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I've been expecting this for some time
Sherlock says this when they're standing in Mrs Hudson's empty flat looking at the trainers, but what does he mean exactly?
Does he already know even at that early stage, that Moriarty is behind it?
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Re: I've been expecting this for some time
Prosaibly. The cabbie in Study in Pink, his involvement in The Blind Banker (which Sherlock may have discovered) will have hinted at it. It is an odd comment for Sherlock to make otherwise.
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Re: I've been expecting this for some time
The cabbie revealed that there was a Sherlock "fan" behind his killing people who wasn’t just a fan – probably a brilliant thinker as well - but someone of such criminal energy that he would pay him for doing so.
The conversation between Sherlock and John at the end
JOHN: What are you so happy (!!) about?
SHERLOCK: Moriarty.
JOHN: What’s Moriarty?
SHERLOCK: Absolutely no idea.
points out that Sherlock is going to find out who Moriarty is. As he seems to be a fan Sherlock would expect that Moriarty will try to make contact with him – that’s what fans do, don’t they?
At 221C that moment seems to have come because there is an interesting puzzle by someone who is still anonymous to Sherlock but is carrying the signature of someone resourceful and criminal. "Moriarty" must instantly spring to Sherlock’s mind making him expect that there might possibly be the imminent solution to the question he’s been carrying along with him since the cabbie case.
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Re: I've been expecting this for some time
Is he referring to Moriarty in that sentence or to the Carl Powers case coming back into his life? I can't remember now.
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I got the impression he didn't realise it was to do with Carl Powers till they were examining the shoes in the lab.
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Re: I've been expecting this for some time
I think I have, with the help of this laptop, invented a new word...prosaibly... I like it! That's a cross between possibly and probably.
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I like it!
Also...why didn't Sherlock mention to John that he thought it was Moriarty? Later on, John asks "do you think it's Moriarty?" and Sherlock just says "possibly".
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Re: I've been expecting this for some time
Moriarty was the one who killed Carl Powers, only Sherlock and the police didn't realize it till the end of THIS GREAT GAME episode. (which was also 20 years too late) That's the impression I got. in Study in Pink, (Or Scarlett) That's when Holmes first heard the name Moriarty. The Blind Banker--Nope, I don't think Sherlock knew Moriarty was behind the china thing, but WE the audience did, based on the conversation between Shan and M_ on the computer.
Sherlock thinks too fast, and that's probly why he didn't suggest to John that he thought it was Moriarty. I suspect he didn't want to worry John. Either that, or he thought it was clutter. (brainwise, I mean)
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Re: I've been expecting this for some time
Right before he says "I've been expecting this for some time", he mutters something else under his breath and John says "what", Sherlock replied "nothing" and John says "no, what did you mean?" And that's when he says the "I've been expecting this" line, but I can't for the life of me work out that tiny bit that he says, I keep listening again and again, lol.
Can anyone else hear what it is?
Also, how did Moriarty (or more likely whoever was working for him) get the trainers into the flat in the first place?
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Re: I've been expecting this for some time
Boss, I think he says "the curtain rises". At least, that's what I remember the subtitles saying. If you're referring to what I think you're referring, that was it. I'll check on the DVDs later, if have a little time.
I remember that because I couldn't understand it either...
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Re: I've been expecting this for some time
Yes, Sherlock knows there is master criminal. He knows this is the start of their combat.
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