Sherlock Special "The Abominable Bride"

Ok, before I start my review, a little backstory. Before this episode premiered Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat; the creators and writers of the show; said that this episode was going to be a one-off episode, of Sherlock and John in Victorian times. They said this episode was in no way connected to the rest of the series.

They lied. These writers are known to lie about things in their shows. I believe the episode should have been a stand alone episode. I believe it would have been better if it was. It would have made it less complicated and easier to follow.

Also this would have been a great episode for new people to watch who had never seen Sherlock before. Because if it would have been a stand alone, then they could have gotten what the taste of the show is, and not know anything about the previous episodes. Turns out to understand what is happening in "The Abominable Bride" you have to know the history of the show.

Now onto my review. I'll start with the good first. As a huge fan of the Sherlock Holmes book series, I love seeing Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, and the rest of the cast in proper Victorian gear. 

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(http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/character-posters-sherlock-abominable-bride/)

(http://uproxx.com/hitfix/new-sherlock-photos-place-you-right-into-victorian-england/)

(http://www.arwelwjones.com/sherlock-special.html)

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I love how (before we find out that the Victorian world is all in Sherlock's mind palace) the story feels like a proper Victorian ghost story.

The Victorian story really has everything working in its favor. It has great costumes, great settings, a great mystery, and a great murders.

Now onto the bad. After about an hour into the show it is revealed to us that Sherlock is still on the plane that is landing from the last episode, "His Last Vow". We also find out that Sherlock literally made up everything we have seen so far in his mind palace. I mean I know Sherlock is smart, but I find it hard to believe that Sherlock thought of everything that happened in the last hour in five minutes; which is suppose to be how much time has passed.

We also find out that Sherlock is as high as a kite. He says he takes drugs to help his mind work better.

Anyway the reason Sherlock made-up the Victorian world in his mind, is because like Moriarty there was a woman who shot herself in the face and then came back to life. So Sherlock is trying to solve the current case by solving an old one. Which seems like a very round about way of trying to solve a case, but whatever works I guess.

This is when the episode goes down hill. The episode goes back and forth between our time and Victorian time. Trying to trick you into thinking that Sherlock is awake only to be like, "No he is still in his mind palace."

Also all of the tension in the Victorian world goes away because, we know that this is all in Sherlock's mind, so he is controlling everything.

Some of the editing in this episode is great.

(https://borg.com/2015/10/27/bbcpbs-masterpiece-releases-new-trailer-for-retro-sherlock-episode/)

(https://medium.com/@michelle_zhou/notes-on-the-sherlock-christmas-special-abominable-bride-2760c48a8625)

(http://www.framerated.co.uk/sherlock-abominable-bride/)

While some of the editing just looks bad.

(https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sherlock?src=tren)

(http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/sherlock/251713/sherlock-34-things-you-might-have-missed-in-the-abominable-bride)

(https://www.reddit.com/r/Sherlock/comments/40bfv3/spoilers_anyone_else_catch_this_shot_in_the/)

Then for some reason the writer's felt like they had to make Sherlock a feminist. While in his Victorian mind palace, Sherlock realizes how awful he has treated the women in his life. Now I would say this part is good, because Sherlock does need to respect women, but Sherlock also needs to respect men.

I feel like they are just saying that Sherlock disrespects women, um no, Sherlock disrespects everyone and uses everyone. Actually the two people he uses the most in the show is John and Molly. So a man and a woman.

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Or how about that time Sherlock "drugged" John and used him as an experiment to see if the drugs worked.

(http://adr1s.tumblr.com/post/28711191678/herl)

Or that time Sherlock flirted with Molly to look at some bodies.

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(http://indulgy.com/post/Uynaitxy92/i-love-how-molly-is-busy-with-her-stuff-but-the)

So this scene of Sherlock being like, "Wow I have treated women so badly, I should treat them better!" Falls flat because he treats everyone like that.

Then Sherlock and Moriarty have a fight at the Reichenbach Falls.

(http://mishasteaparty.tumblr.com/post/136481893719/dead-is-the-new-sexy)

I really like this scene. Because remember this is still in Sherlock's mind palace. So all of the horrible things Moriarty is saying to Sherlock is really what Sherlock is saying to himself, he is just using Moriarty's face to do it. I think it is implied in this scene that Moriarty is Sherlock's low self esteem.

At the end of the episode Sherlock wakes up from his mind palace, and tells, John and Mary, that Moriarty is dead and says he knows what Moriarty's plan is.

Does this episode have its problems, yes, it can be extremely hard to follow the first time you watch it. Like I said early this episode should have been a stand alone episode. However, I really enjoy this episode even though I don't like everything about it. It is definitely a fun episode. I give "The Abominable Bride" 6.5/10

Sherlock Season 3 Episode 3 "His Last Vow"

This review is going to be random so just bare with me. This episode is the best one of season 3, and for some reason I am having a really hard time trying to write a review for it. So instead of basically telling you everything that happened in the episode, I'm just going to touch on the parts that I liked and what I enjoyed about this episode. 

First off Martin Freeman is the king of this episode. He is on fire, he has the best one liners, and he is such a joy to watch. 

(http://lalaithem.tumblr.com/post/73433625974)

He is one of the funniest character's in this episode, but he also has some of the most saddest scenes in this episode, and Martin does a fantastic job in these scenes.

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Martin also has some of the most heartwarming scenes.

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Basically Martin Freeman is awesome in this episode.

Now on to Benedict Cumberbatch who has found his way back into my good graces in this episode. He, like Martin, has a lot of funny moments in this episode.

(http://lalaithem.tumblr.com/post/73437488049)

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This one is my favorite.

(https://gaytectives.tumblr.com/post/73152701940/mycroft-dont-say-another-word-just-go-he-could)

He also has some rather sad scenes.

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Benedict also does an amazing job in the mind palace scene, please give him all the awards for this scene.

(http://weheartit.com/entry/95855765)

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I also love it that I hate the villain in this episode. We finally get a good strong villain in the last episode. Magnussen, a creepy newspaper owner, and blackmailer. He makes my skin crawl, he is so gross and disgusting, because he licks peoples faces and uses  fireplaces as a toilet. 

I also like it that the writers make you think that Magnussen's glasses are a screen and he is able to get information about people from the glasses.

(https://www.quora.com/Sherlock-TV-series-How-does-Charles-Augustus-Magnussen-know-the-details-of-each-and-everyone-by-just-looking-at-them)

However it is revealed later on that like Sherlock, Magnussen has a mind palace, and he stores all of the information he has on people in his mind.

It is also teased, at the end of the episode that the fabulous Moriarty is still alive.

(https://www.movienewsguide.com/sherlock-season-4-updates-moriarty-return-new-seasons-premiere-episode/196135)

Yes, yes I did miss you Moriarty.

This is the best episode of the season and I definitely recommend watching it. I give "His Last Vow" 8/10.  

Sherlock Season 3 Episode 2 "The Sign of Three"

I remember watching this episode when it first aired all the way back in 2014, and I recall being bored while watching it........which is never a good thing.

This episode is very underwhelming; like the last episode, it focuses too much on the character's and not enough on the mystery.

This episode takes place during John and Mary's wedding. Mainly the whole episode is Sherlock's best man speech, with some flashback scenes.

During his best man speech, Sherlock recalls a case were a guardsmen was stabbed, and no one knew how it happened. Sherlock says that he was unable to solve the case.

Sherlock then recalls another case, where women think they are dating a ghost.

It turns out both cases are connected. The man who was stabbed, the guardsmen and the ghost man are one in the same, and he is also John and Mary's photographer.

He wants to kill Major Sholto an old friend of John's from the army. A mission Major Sholto lead went wrong, and he was the only one who survived. The photographer is the brother of one of the men that died.

He stabbed the guardsmen as a test run, in both uniforms they wear a tight belt around waist, he stabbed both the guard and the Major with a very fine blade.

When Sherlock sneaks into the base, were the guardsmen is, he sneaks on it by just wearing a guardsmen hat, and his regular clothes. Why would no one notice? None of the guards he was marching behind would arrest him, or kick him out? Where did he get the hat? Did he have it in his coat?

(https://theinsightfulpanda.com/2014/01/24/sherlock-explained-the-sign-of-three/)

The photographer was dating women who worked for Major Sholto, to find out things about him.

He does stab the Major, but Sherlock, John, and Mary are able to save him.

One thing this episode has over the last one, is that we know what the bad guy's motive is, and he actually has a few lines. However, he is also completely forgettable.

Like the last episode, I feel like the writers just throw a mystery into this episode because they remembered they were writing a Sherlock Holmes story.

This episode has to force it down our throats; basically shouting it in our faces that John and Sherlock are best friends. We get it, we know, you don't have to keep telling us.

(https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/the-sign-of-three-featuring-a-drunk-sherlock-took-a-lot-of-p)

John and Sherlock have some nice friendship moments, that show you they are friends.

(http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/06/sherlock-series-3-episode-2-the-sign-of-three-10-references-you-may-have-missed-4248142/)

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(http://benedicked.tumblr.com/post/72575356117/benedics-did-i-do-it-wrong-no-you)

Of course in some of those moments one of them says they are friends. I really don't know why the writer's feel like they have to validate Sherlock and John's friendship. I feel like they tell us they are friends every chance they get.

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Martin Freeman's facial expressions alone make me laugh, and Benedict Cumberbatch gets some laughs out of me too.

I actually feel very sorry for Cumberbatch in this episode, because Sherlock's best man's speech is basically the episode. He really had to learn a long monologue with the occasional interruption. It must have been hard to learn.

I really didn't need to see John's Stag night aka his Bachelor party. I also didn't need to see a drunk John and Sherlock. I never needed to see this.

(https://www.dengeek.com/collections/all/sherlock-holmes)

I never needed to see a drunk Sherlock Holmes trying to solve a case. That scene of John and Sherlock trying to solve a case while drunk makes them look like fools. I know the writer's were trying to be funny, but it just seemed like they were trying too hard.

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Sherlock composing the song that John and Mary dance to is very sweet. It shows us how much he cares for John and Mary.

After Sherlock is done playing John and Mary's song he makes one last speech. He promises that he will always be there for them, and he will protect them, in his words, "all three of you." Sherlock then tells Mary and John that he deduced Mary was pregnant, and of course he is right.

At the end of the episode, everyone starts dancing, and Sherlock is just standing there since he has no one to dance with. He could have joined in, he could've danced in a group, but he doesn't. He leaves.

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I like this scene, because I think everyone can relate to being in a room full of people but feeling alone.

Overall this episode is underwhelming and extremely boring. I actually had to stop watching the episode while reviewing it, because I was so bored. They focus too much on the character's and not enough on the mystery. However, this episode got some laughs out of me, which the last episode did not do. 

I give "The Sign of Three" 3/10.

Sherlock Season 3 Episode 1 "The Empty Hearse"

The episode shows us how Sherlock faked his death. Its a very James Bond opening. Sherlock jumps off of Barts with a bungee cord, and comes crashing through a window, snogs Molly Hooper, then walks off in all his slow motion glory. The body John saw on the ground was Moriarty with a Sherlock mask on.

(http://kissthemgoodbye.net/sherlock/displayimage.php?pid=29523)

Just kidding, its a crazy theory Anderson has made-up, because he feels responsible for Sherlock's suicide. 

Also, since Sherlock's suicide the police investigation has proven that Sherlock was innocent and Moriarty was the guilty party.

Sherlock is in Siberia and is being beaten for information. Sherlock deduces that his tormentors wife is having an affair, which makes his tormentor leave. The man who was watching Sherlock be beaten was Mycroft, who went undercover. He tells Sherlock that London needs him, because an underground terrorist attack could happen anytime.

We learn that Sherlock these last two years has been destroying Moriarty's network.

John visits Mrs. Hudson, who he has not seen in quiet sometime. John tells her and the audience, that he has met someone and he is going to propose to her.

Sherlock learns from Mycroft that John has reservations at a restaurant that evening. Why not visit John at his house? Because Sherlock had to have his Batman moment standing on top of a building looking at London.

(http://www.sherlockology.com/locations/55-whitehall)

Sherlock goes to the restaurant and disguises himself as a waiter and interrupts John's proposal to Mary. John of course is furious and beats Sherlock up.

(http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/01/sherlock-recap-empty-hearse)

I don't understand why Sherlock choose such a public place to tell John that he was alive, since later on Sherlock tells John that he doesn't want people to know he is alive yet. Sherlock tells John he didn't tell him he was alive because he thought he would blab about it. What did he think John was going to do? Go on national television and tell everyone that Sherlock was alive. If Sherlock had told John that people had to believe he was dead, John would have kept his mouth shut to protect his best friend. Maybe Sherlock was afraid that John would want to come with him. But John could handle himself he was a soldier, and we have seen him hold his own. Sure Sherlock has had to save John before, but John has also saved Sherlock.

I feel bad for John, Sherlock and Mary are basically saying that John is overreacting for being mad at Sherlock. John is acting like anyone else would act.

After being beat-up by John, we see Sherlock visit his other friends, Molly, Lestrade, and lastly Mrs. Hudson. I never understood why he went to Molly after he saw John. Molly helped him fake his death, she knew he was alive, why not go to Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson first since they thought he was dead.

We see Sherlock trying to figure out who the terrorist is, by using his homeless network.

Sherlock needing an assistant, since John won't talk to him, asks Molly to help him. They solve a bunch of small cases together. I really like these scenes, because it shows their friendship, you can tell that they are having fun, and enjoying each other's company. Molly much like John is impressed with Sherlock's deductions. However when they are solving cases Sherlock is hearing John's voice in his head making negative comments. I believe this shows us that 

even though he and Molly work well together he would rather be working with John. Also I wouldn't be surprised if its also the guilt he feels for hurting John.

The last case Sherlock and Molly work on, is for a man who works for the train stations,  he looks at there security camera's footage. He shows Sherlock and Molly a man who gets on the train into a carriage, then at the next stop the man is gone. He couldn't have jump off anywhere he just simply disappeared. After that Sherlock and Molly start leaving the client's flat, when Molly asks Sherlock what this day was about. Sherlock tells her this.

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Molly tells Sherlock that she is engaged. Sherlock tells her that she deserves to be happy. He kisses her on the cheek, and then leaves. We then see them walking in opposite directions.

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This is a very sweet moment for Sherlock and Molly. Sherlock again tells Molly that she matters to him, and he even showed her that by spending the day with her. He thanks her, and wishes her happiness in her relationship. Sherlock has grown, he is showing Molly the respect she deserves. I don't know if they did this on purpose, but this scene feels like they are breaking up, even though they have never been a couple. That's just how the actors play this scene.

John is on his way to visit Sherlock after work, but he gets drugged and put into a bonfire.

Mary gets a skip code text, and goes to Sherlock for help. Sherlock realizing that John is in trouble, runs into the street and borrows a motorbike, with Mary.

While Sherlock and Mary are going to the church where the bonfire is located, Mary keeps reserving texts from the person that kidnapped John, saying things like, they are running out of time.

Sherlock and Mary get there just after the group has set the bonfire on fire. Sherlock is able to pull John out in time.

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The next day I assume, John visits Sherlock to find out who threw him into the bonfire, and why. Sherlock tells John that he does not know.

They then start talking about the terrorist attack that is going to happen, and how one of Sherlock's rat's as he calls them, is the same man in the train video; Moran is his name. Sherlock finally figures out that Mycroft's agent didn't mean that it was an underground network terrorist group, he meant a literal underground network. Sherlock states that seven carriages leave from Westminster and only six carriages make it to St. James's Park. Now I know Sherlock said he missed what was right in front of him, but I feel like he should have noticed the first time he saw the train video, that one of the carriages was missing.

Sherlock skype's the client who gave him the case, and he tells Sherlock that they have railways underground Parliament that are not being used. They believe Moran planted a bomb on the missing carriage. While they are on their way to find the carriage, John keeps telling Sherlock that they need to call the police, but Sherlock responds in the negative. After they find the carriage, they discover that Moran didn't plant a bomb on the carriage he made the carriage the bomb, that would completely destroy Parliament.

After they discover that Moran made the carriage the bomb, Moran sets it off from his hotel room. Sherlock tries to stop the bomb, and he tells John that he doesn't know how. Sherlock begs John to forgive him. John not believing Sherlock at first says that Sherlock is trying to trick him, to make him forgive Sherlock. Sherlock tells John that he is not lying. John forgives Sherlock and prepares to be blown up.

Then for some strange reason it cuts to Sherlock telling Anderson how he faked his death. Using the kidnapper Moriarty had hired, and then killed in the last episode, as the body John see's on the ground. Sherlock landed on an airbag, then got blood applied to his face. Sherlock put a squash ball under his armpit, because if you put enough pressure on it, you can get rid of your pulse.

It has been confirmed by the writer's that this is actually how Sherlock faked his death. Basically Sherlock was very lucky that John didn't move, and that everything went according to plan. I however like this theory better, it makes more sense to me.

(http://shirt.woot.com/offers/how-he-survived)

It then cuts back to John still preparing to blow up, Sherlock then starts laughing. Sherlock was able to turn the bomb off, because there was switch, and he called the police before they left. I think Sherlock lying to John was extremely cruel. He made John think that he was going to die, and that he would never see Mary again. He did all of that to him, just to make John forgive him. John would have forgiven Sherlock, but Sherlock being selfish wanted John to forgive him now, so he manipulated the situation, so that he would get what he wants. Sherlock is very cruel in this scene, and I feel very bad for John Watson.

Moran also got arrested, the episode doesn't focus on it at all so neither will I.

The episode ends with a man, we have no idea who, watching a video of Sherlock saving John from the bonfire. We only see his eyes, but we know that whoever this is, has set their eyes on Sherlock.

This episode is interesting to say the least, and not in a good way. Sherlock is not really likable in this episode, not saying that he doesn't have some nice moments in this story. Sherlock is very selfish in this episode, he does not give John the time he needs to heal from being lied to, and he forces John to forgive him. Also Sherlock just putting John down for being upset that he didn't know Sherlock was alive, and telling John that he was overreacting. He doesn't care about how John feels, just how he feels. 

Also why was Moran a terrorist? What was his motivation? Sherlock says that he has been working with North Korea since 1996, but what is this guys story? What made him do this? This is the bad guy for the episode, and he never talks, he and Sherlock never meet. We have no idea why he is doing this other then the writer's being like "Oh, he is the bad guy, that's all you need to know."

We go from someone like Moriarty to Moran. We knew why Moriarty was doing these horrible things, we knew what his motivation was. Moran was completely and totally underwhelming, and forgettable.

I have seen other people mention this and I agree, that all of season three of Sherlock feels like Doctor Who. Not that Sherlock is fighting aliens, or running around with a sonic screwdriver, but that it has become silly and goofy, which is what Doctor Who has become under Steven Moffat. I don't want to be watching Sherlock feeling like I am watching Doctor Who, I want to feel like I am watching Sherlock.

Also Sherlock usually makes me laugh, it is a very clever and funny show without trying to hard, I did not laugh at all watching this episode.

Also they focus way too much on the character's and not enough on the mystery. They focus so much on the character's that the mystery gets overlooked. I'm not saying that they should totally just focus on the mystery, but when I watch Sherlock I want to solve a case with Sherlock Holmes, and Dr. John Watson, not watch Sherlock play operation with Mycroft. In the first two seasons I believe they had a perfect balance between character's and mystery.

I give "The Empty Hearse" 4/10

Sherlock Season 2 Episode 3 "The Reichenbach Fall"

This episode of Sherlock starts off with a major spoiler! John is going back to therapy because.........Sherlock is dead! Thanks episode for that spoiler!

After the theme song we go back to see how and why Sherlock died. We see Sherlock solving more high profile cases, making Sherlock a celebrity.

The fabulous Moriarty returns like Sherlock knew he would. Of course Moriarty loves to make an entrance so he breaks into the Tower of London, a bank, and a prison, all at the same time, by using a key code he has on apps on his phone.

(http://icefeather-77.deviantart.com/art/Moriarty-Wallpaper-456175070)

After breaking in to all these places Moriarty goes on trail, but of course gets off free, because he threatened the jury.

This episode even though it is more on the serious side has a lot of moments that just make you laugh, which is good because it lightens the mood.

Also Moriarty will make these movements or facial expressions, that just make me shudder. I also get the feeling that Moriarty is a very slimy person. Great job Andrew Scott, for creeping me out.

After Moriarty is released he goes to Baker Street. Sherlock knowing this makes some tea and plays the violin while waiting for Moriarty to arrive. When Moriarty does arrive they have this fantastic scene, its so simple, but so good. Moriarty is walking up the stairs, Sherlock is still playing the violin. Moriarty takes the next step and it squeaks, Moriarty pauses, Sherlock stops playing, after a moment Sherlock continues playing and Moriarty continues up the stairs. I love this scene! Because you just know that Sherlock could tell it was Moriarty by the squeak in the stairs. The scene also for me at least, carries this heavy overtone, that they are archenemies, that they are equals, and that they both mean business.

During this scene Moriarty tells Sherlock in a riddle that he is going to destroy him.

(https://youtu.be/YN7DYPJLXkc)

Andrew Scott and Benedict Cumberbatch have amazing chemistry as these archenemies. I know I have said this before, but Andrew Scott plays an amazing psychopath.

An American ambassador's children have been kidnapped by someone working for Moriarty; from their boarding school. Sherlock is brought onto the case. Sherlock deduces that the boy left a message in linseed, and poured some on the floor, leaving footprints behind. Sherlock gets a sample of the kidnapper's footprint and heads off to Bart's to get help from Molly.

While Molly is helping Sherlock they have a pretty meaningful conversation. 

(http://broriarty.tumblr.com/post/15991697731)

This scene is a very important scene for Sherlock and Molly's relationship. I believe its here that Sherlock realizes how well Molly knows him. She see's him, and can read him in a way John can't. Also in this conversation Molly tells Sherlock that if he ever needs any help, that she will be there for him.

Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey have amazing chemistry! I wish their character's had more scene's together.

Sherlock just by what he found on the kidnapper's footprint, and with the help of his homeless network is able to find where the boy and girl are being held. After they rescue them, Sherlock goes to talk to the girl, who starts screaming as soon as she see's him. Because of her reaction Donovan and Anderson think Sherlock was the kidnapper.

Lestrade goes to Baker Street and arrests Sherlock for the kidnapping. John not liking this head-butts Lestrade's boss, which then gets John arrested.

Sherlock and John escape and go to Kitty Riley's flat. Kitty was a reporter who earlier on wanted an interview with Sherlock. Sherlock had declined, but she gave him her card saying that he may need her. Now Moriarty hired someone who looked like Sherlock so that the police would think that Sherlock was the kidnapper. Moriarty is destroying Sherlock's name. Sherlock wanting to set things straight is now offering to tell Kitty Riley everything. However before he can start Moriarty himself walks into Kitty's flat. Moriarty is claiming to be someone called Richard Brook an actor that Sherlock hired to take the blame for the crimes Sherlock committed. Moriarty even has evidence that he is Richard Brook, and that Richard Brook is a real person.

(https://sherlockshome.net/2015/03/20/moriartys-top-5-diabolical-moments/)

Moriarty's plan is so brilliant! To make Sherlock look like a fake so his friends, and people in general start to believe the lie, that Sherlock Holmes is the bad guy, and that Moriarty was just a character Sherlock made-up, and hired an actor to play.

Now Moriarty is so convincing as Richard Brook that I actually start to believe him a little bit.

Moriarty escapes, and Sherlock realizing what is going to happen next goes to talk to Molly alone.

Sherlock goes to Molly who is just closing up the lab for the night and tells her that he needs her.

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This scene is a big character development moment for Sherlock. This is Sherlock saying that he needs someone's help, which is not easy for someone like Sherlock to say, I imagine. This is also Sherlock telling Molly and the audience that he does care about Molly, and he does see her as a friend.

After Sherlock's talk with Molly he texts Moriarty to met him up on Bart's roof. Sherlock tells Moriarty that since he has the key code he can destroy Richard Brook and bring back Moriarty. Moriarty tells him that there is no key code, he had people on the inside to break into all of those places.

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Moriarty tells Sherlock that he has to commit suicide, to save his three friends; Lestrade, Mrs.Hudson, and John; from snipers. Sherlock realizes though that if he has Moriarty then he can make him call off the snipers. The moment Sherlock realizes this is so great. He starts laughing, gets cocky, Sherlock's theme song place in the background. Like Sherlock we believe that Sherlock has bet Moriarty, that Sherlock doesn't have to die, and that Sherlock can save his friends. They make you think, "Yes the hero has won! In your face Moriarty!" The writers give you hope, and then they take it away. Moriarty knowing that Sherlock is correct shoots himself in the face.

So, now Sherlock had to kill himself to save his friends. Sherlock standing on the edge of the roof, calls John who just arrived outside of Bart's. Sherlock tells John that he is a fake, and that he made up Moriarty. Then he jumps. John's reaction is so heartbreaking. He runs to his friends body, to see if he survived. Martins heartbreaking performance is perfect!

As promised Moriarty's sniper's don't shot his friends.

Next we see John at Sherlock's grave.

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You can see the hurt, pain, and sadness on his face and voice. In this scene you can truly see how much John Watson loved his best friend. Please someone give Martin an Oscar for this scene.

After John is done talking to Sherlock's grave we see him walking away, and the camera goes off to the side, and we see Sherlock! Alive and well, watching John walk away from his grave! Then Sherlock walks away, and we get the credits! We are left to wonder how Sherlock survived and why he hasn't told any of his friends he is alive.

This episode is fantastic! I feel like it has a perfect balance between drama, comedy, sadness, and mystery. I give the Reichenbach Fall 10/10

Sherlock Season 2 Episode 2 "The Hounds of Bakerville"

This episode of Sherlock is just kinda eh, its just kinda there, and I don't feel like there is anything really remarkable about it. 

Anyways let's get to the things in this episode that are worth talking about.

There are some good things about this episode, the beginning with Sherlock going through case withdrawals, is very funny, and it really shows us that Sherlock is a junkie when it comes to cases. Seeing John being so tried of Sherlock acting like this is great. You get the feeling by how John is acting that this is probably a regular occurrence at Baker Street.

The case is ok. It, much like this episode is nothing spectacular.  The client Henry Knight, believes he saw his father be murdered by a giant dog when he was a child. Throughout the episode Henry starts to go insane, because he is being poisoned by the fog, that is released by pressure plates underground the ground, were he saw his father die, and were he frequently visit.

It is revealed that his father's friend, Bob Frankland, who works at Bakervilles military base, was the one who murdered him, because Henry's father found out that he is trying to reuse a very dangerous drug, that makes people extremely violent. However Frankland ends up killing himself before he can be brought to justice. I get why they had him kill himself, to show that even if Sherlock does solve the case, that doesn't always mean that he will win. However it would have been nice to see this man who hurt who knows how many people with that horrible drug, get what he deserves.

The scene of Sherlock being scared after he see's the hound, is a great scene. It shows us that Sherlock has emotions; however I think by this time we all knew that Sherlock had emotions, he just chooses not to show them. Its an extremely well acted scene, and it is nice to see the great Sherlock Holmes afraid of something. But the way that they edited this scene, with Sherlock's face being extremely close to the camera with John being farther away just looks weird. Maybe its just me, but I think its an awkward shot, and it takes me out of the episode.

The whole scene of Sherlock telling John that he is his only friend, is nice, but we already knew that they were bff's. John is just being stupid, I know he was hurt when Sherlock told him that he didn't have any friends, but seriously? Sherlock told him that after he had just seen the hound. Sherlock was terrified! The man was scared and he was being extremely defense in that scene, so why would John take anything Sherlock said seriously. He could see that Sherlock was not himself. It wasn't necessary for the writers to put this in here, we all knew that they are bff's, we didn't need them to spell it out for us.

A fun fact about this episode, the reason why Sherlock forgetting Lestrade's first name is an on going gag in the show, is because in the books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Lestrade's name was just G. Lestrade. We never learn what it is in the books, and that's why Sherlock can never remember it.

Overall this is an ok episode, it is entertaining but not the greatest episode ever. You could skip this episode and not miss a thing. I give this episode 6/10 

Sherlock Season 2 Episode 1 A Scandal in Belgravia

Sherlock is one of my favorite shows, I don't think that is a surprise if you have read my other reviews. I only have good things to say about the show.

That being said.....I despise this episode. I feel like this maybe more of a rant then a review.

I hate what the creator's Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss did to Irene Adler. I really enjoyed her in "A Scandal in Bohemia" the book this episode is based off of. Its my favorite Sherlock Holmes story.

Let's get to what I hate about this episode. They destroyed the character of Irene Adler, by making her a lesbian dominatrix, who for some reason falls in love with Sherlock.

In the book she beat Holmes by out-smarting him, because he underestimated her, because she was a woman. In this episode, I feel like she does have the upper hand at some points, but its just because she is sexy. She is still smart, but the creator's focus more on her sex-appeal.

This episode also destroys Sherlock for me, so much so, I pretend this episode never happened. They made Sherlock Holmes into a lovesick puppy, who can't talk just because Irene says that she like's detective's, and detective stories.

Also in the book Sherlock gave Irene the name of The Woman, because he respected her and held her in high esteem, because she beat him. And he was not in love with her.

In this episode The Woman is her professional name as a dominatrix, Moffat and Gatiss even make her title of honor, a sex symbol.

Irene doesn't even out-smart Sherlock in this episode. She fakes her death, because people want to kill her. Sherlock does believe that she is actually dead, but then he finds out she isn't. Near the end of the episode Sherlock does finally unlock her phone, that has contents that the government wants. And if that wasn't enough, Irene gets captured by terrorist, who are going to behead her, but wouldn't you know that Sherlock saves her from that.

Also the sexual-tension in this episode is so heavy, that it makes me feel awkward, and I want to cover my eyes most of the time. Whenever Irene and Sherlock are together I'm afraid they are going to jump on each other and start having sex.

Now sexual-tension in shows or movies is good. It makes the viewers say "Just kiss already!" I get why shows and movies do this. It builds tension between the character's and it leaves the audience in suspense. But what Moffat and Gatiss did is just awkward.

I honestly don't know why I'm suppose to like Irene Adler. I'm not a guy, which is who I believe this character was made for, because all her character is, is sexy, and kinda smart.

The only thing I like about this episode is Molly Hooper. She is the female character I can relate to, not someone like Irene Adler.

Molly only has three scene's in this episode, but these scene's are really the only things I like about this episode.

I'm only going to talk about her most important scene however; which is the Christmas party scene.

The boys are having a Christmas party at Baker Street. Lestrade, Mrs. Hudson, and John's current girlfriend are already there when Molly arrives.

She is all dressed up, and making small talk with the rest of the party, when Sherlock starts deducing her. He deduces, that she must have a new boyfriend, because that's why she tried to make herself look good.

He also notes the present at the top of the bag, and how all of the other presents got cramped.

He picks up the present, and reads the tag, and see's that it is for him. Molly standing up for herself tells him that he is always so mean to her. Sherlock without being told to, say's that he is sorry, and he wishes her a "Merry Christmas" then kisses her on the cheek.

I know I have been talking bad about the creator's in this review/rant, but I think no one can explain this scene better then Steven Moffat.

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I really do hate this episode, but if you like it good for you. Perhaps I am being too hard on it since it is an adaptation of the book, but in my opinion, which that is all this is my opinion, its a bad adaptation. However I am willing to give this episode a 3/10, because that's how many scene's Molly Hooper has in this episode.