And then in the end, it turns out that John’s therapist is Sherlock’s secret sister? I actually did not see that coming. You can say he’s changed but has he really? Especially when you consider the fact that just last episode, he was considered as the godfather for Rosie and he was texting during the baptism and all these microaggressions. All he cares about is if “the game’s afoot”. And of course the fact that Sherlock even cares that Culverton is a despicable human being is kind of laughable because Sherlock has never cared how inhumane a villain is. And as the episode wore on, I found myself not caring whether Culverton had actually killed anyone. And the only reason why he was compelling was because Sherlock’s mental state was in a fragile state itself. He’s set up to be the mind blowing bad guy in this episode but he comes no where near as compelling as some of the villains of Season 1 let alone Moriarty. That that part is my favorite scene should tell you how much I’m nostalgic for the old deductions of Seasons 1 and 2. I loved the part when Sherlock and Eurus (apparently) are trying to deduce the mystery in a dark street and Sherlock is deducing it all from a worn note. Sherlock just keeps getting better and better with their on screen transitions. Plotwise, this episode was so plot twisty and not in a good way? Like the six Thatchers mystery was actually about Mary? It just felt like they wanted to add more and more plot twists on top of the other just for the sake of plot twists. I don’t even understand why they put that plotline there. Btw I didn’t even think that John could cheat. And, of course, this is also marred by the fact that John himself couldn’t confess his “affair” before she died so of course he felt guilty. If Sherlock had done something himself to John like I don’t know, put him or Mary in danger purposefully for the “game” then John’s anger would make sense but it just feels anticlimactic.
We know that however sure and confident Sherlock was in thinking that he could protect John and Mary, it remains that Sherlock was not at fault for this. Oh right, for more angst between Sherlock and John and for John’s angst. suddenly giving a female character her own agency.and I was right.
The Lying Detective turns its characters into the mystery and then introduces the most puzzling one of. Season 3 focused so much on character the mysteries were an afterthought. Season 2 gave us mysteries that developed those characters. But I knew there was something suspicious about Moffat & co. Season 1 of Sherlock gave us gripping mysteries with a touch of character. Imagine my surprise when the show actually decided to focus on Mary this episode, a little bit out of the blue but interesting nonetheless. I don’t know why the hat thing always gets me everytime LOL
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