Rewatch: Sherlock - The Great Game (Part 1)

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Back to awesomeness...as we conclude the first series of Sherlock :)

Standard "Love" Disclaimer: I talk about "love" and being "in love" in this rewatch, but I don't actually mean romantic-love - though, you are free to interpret it that way if it makes you happier. :)

Warning: Although this is a rewatch of 1x03, I DO make passing references to

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Unaired pilot? Is it good? I hadn't heard of it before this.

Oooh, I hadn't picked up on hearing John come in before he starts shooting the smiley face. That's fantastic.

John's little helpless noise is the most endearing fucking thing. And yes, it is so endearing that I needed to swear there. And this sentiment is one of the endearing things about you, imo. (plus the grammar rant.)

how Sherlock walks over the coffee table to get to the window - and does so with his robe half off his shoulder...and I love how he watches John walk away with a pout.
This is one of those moments where I am completely in love with Sherlock. With Snape, it's an identification, because of how similar we are, but with Sherlock it's a bit of that and a whole lot of something else too. I have trouble explaining it, but this is one of the tiny moments that seals the deal.

Oh wow, I hadn't realized Mycroft was one of the writers. That's awesome.

Hmm, this interaction with Molly is decidedly different from the ones before, you're right. It very well could be an indication of her slowly changing status. He's cruel, but he's honest here, and that's at least showing himself without all the defenses.

Re: the guy in the middle of traffic.
If I were to see someone was crying in public from far enough away, I'd like to think that I would be curious enough to notice the rest. But up close, I probably would not have noticed. People have uncomfortably intense conversations on their cell phone in public all the time, and I try not to overhear or make eye contact. I don't want to seem like I'm staring and I don't want to get drawn into their drama. If I noticed while I was close enough to hear, I would look away and try not to notice. I think I would only notice the oddness of his situation if I became aware of him while he was far enough away to be at a safe people-watching distance. Otherwise, social strictures would make me pretend not to notice (for the sake of not making it more awkward), particularly since it's a man. And really, it's only the laser sight on his chest that makes it obvious. If I saw that, hell yes I'd call the cops, but the sad truth is that my natural reaction would be to slip by with my head down so I wouldn't engage them, and I'd probably never see the laser sight.

(I feel this makes me an awful person, but the reality is it would be incredibly odd for me to make eye contact with a stranger in a public setting like that anyway. I can't decide whether that's because I've lived in urban areas a lot, because I'm anxious in crowds, or just because I don't like strangers. But in any case, yeah, I probably wouldn't have noticed him either.)

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Unaired pilot? Is it good? I hadn't heard of it before this.

It's on the DVD as a special feature. Basically, when they first pitched the show, they pitched it as six 60 minute episodes. So, the first pilot they did was only an hour long - still the cabby story-line, but no Mycroft and no mention of Moriarty. The BBC liked the pilot, but they wanted it to be three 90 minute episodes instead - which meant that they had to rewrite and refilm everything. In my opinion, it was the best thing they could have possibly done. The pilot is amusing and good, but the change basically brought the show from "good" to EPIC AWESOME.

There are SOME things about the pilot that I like better, but overall, what aired is far superior. If you do a search on youtube of "Sherlock unaired pilot" you can find bits and pieces of it. It used to be ALL up there somewhere, but it's probably been taken down by now.

And this sentiment is one of the endearing things about you, imo. (plus the grammar rant.)

Aww, shucks. Thanks.

I have trouble explaining it, but this is one of the tiny moments that seals the deal.

Hey, when it comes to falling in love with a character, sometimes it's difficult to put it into words. ;)

I feel this makes me an awful person, but the reality is it would be incredibly odd for me to make eye contact with a stranger in a public setting like that anyway. I can't decide whether that's because I've lived in urban areas a lot, because I'm anxious in crowds, or just because I don't like strangers. But in any case, yeah, I probably wouldn't have noticed him either.

I don't think that makes you an awful person. Truth be told, I might do the same. I'd like to think I wouldn't - but who knows. I was raised to stay out of other people's business. I do tend to notice strangers around me though, so I think I definitely would have noticed. I still have this vivid image in my head of driving through town with my mother in the rain and passing a teenage boy on a bicycle who was crying...just riding through the rain crying.

I don't think I would have talked to him if he was on the phone, but if I just saw a man standing there crying (as I'm sure he was after he hung up the phone)...I'd like to think I would have asked if he was okay...possibly seen the laser pointer. Though, busy intersection...maybe all those people have some place to be. People get less willing to help others when they've got somewhere important to be and are running late - so who knows. Maybe I would have rushed right by and spend the rest of my life wondering what was wrong, like I do with the boy on the bicycle.

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I have the DVD - how on earth did I miss that? *headdesk*

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Haha! Disc 2, my friend. ;)