I finally saw Scandal. Loved it, although there were some things I didn't like. Initially I didn't like her being recast as a dominatrix, but that was because I expected to be disappointed (I usually am, when a woman is portrayed as a sex worker). I didn't like her turning out to be a criminal and a terrorist-enabler, but I also didn't like it when (I thought) she was dead, so I guess I liked her anyway. The one thing I wished Moffat hadn't changed was who won their game. In the story, Irene gets the better of Sherlock and is gone; in this, although she does get the better of him, he gets his own back - not only does he "win", he saves her life. I liked it that there was one person who got the better of Sherlock and it was a woman. I'm glad at least this Irene also both attracted him and beat him with her intellect, not her sexuality. However, in all honesty, if I'd been writing that, I don't think I could have resisted writing that ending either. It was ridiculous, but what the hell, it was fun. The whole episode was fun.
I decided Mrs. Hudson was a little iffy on the moral front, too, when her reaction to bullet holes in her walls was concern for the wallpaper, not the people on the other side of it. "You could've killed someone!" is the sane immediate reaction there, not "That's coming out of your rent!" Also, just the fact that she has such a close relationship with the man who got her husband convicted of murder - I can see being grateful to him for getting the husband away from her, but then treating him like a son doesn't seem the sanest reaction. From what this episode, she considers Sherlock family, and he doesn't object.
I think most sane people would want to stay far away from Sherlock. Use his services when needed, but not get close. But Mrs. Hudson, and John, and Lestrade, and even Molly all want to stay in his orbit, and that tells me they're likely as screwed-up as... well, as I am. I would like to see who's in Mycroft's orbit. I'd also like to know if he knows about Anthea's involvement with Irene.
Oh, I'd also like to know if that guy was really killed by a freaking boomerang. That didn't make any sense to me. He's supposed to be on the Flight of the Dead, so he's got to be already dead, but then how and why did he get into the field?