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We begin the third season of Sherlock two years after the titular character magically survived a fall. Our favorite high functioning sociopath has been undercover dismantling Moriarty’s network. Unfortunately London is in danger, so Mycroft has to pull his brother out to save the day.
Meanwhile, John has gone through some big changes.
Oh, he’s also got a fiancée now. I mean John needed to do something to get over the death of his BFF. So when it turns out Sherlock was alive but just didn’t tell him for two years, John is a bit upset.
But hey, save a doctor from a mysterious kidnapping and burning, and he tends to go back to assisting you in you mysteries; just after a headbutt.
Oh right, the saving London from a terrorist attack thing. Turns out there’s a train with a bomb on it set to make Parliament explode. The reunited duo find themselves locked on the train with the bomb set to go off, but of course Sherlock manages to disarm it.
And so London is saved and Sherlock is back solving crimes. However, the episode ends with a sinister figure watching footage of Sherlock saving John. It seems like he’ll be of importance later on.
Leave you thoughts and theories in the comments, and try not to spoil it for those who haven’t seen the next two episodes.
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Boooooring. Everybody on the internet has seen Sherlock weeks ago. Instead post the gifs from True Detective last night. Yes you know which gifs I am talking about. These ones [exquisitemissus.tumblr.com]
I have a better idea, but I’ll get banned for posting it.
god i love those rare occasions when england gets good things before america.
It’s so satisfying, isn’t it?
Add Top Gear to the list.
The mysterious guy isn’t so mysterious if you’ve read the books. Let’s just say he’s one of the reasons I think anyone who says you HAVE to have Moriarity if you’re gonna do Sherlock are the same idiots who think Batman fights the Joker every issue.
And speaking of Baker, guess who turned 80 today.
I won’t go into detail about the next two episodes, but series three makes clear that Sherlock has become a show about the show, from the incessant playing up meta-jokes for the fandom and .gif makers down to casting Freeman’s real-life partner as Watson’s romantic partner and Cumberbatch’s parents as Sherlock’s parents. For series four to rebound to what made the show great for the first two series, they need to separate the characters and the drama from the offscreen lives and fame of the stars. Oh, and get back to actually telling stories.
I’m not holding my breath.
I agree. Especially since it’s been two years since the last series and they only do 3 episodes a series, it’s really hard to overlook the flaws.
Disagree. Unless you specifically seek out the information, there is no way you would know about the casting choices. So, that’s the producers putting a little something extra in there for the fans that want that kind of thing. The stories themselves (and yes, I’ve seen all three) are still good. Yes, the personalities of the characters are taking more of the focus of the show, but that is what separates this version of the characters from say Elementary on CBS. To me, they’re just building on their strengths.
I keep wanting to like this show, but they’ve yet to use Baker St. by Gerry Rafferty as musical interlude in any way shape or form so…