But there’s no arguing with viewing figures and by the time the third series of three adventures had ended with The Last Vow in January 2014, each adventure was pulling in around 8 million viewers. For every one that enjoyed the often “tricksy” direction, there was another that found it insufferable. The series was hugely popular but also divisive – for every viewer that loved the intricate game-playing of creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ scripts, there was another who found them impenetrable, pretentious and needlessly convoluted. RATING: 2.This was “sold” by the BBC as a stand-alone episode of their smash-hit television series Sherlock (2010-) though it turned out to be nothing of the sort. Ricoletti had a club foot in this ep, though it is kinda hard to tell… Ricoletti of the club foot and his abominable wife is mentioned in passing by Watson in the canon, of a case that maybe one day he’d put into print, but never does. It was very like Canon Sherlock and a cool effect.ĮASTER EGG: There are plenty of Easter Eggs in this episode, but one of my favorites is just the title of the episode itself. And did you have to have Sherlock say “Elementary, my dear Watson?” Did you? Really? Is that good writing? Or is it nothing but a long chain of winks and nudges to your followers instead?įINAL THOUGHT: Though it’s ridiculous to include if this really is Sherlock’s mind palace (mind palace within the mind palace?), I did muchly enjoy the Victorian version of the mind palace: grabbing all the scraps of paper out of the air. I don’t even know what this is–once we meet Moriarty and especially when we’re at the Reichenbach Falls, Watson talking about: what’s the other version of me like, yadda yadda…. Really? Mofftiss, from all the excellent writing you’ve done, all the nods and all the brilliant new and original turns from the three series so far, the best you could come up with is: “It was all a drug dream?” Really? Okay, sure, argue with me that it was a Mind Palace trip and not a drug dream, but I submit the appearance of Sherlock’s Mind Palace and its properties in ep. Even Increased Mycroft, who was, though goofier, much more like his canon version. Especially original character Molly Hooper, who does not show up in this era in canon–makes sense how she’d have to finagle things to have the same job she does in the modern era, and it was just heaps of fun to see Mary Watson retain her spy-assassin badassery in the older time period. The way-too-heavy-handed feminist message notwithstanding, it was charming, if a bit too fanservicey, to see the Victorian versions of all the characters we already know and love. Honestly, if they had kept to that premise, I’d have liked it a lot more. When pressed as to why they decided to do a Victorian era episode, they responded that there was no reason for it, that it was just fun, and that it wouldn’t have anything to do with the continuing longer arcs of the plot of the show proper. Back when Mofftiss announced this special, they declared it would be set in the “proper” era, and would be a fun one-off.
Hudson, putting us right back in comfy territory as far our characters go, even if the clothing is a little stiffer. We have some lovely Victorian snowy London and some delightful banter between our heroes and beloved Mrs. Actually, nearly exactly like the Granada series, right down to its theme music. I’m a little exhausted.Ĭhristmas special 2016, aka Episode 4.0, aka ‘The Abominable Bride’, opens much the same way as the Granada series. Postmodern? Meta? As meta as meta can be. If you are reading these reviews without having seen the eps, a) what is wrong with you? Go watch them now! and b) these reviews are not for you till you’ve seen them.Īnd by interesting, I mean…I don’t even know. As a reminder: I am writing these as RETROSPECTIVE reviews, so I will be discussing reveals, revolutions of cliffhangers, ends of plots, etc.
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