You know your "Sherlock" obsession is bad when...

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Yeah. And when my parents aren't looking I'll sneak in dead Sherlock and dead Moriarty somehow.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

You could always hide them more towards the back side where they will be less noticeable.

[Arcadia]

That's what I do with our, uh, shall we say, "less-favored" ornaments -- hang 'em on the back side of the tree. No one ever knows but me.

[Arcadia]

Gah, now I have a sudden urge to acquire Sherlock and John ornaments. No Moriarty tho, he'd bring down the mood too much.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Back to the topic:

 

 

When you see this

 

 

and all you can think is this

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Gah, now I have a sudden urge to acquire Sherlock and John ornaments. No Moriarty tho, he'd bring down the mood too much.

 

 

No Anderson ornaments either -- they'd lower the IQ of the whole tree.

 

(Poor Anderson....)

[SherlockedCAMPer]

That's a good one Carol.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

But -- but we're Anderson!

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

But -- but we're Anderson!

 

Are we? But Anderson did some growing since series 2 so the lowered IQ could be pre-series 3.

[T.o.b.y]

Back to the topic:

 

 

When you see this

 

 

and all you can think is this

 

 

:rofl:

 

That totally made my day.

 

 

[sfmpco]

Okay, here's a good one:  you know your Sherlock obsession is bad when you can take any pic of Sherlock and name the episode, scene, and dialogue that went with it.  Oh yeah, that's getting down to the basics of obsession.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Okay, here's a good one: you know your Sherlock obsession is bad when you can take any pic of Sherlock and name the episode, scene, and dialogue that went with it. Oh yeah, that's getting down to the basics of obsession.

Yes, like your profile pic is when Sherlock is talking with Molly at Shilcott's flat just before he kisses her on the cheek after thanking her for the help and congratulating her on the engagement. (Don't have all the dialogue memorized but do remember Molly saying right after Sherlock leaves "maybe that's just my type".)

[sfmpco]

I can sort of tell which episode it is just by the hairstyle.  But sometimes I'm not as good on some bits as others.  Like TBB... not as good on that one at all.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Well, TBB was kinda 'meh' to most of us.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Well, TBB was kinda 'meh' to most of us.

Agreed. It was the first episode I watched as the description seems more interesting than SiP. I loved the episode but got hooked after watching SiP and now TBB is low on the list right behind HoB which isn't saying a whole lot when I can't completely rank the other 7 episodes but they are right above those 2.

[Carol the Dabbler]

I'm liking "Hounds" better since we figured out (starting here) what the first clue was supposed to be -- even though Sherlock never noticed it!  Still don't much care for the John-as-lab-rat scene -- wish they'd spent less time on that and expanded the final scene outside the inn so Sherlock could give a brief-but-serious explanation of how John was actually drugged (with a flashback glimpse of our first sight of Frankland).  But at least the plot hangs together.

 

[sfmpco]

Well, I love Hounds after the opening credits when we have that whole harpoon and cigarette mania, but the rest of it can be a bit tedious, although I have said many times that I thought Russell Tovey's portrayal of a descent into madness was quite compelling.  But it ranks 2nd lowest on my list.  However, I have been having a friend watch the episodes in order, and so far she likes Hounds the best.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Fun fact: Russel Tovey plays as Midshipman Alonso Frame in Doctor Who, and in HOB they say there's a TARDIS hidden in the background somewhere.

[Carol the Dabbler]

I still say it's a Porta-Potty!

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Obsession's bad when: a fellow NaNoWriMo person has a character who unintentionally turned psychopath that she needs help with the character development & you suggest Andrew Scott's Moriarty in the last episode of each Sherlock series.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

I still say it's a Porta-Potty!

 

Maybe Alonso's in disguise, and the reason why he's roaming the moors is because he saw the derelict TARDIS and thought something bad happened to the Doctor!

[T.o.b.y]

Are we? But Anderson did some growing since series 2 so the lowered IQ could be pre-series 3.

 

I didn't get the impression that Anderson became much smarter... Actually, new Anderson makes me cringe. I liked him better before he turned into Sherlock's greatest fan. At least Sally Donovan seems to have kept her former opinion of him. (Am I the only person out there who prefers Sally to Anderson, by the way?)

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

I like them both -- or perhaps I should say all three.  Pre-Fall Donovan and Anderson are nicely snarky (without being unprofessional), a realistic reminder that most of us would NOT really get along with Sherlock Holmes, especially if he came waltzing into our workplace and started rearranging things and telling our boss that we're incompetent.

 

Post-Fall Anderson was an interesting change of pace, entertaining in small doses.  Mercifully, he seems to be starting to re-normalize now, though hopefully he's learned something.  I'm curious to see where his story arc takes him, and what his current relationship is with Donovan, and who "Benji" is to him.

 

[Arcadia]

(Am I the only person out there who prefers Sally to Anderson, by the way?)

Nope!

[SherlockedCAMPer]

After thinking about it for a few hours, I like Donovan and Anderson both.  I would like to see how both of their story arcs play out and their further interactions with Sherlock.  Since TRF we haven't seen Donovan interact with Sherlock.  Is he still a freak to her or something else?  I would also like to see what Anderson ends up doing now that Sherlock is back & HLV is passed.