Favorite Scenes -- open ended

[SherlockedCAMPer]

 

Is it bad I'm so meh about TBB I couldn't even come up with a scene I really loved?

 

Everyone thinks TBB is meh. And I agree. I don't really have a favourite scene for that.

 

 

 

Him glancing around the office was pretty funny, I guess?  So maybe that?  

 

 

sherlock going around the office is brilliant.  I also like him outside Van Coon's flat asking the tentant upstairs if she can buzz him in.  Then there is the scimitar guy/chip & pin machine scenes & John getting on Sherlock's case for not moving from the chair.

[Arcadia]

I don't do favorites very well -- I love different things for different reasons, it's like the whole apples/oranges thing for me -- but I can't resist having a go. These are in no way complete, just what's popping up in the top of my head.....

 

ASiP -- Sherlock's leap for joy ("Oh, it's Christmas!"). The way Lestrade handles Sherlock during the "drugs bust" --- no, make that every scene Lestrade is in. The chase through the streets after the cab and the laughter afterwards. Sherlock misunderstanding John's "interest" in the restaurant......

 

TBB -- The opening scenes of John & Sherlock in their respective "fights." The look on Sherlock's face when Seb says "we all hated him." Sherlock trying to get John to remember the ciphers by spinning him around, only to discover John took a picture. John figuring out the location of the Lucky Cat before Sherlock does.

 

TGG -- Aw, jeez, I give up. The whole thing.

 

ASiB -- John & Sherlock giggling in Buckingham Palace. "You were a doctor!" "I had bad days!" Sherlock's all-black ensemble (Ow-oooga!) Apologizing to Molly. The way they convey the passing of time, and just the general look and feel of the whole episode, it's stunningly beautiful.

 

Hounds -- The whole opening sequence in 221B, esp. when Sherlock starts going on about Bluebell. The weirditude that is Henry Knight. Every scene Lestrade is in. "I haven't got friends, I've only got one." The look on Mycroft's face when he realizes Sherlock has stolen his id card and is up to something. The mind palace sequence.

 

TRF -- Hmmm. I'm getting so sleepy I can't think, I'll come back to this later........

[SherlockedCAMPer]

ASiP: The cab chase, Sherlock's time with the cabby, Sherlock & John afterward (from shock blanket to the end), Sherlock texting "Wrong" to all the phones,

 

TBB: inaddition to what I said above, Sherlock's question to John in the tramway & John's response: "...Resourceful? Enigmatic?  -Late?"  Sherlock's discussion with Dimmock @ the station about taking his word as gospel.  And Dimmock talking with John about Sherlock.

 

TGG: Agree, the whole thing.  I like Sherlock's face when he figures out why the painting is a fake.  And his banter earlier with Ms. Wencelas.

 

ASiB:  From Lestrade talking with the other detective about the Hiker issue through the Buckingham Palace scene, John's & Sherlock's fight before getting to Irene's place, Sherlock half flailing on the floor at Irene's through to his bedroom sequence, His apology to Molly @ Christmas, Molly's unanswered question through to John getting dumped, Sherlock figuring there was a client in his bedroom, Sherlock taking care of the annoying American who harmed Mrs. Hudson (that whole sequence of everything), Sherlock & Irene before Sherlock gets taken to the plane

 

HOB:  I like the Sherlock flashback of John in the labs and Sherlock sitting in the chair by the fireplace twitching & quietly freaking out.  I also Like Sherlock's comment to John about only having 1 friend.

 

TRF:  Sherlock from when he is at Bart's shortly before the jump (before John's arrival to the lab) up through the jump (still gets me, without tears, after approx. a dozen viewings), Molly's talk to Sherlock about how he feels when John doesn't see him.  Sherlock & John fleeing police, Sherlock at the trial & subsequent choreographed jail cell turn with Moriarty.  I just basically love this whole episode.

 

TEH: From the first scene through Sherlock and Mary talking after the headbutt to the nose.  The reveals to Lestrade, Molly, & Mrs. Hudson.  The Emty Hearse group realizing that Sherlock is back, Sherlock's explanation to Anderson, Molly's day with Sherlock, Sherlock's look at Mary when she mentions the skip code, the introduction of CAM at the end, the deduction game with Mycroft...Basically this whole episode as well.

 

TSOT: Sherlock's texts to Lestrade & his subsequent arrival at Baker St., the flashbacks to David & Archie, the one off cases, the stag night & following morning in the holding cell, the whole of he best man speech, Sherlock's call with Mycroft,  Lestrade & Donovan dealing with the Waters Gang. The waltz for Mary & John (the rehearsal and the performance, I love that song & wish I could be a bride again with a reception).  I basically just love this episode as well.

 

HLV: CAM is so creepy in this episode, Lars does that role so well.  Oh why bother, I just love series 3 except for CAM licking Lady Smallwood and taking care of business in the fireplace.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Fun Fact: Magnussen is a cat, because according to Google lots of people have problems with their cats peeing in the fireplace.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Well, that could also explain the rather odd way he chose to "mark" Lady Smallwood.  But even the supposedly-haughty Siamese cats are a heck of a lot cuddlier than CAM.  Maybe he's only part cat?

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

The thought of Magnussen as a cat makes him slightly less creepy in his dealing with Lady Smallwood, no less bizarre though.

[T.o.b.y]

One of my many favorites is in The Empty Hearse where they are standing in that diner, and Sherlock says to John "I need your help". John's face! Here Sherlock has been gone for two years of terrorist-hunting during which he never deemed it necessary to even leave John a hint that he's still among the living, and now he suddenly needs his help?

 

It doesn't make a lot of sense in general that Sherlock keeps insisting he needs an assistant or that John has to help him, because it seems he did just fine on his own before they met, he does plenty of work by himself even after they met and he went off to hunt down Moriarty's network without him. God knows what Sherlock really means when he says that. Maybe it's his way of declaring that he is lonely and would like some company.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Yes, I absolutely love that look on John's face!  Like, "Can you believe the nerve of this guy?"
 
I often find it helpful to have someone to bounce ideas off of.  One time I was having trouble envisioning how a particular piece of software should be designed, but the only other person in the office that day was the secretary -- so I asked if she'd mind me explaining the design to her.  She though it was pretty funny, since she had absolutely no idea what I was talking about, but the exercise clarified everything very nicely in my mind, so I was quite sincere in thanking her for her help.
 
Maybe Sherlock needs John like that?

[Boton]

Yes, I absolutely love that look on John's face!  Like, "Can you believe the nerve of this guy?"

 

I often find it helpful to have someone to bounce ideas off of.  One time I was having trouble envisioning how a particular piece of software should be designed, but the only other person in the office that day was the secretary -- so I asked if she'd mind me explaining the design to her.  She though it was pretty funny, since she had absolutely no idea what I was talking about, but the exercise clarified everything very nicely in my mind, so I was quite sincere in thanking her for her help.

 

Maybe Sherlock needs John like that?

 

"You've never been the most luminous of people, but as a conductor of light, you are unbeatable!"

[T.o.b.y]

Yes, I absolutely love that look on John's face!  Like, "Can you believe the nerve of this guy?"

 

I often find it helpful to have someone to bounce ideas off of.  One time I was having trouble envisioning how a particular piece of software should be designed, but the only other person in the office that day was the secretary -- so I asked if she'd mind me explaining the design to her.  She though it was pretty funny, since she had absolutely no idea what I was talking about, but the exercise clarified everything very nicely in my mind, so I was quite sincere in thanking her for her help.

 

Maybe Sherlock needs John like that?

 

Yes, of course, but it is kind of funny how the urgency of that need varies. Sometimes, John isn't even allowed to sleep or have time to spend with his fiancée, let alone time to be angry and get over the shock of Sherlock's return, because his help is so indispensable. At other times, Sherlock just walks off to a date with a dangerous villain or plays dead for two years and John doesn't know about that until later.

 

 

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

 

I often find it helpful to have someone to bounce ideas off of.  One time I was having trouble envisioning how a particular piece of software should be designed, but the only other person in the office that day was the secretary -- so I asked if she'd mind me explaining the design to her.  She though it was pretty funny, since she had absolutely no idea what I was talking about, but the exercise clarified everything very nicely in my mind, so I was quite sincere in thanking her for her help.

 

Maybe Sherlock needs John like that?

 

This reminds me of this one time I was hanging out with my uncle, who's an uber computer geek and knows C++ and all that. I was in the living room when I heard him rambling on and on about something, so I went over to his bedroom and saw him talking to a rubber duck. He was saying something along the lines of "and this bit of the program's supposed to do this" when he stopped midsentence, yelled "IT'S SO OBVIOUS" and threw the duck against the wall.

 

According to my uncle, this is called "rubber duck debugging". Programmers do this a lot to try to figure out what part of their programs isn't working.

 

I guess that's the reason why Sherlock carries on and on even when no one's around. He talks to John when John's not there because the rambling is so vital to figuring things out. (Which John doesn't understand, since he asks, "D'you just carry on talking while I'm away?")

[sittything]

I talk to myself all the time.  I definitely find if I say stuff aloud it helps me work through it.

[Carol the Dabbler]

According to my uncle, this is called "rubber duck debugging". Programmers do this a lot to try to figure out what part of their programs isn't working.

Goodness, no wonder there were bugs in my software -- I didn't have a rubber duck!

 

But yes, I do believe that's why Sherlock talks to the skull. It helps, it really does.

[Arcadia]

 

Yes, I absolutely love that look on John's face!  Like, "Can you believe the nerve of this guy?"

 

I often find it helpful to have someone to bounce ideas off of.  One time I was having trouble envisioning how a particular piece of software should be designed, but the only other person in the office that day was the secretary -- so I asked if she'd mind me explaining the design to her.  She though it was pretty funny, since she had absolutely no idea what I was talking about, but the exercise clarified everything very nicely in my mind, so I was quite sincere in thanking her for her help.

 

Maybe Sherlock needs John like that?

 

Yes, of course, but it is kind of funny how the urgency of that need varies. Sometimes, John isn't even allowed to sleep or have time to spend with his fiancée, let alone time to be angry and get over the shock of Sherlock's return, because his help is so indispensable. At other times, Sherlock just walks off to a date with a dangerous villain or plays dead for two years and John doesn't know about that until later.

 

Maybe it just depends on the circumstances? Sherlock doesn't see the point in sleeping when there's a juicy crime to be solved, or the point in dating, period, or the need for all that emotionalism just because he's returned. The other times, he's trying to protect John?

 

I'm a bit that way myself (although the things I need to think through are far less severe than crimes!) Sometimes it really helps me to bounce ideas off people, other times I simply can't think at all unless I'm completely alone. So maybe it's something like that.

[Carol the Dabbler]

It's straight from canon, of course.  And if I may shift for a moment to a real-world point of view, Watson's absence or presence was Conan Doyle's way of withholding certain information from the reader, yet revealing other information.  That's why the stories are rarely told from Holmes's perspective -- there would be far less mystery if we were privy to his suspicions and working hypotheses.  Presumably Moftiss's use of John is similar, but I've been too busy watching to do the analysis.

 

[stick]

Where to start. It's hard to narrow down favourite scenes because the show is full of so many amazing scenes.

[sfmpco]

Where to start. It's hard to narrow down favourite scenes because the show is full of so many amazing scenes.

 

Pick one and let's all jump in!!!

[stick]

The pool scene, Irene first encounter with Sherlock and John, Sherlock and Mycroft hat scene, Sherlock and Mycroft playing operation, the burglar window sequence, Sherlock and Moriarty on the roof, Sherlock talking on the laptop because the case isn't interesting enough for him go there, parts of the best man speech, the pool scene being interrupted by the phone going off, Sherlock questioning himself after he believes he's seen the hound, Molly Christmas gift bit, and there's so many lines that are brilliant.

 

That's quickly from the top of my head there's probably loads of moments I've left out that should be highlighted. The show is so good its really hard to put a few scenes above all others when its so full of note worthy scenes. 

[Arcadia]

I love all those too, especially the hat scene. And the scene where Sherlock rescues Mrs. Hudson .... that might be my very favorite. And then he comes into her flat and politely wipes his feet on her doormat ... for some reason I just adore him in that moment.

[sfmpco]

I love all those too, especially the hat scene. And the scene where Sherlock rescues Mrs. Hudson .... that might be my very favorite. And then he comes into her flat and politely wipes his feet on her doormat ... for some reason I just adore him in that moment.

 

And he promptly raids her fridge for a mince pie.  

[Arcadia]

Hey, all that rescuing made him hungry, she owed him! :D

[sfmpco]

Hey, all that rescuing made him hungry, she owed him! :D

 

But it also gives a seasonal time frame because mince pies are generally a Christmas season thing.

[Carol the Dabbler]

How do you tell that it's supposed to be a mince pie?  Of course, mince pies are apparently much smaller in the UK than they are in Indiana, so I would never have guessed that anyhow, but my first impression was jelly donut.

 

[sfmpco]

How do you tell that it's supposed to be a mince pie?  Of course, mince pies are apparently much smaller in the UK than they are in Indiana, so I would never have guessed that anyhow, but my first impression was jelly donut.

 

No, not a donut.  I just wasn't sure for a long time what Janette was serving on that plate, and those were mince pies.  Very traditional British thing at that time of year.  Also what SH was eating in the outtake clip of HLV - the one that broke apart on him and made Ben laugh.  Again, a mince pie.  They look like a mini tart, filled with mince, then a pie/cookie top.  I'm going to assume all the ones at 221B were baked by Mrs. Hudson.  

[Carol the Dabbler]

Yes, I've seen some closeup photos of them lately, so I understand the concept.  I'm just saying, how did you happen to realize that's what Sherlock grabbed from Mrs. H.'s fridge?  It's obviously round and flat and light brown and edible, but that covers a lot of territory.  (The only reason I knew it was a mince pie is that Ariane DeVere's transcript calls it a mince pie.  But she doesn't say how she knew either.)