We actually don't know if he's really alive or not. If it turns out that he is, I'd agree with you. It's one thing to evade questions misdirect your audience by fimling fake scenes, and another to outright lie to them.

I'd be quite disappointed if Jim turns out to be alive, actually. I love Andrew Scott, of course, and his Moriarty if fantastic, but... he died. If everyone fake their death, it's not interesting anymore. Irene, Sherlock, and now Moriarty?

It's not a deliberate decision, just pure Benedict. In ASiB commentary, whenever Sherlock twiddles things (Irene's phone, a gun, that pepper spray), Benedict exclaims, "Another twiddle. I've got to stop twiddling things!" 

But I'm not going to write it out of my mind beause it's not in the script. I mean, BC is Sherlock while filming. His behaviour becomes Sherlock's on set. So, I think he twiddles things for the same reason he just walks over the coffee table or strides around instead of normal walking, or jumps out of his seat instead of simply getting up. He's just energetic like that.

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As for the awesome Christmas scene ("Someone's put a bullet in my boy", sniff, sniff), if Mycroft is Mikey, I wonder if Sherlock was Billy growing up?

Maybe he was "Sherl"? XD 
As in, "Surely you can't be serious?"
"I am serious, and stop calling me Shirey!"

Oh, the entire Christmas with the Holmes'. Not only the dialogues are fantastic, but just thinking about how... domestic they're all acting cracks me up. Not to mention the fact that we KNOW from ASiP that they call their mother "Mummy".)


Mummy: Mikey, is this your laptop? (SHE CALLS HIM MIKEY!! Ahahaha!)
Mycroft: Upon which depends the security of the free world, yes, and you've got potatos on it.
-You shouldn't leave it around if it's so important. (Like she's talking about his homework! XD)

Mummy: *completely exasperated*: "We are here because Sherlock is home from hospital and we're all very happy!"
Mycroft : *big smile*: Am I happy, too? I haven't checked."

"Behave, Mike!" (Someone just told the mighty Mycroft  to "behave"! If she can say that to Mycroft, she can make Chuck Norris eat his vegtables.)
"Mycroft is the name you gave me. If you could possibly struggle all the way to the end."

"ARE YOU TWO SMOKING?"
"No!"
"It was Mycroft!"
(Look at their expressions and body stances! Two times funnier when you remember that she's Benedict's real mother.)



"Punch me in the face."
"Punch you?"
"Yes; in the face. Didn't you hear me?"
"I always hear 'punch me' when you're speaking. But it's usually subtext."


"Aaaah, Hudders."


Sherlock: "Now, onto some funny stories about John." *sees everyone sniffling and wiping their eyes* "What's wrong? What happened? Why are you all doing that? John? Did I do it wrong?"  (His tone gets to me every time.)


John: Can you whisper?
Lestrade: NOT REALLY! 


John: *to Irene*: Could you put something on, please? Anything at all. A napkin? *offers her his napkin*


The part where Sherlock shoos his parents out of the door and looks absolutely mortified, like a teenager caught shopping with his parents by a classmate. XD


Also, Christmas at 221B when Sherlock says, "It was me." (the moan that was his text tone.). Molly and Lestrade's expressions are just brilliant. 


Anderson: "Rache. It's German for revenge."
Sherlock: Yes