The Sign of Three
Well, I cried.
That was beautiful.
First off, I liked the sort of "day in the life" aspect of it -- what do they do when they have down time? They're hilariously weird, obviously. I mean, we've gotten that in dribs and drabs -- beginning of The Great Game, beginning of Hounds, beginning of The Blind Banker. Well, basically the beginnings of these things. But I liked how it was sort of throughout.
Second, the nod to ACD in all the mentioned but not explained cases.
Third, that Sherlock can't hold his liquor (or John, but of course he drank an awful lot more.)
Fourth the murder prevention rather than murder solving.
Fifth, lots and lots of excellent snark.
Sixth (perhaps related to first, I'm not being very logical here), the fun. The first real Sherlock and John interaction (and which we were reminded of in The Empty Hearse) ended with them giggling their heads off in the entrance hall at 221, and then giggling their heads off at the crime scene. And since then, one or the other might snort at something, but that's about it. We've been getting the irritation, the brilliance, the constructive criticism, basically the serious for most of the episodes since A Study in Pink, I think pretty much until John finally joined Sherlock giggling in the subway car last episode. I like them like that. And you know that's going on behind the serious cases. It was so nice to see it. :) [Not to mention that this is a way to twist the knife for the goodbye part of John's new chapter]
Seventh, I always knew some kid would fall in love with Sherlock.
And finally, because Sherlock is a good man. I think that's official. It was getting close official when he jumped off the roof of Barts, but the way he returned showed him very self-centered, even though he had sacrificed himself for his friends -- the "we're going to have to get rid of that" "what life? I was away!", and the way he assumed he could just waltz in and have John at his beck and call again. Sherlock here put forward his best effort to make John's wedding special, even though he was reminded again and again that he was losing something, and we saw over and over how nervous he was about it -- I mean, the napkin folding? Etc. This is very very much not about Sherlock's selfishness, and it paid off, not just in a beautiful wedding, but also in saving a life, rather than bringing a man to justice.
And now I'm crying again, because friendship is beautiful, but marriage trumps it, and Sherlock managed so well to focus on the beauty of the latter, even as he knew nothing could change the fact that he was losing the former. And and is all.
That was beautiful.
First off, I liked the sort of "day in the life" aspect of it -- what do they do when they have down time? They're hilariously weird, obviously. I mean, we've gotten that in dribs and drabs -- beginning of The Great Game, beginning of Hounds, beginning of The Blind Banker. Well, basically the beginnings of these things. But I liked how it was sort of throughout.
Second, the nod to ACD in all the mentioned but not explained cases.
Third, that Sherlock can't hold his liquor (or John, but of course he drank an awful lot more.)
Fourth the murder prevention rather than murder solving.
Fifth, lots and lots of excellent snark.
Sixth (perhaps related to first, I'm not being very logical here), the fun. The first real Sherlock and John interaction (and which we were reminded of in The Empty Hearse) ended with them giggling their heads off in the entrance hall at 221, and then giggling their heads off at the crime scene. And since then, one or the other might snort at something, but that's about it. We've been getting the irritation, the brilliance, the constructive criticism, basically the serious for most of the episodes since A Study in Pink, I think pretty much until John finally joined Sherlock giggling in the subway car last episode. I like them like that. And you know that's going on behind the serious cases. It was so nice to see it. :) [Not to mention that this is a way to twist the knife for the goodbye part of John's new chapter]
Seventh, I always knew some kid would fall in love with Sherlock.
And finally, because Sherlock is a good man. I think that's official. It was getting close official when he jumped off the roof of Barts, but the way he returned showed him very self-centered, even though he had sacrificed himself for his friends -- the "we're going to have to get rid of that" "what life? I was away!", and the way he assumed he could just waltz in and have John at his beck and call again. Sherlock here put forward his best effort to make John's wedding special, even though he was reminded again and again that he was losing something, and we saw over and over how nervous he was about it -- I mean, the napkin folding? Etc. This is very very much not about Sherlock's selfishness, and it paid off, not just in a beautiful wedding, but also in saving a life, rather than bringing a man to justice.
And now I'm crying again, because friendship is beautiful, but marriage trumps it, and Sherlock managed so well to focus on the beauty of the latter, even as he knew nothing could change the fact that he was losing the former. And and is all.