I can't believe the high rating this episode has. This was a completely awful episode and I am beginning to think the writer is merely bowing to the over the top fan geeks out there (my daughter included) who fill the internet with so called fan fiction about Sherlock, John and Moriarty all being in some love triangle. We had a glimpse of this in the first episode of series three which had Sherlock and Moriarty leaning towards each other about to kiss. Now I have no objection to this at any other time but this is Sherlock for God's sake. So on to this episode. Apart from it being almost laughable that Mary turns out to be some assassin, what exactly did Sherlock do that makes Sherlock, Sherlock. He took a gun and shot a man. Now even I can do that with my average brain. Sherlock's character seems to have completely changed. He would never use a woman the way he did in this episode no matter how cold he is and can they please stop going on about putting things on T-shirts. The first time was funny, now it's just boring. Those over the top fan geeks will put anything on the T-shirts anyway. I should know, my daughters wearing one now. Oh yes, and Moriarty coming back? Please! In an interview Mark Gatiss was asked if Moriarty was really dead and answered that yes he was and that it would look a bit daft if Sherlock and Moriarty met in the street and said "You're not dead. Me neither". I don't know if the writers are trying to be clever but this just has a feel of desperation to it. All in all, this whole season has been a big let down.
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