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**Posted by silverblaze** January 22, 2014 11:40 am

bohemian_rhapsody wrote:
“Oh Sherlock.. what have you done?" - by far my fav quote of this episode. Almost bursted into tears during that scene.

Strongly suspecting that this was the mysterious 'one line that was never written down'.

**Posted by zeratul** January 22, 2014 12:53 pm

silverblaze wrote:
bohemian_rhapsody wrote:
“Oh Sherlock.. what have you done?" - by far my fav quote of this episode. Almost bursted into tears during that scene.
Strongly suspecting that this was the mysterious 'one line that was never written down'.

Yes I also thought the same.

**Posted by gently69** January 22, 2014 1:01 pm

zeratul wrote:
silverblaze wrote:
bohemian_rhapsody wrote:
“Oh Sherlock.. what have you done?" - by far my fav quote of this episode. Almost bursted into tears during that scene.
Strongly suspecting that this was the mysterious 'one line that was never written down'.

Yes I also thought the same.

Hey... yeah, that could be.

**Posted by tonnaree** January 22, 2014 1:27 pm

gently69 wrote:
zeratul wrote:
silverblaze wrote:
Strongly suspecting that this was the mysterious 'one line that was never written down'.

Yes I also thought the same.

Hey... yeah, that could be.

Highly likely. Although I also wondered if it could've been the "Your loss would break my heart." line.

Last edited by tonnaree (January 22, 2014 1:28 pm)

**Posted by Schmiezi** January 22, 2014 1:55 pm

tonnaree wrote:
gently69 wrote:
zeratul wrote:

Yes I also thought the same.

Hey... yeah, that could be.
Highly likely. Although I also wondered if it could've been the "Your loss would break my heart." line.

That would give Sherlock's answer a whole new meaning.

But then, that dialogue leads to mentioning the punch, and I doubt that was not intended.

**Posted by silverblaze** January 22, 2014 2:04 pm

Agreed, for me it's either 'Oh, Sherlock, what have you done' or 'Your loss would break my heart'. For the second one I find it easier to believe that the writers just couldn't get it right. It still seems a bit OTN to me. But the first one they may have wanted to keep a surprise.

**Posted by Sirius** January 22, 2014 10:34 pm

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this one yet:
"To the very best of times, John."
To me, it had everything.

**Posted by besleybean** January 23, 2014 6:30 am

I only hope he meant in future!

**Posted by silverblaze** January 23, 2014 7:29 pm

I really don't think so.

Another of my favorites:

'The game is never over, John. There may be some new players, but that's ok. The east wind takes us all in the end.'

**Posted by Sirius** January 23, 2014 7:58 pm

The whole departure scene was awesome.
I wish they'd left it there, the final scene with Moriarty showing up on every screen was a bit tacky and "been there before".

**Posted by besleybean** January 23, 2014 8:05 pm

Well to be fair, we don't know what(if anything)is going to happen with that...

**Posted by Sirius** January 23, 2014 8:25 pm

That's right, we don't.
But if we had been left to another long wait for the next series with the last picture of Sherlock being carried away to his apparently impending doom after a heart-wrecking departure scene, wouldn't that be more emotional (and angsty) than what we have now?

There better be a really good explanation for Moriarty showing up again (whichever way it was done); otherwise I'll sit here feeling that Moffat just couldn't resist putting another inexplicable (but ultimately unnecessary) plot twist in.

**Posted by Willow** January 23, 2014 11:28 pm

Sirius wrote:
That's right, we don't.
But if we had been left to another long wait for the next series with the last picture of Sherlock being carried away to his apparently impending doom after a heart-wrecking departure scene, wouldn't that be more emotional (and angsty) than what we have now?

There better be a really good explanation for Moriarty showing up again (whichever way it was done); otherwise I'll sit here feeling that Moffat just couldn't resist putting another inexplicable (but ultimately unnecessary) plot twist in.

But then we would not have the immortal lines

'I've only been gone for four minutes!

'Well, I certainly hope you've learned your lesson...'

I'm not a huge fan of angsty, and, since my fellow posters have convinced me that John probably did realise that he would never see Sherlock again and was dealing with it in the way that was easiest on Sherlock, it would seem unnecessarily cruel to draw out his suspense for the hiatus, however long that is.

Mark Gatiss deserves an award just for the way he delivered that line...

**Posted by Sirius** January 23, 2014 11:37 pm

Willow wrote:
I'm not a huge fan of angsty,

Me neither.
But did they have to bring back Moriarty in order to turn the plane around? Couldn't they have come up with something else?
Thinking about it, no, they probably couldn't - at least not something they could have explained well enough in those few minutes. Still, that doesn't mean I have to be entirely happy with it, does it?

Willow wrote:
Mark Gatiss deserves an award just for the way he delivered that line...

Yes, he does. He deserves an award, period. Great acting, exactly because he's always calm and collected and in control (except when his little brother is about to break his arm).

Last edited by Sirius (January 23, 2014 11:38 pm)

**Posted by krissylou** January 31, 2014 5:59 pm

silverblaze wrote:
bohemian_rhapsody wrote:
“Oh Sherlock.. what have you done?" - by far my fav quote of this episode. Almost bursted into tears during that scene.
Strongly suspecting that this was the mysterious 'one line that was never written down'.

Maybe. But I was struck throughout the episodes by parallels with A Study in Pink, and Mrs. Hudson says "Oh Sherlock, what have you done?" when the boys come home and Lestrade et al are already there on the "drugs bust."

**Posted by silverblaze** January 31, 2014 11:28 pm

I now believe that it's actually 'Your loss would break my heart.'

They never told us anywhere, did they?

**Posted by MahnSherlolly03** February 5, 2014 11:11 am

"That's my girl."

**Posted by veecee** February 6, 2014 11:18 pm

sj4iy wrote:
"Brother mine, don't appal me when I'm high."

And Sherlock looked high at that exact moment. I think I did a double-take, since up till then he had been looking scruffy, but pretty straight (in the sense of "sober).