Sherlock

Overall I enjoyed it. One of my favourite episodes in fact. Not perfect of course, but I felt the exchanges between characters where fantastic and the pacing was as on point as it's ever been. Well, up until the last 10 minutes at least...


I felt that the thwarting of Eurus at the end was far too generic and a sign of the shows 'heart over the head' motif it seems to employ when the writers have ran out of ideas. She was so gloriously raw and cartoon like in her evil doing that I thought it was a shame she had such a generic end point. The shows been missing a good consistent villain since series 2 and she was the perfect opportunity to re-employ one. I felt the same about Culverton Smith. The show feels sort of meh without a villainous thread running through it.

To be honest, I can't say I'd be too upset if the show was put to bed. As much as I've loved it, I feel it's reached it's natural endpoint, whether you feel this episode was satisfying enough or not.
 
I think the second episode was the best of the three, the first I might excuse as setting things up but the third felt a bit incoherent and with limited explanation of how (and why) things happened.
 
meh, garbage. really jumped the shark with this one.
its always been unrealistic but it might as well be called a science fiction or supernatural show - totally unbelievable and impossible.
 
I hated the first, loved the second (most of it) and felt odd about the third.


Some of the ideas in the third episode were great, I liked how she was proper evil through and through.

However, the twist with Redbeard and how she can manipulate everyone was absolute rubbish
 
They've completely lost their way with this. The third episode was a disaster, an absolute chore to get through. Almost as bad as the 2015/16 Christmas special.

I enjoyed the first 3 series which featured some outstanding episodes, although this ridiculously camp incarnation of Moriarty just didn't work, and i'd say the better episodes were Moriarty-free.

I initially hated modern Sherlock with all its reliance on technology and gimmicks, but in time due to the great writing and the performances by all crap Moriarty notwithstanding. It eventually peaked with 'His Last Vow' with a genuinely chilling villain in Charles Augustus Magnussen, if only they'd portayed Moriarty in a similar vein rather than as a pantomime baddie...

I think this series should be the last, it has become really disappointing of late.
 
Darujhistan said:
They've completely lost their way with this. The third episode was a disaster, an absolute chore to get through. Almost as bad as the 2015/16 Christmas special.

I enjoyed the first 3 series which featured some outstanding episodes, although this ridiculously camp incarnation of Moriarty just didn't work, and i'd say the better episodes were Moriarty-free.

I initially hated modern Sherlock with all its reliance on technology and gimmicks, but in time due to the great writing and the performances by all crap Moriarty notwithstanding. It eventually peaked with 'His Last Vow' with a genuinely chilling villain in Charles Augustus Magnussen, if only they'd portayed Moriarty in a similar vein rather than as a pantomime baddie...

I think this series should be the last, it has become really disappointing of late.
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Couldn't disagree more. Literally! Everything you mentioned, I felt the opposite xD

Though yeah, the Christmas special was horrendous.
 
chroniclard said:
First two were ok, last one was complete arse due to the things mentioned above.

Personally I think it needs to end now. :)
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Yeah, I think the Sherlock Holmes 'genre' is completely exhausted, and this particular iteration has run out of interesting stories.

There's tons of Pratchett for example left to mine. Resources should be focused elsewhere.
 
Darujhistan said:
Yeah, I think the Sherlock Holmes 'genre' is completely exhausted, and this particular iteration has run out of interesting stories.

There's tons of Pratchett for example left to mine. Resources should be focused elsewhere.
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Yep would love every one of his books done.
 
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