I've always loved Molly. Mostly out of sympathy and because she was kind of adorable, and I have this weird magnetic attraction to Sherlock/Molly of the variety that I really, for her sake, would never want it to happen. But she really fulfilled my love for her in this episode, with the way she stood up for herself through her tears at the party, and that she's not so Pathetically Lovelorn that she's not even invited to the party. Also her hair is great. Also did Sherlock forget she's into him, or did he just never actually get it?
I wish they hadn't made Irene a villain. I haven't read enough of people's reactions to know what consensus is, but I did appreciate the (mostly) quiet exploration of Sherlock's childlike, intellectual juggling-based sexuality through her without actually making it a story about two people getting together, and...I suppose...that extends to the nuance of heartbreak added to the way it ended BUT I still really wish they hadn't made her a villain. I like that in the original story she's really smart and sneaky but basically blameless; I'm not really into the making The Woman The Man Can't Have into a devious femme fatale all the time. *sigh*
The last few seconds I don't even know what to do with. Did that happen? Was he fantasizing? Should he be so happy to save someone who held a nation's security at ransom? On the other hand, I don't like the Punish The Femme Fatale With a Gruesome Death trope, either. Mostly, did that happen or was he fantasizing? I'm confused.
I wish they hadn't made Irene a villain. I haven't read enough of people's reactions to know what consensus is, but I did appreciate the (mostly) quiet exploration of Sherlock's childlike, intellectual juggling-based sexuality through her without actually making it a story about two people getting together, and...I suppose...that extends to the nuance of heartbreak added to the way it ended BUT I still really wish they hadn't made her a villain. I like that in the original story she's really smart and sneaky but basically blameless; I'm not really into the making The Woman The Man Can't Have into a devious femme fatale all the time. *sigh*
The last few seconds I don't even know what to do with. Did that happen? Was he fantasizing? Should he be so happy to save someone who held a nation's security at ransom? On the other hand, I don't like the Punish The Femme Fatale With a Gruesome Death trope, either. Mostly, did that happen or was he fantasizing? I'm confused.
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