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[Vagabundo]

The Game Is Afoot...

The only thing about this damn programme is my wife squirming on the sofa beside me at the sight of Cumberbatch. Very off putting, what what...

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Holy shit poor Mycroft lol

 

[JustenP88]

Can't find this shit in my DTV guide. Bummer.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

So this entire episode is taking place in 2015 sherlock's mind isn't it?

That's the only thing keeping me watching, as this is pretty boring otherwise.

 

[Blue Lou]

That skull painting is terrific.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

"Five orange pips"

I.e. the "pips" referred to in the Great Game...

 

[SenseiAsad]

"Five orange pips"

I.e. the "pips" referred to in the Great Game...

Pips? Refresh my memory?

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

... Miss me?

 

[Joni]

Spoiler

The virus in the data

seems like a big hint.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Pips? Refresh my memory?

Spoiler

Pips, like greenwich Pips used before the start of every mini case to be solved to save the people

 

[ReplacementPelican]

He looks like Dr. Strange, couple that with the floating paper and it's actually quite funny.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Uh. What.

 

[Japanmanx3]

Pretty sure it's only on PBS in the US

Ok cool

 

[Joni]

Mrs. Watson is so funny.
"It would be a good idea."

 

[kmag]

Classic Moffat...


it's getting dull now.

Spoiler

It would be more interesting if they fake, the fake out.

 

[B33]

I'm in for the PBS stream tonight.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Spoiler

Yay Moriarty. Otherwise dull.

 

[Platy]

Is this as standalone as it looks like from the promos ?

Might ask some friends who never saw Sherlock to come see if yes

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Is this as standalone as it looks like from the promos ?

Might ask some friends who never saw Sherlock to come see if yes

Spoiler

This is definitely connected to the end of season 3 now, for sure.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

What the hell is actually happening

 

[Mr. Luchador]

This has been pretty dull and drawn out.

 

[this guy are sick]

This is garbage.

 

[kmag]

This isn't very good. It's really not one of the better Coyle stories and the embellishments have hurt it far far far far more it really should.

Spoiler

The central conceit here is just fucking terrible, and they've not handled it very cleverly

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

This is just really bad

 

[Mr. Luchador]

There has to be a killer hook. There has to be.

Spoiler

Or not

Spoiler

IF Moriarty ends up being an AI villain I'm checking the credits for KOJIMA

 

[sam777]

This was pretty bad.

 

[kmag]

There has to be a killer hook. There has to be.

Even if there is, and

Spoiler

there's not

, it's not been worth it.

The original is a trite story, and they shit they've added just killed any flow.

 

[EarsOfASnake]

Well that was disappointing.

 

[DarkestLight]

Didn't enjoy that much at all. Been looking forward to it for so long too. Shame

 

[Blue Lou]

Nice promo there with Idris Elba, Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Gillian Anderson. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NASMiA-kc8A)

Kind of disappointed with the actual episode though.

 

[SpideySenses]

Yep, definitely the weakest episode of the entire series. Real shame considering how great it sounded on paper.

 

[Beefy]

Meh.

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

Dunno what people expected, but I thought this was a good way to remind us of what exactly happened a year ago.

 

[Kalor]

I feel like it would have been better if it didn't try to tie into the series and stayed as a standalone thing. I still enjoyed it but they could have done more with the setting.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Wow that was pretty intense.

 

[AAMARMO]

There has to be a killer hook. There has to be.

Spoiler

Or not

Spoiler

IF Moriarty ends up being an AI villain I'm checking the credits for KOJIMA

There your episode 51.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

It felt like a Sherlock pantomime. The shows so succesful now they can essentially afford to have Cbatch and Freeman show up every two years and just make self-referential jokes for a bit.

I liked it in Series 3 but it was just far too much, and way too confusing.

 

[Dantis]

Was loving this until it went stupid about 60 minutes in.

Completely ruined it.

 

[sam777]

Was loving this until it went stupid about 60 minutes in.

Completely ruined it.

Yeah pretty much this. The last half an hour was terrible.

 

[Lashley]

That was fantastic

 

[Deaf Spacker]

Well that was a shower of shite.

 

[MassiveNights]

I really liked it!

 

[Dantis]

Ignoring everything else, I felt like the solution to the murder mystery was really silly and predictable, also.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

I enjoyed it, but I may have a weakness for twists that involve tragedy (Sherlock's addiction).

 

[N7Commander95]

Absolutely Loved it!

Also, the cinematography was really quite fantastic

 

[kmag]

It felt like a Sherlock pantomime. The shows so succesful now they can essentially afford to have Cbatch and Freeman show up every two years and just make self-referential jokes for a bit.

I liked it in Series 3 but it was just far too much, and way too confusing.

That's pretty much it, it's just a self referential mess. They kind of got away with it in the Wedding Episode but that was a pretty weak episode which saved itself with the humour.

This had moments of levity but they where either tangential or just fucking crammed in a crowbar.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

That's pretty much it, it's just a self referential mess. They kind of got away with it in the Wedding Episode but that was a pretty weak episode which saved itself with the humour.

This had moments of levity but they where either tangential or just fucking crammed in a crowbar.

You have Andrew Scott really fiercely kicking Sherlock when he's down, and then LOL Watson shows up with a pistol.

 

[Screenboy]

I loved it!

 

[MassiveNights]

A lot of people on Twitter seem to think it was really complicated (and therefore bad) but it was quite simple and pretty good tie over to Series 4.

 

[Arcipello]

*scrubs memory with bleach*