NoSheetSherlock wrote:

(...) I don't see much hope.   I see a sweetness in the John/Sherlock iconic friendship, as
ever. And they do what they are good at:  (John is a life-saver, Sherlock is a deceptive and
clever crime-solver), but all lives end.

I'm afraid, there is not much from this iconic Jonh/Sherlock friendship left... Perhaps rebuilding of this friendship could be one of the threads of season 5? ...I don't want "Sherlock" to end!


I have decided to write my first impressions, before I forget them
-  The episode, I never dared to dream, I can see. "Sherlock" concentrated, exceeding every expectations.
- Mrs Hudson!  I always suspected her to have some bank account (or two) from her close-to-criminal past preserved, an I always hoped her to do something more exciting, than making the tea, so I feel very satisfied because her. 
- John and Mary's ghost duo are superb. I liked Mary, and I will miss her. But John went too far, and I am glad to be sure, I will never meet him in real life.The hug did not make it up for me.
- CS is excellent, even more creepy, than CAM, and it says something. Great villain! Is he more creepy, than Moriarty, too? Well, Moriarty became the selfdestruction desire symbol in Sherlock's mind, so I believe, he keeps his first place.
- Molly is sweet and to compliant again, and I would like her to stop. Enough, Molly, wake up!
- Eurus is so vague - I will hold back my opinion, until I know more about her. However, i must proudly say, I did notice the resemblance between (false) Faith and John's therapist, and expected real Faith to turn out to be another person. Luckily for me, the final revelation (secret sister) surprised me exactly as expected ;]
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- Sherlock! Caring, unbearable, sweet, terrifying, selfless, lost, brave, tragic, damaged, magnificent... At his best, and his worst the same time. I believe, we have first time seen Sherlock so authentic, ready to remove his mask and show all his vulnerability - in order to act more convincing, and achieve his goal, of course. But, again, this goal was specified by his real feelings. Real Sherlock is deeply moving, sensible, wonderful person. I want to know him better.. And I hope Benedict Cumberbatch to get every possible award for this performance. No one can deserve it more.

Last edited by Naavy (January 14, 2017 7:44 am)

nakahara wrote:

I actually like it that they left Molly to be this sweet, shy girl thus far. We had a variety of strong, assertive, opinionated women in the show, so it´s good to have one character that acts outside of this formula. Molly can be shy and meek and yet have admirable qualities nevertheless. 

You are right about her being different, it is good for the show. But what I really liked in her, was her inner strength. She was meek, even bland, but only as long, as there was no need to show the other side of her personality. Under this sweetness is strong steel. However - no need to remind it all the time. More often would be enough for me.
 

Last edited by Naavy (January 13, 2017 11:23 am)

I so agree about John wanting Sherlock to be happy!  I do find that touching.  I think John secretly worries about Sherlock.  It's so true what you say about each of them having elevated visions of each other as perfect, John, Sherlock and Mary.   They all think/thought the other two are better than they are!   It really struck me that while John was saying Mary thought he was better than he was, I felt that ghost Mary was better, wiser, kinder, perhaps more perceptive, etc., than "real" Mary.  And the same goes for John's view of Sherlock (temporarily shaken, but I remember Sherlock saying in TAB saying that he looked so much more clever through John's eyes), Sherlock's view of John - he is shocked that John would even consider cheating!  So I think you're right that a theme of this was being human - allowing each other and themselves to be human.