BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Why didn't Sherlock recognise his own sister? Discuss!

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** January 8, 2017 10:37 pm

I know he was high and she was in a disguise but still...he's supposed to be the world's greatest detective...

**Posted by Vhanja** January 8, 2017 10:38 pm

I think you have your answers right there - he as so high he was weeks from dying (and even Bill Wiggins said he had gotten too much), and she was in disguise.

Also, I can imagine that it has been many years since Sherlock saw her. She might have changed.

**Posted by Sherlock's Curl** January 8, 2017 10:42 pm

He couldn't make any deduction in her, he hasn't seen her for a long time and she's just as smart as any other Holmes breed. She could figure out to be not noticed

**Posted by Vhanja** January 8, 2017 10:42 pm

Good question.

**Posted by ewige** January 8, 2017 10:44 pm

The trailer afterwards suggested that he has a trauma of sorts connected to the sister, so maybe he can't really remember her...

**Posted by Preceja** January 8, 2017 10:44 pm

I suppose she had something to do with Redbeard and it was when Sherlock was a child. Maybe he has not seen her since that time.

**Posted by Whisky** January 8, 2017 10:45 pm

What if Sherlock doesn't know?

But can't be - what about the childhood memory scenes? That is clearly them, I guess?

**Posted by tonnaree** January 8, 2017 10:46 pm

Preceja wrote:
I suppose she had something to do with Redbeard and it was when Sherlock was a child. Maybe he has not seen her since that time.

This would be my first guess.

**Posted by Whisky** January 8, 2017 10:46 pm

Maybe she did something to Redbeard. Maybe there is some explanation why Mycroft keeps mentioning Redbeard.

One thing I am sure of: the next episode will be very interesting. Finally some answers?

**Posted by Schmiezi** January 8, 2017 10:48 pm

Maybe he thought her dead.

**Posted by Liberty** January 8, 2017 10:55 pm

My first thought is that he thought she was dead. Anyway, I get the impression he hasn't seen her as an adult.

**Posted by SusiGo** January 8, 2017 10:57 pm

I think he may have suppressed her completely due to some trauma. And the memories are slowly creeping in since he started allowing emotions.

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** January 8, 2017 11:00 pm

I think she murdered Redbeard. Psychopaths often display early signs by harming animals.

**Posted by TheOtherOne** January 8, 2017 11:08 pm

I'm so confused about this... if their sister's name literally means "The East Wind"... and Sherlock said on the tarmac that "The East Wind takes us all in the end"... He never made the association with his sister? Or he already knew she was going to show?

**Posted by Vhanja** January 8, 2017 11:11 pm

Mycroft used to tell him about "The East Wind" when they were children...

**Posted by ewige** January 8, 2017 11:14 pm

So what's her name now? Didn't she say Euros?? So maybe Sherrinford is something different?

**Posted by Mattlocked** January 8, 2017 11:14 pm

What did she say to (and about John) before she shot? I put a hole into it or something. Weird.

**Posted by Mattlocked** January 8, 2017 11:16 pm

Vhanja wrote:
Mycroft used to tell him about "The East Wind" when they were children...

Wow, that's right!

**Posted by ewige** January 8, 2017 11:16 pm

Mattlocked wrote:
What did she say to (and about John) before she shot? I put a hole into it or something. Weird.

Something like Nice face, I think I'll put a hole into it.

**Posted by Liberty** January 8, 2017 11:21 pm

Did anyone else recognise her from the start? I had no idea she would be Sherrinford until just before she announced it, but I'd written a note at the beginning - 'the therapist is Sian!'. Was waiting the whole time for her to be revealed! I liked that they used disguises in this show.

Ewige - the subtitles spelt it Eurus, I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemoi#Eurus