I think I'm going to have to watch TRF (yet) again.   There were quite a few moments that were ambiguous and I can't quite make my mind up about them.   It's actually possible to view it either way - Moriarty always a step ahead of Sherlock, or Sherlock always a step ahead of Moriarty.  Or maybe they sometimes cross over.   It's frustrating that that's not fully answered in TEH.   Not much more than the "fall" (a conjuring trick) was explained. 

The meeting at Kitty's flat is odd.  Sherlock looks shocked initially and goes through several expressions.    But ... this is a face to face moment with Moriarty, a time when Sherlock would not be giving anything away and would be playing him.  (And one of his expressions almost looks as if he's thinking "good move" about Moriarty - perhaps Moriarty WAS one step ahead there with the actor thing?).   He's also (later) needs John to believe that he's suicidal, so there might be an act for John's sake too.  So it's hard to be sure exactly what's going on.   When John shows Sherlock the Rich Brook story in the paper, Sherlock hardly glances at it.  He doesn't read it.  But he seems to know what's in it, and says that Moriarty has his whole life story.   Why would he think that unless he knew about Mycroft feeding him the information?  (The paper doesn't show anything obvious).

Last edited by Liberty (October 28, 2014 7:51 pm)

I agree about the screaming girl.   The cabbie - I don't know, and I think that's a little ambiguous.  I watched it a few times because I couldn't make my mind up.   He does have the message (I owe you) beforehand, and then he sends John away, but then I think the assassin being shot has to be a surprise.