Shir, if Moriarty was not dead, then there is no reason why anyone would know that he had been on the roof (much easier to disappear before the body is found, and if he knew that Sherlock would be alive to tell the tale, then he would know that Sherlock was alive and wtf even, right?), and both the "fan" theories about The Fall include him.

I'd really love to see Moffat try and explain that.

Schroedinger's Moriarty?

I did not like this week's Elementary, I like Lucy Liu, and I like Joan Watson, but this episode pushed her into Mary Sue territory.

you aren't the only one. I've seen other complaints.

I don't know if Mary Sue-ness is the exact problem I have. She's got more backstory than she needs, which might amount to the same thing.

It's that the new backstory doesn't add anything to the character, other than to make her seem more saintly, and to elicit sympathy from the viewers, which really wasn't necessary.

I have enough faith in the writers for Elementary that I'm pretty sure that this is just a blip, and not an ongoing direction for the show.

I'm currently watching the wedding episode of Sherlock. That part of the speech, where he's babbling on to mask that he's trying to work out who's going to get murdered - he sounded and acted exactly like the Eleventh Doctor.

You think? I think Eleven is far kinder in his babbles when he's trying to figure something out. Rapid-fire, but less... Sherlock.

(I've been mainlining Eleven again. It happens.)

You think? I think Eleven is far kinder in his babbles when he's trying to figure something out. Rapid-fire, but less... Sherlock.

Absolutely. Sherlock wasn't being unkind in that portion of the speech either. And the rapid-fire delivery, flappy hands, finishing sentences in places far removed from their original destination, all quintessential Eleven.