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TV commentary:
Sherlock- Heh, I knew this was coming, but thankfully isabel79 reminded me this was on last night. I guess its because I presumed this would be on BBC America since it was a British show so I hadn't seen it on the guide, but I forgot this shows on PBS instead. So I set the DVR before going to ice skating (and I checked the DVR back in Atlanta, I guess it was set to record there too, so I could've caught that recording had I missed it here. Plus, there would've been other ways). A fun ep, but kinda a big tease, don't you think? At first, you think the show is just having fun, all, "Wait, what if Sherlock took place in the 1800s like its supposed to?", but then you eventually find out that the whole scenario is actually in Sherlock's mind palace, aided by certain drugs.
Which reminds me, since its been so long since I'd seen the earlier seasons, but did they delve into Sherlock's drug use in this show? I don't recall, and the RDJ movies and Elementary often blend with this in my mind, making it harder to parse things out. (Heh, like I once mixed up the Sherlock funeral scenes from the show and movie in my head) I mean, when Mycroft had mentioned Sherlock sometimes partakes to enhance his mind, it seemed like quite the surprise to John.
But yeah, hearing that Moriarty was back sent his mind into overdrive, and in trying to figure out how he could still be alive, concocted the fantasy world where 1800s him tries to solve the case of the Abominable Bride since it similarly had someone who seemingly killed themselves and came back to murder a bunch more people. The fantasy world was hilarious, particularly with fat Mycroft and cross-dressing Molly (since there were no female medical examiners back then).
In any case, he does end up solving the crime, sort of. Like he figures out it was a group of women suffragists, and the bride had TB and was wanting her death to mean something, but he doesn't really finish it up, because when he tries to discover their ringleader, it ends up being Moriarty. But then he tries to prove his theory by looking for the second body, the fake Emilia, under the real one's body in the grave, but that too was in the mind palace.
And really, that case doesn't seem to have bearing on the Moriarty thing, because the way she did it couldn't have been the same way Moriarty did it. I mean, in the end Sherlock says he figured out how Moriarty is back, and claims that he is indeed dead though, so truthfully, we're in the same place we started at the end of last season, wondering what this Moriarty stuff all means.
Anyways, I love how Mary has become this bad-ass spy chick who has more skillz and resources than Mycroft. And I am curious about some of the stuff in the alternate world, I think some of the insights there have to mean something, otherwise it was all for naught. Like the oddly specific guess about Mycroft's death date. If it was in Sherlock's mind palace, there might be truth to that, like I doubt it was him just being all, "This guy is this fat, I predict he will die at this date because of this." Is it foreshadowing?
Also, even though Sherlock vehemently insists its never twins, is it going to end up being twins?
Sherlock- Heh, I knew this was coming, but thankfully isabel79 reminded me this was on last night. I guess its because I presumed this would be on BBC America since it was a British show so I hadn't seen it on the guide, but I forgot this shows on PBS instead. So I set the DVR before going to ice skating (and I checked the DVR back in Atlanta, I guess it was set to record there too, so I could've caught that recording had I missed it here. Plus, there would've been other ways). A fun ep, but kinda a big tease, don't you think? At first, you think the show is just having fun, all, "Wait, what if Sherlock took place in the 1800s like its supposed to?", but then you eventually find out that the whole scenario is actually in Sherlock's mind palace, aided by certain drugs.
Which reminds me, since its been so long since I'd seen the earlier seasons, but did they delve into Sherlock's drug use in this show? I don't recall, and the RDJ movies and Elementary often blend with this in my mind, making it harder to parse things out. (Heh, like I once mixed up the Sherlock funeral scenes from the show and movie in my head) I mean, when Mycroft had mentioned Sherlock sometimes partakes to enhance his mind, it seemed like quite the surprise to John.
But yeah, hearing that Moriarty was back sent his mind into overdrive, and in trying to figure out how he could still be alive, concocted the fantasy world where 1800s him tries to solve the case of the Abominable Bride since it similarly had someone who seemingly killed themselves and came back to murder a bunch more people. The fantasy world was hilarious, particularly with fat Mycroft and cross-dressing Molly (since there were no female medical examiners back then).
In any case, he does end up solving the crime, sort of. Like he figures out it was a group of women suffragists, and the bride had TB and was wanting her death to mean something, but he doesn't really finish it up, because when he tries to discover their ringleader, it ends up being Moriarty. But then he tries to prove his theory by looking for the second body, the fake Emilia, under the real one's body in the grave, but that too was in the mind palace.
And really, that case doesn't seem to have bearing on the Moriarty thing, because the way she did it couldn't have been the same way Moriarty did it. I mean, in the end Sherlock says he figured out how Moriarty is back, and claims that he is indeed dead though, so truthfully, we're in the same place we started at the end of last season, wondering what this Moriarty stuff all means.
Anyways, I love how Mary has become this bad-ass spy chick who has more skillz and resources than Mycroft. And I am curious about some of the stuff in the alternate world, I think some of the insights there have to mean something, otherwise it was all for naught. Like the oddly specific guess about Mycroft's death date. If it was in Sherlock's mind palace, there might be truth to that, like I doubt it was him just being all, "This guy is this fat, I predict he will die at this date because of this." Is it foreshadowing?
Also, even though Sherlock vehemently insists its never twins, is it going to end up being twins?