Sherlockita wrote:

Hello guys..maybe this is off topic...but did anyone figure out the reason behind Sherlock's tears in The Reichenbach Hall? I saw the Empty Hearse ystrday in India..found the entire show amazing but couldnt find any reasoning behind the 'tears'..anyone have any clue? Honestly, i had found Sherlock's crying really 'out -of-character' thing..what could be the reason he cried..? Doesn't make sense if he did it only to make the entire thing realistic in front of John..as John coudn't have seen those tears from such a long distance...

Sherlock was simply crying . He knew what he did to John at that moment.

Moriarty's death-Not convinced. I mean,convinced that he is dead,not convinced why that was needed. Sherlock talks about the recall code,but I am not able to think of a single way of how he would have extracted it from him. Irene Adler,who gets beaten by Sherlock,even she had an extra set of pass codes for her cell phone which did different things other than unlocking the phone. Then is it not possible for Moriarty,who is better than Irene,to have a code along with the one that stops the order,that also tells the assassins to execute the order immediately? Moriarty didn't need to kill himself. I think the clue is where Moriarty suddenly realizes that Sherlock isn't ordinary after looking into his eyes. Why that sudden transition? 

In reply to Ruthinks re Moriarty death

Could it be possible that Moriarty killed himself because when he realised Sherlock had won, he would be killed anyway. If we consider (i might be wrong here, but just a theory) that there were people higher up than Moriarty in the network who could have ordered his death, perhaps this would explain his suicide? 

The other explanation I suppose is that he was completely insane and prone to extreme changes in mood and just felt like shooting himself in the head at that particular moment. 

Last edited by macytree (January 5, 2014 3:18 pm)

besleybean wrote:

I think it is the latter.

Was it the green one?

If anyone has Twitter. You can send Moffat a question. There is a Q and A this sunday. Send your question via Twitter #SherlockQA.

I don't do Twitter so...someone ask this question. I've gotta know

I think I've got the clue everyone missed.  I think the correct explanation is the one that Sherlock gives Anderson because the clue that everyone's missed is actually given whilst Sherlock and John are in the lab and John gets the phone call about Mrs. Hudson being shot.  What's Sherlock doing when that happens?  He's playing with a smallish black ball on the counter top.
The squash ball he will use to stop his circulation temporarily.  
Honestly, these writers are sneaky, I've watched that episode half a dozen times at least and I've only just realised.

Last edited by asylum69 (January 11, 2014 8:01 pm)

Ok.  maybe moriarty  hired someone  that was as tall and lanky  and good looking as Sherlock is,  and he paid a plastic surgeon to  make the thug look exactly like Sherlock.  THEN  that  thug  went and kidnapped the children.  After that, Moriarty had no use for the doppleganger,  and had him killed.   Hidden in the morgue somewhere,  but I don't think Molly knew about it, did she?    Otherwise,  how could Sherlock have even THOT that a double of him WAS in the morgue  without Molly knowing? 

See?   too many holes.  I think Moftiss just gave us a red herring,  to throw us off the track and get us all into a frenzy.    

Yeah...they say all sorts!
I think it was the squash ball really.
But again, many of us did notice it was odd and some had learned the theory before the revelation...
Oh they just like to be dramatic.

I see.  I don't know if a lookalike was absolutely necessary, though.  In fact, a little bit risky in that a lookalike wouldn't look exactly like Sherlock.   The simplest way would have been to knock John over before he sees the body.   No need for Molly to be involved.

Last edited by Liberty (November 8, 2014 1:01 pm)

There never was any clue!!!