Sherlock Episode 3.1.2

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Dragging myself back for the next half-hour of filler that passes for actual content in The Empty Hearse. The content of the filler is clever-er than last time, but . . . it's still filler. It's only an hour into a ninety-minute episode that the show actually has something to be about, which is why it's taken me so long to do this recap. But

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It's been a while since I saw this, and it wasn't helped by the fact that it was on a commercial channel, hence a ton of ads. But I do remember that it was dull and that was so disappointing.

Ooh... the local library has just the got the box set! *places order *

I actually didn't know that BC's parents played his parents in the show; now that's something to make me giggle!

And I entirely agree with you about the nasty swipe at the fandom. Did SM and MG want to piss everyone off or were they convinced they were just that clever?

would the people who build them actually have left the site unwatched for the length of time that it would take to excavate a hole in the stack of flammables, shove a limp body inside, and then replace everything exactly as it was before? Help me out, actual British persons!

Everyone had gone down the pub, was my immediate reaction.

To round out this rather disjointed comment - have you seen The Imitation Game?

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Who would have thought that Sherlock Holmes could ever be boring? And yet, here we are. Weird that two such creative and interesting people, with such a wide field to play with, would fall down so damn hard with a story like this.

I actually didn't know that BC's parents played his parents in the show; now that's something to make me giggle!

I thought it was a great and charming touch, and it's a sure way to ensure that Sherlock looks like his parents. Of course, later on, it will really bring home the fact that Mark Gatiss looks nothing like any of them. Maybe Mycroft is one of those kids who looks like some obscure great-aunt or something.

Did SM and MG want to piss everyone off or were they convinced they were just that clever?I think they were convinced they were just that clever. Regardless of what they say, I have to believe that they've been at the fanfiction, and they've certainly had to deal with the crowds of rubberneckers that they attract when doing location shoots. My guess is that they had a collective brain

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I definitely got the impression that you had to drag yourself back to this particular recap. Never mind, I'll be watching the whole of series three on DVD soon so you won't be suffering alone! But yeah, they really dropped the ball on this one - such a potential goldmine, too. The Granada Empty House did the story proud, I'm glad to say.

Still grinning a bit at the parents, though.

As for The Imitation Game I liked the acting and the cinematography a lot, but the scriptwriting had me saying "No... No... No..." My mum liked it though - said that anything that brought those days back into the present day had to be good.

I would certainly read your review if you were to write it. No pressure though, obv!

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One of the things that's getting me through this recap is the thought that the next one up is the much more entertainingly wacky Wedding Episode. Even as lackluster as Series Three proved to be, that one was worth the price of admission.

I will get to reviewing The Imitation Game. Probably not this week, since there are big professional life things coming up, but soon.

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That dinosaur cartoon looks adorable! I'll have to see if it's on YouTube or Netflix or something and see more of it.