Did everyone catch Ben's hair clippie about 11:90 into the film?

Merry wrote:

My only problem with them not telling us the explanation is that it smacks of lazy writing. As in, the solution was too difficult or even impossible to think of, so they didn't bother. I would be satisfied if I knew that Mofftiss had worked out an explanation but not told us. I just don't want to believe that it was a cop-out on the part of the writers.

So what I will choose to believe instead is that they did work it out but they decided they *couldn't* put it in the show because, as many people on here have suggested, no matter what the explanation was there would be people complaining/disappointed/poking holes/etc. And in a show full of nods to us, Anderson's nit-picking was the wink to us that said "we know no matter what we told you that this is what your reaction would be." 

Either that or Sherlock did give the real explanation and Anderson's reaction was totally meta because his second-guessing makes us second-guess and we're all convinced there's no way that was the real answer when it really was the real answer. 

It's ok, I didn't understand what I just wrote either. 

I only started watching Sherlock last summer, so I can't imagine what people who waited 2 long years for this are feeling like, but I did feel like we were owed an answer. Now, though, I think I understand why they didn't give us one and that the two clearly bogus ones were maybe a way of satisfying us because we weren't going to get what we thought we wanted. And really, I must admit that the GORGEOUSLY filmed slo-mo Sherlock/Molly kiss and the hilarious Sherlock/Moriarity moment were ultimately more satisfying, even if they weren't "real." 

Yes, Merry. I agree. It seems to be a big game to tease the fans. And I don't mind taking the micky. The writers are so pleased that we love the show. So glad you have joined in the fun too.
 

I do not think John ever asked for a double room. It was the landlord who assumed he and Sheryl are a couple. John doesn't bother explaing that they aren't a couple. 
I never noticed anything indicating that John has stopped dating.
Nor is John planning on sharing a bed with Sheryl.
Who is fantasizing that John wants to sleep with Sheryl?
John is not gay, nor is Sheryl. (Ask Janine and Mary)
There is no Johnlock.

Number 10. Wasn't that guy one of Anderson's The Empty Hearse group? Didn't Mycroft say the members were there in the flat and entirely trustworthy?
That "Empty Hearse" group is the writers' way of teasing the fans.
Was that woman Anderson's wife or just another member?
This is an interesting topic, but I think it can get crazy because so many things don't really get "explained".

What happened? Does anyone know? Have I missed an explanation somewhere?
Why is he now a big Sherlock fan?

I really enjoyed this one, except it did slow down too much (for me) with the bad guy.
Did Sherlock really shoot him? I doubt it. Is Moriarity dead? No. Can we believe what we see or what we are told? I don't think so.
I am laughing becuse I remember Mark Gatiss mentioning Star Trek (and Spock) in one of the PBS interviews.
Of course- Sherlock BBC is like Star Trek. You could never believe your eyes. It's a game. A joke. Played on the viewers. The writers are playing the audience. Spock came back to life too.
So I am enjoying the game. 
I am delighted Moriarty is back too. Jim is fun. Sherlock needs him.
I wonder when the next Series will be out? Not soon enough.

Okay, this "new" Sherlock is haunting me.
So, I watched TEH again.
It's good. John is good. Sherlock seems basically Sherlock.
He doesn't seem completely emotional and an alien Sherlock to me.
I am afraid to watch "The Wedding one" again. That speech put me right off. I am sure in the history of the universe no one EVER gave an hour long speech. Poor BC! He has to learn all of that. All we saw was Shrrlock going on and on and almost no input from anyone else. That's where the show lost me.
Please ignore me just driviling on here. It's my mind palace.
I am just trying to cope.

Mrs. Hudson. No doubt. When she is onscreen, I just wait for her to say anything.
I adore her.
It's not an easy choice, of course. There are so many great characters.
"Right on my bins"
 

Eselin wrote:

I think Sherlock loved the challenge Adler brought, not specifically Adler herself.
She uses her body as a weapon, gaining the upperhand by manipulating reactions in some people's morst vunerable state (sexual need can bring someone's defenses down completely) then stands right back up and struts out in confidence
Sherlock is, obviously, drawn to a challenge, so when he finds 'The Woman', she takes him down, I think he's honestly having fun trying to figure her out and beat her.
When he is confronted with her loss, he has to stop for a second to understand what he has lost, and how is effected him differently than almost anyone else.
He was attached to the idea of someone he could mentally spar with, and try to get the upperhand. 
I think. That probably sounds dumb.
 

I don't think it sounds dumb at all. I think it's all true.
I have been enjoying this forum so much. 
Very interesting thoughts and opinions here.
I would also like to add my 2 cents.
I think Sherlock was surprised, intrigued, challenged and confused by Irene Adler.
He has always sought to repress feelings of infatuation, love and sex. They interfere with the thought processes in his "funny old head." Logic and intelligence are everything to Sherlock.
Here was a woman who was quite possibly his equal. In that way she was like Moriarty.
She brought something different into his life.
I don't think it was love.
Respect, I think. He respects so few people.
He also was trying to hide any regard for her from John and his brother.
Interesting.
I am not sure, but this one might be my favorite of the 6 episodes.
Irene intrigues me too.