The Lying Detective

[autumnatmidnite]

Well. That was... a bit trippy, strange and not quite shaped back into form. But. What a decided relief from last week's spectacular fiasco.

Comments

[methylviolet10b]

Perhaps it's just my brain, or the fact that I don't trust the show writers farther than I can throw them and so I don't believe anything that I see at face value, but I actually didn't believe that the text came from Adler. Sure, it was her text-noise, but I automatically assumed that Sherlock set it off himself. It was too conveniently timed. Not to mention that it once again gave John the opportunity to 'save' Sherlock and come to his 'romantic/emotional' rescue about his relationships or lack thereof (and not so coincidentally say some things he desperately needed to say). But with this show, who knows?

As for the rest of the episode, I loved Mrs Hudson, but everything about the case (well, and even a lot of Mrs Hudson) was so over the top, so unbelievable, that...yeah. Ooof. Belief suspenders are NOT strong enough for this stuff they keep hurling at us. I did very much appreciate the scene between John and Sherlock at the end. I appreciated a lot of the acting work. As for the cliffhanger, and the missing Holmes sibling...well, I'd like to be excited, but we've been burned so many times at this point, I'm more exhausted than anything else.

Well, here's hoping.