Killers on Baker Street

[Ryanv252]

In the Reichenbach fall Moriarty told his contacts, the assassins, that Sherlock had a computer code on him, and the first that got it got to keep it, but Moriarty wasn't looking for anything only the demise of Sherlock, so what was the significance of bringing these assassins to Baker street?

[Julia Mae]

In the Reichenbach fall Moriarty told his contacts, the assassins, that Sherlock had a computer code on him, and the first that got it got to keep it, but Moriarty wasn't looking for anything only the demise of Sherlock, so what was the significance of bringing these assassins to Baker street?

 

I don't think Moriarty told the assassins, I think he told all those criminal organizations, rogue governments and so forth he referred to at tea and they sent their hired guns to find the code and keep Sherlock alive while they did.   I also believe what he said was Sherlock had it, but not that it was necessarily on him, it could just be in his flat somewhere.

 

[Ryanv252]

But what was the point of moriarty telling the criminal organisations that there was a code when there really wasn't? It didn't really affect sherlock and it had nothing to do with Jim's final plan for sherlock? Or did it? Did I miss out on something?

[Julia Mae]

But what was the point of moriarty telling the criminal organisations that there was a code when there really wasn't? It didn't really affect sherlock and it had nothing to do with Jim's final plan for sherlock? Or did it? Did I miss out on something?

 

Well, I think it has to do with Moriarty's agenda.  What he wanted was to keep Sherlock distracted.  He was sure to notice hired killers hanging about.  He was going to see right away that Moriarty wasn't trying to steal anything and make the leap to the code.  So while Sherlock chases his tail and leaves a string of dead bodies behind in the form of the assassins that shoot one another, Moriarty gets ready to spring the big reveal in the paper: Sherlock's a fake, thus disgracing him before he forces Sherlock to suicide.  Which was, after all, as he says, the point of it all.

 

What Moriarty wanted was to prevent Sherlock from having any time to think, so he has what looks like a complex scenario for him to work on.   I think it also would appeal to Moriarty's screwed-up sense of justice.  It was a code Sherlock cracked for Adler that should have netted Moriarty a big win, but instead, he loses when Sherlock cracks another code that opens the phone.  Now Sherlock has a code that can't be cracked because it doesn't exist. 

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

It was a code Sherlock cracked for Adler that should have netted Moriarty a big win, but instead, he loses when Sherlock cracks another code that opens the phone.  Now Sherlock has a code that can't be cracked because it doesn't exist.

 

Sounds like one of those original Star Trek episodes where Kirk presents the evil computer of the week with a paradox, and its circuits go up in flames.

 

Unfortunately for ol' Jim, I suspect that Sherlock, unlike those computers, is fully capable of thinking outside the box.  And even if he isn't, his big brother has people who will realize that the code is a hoax.

 

[Julia Mae]

 

It was a code Sherlock cracked for Adler that should have netted Moriarty a big win, but instead, he loses when Sherlock cracks another code that opens the phone.  Now Sherlock has a code that can't be cracked because it doesn't exist.

 

Sounds like one of those original Star Trek episodes where Kirk presents the evil computer of the week with a paradox, and its circuits go up in flames.

 

Unfortunately for ol' Jim, I suspect that Sherlock, unlike those computers, is fully capable of thinking outside the box.  And even if he isn't, his big brother has people who will realize that the code is a hoax.

 

 

Exactly.  So Sherlock has tea with Jim and plays him, while JM thinks he's playing Sherlock.  Sherlock pretends to believe in the code, but what he really wants to know is "what's it all for?"  And Jim tells him: the answer to the final problem - staying alive.

 

[bborchar]

All I know is that there were 5 wireless networks on Baker Street, yet Mycroft only shows John 4 people.  I also know that one of the cops knows something and could have possibly helped facilitate the kidnapping.  And of course, there's the repairman at their flat.

 

So, somehow they are all connected, but we don't have the entire story to make any sense of it all.

[Carol the Dabbler]

... there were 5 wireless networks on Baker Street, yet Mycroft only shows John 4 people....

That neighborhood is densely populated, so the amazing thing is that there are only 5 wi-fi networks. Dramatic license, I suppose. But even in-universe, it's possible that one or more of the networks belong to honest law-abiding citizens.

 

So, somehow they are all connected, but we don't have the entire story to make any sense of it all.

And that is current Sherlock fandom in a nutshell!

[bborchar]

 

... there were 5 wireless networks on Baker Street, yet Mycroft only shows John 4 people....

That neighborhood is densely populated, so the amazing thing is that there are only 5 wi-fi networks. Dramatic license, I suppose. But even in-universe, it's possible that one or more of the networks belong to honest law-abiding citizens.

 

So, somehow they are all connected, but we don't have the entire story to make any sense of it all.

And that is current Sherlock fandom in a nutshell!

 

 

Well, normally I would believe you...but the networks around him are in these languages:

 

Russian

Spanish

Albanian

Czech

Estonian

 

And what are the killers?

 

Russian - Ludmilla Dyachenko

Spanish - Jaume Gauss (Bolivian)

Albanian - Suljmani

Czech - ?

Estonian - ?

( Stephan Tribek is Eastern European, but it's not elaborated on as to whether he's Estonian or Czech)

 

 

Now, I know that London is a pretty multicultural place...but it seems pretty odd to me that there's an unknown Czech or Estonian living right around him next to a bunch of other international killers.  Especially since Moriaty has dealt with so many Czechs in the past.  

 

I'm fully prepared for it to be a red herring, but until I know what that repairman is ACTUALLY doing there, or who the suspicious police officer is, I will treat it as a clue.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

... it seems pretty odd to me that there's an unknown Czech or Estonian living right around him next to a bunch of other international killers.  Especially since Moriaty has dealt with so many Czechs in the past.  

 

I'm fully prepared for it to be a red herring, but until I know what that repairman is ACTUALLY doing there, or who the suspicious police officer is, I will treat it as a clue.

 

Moftiss certainly do seem oddly determined to work in those Czechs.

 

And heck, at this point, everything is a clue!

 

[bborchar]

 

... it seems pretty odd to me that there's an unknown Czech or Estonian living right around him next to a bunch of other international killers.  Especially since Moriaty has dealt with so many Czechs in the past.  

 

I'm fully prepared for it to be a red herring, but until I know what that repairman is ACTUALLY doing there, or who the suspicious police officer is, I will treat it as a clue.

 

Moftiss certainly do seem oddly determined to work in those Czechs.

 

And heck, at this point, everything is a clue!

 

 

Very true