besleybean wrote:

Well I hope so...but I will definitely be watching it on TV again afterwards, anyway.
Well providing I'm not too traumatised, of course!

I watched TLD on BBC One last week and was so traumatised by it (and I don't use the word lightly) that I had to immediately rewatch on iPlayer!

besleybean wrote:

Sounds like you have a good service.

I bought my ticket directly from Vue. Nice of them to alert me.

I have a reserved seat, but still want to show up early as I don't want to miss anything!

Just sent you a PM. Thank you!

Harriet wrote:

maryagrawatson wrote:

The hate for Mary on this forum is frankly frightening...

I think that's an exaggeration. The "hate" word is quite overused here.
 

Says the person who felt necessary to scream at me in all capitals that Mary shot Sherlock.

I find it amazing that it's perfectly okay for some people to say absolutely terrible things about what they want to have happen to a character and tell another poster it's not okay to have a different opinion, but when that poster with a different opinion does the same, she is chastized. Nice double standard.

I knew this was the topic that was going to lead me to this point and I've avoided responding to it as much as I could, but some of you really need to go back and read some of your comments about Mary and take a good hard look at them because hate and insane vitriol are facts, not opinions.

I've had a lot of fun on this board, but I'm done. I won't be back.

Mary
 

This is about the 10th time I write this post and I think I'm actually going to submit it even though I know I am going to get so much flack for it. But here goes.

I just don't get the insane vitriol against Mary because I don't think her shooting Sherlock (for reasons that are perfectly clear to me) is in any way as bad as the way John has treated Sherlock in series 3. The hate for Mary on this forum is frankly frightening. After first viewing HLV, I expected her to come back as a villain, but upon further analysis, it would be surprise me if her role gets any darker. I've covered a lot of those thoughts in other threads, so I won't get back into it again, although I look forward to the comments I get about these thoughts.

I don't want anything bad to happen to Baby Watson and I would welcome the growth of character that would come from BW being on the show in whatever capacity (I think Sherlock would be fantastic with her, for one thing). ACD John had a dog, so it's not a stretch for me that the dog would be turned into a baby for this incarnation of the stories. If BW were to die, then the only way I can imagine the series moving forward is by flashing ahead to the future after John has had time to grieve.

Mary
donning her flack jacket

RavenMorganLeigh wrote:

Thank you! And I think the hysterical laughter at the end of TEH in the train car was JUST THAT. Hysteria. 

I think that Sherlock was panicking until he found the off switch and then he was struck by the absurdity of having survived what he did only to come home and nearly go BOOM.

Sherlock in tears as he giggles hysterically in TEH is, in my ranking, the second funniest scene in the entire series (after learning that he can drive!). If I need a pick me, I just watch that. It's so rare to watch him completely lose it like that and the best part is that it completely works at cutting the tension!

Mary

There's an interview where Gatiss talked about Moran and said that they just used the name for 'that guy' in TEH and that's it. The interview is quoted here.

Here's the relevant bit:

Sebastian Moran is the sort of baddie in the original story of The Empty House and he’s Lord Moran in there, it’s just a tiny glancing reference really. We talked a lot about this, Doyle had it himself, Sebastian Moran is assuming quite big proportions in the world of Sherlock, but really he’s just Moriarty’s henchman, there’s not much more to it.

I find it suspicious that the actor doesn't get any credits at all...

Mary

I'm torn between thinking we're being messed with, they're doing promo pics, and hoping that perhaps they're filming scenes as the actors become available.

Now, I have go Google 'martin freeman grapes'...

Mary

Welcome! I'm a fellow Canuck. I'm currently from somewhere out west, but I've been to Sarnia and could quickly point it out on a map.

Mary

SusiGo wrote:

He lashes out the moment she mentions that Sherlock complained to her about being alone at Christmas. This triggers his vicious deduction.

Okay, this is definitely OT, but I had to comment to say that I have never read the scene that way. What a brilliant observation. Molly basically deduced Sherlock and revealed something intimate about him and he flipped his lid. I wonder if there are other scenes where this happens...

More on topic, I love the comments in John's blog about this scene. After this meeting, John says that he thinks Sherlock might be gay and that it doesn't matter either way. We know John gets exasperated, even defensive, when people tell him he's gay, but this comment really cements for me that he has no issues with homosexuality (because he doesn't mind sharing a flat with a potentially gay man) and therefore tells me that he really is straight and not just protesting too much about it.

Mary