Sherlock s02e03

[antennapedia]

Discussed behind the cut.

Comments

[clavally]

I don't think Moriarty is dead. Why? Because they made such a big deal about the both of them being the same. Sherlock went into that encounter knowing he was going to have to fake his death, why not Moriarty? Granted, I have no idea how that could be faked, but I didn't buy the deaths at all.

Martin Freeman is indeed a wonderful actor for all the reasons you point out!

[nazgul_number_7]

My thoughts on Moriarty are two-fold. I'm not 100% sure he's dead (I think he might've done a fake death think himself, and may return next season), but if he is, it might just be because he'll never surpass what he did right then. He's pulled one over on Mycroft, on Sherlock, on the government, on the press, and on the entire underworld itself. All of them believed the lie he fed them--that there was a keycode, that there never was a Jim Moriarty, etc.--and so he's basically beated everyone on the planet. How is he ever going to top that? I guess he can't, so he decides not to bother with the boredom that will follow, and decides to f*ck Sherlock over one last time for sh*ts and giggles. Ergo the shooting of himself, and the forcing of Sherlock's hand

[psychoadept]

I agree, Moriarty seems capricious and unpredictable in a poorly characterized sort of way (see TV Tropes re: his accent). The scene on the rooftop had me half-convinced he was just making stuff up on the fly. I've never really understood him.

Also, Watson in the cemetery totally had me flashing back to Star Trek II. :)

[frenchani]

I loved the direction too and this

The little hints of military discipline when his emotions threaten to overwhelm him, so nice.

Exactly!!!! Such a nice touch. Loved the details.

[antennapedia]

in which he's Keyser Soze, not the Joker.

PERFECT.