Because it was preferable to asking Mycroft for a favor? Which still doesn't make sense, but does sound like Sherlock.
I especially enjoyed the cascade of whitetext "Sherlock"s at the end. YES BECAUSE OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT HAVE NOTICED SOMEONE GOT A LITTLE EXCITED WITH A SHARP OBJECT ON THOSE WALLS. THANK YOU SHOW.
Also of importance: I don't usually care all that much about the blog stuff, but this is gold. The video itself has been Youtubed for non-UK fans.
So nervous about next week, oh man. Please make sense. Please don't suck. Please don't have clones. (Yeah, I don't know. They just spent waaaaay too long on that conversation. And I haven't figured out what to do with the ending yet. And clearly I don't trust any of the shows I watch anymore. I've been hurt before.)
Because it was preferable to asking Mycroft for a favor? But that's the creepy bit! That WAS the favour he negotiated! He got Mycroft to get him into the lab so he could experiment on John! That's why the Major thought it was so fricking weird. "I'll follow this order but I don't have to like it."
I was just storming over to your blog to poke you until you'd written a reaction post, and look you've done it already! That's the kind of efficiency, ma'am, that we prize in the service
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That's the kind of efficiency, ma'am, that we prize in the service.
*salutes*
basically what we saw in that scene was torture until John admitted to seeing something that wasn't there. Sherlock got the confirmation he wanted and then pulled the plug. I don't know what to do with this.
Me either, man. Both of your theories make sense to me - Sherlock wasn't in his best mind, and I think part of him did want John to see the hound just to compare their experiences, and maybe to get a bit of his own back after John's "let's be rational, let's look at the facts, you of all people" attitude the night before. Maybe a drug in the sugar wouldn't have been evidence enough for him, emotionally - he needed to see the drug do to someone else what it did to him, so he would truly know the hound hadn't been real.
I'm sure he would have rationalized it by saying that John was in no real danger, but that's still a thousand miles of NOT OKAY. Much, much worse than throwing a hissy fit in a restaurant and saying you don't have any friends.
As far as I'm concerned, this show ought to be called JOOOOOOOOOOOOOHN! Oh, and also Sherlock. Because Dr. John Watson is amazing, fantastic, and a whole lot of other complimentary adjectives that Sherlock didn't get around to, such as badass.
I don't ship Mycroft/Lestrade, by I laughed by head off at Gatiss doing the shippers a favor by giving them a teensy bit of canon support, which was something they utterly lacked before. The Cluedo conversation was another way that this episode felt like a big fanfic on screen, except for the part where Sherlock and John didn't resolve their fight by making out. (Maybe the DVD will have a director's cut with this scene?)
Speaking of which: Steve Thompson or whatever your face is, you'd better have stepped up your game from last year, because this is THE episode.THIS. I have been worried ever since they announced which writer had which episode, and it turned out that my worries about giving Irene Adler to Moffat weren't entirely unfounded. Here's hoping that Thompson's attempt at the
( ... )
(Maybe the DVD will have a director's cut with this scene?)
One can only hope. Maybe it will also have a version of the title sequence with the show's new name - JOOOOOOOOOOOOOHN! Oh, and also that Sherlock guy.
For now, let us all sing the praises of Gatiss, Martin Freeman's face, and Sherlock's FEEEEEEEEEEELINGS.
I'm not good at following detective stories' plots, especially when all I see is slash, but there's one thing I really didn't understand in this episode. You're working on a secret CIA government project which will result in an anti-personnel weapon. Okay. But why, WHY on earth would you have a T-SHIRT with the code name of that secret government project and even a LOGO?? AND WHY WOULD YOU WEAR IT FOR A STROLL IN THE FOREST???
Is there something I've missed there or what?
(P.S.: I absolutely love your reviews of the episodes, please keep doing them they always make my day <3)
WHY on earth would you have a T-SHIRT with the code name of that secret government project and even a LOGO?? AND WHY WOULD YOU WEAR IT FOR A STROLL IN THE FOREST???
OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING AND DID NOT EVEN OCCUR TO ME. Clearly, this was one of those secret CIA government projects that was run like a summer camp. They experimented in chemical warfare, tested hallucinogens on human subjects, and indulged in the occasional game of capture the flag. Gooooo Hounds!
I don't even know what to do with this, except to point out that between this and the CIA trained assassins from last week, this is not a show that thinks very highly of the Central Intelligence Agency's intelligence. Or of Americans in general, possibly.
We do love to wear t-shirts with logos on them. It is one of our greatest weaknesses.
I absolutely love your reviews of the episodes, please keep doing them they always make my day
Thank you! I love your crazy awesome photos of Godtiss and his angels; they make my day. :)
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Either, lol. As if he wouldn't do all three.
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Because it was preferable to asking Mycroft for a favor? Which still doesn't make sense, but does sound like Sherlock.
I especially enjoyed the cascade of whitetext "Sherlock"s at the end. YES BECAUSE OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT HAVE NOTICED SOMEONE GOT A LITTLE EXCITED WITH A SHARP OBJECT ON THOSE WALLS. THANK YOU SHOW.
Also of importance: I don't usually care all that much about the blog stuff, but this is gold. The video itself has been Youtubed for non-UK fans.
So nervous about next week, oh man. Please make sense. Please don't suck. Please don't have clones. (Yeah, I don't know. They just spent waaaaay too long on that conversation. And I haven't figured out what to do with the ending yet. And clearly I don't trust any of the shows I watch anymore. I've been hurt before.)
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But that's the creepy bit! That WAS the favour he negotiated! He got Mycroft to get him into the lab so he could experiment on John! That's why the Major thought it was so fricking weird. "I'll follow this order but I don't have to like it."
*throws up hands*
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The way they played the 'Footsteps of a gigantic hound' line was brilliant. :D
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*salutes*
basically what we saw in that scene was torture until John admitted to seeing something that wasn't there. Sherlock got the confirmation he wanted and then pulled the plug. I don't know what to do with this.
Me either, man. Both of your theories make sense to me - Sherlock wasn't in his best mind, and I think part of him did want John to see the hound just to compare their experiences, and maybe to get a bit of his own back after John's "let's be rational, let's look at the facts, you of all people" attitude the night before. Maybe a drug in the sugar wouldn't have been evidence enough for him, emotionally - he needed to see the drug do to someone else what it did to him, so he would truly know the hound hadn't been real.
I'm sure he would have rationalized it by saying that John was in no real danger, but that's still a thousand miles of NOT OKAY. Much, much worse than throwing a hissy fit in a restaurant and saying you don't have any friends.
* ( ... )
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I don't ship Mycroft/Lestrade, by I laughed by head off at Gatiss doing the shippers a favor by giving them a teensy bit of canon support, which was something they utterly lacked before. The Cluedo conversation was another way that this episode felt like a big fanfic on screen, except for the part where Sherlock and John didn't resolve their fight by making out. (Maybe the DVD will have a director's cut with this scene?)
Speaking of which: Steve Thompson or whatever your face is, you'd better have stepped up your game from last year, because this is THE episode.THIS. I have been worried ever since they announced which writer had which episode, and it turned out that my worries about giving Irene Adler to Moffat weren't entirely unfounded. Here's hoping that Thompson's attempt at the ( ... )
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One can only hope. Maybe it will also have a version of the title sequence with the show's new name - JOOOOOOOOOOOOOHN! Oh, and also that Sherlock guy.
For now, let us all sing the praises of Gatiss, Martin Freeman's face, and Sherlock's FEEEEEEEEEEELINGS.
*sings, does a little dance*
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You're working on a secret CIA government project which will result in an anti-personnel weapon.
Okay.
But why, WHY on earth would you have a T-SHIRT with the code name of that secret government project and even a LOGO?? AND WHY WOULD YOU WEAR IT FOR A STROLL IN THE FOREST???
Is there something I've missed there or what?
(P.S.: I absolutely love your reviews of the episodes, please keep doing them they always make my day <3)
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OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING AND DID NOT EVEN OCCUR TO ME. Clearly, this was one of those secret CIA government projects that was run like a summer camp. They experimented in chemical warfare, tested hallucinogens on human subjects, and indulged in the occasional game of capture the flag. Gooooo Hounds!
I don't even know what to do with this, except to point out that between this and the CIA trained assassins from last week, this is not a show that thinks very highly of the Central Intelligence Agency's intelligence. Or of Americans in general, possibly.
We do love to wear t-shirts with logos on them. It is one of our greatest weaknesses.
I absolutely love your reviews of the episodes, please keep doing them they always make my day
Thank you! I love your crazy awesome photos of Godtiss and his angels; they make my day. :)
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