Ending the year in Sherlock/TJLC style.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it’s very telling that this version of events is dependent upon the removal of Moriarty’s body.
I can’t imagine putting contacts in with pliers. But hardly the least credulous thing going on.
And the closest sherlolly is ever going to get to a canon kiss. When I watched this with my brother, he was still buying the whole explanation and was just surprised that we got a kiss scene.
Heteronormativity is a helluva drug.
Had no idea the hypnotist guy was famous first time I watched.
“Bollocks!” You said it, Lestrade. Never mind the kiss or the perfect corpse dress up or the hypnotism, you can’t bungee jump discreetly.
But Anderson thinks it’s obvious because it keeps his sherlolly fic canon.
“There was a body.” A. Singular. Body. #moriartylives
I honestly wonder how many theories Anderson subjected Lestrade to.
I know the transition of the coffee cups to John’s eyes is haha funny, but it’s also drinks code funny. Blinded by heteronormativity, that one.
Also great job on turning his life around, “Mary”. 🙄
Might poke fun at the guard listening to music on the job, but it makes sense to want to drown out the beating of a prisoner who can’t very well escape a second time.
The torturer being a John mirror. (Unhappy love affair in the navy = Sholto, electricity not working in the bathroom = not good shaving and of course unfaithful wife.) Considering this is the season where Sherlock is most pained by his feelings for John, it makes sense. Ouch, but still makes sense.
The deep wounds in his back. If John only knew…
And that sweet smile about Baker Street… he smol
Boy, John does look so happy!/sarcasm
First time I learned about Guy Fawkes day was in an Enid Blyton book where the plot involved someone stealing the crime solving gang of youngings’ guy money. So I was proud of myself for being like
But like about a culture.
John really hasn’t been back since the funeral.
Kind of weird that Sherlock is okay with someone else shaving him when he’s been on the run, hunted and threatened for two years. But no one ever claimed the writers of this show actually understood ptsd.
Milieu. Or miljö, if you’re Swedish.
Ahh, sibling bickering. “I saved you” “no you sat and watched me getting beaten!” Classic.
“Field work! Ugh!” Very canon Mycroft. (Hence why he never leaves The Diogenes Club)
Passive aggressive Hudson is best Hudson!! 🤣
“Ages you.” The facial hair is a bit of a bad match there.
And again I’m sad that Una Stubbs didn’t live long enough for s5.
“Many bothans died for this info-“ “yeah yeah, where’s my Jawn?!?”
Of course Mycroft had a folder at the ready.
Okay, so John’s grieving process is a bit much. But mrs Hudson… your income (supposedly) depends on renting out your one good apartment. Yet here you are letting it gather dust. “Not your mother” doesn’t seem quite right.
John, so stoked about his proposal, that mrs Hudson assumes he’s about to tell her he’s ill.
“I’m moving on.” What a normal heterosexual flat mate thing to say. What are you moving on from, John? The flat? You left it ages ago! Sherlock’s death? What does Sherlock being dead have to do with your relationship status? Why are you equating a proposal to your friendship (?) with Sherlock?
Hudson is way happier about John’s relationship than he is.
“So soon after Sherlock?”
Don’t you *deep breath* “well yes” at mrs Hudson, young man! You’re the one making the implications she’s inferring from.
Why is mrs Hudson shocked that it’s a woman? Bisexual erasure? Maybe she thought Sherlock was his closet key, or his exes were all beards. Well, not like any of those relationships lasted that long.
“Of course it’s a woman!” Of course. Because he’s moving on and don’t want any reminders of the “could-have-been”s. That’s why she’s short, blonde, has big eyes and is in his mind as far removed from Sherlock as possible.
“Sherlock was not my boyfriend!” No, just your “could-have-been”.
“I am not gay!” Immediate transition to Sherlock sighing.
“Jump out of a cake!” Very heterosexual flat mate of you, Sherlock.
“Baker Street?” Here I paused on Mycroft looking like he’s thinking “my dumb gay little brother really thinks he left London on pause, doesn’t he?”
“What life? I’ve been away!” At first I thought he really was just dismissive of John’s non-Sherlock life. But rewatching I can see a slacking of his face as he takes in the fact that of course John moved on. So he plasters on some false bravado to cover for his mistake of confusing the dream (returning to old life with John) with reality (missing out on his friends living their life).
“How would I know?” Trying almost desperately to save his little brother from the inevitable heartbreak.
And Sherlock feeling his upper lip. If not imagining bristly kisses, then why?
“It’s possible you won’t be welcome”. He can’t say it outright because a) Sherlock won’t believe him and b) Sherlock will just become more determined to prove Mycroft wrong.
The deerstalker = his public image. The coat = his armor.
Stop standing atop buildings!!
I love whenever he does drive by deductions.
This disguise on the go is so fun. Like I don’t care if it makes sense for him to get away with it or not, it’s just good old fun!
“Madam, can I suggest you look at this menu? It’s completely identical.” Fun!
All to amuse John who doesn’t even notice his dramatic reveals!
Hmm, The Quiet Man feels. John may be so used to seeing Sherlock everywhere that he doesn’t even think about seeing him in a waiter he never looks directly at.
Dear God in heaven, I’m not even twenty minutes in!!
The femme fatale entrance. It’d be only more perfect if she had her fur coat on.
“You’re the best thing that could have possibly happened to me.” “I agree. I’m the best thing that could have happened to you!”
You may not think it’s a big deal that she dropped the “possibly”. But John is always careful with his word choice. And Sherlock is the best thing that could happen to him, because he did the impossible before, and maybe he can again. He asked Sherlock not to be dead. Maybe…
Does she really have to giggle and prod him while he’s struggling with his words? Best thing my foot!
Did he steal that wine bottle from a table or even the kitchen/bar? The latter seems more likely what with it being unopened and all.
Direct look and the mood has extreme shift.
“Not dead.” Maybe not the best time to remind John of Irene.
“In my defense it was very funny.” 😠 “okay not a great defense”
“Does yours rub off too?” You know, a better title for this episode might have been “Everyone Bullying John Over His Ugly Mustache” though it would make for an awful title card. (EBJOHUM, almost sounds like a biblical name.)
How Sherlock survived = what the fans/Anderson cares about
How Sherlock could do this to John = what actually matters to John/the writers.
The gag of the eating establishments getting progressively less refined as they’re thrown out for violence. 😘🤌 (Am I doing chef’s kiss right?)
Srsly, Sherlock. Why not bring in John into the secret when you already got 25 members of your homeless network involved? Is it because you’d rather he think you were dead? Because if you told John Danger Boner Watson that you’d travel the world to dismantle a criminal network, you knew he’d tag along? So instead he grieves your death. Lose-lose situation, I guess.
Wow, they sure are harping on John about his facial hair in the episode where he gets engaged to be married. No hidden meaning in that.
Even his beard doesn’t like his mustache.
John, this is how mrs Hudson felt. Don’t you see?
Tbf, John. Sherlock has seen your “acting” before. Also, anyone suspecting Sherlock faked his death would watch you more closely than any of the people Sherlock involved.
That said, he isn’t “over” reacting. Just reacting.
“Still a secret” love the extra in the background shaking his head at these terrible secret keepers.
“SWEAR TO GOD!” Angry John is very human, but also very funny.
Martin “do that with a face” Freeman acting out “can you believe this bitch?”
Love that this line that was used as an awesome epic voice over for the trailer, is just a reason for John to headbutt Sherlock in the episode itself.
“I’ll talk him around”. Gatekeeping girl boss. Putting herself in the position of mediator. At the start she was all “omg what have you done?” But now she’s on Sherlock’s side, supporting him in the face of her boyfriend’s (justified) anger.
Also could she pick a more femme fatale coat? Especially with that hairstyle.
“Can you believe his nerve?” “I like him.”
Forget supportive girlfriend, a work acquaintance would feel socially obligated to be more emotionally supportive!!
Stopping here. Apparently this episode will have to be a three part series of observation.
