BBC's Sherlock

[VampyreWraith]

Has the 2nd series started airing in the US? And if not, does anyone know when/if it will?

[Carter1994]

Ah, so this is where the Sherlock fans have been hiding. The Reichenbach Fall was fantastic, wasn't it? Regarding the reporter...

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I know I recognize Sherlock's deduction of her from one of Doyle's stories. I think it might be The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, but I'm not certain... This is probably going to drive me insane.

Has the 2nd series started airing in the US? And if not, does anyone know when/if it will?

I believe it's rumored to come out around May.

[mi_guard]

I think it's pretty obvious

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he didn't survive the fall, that was Moriarty's body taking the fall for him, knowing Moffat, he'll probably write in something like Sherlock got Molly to make a face cast of him, then he put it on Moriarty and chucked him off the roof at the right time.

Molly is the key, because it'll turn out that she identified the body, so yeah, it's probably her.

When they finally explain this, they'll probably show some extended stuff that we didn't see as flashbacks from Watson, like Holmes appearing to step off the ledge onto the roof, before stepping back on and jumping - this would be where the switch took place, yes I know Moriarty was dead at that point (well, unconscious at least), but a couple broom handles and some creative positioning from a person standing behind wouldn't be seen from someone standing where Watson was, especially if he believed he was seeing Sherlock on the ledge.

your comment about

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"Sherlock getting Molly to make a face cast of him", made me think that Moriarty must have done something similar. I am still wondering why the girl started screaming when she saw Sherlock. Could it be that Moriarty was 'wearing' Sherlock's face while kidnapping the children?

[mi_guard]

and I am still wondering about this conversation between Sherlock and John:

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Sherlock Holmes: [talking to John on the phone while on the roof of St. Barts] I'm a fake.
John Watson: Sherlock...
Sherlock Holmes: The newspapers were right all along. I want you to tell Lestrade, I want you to tell Mrs. Hudson and Molly, in fact tell anyone who will listen to you... that I created Moriarty for my own purposes.
John Watson: Ok, shut up Sherlock. Shut up. The first time we met - the first time we met, you knew all about my sister, right?
Sherlock Holmes: Nobody could be that clever.
John Watson: You could.

why insisting that John should tell everyone that he's a fake? wouldn't his 'suicide' be an admission enough of his guilt?

and I did not really understand one thing, at the beginning of the episode and at the very end, what is it that John does not want to say to his shrink?

[mi_guard]

I am so looking forward to the 3rd series ..... how long to wait? do we know when it can be expected?

I am really interested to find out how Molly

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could possibly help Sherlock ...

Sherlock: “Molly, I think I’m going to die.”
Molly: “What do you need?”
Sherlock: “I wasn’t everything that you think I am; everything that I think I am. But you still want to help me?”
Molly: “What do you need?”
Sherlock: “You.”

EDIT: I cannot watch the video posted last by John Watson on his blog (probably because I am not living in the UK). Could anyone tell me, what the video is about? Thanks. Here's the link
EDIT2: it's okay, I found it on youtube, where I can watch it without problems

[mi_guard]

assume this stunt picture is from the last episode: http://twitpic.com/5r2o14
wondering who is hanging there, the actor or a stuntman




(just saw this fan video about how to watch BBC's Sherlock and had to post it

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y00gZUqk7b0

[mi_guard]

interesting fan's theory about how Sherlock faked

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his death. Have a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrhWfuw9Pqs

[Quizziard]

interesting fan's theory about how Sherlock faked

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his death. Have a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrhWfuw9Pqs

Nothing really new to what's been said above, just in video. The only slight thought it prompted for me, the Baskerville gas was mentioned earlier as being a suitable drug (might even cause enough effect to prompt seeing Sherlock's face on any vaguely similar body) but it could also have been Ms. Adler's.

[Teddybrown]

Looks like the BBC arent too happy about the American version of Sherlock...
http://cultfix.co.uk/bbc-not-happy-w...lock-16144.htm

[Easter Lily]

I got really weepy that last 10 minutes even though the outcome is fairly well-known.
It was a brilliant episode but I found it hard to watch at times because the entire episode felt ominous.

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To kill a man is one thing but to destroy his reputation is another

Martin Freeman was amazing in this. Won't be surprised if he wins the BAFTA again.

Looks like the BBC arent too happy about the American version of Sherlock...
http://cultfix.co.uk/bbc-not-happy-w...lock-16144.htm

Hardly surprising.
But it doesn't bother me. I'm always up for more Sherlock Holmes as long as it's well done.

[Ian-S]

We saw Sherlock jump.

Replying to me I assume?

Yes and no, we saw what Moffat wanted us to see, and a lot of the entire scene was from Watson's distorted and obscured POV.

Probably wise to remember we "saw" another Character of Moffat's shot and killed in another series, and all that turned out to be was a trick as well. My theory is based on the writers not straying too far from their established writing style.

Of course, (now I have to rewatch to confirm this), but didn't we see a truck drive off immediately after

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whoever jumped/fell appeared to hit the ground? Who calmly drives off after someone jumps off the building next to you? Maybe Sherlock landed in the truck, and with some help from say Molly, the "dead Holmes" was placed on the pavement (remember the landing spot was out of view for Watson) etc. etc.

I wouldn't be surprised to find that when Watson eventually works it all out, the cyclist was Sherlock.

[Ian-S]

haha answering to myself, first sign of madness.
Just watched that video theory and another on YT, something else I noticed,

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when he jumps, he's facing head out, feet in to the building, he's still facing this direction all through the fall, until just before the cut away from the landing to show Watson.

When he "lands", he's turned 90 degrees sideways, right hand facing towards the hospital.

A subtle clue there? or just a continuity error?

I'm now more leaning towards my second theory above.

[mjwalshe]

Replying to me I assume?

Yes and no, we saw what Moffat wanted us to see, and a lot of the entire scene was from Watson's distorted and obscured POV.

Probably wise to remember we "saw" another Character of Moffat's shot and killed in another series, and all that turned out to be was a trick as well. My theory is based on the writers not straying too far from their established writing style.

Of course, (now I have to rewatch to confirm this), but didn't we see a truck drive off immediately after

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whoever jumped/fell appeared to hit the ground? Who calmly drives off after someone jumps off the building next to you? Maybe Sherlock landed in the truck, and with some help from say Molly, the "dead Holmes" was placed on the pavement (remember the landing spot was out of view for Watson) etc. etc.

I wouldn't be surprised to find that when Watson eventually works it all out, the cyclist was Sherlock.

people have suggested that the person bumping into Watson injected him with the drug from the hound of the baskervilles - to make him see the body as Holmes

[dipsofjazz]

It's repeated again tonight on BBC3 at 8pm if anyone missed it first time.

[Flyboy]

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I can't verify this, but I swear, when we caught a brief glimpse of 'Sherlock's' face dead on the pavement... it was actually Moriarty's. I looked as closely as I could, because without even speculating, that thought popped into my mind.

Furthermore, I would suggest that potentially, the clue was in the title of the episode, The Reichenbach Fall aka The Richard Brooke Fall. Coincidence?