'initially, he wanted to be a pirate'

[subtle1science]

I can't wait to see "The Reichenbach Fall" again.   I can't wait for the official DVD release--I may well just have Sherlock 2 on a permanent loop; it would be the most efficient way.

Amazing work.  Moffat, Gatiss, Thompson--they make familiar stories new again with their inventiveness....and yet make me appreciate Doyle's original inventions even

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[subtle1science]

I know I missed so much in the episode....It's what I love about Moffat at the helm--of this and of DW: to get all of it, I have to watch over and over. The detail, the nuances; watch once for the basic plot--and then over again to start getting the rest of it.

In this one, I know something's up with Mycroft--but I actually, consciously decided not to try to figure that out on a first watch. I was too busy tracking Cumberbatch/Sherlock.

Freeman's Watson is quick-minded--not as quick, of course, as Sherlock, but so quick that he can therefore appreciate Holmes' superior mind. He's also perceptive enough to see Holmes' flaws and work to balance them; yet, on the other hand, he's not always able to read Holmes accurately (as in "Scandal," when he thought Holmes was being cold about Mrs. Hudson--something that is repeated in this episode). This Watson is adaptable and truly fits the book Holmes' estimation as "invaluable."

I saw a comment that described Cumberbatch's voice as a "a jaguar in a cello," which is about as perfect a description as possible of that tone.