Awwww.... Watson needs a giant hug. I sometimes feel bad for Granda!Watson because he didn't have a wife who could have been there... and then careless died on him. Man, he really doesn't have much luck...
I recall being quite upset watching the first airing of Granada's EMPT (cause I missed David Burke), but Hardwicke put in such an amazing and understated performance of the grief-stricken friend (albeit 3 years after the fact), that he completely won me over. There's a moment when he's at his desk and his voiceover is reminiscing the loss of Holmes. He stands and begins putting his stethocsope in his bag and there's this expression of resigned disgust that crosses his face. It's as though he's longing for the distraction of a terse Holmes' telegram. I love that moment.
Hardwicke's Watson had that quiet sincere thing going on, Holmes would have been glad to have him. I love that moment with the stethoscope, he was part of something so important and had someone close to him now he's alone and just walking through his life.
Great poem
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Tennyson is a god. Glad you enjoyed him too.
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