Why, it's the code, I suppose: he realizes what the code is and texts immediately Moriarty. However, it doesn't make much sense, indeed, since Moriarty knows the code (and since there is no code, if Moriarty is to be believed) 

edited to add: may be Sherlock simply wants to let Moriarty know that he guessed his game about the key

Last edited by miriel68 (February 1, 2013 8:03 pm)

Didn't we have the discussions looking at some close ups on the roof? "Something in Sherlock's hand - nothing in Sherlock's hand"?
I still have no idea what he could have meant though. 

Well when Moriarty came to sherlock's flat, moriarty said that he owed sherlock a fall
"I owe you a fall," I think were his excact words, so sherlock, having realized the "final act" after they had left kitty's flat, the final act being the fall, sherlock wanted moriarty to have it back. Maybe sherlock was being cocky in thinking that moriarty would actually fall, but later sherlock pretends to not know was the "final act" was. IDK
just some thoughts 

It's the "code."

The beauty of it is that Sherlock knows that there was never any code, but Moriarty believes that Sherlock believes there's a code.  Sherlock texts Moriarty to say that he has it, if he wants it back. 

The further beauty is that Sherlock is "disappointing" Moriarty on purpose.  Pretending that Sherlock "knows the code," it's the ONE thing that crushes Moriarty -- that Sherlock is ostensibly not as smart as Moriarty think he was/is.  This is the character development.  For 5 episodes, we see nothing but Sherlock showing off his intellect.  The genius of TRF is that Moriarty's undoing is caused by Sherlock's feigning his seemingly ordinary abilities (that he actually "believes" there's a code). 

Sherlock knows that by showing off, he is creating a bigger, more worthy opponent for Moriarty to defeat, playing right into Moriarty's hand.  Instead, he plays "dumb," pretty much giving Moriarty no "distraction" left in the world to play with.  I think this is a big part of the reason why Moriarty commits suicide. 

Exactly. I pointed this out ages ago. How can he give back 'something' to Moriarty if that 'something' is a code he has in his head? If Moriarty had given him the code in the first place then Moriarty knows what the code is and does not need Sherlock to give it back to him. If Moriarty doesn't know what the code is then how would Sherlock either? What else could Sherlock have of Moriarty's?

But I still don't see how this explains the "giving back". Whatever the code consists of, be it a sequence  of tunes like a morse code or a binary string of 1 and 0 or something else - as long as it only exists in Sherlock's head he can't give it back. Except of course he dies before passing it on to someone else but Moriarty. Then he wouldn't exactly give it back but delete it from his own hard drive (brain) by destroying this very brain of his. But I don't really think that's what's meant here. 

tobeornot221b wrote:

I think Sherlock actually wants to give him back something physical. I just find it weird that during their conversation on the roof none of them talks about that item anymore.

 
Exactly.
The only thing mentioned on the roof is.... the code! But nothing to give back, because they simply share that knowledge now.

I am SO glad that I am not the only one who's confused by this! 

Ooo weird! Was it a blue link?

@RJB: Maybe I'm afflicted with stupidity -  but I couldn't understand the meaning of any of your posts so far.  (Is it just me?)

Last edited by tobeornot221b (February 19, 2013 8:29 pm)

SusiGo wrote:

tell us what you like about Sherlock. 

I like his ear flaps...