BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / "Pure reason toppled by sheer melodrama"

**Posted by Liberty** January 11, 2016 8:21 am

I think there's a slight difference between drama/melodrama and sentiment, although both are emotionally based.

Actually, you see a little of both aspects in that scene with Irene - the drama of trying to impress her actually makes his mind work faster, but the fact that he wants to impress her so much clouds his judgment and leads to a bad decision.

We see drama sharpening his mind in the Sholto case too - it's when somebody's about to die that he can "solve" it. It's one of his strengths (even if he implies to himself in his mind palace that it's a weakness - or at least implies that Mycroft sees it as a weakness).

Last edited by Liberty (January 11, 2016 8:28 am)

**Posted by dienhosp3** January 11, 2016 6:15 pm

Thanks for all of your opinions. Thanks to you, I've had more views for that sentence.
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By the way, in the beginning of this episode, when John said goodbye to the newsvendor, I heard "Let on, walk" (from the cab driver?). I still have no idea for a sentence "Let on". Can you explain this sentence to me? Thanks in advance!!

**Posted by besleybean** January 11, 2016 6:17 pm

Was he speaking to the horse?
Is it 'Let on'?
Or maybe' Get on'.
I'm really not sure.

**Posted by ukaunz** January 12, 2016 5:30 am

Did you actually hear that line, "Let on, walk"?

Ariane's transcript has it as "Walk on".

**Posted by besleybean** January 12, 2016 6:47 am

Which I would have thought was the normal command to a horse!

**Posted by Liberty** January 12, 2016 8:09 am

BBC captions have it as "Let on, walk". I've tried to hear it as "get on, walk" or "walk on, walk" and it doesn't seem to fit for me - but I'm honestly not the best at hearing. All I can be sure of is that I hear three syllables!

**Posted by ukaunz** January 12, 2016 8:23 am

I've had a listen just now: sounds like "Walk on, walk" but I'm not sure that the last word is "walk". My other guess is it's the horses name

**Posted by besleybean** January 12, 2016 4:52 pm

Possibly, 'Walk on, now...or then/there?' I don't know.