mmmm... conundrum That's such a beautiful word...

RavenMorganLeigh wrote:

I wonder if Sherlock is finally coming to terms with his emptions, and this is the fallout from that?

That's what I hope. And I hope the fallout will be over at some point... Sherlock is so unpredictable like that, it's absolutey unsettling...

Hanka wrote:

However, I do feel like Sherlock's new abilities have made him a lot more unbelieveable. (...) He has become more 'human' in both good and bad ways, and it seems to me that he's become less of a detective. He misses lots of clues, is constantly in need of help, afraid and apparently (according to Gatiss and the series itself) Mycroft is the smarter one. Then why do still need Sherlock?

I've been thinking that, too. Imo, Sherlock is failing too often. He's supposed to be brilliant (of course making a few mistakes now and then). But now, it feels like he's making mistakes all over, fatal ones. Where is brilliant? I miss proper deductions. I don't mind if Sherlock has his flaws. A drug habit and close attachement to people etc. will obviously slow him down. But it's getting too much. We already know that caring is not an advantage for Sherlock, and this series has proved it. I'm still alright with it now, for this series, but I don't want it to go on. I'd like deducing, brilliant Sherlock back. Maybe even in smaller cases again, like the one in TSoT. I love love love HLV. But I really long for "boring" cases for the next series - where Sherlock can be secretly brilliant in a small setting of Baker Street and doesn't have to save the whole world of everybody around him

I like how everyone is using "gobsmacked", because YES. that. Never held my breath for such a long time. WOOOOW f*** hell WOW. sorry.

Watching only for the third time now. Still too much to process. I'm really feeling terribly stupid, but why couldn't Mary just shoot CAM, even with Sherlock as witness?

Oh, and I loved Moriartys little greeting... as long as he stays dead. What about "faking suicide at each other"? I'd find that really boring... yep. I don't want Mary-babies, and I don't want Moriarty back.

God, this episode... to think I was afraid I would be disappointed. Embarassing :D I loved every single bloody second.

I'll be there already at 2pm, too
Also, I agree to no spoilers, though I hope we don't have to split up ;)
Friend of mine thinks that's all very crazy, and asked me how I'll recognize you all, once there. Funny, I never worried about that :D
Have save journeys, see you soon!

Oh, I am already so excited You all seem to be very well prepared !! This is going to be really nice I think
Does anybody come by train and has figured out how to get there? I'm not sure which is the nearest tram station? (on the hotel internet page I've found only directions for cars, and I'm not very familiar with the trams around Düsseldorf...)

This can't be true?? If yes, woww??
I am of course happy about MORE Sherlock!! But... how likely is it that they'll be able to keep up the quality? And for how long will it continue? Most long running shows don't get better during time. I don't want Sherlock to be anything but awesome... as awesome as it is right now.
I just pray they know what they're doing, and that they are doing it for joy and quality and not for money and popularity. god why am I so afraid...

Got Sherlock. Not so happy... I always get Sherlock, but for real life, I really wished I was more of a John, or even Lestrade.
Also I chose "patience" in whatever that one question was, and now I'm contemplating if Sherlock is patient or not. I would have thought he wasn't, but then again, maybe with cases, long waiting for murderes and such, maybe he is...

Sanaz wrote:

This episode kinda annoys me because it seems they've destroyed everything they'd built in season 2 and especially in TRF.
 

Yes, this.
The new episode made me rethink TRF completely... what I've thought about Sherlock's character. And I had so much time till series 3 to wrap myself around TRF, that my views are kind of... stuck now. I wouldn't have minded such an episode a few months after TRF. But after such a long time, it was just... too much. too much change. I don't want to rethink TRF, I have done that quite enough, I was finished with that.
I like the fall explanations even less now, I just wanted one short final version, the Anderson scene e.g., and that could have been it. And that there is no proper case, it just annoys me. and the fan stuff... I wouldn't have needed that at all.

After second watching, I can see clearer now where Sherlock is acting and pretending, and where he is serious. But still, it's not quite right.
I don't know how to express this... it's like Sherlock is off-balance (that was to be expected) but in the wrong way. I mean, he should be off-balance and strange and different, it's been 2 years. But somehow, his change in character... it could feel right because so much is wrong, but it doesn't.

I'm struggling. Something is definitely lost, which was there in series 1 and 2.
this episode is good, i like it. but it's not brilliant altogether, imo. makes me sad. it could have been.
god, that all sounds negative. it's not that I don't like it. I'm trying hard to befriend the new episode, but I never expected I would have to put effort in it

I like the first part of the episode mostly, and the last parts. somewhere in the middle, I started skipping scenes, while only watching it for the second time... :/

I would love a third episode that puts everything right, a big blast. But I don't dare to believe it now. Absolutely no expectations this time, don't want to hope for too much, again.

Thank you for mentioning and explaining your reasons, Be.
Don't know what else to say. Sad you're leaving, I liked your posts (the few I've had the time reading so far). It's just, what you said, got me thinking, makes sense to me. just wanted to say thank you for sharing your reasons.

I'm away for Christmas and the New Year...
so wishing you all wonderful christmas days ... and I don't really worry about us all having a perfect start into the New Year! Those of you who can watch it, have fun on January 1st!!