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So the point of this special was to show that Sherlock knows that Moriarty isn't actually alive, but someone is using the knowledge of Moriarty to incite more fear, which is the premise of season 4. It also establishes Sherlock's consistent drug use that we haven't seen in the first three seasons, but was very much a part of the original stories
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23:29 In the books, Moriarty was referred to as the "Napoloen of Crime" - meaning he was as much of a genius committing crimes as Napoleon was a genius on the battlefield. The whole idea that Napoloen was short was British newspaper propaganda. He was actually quite tall for a man of that age. But Sherlock referring to Moriarty as a "short arse" (quite a common English insult for short people) was clearly alluding to the myth that Napoleon was short. Also, that scene at the waterfall is directly out of the books too. The Reichenbach falls is where both Sherlock and Moriarty plunge to their deaths whilst fighting (which was updated in Season 2 to be his apparent suicide by falling off a building). However, due to popular demand for more stories, the author brought him back, later revealing that he had used his fighting skills to (somehow) avoid falling himself. But really, he was dead and the public were not read for Sir Athur Conan Doyle to stop writing. Also, he never says "elementary, my dear Watson" in the books
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Remember in āThe Great Gameā Sherlock mentioned how secret societies sent fruit pips as a death threat. It was also in reference to one of the storiesā The five Orange Pipsā in that, as in this episode, Holmes fails to save his client.
Mycroft in the books was described as large and portly. Given that Mark Gatiss is far from obese they made it in the modern show that Mycroft was dieting. Since the Victorian part was in Sherlocks mind he didnāt just make his brother large but even more so.
The waterfall scene is in reference to āThe Reichenbach Fallā where Sherlock and Moriarty supposedly fell to their deaths and this was how Conan Doyle originally killed off his creation. However due to fans mourning and the backlash, he brought Holmes back. They recreated that moment when Sherlock jumped from the hospital roof.
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I think one thing important to understand about Sherlock as a character after season 2 which is never explicitly said but is shown through acting choices is that weāre now dealing with a deeply traumatized character who refuses to acknowledge it or tell anyone in his life. We know he was tortured for 3 months in Serbia after the fall, and it seems clear that the entire Moriarty thing was also deeply traumatic for him, but he never tells John or anyone else about it so they treat all of his mania and ptsd symptoms as Sherlock being self centered and an addict instead of being able to see the root of those issues. Weāll see that shame spiral play out in the extreme in the final season and it is an interesting look into someoneās experience after trauma but because they never make it explicit, it can feel just like an odd character choice instead of something intentional
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For Mycroft, in the books he dislikes physical effort, and is unenergetic.
While the producers exaggerated to make a contrast with the modern version, it is more faithful to the original version.
The Wikipedia article about the character includes the following:
In "The Bruce-Partington Plans", Watson states that Mycroft is "tall and portly", and gives the following description of him:
"Heavily built and massive, there was a suggestion of uncouth physical inertia in the figure, but above this unwieldy frame..."
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In my opinion this movie was really made so that the cast, crew and showrunners (who after all are massive fans of the original stories) could produce a Holmes adventure that was a more faithful adaptation, with the original setting and costumes and dialogue, yet still woven into the ongoing plot they had created, by way of the dream/drug trip. There is no need to look too deeply into it, they made it because they could, and people watch it because it is a brilliant Holmes story.
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This was a presentation of Sherlock's mind. When he uses his extraordinary ability to enter his mind palace, his mind moves at 'Sherlock speed' allowing him to use the reference he had stored in his mind of the original case to create an imaginary version of how he would solve that case, and it was set in the appropriate time period for that case, but the case he's really trying to solve is how Moriarty could be alive. It's a truly brilliant episode that makes great use of the established character interactions as well as providing a peek into the inner workings of Sherlock's genius mind. Great reaction, can't wait for the next. Happy holidays all.
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13:29 Surprised Nat didn't realize the "M" card from earlier was a trick to get people thinking "...Moriarty?" when, again, it was just Mycroft like in the original episode.
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Definitely check out the two Sherlock Holmes movies with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. It's set in the original time period but not entirely presented in the classic 30s-40s, Basil Rathbone style of Holmes. It draws on more of the description of Holmes' character from the original stories. Mix that with the filmmaking style of Guy Ritchie (Snatch; Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels)
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2:30 Nat's reaction, knowing absolutely nothing about this special episode, was just amazing š
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Interesting little fact. Sherlock never said "Elementary, my dear Watson" in any of the original books. It is just a myth, like Kirk never saying "Beam me up, Scotty" or Darth Vader saying "Luke, I am your father", or Bergman saying "Play it again Sam". All are often quoted lines that were never said.
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The 5 orange pits is a reference to a story titled The Five Orange Pips, and it was one of the few stories that didn't have a proper resolution. The short of it is the KKK came calling on a former member who had sensitive information on them, and those seeds were their calling card. The man was eventually killed, the man's brother eventually killed and finally his son killed. Sherlock was able to figure out who was behind it but they had already fled England by steamer at that point, but the thing is the ship sank before it could reach the US.
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@thormorgenstern3603
5 months ago
The idea of this whole Christmas Special in Sherlock's head is when he's heard that Moriarty came back with "Did you miss me?" line all over london, his mind splashes with question of "HOW WAS MORIARTY STILL ALIVE WHEN HE BURST HIS MIND OPEN AND SHERLOCK SAW IT". Then his mind linked it to the one unresolved cases way back that he read/learned somewhere. So in his mind, if he could try to solve that one, he might be able to solve Moriarty's same issue, killed himself/herself with a gun into their heads.
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