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Re: "Pure reason toppled by sheer melodrama"
I think there's a slight difference between drama/melodrama and sentiment, although both are emotionally based.
Actually, you see a little of both aspects in that scene with Irene - the drama of trying to impress her actually makes his mind work faster, but the fact that he wants to impress her so much clouds his judgment and leads to a bad decision.
We see drama sharpening his mind in the Sholto case too - it's when somebody's about to die that he can "solve" it. It's one of his strengths (even if he implies to himself in his mind palace that it's a weakness - or at least implies that Mycroft sees it as a weakness).
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Re: "Pure reason toppled by sheer melodrama"
Thanks for all of your opinions. Thanks to you, I've had more views for that sentence.
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By the way, in the beginning of this episode, when John said goodbye to the newsvendor, I heard "Let on, walk" (from the cab driver?). I still have no idea for a sentence "Let on". Can you explain this sentence to me? Thanks in advance!!
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Re: "Pure reason toppled by sheer melodrama"
Was he speaking to the horse?
Is it 'Let on'?
Or maybe' Get on'.
I'm really not sure.
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Re: "Pure reason toppled by sheer melodrama"
Did you actually hear that line, "Let on, walk"?
Ariane's transcript has it as "Walk on".
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- besleybean
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Re: "Pure reason toppled by sheer melodrama"
Which I would have thought was the normal command to a horse!
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Re: "Pure reason toppled by sheer melodrama"
BBC captions have it as "Let on, walk". I've tried to hear it as "get on, walk" or "walk on, walk" and it doesn't seem to fit for me - but I'm honestly not the best at hearing. All I can be sure of is that I hear three syllables!
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Re: "Pure reason toppled by sheer melodrama"
I've had a listen just now: sounds like "Walk on, walk" but I'm not sure that the last word is "walk". My other guess is it's the horses name 
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- besleybean
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Re: "Pure reason toppled by sheer melodrama"
Possibly, 'Walk on, now...or then/there?' I don't know.
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