Originally posted at LiveJournal on Jan 30, 2017
So, this was me after watching "The Lying Detective" and "The Final Problem" just now.
Also,
So, I know I'm totally Tardy To The Party. For reasons, I didn't watch S4 when it first aired at the beginning of the month. I would've done the whole Hola magic on bbc.co.uk after the season was done, but they've gotten wise and attached a TV Tax to their video service.
.
So I waited until the DVD was released and got it from the library. And now I am all caught up.
Ahem.
.
.
Unfortunately, someone already spoiled the ending of "The Six Thatchers" for me, so I knew they were going to kill off Mary after all.
Sigh. I guess I always knew they would, if the show was going to follow the stories. At least they gave her a dignified, noble, not-off-screen-and-barely-mentioned death. And not only that, but they included her all NCIS-style as a ghost in episode 2, and a recording in episodes 2 and 3. Aaand, she got the last words of the season.
Watching John in that death scene, though...
.
Knowing Mary was going to die and John was going to blame Sherlock, I did totally call it that the whole fake sickness thing was going to be used to pull John out of his grief and get him to forgive Sherlock. Nicely done. Also, interesting choice making Culverton Smith a serial killer instead of just killing one guy with some concentrated foreign illness. That does make more sense as someone Sherlock would pick a fight with, since he's probably dealt with plenty of single murders already. And Cumberbatch!Sherlock being high as the sky out of grief makes more sense with his character, and as something Mrs. Hudson would go straight to John about.
On a random note, seeing Mrs. Hudson pwn Mycroft and call him a reptile was pretty awesome.
That hug and forehead-kiss was really sweet, though.
And then ... "The Final Problem."
Dear god, that was the scariest episode I've ever seen. The whole time I was like,
.
Ok, so I knew Sherlock wasn't actually going to kill either John or Mycroft, of course I knew that, but STILL. I really wasn't sure if Moftiss was going to let Molly Hooper live. Poor Molly, humiliated again, and for nothing but Euros and Moriarty's fun.
SCARIEST COMBINATION EVER, THOSE TWO. Seriously, Mycroft, how idiotic could you be, letting those two have an UNSUPERVISED CONVERSATION??? And knowing how she affects people, and how delicate Sherlock is, HOW COULD YOU LET HIM TALK TO HER ALONE, MYCROFT. MYCROFT WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.
For a second there, I actually thought Moriarty was alive in the present tense when he landed on the island. I was like,
But nope. That was five years ago. Ha ha.
And then it all ends on a nice, happy, non-cliffhangery note. And I'm like...is this meant to be the final season? Because that sure sounded like a The End speech... which...I guess would be ok. They did wrap it up really nicely, pointing back to moments from the previous seasons (the pool, Irene Adler...) and adding in a bunch of references to other stories ("The Musgrave Ritual," "The Three Garridebs," and Sherlock's very first case, "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott"), and Mary giving that These Are The Voyages of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson speech. I can live with that kind of ending to the series.
So, this was me after watching "The Lying Detective" and "The Final Problem" just now.
Also,
So, I know I'm totally Tardy To The Party. For reasons, I didn't watch S4 when it first aired at the beginning of the month. I would've done the whole Hola magic on bbc.co.uk after the season was done, but they've gotten wise and attached a TV Tax to their video service.
.
So I waited until the DVD was released and got it from the library. And now I am all caught up.
Ahem.
.
.
SPOILAAAAAARRRRSSSSS
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD.
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD.
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
.
.
.
Unfortunately, someone already spoiled the ending of "The Six Thatchers" for me, so I knew they were going to kill off Mary after all.
Sigh. I guess I always knew they would, if the show was going to follow the stories. At least they gave her a dignified, noble, not-off-screen-and-barely-mentioned death. And not only that, but they included her all NCIS-style as a ghost in episode 2, and a recording in episodes 2 and 3. Aaand, she got the last words of the season.
Watching John in that death scene, though...
.
While I was waiting for the DVD to be released, I re-read "The Six Napoleons" and "The Dying Detective" so I could see how they were twisted. I should've known it wasn't going to be the Black Pearl of the Borgias in that last statue. Should've. Known.
Knowing Mary was going to die and John was going to blame Sherlock, I did totally call it that the whole fake sickness thing was going to be used to pull John out of his grief and get him to forgive Sherlock. Nicely done. Also, interesting choice making Culverton Smith a serial killer instead of just killing one guy with some concentrated foreign illness. That does make more sense as someone Sherlock would pick a fight with, since he's probably dealt with plenty of single murders already. And Cumberbatch!Sherlock being high as the sky out of grief makes more sense with his character, and as something Mrs. Hudson would go straight to John about.
On a random note, seeing Mrs. Hudson pwn Mycroft and call him a reptile was pretty awesome.
.
.
On another note, gosh, they really want to drill it into our heads that Sherlock and John are purely platonic. Apparently Sherlock's got a side fling going with Irene Adler. But I'm still convinced he was going to confess his non-platonic love at the end of S3e3, and no one's going to tell me otherwise.
.
On another note, gosh, they really want to drill it into our heads that Sherlock and John are purely platonic. Apparently Sherlock's got a side fling going with Irene Adler. But I'm still convinced he was going to confess his non-platonic love at the end of S3e3, and no one's going to tell me otherwise.
.
That hug and forehead-kiss was really sweet, though.
And then ... "The Final Problem."
Dear god, that was the scariest episode I've ever seen. The whole time I was like,
.
Ok, so I knew Sherlock wasn't actually going to kill either John or Mycroft, of course I knew that, but STILL. I really wasn't sure if Moftiss was going to let Molly Hooper live. Poor Molly, humiliated again, and for nothing but Euros and Moriarty's fun.
SCARIEST COMBINATION EVER, THOSE TWO. Seriously, Mycroft, how idiotic could you be, letting those two have an UNSUPERVISED CONVERSATION??? And knowing how she affects people, and how delicate Sherlock is, HOW COULD YOU LET HIM TALK TO HER ALONE, MYCROFT. MYCROFT WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.
For a second there, I actually thought Moriarty was alive in the present tense when he landed on the island. I was like,
But nope. That was five years ago. Ha ha.
And then it all ends on a nice, happy, non-cliffhangery note. And I'm like...is this meant to be the final season? Because that sure sounded like a The End speech... which...I guess would be ok. They did wrap it up really nicely, pointing back to moments from the previous seasons (the pool, Irene Adler...) and adding in a bunch of references to other stories ("The Musgrave Ritual," "The Three Garridebs," and Sherlock's very first case, "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott"), and Mary giving that These Are The Voyages of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson speech. I can live with that kind of ending to the series.
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