Mary Me wrote:

Hera wrote:

Oh, and I really don't want it to be three years before Sherlock coming back. That's just way too long!

Ja. That's really way too long. 
They knew each other since one and half years, I guess.
So they should not be separated beyond this time.

Agreed.
I really hope they change the time span (preferably less than a year)... also, it would be hard to explain, why he had to be gone for such a long time.

Last edited by Hera (January 12, 2013 11:19 am)

I've said this before.
Remember we are 'adapting' canon Holmes into a modern day version.
Back in the canon days, it took a longer time to do all that Homes needed to do; whether it be because of travel times or evidence gathering etc etc.
Those things have 'sped up' remarkably in recent decades.

That said, time is easily 'surpassed' by way of a few lines of text on a screen these days; I daresay we will see a few cases that John tries to help with (as per the canon) but swiftly we shall see an answer (to the 'return of Sherlock) and move onto a new case for the next episode.
I'm actually hoping people won't be dissappointed with the swiftness of the 'conclusion' to the last; Moftiss won't dwell on the answer for too long. They have said as much.
So again we will probably be left with 'but what about the ??????' because all the theories have brought many things into play that obviously have nothing to do with the solution. BUT I am sensing that some won't let those theories go & will feel duped because their ideas are not addressed.

Oh if they had to; they could think up an explanation for a 3 year absence, I just don't think they need to do so however.

Oh I have no doubt that Sherlock will be up & at 'em in the next series; it will just be the storyline that may possibly say ' he's been away 3 years - look he's grown a beard & John has lost his tan' lol.
But I think that explanation would suck.

besleybean wrote:

See I didn't know whether the viewer would be shown 2 separate but parallel stories of Sherlock and John during the Hiatus...then them coming together towards the end of ep 7.

I'll try 7 find that .. tomorrow been a long day here.

But yes they basically said you'd get the answer & we'd mov on to the next case; bloody boring having 90 minutes of nothing but explanation otherwise.

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I hope that they just keep the friendship as it is. There is a great dynamic to it, which is the main reason for me loving the show so much. I hope, that they make Sherlock a little bit more human over the next episodes, but - of course - not too much. I hope, that John remains a bachelor.  I would hate it if he were to move out of the flat.  Well, we will see! I have faith in BBC and Moftiss. I will like what they do, whatever it is.

Last edited by kazza474 (January 15, 2013 4:00 am)

Ok then. Steven knows. But does Marc know that Steven knows?

Theory 1: I always imagined that Sherlock would show up out of the blue, without tact or preparing John for the emotional shock. That is why I think that John might indeed faint.
Theory 2: I also like the idea (I've read it here somewhere) that Sherlock might knock him out by accident, and that's how they meet again for the first time after Reichenbach. Then John could wake up to see the hazy outlines of Sherlock's face, and wonder if he's dead, too Then of course Sherlock would have to explain everything.
Theory 3: John might freak out at first, blaming Sherlock for not telling him everything. I imagine him storming out of the door (after he may or may not have punched Sherlock in the face), Sherlock staying behind (not knowing what to do - because he is Sherlock and he doesn't know how to handle these things). Then the door would open again en John would come back in, hug Sherlock briefly without saying anything, and leave once again (because a part of him is still angry).  
Hugging may not fit Sherlock's character, but he doesn't have to hug back. I think John is perfectly capable of needing to hug his best friend - who has returned from the dead.

It will probably happen in a completely different way, but that's how I picture it at this moment

Not sure about the fainting thing. Fainting doesn't strike me as something a male physician-surgeon combat war veteran would have happen to him. Just my take on that.

When the time comes (dear god, if it ever comes, lol) for us to finally see the TRF resolution at the beginning of episode 3.1, I think we might end up being amazed about how little time the writers spend on that resolution, and how simple everything will be made to seem. We might just end up wondering what all the hanging-by-our-fingernails was all about during all the months and months of waiting.

Mary Me wrote:

I wonder what will be the reason for Sherlock to return. I expect that he is trying to crush Moriarty's network down. And I believe this will be the main issue for season 3. 

Do you think so? I always assumed Sherlock would only resurface when it was safe for him, John, Mrs. Hudson and Lestrade to do so. If Moriarty is still alive and/or if his criminal network is still up and running and gunning for Sherlock and his friends and coworkers, surely Sherlock would know that and not put them in danger again. After all, that's why he took the fall in the first place, to get Moriarty's henchmen to back off.

John of course will be shocked to see Sherlock again. But part of me hopes he does something like clap Sherlock on the back and tell him, "You know, I knew it all along. You had us all fooled, but I suspected."  Something good-natured, you know how John is. 'Course, then he could deck him, if he wants.  heh