the dog did nothing in the night time

[incandescens]

A thought about the recent episode of Sherlock has just occurred to me.

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[pony_rocks]

I think Moriarty's people might have taken the body... though a small part of me hopes Jim is even better at faking death than Sherlock.

[tpod]

I'm with you -- if there's anything I think Moriarty could pull off, it would be his own faked death.

For some reason, the BBC news story won't load for me. Woe.

(and it was Richard Brooks, wasn't it?)

[incandescens]

Sorry about the BBC story -- it's probably up on youtube somewhere, though.

And you're right, it was Richard Brooks. Whoops.

I think it would be rather hard to fake that particular type of death. Still, as you say, if anyone could . . .

[incandescens]

Entirely possible that Moriarty's people might have done that. Or Mycroft's.

I think it would be hard to fake that sort of gunshot death, though...

[mikeneko]

Dear show: Please don't resurrect him . . .

[incandescens]

Time for Sebastian Moran, perhaps . . .

[veleda_k]

That occurred to me too. I gladly admit that I have no idea what happened, but I like collecting bits and pieces.

I'm one of the ones who really wants Moriarty to be dead. It's not that I didn't like the character, or how the actor played him (I liked him in this episode much better than in The Great Game), and I really liked how he and Sherlock interacted. But it's important to me, the way The Final Problem/The Empty House goes. Holmes "dies" but returns triumphant, and Moriarty just dies. Anything else, I don't know, it just feels wrong, or cheap, or something.

[incandescens]

I think I understand what you mean. He had his arc, and it had a triumphant finish, and now it's over. His story is told.

[veleda_k]

Yes, quite. I think I would find Moriarty less interesting if they used him as the unkillable recurring villain.

[incandescens]

Exactly. He's perfect as he is. Well, so to speak. You know what I mean.

[lebateleur]

It gives me hope for Sherlock's rehabilitation as "He faked his fraudiness" is a lot easier to come back from than "He faked his fraudiness but also possibly murdered/precipitated the suicide of a rival."

That said, I really, really, really hope Moran or Mycroft removed the body, because "Oh, John inhaled the Baskerville gas and only thought he saw Sherlock on the pavement" really would diminish the impact of those final scenes. I'm also somewhat enamored of the idea that Mycroft wasn't in on anything per se but got roped into the clean up while suspecting that All Is Not As It Seems.

Cold turkey indeed. I can't wait until I get to think about other things again...

[incandescens]

I don't think John could have been dosed with the gas: I can't see how it could have been used on him without affecting anyone else nearby. I see it as stage management rather than doping Watson.

The idea of Mycroft not being fully aware of what's going on is tempting. Even the Iceman has his fallible/vulnerable moments. :)

[lebateleur]

Yeah, I don't think it's very probably myself, but this is also the same screenwriter who was in charge of Blind Banker, so who knows.

The more I think about it, the more I feel Mycroft must be in the know. I really doubt he would take anyone's word for it without having sufficient proof himself. The question then becomes why are he and Molly keeping silent for the time being?

[incandescens]

Maybe because Moriarty still has People Out There.

Mycroft wants to dismantle Moriarty's organisation and also get the groups (terrorist and others) who he consulted for. As long as it seems that Moriarty's plan worked and Moriarty tied off all the loose ends, said groups/organisation will be that bit less cautious. And Mycroft can trace them.

There's also the fact that Moriarty might well have left orders about "shoot person X after my death". That was part of the reason why Sherlock Holmes stayed undercover in the original canon, after all: he knew that Moran was out there, and that Moran was very dangerous. If there's someone with a sniper rifle who's seriously trying to just plain kill you (rather than humiliate you or kill you in a specific way/location), then the best way to avoid them is to drop completely out of sight. Mycroft would appreciate that. Molly could be persuaded of that.