BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / An imaginary sister? Sherlock = Eurus?

**Posted by HuddersBAMF** January 12, 2017 7:25 am

At the end of the series M.A.S.H., one of the characters is slowing going mad because someone strangled a chicken in front of him. Turns out the chicken was actually a baby, and he had substituted a chicken in his memory because he couldn't process the death of the baby. I wonder if Sherlock substitutes Redbeard for Euros and it is her "death" that he can't process (because he was told she died when he was a child, or something like that...).

**Posted by besleybean** January 12, 2017 7:28 am

I have often thought on this myself...though Sherlock does seem to have an affinity to dogs.
Plus I wondered if Euros had done something to Redbeard.
Then again it would make sense his childhood playmate would have a prate name, if they always played pirates,

**Posted by kgreen20** January 12, 2017 6:10 pm

HuddersBAMF wrote:
At the end of the series M.A.S.H., one of the characters is slowing going mad because someone strangled a chicken in front of him. Turns out the chicken was actually a baby, and he had substituted a chicken in his memory because he couldn't process the death of the baby. I wonder if Sherlock substitutes Redbeard for Euros and it is her "death" that he can't process (because he was told she died when he was a child, or something like that...).

I remember that episode. It was Hawkeye, played by Alan Alda.

**Posted by besleybean** January 12, 2017 6:14 pm

Harrowing scene.

**Posted by Schmiezi** January 12, 2017 6:42 pm

kgreen20 wrote:
HuddersBAMF wrote:
At the end of the series M.A.S.H., one of the characters is slowing going mad because someone strangled a chicken in front of him. Turns out the chicken was actually a baby, and he had substituted a chicken in his memory because he couldn't process the death of the baby. I wonder if Sherlock substitutes Redbeard for Euros and it is her "death" that he can't process (because he was told she died when he was a child, or something like that...).
I remember that episode. It was Hawkeye, played by Alan Alda.

One of the TV moments that haunted me for years. So painful yet so realistic.

**Posted by besleybean** January 12, 2017 6:49 pm

The whole show was brilliant and the films, too.
But that particular episode was spectacular.