would explain her personality. Whatever it is though, she's been a mysterious character and has shocked (almost) everyone. Regardless of the episodes so far, 10/10 I think this episode was faultless and so carefully done.