It would be a very current theme...hacking et al. Cyber crime.

Teach poor Sherlock a lesson?
Oh I think that would take away from his noble sacrifice...

Oh I always assumed the learning a lesson line was just a joke.
Mycroft was visibly broken at the sight of Sherlock committing murder, knowing the implications.
Sherlock was only lucky that Mycroft managed to wangle him out of prison and get him on that plane...
No I think Mycroft was trying to save Sherlock, but I wouldn't put it past him to set up the TV thing.

Last edited by besleybean (January 7, 2016 9:18 pm)

Haha. Glad I'm not the only one to use the term 'woo'! 

Nice theory. 

Working on the premise that Moriarty is "An Organisation" like the Abominable Brides group. What the Bride group were apparently doing is springing up here there and everywhere committing murder baffling Scotland Yard and not all of those murders might have been the work of the Bride, anyone could commit murder and blame it on The Bride.

1. Possibly terrorism. Moriarty's plan to create mischief after he's gone. Leaving a legacy behind. Group A commits atrocity and blames Group B. Group A get away with it while everyone hunts out Group B.
2. Plot to throw Scotland Yard into chaos looking for a person called Moriarty responsible for crimes when it is anyone who invokes the ghostly spectre to conceal the real culprit. Criminals like the Waters gang get away with it while Police baffled.
Hacking might be too obvious literally an insertion of virus in the data, grit on the lens, fly in the ..putting a spanner in the works, threat of bringing down government too obvious?
 

The bride faked her death then murdered again

What if they find out Mary was working for moriaty, he did fake his death then he kills Mary and or baby ...

So at the end of TAB Sherlock says "Moriarty is dead, no question. But more importantly... I know exactly what he's going to do next."

I think Sherlock simply means that he knows there will be another message, a further threat or demand. "Did you miss me?" gets everyone's attention but doesn't tell them anything except that somehow Moriarty is "back". For the story to move on, for Sherlock to have another case to solve, there must be more clues. So, sending another message is "what he's going to do next."

Last edited by ukaunz (February 26, 2016 3:15 am)

besleybean wrote:

Yes or he's set up a computer virus or some new network or something.

 
But there's no way Sherlock would be able to deduce that from the information data so far. He says he "knows" what is going to happen next. The only thing he could really know is that there will be more messages from whoever broadcast the first one.

I am still wondering how we'll manage without Moriarty...any other criminal is just a lesser version of the master, after all.
Also, I've just finished reading The Final Problem.
I forgot that Moriarty's brother James, leaves letters decrying Sherlock.

That's quite possible. There's also Sebastian Moran, if they haven't already ruined that possibility by having Lord Moran appear in TEH. But my current headcanon is that the message is from "Fred Porlock" (see the thread I started about The Valley of Fear).

Edit: Moriarty's brother is also mentioned in The Valley of Fear.

Last edited by ukaunz (February 26, 2016 7:07 am)