It is possible it was planned, but he could have just placed Watson further away. And it was very risky if it was planned - the cyclist hits Watson and could have injured him much worse than what he did.
There was also a section of the building pretty much directly beneath where he steps off, which has a flat roof a storey or two up from ground level - the whole fall may have been difficult to survive, but if the flat roof was pre-prepped, he could perhaps have actually begun the fall (Watson sees it, but can't follow him all the way down because of the cyclist), land on the flat roof, and then the substitute body is pushed groundwards before Watson can arrive. The substitute body probably has to be close to hand, but not /on/ the roof beforehand, so storing it on that second piece of roof could make sense - Sherlock called the location, so had time to set up the scene, but Moriaty was there when he arrived, so would has had time to check the rooftop for anything too visible
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The section of building you're refering to is across the road, not below where Sherlock jumps from. You can see that because when they look over the edge, they can see pavement and people walking below - Moriaty even comments that Sherlock will have an audience. Moriaty wouldn't let him fall from there if it wasn't straight onto the pavement. It's also visible from google maps too.
The crux of the plan is Molly. Molly has the skills to make the body look like it's just taken a fall. She's the only one of Sherlock's friends not to be targeted by Moriaty, so she has complete freedom of movement. She arranges for the rubbish truck to park up below the jumping point at some pre-arranged signal. Sherlock lands in the bag on top of the bags, thus preventing most of the injuries. Molly also has time to place the body too. And she arranges for some of her medical friends to be in the area to rush towards the body to examine it and help keep Watson away.
And as I said - the doppleganger is the one that Moriaty uses to
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"Molly is crucial in this plan. I found it odd at the time that Moriaty was only planning on killing just 3 of his friends. Why wouldn't he kill Molly? Because he doesn't know that Molly and Sherlock are friends?"
Er, back in season 1 didn't Moriarty turn up as Molly's boyfriend ? Something he did exactly to get at Sherlock in some way, so he definitely knew about her.
I suspect the code thing was for the assassins' benefit rather than Sherlock's - Moriarty wanted Sherlock kept alive, so tricked a bunch of international criminal types into believing that he had the key, and needed to be kept alive.
I missed the rubbish truck, and the doppelganger idea does make a certain amount of sense. Time will tell, I guess.
I missed the rubbish truck the first time, but I went back and rewatched that scene. It really is a "blink and you'll miss it" thing though. It's almost like it's a continuity gaff. But it makes sense that it drives off once Sherlock is in the back of it.
I didn't spot the rubbish truck, other than there was a truck there. I think the truck was just a movable wall that stopped Watson from seeing him land.
Instead I think that Sherlock jumps into a blanket held out by the medical types and other "passers-by". They're all in on it.
The cyclist is there to slow Watson down, as are the other passers by who slow him down and keep Watson away, in time for the drug (that stops his pulse from being detected) to work.
If a doppleganger had been used, they'd have had to "warm up" the corpse, and it would mean killing someone, and I don't think Holmes would really want to kill someone just to prevent Moriarty.
Someone mentioned something about a rubberball that could be used to slow down/stop pulse too...possibly in the episode, but I don't remember it?
I think Sherlock possibly could kill someone if it's to save the people he cares about. After all, he might work for/with the Angels, but he's not an Angel. I think that is why Moriaty saw a kindred spirit in him, where as before he thought he was mundane and ordinary.
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It is possible it was planned, but he could have just placed Watson
further away. And it was very risky if it was planned - the cyclist hits
Watson and could have injured him much worse than what he did.
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The section of building you're refering to is across the road, not below
where Sherlock jumps from. You can see that because when they look over the
edge, they can see pavement and people walking below - Moriaty even comments
that Sherlock will have an audience. Moriaty wouldn't let him fall from
there if it wasn't straight onto the pavement. It's also visible from google
maps too.
The crux of the plan is Molly. Molly has the skills to make the body
look like it's just taken a fall. She's the only one of Sherlock's friends
not to be targeted by Moriaty, so she has complete freedom of movement. She
arranges for the rubbish truck to park up below the jumping point at some
pre-arranged signal. Sherlock lands in the bag on top of the bags, thus
preventing most of the injuries. Molly also has time to place the body too.
And she arranges for some of her medical friends to be in the area to rush
towards the body to examine it and help keep Watson away.
And as I said - the doppleganger is the one that Moriaty uses to ( ... )
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Er, back in season 1 didn't Moriarty turn up as Molly's boyfriend ? Something he did exactly to get at Sherlock in some way, so he definitely knew about her.
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Which is why it's so odd. If anything I'd say that she was more of a
friend to him (she does fancy him) than Lestrade.
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I missed the rubbish truck, and the doppelganger idea does make a certain amount of sense. Time will tell, I guess.
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I missed the rubbish truck the first time, but I went back and rewatched
that scene. It really is a "blink and you'll miss it" thing though. It's
almost like it's a continuity gaff. But it makes sense that it drives off
once Sherlock is in the back of it.
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Instead I think that Sherlock jumps into a blanket held out by the medical types and other "passers-by". They're all in on it.
The cyclist is there to slow Watson down, as are the other passers by who slow him down and keep Watson away, in time for the drug (that stops his pulse from being detected) to work.
If a doppleganger had been used, they'd have had to "warm up" the corpse, and it would mean killing someone, and I don't think Holmes would really want to kill someone just to prevent Moriarty.
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Someone mentioned something about a rubberball that could be used to slow
down/stop pulse too...possibly in the episode, but I don't remember it?
I think Sherlock possibly could kill someone if it's to save the people
he cares about. After all, he might work for/with the Angels, but he's not
an Angel. I think that is why Moriaty saw a kindred spirit in him, where as
before he thought he was mundane and ordinary.
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Oh and the "movable wall" is an actual building. Check out the google map link I posted a few comments up.
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