besleybean wrote:

Which they could be...if they both lose Mary,

Thanks, this is exactly what I was trying to bring across in my earlier post.

I really don't think a divorce would be seen as that dramatic a series finale...it barely registers interest these days.
You're quite boing if you haven't been divorced! (sorry, I have an extremely jaded view of marrrage!)
I still think it'll be a death or serious injury...or both!

Hardly relevant to this, but seeing as you asked.
I've been happily married for a long time.
I just don't believe in it.
I don't need a piece of paper to show my love and commitment.
Incidentally, neither do Amanda and Martin and they are fortunate to both have the same view.
Which is why I'm disappointed the BBC decided to go down the marriage route with John and Mary.
But presumably they're both religious. Otherwise in the 21st century, I don't see why they couldn't live together, like Amanda and Martin,

Yes and I may well be proved wrong.
But seeing as they've gone for the easy, lazy option of a big TV wedding(like we need another one on TV like a hole in the head), I really think they'll also want a dramatic death/injury...
Tho I think it may well be more complicated, I do thinik it could involve betrayal/blackmail and repentance...

And I'm absolutely delighted to hear it. My parents have been married nearly 50 years and are wonderful...if we're competing.
But now back to our regular programming: I have no doubt that Mary is going to prove 1 of the strongest characters in this series.

EDIT: sorry Swanpride, we cross posted.
I agree with most of what you said.

Last edited by besleybean (August 27, 2013 5:08 pm)

And I'm very sorry to hear it.
But once agian, back to Sherlock: I do believe at some point, they will end a series with a death.
So far we've had an uncertain outcome and a fake death...

kittykat wrote:

My parents were married for nearly forty years before my mum died. They weren't boring.

That sounds wonderful! Of course not the fact, that your mum died, I am very sorry to read that, but that they did have a happy and longlasting marriage.
I guess I don't know that many happily married couples, except for one in my extended family, and I admire them a lot.

Back to Sherlock: I think the wedding itself will be far from boring, this being Sherlock written by Gatiss and Moffat, I am certain we will get a run for our money with some truly funny and awkward moments included

@swanpride:
I don't want Mary to be evil either, and I certainly don't want this season to end in a fall out between John and Sherlock, as it would be truly odd, since the idea is to portray one of the greatest friendships in literary history. I also don't think that we will have to fear for their friendship at all, it will be on very firm grounds by the end of that season, or at least I hope it will. Would only be logical as the writers seem to aspire to keep the series going for quite a while to come.
I do think, though, that Mary is hiding something from John, but that doesn't neccessarily make her a bad person, there are many reasons for hiding something, even from those we love. I think we will all come to love her (or most of us at least) and rightly so.

I can't imagine not liking Mary, I think she will be so well written.
EDIT: well personally I think a life senetnce is fairly dramatic.

Last edited by besleybean (August 27, 2013 5:21 pm)

I also don't think that Magnussen will have the pleasure of "entertaining" us for one episode only. Would be a bit of a waste introducing him as the great new villain, only to kill him off after 90 minutes. I am quite certain he will follow John and Sherlock right into season 4.

Last edited by the_dancing_woman (August 27, 2013 5:33 pm)

besleybean wrote:

Could be dangerous!
But certainly interesting.

"And I said 'dangerous', and here you are."