Stayin' alive, I'm absolutely convinced for several reasons, that Moriarty is dead (one of them being, that Anderson seems to assume, he's dead), but otherwise I feel with you. The theory, we got, is pretty crappy IMO, but now, that I've read the article in the Sunday Times, where The BBC is quoted, saying, it won't be revisited, I think, we're done with it, and have to leave it or like it. I have my ideas, why Mofftiss kept it so vague, and didn't explain many clues and loose ends. It may have something to do with the big time lapse in between seasons, like 'killing Sherlock is sooo two years ago'. Maybe, they just decided to start with a more or less clean slate. By keeping it a bit ambiguos, they can avoid critism and always point out, that only poor Anderson came up with the ridiculous blue pillow. A big copout IMO, but others think, it's brilliant. I suspect, that season 4 might prove an equally long wait. Then, TRF would be four years ago. It's pretty much impossible to revisit TRF then. So, I think, the faction of our fandom, which dislikes the presented solution, has to come to terms with it. I, for one will still watch and enjoy, but I will never again invest time into video sleuthing and hunting for clues, since there doesn't seem to be any reliability, and part of the charm, the show had for me, is lost. And, while I dread the end of season three, I do hope, they go back to what they did best in seasons 1 and 2: Solving crimes with their brains.

Ok, this article in the Sunday Times in connection with So3 (which, just seen by itself, I really liked, though not so much, concerning the big picture) convinced me, that the fall won't be revisited, and theory 3 was it, whatever that means, given the way, it was presented to Anderson (or not). I find it interesting, that apart from the misgivings, some of us have with the presented solution, experts, quoted in that article, are less than thrilled with it. My biggest gripe with theory 3 solution is now, that apart from all the things, which were difficult to pull off so precisely, it was incredibly dangerous. But since  we were told, that this thing had a lot of advance planning and was not a last minute solution, one has to wonder, how a duo of braniacs couldn't have come up with a simpler and less dangerous method to fake Sherlock's death. Even a huge firefighter net would've been less dangerous, less noisy and much less noticeable than this silly blue pillow.But I really can't see a way, how they could introduce that theme again and have it possibly spill over into season 4. Personally, I find that extremely disappointing and a huge cop out, others think differently and might be relieved, that the endless theorizing can stop. I might do a post with my thoughts, why they choose to deal with the fall solution in such an ambigouos way, and why there are so many loose ends and clues not dealt with at all, but theory wise I'm through with how he did it.

Is there anyone here, who can read The Sunday Times? According to someone quoted at finalproblem.tumblr there's an article from a Hannah Summers in that newspaper, where the BBC is quoted, that theory No 3 is it, and it will not be revisited. If that is a legit quote of a true statement, I'd like to know, because it would all us theory mongers save a lot of time.

So if Sherlock figured out the recall code and I stumbled upon something, which makes me think, he did, this has huge implicatons: Mycroft wouldn't have to bump off the sniper. And it was never said, he did. The wording is: 'He was invited to reconsider'. Which could simply mean, the code word was used. Much cleaner solution without a messy body, which has to be cleaned up after, and the sniper himself could call back the other killers. No need to track them all down. But then Sherlock didn't jump in order to save his friends (that wasn't necessary anymore, if the correct recall code was used), but in order to go undercover, which, as I think, was planned fromm the beginning. So, this is very speculative at the moment. Nothing about my last post contradicts theory 3, btw. It was never said or shown, that the sniper was killed.

Sanaz, no, so far, that was never explained. As to Sherlock laughing: That was self explanatory: He realized, that there must be a recall code for the snipers, since Moriarty said, even, if he was tortured, he wasn't going to stop the killers, which implies, they could be stopped. I even have an idea by now, what the recall code might have been.

Apropos 'dummy'. At my dvd of TRF, the corps crashing onto the pavement makes a positvely rattling sound, a sound a crash dummy might make. On one of the life streams, this sound is even more pronounced. You could say, that is so, because they REALLY used a crash dummy for filming it. They would, of course never use a dead body. But they could've easily edit this sound out instead of just making it less pronounced with a blanket of music.

No, ruthinks, I never do that. it's just a personal touch.

besleybean, yes we can. Or, at least I can.

Sanaz, good that you posted the link to the finalproblem.tumblr. The observations about the missing blood puddle under the corpse, which was very visible and had a very peculiar shape in TRF, is a good catch. It's hard to believe in such a gross continuity error. The lady, who owns this tumblr is very observant and one of the saner analyzers. While I don't share many of her conclusions, she very good in detecting illogical things and discrepancies. I'm more confident now, that we will see another solution.
Mary Me, Hi from Germany. Bear with us 'conspiracy theorists', lol! This is fiction and fun for many. And it would be good story telling, if Mofftiss have another ace in the sleeve, at least IMO. If nothing more comes forward, we will admit to having been wrong. Until then, let us theorize and point out weirdnesses and mistakes. The lady from finalproblem tumbrl put a hashtag on all TEH doubting posts, so that all, who are not interested in speculating anymore, can avoid it.

Ha, ha ruthinks, that's a really weird (and  almost certainly not correct) solution. But it touches something very important, IMO. This weird dialog on the roof top, and this moment, when Moriarty is looking at Sherlock's eyes, and sees or realizes SOMETHING, screams for an explanation. I was looking forward to that more than anything.  Even, if I'm ready to accept theory No 3, I want an explanation for THAT moment. I'm assuming, of course, that Sherlock wasn't merely trash talking, so his crew could blow up the pillow. lol! This dialog was brilliant writing, but without further explanation it's pretty meaningless.