#thehoundsofbaskerville

[maryholmes94]

Our anniversary rewatch continues, and yesterday my brother and I finished season 2 of 'Sherlock'. Well, it's still my least favourite, although I would not say that it was bad. It was simply very difficult to say something new on three most iconic subjects of the original ACD works - Irene Adler, the Hound of Baskerville and Moriarty. And although the characters and actors were great, the James-Bond-style plot was not my thing. 'The Reichenbach Fall' is still the best of the three, and the disappoitment with Moriarty was recompensed with the great acting of Cumberbatch, Freeman, Gatiss and Brealey. 'The Hounds of Baskerville' failed to scare and lost the charm of the original novel, but it was inevitable in the modern setting. On the other hand, the constant presence of Sherlock Holmes in this episode saved the day - hats off to Benedict Cumberbatch once more. 'A Scandal in Belgravia' had many interesting ideas, but the details ruined everything, and I still can't stand Irene Adler (so I was very happy to kill her off in my own fanfic - after all, as Steven Moffat put it, it's what fanfiction is for).

And now we are waiting for pleasures and pains of season 3...

[maryholmes94]

Rewatched 'The Hounds of Baskerville'. I was wondering, whatever putting this episode in my 'top three weakest episodes' list was too harsh and have to say that the answer is no. The main reason is that the original novel is without doubt one of the best stories written about Holmes by Conan Doyle, and here Gatiss and Moffat broke so many patterns that their interpretation looks dissected and desiccated. It is not that scary, the suspense is absent, the pacing is sometimes too slow, and Sherlock Holmes steals the show completely - the supporting characters just meld into the landscape (only John - not surprisingly - resists this more or less successfully). Russell Tovey goes down in history as probably the most unconvincing 'Sir Henry' (although, like with Andrew Scott, it's not entirely his fault). But - in retrospective this episode presents a perfect bridge to 'The Final Problem'. The references and parallels are terrific, so let's be grateful to 'The Hounds...' for that - they really deserved it.

[last-page-books-blog]

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[dizzyscene]

"I prefer to do my own editing." -Sherlock

[life-is-just-a-game-we-play-blog]

When you choose your font because of the tenuous link to Sherlock..

[the-chemistry-of-deduction]

Deliriants are typically anticholinergic agents which block the binding of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine to its receptor, causing the symptoms such as not being able to distinguish hallucination from reality.  Additionally, some anticholinergics are toxic and if overdosed on them they may cause death.  Tropane alkaloids are a class of compound with properties that act as anticholinergics.  These are chemical compounds comprised of bicyclic alkaloids and tropane rings.  The most common of these are scopolamine, atropine and hyoscyamine.

The following is are examples of tropane alkaloids.

Skeletal formula of acetylcholine:

[rumithewriter]

Once you've ruled out the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be true.

Sherlock Holmes