I think she does actually list Eurus as a name her parents chose.  "Eurus.  Mycroft. Sherlock."  IIRC - I'll watch again!

I think Sherlock would have been able to deduce that she was trans, if she was.   And no reason that siblings have to be exactly alike, but none of the family are short, yet Eurus would be quite short for somebody born biologically male. 

The Mycroft thing is confusing though - when Sherlock mentions it, he doesn't seem to be talking about a sibling.  And the way he tells it, the east wind weeding out the unworthy (Sherlock, back then), and also "there's an east wind coming" suggesting retribution for bad guys - it seems as if Eurus is on the side of good?  I am suspecting that, despite what she's done to the therapist.  Maybe it was Sherlock who was bad one, back in the day.  I wondered a while ago if he was going to be temporarily the villain of TFP.  I've kind of gone off that idea, but it might be that he has some making up to do. 

Yes, a lot of people seem to know (Mycroft et al).  Not very good detective work by Sherlock!  Even back in the 70s, if the sister was mentally ill, I doubt that she'd be locked up in some institution and never mentioned to the family.   If it was worse, and she'd murdered somebody, well, that would have been even harder to cover up for years! 

I was wondering about that, too.  If she's older than him (it would seem that Mycroft might be the oldest and Sherlock is the youngest, though I could have that proved wrong), which she looks like she might be, than it's very possible that he was too young to remember.

If we take the ages of the actor's as an indication, than Eurus is the youngest of three.

In his dream, he seems to be of an age when he would remember.   So if he doesn't remember - well, either as sort of protective amnesia, as suggested, or induced amnesia - something was done to make him forget. Or a brain injury causing amnesia.  But whatever it was, it has to involve the whole family in a cover-up, so it's not just a case of blocking out a traumatic event. 
 

Liberty wrote:

In his dream, he seems to be of an age when he would remember.   So if he doesn't remember - well, either as sort of protective amnesia, as suggested, or induced amnesia - something was done to make him forget. Or a brain injury causing amnesia.  But whatever it was, it has to involve the whole family in a cover-up, so it's not just a case of blocking out a traumatic event. 
 

Uhm, are we sure the kid in the pirate hat is Sherlock? I mean, it's the logic conclusion based on the available information but how come we see the kid hopping around thru Sherlock's eyes? It's his flashback so it has to be his POV, right?

Liberty wrote:

Good point.  Although I think it's partly because of references to Sherlock wanting to be a pirate, and Redbeard and so on ... it seems to be him.  And dreams can be third person viewpoint (it could also just be because we, the viewers, need to see pirate Sherlock to make the connection).  But yes, could be a babe in arms or toddler, watching older siblings play.  Who is the pirate then?  Mycroft? 

Eurus could be the pirate. Remember? "The man you are today is your memory of Eurus."
(I'm just flailing here every time I hear Mycroft saying the line! It's made of pure awesomeness!)

Yes, he does, in the TFP trailer?  I thought people had spotted that there was a boy and girl in the dream and the boy was the pirate (although it's hard to tell with children!).   I have been convinced that the

pigtailed girl

from setlock is Eurus so would expect her to look girly ... and Sherlock was a pirate child ... but perhaps he was subconsciously inspired to be a pirate by watching big sister.  Hard to think of Eurus as being older than him, though. 

My money is on the pirate being Sherlock (five days to find out!).
 

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But that's just it - as far as we know he doesn't remember!

Although I wouldn't put it past Moftiss to have Sherlock holding out on us for years.   We know he doesn't recognise her, but he could still remember and never been able to admit it.

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