I think my reaction to the special can be summed up as "Oh look, Moffett's trying to be clever again". Gary fell asleep part way through.
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Sheryl - Jan 02, 2016 5:19:28 am PST #11358 of 11831
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Steph L. - Jan 02, 2016 6:49:56 am PST #11359 of 11831
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Dang, you guys, my memory is lousy. I really don't remember Sherlock's drug use (or references to it) from the previous seasons.
So, I guess it's much less interesting that it was included last night than I previously thought, huh?
-t - Jan 02, 2016 7:12:52 am PST #11360 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Considering how long it's been since there's been new Sherlock, I don't know how lousy that makes your memory.
Connie Neil - Jan 02, 2016 8:41:20 am PST #11361 of 11831
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I think my reaction to the special can be summed up as "Oh look, Moffett's trying to be clever again".
Yeah, that kind of sums it up for me.
I was all for the modern-day retelling of Holmes in the beginning, but when they decided to accentuate the mental instability--and when they made Moriarty an outright lunatic--it lost my interest. I don't see this Moriarty as being able to manage an illustrious academic career. He's the Joker, not the Napoleon of Crime.
Scrappy - Jan 02, 2016 12:11:54 pm PST #11362 of 11831
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Teppy-- one of those scenes has been floating around quite a bit: [link]
Steph L. - Jan 02, 2016 1:15:44 pm PST #11363 of 11831
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
My memory really is lousy. Obviously it never stood out to me, which is odd. Dang.
WindSparrow - Jan 03, 2016 9:47:10 am PST #11364 of 11831
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
One thing addicts are really really good at is lying about how many / how often drugs they take. I actually found this ep powerfully accurate in that respect, that Watson wouldn't notice until Mycroft pointed it out (because Sherlock's probably been high a lot in Watson's presence, and Watson's written it off every other time too).
I thought it really telling that Mary Watson had not realized Sherlock was high. The implication is that Sherlock is in fact using, while skillfully maintaining, almost all the time.
P.M. Marc - Jan 03, 2016 10:29:13 am PST #11365 of 11831
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Dang, you guys, my memory is lousy. I really don't remember Sherlock's drug use (or references to it) from the previous seasons.
To be fair, I was in the fandom from 2010-2014 (I managed to write a whopping one finished story towards the end of my run in it, but it was my primary fandom until CA:TWS ate my brain), and therefore went with multiple rewatches of available material, which I still have basically memorized for S1 and S2. (I had a LOT of drawerfic. Some of which was ABSOLUTELY about drug use. Cass could confirm. I tended to text it to her.)
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2016 10:51:07 am PST #11366 of 11831
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Whereas I've only seen each episode once, and with so much time between seasons, things fall out of the holes in my brain.
Vortex - Jan 03, 2016 12:27:30 pm PST #11367 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I had forgotten about that clip. Since Sherlock's drug use is original ACD canon, I didn't think much of it at the time.