I love so many things about series 3! The reunion, fake theories, music, the wedding speech, the hug, Sherlock's mind palace (breathtaking), the fake engagement (giggle),... and especially Mycroft! He's one of my favourite characters now. And Ben and Martin were amazing!

You are definitely not the only one!

There are so many things I love about series 3, but let's pick one of them at random. The new, improved visualisation of the mind palace, for example. I am not only refering to the sequence where Sherlock gets shot, but also for example to the scene where John and Sherlock are on their way to get into Magnuson's office.
It is already influencing the way I am writing about the mind palace in my fanfic.

Last edited by Schmiezi (January 15, 2014 10:21 am)

Someone mentioned "too much comedy" in S3, especially E1.  He/she fears, the whole show might become a comedy.
I don't. S1 and S2 have been VERY funny already - and I loved the comic parts in S3. All of them. Just saying. 

Mattlocked wrote:

Someone mentioned "too much comedy" in S3, especially E1. He/she fears, the whole show might become a comedy.
I don't. S1 and S2 have been VERY funny already - and I loved the comic parts in S3. All of them. Just saying.

Exactly. And what I love about TEH and especially TSoT is how there is so much comedy and yet this undercurrent of sadness, the feeling that there are darker things to come. IMO this makes the contrast in HLV much stronger as if the whole series had been in the same mood and atmosphere. 

Schmiezi wrote:

I love Sherlock's "It was Mycroft" when Mummy catches them smoking.

 
...........and there's a childhood in a nutshell.    

I have only minor complaints about anything in Series 3.  I was so overwhelmed to be taking part in my first "live" Series of Sherlock and so excited to share in the fun here I think it would've been very hard to dissapoint me. 

The creators have said repeatedly that this is not a "detective show" but "a show about a detective."  And that's very much how I see it.  This is really not CSI Baker Street. The cases are thrilling but not as fascinating as our strange beautiful brilliant detective and his stedfast blogger.   After what we went through in TRF I believe we needed this series to be about how the characters sorted out all those emotions and found a way to move forward. 

I also think that Sherlock has reached a point of popularity where there's going to be some backlash.  Some people are going to be impossible to please and will pick everything apart in tiny pieces.  At some point there may even be a segment that decides that it's not "cool" to like Sherlock anymore.  You know the type.  Well, bless them and goodbye.  I myself will continue to trust the creators and watch and enjoy.

Oh wow.  I didn't originally intend to rant.  *slowly steps away from soapbox*

I LOVED Series 3.

I'll probably say more later, but for now, I'll throw in my two cents and say I LOVED series 3. Absolutely loved it, of course there are a couple things I'm cautious about where the writers will go (Mary, the baby and such), but I did (do) love it! The sheer character development and attention in this series was incredible, I love that what they've done with that, especially Sherlock...he broke my heart, several times throughout the course of all three of those episodes, John too, but I love what they're doing with Sherlock. Sherlock and John, their love and bond...god, utterly heartbreaking. I really like how the show is developing, keeping what makes Sherlock Sherlock while evolving it too, changing some things, trying something new. As much as I love Sherlock, it can't be the same forever, a show that never changes in any way often becomes stagnant and predictable, change can be good and here....I think it is very good, I have not at all lost faith in the writers (although that Moffat really tore my heart a new one with HLV *sniffles*) and the actors were even more brilliant in their roles. The direction was also well done, especially in TSoT. And there was just so much emotion intregrated incredibly well with plot this series, and I loved it. I can't wait for the next series!!!!!  In the words of tumblr....

Last edited by SilverMoonDragonB (January 15, 2014 3:02 pm)

THANK YOU.  I was thinking the same thing and it has been discouraging.  Personally, this was easily my favorite series and I think all three episodes were intriguing and well written.  It was a different direction and very risky, but that's why I loved it.  I had no idea what to expect and that was absolutely great.  The writing, acting and cinematography were all amazing.

So glad we have this thread.

sj4iy wrote:

THANK YOU.  I was thinking the same thing and it has been discouraging.  Personally, this was easily my favorite series and I think all three episodes were intriguing and well written.  It was a different direction and very risky, but that's why I loved it.  I had no idea what to expect and that was absolutely great.  The writing, acting and cinematography were all amazing.

So glad we have this thread.

100% YES! *fist bump* 
 

Last edited by SilverMoonDragonB (January 15, 2014 3:47 pm)

So many new ideas for T-Shirts this series!

Btw: Is "you could print that on a t-shirt" a common expression? I recognized it has been used two times - which....err.... I didn't like that much the second time. 

But in general I LOVE S3!!!