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- besleybean
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Re: Sherlock & Moriarty Tea Scene
I assumed it was for dramatic effect.
But maybe upsetting the English institutions?
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- Mary Me
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Re: Sherlock & Moriarty Tea Scene
It's even more dramatic when you know the meaning of falling.
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"Falling is just like flying, except there’s a more permanent destination."
"Sherlock Holmes is a great man, and I think one day—if we’re very very lucky—he might even be a good one."
"Would you like to-"
"-have dinner?"
"-solve crimes?"
"Oh"
- IamSherLock3d
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Re: Sherlock & Moriarty Tea Scene
Yeah, like England falling to Moriarty...
makes sense 
- Mary Me
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Re: Sherlock & Moriarty Tea Scene
IamSherLock3d wrote:
Yeah, like England falling to Moriarty...
makes sense
I was actually referring to Sherlock's fall from the roof, but you also have a point! So many meanings of falling... *sigh*
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"Falling is just like flying, except there’s a more permanent destination."
"Sherlock Holmes is a great man, and I think one day—if we’re very very lucky—he might even be a good one."
"Would you like to-"
"-have dinner?"
"-solve crimes?"
"Oh"
- Lupin
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Re: Sherlock & Moriarty Tea Scene
I don't think the final problem is staying alive. Moriarty kills himself in the end after all. I think it is more that the two great forces of Sherlock and Moriarty cannot coexist: both can't remain alive.
Moriarty does give Sherlock a metaphorical and then a literal fall. Moriarty disgraces Sherlock and then puts him in a situation where he is forced into committing suicide.
The IOUs I think are a sign to Sherlock that Moriarty has had a hand in the various events during which the IOUs appear.
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- besleybean
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Re: Sherlock & Moriarty Tea Scene
I think you're right.
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- Sofiou21
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Re: Sherlock & Moriarty Tea Scene
IOU definitely does mean something. After all, this show is all about cases so every detail means something. In season 2 episode 3 there's this scene where sherlock is analyzing something in a microscope at the lab, and he mumbles, I o u.. After Molly questions him about it and he just replys with, "nothing, just a mental note". I could write a whole essay about I ou haha so I'll just leave it there. Just search on google what does I o u mean in sherlock and you'll find a good theory
