Sherlock: Incoherent reaction

[wendymr]

Non-spoilery comment first of all: Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch deserve BAFTAs for those performances.

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[penfold_x]

Second: At least they showed us Sherlock alive, but poor John!

OMG John nearly breaking down and then pulling himself together and turning and marching away like a soldier. BREAK MY HEART.

Third: Mycroft! Not only believing his brother's dead (I do think we're supposed to think Mycroft believes it), but thinking it's all his fault!

My woobie! I'm conflicted about whether he knows--the expression in the club is not one I recognize from the gallery of 'genuine pain' we got from BELG. I'm really disappointed they chose to do it this way, but as they did I hope some f'ing reconciliation is coming our way next year. Leaving him a broken toy would gut me (I'm a huge canon fan so the choices on his characterization through both seasons have been baffling to me).

Fourth: Lestrade bloody better not believe that fake crap!Word. When I'm not busy crying for John, Mycroft and Mrs Hudson, I'm fretting for all the devoted Lestrade fans. Take heart--your boy didn't do it until ordered, and even then he looked like he wanted it all to be proven

[astarael02]

I think Molly helped by getting a corpse that looked enough like Sherlock to fake it being him. I think there was a reason he didn't mention Molly, and it's probably something to do with not wanting the assassins to find that out. It helps that neither John nor Mycroft saw the body properly (or in Mycroft's case, at all) but it still had to look similar to him.

And I suppose Mrs Hudson, Lestrade and John have to believe he's dead (at least at first) but it doesn't matter if Molly does cos she doesn't have a gun trained on her and she'll keep a secret. Conceivably, the cyclist and the crowd of Barts staff could have been organised by Molly but they might not know that Sherlock's faked his own death. I'm still not sure if Sherlock dropped a corpse of the building though, or did the fall himself but had a cunning way to survive.

All in all, lots to think about, but I don't want to have to think about it for an entire year!! D:

[astarael02]

Just had another thought: or he jumped off the roof, the crowd were planted there to hold out some sort of fabric thing like they use when people jump to escape fires, then they got it out of the way, fake blood put all over sherlock etc, just in time for John to come round the vehicle (or whatever it was that was in the way- I think there was something?) and see him on the floor.

[bulky_monster]

I think somebody hit John with that hallucinatory chemical from the previous episode. Also, was the audience comprised at least partly of the homeless network? I have a hard time imagining Sherlock having lots of favors to call in - he's too damn rude! But he could have easily paid help.

[joking]

Loved everything between Molly and Sherlock. She does have genuine insight into his character; my heart broke when she noticed that he put on a brave front for John but allowed himself to worry for their future in private. And when he went to Molly for help, it was so clear that he really did need her, that she did count.

That phone conversation was heartbreaking. I don't know how much of it was Sherlock setting up the 'perfect suicide' conditions to ensure that John believes he's dead, but at least some of it had to be real.

Oh, I think all of it was real. Not about being a fraud, of course, but John didn't believe that and never would. But the emotion, his voice shaking with pain, asking John to watch, to observe that last moment before the fall, his soul pouring out through his eyes - it was as real as Sherlock's ever been. He knew he would have to hurt John in order to save him, and it hurt worse than anything.

As you may be able to tell, I was sobbing all through the last five minutes.

[wendymr]

Yes, the Molly scenes were so, so good. I forgive all three of the writing team for making Molly so much a figure of fun previously. And, yes, her noticing that Sherlock's brave for John but sad otherwise... *sob*

And, yes, I think you're right on Sherlock's emotions during the phone call. However one wants to define it, those two love each other so damned much.

[joking]

It was a great foreshadowing scene. Molly comparing him to her dying father - you could feel the impending doom in the air.

[sensiblecat]

Okay Wendy, when do we get the crossover fic where Jack and John meet in a bar and drown their sorrows (and maybe pick up a few hints about decking people they love who screw them over?)

It was good on character development. What broke me was the way John turned around and walked away - back to military bearing with the slightest hint of a limp.

And I adore Una Stubbs unabashedly.

[wendymr]

Dunno about crossover fics, but my brain's been working all night and now all morning on a John and Lestrade story. Because Lestrade doesn't believe the lies either - why else would he warn Sherlock that the arrest party is coming - and he's got to have learned from working with Sherlock and observing his methods for at least seven years.

I don't know whether I'll write it - but in my head Lestrade's worked out that this whole thing smells very much of a large and stinky rodent.

[tardis_stowaway]

This episode had so many emotions. I didn't cry either (though I did curse and whimper into my shock blanket), but my heart feels like it's been through the wringer.

I think with the listing of Sherlock's friends, Sherlock was guessing who Moriarty would be targeting. Moriarty stated that he meant more friends than just John, so he named off the next to most likely targets. Molly wasn't on the list, because Sherlock believed (apparently correctly) that Moriarty had dismissed her. Sherlock certainly didn't want to remind Moriarty of her existence and particular skill set.

They love each other so much. The precise nature of that love is open to interpretation, but the existence of some sort of love is so obvious it might as well be written in white text on the screen. I hope that whenever Sherlock reveals his survival, we see (a) John fainting (it's canon!), (b) John punching Sherlock in the face for letting John believe him dead, and (c) a sincere conversation about feelings.

Alas, I think a year is an optimistic timetable for

[bulky_monster]

I was thinking maybe one of the assassins who was killed earlier in the episode had been intended to kill Molly. But maybe not. I'd have to watch the episode again, but I'm going to need a little time, it was kind of triggery and I'm 8 months pregnant ;p