Favorite "Sherlock" Moments

[Carol the Dabbler]

And as Sherlock walks away, John gives him such a look!  I love that too.

 

[perma-nerd]

May have to re-watch, but in terms of writing, acting and directing, I LOVE the scene where Sherlock confronts Mary in the facade-building thing. I love the way we (and Mary) think it's Sherlock, then it's a dummy, then it's John. (I guess I must be getting used to Moffatt's writing now I enjoy having my assumptions messed around with!)

[Carol the Dabbler]

From Sherlockology:

 

 

 

Amongst the detailed look at the inception of Sherlock as a television series, the Royal Television Society event Sherlock: Anatomy of a Hit on Tuesday 4 March 2014 gave attendees the chance to hear the show’s creators reveal their favourite scenes from all three series, with the sequences played on the big screen. While the event was video recorded for release via the RTS website in the next week, we thought you might like to find out everyone’s favourite moments in advance.

 

Steven Moffat – The opening sequence of The Empty Hearse, because “Sherlock kisses Molly!” (stated with mock emotion, for the record).

Mark Gatiss – the concluding scenes of A Scandal in Belgravia, where Sherlock asks John for Irene’s phone. Mark also says the episode is his favourite overall.

Sue Vertue – Irene’s boomerang deduction from A Scandal in Belgravia, because of the ingenuity of the bed rising into shot.

Amanda Abbington – Sherlock and Jim’s confrontation over a cup of tea  at 221B in The Reichenbach Fall.

Ben Stephenson (Drama Controller, BBC One) – the reveal of Moriarty’s identity at the swimming pool in The Great Game.

Tom Sutcliffe (Panel host) – The point where Sherlock’s best man speech turns from car-crash to heartfelt in The Sign of Three.

 

[sherlockandjohn]

The coldness of Sherlock when he says 'Remind you of anyone, Mary? A facade' in HLV reminds me a bit of when he says 'Sorry about dinner' in ASiB. In both cases, he's blown a person's cover and being smug about it. I love both those scenes.

[sherlockandjohn]

Okay, favorite moment from each episode is as follows:

 

ASiP: Definitely the ending, from when Sherlock realises that John shot the cabbie. Lots of inside jokes between the two, which establish their closeness.

TBB: No spectacular scene here, but lots of nice tid-bits. I enjoy it when John gets exasperated and does his Sherlock impression (the 'massive intellect' one).

TGG: The pool scene, probably. But I also really love the scene when John shows his disappointment with Sherlock, and Sherlock tells John not to hero-worship him.

ASiB: This is difficult. It's a toss between the adorable Buckingham Palace scene, and the scene in the airplane when Sherlock is exposed, and the scene when Irene is exposed.

HoB: Gotta give this to the graveyard scene. I love Sherlock's chastened expression and attitude. The final Dewer's Hollow scene is a definite second.

TRF: How do I choose one here? Love the entire thing too much. I previously said John's graveyard speech, and while that's great, I think my favorite is the phone call from the rooftop. While Sherlock was faking his tears, and lying to John, it was certainly not fake from John's side, and - well, it's just the ultimate drama of the show.

TEH: Without a doubt, the reunion in the restaurant. Very emotional.

TSoT: The part of Sherlock's speech when he gets most serious and calls John the 'bravest, kindest, and wisest' man he knows.

HLV: Maybe when Sherlock shoots Magnussen. Or when he blows Mary's cover. Or the shocking moment when she turns around in Magnussen's office and faces Sherlock (and us). Or when Sherlock fights his way back to life.

[sherlockandjohn]

 

From Sherlockology:

 

 

 

Amongst the detailed look at the inception of Sherlock as a television series, the Royal Television Society event Sherlock: Anatomy of a Hit on Tuesday 4 March 2014 gave attendees the chance to hear the show’s creators reveal their favourite scenes from all three series, with the sequences played on the big screen. While the event was video recorded for release via the RTS website in the next week, we thought you might like to find out everyone’s favourite moments in advance.

 

Steven Moffat – The opening sequence of The Empty Hearse, because “Sherlock kisses Molly!” (stated with mock emotion, for the record).

Mark Gatiss – the concluding scenes of A Scandal in Belgravia, where Sherlock asks John for Irene’s phone. Mark also says the episode is his favourite overall.

Sue Vertue – Irene’s boomerang deduction from A Scandal in Belgravia, because of the ingenuity of the bed rising into shot.

Amanda Abbington – Sherlock and Jim’s confrontation over a cup of tea  at 221B in The Reichenbach Fall.

Ben Stephenson (Drama Controller, BBC One) – the reveal of Moriarty’s identity at the swimming pool in The Great Game.

Tom Sutcliffe (Panel host) – The point where Sherlock’s best man speech turns from car-crash to heartfelt in The Sign of Three.

 

Interesting; though I tend to think the writers, actors, and producers see the episodes more from a writing/acting/producing POV. (Take Sue Vertue's response, for one. And I'm suspecting Mark Gatiss for favoring an episode in which he has perhaps his best role.)

 

My favorite scene of the above mentioned is the last one. Definitely. I love the pool scene in TGG, but my favorite part of it is certainly not the reveal of Moriarty's identity. It gets much more interesting after that. Mark's answer is interesting. It's a very touching scene - one of the more subtle ones, and I love that, but it's not from one of my favorite episodes.

[sherlockandjohn]

Speaking of subtleties; there is lots of subtle emotion in 'Sherlock', and some of those moments are among the most moving:

 

• ASiB has many of those moments, because Sherlock is suppressing his feelings for Irene. One of my favorites is when John tries to get Sherlock to talk about his feelings about Irene being alive. Sherlock doesn't respond, except to say "Happy New Year, John", thereby dodging the question. However, he sends a text to Irene - the only text he ever sends to her. I'm not sure why he does it - maybe I'm missing something - but it looks to me like he gives in to his feelings for her, if only slightly. He'd never admit that, though.
• In TRF, when John says "No one could fake being such an annoying dick all the time" it is another way of saying "Yeah, you're a jerk, but I love you anyway, and I believe in you". One of my absolute favorite scenes!
• The urgency in Sherlock's voice when he takes the bomb off of John in TGG reveals a lot.

 

I will think of more later - this show is the master of subtle emotions, if you ask me. It is very appealing.

[sherlockandjohn]

Oh-h-h-h, where to start? There are so many! So many...

 

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- The graveside speech (of course). You know, I wonder whether Sherlock's best man speech at John's wedding will be some kind of answer to that?

 

Just reading these again, and this came true, didn't it! I am so glad it did. After TRF I really wanted a response from Sherlock to John's words, so I was thrilled when hearing "the best friend of the bravest and kindest and wisest human being..."

[T.o.b.y]

Another one of my new favorites is in the restaurant in The Empty House, when Sherlock begins to really realize that what he did to John was "a bit not good", yet still tries to go through with treating the whole thing as a big joke. There are so many conflicting, nuanced emotions there at once and the scene is at the same time funny, touching, outrageous and infuriating. I feel really, really sorry for Sherlock when I watch it and still I completely share the urge to punch and strangle him that John displays.

[sherlockandjohn]

Another one of my new favorites is in the restaurant in The Empty House, when Sherlock begins to really realize that what he did to John was "a bit not good", yet still tries to go through with treating the whole thing as a big joke. There are so many conflicting, nuanced emotions there at once and the scene is at the same time funny, touching, outrageous and infuriating. I feel really, really sorry for Sherlock when I watch it and still I completely share the urge to punch and strangle him that John displays.

 

Could not agree more with all of the above.

 

Oh, the brilliance of this show!

[sherlockandjohn]

Oh, another great scene, which is not technically in any episode: From 'Many Happy Returns' (which was such an amazing Christmas present, wasn't it), there's the heart-breaking uncut version of Sherlock's video message to John. Imagine getting a message like that from your dead best friend... a message that is so much like him that you probably just miss him even more after having watched it... Sob! And it was brilliant, too, how they mixed the dialogue of Sherlock and John, to give us all the wonderful surprise of "you can stop being dead." "Okay." Ugh, I love it!!

[Carol the Dabbler]

I still cannot understand why they didn't include that mini-ep on the Series 3 DVD.  It really was part of the series, and as you say, it has moments that are right up there with the best.  Martin Freeman's performance in the video-watching scene was just incredible.  Amazing how he and Benedict Cumberbatch play off each other so beautifully even when they're not on the same set!

 

[sherlockandjohn]

They definitely should have included that. It deserves to be counted as part of the show; the quality is completely up to 'Sherlock'-standard. It balances humor, tragedy,  loss, and hope so beautifully. It's downright painful to watch, because it's just so much like Sherlock to say the things he does here. If it had been sweeter, more sensitive, I don't think we, or John, would recognise him so well, and we wouldn't feel the pang of loss so acutely. I think it was brilliant to make it snarky. And yet, there's this short moment of insecurity in Sherlock that's also a complete gem.

[T.o.b.y]

I can't believe I have so far omitted John and Mary's wedding waltz in my list of favorite scenes. I am listening to the music at this moment and melting away. That was so beautiful. They managed to make it look very intimate, in spite of all the wedding guests standing around and watching. It felt as if there were only the couple and Sherlock and his violin in that scene and I loved that. Besides, this has to be the sweetest, most genuine and touching and yet most un-kitschy wedding dance I have ever seen on television. I love the acting there. And the song (I call it a song - I know there are no actual words, but "song" sounds nicer than "piece") is lovely. Of course, it sounds a bit wistful and sad. Sherlock wrote it, come on - I doubt he can compose anything cheerful if he's not thinking about murder and mayhem at the time...

[Carol the Dabbler]

I absolutely love the waltz scene.  Even just hearing the music makes me smile.

 

Interesting that you refer to it as a song, because I keep hearing words in some parts of it -- in particular, the last line is

"Together, wherever we go."

 

 

(Spoilered in deference to anyone who doesn't like having their enjoyment of an instrumental number compromised by the intrusion of someone else's idea of lyrics.)

 

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

No, Carol, if you are hearing words....post them somewhere or put them all in spoiler....would love to see what people are coming up with.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Sorry, that's the only part I recall just now.  I think there have been other lines, but they come and go, and they change.  I do like that last line, though.

 

[sherlockandjohn]

Just finished a video with some of my favorite Sherlock moments:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01Hntm0Yo2M&feature=youtu.be

[besleybean]

Sob.

[sherlockandjohn]

I know. But don't worry. I plan on making my favorite fun moments vid next.

[sherlockandjohn]

I had to edit my video above, because some of the clips were too long and protected by copyright. Also had to change a sound track.

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

Job well done!

[sherlockandjohn]

Thanks   I'm so glad it finally worked. Had to try three times, but now I'm happy!