Sherlock S3E3: His Last Vow - Reaction post

[wastingyourgum]

I think my immediate reaction is "I need to watch that again" because there was a hell of a lot in it!

Come discuss the Lestradey bits (and all the rest!) below...

Comments

[bwblack]

Very little Lestrady bits to discuss. But he was looking hella hot in the bar at the end.

[wastingyourgum]

True dat.

I think we'd been slightly spoiled by the first two episodes so getting back to there being only three minutes of Lestrade (and none of it really integral to the story) came as a bit of a shock.

I know the show's not called "Lestrade" and he hardly features in the original stories either but it emphasizes just how much somebody needs to give Rupert the lead in something.

And god, did he ever look hot in the bar at the end!

[wastingyourgum]

I would love to see him there but I don't think Lestrade is actually in Sherlock's mind-palace (his first name clearly isn't!)

Mycroft is the one who taught him deductive thought and is the voice of reason. Molly and Anderson are the faces of his medical/forensic knowledge (Interestingly not the trauma surgeon he usually hangs around with... although he was viewing it as solving his own murder so yeah, pathologist and forensic analyst)

I don't see any facet of his mind for which he would have Lestrade as the embodiment.

And yes as marysutherland said below - this was the kind of case that Lestrade just couldn't get dragged into (although he knows someone shot Sherlock and Sherlock knows who - wonder if he ever puts that one together?)

[marysutherland]

Maybe part of the point is that he can't be involved much in this episode, because of his being in the police. Of the two people we specifically see Magnusson blackmailing (Lady Smallwood's husband and Mary), both are not just guilty of indiscretions, as in the ACD originals, but serious crimes for which they could go to prison. Lestrade can turn a blind eye to some offences (no-one really cares about a dead serial killer and the CIA thug in Scandal is going to keep his mouth shut), but there are limits to what he can let his friends get away with.

[wastingyourgum]

Yes, I did think that. The reason he's not much in the original stories is that Sherlock is mostly operating outside the Law.

With them bringing in more clandestine elements like the Secret Service to sex it up I fear we may see even less of him going forward.

Because if Sherlock is not working with the police and Lestrade is not his friend, then why does he even need to be there at all? (In truth he wasn't really needed in this episode.)

[wastingyourgum]

I'm not even sure where to start

[fawsley]

I would have loved to see Lestrade have a place in the mind palace, that was certainly an opportunity to use Rupert.

Other than that, I'm being bugged by the fact that Mary chose her arch enemy's PA to be one of her bridesmaids. WTF???

ETA: Oh and that revelation about Mrs Hudson? Not far from the truth in fact… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQeDyCqZzKg

[wastingyourgum]

Janine was a hoot! I think Mary befriended her initially just to get to Magnussen but then I think probably genuine friendship may have developed. Either that or she had to get as close to Janine as possible and asking her to be a bridesmaid was a good way of cementing their relationship enough so she could get let in to Magnussen's office.

[fawsley]

yes, that would make more sense. Loved John's reaction to Janine in the flat - Mr Husband yelled out 'He's jealous!' which made me giggle all the more.

[ascendant_angel]

As has been said there was very little Lestrade to discuss. Still I'm grateful he was included, despite his presence not being integral to the storyline