I can’t. I can’t really deal with this. I can’t even think of anything to say. We’re not going to be okay.
just can we all be prepared to hold one another. I am here for you. Will you be there for me?
Now, this liveblog is going to be different for everyone, since it’s not airing officially in the United States. Like all liveblogs with relative airings, this liveblog starts when you have access to “The Reichenbach Fall.â€Â Use the comments below as your glorious canvas. In order to avoid spoilers, please try to avoid going back and commenting on comments made on the front page so those of us who are liveblogging can stick to the front page to leave them.
The review (and my own eulogy) will go up on Monday.
god help us all
Wow Moriarty has been planning this for a while.
And Sherlock knows what comes next.
….Molly is going to die. omg
'You're wrong you know. You do count.'
Mollyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
WHA?
I think Moriarty's final plan isn't to kill Sherlock but John cause that will 'destroy' him.
That's what I've been thinking. He did promise to burn the heart out of him.
O MY GOD MYCROFT
I sweat to god Mycroft, if you are involved in that you are officially off my favourite character list.
Or maybe not.
Someone has to die though right?
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Oh man I totally wrote this in a fic last year.)
Well, sort of.
Mycroff, you traitor!
Hacing a lot of trouble with this whole "keycode" thing.
I was wondering about that too.
THAT IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD MYCROFT.
Screw you Mycroft!
the drumming!
Sherlock no 🙁
THE TIME LORDS are RETURNING
STOP GOING OFF ALONE PLACES WITH EVIL MASTERMINDS SHERLOCK.
Sherlock definitely has a scheming face.
NO. STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM THE FUCKING ROOFTOP YOU FUCKING *MORON*.
MRS. HUDSON. ;__;
HES JUST TRYING TO GET YOU OUT OF THE WAY JOHN DON'T FALL FOR IT.
!!!!!! Mrs Hudson!!! Or is it set up by Sherlock to get rid of John and protect him.
Confirmed.
Disco theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeme!
The skyline is amazing. I <3 how pretty all this is
kick him off the roof
Staying alive is like his theme song now.
Having a little existential crisis Jim.
Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one who still uses "doofus".
FUCK YOU IPLAYER.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU
'You're just getting that now?' ROFLMAO.
YOU FORGOT TO COUNT MOLLY MORIARTY
SHE IS GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS
can't liveblog. too tense
WHAT!
THERE ARE TEN MINUTES LEFT OMG
holy fuck
WHAT??!!!!!
DID HE REALLY!
what the fucking fuck
what is this i don't even
Oh hi there possibly Moran sniper
jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus
Noooo. This can't be the end of Sherlock. Please nooooooo.
JOHN NO
NO
Noooooo Sherlock don't do it! ;_; ;_;
NO FUCKING WAY
…but how was Molly going to help him? HOWWWW?
Ol neenatvat n obql sebz gur zbethr
That's what I was thinking, but then I started wondering if it was explicitly pointed out and I just missed it somehow.
It'll all be explained to us later, I think…
Ohg lrnu, fur'f tbg sevraqf va fpehof jvgu fgergpuref. Naq gurl cebonoyl neenatrq sbe gung thl ba gur ovxr gb qvfbevrag Wbua ybat rabhtu sbe gurz gb uvqr gur genzcbyvar naq fdhveg fbzr qvyhgrq pbea flehc & erq sbbq qlr ba naq nebhaq Fureybpx'f urnq.
This is a good theory.
Vs n crefba uvg n genzcbyvar nsgre snyyvat 70sg, gurl'q tb evtug guebhtu vg. Gurer'f ab genzcbyvar.
Jngpu gur gehpx shyy bs tneontr ontf–fvggvat gurer ol gur cnirzrag juvyr Fureybpx vf ba gur ebbs, naq gura pnfhnyyl qevivat njnl whfg nsgre uvf obql vf "qvfpbirerq." Frrzf bqq, ab?
Abgr ubj Fureybpx znxrf fher Wbua vf fgnaqvat va n fcbg jurer ur'q or noyr gb frr Fureybpx snyy, ohg abg *ynaq*. Fureybpx rira *qverpgf* uvz nf gb rknpgyl jurer gb fgnaq.
Crbcyr jub whzc sebz ohvyqvatf qb abg ynaq evtug arkg gb gur ohvyqvat gurl whzc sebz — gurer vf n funyybj nep — juvpu zrnaf Fureybpx ynaqrq ba n guvpx cvyr bs cynfgvp ontf cnpxrq jvgu fbzrguvat gung jbhyq jbex yvxr na vasyngrq fghag zng. Gura ur'q qerapu uvf fpnyc va snxr oybbq naq ebyy bhg bs gur gehpx gb gur cnirzrag. Gur plpyvfg (bar bs Fureybpx'f ubzryrff argjbex) jnf frg hc gb fvqr-fjvcr Wbua gb xrrc uvz sebz trggvat gurer *gbb* dhvpxyl (v.r. gb frr Fureybpx trg bhg bs gur gehpx), juvyr gur crbcyr fheebhaqvat Fureybpx — zber bs gur ubzryrff argjbex (jul ryfr zragvba uvf ubzryrff argjbex va gur rcvfbqr, fvapr gurl qvqa'g npghnyyl qb nalguvat, rkprcg gb znxr hfr bs nyy bs gurz va guvf fprar). Ur arrqrq Zbyyl nf n pb-pbafcvengbe gb qrpyner uvz qrnq.
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ALLTHETEARS 🙁 🙁 🙁
SHERLOCK'S FACE.
WATSON. OMG.
No, John, don't loose faith in Sherlock. 🙁
STOP USING JOHN TO FAKE YOUR DEATH
MOLLY. TIEM TO BUST THE DOOR DOWN WITH AN AK47
WHY ARE YOU MAKING JOHN WATCH YOU SICK FUCK
WHatohawfaswrqghh
Canon says it's fake but I really don't get how it can be they wouldn't change that would they would they???
Jngpu gur gehpx shyy bs tneontr ontf–fvggvat gurer ol gur cnirzrag juvyr Fureybpx vf ba gur ebbs, naq gura pnfhnyyl qevivat njnl whfg nsgre uvf obql vf "qvfpbirerq." Frrzf bqq, ab?
Abgr ubj Fureybpx znxrf fher Wbua vf fgnaqvat va n fcbg jurer ur'q or noyr gb frr Fureybpx snyy, ohg abg *ynaq*. Fureybpx rira *qverpgf* uvz nf gb rknpgyl jurer gb fgnaq.
Crbcyr jub whzc sebz ohvyqvatf qb abg ynaq evtug arkg gb gur ohvyqvat gurl whzc sebz — gurer vf n funyybj nep — juvpu zrnaf Fureybpx ynaqrq ba n guvpx cvyr bs cynfgvp ontf cnpxrq jvgu fbzrguvat gung jbhyq jbex yvxr na vasyngrq fghag zng. Gura ur'q qerapu uvf fpnyc va snxr oybbq naq ebyy bhg bs gur gehpx gb gur cnirzrag. Gur plpyvfg (bar bs Fureybpx'f ubzryrff argjbex) jnf frg hc gb fvqr-fjvcr Wbua gb xrrc uvz sebz trggvat gurer *gbb* dhvpxyl (v.r. gb frr Fureybpx trg bhg bs gur gehpx), juvyr gur crbcyr fheebhaqvat Fureybpx — zber bs gur ubzryrff argjbex (jul ryfr zragvba uvf ubzryrff argjbex va gur rcvfbqr, fvapr gurl qvqa'g npghnyyl qb nalguvat, rkprcg gb znxr hfr bs nyy bs gurz va guvf fprar). Ur arrqrq Zbyyl nf n pb-pbafcvengbe gb qrpyner uvz qrnq.
zooomg. But is that really Sherlock's body?
my face
i can't feel it
vomit vomit vomit forever
I can't even T_T
HE'S IN SHOCK GIVE HIM A BLANKET
BRB dying of sad
Please please give us a three years in the future tag and make everything happy again.
wait, is Mrs. Hudson okay?
Why did they have to tease us with the face reveal. I was thinking it's not him I can't see the face therefore it's not him, OH SHIT IT IS HIM. Moffat, why? This is cruel.
I can imagine Sherlock listening to John's moment and going "Really? Is that it?"
'Don't be dead' T_T
oh god the reflection in the tombstone
This is going to destroy Mark. Oh man.
YES TO THE FUCK YEAH
NOW HOW?
Fucking crying so hard during John's speech at the end there oh my god.
Ugh ME TOO
SHERLOCK LOVES JOHN SO MUCH HE GAVE HIM THE MIRACLE OF NOT BEING DEAD. NOW GO FUCKING TELL HIM!!!!!!
I'm glad you're alive but YOU NEED TO GO OVER AND TELL JOHN, SHERLOCK, AND SAY SORRY FOR MAKING US CRY!
WHAT?HOW? A clone, a trick, Ghost Sherlock?
If there is no season 3 I will cry forever
Moriarty's body?
Didn't we see his face though? Of course it was through Johns concussion goggles, so it could have been.
We saw a face, but it was kind of… bloody.
I thought it looked more like Matt Smith than BCumberbatch, but that might just be my brain exploding.
Oh there's a DW crossover episode coming to explain that.
Or I wouldn't put that past the Moff, honestly.
It was Sherlock.
Two possibilities I can think of:
– Sherlock was the body on the ground, but it wasn't the body we saw falling. He switched it somehow
– Sherlock put a Sherlock-looking mask on Moriarty's body.
Either way Moriarty's body is the one that was being dropped, furthered by the fact that the newsreport in Watson's blog doesn't mention "Rich Brook" being found dead on the hospital's rooftop.
And either way Molly's help is required to fake the autopsy results.
There was also a garbage truck right next to where he landed and Holmes mentioned his homeless person secret service earlier in the episode. The crowd or the guy on the bike could have been them, he also made sure John stayed in place so he couldn't see below a certain point of the building Holmes was on top of.
Apparently S3 has been confirmed.
I spent from the start of the rooftop on with my hands covering my mouth and only making noises of shock or sadness in between.
Fuck you Cumberbatch, Freeman, Gatiss, Moffat and everyone else involved with this show.
Bloody hell.
Just don't be. Dead.
Buffy spoiler:
Ur fnirq gur jbeyq. Dhvgr n ybg.
Mam just walked into the room and asked why I was smiling. It's because my emotions are confused and don't know what to do anymore!!!!
OK so I've spent the day reading GRRM and the evening watching this.
I need a hug!
"Vgf whfg n zntvp gevpx"
Jul qvq Wbua UNIR gb fgnaq rknpgyl gurer….JURER UR JNF HANOYR GB FRR FUREYBPX UVG GUR TEBHAQ
Thrff jub jnf ba gur ovxr *jvax*
Pretty much all my thoughts, but also:
V jbhyq unir zhpu cersreerq vg gb raq jvgu gur pnzren cnaavat bire gb Zbyyl jvgu n yvggyr fzvyr ba ure snpr, engure guna npghnyyl fubj Fureybpx. V guvax gur jevgref ner gelvat gb znxr gur ivrjref, yvxr Zbevnegl, sbetrg Zbyyl, ohg V'z abg fher vg jnf nyy gung rssrpgvir. Oevyyvnag rcvfbqr, ohg n yvggyr punatr V jbhyq unir znqr, V'z fher gur npghny, sne zber gnyragrq jevgref unir orggre ernfbaf guna zvar gubhtu.
So I am full of random scattered thoughts right now but burning the heart out of Sherlock wasn't really just threatening his friends, but making them lose trust and faith in him and, more importantly, losing their friendship. The whole media storm was just part of the build up to that. Hence the focus on Sherlock trying to convince John what Moriarty said was true and passing it on to everyone. And fuck I love you John for never, ever doubting or losing faith in Sherlock, even when he was telling you himself.
I can't breathe. It finished quarter of an hour ago and I still can't breathe
I have no words for what I just watched
No-one, but no-one, does sad like Martin Freeman, *takes breath to compose*, it's just something in my eye, ok?
Gah… I know this episode is available to watch but @_@ I DON'T KNOW IF I AM READY FOR IT YET.
Also woooah, that's like four times as many comment pages as there usually are by this point.
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I hate you Moffat for dragging us along!
I am both hating and loving this. Whyohwhyohwhy must they make us wait so 🙁 🙁
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And from Gatiss. Bastards!
HAHAHAHA THAT FUCKER
I HATE WHAT A TAUNTING ARSEHOLE HE IS! I mean I do love how expertly he trolls but BASTARD!
HAHAHAHA NO BUT SERIOUSLY, THAT FUCKER, THOUGH. good god these people. trollers of the finest and cruellest degree.
AAAAARGH.
I LOVE/HATE THEM BOTH.
But mostly love.
God, how many showrunners would have let that drop and spoiled the surprise? Not Moffat and Gatiss. LOVE.
How're y'all holding up in here?
….
Not good?
NOT. GOOD.
WWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I need new underpants and eyeballs.
Holy shit you guys.
I don't understand how he survived. The man was dead! Can Molly bring people back from the dead? Is that it?
Technically we never got visual confirmation he was dead, just a banged up body. John tried to take his pulse but was too disorientated by being knocked over/being pulled back by the crowd to take it.
But he fell all that way. On his head. There was blood.
Obvs he survived but it's miraculous.
Given it's Sherlock and he was the one who invited Moriarty up to the roof, I'm assuming he worked something out in regards to heights and ways of falling/landing that would minimise the damage to himself. He is the kind of person who'd know really random stuff like that. But that could just be fannish handwaving headcanon.
I am fairly sure it IS *possible* to survive a fall from that height, just incredibly unlikely. It's possible his plan just had a high chance of failure, it's possible he worked some stuff out to maximise his chance of survival… I don't know, now I'm going to obsess over it. (I did assume all the blood was either his and drained before he went up to the roof and spilled when he fell, orrr somebody else's, though.)
OR his chatter to John on the phone somehow hypnotised him into thinking it was Sherlock aided with a concussion….and Molly gave Sherlock a handy corpse.
Or something,.
I did wonder. (I assume the body they buried was from her, at least.) But… I don't know. HMM.
(Interesting though- if Molly *is* in on it, he must trust her a hell of a lot to not screw up and tell.)
But she'd understand about it being the only way he would survive surely?
Well to put it into perspective, in the original stories he didn't tell WATSON because he thought he'd be given away. Only Mycroft, and only because he HAD to. I just think it's interesting that he apparently thinks Molly will be good enough at lying. (Or maybe he didn't tell her exactly what he was going to do and she does think he's dead?)
I think it's that he doubts anyone will think to ask Molly; by her own admission, she doesn't count.
Except that she does. >:}
If it turns out that Molly Hooper is the one who enables the entire plan to go into motion, I am going to be so damn happy, I can't lie. Because Molly Hooper deserves to be a quiet, unassuming badass.
I think there's no denying that we all identify with Molly on some level. Which is why she needs a win.
Also maybe she and Watson could get married. It wouldn't be the truest of loves but they would be super-cute and friendly.
I'm shipping Molly/Lestrade bigtime right now. No real idea why other than Lestrade's little face at the reveal of her Christmas party outfit.
I think they'd be good for each other. They're sort of normal-but-understands-the-weird-stuff.
Jngpu gur gehpx shyy bs tneontr ontf–fvggvat gurer ol gur cnirzrag juvyr Fureybpx vf ba gur ebbs, naq gura pnfhnyyl qevivat njnl whfg nsgre uvf obql vf "qvfpbirerq." Frrzf bqq, ab?
Abgr ubj Fureybpx znxrf fher Wbua vf fgnaqvat va n fcbg jurer ur'q or noyr gb frr Fureybpx snyy, ohg abg *ynaq*. Fureybpx rira *qverpgf* uvz nf gb rknpgyl jurer gb fgnaq.
Crbcyr jub whzc sebz ohvyqvatf qb abg ynaq evtug arkg gb gur ohvyqvat gurl whzc sebz — gurer vf n funyybj nep — juvpu zrnaf Fureybpx ynaqrq ba n guvpx cvyr bs cynfgvp ontf cnpxrq jvgu fbzrguvat gung jbhyq jbex yvxr na vasyngrq fghag zng. Gura ur'q qerapu uvf fpnyc va snxr oybbq naq ebyy bhg bs gur gehpx gb gur cnirzrag.
Gur plpyvfg (bar bs Fureybpx'f ubzryrff argjbex) jnf frg hc gb fvqr-fjvcr Wbua gb xrrc uvz sebz trggvat gurer *gbb* dhvpxyl (v.r. gb frr Fureybpx trg bhg bs gur gehpx), juvyr gur crbcyr fheebhaqvat Fureybpx — zber bs gur ubzryrff argjbex (jul ryfr zragvba uvf ubzryrff argjbex va gur rcvfbqr, fvapr gurl qvqa'g npghnyyl qb nalguvat, rkprcg gb znxr hfr bs nyy bs gurz va guvf fprar). Ur arrqrq Zbyyl nf n pb-pbafcvengbe gb qrpyner uvz qrnq.
We never saw him HIT the ground–just saw him ON the ground.
Jngpu gur gehpx shyy bs tneontr ontf–fvggvat gurer ol gur cnirzrag juvyr Fureybpx vf ba gur ebbs, naq gura pnfhnyyl qevivat njnl whfg nsgre uvf obql vf "qvfpbirerq." Frrzf bqq, ab?
Abgr ubj Fureybpx znxrf fher Wbua vf fgnaqvat va n fcbg jurer ur'q or noyr gb frr Fureybpx snyy, ohg abg *ynaq*. Fureybpx rira *qverpgf* uvz nf gb rknpgyl jurer gb fgnaq.
Crbcyr jub whzc sebz ohvyqvatf qb abg ynaq evtug arkg gb gur ohvyqvat gurl whzc sebz — gurer vf n funyybj nep — juvpu zrnaf Fureybpx ynaqrq ba n guvpx cvyr bs cynfgvp ontf cnpxrq jvgu fbzrguvat gung jbhyq jbex yvxr na vasyngrq fghag zng. Gura ur'q qerapu uvf fpnyc va snxr oybbq naq ebyy bhg bs gur gehpx gb gur cnirzrag.
Gur plpyvfg (bar bs Fureybpx'f ubzryrff argjbex) jnf frg hc gb fvqr-fjvcr Wbua gb xrrc uvz sebz trggvat gurer *gbb* dhvpxyl (v.r. gb frr Fureybpx trg bhg bs gur gehpx), juvyr gur crbcyr fheebhaqvat Fureybpx — zber bs gur ubzryrff argjbex (jul ryfr zragvba uvf ubzryrff argjbex va gur rcvfbqr, fvapr gurl qvqa'g npghnyyl qb nalguvat, rkprcg gb znxr hfr bs nyy bs gurz va guvf fprar). Ur arrqrq Zbyyl nf n pb-pbafcvengbe gb qrpyner uvz qrnq.
You have some good timing because I'm looking at it this very second, frame by frame.
He falls and then it cuts to a body hitting the ground.
I agree I think the bin truck definitely has something to do with it. It's placed exactly where he could have landed and then drives away. I doubt if a driver saw/heard someone hitting the ground they would drive away. Truck driver was in on it.
The only doubt I have is for the time it would take Sherlock to climb out of the truck and onto the ground. Because the way it's cut together there's no gap for him to do that.
He made sure John stood in a very particular position. This is how most sleight of hand works, making sure the perspective is right.
And although I hate it, I'm also fairly sure this is why John had to witness it – he was the only person who Sherlock could make sure would stand in the right position and make the trick work. That, plus a suspiciously large number of medical personnel there immediately… Yeah. That was set up.
Well it IS the rooftop of a HOSPITAL.
But um yes I still concur with your theory I just don't think the SUDDEN MEDICAL TEAM is *too* far-reaching…we don't know how long John was out on the ground.
I guess so.
Logically.
BUT EMOTIONALLY I AM HAPPY WITH MY THEORY OF MOLLY HOOPER BEING A BAMF AND ORGANISING STUFF BEHIND THE SCENES.
GOD YES SO ON-BOARD WITH THAT I WILL RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET WITH THAT THEORY AND MY LITTLE HANDKERCHIEF BUNDLE ON A STICK.
Oh, it was definitely Molly pulling some strings from behind the scenes for at least part of the plan to work.
Update on John's blog and it's goddamn regioned! Again! http://johnwatsonblog.co.uk/blog/16ajune
ON IT.
I will love you forever!
Sorry, I'm rubbish with videos. 🙁
Transcript below!
Blog post: Untitled
He was my best friend and I'll always believe in him.
(Video clip)
STUDIO: "Now, he described himself as the world's only consulting detective, apparently helping the plioce solve a number of baffling cases. But yesterday it was revealed that Sherlock Holmes was a fake, a fraud, and tragically that seems to have lead to his death. Laurie Norris is at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, to tell us more."
NORRIS: "Thanks Sian. Yes, in the early hours of yesterday morning, the man who called himself Sherlock Holmes either jumped or fell to his death from the roof of this very hospital. His death, like his life, a mystery with no clear answers. It's been just over two month since the event, what's come to be known as 'the trial of the century'; James Moriarty, apparently the leader of a huge criminal organisation, was accused of attempting to steal the Crown Jewels and conspiring to break into the Bank of England. The star witness was the internet sensation, the so-called 'blogger-detective' Sherlock Holmes. Moriarty, however, was sensationally acquitted of all charges, and yesterday the almost unbelievable truth was revealed: James Moriarty was an actor, Richard Brook, hired by Sherlock Holmes to convince the police and public alike that he was a genius. Many of the crimes he was said to have committed simply didn't happen – and the blog which made Sherlock famous was revealed to be nothing more than a work of fiction. Whilst it's still unclear as to why he did what he did, the truth revealed in a national newspaper yesterday was that Sherlock Holmes was nothing more than a fantasist, and without wishing to speculate, it appears that the truth may have caught up with him, and this then tragically led him to take his own life."
STUDIO: "So, a real man of mystery then?"
"Well, apparently so, and so many unanswered questions. I mean, we still don't really know… who he was."
"No, or why he did what he did, a sad end, though – to a real tragedy."
(Beat.)
"The lovely boys from JLS are joining us after the weather to tell us about their new single."
(End video clip)
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Have you tried using TunnelBear? I use it to watch the iPlayer and works really well. It's free for a certain amount of data each month…
I might give it a try in the future. (I can watch BBC on tv, just can't access iPlayer)
Gur Ervpuraonpu Snyy = Gur Evpuneq Oebbx snyy = OBQLFJNC!!!
Oh that's brilliant. Ab gb zragvba gurer jnf n ybg bs rzcunfvf va gur svanyr cneg bs gur Zbevnegl Fureybpx rkpunatr gung gurl jrer gur fnzr.
ha, so true! Oh writers, you little trolls…
Naq gurer unf orra ab zragvba bs Zbevnegl/Oebbx'f obql orvat ba gur ebbs bs gur ohvyqvat, va gur Fha Zlpebsg unq, be va gur OOP ercbeg ba Wbua'f jrofvgr.
Neat idea, but nope. 😀
oh my fucking god
I can't
even
I was remarking that as a Holmes fan the brilliance here isn't so much in what is told (we all know, or people who know the stories do, there are no real consequences; Sherlock doesn't die) as in the telling. That was such a brilliant warping of FINA. Oh my gooood.
Yeah, that's probably the only reason why I didn't burst into tears. Because I knew Sherlock was alive and Moffatiss were just trolling us. Then again, I am still a little emotionally unstable.
MARTIN FREEMAN WINS ALL THE AWARDS
I honestly cried more than I would have if he had actually died, I think. Because somehow, knowing that what John is feeling isn't necessary- and possibly Mycroft, too, they left it ambiguous as to whether he knows- and everyone… made it harder. I can deal with characters dying better than I can them grieving, somehow.
ALL. THE. AWARDS. He does such real, genuine, *quiet* pain.
Ditto here. It's when the characters I care for are sad or grieving that I get teary eyed or, rarely, cry.
ALL. THE. AWARDS. He does such real, genuine, *quiet* pain.
Fuck you, he's going to win another BAFTA!
Seriously. It's not the people who are dead who suffer.
*claws face off*
Yeah, I honestly did not expect to cry at all or be very moved, because I was like BUT HE GETS BETTER. SHERLOCK IS FINE.
It's Watson, though, that's the kicker. His scene at Sherlock's grave made me teary-eyed because of what his character was going through and how fucking tragic it was that he was being made to suffer and mourn like this.
QUESTION. Do we think Jim is dead or 'dead'? I was talking with my Dad and he thinks it was a blank in the gun and one of those blood squib things.
I hope he's 'dead' but I'm not sure. Aren't blanks supposed to do a lot of damage at point blank range anyway? Or did I just make that up from somewhere?
Probably, but gunshot wounds in the mouth should also leave more than blood on the ground, so: possible artistic license?
Re: the blood thing, artistic license. Often you have to simply accept things with TV shows and this might be the case. However, I had earlier just accepted that the "keycode" that Moriarty had was real despite the fact that that was completely ridiculous. But then he called Sherlock a dufus for believing it and I basically got told. So now I don't know what to believe; anything could be intentional.
Oh, that bit of meta misdirection was such gold. We believe it because stories *do* that and then nope, sucker. So yeah, hell knows; playing on the audience's expectation/observations makes a lot of sense for a Sherlock Holmes adaptation, after all.
Blanks probably would kill from that distance, you're not allowed to fire them closer than 10 feet in training, but I was just in the cadets so it might be different for the real army.
Blanks in a real gun would, but you can also get stage guns that vent through the sides and the top of the barrel. Putting one in your mouth isn't especially safe, but it probably wouldn't kill you – and certainly not in TV land.
I want him to be alive, but Sherlock would've checked. He'd have definitely checked. If he was on a rooftop long enough to execute his own escape, there's no way something that major would've flown under the radar of the great Sherlock Holmes.
You can't take the amount of blood to mean anything one way or the other really. TV never shows what an actual gunshot wound does, it's either incredibly clean and quick or it bleeds a little but you get enough time to have an emotional one to one with someone and then you die.
You can't take the amount of blood to mean anything one way or the other really.
Except there was brain matter in the blood.
Very, very dead. There was brain matter in the blood flowing from the back of Moriarty's skull.
bu zl tbq
vs Zbyyl guvaxf gung Fureybpx qbrfa'g guvax fur pbhagf
gura Zbevnegl guvaxf gung Fureybpx qbrfa'g guvax fur pbhagf
gur qvssrerapr orvat gung Fureybpx QBRF guvax fur pbhagf
<3 SEVRAQFUVC VF ZNTVP
OH YES. Can this be a plot point? I really want this to be a plot point.
Mark, when you're ready, we're here for you.
Because frankly, I think you're going to need us.
*WEEPING.*
SHERLOCK YOU CARE – EXCEPT SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR, HOW CAN YOU LEAVE JOHN IN THE DARK LIKE THAT.
But I LOVE that it was totally Molly who helped him orchestrate that. Molly Hooper FTW, people!
Come on episode download faster! There are too many gifs I want to make!
REPOSTING FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT MISS IT: THE MOST RECENT POST FROM JOHNWATSONBLOG.
(ROT13-d just in case someone scrolls over before seeing the episode.)
Oybt cbfg: Hagvgyrq
Ur jnf zl orfg sevraq naq V'yy nyjnlf oryvrir va uvz.
(Ivqrb pyvc)
FGHQVB: "Abj, ur qrfpevorq uvzfrys nf gur jbeyq'f bayl pbafhygvat qrgrpgvir, nccneragyl urycvat gur cyvbpr fbyir n ahzore bs onssyvat pnfrf. Ohg lrfgreqnl vg jnf erirnyrq gung Fureybpx Ubyzrf jnf n snxr, n senhq, naq gentvpnyyl gung frrzf gb unir yrnq gb uvf qrngu. Ynhevr Abeevf vf ng Fg. Onegubybzrj'f Ubfcvgny va Ybaqba, gb gryy hf zber."
ABEEVF: "Gunaxf Fvna. Lrf, va gur rneyl ubhef bs lrfgreqnl zbeavat, gur zna jub pnyyrq uvzfrys Fureybpx Ubyzrf rvgure whzcrq be sryy gb uvf qrngu sebz gur ebbs bs guvf irel ubfcvgny. Uvf qrngu, yvxr uvf yvsr, n zlfgrel jvgu ab pyrne nafjref. Vg'f orra whfg bire gjb zbagu fvapr gur rirag, jung'f pbzr gb or xabja nf 'gur gevny bs gur praghel'; Wnzrf Zbevnegl, nccneragyl gur yrnqre bs n uhtr pevzvany betnavfngvba, jnf npphfrq bs nggrzcgvat gb fgrny gur Pebja Wrjryf naq pbafcvevat gb oernx vagb gur Onax bs Ratynaq. Gur fgne jvgarff jnf gur vagrearg frafngvba, gur fb-pnyyrq 'oybttre-qrgrpgvir' Fureybpx Ubyzrf. Zbevnegl, ubjrire, jnf frafngvbanyyl npdhvggrq bs nyy punetrf, naq lrfgreqnl gur nyzbfg haoryvrinoyr gehgu jnf erirnyrq: Wnzrf Zbevnegl jnf na npgbe, Evpuneq Oebbx, uverq ol Fureybpx Ubyzrf gb pbaivapr gur cbyvpr naq choyvp nyvxr gung ur jnf n travhf. Znal bs gur pevzrf ur jnf fnvq gb unir pbzzvggrq fvzcyl qvqa'g unccra – naq gur oybt juvpu znqr Fureybpx snzbhf jnf erirnyrq gb or abguvat zber guna n jbex bs svpgvba. Juvyfg vg'f fgvyy hapyrne nf gb jul ur qvq jung ur qvq, gur gehgu erirnyrq va n angvbany arjfcncre lrfgreqnl jnf gung Fureybpx Ubyzrf jnf abguvat zber guna n snagnfvfg, naq jvgubhg jvfuvat gb fcrphyngr, vg nccrnef gung gur gehgu znl unir pnhtug hc jvgu uvz, naq guvf gura gentvpnyyl yrq uvz gb gnxr uvf bja yvsr."
FGHQVB: "Fb, n erny zna bs zlfgrel gura?"
"Jryy, nccneragyl fb, naq fb znal hanafjrerq dhrfgvbaf. V zrna, jr fgvyy qba'g ernyyl xabj… jub ur jnf."
"Ab, be jul ur qvq jung ur qvq, n fnq raq, gubhtu – gb n erny gentrql."
(Orng.)
"Gur ybiryl oblf sebz WYF ner wbvavat hf nsgre gur jrngure gb gryy hf nobhg gurve arj fvatyr."
(Raq ivqrb pyvc)
Pbzzragf qvfnoyrq.
THIS PROGRAMME HAS TOTALLY VALIDATED MY ELEVEN YEARS OF LEARNING GERMAN.
brb, marrying Martin Freeman's pain
OK, Martin Freeman deserves ALL THE AWARDS for this. He is just brilliant beyond belief.