Sherlock review ...
YAY GATISS
1) My husband and I at first thought this was written by Moffat, whom we LOVE to mock. And then we were kinda disappointed, because the prologue was ... good, and gripping, and interesting, AND HAD ALONSO!!!, and was not-mockable. And then the credits rolled and it said it was a Gatiss episode, and we were like "OH MAKES SENSE!!" XD
2) LOL @ the "none of the cabs would take" bloody!Sherlock - surprised that he finally knows that cabs have drivers XD
3) CHANTHO from DW: Utopia!!!!! (Recognize her-tho? She's the reporter-tho!) We kept expecting her to say that. I was highly annoyed my husband recognized her before I did XD
4) AND ALONSO from DW: Voyage of the Damned and The End of Time!!!! It's old home week in Doctor Who-land!!
5) "In your own time" -- "but quite quickly" - NEVER CHANGE SHERLOCK!! For some reason he pulls off the brilliant, almost lovable asshat a lot better imo in Gatiss eps than in Moffat ones. I chock it up to the fact that he's not too busy pissing me off with other stuff lol so I can enjoy him.
6) I like that this is a plot where the government/business/nuclear industry is suspected - but unlike the previous episode, this time it's woven into the plot from the beginning. I think it's a nice 21st century twist. With all the Who alums, I was half expecting Margaret Blaine to make an entrance, ngl. And I kind of love that the ~luminous rabbit~ with ~no forced entry~ on the cage actually ended up being a big plot point!
7) "The question is, has she been working on something deadlier than a rabbit?" ... [pause] ... "To be fair, that is quite a wide field" made me lololol so hard I coughed.
8) I love Sherlock's little breakdown and his near-surprise that he is human and subject to emotions and fear/doubt and getting psyched out a little. His arrogance and brilliant mind are really a self-defense mechanism, as well as the "I don't have friends!" It rang a lot more true than his random irene!emo last week, because it spoke to his doubts about that which we KNOW he values most - his mind. And his attempted apology the next day was a sweet way to reach out "I don't have friends - I just have one." Nice moment - but I love how the problems between John and Sherlock are being played up in this episode. And how Sherlock was experimenting on John in the lab scene, with no apology ...
9) I very much liked how the minefield that was referenced as being so dangerous in the beginning was BOTH a chemical/psychological minefield as well as the real!minefield we probably all had assumed. I always appreciate that, when a writer can take our assumptions and turn them on their head a little like that. And I really like how Sherlock had to overcome his own mind/fears and confront them to realize he was seeing an illusion. Again, I think it was powerful because it really echoes what we know about his character - he values his mind more than anything. And how he doesn't even want to admit he was partially wrong at the end - it's very true to his character.
I really liked this one, especially in comparison to last week's. I hear next week is by yet another writer? Should be interesting!
1) My husband and I at first thought this was written by Moffat, whom we LOVE to mock. And then we were kinda disappointed, because the prologue was ... good, and gripping, and interesting, AND HAD ALONSO!!!, and was not-mockable. And then the credits rolled and it said it was a Gatiss episode, and we were like "OH MAKES SENSE!!" XD
2) LOL @ the "none of the cabs would take" bloody!Sherlock - surprised that he finally knows that cabs have drivers XD
3) CHANTHO from DW: Utopia!!!!! (Recognize her-tho? She's the reporter-tho!) We kept expecting her to say that. I was highly annoyed my husband recognized her before I did XD
4) AND ALONSO from DW: Voyage of the Damned and The End of Time!!!! It's old home week in Doctor Who-land!!
5) "In your own time" -- "but quite quickly" - NEVER CHANGE SHERLOCK!! For some reason he pulls off the brilliant, almost lovable asshat a lot better imo in Gatiss eps than in Moffat ones. I chock it up to the fact that he's not too busy pissing me off with other stuff lol so I can enjoy him.
6) I like that this is a plot where the government/business/nuclear industry is suspected - but unlike the previous episode, this time it's woven into the plot from the beginning. I think it's a nice 21st century twist. With all the Who alums, I was half expecting Margaret Blaine to make an entrance, ngl. And I kind of love that the ~luminous rabbit~ with ~no forced entry~ on the cage actually ended up being a big plot point!
7) "The question is, has she been working on something deadlier than a rabbit?" ... [pause] ... "To be fair, that is quite a wide field" made me lololol so hard I coughed.
8) I love Sherlock's little breakdown and his near-surprise that he is human and subject to emotions and fear/doubt and getting psyched out a little. His arrogance and brilliant mind are really a self-defense mechanism, as well as the "I don't have friends!" It rang a lot more true than his random irene!emo last week, because it spoke to his doubts about that which we KNOW he values most - his mind. And his attempted apology the next day was a sweet way to reach out "I don't have friends - I just have one." Nice moment - but I love how the problems between John and Sherlock are being played up in this episode. And how Sherlock was experimenting on John in the lab scene, with no apology ...
9) I very much liked how the minefield that was referenced as being so dangerous in the beginning was BOTH a chemical/psychological minefield as well as the real!minefield we probably all had assumed. I always appreciate that, when a writer can take our assumptions and turn them on their head a little like that. And I really like how Sherlock had to overcome his own mind/fears and confront them to realize he was seeing an illusion. Again, I think it was powerful because it really echoes what we know about his character - he values his mind more than anything. And how he doesn't even want to admit he was partially wrong at the end - it's very true to his character.
I really liked this one, especially in comparison to last week's. I hear next week is by yet another writer? Should be interesting!