Moved from another post. Hope you don't mind me quoting you dartmoordoggers!

macytree wrote:

dartmoordoggers wrote:

I think it will be a Moriarty; and it will be played by Andrew Scott. Whilst the multi-broadcast is open to the possibilty that anyone could be behind it; there is the further broadcast as the credits finish and program ends. That leaves no doubt as to who it is.
And we were told to watch right to the end.

Thats true, i hadn't thought of that. I was starting to think it must be another villain, and the clip was just a hoax. But like you say, why would they add that bit right at the end after the credits if that was the case? It must be Moriarty. Or A Moriarty. 

Anyone else have any theories regarding that little end clip and why it was put there?

 

YES!! So this answers all of my questions! (almost)  Excellent.

Thanks for the replies guys!

Regina Alexandra wrote:

I think Mycroft must have ordered a 'clean up' operation. The objective would have been to keep Moriarty's network confused. Mycroft's people could then issue fake texts to his network thereby aiding Sherlock as he went around dismantling what was left of the criminal organization.

I think I agree with you on this Regina, Its the only explanation I can think of as well. However Moriartys network must have known about his death as the snipers would have seen him shoot himself, so presumably they couldnt infiltrate the network this way. Ruthinks made a good point in a previous thread, which DavidM also touched upon: 

"As the news reporters say "Richard Brook was proved to be Moriarty after an extensive investigation". Anderson wouldn't have been fired immediately after the Reichenbach showdown. So the police must have come to the hospital terrace and found the body of Moriarty. But Moriarty's body has been used as a decoy according to Anderson. If they found the body,then Anderson would have know and he wouldn't have theorized what he does. Conclusion: They don't find Moriarty's body."

So basically we know that Moriarty can't have been found on the roof, by the police at least. And from the second theory we know that his death is not public knowledge. So either Mycroft arranged a 'clean up' and squirreled the body away somewhere, or his own network somehow managed to get hold of the body.



 

Ok so I'm gonna give this a go and hope this topic won't be closed. Thanks KKKKK for starting the new Topic, I was in the process of replying but it was closed before i could finish.

So, just to be clear, this topic is regarding theories relating to Moriarty from The Empty Hearse. Not from the Reichenbach Falls- which would of course go in the link Mattlocked very kindly posted in KKKKK's previous topic. 

This is my previous post, in reply to sherlocked who had already touched upon the subject

macytree wrote:

sherlocked wrote:

On a more serious note: to put all Moriarty return theories to bed, has there ever been a public /acknowledgement, that Moriarty's body has been found and that he is dead? Anderson fantasizes about a mask on Moriarty's dead body. Does that mean, he knows about Moriarty being dead? If so, where did his body end up in the end? It cannot have been on the roof, because then Anderson wouldn't speculate, that Moriarty's body had been used. Or has Anderson gone completely gaga? Or Mofftiss didn't think this through and just wanted their gag, which was a good one, btw.

Im glad you brought this up Sherlocked I was just about to make a new post about it! I am also confused about the whereabouts of Moriartys body, and If anybody is actually aware that he is dead.

The first theory suggests that he is dead but nobody knows that he's dead. And that he is probably in Sherlocks fake grave or something.

The second (hilarious) theory suggests that he is still alive. Which would lead me to believe that the public probably doesn't know he is dead. 

And the third implies that he was still on the roof but gives no other info as to what happened to the body or if it was ever discovered. 

I am inclined to believe that his death has not been made public, and concealed in some way. But by whom, and why, has totally stumped me. Anybody have any ideas??

Macy




 

....so yeh, basically I just wondered if anybody had any theories on the myst

sherlocked wrote:

On a more serious note: to put all Moriarty return theories to bed, has there ever been a public /acknowledgement, that Moriarty's body has been found and that he is dead? Anderson fantasizes about a mask on Moriarty's dead body. Does that mean, he knows about Moriarty being dead? If so, where did his body end up in the end? It cannot have been on the roof, because then Anderson wouldn't speculate, that Moriarty's body had been used. Or has Anderson gone completely gaga? Or Mofftiss didn't think this through and just wanted their gag, which was a good one, btw.

Im glad you brought this up Sherlocked I was just about to make a new post about it! I am also confused about the whereabouts of Moriartys body, and If anybody is actually aware that he is dead.

The first theory suggests that he is dead but nobody knows that he's dead. And that he is probably in Sherlocks fake grave or something.

The second (hilarious) theory suggests that he is still alive. Which would lead me to believe that the public probably doesn't know he is dead. 

And the third implies that he was still on the roof but gives no other info as to what happened to the body or if it was ever discovered. 

I am inclined to believe that his death has not been made public, and concealed in some way. But by whom, and why, has totally stumped me. Anybody have any ideas??

Macy