I decided to liveblog watching TAB, but this way it took me almost 2,5 hours to finish it x’D But it was worth it, I had fun. IT WAS A GREAT SPECIAL. Some things I expected, some not so much. Still left with many questions, but it was a great ride and set up things for S4 wonderfully.
So. Reactions typed out as I was watching the special below the cut!
By the time the torrent finished downloading I was too sleepy to watch it, and then I didn’t have any free time until now. Eep! But now I’m finally going to watch it – so exciting!
just the sherlock theme is enough to make me smile :D yessss
so the catch up intro is about the modern version? i wonder how it’ll tie to the victorian one
Oh… „alternatively”… ok
omg john look so good in that uniform^^
they’re doing the alternate meeting, it’s so fun! it feels like i’m watching an AU, even though the modern one is supposed to be the AU xD
SHERLOCK STILL WITH THE RIDING CROP XDD
it’s a bit different (more like the books) but also very similar, great! but i got so used to „two two one B Baker Street” that „two hundred and twenty one” sounds weird.
also, I miss Sherlock’s usual curly perfection, but this neat hairstyle fits him just as well
they made a victorian version of the intro!! haha i wasn’t expecting that
JOHN’S CURLY MOURNSTA- MOUSTACHE IS SO RIDICULOUS
Sherlock: „Good Lord! MRS HUDSON! There is a woman in my sitting room! Is it intentional?” ------- omg i laughed XD
Sherlock: „For God’s sake, give her some lines. She’s perfectly capable of starving us.” ---- at that, too xDD
well, yeah, it’s kinda disastrous (for John) that Sherlock recognised Mary’s perfume while John did not…
you know’s what else is disastrous? LESTRADE. Omg those side burns ew >o<
Sherlock: „My Boswell is learning. They do grow up so fast.” ------- LOOK AT THAT FACE. he’s so proud of John :D
uh-oh, madame, that lipstick is a bit… khm
these visuals are so great
and that useless guard didn’t do anything? just watched the murder happen?
Mary: „And am I just to sit here?” John: „Not at all, my dear. We’ll be hungry later.” ------ OMG JOHN, you’re can be such an asshole!
Dr Hooper? Wait is that…?
*listens to the voice* *squints at face* Yeah, that’s Louise. Why is she playing a guy here? I don’t think there was a canon male Dr Hooper in the books?
Probably because in victorian london a woman could not have had this job…?
anyway, it’s fun to watch. i just have trouble matching the voice (no matter how deep she tries to speak) with the face ^^;;
i was just thinking about a secret twin, too
„he”???
did Molly… er, Dr Hooper just call Sherlock John’s DADDY?? omg don’t start with the daddy kink
John: „I AM observant in some ways, just as Holmes is quite blind in others. Amazing… what one has to do to get ahead in a man’s world.” --- Oh. OOOOOH. So it IS Molly! She just has crossdress because she couldn’t hold this job otherwise!
oh god, John’s moved out and yet Sherlock has kept on talking to him all the time. this makes me sad :(
(I’ve just realised I keep referring to them as Sherlock and John, even though here they’re Holmes and Watson. Oops.)
well isn’t John irritated this morning
although i have to give him, that’s one cheeky maid!
it’s so nice that they still write out the text, just in a different way
John: „I deduce that we’re going to see someone cleverer than you.” ----- Oh! There comes Mycroft :D
Why the sign language? So it’s perfect silence??
AHAHAHAHAH OMFG JOHN *tears rolling down her cheeks* this is hilarious
OH MY GOD
MYCROFT wHA T THe pfffffft
John: „You look… well, sir.” ----- I CAN’T LOOK AT HIM, I JUST CAN’T
Sherlock: „I understand your disapproval, Watson, but if he’s feeling competitive, it’s perfectly within his power to die early.” ------- man, this shouldn’t be joking matter, but it cracks me up
the song the Bride sings is sooooo creepy
this was a really pretty transition between the scenes
ooh. Mary and Mycroft? Hmmm.
„The game is afoot!” YEAHH
ooh, is this a bonding moment?
it iiiiiis haha
„The fair sex is your department, Watson. I’ll take your word for it.” ---- and we shouldn’ read too much into it…
oooh nice photo of Iren!
John presents Sherlock as a heartless machine, but he doesn not believe it for one second. :’) :’) :’)
OMG are they talking about… they’re addressing… Sherlock’s lack of…?!
Sherlock: „Pass me a revolver, I have a sudden need to use it.” ---- BWAHAHAHA this would make a wonderful reaction gif
John: „You must have… impulses.” Sherlock: *closing his eyes* „Dear Lord, I have never been so impatient to be attacked by a murderous ghost.” ---- I’M ENJOYING THE HECK OUT OF THIS SCENE HAHA
yeah, go and have a chat with the murdeous ghost. why not
i feel bad for the wife. she tried so hard to keep him safe…
Sherlock: „THERE. ARE. NO. GHOSTS!!”
oooooh. victorian Moriarty is behind it?
the lighting of this Sherlock & Mycroft scene is struly stunning
ooooh mind palace… thingie… with newspaper pieces! looks wonderful
nooo don’t do drugs! bad sherlock! BAD sherlock!
hey there bad boy :D
Moriarty: *swipes fingers through dust* „Did you know that dust is largely composed of human skin?” Sherlock: „Yes.” Moriarty: *licks fingers* ----- EW EW EWWWWWWWW
Moriarty: „The Bride put a gun in her mouth and shot the back of her head off, and then she came back. Impossible. But she did it.” ------ I’ve just realised this is probably going to be related to how Moriarty could come back in the modern version.
wait, Moriarty is hinting at what modern!Moriarty did in TRF… Maybe this whole special is actually something playing out in modern!Sherlock’s mind…?
but he’s so creepy, god
THERE WE GO
EW his head >O< one would think it can’t bother me that much after watching Hannibal
OKKAY SO IT REALLY IS IN MODERN SHERLOCK’S HEAD!! :O „You blew your own brains out, how could you survive?” ---- They mentioned Prof Moriarty fell off at the actual Reichenbach so now it’s modern!Sherlock who’s speaking!! wow, this is so exciting.
i don’t really understand what’s the deal with the victorian case, but it’s definitely modern Sherlock. Maybe he really took drugs….? omg he definitely took drugs, didn’t he
the place crumbling… it’s the mind palace (or whatever) collapsing, right?
THERE WE GOOOO YEAH
well I didn’t catch up until the last minute, but this is great, I love it!
iiiiit was aaaaaall a dreeeeeeeeeeeeeeam~
MYCROFT how happy i am to see you in your regular size!
OOOH THE WIFE IS THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT!
S: „I have to go back! I was… I was nearly there, I nearly had it!” --------- this is so me! I HATE it so much when I wake up from a dream at a critical scene and I know I can never go back to finish it!
wait, it’s been 5 minutes since Mycroft called him, yes. How could he have fallen asleep so much? Or was it not an actual dream, but rather a… idk, mind palace movie or something?
HE’S BEEN READING JOHN’S BLOG ABOUT HOW THEY MET AWWW
S: „It helps me if I see myself through his eyes, sometimes.” ------- AWWWWWW.
FUCK
FUCK NO
I KNEW IT BUT I DIDN’T WANNA BE RIGHT
look, Sherlock, now you’ve disappointed John!!
„not USUALLY fatal” oh right, that makes it okay! DAMMIT SHERLOCK(and he was high when they were saying goodbye!! he couldn’t say goodbye to John WHICH HE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME HE EVER SAW HIM with a clear head?!!! OMG THIS BREAKS MY HEART)
mary is so awesome
Mycroft: „I was there for you before. I will be there for you again. I’ll always be there for you.” ------ *recalls that flashback of the brothers* geez, when Mycroft makes you emotional, you know it’s serious
aaand we’re back to 18idon’tknowwhen and victorian!Sherlock is just as much of a fool
OMG victorian!Sherlock has been dreaming/hallucinating about his modern!version!! THIS IS SO MESSED UP I LOVE IT
yeah, john, tell him!
John: „I am an army doctor, which means I could break every bone in your body while naming them.” Sherlock and I be like ’mark me down as scared AND horny’ xD
my dear god, John is so enraged, disappointed and scared for him :’O
repeat: mary is awesome
so it’s all been a theatrical illusion?
yep
so it’s very nice visuals and everything but why did everybody just suddenly take off their masks? they thought it would look dramatic to do that just when Sherlock reveals they are all women???
HEYYYYYY MOLLY. whoa, that took me by surprise
oh hey there, cheeky maid of the Watson househould!
IT WAS THE WIFE?! well damn. she seemed so sincere, i genuinely felt bad for her
OH. we, um, what? not the wife, then? moriarty? (or is sherlock just losing hismelf to the hallucination again?)
Moriarty: „It’s not real. None of it. It’s all in your mind.” ---- yeah we got that
Sherlock: „Mrs Emilia Ricoletti, I need to know where she was buried.” Mycroft: „What, 120 years ago? That would take weeks to find, if those records even exist. Even with my resources.” Mary, without missing a beat: „Got it.” ----- LET ME STATE AGAIN: MARY. IS. AWESOME.
John: „I’m taking Mary home.” Mary: „What?” John: „Mary’s taking me home.” Mary: „Better.” ------- Ok, the universe apparently wants me to bold it, so i’m gonna bold it. MARY. IS. AWESOME.
that aside, i feel so bad for John. He’s so angry and hurt and disappointed and scared, rightly so. And Sherlock knows it, too :(
EWWWWW. (not the corpse. but the worms!! ewww)
oh my, did we just have a mystrade glance-y moment at sherlock’s antics? hehe
what the…?? WHAT THE….?!!?!?!
back to victorian times, um….? what?
hey, it’s the Reichenback Falls!
but at least he’s lucid and self-aware
ouch >.< sherlock’s so beaten T__T
AH! JOHN TO THE RESCUE!! even in his mind-palace :D
ah, victorian!John is asking about modern!John :D :D
Sherlock: „Pretty darn smart.” ------- awww. look at their ugly faces :3
Moriarty: „Ugh, why don’t you two just elope, for God’s sake?!”----- hehe, Moriarty gets me :D
HE SAID THE THING. SHERLOCK SAID THE THING =DD
sooo they’re still on the plane. That means that angry confrontation at the graveyard didn’t happen? (That means Sherlock imagines Mary to always be friggin amazing, hehe)
Mycroft: „Dr Watson? Look after him. Please.” ----- *w*
so… is Moriarty dead, then? or not? so many questions?
AND BACK TO VICTORIAN. man, I really dig the double time
the last shot is awesome
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SO. THERE WE GO.
It was really great!! I didn’t really know where it was going in the first 30 minutes or so, but I was entertained. And once the double narrative or what was established, I was really damn hooked. I still don’t know how Moriarty came back / never died, but this special was great to set up the new season :)
And now……. back to the hiatus…