Drive by Sherlock flailing (***SPOILERS***)

[birdsofshore]

WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I have no time to compose anything coherent, but I NEED to splurge feels in your general direction.

OK, first of all I worried it was going to be all jokes. Now, god knows, I love a good joke. In fact the jokes in S3 were really some of my favourite things. But it seemed like it was all going to be jolly japes and sly tumblr digs, and, hmm. I wasn't really feeling satisfied. But then they managed to veer right into gothic creepiness, and then... *lip tremble*, oh GOD the rest of it. Oh god.

MOLLY IN DRAG is just fantastic. That moustache! *swoon* She doesn't shave for Sherlock Holmes, no sirree. And I thought it was interesting, if we take it that everything which happened in Victorian segments as Sherlock's subconscious having a field day, that Sherlock apparently thinks of Molly as a man? Relevant? Anyway, I loved the way he still acknowledged her as 'Hooper' when she was in female dress again. But basically, I LOVE Molly being all manly and gruff and moustached and just FABULOUS. *happy shivers*.

Fatcroft. Oh, god. I mean, don't get me wrong, I squealed, but it was too much. I think Mofftiss should STAY OFF TUMBLR. I thought it must have seemed hilarious when they were dreaming it up, but it just seemed cheap on screen. I felt uncomfortable about it.

Lestrade looked fucking awful with sideburns. It amazes me that Rupert Graves can ever look unattractive in any way, because having seen him in the flesh (and in the skinny jeans) last year, he is really even more STUNNINGLY good looking than you would expect. BUT, Lestrade sweatily digging up a grave with his sleeves rolled up and a pair of gloves on? *DEAD SO DEAD* THANK YOU GOD.

Mrs Hudson never speaking. *JOYOUS SNORT* BUT - "I'm your landlady, not a plot device." *wince* The first half hour kept making me cringe a bit. It was a bit too 'aren't we clever?' and a bit too meta (and I LIKE meta) and I couldn't really relax and enjoy it. It might be better when I watch it again and can feel reassured that 75% of the episode is actually Sherlock tripping and thinking about how gay he is, with only 25% jokes.

Mary being badass - YESSSSSS. In both time periods. John saying that they would be hungry later - HAHAHA! Don't worry Mary, I suspect you'll get your revenge on John and Sherlock in S4. God, I really hope Mary turns out to be as fucked up and evil as I fear she may. Not because I don't want John and Sherlock to get a HEA, but, just, wouldn't it be AMAZING?

I must say I wasn't crazy about the feminism stuff. I felt patronised. I enjoyed the stuff that was incidental and actually part of the story like Molly needing to pretend to be a bloke, and Mrs Hudson complaining she's ignored, and Mary having to stay at home and make them a bloody SNACK... but the avenging women, and then Sherlock's speech *cringe*. I thought they could have given a really strong message about inequality without standing there and saying, "And now we're going to give you a really strong message about inequality."

Ah well. Moving on.

ALL OF THE JOHNLOCK.

ALL OF IT.

I don't really know where to start? The man to man talk? The "that's your department" (or as it went in my head, "not my division", LOL) statement? The fact that Sherlock's subconscious spent so long discussing his sexuality with John that someone actually died while they were out there talking about why Sherlock was a virgin? O__O

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU MORIARTY. I think I spent the entire time Andrew Scott was on screen flailing. I'm flailing right here just thinking about it. who_la_hoop and writcraft were kindly doing a flailalong with me, via text and they got subjected to some hideous photos of my shocked gurning. :D

writcraft: Did he basically just fellate a gun?
Me: I think he fellated my BRAIN.

HE SLEPT IN SHERLOCK'S BED. HE THINKS SHERLOCK'S FLAT SMELLS MANLY. *gibber* HE FELLATED MY BRAIN.

I know some people have a problem with Andrew Scott and find him offensively camp and over the top. I HAVE NO SUCH PROBLEM.

DEAD IS THE NEW SEXY.

DEAD IS THE NEW SEXY.

ASDFHJKLDFGJKL;DFGJKL;FGHKL;JKL;!!1112=!!!! What does it even mean? WHO CARES :D

I am upset because it does seem like Moriarty is dead, or, possibly, only existed in Sherlock's mind anyway, but as long as he hangs around, eating DUST and wearing a WEDDING DRESS and suggesting John and Sherlock ELOPE TOGETHER and *FLAIL* I just don't care. My Moriarty obsession is now RAMPANT again. I have had Staying Alive as my ringtone for 3 fucking years for this man. I was SO HAPPY he was even in it, my god, but all this, it was almost too much. *falls to knees in gratitude*

And I do ship Johnlock, but I was crying inside when John came in at the Falls and stomped on all the Sheriarty feels. On one hand - awesome - on the other hand - waaaaaaaah!

*sigh* I'm having a Sherlock comedown here. sorry.

My favourite favourite thing was probably during the Moriarty scene where he started to needle at Sherlock about the case seeming familiar, and the slow dawning horror of what this whole Victorian episode actually WAS began. OMG. Genius. They lied to us UTTERLY about it being a standalone, and I'm so glad they did. I had no idea. It got me right in the fucking feels. I'm not really coping with Sherlock's ongoing drug problem. Bastards! I can't believe the implications, that he took an OD before saying goodbye to John. AND THEN DECIDED TO SIT AND READ JOHN'S BLOG!!!111!!! And how many other times has he been on drugs without us / John knowing? John thought he was just in his Mind Palace... OMG. And all of the Mycroft business. I was stuffing my entire first into my mouth during all this. It has stomped on my heart. Brilliant. I don't know how I can deal with this. But I love it.

I liked parts of this review, especially this summary:

This episode will be derided as Steven Moffat trying too hard to outwit the viewer and twisting what should be a perfectly simple whodunit into a plot device of labyrinth complexity. But the secret is that it isn't that clever and it doesn't completely make sense, because it's not supposed to. Moffat and Gatiss just filmed 90 minutes of the internal monologue of a tortured queer genius drug addict off his tits on coke, wrapped it up in a gothic mystery, and then gave it to us as a late Christmas present.

Crikey, there were so many things I wanted to say. So many implications for S4. But this will have to do for now. Please come and flail. I need company. Gurn with me. Discuss theories. Quote your favourite lines. HOLD ME!

If I had to say one thing to Moffat and Gatiss today, I think it would be this: I really really liked your potato. ♥

Comments

[geneva2010.livejournal.com]

I'm going to the movie theatre to see this in a couple days, so I skimmed your spoilers. I'm one of those who doesn't like Moriarty's character much. I hope to CHANGE MY MIND. Sounds like it was a transcendent experience and I'm looking forward to it.