Mycroft

John and Irene Adler at Battersea. Henry Knight's hallucination with the patio light in 'The Hounds of Baskerville'. Tea with Sherlock and Jim.

Well, I posted elsewhere about a twins theory. But, going by the Moff's previous form, this Moriarty cliffhanger will just be a big, juicy red herring. Mycroft.

The best episode of Sherlock yet, easily for me. So, Moriarty. In the canon he has a younger brother, also called 'James' confusingly enough, Arthur Conan Doyle was famously poor with his continuity. I wonder if they're going to make him his twin brother. It would explain 'Richard Brook' and 'Jim from I.T'. For me, Jim Moriarty wouldn't go through the trouble of dating Molly and getting close to Kitty Riley, it's too much leg work for a mastermind consulting criminal, like he said in 'The Great Game', he doesnt like getting his hands dirty. Maybe he got his brother to do it for him? I still think that the actual Moriarty died on the roof in 'The Reichenbach Fall' though. And this could be his brother getting revenge. One explanation of some of the facts. Mycroft

It was brilliant, I loved it. A few things bothered me of course. I'll start with the crime: an underground train-bomb blowing up the Houses of Parliament... A Guy Fawkes inspired storyline is fine, but it needed to be original, this reminded me way too much of V For Vendetta. The deus ex machina solution also bothered me a bit, just switch the bomb off? Really? Come on now... The crime/mystery wasn't the important thing about the episode though, the centre piece was Sherlock and John's reunion and it's aftermath, quite right too. A more realistic reaction from John Watson than the one we got in the canon, but not completetly over the top, just the right amount of violence . DI Lestrade's reaction was brilliantly simple, "Oooh, you bastard!" and a hug, love it. And Mrs Hudson's reaction was hilarious, she should've hit him with that pan though, a missed opportunity . "The Empty Hearse" or is that the "online fandom"? And the multiple theories/fantasies in the episode, a courteous nod to the fans or a sly dig? I prefer to think the latter. How he did it... Even if it isn't the real one, I'm completely happy with Sherlock's reveal to Anderson, everything slotted into place nicely. I don't understand how some people can be disappointed with it, like Mark Gatiss said at the Comic Con panel, "The important thing to remember is; there really are only a few ways you can fall of a roof and survive, it's not Black Magic, alas." Looking at some of the reactions on Twitter is beggar's belief, I don't know what they were expecting to see. A thing that did bother me about this though was the fact that Sherlock and Mycroft new all along about what Moriarty was doing, it seemed like a bit of a cop-out, should've elaborated a bit more on that. The stand-out for me was Mary Morstan, brilliantly played by Amanda Abbington. I found her intriguing and I agree with previous posts that there's something not quite right with her, I like the idea that Magnussen is somehow involved. A great start, very excited for the next episode. Mycroft.