This is one of the best episodes of Sherlock. The character's in this episode are interesting and at the top of their game. We also finally get to meet Moriarty, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
This episode does something different then the other episodes, instead of just having one case we get to see Sherlock solve many cases. Moriarty is sending Sherlock cases and he gives Sherlock a time limit to solve each one. If Sherlock can't solve the cases, then someone who Moriarty kidnapped, gets blown up.
The threat and danger in this episode is very good and it keeps the audiences attention. You are hoping that Sherlock can be clever enough to solve the cases, and be able to save Moriarty's prisoners. The creator's did a fantastic job at making Moriarty feel like a huge threat.
One scene that I enjoy, because it shows a different side to Sherlock, is when Sherlock and John are at the lab, trying to solve one of the cases Moriarty sent him.
Molly comes in to help and her boyfriend Jim comes in and meets Sherlock and John. This scene is incredibly awkward and funny, because Sherlock deduces that Molly's boyfriend is actually gay.
Sherlock tells this to Molly and is surprised that she is upset. Sherlock tells John that he thought he was being nice by telling this to Molly, but John tells Sherlock the opposite.
Now Sherlock saying this is interesting, because he usually does not care about people. This scene is just a small glimpse of how much Molly actually means to Sherlock. In his eyes he was being a friend, who was helping one of his friends out.
It is revealed in this story that Sherlock as a child tried solving the murder of another child, named Carl Powers. They also tell the viewers that when Moriarty was a child, he was the one who murdered Carl Powers by poison. It really creeps me out that Moriarty committed his first murder as a child. That alone shows us how messed up Moriarty actually is. I do love though how this shows us that Sherlock and Moriarty have always been connected, and always will be. Also Moriarty is the opposite of Sherlock. Sherlock is a consulting detective, and Moriarty is a consulting criminal. They are perfect parallel's of each other.
We also get to see how horrible of a person Sherlock Holmes is. John asks Sherlock if he cares at all about the people that Moriarty kidnapped, Sherlock tells John that he doesn't care about them, because it won't help him solve the case.
Moriarty kidnaps four people. The first a woman, the second a man, the third an elderly woman, and the fourth a child. This shows us that no one is out of Moriarty's reach, and he will kill anyone, because he is bored, and it is fun.
Now this episode is serious, and has a lot of suspense in it. However the writer's did a great job at giving us a lot of small moments that just make you laugh. They balanced out serious and fun perfectly.
What I really like about this episode is that you are really rooting for Sherlock to defeat this psychopath. "The Great Game" does an amazing job, at making you get behind the hero, you want Sherlock to succeed, you don't want Sherlock to fail.
The end scene is brilliant! Sherlock tells Moriarty to met him at the pool, where Moriarty murdered Carl Powers. When Sherlock arrives, he see's that Moriarty has kidnapped John, and has a bomb strapped to John's chest.
Moriarty then emerges from the shadow's and reveals himself to be Molly's gay boyfriend, Jim.
Moriarty is start up terrifying and funny all at the same time. Andrew Scott does such a good job at playing this crazy psychopath. His performance as Moriarty really makes you believe that he is insane!
Moriarty is a great villain because as he says himself, he is changeable. You never know what he is going to do next.
The ending is very suspenseful. Moriarty leaves. Sherlock gets the bomb off of John. Then Moriarty comes back again, and tells them that they have to die, so he is going to have his snipers shoot them.
Sherlock, who had a gun with him the whole time, points it at the bomb, threatening to blow them all up. Then it goes to the credits.
I love this ending, because both Moriarty and Sherlock are so unpredictable, you honestly don't know what is going to happen. This is a great finale that makes the viewers excited for the next season.
All in all I give "The Great Game" 10/10
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