this episode elicited a very strong
reaction from me but not quite in a way
that I'm sure mark gatiss and Steven
Moffat in tended so first off warning
there are spoilers ahead because we have
so much to discuss about the six
Thatcher's and I guess my opening
statement would be if all this episode
of Sherlock was inventive with its
writing as it was visually yes Sherlock
continues to be a stylistic Jim very
much seaming on the cutting edge while
in other times and I emphasize at times
also still seeming like a classic
mystery thriller featuring England's
most famous detective and it's that
balance that they got so brilliantly
right at the beginning of this show
which is what made it a sensation but i
think that the balance has been tipped
in the direction of mary mary has her
thumb on the damn scale and even her
death she proves to be a major problem
for the show
in fact it's very similar to the havoc
that Megan Draper reaped on recon mad
men which interestingly enough was
another wife character now when I
tweeted my despite displeasure with Mary
last night after watching the episode
one of you wrote back and said well you
have to at least appreciate that she is
a strong female character in a real you
know adversary or you know someone who
can
like legitimately give Sherlock a run
for his money
well you know in the Sherlock verse that
supposed to be Irene Adler so you know i
read an interview with Gatiss and Moffat
they were saying we don't pretend to
know better than to Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle and it's like well maybe now you
don't couple of episodes now you have
you know Mary was never built up this
way in the original stories and I think
we're beginning to see why and i thought
i'd like to point out that i have no
problem with a clever and Legal
character who's also older and relatable
I think that's great but that's not what
I tuned in to watch sherlock for uh and
i think you know and they said even that
they said you know Gatiss and Moffat
Moffitt and their interview said we know
that it's supposed to be the sherlock
and why
the show we're working our way back
towards that but if what how do they
explain the end of the episode when it
seems that Mary shadow will continue to
lean heavily on the narrative so yes
I've got the whole episode of my wishing
she just go away
I did feel quite guilty when she get
when she sacrificed herself for Sherlock
I was like oh wait i feel i've been
hating on you for like an hour and 15 or
an hour an hour an hour so far Mary and
that was what first I felt it was noble
but you know if you have time to jump in
front of a bullet
I think you also have time to push or
pull Sherlock out of the way especially
with her training and also she just had
a baby right so i think i think this is
quite obvious writing my money is on
Mary having been terminally ill or
something some she was going to die
anyway so that should since she was
already thinking of herself enough
fatalistic sense that was your solution
to just jump in front of the bullet and
so I think by the end of season for
Sherlock and Watson will discover this
and it will alleviate their guilt
although I have to say I don't think
she'll actually guilty of anything
because again she didn't have to jump in
front of the bullet and as I saw some
other people pointing out online last
night
there are a bunch of police in the room
and yet nobody did anything like someone
pulled a gun i think that you know I
really think it's actually kind of mean
to put it all on Sherlock but we'll talk
about what's clearly going on obviously
with Watson as well in just a moment but
so I was feeling bad about it as like
okay Mary one out you want out you went
out nobly and you know at least you're
gone but that one the DVD showed up at
his house and it said miss me on and I
was like yeah yes more you already time
finally that'll made this whole episode
worth it and then Mary came on-screen it
was like it again
I was just like I hate you you know I
really hate this character so much she
did have one great line on the show that
i loved it when she was on the plane
playing a loud American and she was like
did you lose the son in the war I
thought that was really funny and was
very clever i thought she did a good job
with the accented with the delivery but
in the context of the show and
considering how unlikable she's been up
into this point it just felt to me like
very much like the actress Amanda
Abbington instead of the character Mary
likes you
like can you get like you know why don't
people know how awesome I am wire eyes
Popular's cumberbatch and Freeman can
you guys give me a comedic scene so they
can see how talented how much how much
versatility i have an actress I was like
stop auditioning for me I never want to
see you again i'm sorry i really hate
the character and if they want to create
a coal female character they want to do
a black widow show that's awesome go do
that somewhere else
don't don't plug it in the middle of
strong i also have a problem that i
think that the be storylines the
personal drama have really overtaken the
a story lines and the mysteries at this
point to almost all the mysteries seem
like you know like oh do we have to oh
yeah I guess this is a show called
Sherlock we have to have some mysteries
at many points I honestly felt like I
was watching the British big bang theory
right i mean they really do fit quite
well with Sheldon Leonard and Penny when
you think about it and also you never we
never could have guessed what the
outcome was we never could have guessed
the trader was that secretary and a
great deal of fun when it comes to
mysteries is being able to play along
Sherlock isn't the only one who loves
the game now back to Watson and some
more obvious writing clearly as we can
all tell he's actually more upset with
himself not Sherlock because of his
infidelity with that woman on the bus
right we don't know how far it went but
I mean it seems to have gone certainly
very far emotionally and I think that's
clearly what he feels guilty about the
rest of the season is going to be him
having to come to terms with that to
some degree but when he took that phone
into the other room and he was supposed
to be watching the baby the newborn i
was getting some really strong Anthony
Weiner vibes I was just like wow and and
you know it's such a it's it made Watson
so unlikeable that I wasn't quite sure
what the point of it was on this show
and with this character right i mean he
should feel guilty that was horrible and
I saw no reason for him to be unhappy in
his marriage
I mean except for the usual middle
midlife crisis stuff right now and it
was just I don't know it's very cliche
and very dislikable my favorite scenes
of the episode where between Sherlock
and Mycroft when they were talking about
i think maybe because my craft is all
about getting things back on track
including the show of course for those
who don't know he's played by one of the
creators in the writers on the writers
one of the main writers Mark Gatiss but
anyway hit my favorite lines there were
his reaction paper he's like it looks
healthy and they certainly a baby that
was great but i also like when Sherlock
said whatever government you're
currently propping up i just kind of
like the brothers sense of entitlement
and I think they back it up with results
so I think that they're they're they're
they're totally cool to have it i also
liked Mike Ross kitchen that was pretty
awesome I was like that is a great
kitchen Mycroft your interior designer
but you also with British with casting I
think the british TV needs to expand its
circles it's very much seeming like a
private club and that takes me out of
the show
like for instance the guy whose son was
killed as I got found
it's a long lost husband who's supposed
to disappear in Germany off of Downton
Abbey or over on a when you know the guy
was revealed who is smashing smashing
statues I came from mr. Selfridge
there's Harry Selfridges you know bad
business partner who's up to no good and
so I think you know they don't want this
to seem like a theater company i'm sure
there are lots of talented actors in the
UK who could use a break instead of
these other actors just kind of spinning
their wheels
you're supposed to move forward into dr.
strange and Hobbit films in Fargo you
know it's just like I'm cumberbatch and
freeman are also when they read over to
the mi6 building I was like is that
still around that exploded in Skyfall I
mean that was just such an iconic scene
I mean I guess I still have no problem
seeing the white house after
independence day but i guess because I
hardly ever I've never really seen mi6
building prior to Skyfall I just
associated with that sequence and so I'm
just like I'm like who rebuilt that but
as for the rest of the season
am I excited uh yes to know I've spent
too much time with the show not to want
to see how it ends
but if it with Moriarty doesn't factor
into this final season in a meaningful
way at least meaningful I like major but
i'll take meaningful i'm going to be
really upset
don't tease your audience to that degree
it's like a lot of these mistakes I feel
like TV 101 and so many shows have made
the same mistakes in the past like I
said you know Megan
Oberon madman it's weird to watch
especially considering how many we are
these days and we were so good at
reflecting on television shows and
pulling them apart immediately
it's weird to see shows that and that
and that mindset make similar mistakes
but i really do think this may be should
be the final season of Sherlock if they
run this far off course and this much
out of ideas
oh and maybe they can revisit like in 10
years but right now I'm not really
feeling it so i'm curious what did you
think of the episode
do you agree with my theory about Mary
being terminally ill and Watson why he's
guilty
did you remind you of the British big
bang theory at points and you know what
do you think of the writing and the
visuals etc and the casting just what
are your thoughts on this first episode
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