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quick sherlock post
I enjoyed that! It was a good solid hour and a half where nothing particularly dodgy happened, Sherlock and John had some feelings at each other, and it was decently scary in a very Doctor Who, don't-show-the-monster way. Unfortunately I didn't have too many (squeeful) feelings about Sherlock and John having feelings at each other, because -- much as Blind Banker dampened whatever deep joy I would've felt at Great Game, so (mostly the intelligent articulate meta I've seen around, although also some of my own reading of) Scandal in Belgravia made it more difficult for me to, y'know, care about Sherlock as a person? On reflection, though, his apology to John was really lovely, not least because I remember the line about John as an excellent conductor of light from the original.
I guess while we're being curmudgeonly, though, I will also note that I am way over "everyone assumes they're boyfriends, but LOL NO." (I ... totally love every time it happens on Supernatural, but I think therein is illustrated a very good point, namely that "See but BROTHERS" is an understandable reaction, but I am really sick of "See but NO HOMO.") Either stop the tired fanservice tease or, at the end of Reichenbach Fall, reveal that it was clever foreshadowing all along and John's character arc is about him realizing that actually despite the fact that it's a terrible idea he's totally hot for Sherlock and would love to be boyfriends. Whatever, sigh.
No longer being curmudgeonly, but being quite silly, I want it on record that the casting of Russell Tovey as Henry Knight made it very difficult for me to not assume that the big reveal would be of the fact that Henry has become a werewolf. Also the fear gas kept giving me Batman Begins flashbacks. On the other hand, I loved that my knowledge of the source text made me assume Dr. Stapleton was the villain, so I still got to enjoy the reveal. I also enjoyed John calling Sherlock 'Spock,' though I think that the comment was just because Sherlock was babbling on about the messiness of emotion, not because he said "Once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Because Spock said that in the last film! Because he ... was quoting Holmes. It was delightfully recursive.
In conclusion, that may have been the most solid Gatiss-penned episode of anything I have seen, though I suppose both Great Game and Unquiet Dead did have their good points too.
I guess while we're being curmudgeonly, though, I will also note that I am way over "everyone assumes they're boyfriends, but LOL NO." (I ... totally love every time it happens on Supernatural, but I think therein is illustrated a very good point, namely that "See but BROTHERS" is an understandable reaction, but I am really sick of "See but NO HOMO.") Either stop the tired fanservice tease or, at the end of Reichenbach Fall, reveal that it was clever foreshadowing all along and John's character arc is about him realizing that actually despite the fact that it's a terrible idea he's totally hot for Sherlock and would love to be boyfriends. Whatever, sigh.
No longer being curmudgeonly, but being quite silly, I want it on record that the casting of Russell Tovey as Henry Knight made it very difficult for me to not assume that the big reveal would be of the fact that Henry has become a werewolf. Also the fear gas kept giving me Batman Begins flashbacks. On the other hand, I loved that my knowledge of the source text made me assume Dr. Stapleton was the villain, so I still got to enjoy the reveal. I also enjoyed John calling Sherlock 'Spock,' though I think that the comment was just because Sherlock was babbling on about the messiness of emotion, not because he said "Once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Because Spock said that in the last film! Because he ... was quoting Holmes. It was delightfully recursive.
In conclusion, that may have been the most solid Gatiss-penned episode of anything I have seen, though I suppose both Great Game and Unquiet Dead did have their good points too.