Sherlock - The Reichenbach Fall
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The opening, with Sherlock at the height of his game, was nice. I didn't identify if any of those cases were from the Canon, but I liked establishing Reichenbach as the name of a painting right at the beginning. And the deerstalker gag!
Moriarty's "Get caught deliberately and use the trial as an advert" ploy was clever, and I liked the Gilligan Cut of the judge finding Sherlock in contempt. The visit by Moriarty was a nice twist on the one in the story, although maybe the repetition of "the final problem" was over-egging it a bit.
The Diogenes! With enforced rules about silence and everything! And as ever, Gattis's Mycroft manages to make the fact he's looking out for his brother seem vaguely sinister for no apparent reason. (Although this time it is!)
Sherlock dealing with the housemistress -- the worst part is that he probably thinks the fact he kind of reassured her afterwards and said she should breathe into a bag is evidence of his improved people skills. On a similar note, his communication with Molly seems to have deteriorated since his apology in Scandal.
Moriarty's ploy to destroy Sherlock was neatly done, although I was intrigued by the senior police officer who apparently has never read a newspaper or case report. And Richard Brooks! A nice play on the "there was no Moriarty" concept that all Holmes deconstructions seem to use.
And so it all ends with a confrontation on the roof of St. Barts. I was delighted when Moriarty explained that the tapping code was nonsense, because that's exactly what I was thinking. I can't believe that even though I know the original story, I didn't twig that Sherlock had sent a fake message to get John out of the way.
I didn't see Moriarty shooting himself to spite Sherlock coming either. And Sherlock claiming he researched John's background is a nice delayed twist -- in the books, this is Watson's first thought when Holmes does his trick with the watch, but it never occurred to John in "A Study in Pink".
I have no idea how Sherlock survived, except that none of the theories I saw at the time actually work with what happened. But thankfully, I don't have to wait two years to find out what happens next 8-).
The opening, with Sherlock at the height of his game, was nice. I didn't identify if any of those cases were from the Canon, but I liked establishing Reichenbach as the name of a painting right at the beginning. And the deerstalker gag!
Moriarty's "Get caught deliberately and use the trial as an advert" ploy was clever, and I liked the Gilligan Cut of the judge finding Sherlock in contempt. The visit by Moriarty was a nice twist on the one in the story, although maybe the repetition of "the final problem" was over-egging it a bit.
The Diogenes! With enforced rules about silence and everything! And as ever, Gattis's Mycroft manages to make the fact he's looking out for his brother seem vaguely sinister for no apparent reason. (Although this time it is!)
Sherlock dealing with the housemistress -- the worst part is that he probably thinks the fact he kind of reassured her afterwards and said she should breathe into a bag is evidence of his improved people skills. On a similar note, his communication with Molly seems to have deteriorated since his apology in Scandal.
Moriarty's ploy to destroy Sherlock was neatly done, although I was intrigued by the senior police officer who apparently has never read a newspaper or case report. And Richard Brooks! A nice play on the "there was no Moriarty" concept that all Holmes deconstructions seem to use.
And so it all ends with a confrontation on the roof of St. Barts. I was delighted when Moriarty explained that the tapping code was nonsense, because that's exactly what I was thinking. I can't believe that even though I know the original story, I didn't twig that Sherlock had sent a fake message to get John out of the way.
I didn't see Moriarty shooting himself to spite Sherlock coming either. And Sherlock claiming he researched John's background is a nice delayed twist -- in the books, this is Watson's first thought when Holmes does his trick with the watch, but it never occurred to John in "A Study in Pink".
I have no idea how Sherlock survived, except that none of the theories I saw at the time actually work with what happened. But thankfully, I don't have to wait two years to find out what happens next 8-).
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Date: 2014-01-06 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-06 09:12 pm (UTC)As Sherlock, he has to walk a thin line. He works with John, who is his only friend, to solve cases, but at the same time he reveals infidelities and insecurities, making people unhappy. As long as he doesn't do too much good, he'll get away with it.
Unfortunately, his fame grows, and he begins to become idolised, which wouldn't be a problem except he's hailed as a rational, skeptical prophet, tempting people to not believe in the supernatural. So Moriarity's plot is fiendish in the literal meaning of the word, as well as supported by heaven - Sherlock must lose his iconic status and fall, depriving people of hope and faith at the same time, while also showing the world not to be rational and skeptic.
Sherlock/Crowley plays along, and realises he has to let them win to save John/Aziraphale - if you're killed in a human body, your soul, even if it's angelic, will end up at the back of the line, and will be processed by the book.
But he has a trick. He steps off the roof voluntarily, committing suicide, which is a deadly sin, which provides a demon such as him with the energy needed to break free from the body. The body falls to its death (it's already an empty husk) while Crowley soars, discorporated.
When we see him at the funeral, he's only there in spirit. It'll take him two years to convince head office to let him return.
....
I think I may need a lie-down...