Sherlock Holmes wrote:

sj4iy wrote:

Swanpride wrote:

I don't think so...one of the main character points of Milverton is that he doesn't see himself as a criminal. Just a business man so to speak. I'm sure the writers kept that part.

 
My guess is that he looks to be a media mogul who is used to getting his way by exerting his influence over people.

^^

Agreed. A sly (or not so sly) reference to the recent exploits of a certain Australian media mogul. Who just happens to have appeared before a number of parliamentary committees recently.

And if you pause on the BBCNews item about Sherlocks return the rolling headlines state 'Magnussen summoned before parliamentary co (mmittee?).

I'm convinced that Moriaty is dead for a number of reasons; not least because he is not going to sit back for two years and watch while his whole network is dismantled. But thats for another thread.

ruthinks wrote:

Most of them focus on how he might have survived but convinced John that he didn't. The point is,he made the fall for a different purpose. Moriarty clearly states that Sherlock's friends would get killed if his people don't see Sherlock jump. 
So,he had to jump for the shooters. Even if they replaced him by another corpse,the shooters would notice. Even if they brought an air bag,the shooters would notice. Sherlock would not know where all the shooters are located,nor does he know how many Moriarty's people are keeping an eye on him. If he knew,he'd have simply messaged Mycroft to take out those assassins and there would have been no need to jump.
All of the three theories shown in the recent episode,including the one that Sherlock tells Anderson,miss out on the point that Sherlock is watched by the shooters.

He also had to 'die' to go undercover to dismantle Moriarty's network.
Given that Mycroft planned the whole thing his first priority would be to achieve that. Saving the others would of been of secondary importance to Mycroft.
The Watson shooter was got at before the fall, and the other shooters would have been waiting for the recall code. It maybe that the location for the fall was not only to block Watsons sight; but also that of the 'recall observer'.
Not forgetting that when this was all planned the majority of the options would have been based on Moriaty 'staying alive'.
Quite simply; whatever happened, Sherlock had to 'die'.

 

Everyone knows that if you are an action hero you can get shot, beaten and tortured and still carry on. The only time you wince is when the girl dabs one of the wounds gently with her tongue moistened hankerchief.
Besides Sherlock is trained in all the martial arts and meditation. He can rise above it.

anjaH_alias wrote:

Of course I am not sure. But somehow I think the fall is done. Maybe I am totally wrong...

I agree. I cant see the Moriarty/Mycroft handshake being shown as just before they exited the building Gatiss thought of the idea of Moriarty wearing Sherlocks coat to confuse people even more. If it was part of a scripted 'fake scene' to be shown there would surely be continuity issues.
 

I'm in the UK.

Is there anything decent on telly tonight?