Playing those mind games forever (by Lejink) |
The BBC has been trailing the return of three okay, four of its most popular detective heroes in a clever advertisement showing Stella Gibson from "The Fall", John Luther and Sherlock and Dr Watson . "The Fall" re-starts next week although it is my least anticipated of the three, while "Luther's" comeback was very good but this dazzlingly brilliant episode was the best thing I've watched this Christmas.The writing really was terrific with a plot that had more ups and downs than a mountain range, more ins and outs than Hampton Court Maze and more twists <more> |
I hated it...then I loved it! (by jess-01645) |
I did not fully get it the first time but when I watched it again, it all started making some sense to me. It may be difficult for those who are not devoted fans of this series to fully grasp the craziness of this episode, but once you open your eyes to the genius of the writers' intent on what they were trying to achieve here, I could not keep my eyes off the show and found myself watching it over and over again. If the writers of series simply made this an one-off episode to truly stick to the original storyline, then there would be numerous critical remarks about how the writers <more> |
This is what Sherlock's Fans really want ! (by AlpacinoMJ) |
I can't believe that i'm talking about sherlock after two years , and here we are ! This episode is really astonishing , thrilling , mystic , dramatic and comedy as we knew Sherlock ! This is the episode which Sherlock's fans really want , and when i say fans , i mean the series fans plus Conan Doyle's novel fans ! Yeah , i'm really happy that i saw scenes that i wanted to see , i always built up those scenes in my brain , and now ! we got them ,, Finally, this episode is full of mind-blowing scenes and it shows us the meaning of some other episodes from the past , also <more> |
A brilliant, madcap Gothic adventure. (by Sleepin_Dragon) |
Sherlock and Watson land in the late Nineteenth Century to solve the case of Emelia Ricoletti, a bride that killed herself, and then later manages to shoot her husband and bring about the death of Lord Carmichael. The duo must uncover how this devious crime was carried out.I must admit I have been hugely looking forward to this, possibly because I was keen to see how the altered setting would work. Series 3 had been somewhat of a disappointment, a little too self satisfied I suppose, so I'm glad they did something different to refresh it, it was certainly different.A few minor quibbles, a <more> |
Not at its best but just enough to remind us how brilliant the show is (by akhilranj) |
Almost the perfect episode until the last 20 minutes. They didn't have to make it so complicated. The story was great , the setting was perfect and the acting as always was impeccable. Not going to go on about the story but just lightly summarize the drawbacks and the SHERLOCK moments. The episode as it stands I feel didn't need to be connected to where we left in season 3. The story and the setting was good enough for it to be stand alone episode. Though I did enjoy the subtle scene references from the main Sherlock. More importantly the episode for god sake just needed have a good <more> |
Back to Victorian London (by Tweekums) |
After a very quick recap of the series so far the word 'Alternatively' appears on the screen and we are suddenly back in Victorian London. Lestrade brings an intriguing case to Holmes and Watson; a woman, in a bridal dress, appeared at a balcony with a revolver in each hand and started shooting at people in the street before putting one of the revolvers in her mouth and pulling the trigger the mystery is that she was witnessed murdering her husband with a shotgun some time later! Her identity was no mystery and her body is in the morgue, there is no twin sister and Sherlock does not <more> |
Largely entertaining (by moriartylives) |
Very different from the episodes that precede it but still very enjoyable and well worth watching. I was looking forward to this episode for a full year and I was not disappointed. Now only another year plus until the 4th season...if I overdose now I should be able to sleep until then. Don't go into this expecting to be blown away. The cinematic intensity of the 9 episodes its elder is not present. The depth and complexity of the plot are less structured. However, even though it's not quite up to par with Sherlock episodes of days past, it is still superior to the majority of <more> |
Placeholder for the agonizing fans waiting for full seasons, but a surprisingly good one at that. (by greengaramond) |
This was the first installment from the Sherlock series that I did not get hyped up about beforehand. That being said, I did not hold any high expectations with regard to this episode, as I did not see any purpose to it other than a placeholder aired to alleviate the emotional wounds of the agonized fans, eagerly waiting for the next season. There was after all a short episode they also made before airing the 3rd season, which was rather insignificant, though who can make 7 minutes very significant anyway?However, I was positively surprised that the current placeholder was actually brought to <more> |
The game is afoot (by Prismark10) |
The Abominable Bride had a hook. Sherlock and Dr Watson in period costume with a mystery set in the Victorian era. The opening scenes had nods to the Jeremy Brett era Holmes.The episode started with a recap of the story so far of the modern Sherlock series from the very first episode onwards. A clue that things might turn out going sideways.Sherlock is fascinated when Lestrade recounts the tale of a bride who shot herself so publicly but the next night came to life to kill her husband so publicly. In the meantime Watson's tales published in the Strand magazine have given him a fervent <more> |