Episode 2.1, "A Scandal In Belgravia"

[Carol the Dabbler]

... she did have that whole bag full of gifts, which I assumed were for everyone there (Lestrade, John, Mrs. Hudson) including the extra nicely wrapped gift for Sherlock.

Sounds like she wasn't expecting to see Greg there at all, but knew that John wasn't heading out of town till later.  And it seems like Mrs. Hudson's always there.  So the other presents were probably for John, Mrs. Hudson, and anyone else she was planning to visit that evening.

[T.o.b.y]

It's a nebulous idea, but I would kind of like to see Molly evolve into a female John.  Not a crime-solving partnership per se -- they've tried that -- but someone who is helpful in that arena (the morgue experience is handy) and who understands Sherlock at a basic level that few do.  After all, John said, "I always hear 'punch me in the face' when you're talking, but it's usually subtext."  Molly actually acted on it.

 

I shy away from anything that could be considered "Sherlolly" shipping because I truly think the two characters would be incredibly bad for one another, no matter how much Molly likes the idea.  But I'd love to see a great platonic friendship develop there.

 

I think it is already developing. Think of Sherlock going to Molly for advice before the Stag Night, for example. And I think she understands him better than John does in some ways. Of course she's got it easier, because Sherlock can let down his guard with her more than with a guy.

[sittything]

It might be because I'm a big Molly homer, but crime scene investigation-wise, I actually thought Molly was much more useful than John normally is.  In that she was able to pick up things regarding the skeleton that I'm not sure John would have seen, mostly because of her area of medical expertise.  I think as far as solving crimes, overall, Sherlock likes and values the dynamic he has with John, and as a brainiac it's not like Sherlock needed Molly's insights.  So while solving crimes with Molly may not have been what Sherlock wants/needs compared to John, I think it showed just how bright she is.  And I liked that, because the first two seasons with Molly (TRF aside) were all "Oh, look at this silly girl with the crush."  But it showed Molly is much more than that.  There's a reason Sherlock values and respects her, and it's not just for morgue access.

[Arcadia]

It's a nebulous idea, but I would kind of like to see Molly evolve into a female John.  Not a crime-solving partnership per se -- they've tried that -- but someone who is helpful in that arena (the morgue experience is handy) and who understands Sherlock at a basic level that few do.  After all, John said, "I always hear 'punch me in the face' when you're talking, but it's usually subtext."  Molly actually acted on it.

 

I shy away from anything that could be considered "Sherlolly" shipping because I truly think the two characters would be incredibly bad for one another, no matter how much Molly likes the idea.  But I'd love to see a great platonic friendship develop there.

You 'n' me both, kid, that's what I've been wanting out of the Sherlock/Molly relationship from the start!  Yippee!

[sfmpco]

You can notice also that there are two presents near the fireplace wrapped in fish-print paper.  I assume one is for Sherlock and the other is for John.  Seems like maybe Lestrade would have brought them over because Mrs. Hudson wouldn't have picked that paper.  And Irene's prezzie is hiding under the red of the top of Santa's hat throughout the scene.

[sfmpco]

Interesting animation artwork on this episode.  

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

It is done very well.

[sfmpco]

I'd be willing to see an animated version of it!

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I'd be willing to see an animated version of it!

 

Same here.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Interesting animation artwork on this episode.  

 

 

Are those drawings part of the actual storyboarding of the episode, or are they fan art, or part of a graphic novel version, or -- ?

[sfmpco]

Are those drawings part of the actual storyboarding of the episode, or are they fan art, or part of a graphic novel version, or -- ?

 

I suspect they are fan art.  

[T.o.b.y]

Oh my lord. The details one finds when looking for nice screenshots. Look at this:

 

 

This is from the Christmas scene where Sherlock, after having played the violin sits down at his laptop while everybody else says hello to each other. When John looks over his shoulder, we see the screen briefly. And what is Sherlock doing? Editing John's blog, apparently! :D

[Boton]

Interesting animation artwork on this episode.  

 

 

Those are beautiful.

 

I did read a couple of Japanese manga that were available online of SiP and I think most or all of TBB.  The illustrations on those were fun too.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Oh my lord. The details one finds when looking for nice screenshots. Look at this:

 

 

This is from the Christmas scene where Sherlock, after having played the violin sits down at his laptop while everybody else says hello to each other. When John looks over his shoulder, we see the screen briefly. And what is Sherlock doing? Editing John's blog, apparently! :D

 

I wouldn't put it past him!

 

That's the blog entry that John made right after Scotland Yard found the dead airline passenger in the trunk of a car, and according to the only remaining comment (posted later by John), there were actually so many comments posted that his blog crashed and he had to delete them.  Is it possible that Sherlock is simply posting one of the many comments?  Hmm, doesn't look like it, does it?

 

I can see why he'd want to "improve" that particular blog entry -- it's entitled "Sherlock Holmes Baffled"!

[Carol the Dabbler]

Nope, not commenting.  Editing for sure.  The end of one of the lines near the top of the edit box pretty clearly says, "just outside Madrid" -- whereas the current blog entry says "just outside Dusseldorf."

 

That sounds very much like Sherlock is trying to disguise the details of the case.  But why?  At that point, he apparently knows nothing about "The Flight of the Dead" (other than overhearing Mycroft say "Bond Air is go").  Did Mycroft perhaps ask Sherlock to disguise the details without telling him why?

 

[Arcadia]

And apparently he deleted the "earhat" picture. :p

[Carol the Dabbler]

Yup.      Clearly a matter of national security!

[sfmpco]

Oh my lord. The details one finds when looking for nice screenshots. Look at this:

 

 

This is from the Christmas scene where Sherlock, after having played the violin sits down at his laptop while everybody else says hello to each other. When John looks over his shoulder, we see the screen briefly. And what is Sherlock doing? Editing John's blog, apparently! :D

 

Excellent catch because he certainly IS editing.  "Sherlock Holmes Baffled"  LOL!! Then again John doesn't seem to mind him mucking about with it.

[Carol the Dabbler]

So there's an entire subplot that we know very little about.  Why else would Sherlock have changed the name of the city?  Does he already know something about the first flight of the dead (the one that already crashed)?  If so, did he deduce it and realize that security issues were involved?  Or did Mycroft warn him, with or without filling him in?

 

It's hard to believe that he knows much at this point -- because if he did, why wouldn't he extrapolate and realize what's going on with preparations for the next flight?  So I'm back to Mycroft gave him a cryptic warning.  But wouldn't even that make him awfully suspicious of anything involving airplanes?  Or has Irene's presence turned him into a complete idiot?  (Come to think of it, don't answer that last question.)

 

[Boton]

  Or has Irene's presence turned him into a complete idiot?  

 

Maybe he's right -- maybe he really can't handle a girlfriend and work at the same time.

[sfmpco]

I believe it was Moffat who declared that when Irene challenged him with "I could have you right here on this desk until you begged for mercy twice" that the blood left his brain and went to another part of his anatomy.  LOL  

[Carol the Dabbler]

From another thread:
 

By the way, does anyone around here know how Sherlock can begin to interview a client wrapped in a sheet? Sorry, this is from Series 2, but when the hapless driver of the old Saab first comes in, Sherlock is off-screen, you just hear "tell us from the start, don't be boring!" and later on he clearly emerges from the bathroom wrapped in the all-enveloping sheet (historical quibble: that is NOT what a toga looked like, vid. Colleen Mc Cullogh's reconstruction of it in her famous Caesar series of novels). So, he sends John off to investigate in situ and himself goes to have a bath with the client still there?
Idiosyncratic is one thing, impolite is quite another!

I suspect that Sherlock was pretty matter-of-fact about the whole thing. If he'd been wearing a suit in the first scene, it's not like he'd have made the client wait while he changed into a bedsheet. As it happened, he was already wearing the bedsheet -- or perhaps the bedsheet was actually an improvement over what he had NOT been wearing -- and he wanted to get onto the case as soon as was practical. So no insult intended, I'm sure.

[sfmpco]

[joanneta1]

My sincere gratitude to Arcadia, Carol and sfmpco!

The problem still remains that he starts with the particular quote, John is then seen at the scene of the crime and Sherlock reappears in the sheet, from what we know is the corridor to the bathroom and his bedroom, since John's upstairs, so the implication becomes even more troublesome: did he actually go to take a nap with the client still there? Is the whole thing a continuity error, like the one they fixed about his holding a newspaper and a sandwich, and in the close-up it was a novel and a sandwich, or do they simply not care as long as they get the whole sheet gag in? I have just re-watched the sequence, just to make absolutely certain. Sorry, Carol, this should by rights go to the discussion of Series 2, I did read the rules before I started pestering you all

[sfmpco]

I guess I always assumed that Sherlock slept with a laptop on his bed and that John's skype call woke him up... and then Sherlock forced himself out of bed.  Not sure what time Sherlock gets up but when Mrs. Hudson brings him his tea in HLV she remarks, "You're not usually up this early" so I think he may be a night owl and a late riser.

 

I think Sherlock probably is still on the computer often when he is in bed late at night because he is a junkie for emails and news.  He's always looking for his next case.