I know, I know. But if I read about a character in a story, if I like the character - no matter how small his or her part is - I will think about him/her more and form a sort of image of what they would be like, and their backstory, and eventually I just end up absolutely loving the character as if they were a main character. Also, the whole idea of Moran is brilliant, so I would love to see Moffat and Gatiss' take on him, as I loved Paul Anderson's portrayal in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

Sebastian has definitely got to be in The Empty House, it will be exciting to see who will be playing him. I am guessing it might not be the sniper used in Reichenbach???

I imagine the modern adaptation of The Empty House would have an unsolvable murder that Lestrade and the Yard are baffled by, with the main mystery being the murder weapon. The weapon will turn out to be some new modern lemon weapon (analogue to the airgun) that was probably stolen from, or copied from, the MOD. Moran will have this weapon and be checking Holmes' old acquaintances to be sure that Holmes is dead since he was probably away from Moriarty when The Reichenbach Fall took place and wants to confirm their deaths. This will lead Sherlock to reveal himself to Watson and catch Moran for Mycroft, allowing him to return from the dead publicly.

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Yes it shall be so exciting to see how a boring character is adapted for this series. He was a puppet for Moriarty, followed orders and hides behind a gun as a sniper, so doesn't even accept blame/infamy openly for his killings.
Basically he was & will still be a weasel of a man; just the kind of character the fandom will drool over I guess.
As I said earlier, yes he will be there in some form or other but it is extremely doubtful that he will be featured in more than the first episode. To make him into anything 'more important' would be an insult to ACD & his talent at creating all his other fascinating villains.
To put it bluntly, ask most 'fans' while watching Reichenbach "Name 3 villains from the original canon" and they may have struggled & named Moriarty, Adler and maybe Hope. Ask them now & they would say "Moriarty, Adler & Moran". Then ask if there were any more, many will say "no idea".
The male/female swap thing is boring; please credit Moftiss with more creativity than that.

Bottom line for me is to say "Go read the rest of the canon & then come & tell me Moran is the next most exciting villain there is". I will then know what level of intellect I need to adjust to.

I think the only reason Moriarty is such a big deal is because he was the villain featured in the Final Problem and everything surrounding Sherlock's death, which would also explain the general fascination with Moran, as he's intrinsicly linked with the incidents at the Reichenbach Falls (rolling boulders at Holmes then trying to kill him in Empty House). I think the BBC Sherlock fans who were big fans of Moriarty probably went away and read the Final Problem and the Empty House, thereby picking up on Moran, but a lot of them have possibly only read those stories and none of the others.

Neither of them have much of an impact om the rest of the canon, and many of the villains are just ordinary people who have been led to murder by various circumstances, not criminal masterminds. Some of the stories don't involve murder, some don't even involve crimes or anything illegal, just something mysterious, but still just as entertaining. I do kind of prefer the ones with murder in though.

I haven't finished reading the entire canon yet but my mind always comes back to Milverton, he stands out so much, I don't know why, just think he's awesome (in a bad way obviously).

I really like the double-agent in His Last Bow among villains as well as the culprit in The Naval Treaty. Moran to me was just a wild animal that closed off the Moriarty syndicate started in The Final Problem.