Finished S1. Pretty good overall! I really like how Sherlock is played. And MORIARTY is so hammy but really entertaining.
A Study in Pink - 8/10
The Blind Banker - 6/10
The Great Game - 8.5/10
The second episode was pretty mediocre compared to the other two. And the showdown in the tunnels was really cheesy. Really enjoyed the other two episodes though.
A Scandal in Belgravia - 7/10
The Hounds of Baskerville - 6.5/10
The Reichenbach Fall - 9.5/10
I really liked Belgravia's ending until
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the "Sherlock in disguise" reveal. That just felt silly. I think it would've been much better and more poignant if it ended with him mourning her death with just that last text to remember her by
Baskerville was alright, but it felt like the most stretched plot of the whole series. It just seemed to drag on and felt like it could've been done better in 60 minutes rather than 90. And the
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CGI dawg was pretty awful tbh. And I thought it was supposed to look as big as a horse! It looked just like a pitbull with red eyes. Also the actor that played the guy whose father died was so awful.
Reichenbach was amazing though.
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I'm not sure how he did it, but two things that definitely have something to do with it: Sherlock telling Watson to stay where he's at, and the biker knocking over Watson. My guess is he jumped into a truck with trash in it (and Sherlock had Watson stay in a particular place where he couldn't see that...somehow) and then he quickly rolled out of it and had blood poured on him (done while Watson was knocked on the ground?). Of course, the onlookers would've had to be in on it somehow... and I have no idea how he could've arranged that, unless they were ALL part of the homeless network. But that would've required Sherlock knowing Moriarty's plan beforehand, so I dunno
Oh and, Freeman's acting at the grave was so good. Very heartbreaking
I don't see how they're gonna top this episode with Moriarty gone. It just feels like everything else will seem small in comparison
It was alright! I liked most of the first half but I think it kinda dragged once it got to the actual case
Loved all the fake explanations, especially the first one. I would've been pissed if that was the real one (: I assume the last one was the real one then, and Sherlock just assumed that guy wouldn't believe it anyway? It was pretty much exactly what I (and mostly everybody) predicted, but anything else wouldn't have made much sense
Episode 2 was... pretty good! I think, at the very least, it was much better than S1/S2's second episodes, which I didn't care for at all. Still haven't been overly impressed with this season, but it's been good enough. Hope the finale can be as great as the past two have been, but with no Moriarty I'm a bit SKEPTICAL
Tying all the cases together was cool. At first it seemed like it was just gonna be an anthology episode, which still would've been cool, but it was pretty great when everything started to CLICK
Magnusson getting shot in the head was so satisfying.
As for Moriarty coming back...I'm not sure how I feel about that! His character has been my favorite part about the show, but the suicide scene was so well-done that I don't really like that they're erasing it. If he's indeed alive anyway and someone's not just using his persona which I guess is a possibility. But considering he actually had an appearance after the credits I think it points to him being actually alive. Neither Sherlock or Moriarty dying on that rooftop is pretty (: as much as I would like to see him back. It just feels like that entire storyline will be effectively rendered pointless and reset. But we'll see!
