What a way to kick off 2017! Benedict Cumberbatch, Dr. Strange, is back and wow! what an episode it was full of mysteries and easter eggs starting from all the short stories and films.
Spoilers if you have not seen the episode yet.
It seems everything is lost between Sherlock and Watson. As at the end of the episode, they were at odds. We have the Grim Specter of death, Moriarty and the poem which they keep on repeating through out the episode, Things You Can't Outrun. Signifying you cannot outrun death and past. Although Sherlock wrote a bit different version in his childhood in which the merchant goes to a different town and tricks death. That's the basic idea of this new season. Will Sherlock be able to change the story, so to speak and defeat Moriarty one final time even after his death?
I do not think they are trying to assert that Moriarty is still alive as Sherlock is pretty certain that he is dead but he had set on a "game" for Sherlock before he died. Sherlock is convinced that Moriarty has left him this game knowing that he may die on that rooftop. This is the over-arching story-line of the season which is touched lightly during the episode as in the beginning, the end and whenever that poem is recited.
This episode is lightly based on the classic Holmes short story, "The Adventures of the Six Napoleons". The plot of the episode is also loosely based on the short story as the names of the victims are same in the show and the story. The main difference is that the TV show weaved in Mary's back story in the mystery. In the classic story, the black pearl, mentioned in the episode, is hidden in one of the busts but here the character, AJ was looking for A.G.R.A. pen-drive. Sherlock thought AJ was looking for the black pearl that is why he was going on destroying these busts. In my humble opinion, since the black pearl mystery is not solved yet, it might be connected to the bigger Moriarty's game. As is the case in Sherlock small loose ends meet up in the big final episode.
The WTF reveal that the receptionist was behind the betrayal can be seen as a symbolic representation as she was really upset about the life she chose not to lead. The whole metaphor as we can see in the end of the episode is that John Watson is slowly becoming like this old lady and Sherlock has to protect him as he promised Mary to protect John Watson.
The poem plays a big symbolic representation about the things you can not outrun, for example, Mary was haunted by the ghost of her past which resulted in her death. In grief of her death, Watson blames Sherlock for not keeping his vow and letting Mary die, which he made on their wedding day. Mary's death has other significance as it puts Sherlock in therapy like Watson was way back in season 1.
Lets talk about Watson and his WTF affair in this episode. In my opinion, the affair was just to show that Watson was also not on a moral high ground. Like Mary and Sherlock, he has also secrets. I think the rift between Sherlock and Watson, they showed in the end will be actually done with as the season progresses.
What about Toby Jones? He is supposed to be the big bad of the season yet we have not seen him in this episode in any form. He would be certainly in the second episode, "The Lying Detective". The show runners have not yet revealed who is playing. It will be interesting to see how he connects to the Moriarty plot and how he pushes Sherlock to his limits. Toby Jones is an amazing actor and it will be awesome to see him with Benedict Cumberbatch.
It was a great episode. One can see what took so long to come up with the plot. Hope you guys enjoyed it, follow for content like this. Comment below how you feel about this episode.
Top Quotes from the episode:
Sherlock: If you ever think I'm becoming full of myself, overconfident or cocky, would you just say the word "Norberry" to me, would you?
Mrs Hudson: Norberry?
Sherlock: Just that. I'd be very grateful.
Mycroft: Looks very fully functioning.
Sherlock: Is that the best you can do?
Mycroft: Sorry, I've never been very good with them.
Sherlock: Babies?
Mycroft: Humans.
Sherlock: You two, take a bus.
Lestrade: Why?
Sherlock: Because I need to concentrate and I don't want to hit you.
Sherlock: I always know when the game is on, you know why?
Smallwood: Why?
Sherlock: Because I love it.
Spoilers if you have not seen the episode yet.
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| Look who is back! |
It seems everything is lost between Sherlock and Watson. As at the end of the episode, they were at odds. We have the Grim Specter of death, Moriarty and the poem which they keep on repeating through out the episode, Things You Can't Outrun. Signifying you cannot outrun death and past. Although Sherlock wrote a bit different version in his childhood in which the merchant goes to a different town and tricks death. That's the basic idea of this new season. Will Sherlock be able to change the story, so to speak and defeat Moriarty one final time even after his death?
I do not think they are trying to assert that Moriarty is still alive as Sherlock is pretty certain that he is dead but he had set on a "game" for Sherlock before he died. Sherlock is convinced that Moriarty has left him this game knowing that he may die on that rooftop. This is the over-arching story-line of the season which is touched lightly during the episode as in the beginning, the end and whenever that poem is recited.
This episode is lightly based on the classic Holmes short story, "The Adventures of the Six Napoleons". The plot of the episode is also loosely based on the short story as the names of the victims are same in the show and the story. The main difference is that the TV show weaved in Mary's back story in the mystery. In the classic story, the black pearl, mentioned in the episode, is hidden in one of the busts but here the character, AJ was looking for A.G.R.A. pen-drive. Sherlock thought AJ was looking for the black pearl that is why he was going on destroying these busts. In my humble opinion, since the black pearl mystery is not solved yet, it might be connected to the bigger Moriarty's game. As is the case in Sherlock small loose ends meet up in the big final episode.
The WTF reveal that the receptionist was behind the betrayal can be seen as a symbolic representation as she was really upset about the life she chose not to lead. The whole metaphor as we can see in the end of the episode is that John Watson is slowly becoming like this old lady and Sherlock has to protect him as he promised Mary to protect John Watson.
The poem plays a big symbolic representation about the things you can not outrun, for example, Mary was haunted by the ghost of her past which resulted in her death. In grief of her death, Watson blames Sherlock for not keeping his vow and letting Mary die, which he made on their wedding day. Mary's death has other significance as it puts Sherlock in therapy like Watson was way back in season 1.
Lets talk about Watson and his WTF affair in this episode. In my opinion, the affair was just to show that Watson was also not on a moral high ground. Like Mary and Sherlock, he has also secrets. I think the rift between Sherlock and Watson, they showed in the end will be actually done with as the season progresses.
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| Toby Jones |
What about Toby Jones? He is supposed to be the big bad of the season yet we have not seen him in this episode in any form. He would be certainly in the second episode, "The Lying Detective". The show runners have not yet revealed who is playing. It will be interesting to see how he connects to the Moriarty plot and how he pushes Sherlock to his limits. Toby Jones is an amazing actor and it will be awesome to see him with Benedict Cumberbatch.
It was a great episode. One can see what took so long to come up with the plot. Hope you guys enjoyed it, follow for content like this. Comment below how you feel about this episode.
Top Quotes from the episode:
Sherlock: If you ever think I'm becoming full of myself, overconfident or cocky, would you just say the word "Norberry" to me, would you?
Mrs Hudson: Norberry?
Sherlock: Just that. I'd be very grateful.
Mycroft: Looks very fully functioning.
Sherlock: Is that the best you can do?
Mycroft: Sorry, I've never been very good with them.
Sherlock: Babies?
Mycroft: Humans.
Sherlock: You two, take a bus.
Lestrade: Why?
Sherlock: Because I need to concentrate and I don't want to hit you.
Sherlock: I always know when the game is on, you know why?
Smallwood: Why?
Sherlock: Because I love it.
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