#had planned on rewatching tst and tld tonight but asib just is the love of my life

[ohwatson]

we as a fandom don't talk about how funny a scandal in belgravia is because

'here to see the queen?' / 'apparently, yes!'

'laterz!'

'i really hope you don't have a baby in here'

'she'd applaud your choice of wording'

'sherlock was complaining...saying...'

'my god, really?'

'mrs. hudson has been attacked by an american, i am restoring balance to the universe'

'and exactly how many times did he fall out the window?' / 'it's all a bit of a blur detective inspector, i lost count'

[stlgeekgirl]

The Lying Dectective

Spoilers under the cut but I just want to say I KNEW IT!

The entire first half of this episode just hurt because I hated seeing Sherlock so freaking high the entire time.   It hurt to watch, there were times I was scared for Mrs. Hudson.  and when your freaking dealer tells you you’ve had too much, it’s time to listen.  Plus, Breaking Bad in the kitchen?  What the hell?

Although, high Sherlock quoting Shakespeare hit a kink I didn’t know I had.  I’ll admit, I was both terrified and turned on at the same time.   

Mrs. Hudson. OMG Mrs. Hudson I love you!  She has an Aston Martin.  A bloody Aston Martin!  And she knows how to manipulate a situation like nobodies business and her entire “I am the widow of a ex drug lord and own property”  was just beautiful.  She knows Sherlock better than Mycroft knows Sherlock and has absolutely zero problem telling Mycroft to GTFO.  AND HE LISTENED!!  Honestly, I just want to be Mrs. Hudson when I get older.  I’m so glad she finally got to be the BAMF we all knew she could be. “And I’m not your housekeeper dear”

With the trailers, I honestly thought that Covington Smith was going to be the bad guy throughout the entire season, sort of like Moriarty or CAM. I’m kind of disappointed to find that he was just a boring megalomaniac one off.  Although the nod to HHH was clever, I liked that part.  But honestly, he was the least terrifying bad guy they’ve had and that includes Moriarty.  (because while Morarity was scary in parts, mostly he was just damn funny)  John getting to see Mary’s last message, the explanation for the final scene last week, and what Sherlock was willing to do, willing to go through to save John is a testament to their friendship.  And, I’ll admit, even I smiled at the hug at the end. Probably for different reasons than the big ship, but John needed someone to comfort him and I’m just happy that Sherlock is finally showing emotions and being a proper friend. And I’m so glad that John told him Mary’’s death wasn’t his fault.

*deep sigh*  I’m sorry for everything I said about John last week.  The entire affair thing hit a trigger I didn’t know I had and I lost it.  Int he beginning of this episode, I was feeling sorry for John, and I so didn’t want to but I couldn’t help it.  I even understand why he beat the shit out of Sherlock.  I cringed...a lot, but I got it.  And him telling Mary and Sherlock that it was just texting eased my mind a bit.  So...sorry John.  Really I am.  

Can I just say again how much I love Mary Morstan-Watson.  Even as John’s conscience?  I miss Mary, but I think this was the perfect wrap up for her.  John got to say goodbye and confess and be forgiven,  Although, I’m wondering if Mary was talking to Sherlock also?  Her insistence for the damn hat was just past cute. She will always be a BAMF and I will always love her character.  

Mycroft showing emotions.  What is happening?  And Lady Smallwood.  You go girl!  As much as he is completely loathe to admit it, Mycroft is starting to show sentiment and just a little bit of emotion.  Good on you sir with your character development.

Now, the final two.  

I KNEW IT!  Sherrinford is the sister.  It’s never twins. Except when it is. .I made a theory last week that as scary as Moriarty, a creative evil genius with clever plans was, a creative genius with clever plans who had an intimate knowledge of you and your family was even more terrifying.  There’s nothing more terrifying than fighting for your life against a sister. TAB played after TLD tonight and listening to some of the things Moriarty said, it dawned on me, Moriarity was not the evil mastermind he and everyone else thought he was.  Moffat likes to play the long game and it isn’t until the game is almost over that you realize the clues have been there all the time.  He did it in Doctor Who all the time, especially in the seasons with the Ponds, River Song’s entire life was one long game, you met her at the end and went backwards, never realizing just how important she was until the end. But when you went back and watch previous episodes, you realize all the clues are in there.  He’s playing this game now.  Just from the little I know from this episode, listening to Moriarty in the ending of TAB in the church, it caught a couple of things to make me wonder if this hasn’t been Moffat’s plan since season one.  

Some of the things, on why Sherlock didn’t notice her; John didn’t realize it was the woman from the bus and both times Sherlock met her, he was high as a kite.  And who knows exactly when Sherrinford was put in the institution? I’m betting it’s been years since Sherlock has seen her, they’ve both changed, Sherlock has been on way too many drugs and does have the ability to erase things from his mind.  The fact that he saw the scene from last week, where young pirate Sherlock is running with Redbeard down the ocean is a hint that subconscious he recognized her.  Which makes me wonder if she had anything to do with Redbeard’s death.  The first sign of psychotic behavior after all is animal deaths.  I’d like to wonder what else Sherrinford has seen that Moriarty didn’t, but I honestly think that her mind is so fixated on John, Mycroft and Sherlock only that she forgets about the others who matter to them. 

Speaking of the other’s who matter.  

I’ll admit.  When his text went off, I laughed.  Mostly because at that moment it confirmed that Irene was really alive, the final scene in ASiB happened and wasn’t in Sherlock’s mind.  But mostly because it meant that JLK wasn’t canon.  I was too busy freaking out about all of this to really hear most of everything else, but it did catch my attention when someone said they were meeting Molly for cake for his birthday. 

Let’s talk about Molly.  What are we up to now, maybe ten minutes?  Twelve?  

At first, I was disappointed,  They were delegating her back to gopher or joke like they did in season one.  She’s been through so much, done so much, she deserves so much more.  

Then, I got on the Sherlolly tag and those beautiful women who dissected every scene including ones that I missed were there to bring some clarity.  I’ve only seen it once so far, I do have to watch it again to catch everything I missed the first time.  The fact that John acknowledges how important Molly is to Sherlock now was good. The fact that Sherlock contacted Molly three week prior and told her to bring an ambulance.  The comment about making him cough.  It might be snark, but after mulling it over, could it have been him flirting, badly?  Also, I need fic of what happened in that ambulance!!  Someone get on that please!  Molly might not have been in it much but her name was thrown around all over the place.  She’s taking turns with John to watch Sherlock at his flat.  She’s meeting him for cake which means she knows his birthday when John didn’t.  (to be fair, I knew the birthday of my crush when I was younger.  It’s one of those things you learn, just like their full name which means Molly probably knows Sherlock’s full name by now.)

The blogs have been talking about how the episodes have highlighted one woman: TST was Mary’s episode, TLD was Mrs. Hudson’s episode.  I’d like to think that TFP, while John, Sherlock and Mycroft are stuck in a cave, it’ll be Molly’s time to shine.  Because for some reason, everyone forgets her...everyone except Sherlock. 

Okay, those are my preliminary thoughts, I’ll have to rewatch it again to catch all the other little things I missed.