Sherlock Episodes Ranked

[shadowfireflame]

I like this Digital Spy article ranking the Sherlock episodes from the author's least favorite to favorite. While I slightly disagree with her rankings of the middle episodes, her explanations are right on for what worked and what didn't in each one

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[drinkingcocoa]

Ooh, fun.

9. TBB is the worst for me not because of the racism or the damsel in distress sexism, but for the cringeworthy dialogue. JOHN: "Why did they die, Sherlock?" SHERLOCK: "Only the cipher can tell us." Argh! Someone should have edited those lines out!

8. TEH. I don't want to rate it so low. AA's sparkling Mary enchants me. Looking at this list, I think I don't really rank these 1-9. It's more that TBB is in one category, "everything Steven Moffat writes" is in another category, and everything else is in the category of "I love it almost as much."

7. TRF. More cringeworthy dialogue. "Burnt to a crisp." No, seriously? Is nobody line-editing this dialogue??? I love Steve Thompson, I really truly love him, but somebody please! *cries*

6. TGG. So much Lestradey goodness.

5. TSoT. Ouch, the Johnlockary scene saving Major Sholto. I cried out of love.

4. HoB. My OT3 is John/Sherlock/Lestrade, and this is it. I love the color palette of the episode. I love beautiful Dr. Mortimer. I love the matter-of-fact queerness.

3. HLV. That whole scene in the empty house. Gasp-worthy. Every time.

2. ASiP. Delicious and instantly addictive. The reason why almost all of us are in this fandom.

1. ASiB. Perfection. Wrings my heart over and over. It hurts. Oh, that music. The loneliness and the love, all the love stories in so many different ways.

[shadowfireflame]

I think "I cried out of love" is basically my overarching reaction to everything Sherlock. :)

It's so hard to rank them in any way because it's not really the episodes I love so much as the characters and relationships. I love everybody. (And the delicious John/Sherlock/Lestrade!!)

Thanks for sharing your list! :)

[daasgrrl]

Your attention to dialogue is hilarious and awesome. That looks so terrible on the page, but I have to say the actors always sold it so well I've never noticed! Going to have to agree with you on Moffatt, too.

[drinkingcocoa]

Generally, yes. But if you watch that passage from TBB that I mentioned, it's SOOO cheesy, MF and BC must have just committed themselves wholesale to filming something B-grade and cheesy. As for the gingerbread line, I don't know how BC convinced himself that Sherlock Holmes would utter something so cliched with such conviction, but he sure did sell that! *wince*