kazza474 wrote:

Ozma wrote:

I agree with that. The different memory sticks might not be a clue, but no way Sherlock hasn't kept a copy of it. Unless he's really gone crazy.

And if Mycroft knows about that stick, he's also not going to let it get lost forever.

 
The letters on the stick or sticks were written by the same person, could easily be that they were rewritten on the same place because it wore off but the same handwriting on both. I wouldn't rule out that you are seeing 2 sides to the stick also & the writing is on both sides.
No doubt there would be more than one of this prop as it is kinda important to the plot. That's usually par for the course.

As to Mycroft wanting to know what's on the stick .... why? No interest to him whatsoever.

Moffat & Gatiss have always maintained any 'clues' can be seen without zooming & slowing etc. They don't waste time with things like that, they want people to enjoy the show as is; not pull it apart.

Finally, there are heaps of continuity errors in these shows. As said before, many have been pointed out throughout the forum.

 
To be fair though  I didn't do any slowing down or zooming in. It was obvious to me when I watched the show for the second time. Especially as the camera was virtually shoving it down our throats.
Why bother lingering on the memory card if it's not significant?

It was amazing. Classic BBC drama.
Moriarty to me was a construct of his mind in his most desperate place. By this time, he was so close to death but in his mind, he knew he needed to save John. He needed his 'mind Moriarty' to remind him of this.

I think it's obviously a different one. The writing is different.

In the memory stick that goes into the fire, there is a clear dot after the R and the A has a curved downstroke.

I don't think it Is an error for a few reasons :

I think we can say almost certainly that this is a different memory stick. Why would they make more than one prop?

The other reason (and the reason I spotted this is the first place) is that the camera is virtually shoving it down your throat. The memory stick is screaming 'look at me' in three scenes. It's been deliberately filmed that way for us to see.

Remember, there are no coincidences.

I could be wrong though 

Well, who knows? Sherlock and John will have a plan  . John could safely have lots of babysitters, leaving him free to sleuth away. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch.

No way, no mistake. They wouldn't make a mistake like that.