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**Posted by ewige** January 2, 2017 10:38 pm

Watching the TLD trailer now.

I'm just thinking... maybe the nurse is really Mary, Sherlock thinks he's hallucinating, John thinks Sherlock was the one behind it and this is why he punches Sherlock?

**Posted by besleybean** January 2, 2017 10:41 pm

Possibly Sherlock is hallucinating or is in MP.

**Posted by ewige** January 2, 2017 10:44 pm

Maybe Culverton uses Mary to drive Sherlock crazy.
But then, if Mary is alive, their "killing off per season" quota will have to be filled with... Mycroft? O.o

**Posted by besleybean** January 2, 2017 10:48 pm

I think she's dead.

**Posted by Lis** January 2, 2017 11:09 pm

New TLD promo pics!

There are quite a few more at http://www.farfarawaysite.com/section/sherlock/gallery5/gallery3/gallery.htm

**Posted by nakahara** January 2, 2017 11:19 pm

Lis wrote:
New TLD promo pics!

There are quite a few more at http://www.farfarawaysite.com/section/sherlock/gallery5/gallery3/gallery.htm

Squeee! They are fantastic!

**Posted by ewige** January 3, 2017 12:55 am

Wheee!
The one with the legs and Culverton - do the legs belong to Mycroft? Maybe he blabs on his brother again in a talk show and this is why he's "reptile"?

**Posted by Mothonthemantel** January 3, 2017 1:13 am

Sherlock has been playing a ARG.
The series is a ARG ? Certainty fits the wiki description.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** January 3, 2017 8:13 am

Beautiful promo shots, but gosh. I want to hug Sherlock in the first one!!

**Posted by besleybean** January 3, 2017 8:47 am

I always want to hug him.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** January 3, 2017 10:02 am

Now, that's true!

**Posted by Schmiezi** January 3, 2017 10:34 am

Mothonthemantel wrote:
Sherlock has been playing a ARG.
The series is a ARG ? Certainty fits the wiki description.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game

Interesting thought. It would be very IC I think.

**Posted by Pops** January 3, 2017 10:48 am

Do you also think that it's Mycroft on the left ? I mean, suit, pocket square, waistcoat...
Mycroft, what are you doing ??

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**Posted by Liberty** January 3, 2017 11:01 am

I'm not sure. He also has a blue suit in the other publicity photo, but no pocket square.

There was a hint ages ago about a TV presenter or show, and I think some of these stills are what we are seeing.

There was also a tiny snippet of script leaked, which hinted at the same thing

. I had wondered if the TV aspect was going to be mind palace, but seeing the Business Killer poster on the bus stop in TST suggests that it's real. I think one of the interviews said he was a businessman, so perhaps a businessman who presents a TV show, like Dragon's Den. (I had a wild leap a while ago when I realised that the US version of Dragon's Den is called Shark Tank, and we were getting all the shark hints ...), or a chat show about businesses. This would be my guess. I'm not sure why Mycroft would be on that sort of show, so I'm guessing it's not him for now.

**Posted by Liberty** January 3, 2017 11:08 am

This one actually looks a bit like Britain's Got Talent, with the red buzzer. But with the shoulder pad lady from Dragon's Den!

Last edited by Liberty (January 3, 2017 11:09 am)

**Posted by Pops** January 3, 2017 11:20 am

Just realised that it would be silly of Mycroft to appear on a TV show... Not very sensible for the British Government.... So, maybe Smith is the guest in a show and the guy on the left is the presenter...

**Posted by Liberty** January 3, 2017 11:30 am

I think you might be right, Pops. It looks like he's a judge in the red button picture, but that he's being interviewed in the other picture. It looks like TV is going to be a theme for this episode. Interesting, because I loved Magnussen and the newspaper theme.

There's also another picture with Culverton and Sherlock where it looks as if they're being followed by reporters - or possibly still filming a TV show?

**Posted by besleybean** January 3, 2017 11:32 am

I only just noticed John is there, too.

**Posted by ewige** January 3, 2017 12:05 pm

A friend of mine has this crazy theory that Sherlock will have to kill Mycroft in order to save John. That would be consistent with Mary's "go to hell" comment and the flying chess pieces also indicate a kind of a stand-off between the brothers.

**Posted by besleybean** January 3, 2017 12:07 pm

Aargh.