20180601:
I watched the documentary
Unlocking Sherlock today and I decided to review my current notes on the series. What I found interesting was that the notes below didn't mention any prior viewings. However, I recall having seen the first episode of the first series at least once before, possibly twice, and I probably saw the second episode of the first series once before as well.
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| Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), S1E1 |
[20181120 Edit]
20180610: Today I watched the first episode of Sherlock with Ada.
20190316: I watched the second episode with Ada.
20190401: Today I started watching the third episode of Sherlock with Ada. But she stopped watching about halfway and I couldn't stop.
Series 1 Episode 1: A Study in Pink [loosely botn A Study in Scarlet]
Plot Points:
A: Starts off with Watson. Introduces his backstory a bit: John Watson, military, depressed, unadjusted to civilian life
A: Then mystery
A: Then we move to Sherlock who is shown to be observant.
A: Then a common friend of Sherlock and Watson have them meet. We further see Sherlock's keen observation and skills of deduction.
A: At one point John ditches his cane. He, however, doesn't even realize it until returning to the home.
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| Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman), S1E1 |
Instant Comments:
A: lol wrong. Seems like something House would do. [20170502: I'm not sure I knew then that HOUSE, M.D. is based on Sherlock Holmes]
A: "I was able to help out." "You stopped her husband from being executed?" "Oh, no, I ensured it."
A: "Who cares Mrs. Hudson. The game, Mrs. Hudson, is on!"
A: "Dear God! What must it be like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring!"
A: Her warning to Watson would be useful to most people, but at the same time, Watson, due to his condition, benefits from Holmes's craziness.
A: Eventually a character makes this clear: "You're not haunted by the war, Dr. Watson, you miss it. Welcome back. Time to choose a side Dr. Watson."
B: Haha. Watson's interaction with the girl in the car upon arriving at 221B.
A: Hahaha. "It's a three-patch problem.", 2: Haha. Three patch problem.
A: "Oh. Which one?"
A: Hahahaha. "Pity, we could have split the fee. Think it through next time."
A: "And I said 'dangerous' and here you are."
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| A Study in Pink, S1E1 |
A: Ha. That internal road choice deduction was ridiculously cool.
B: Wait, I'm confused, Sherlock knew
the luggage was in a taxi. So why didn't he figure it was the taxi driver. Oh wait, maybe he just deduced that it was placed in a car, not in a taxi.
A: "Because Sherlock Holmes is a great man! And some day, if I'm very very lucky, he'll even be a good one." 2: "And because Sherlock Holmes is a great man. And I think one day, if we're very, very lucky, he might be a good one." [I'll need to check this quote]
A: "Oh I see. So you're a proper genius too."
A: Why wouldn't both be poison?
A: Either way to Holmes, it's not a game, because it's just a 50-50 choice.
B: Sherlock realizes the person he was describing was probably Watson. Prior to the realization, Sherlock says the shot came from a hand gun, but the distance from which the gun was fired means the shooter was a fighter with a steady hand, used to violence, and had a strong moral principle; likely someone with a history of military service and nerves of steel.
B: When Mycroft shows at the end, Ada asks, "Is that his brother?"
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| DI Lestrade (Rupert Graves), S1E1 |
Series 1 Episode 2: The Blind Banker
Plot Points:
A: A museum worker is frightened by something she sees and immediately stops coming to work.
A: Then Sherlock goes to see about some graffiti at a bank.
A: His old friend hires him to figure out how the person got in and out bypassing the security.
A: Sherlock picks up a name from the bank and follows it finding the person has been murdered.
A: Later there is another murder with a similar pattern. The deduction is the murderer is able to scale the building.
A: The pair are looking to decipher the graffiti, which at the least they figure is some sort of code. Furthermore, all the numbers come in pairs which suggests its a word cipher, using a book.
A: Eventually the investigation leads to the museum worker we saw at the beginning.
A: She explains she used to be part of a smuggling ring when she was back in China but she since fled and came to London. Hoping to have been forgotten, she was recently contacted and the ring requested information from her. She refused to help and now they're after her. The pair try to keep her safe, but fail and she is murdered.
A: Omitting how the specific mystery resolves, the episode as a whole ends with a mysterious correspondent going by the name of M, Moriarty. He kills the local Chinese woman who was in charge.
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| S1E2 |
Instant Comments:
A: Haha. Watson got in a fight with the register while Sherlock got in a fight with a man.
A: HAHAHAHAHA. I laughed so hard. Sherlock was spinning Watson around trying to make sure Watson's visual memory wouldn't disappear. 2: This didn't entirely make sense. Watson was so upset that it was covered up when he had already taken a picture of it. He could have just shown the picture to Sherlock straight away.
A: That's a dedicated scholar. To come in to take care of her teapots.
A, B: I don't understand why they just didn't stay with the girl. 2: On the other hand, Watson told her to lock the door behind him, but she did not. [
Later it is revealed she was trying to decipher the code. She still could have locked the door.]
A: LOL. "While I'm trying to get off with Sarah."
B: Ada said Sherlock could have just knocked over the chair. I thought similarly... she herself may have been able to topple the chair over. Unless it was too heavy.
B: I found the interrogation silly. I feel there should exist a point when the interrogator knows whether or not the person being interrogated is lying. In this particular situation, they've been watching both Sherlock and John. First, why did they target Sherlock? Second, they have been following them and should know whether or not John/Sherlock have found the treasure.
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Series 1 Episode 3: The Great Game
Instant Comments:
Aa: Lol. A man is begging Holmes to help him and Sherlock keeps correcting the man to the very end. "Hanged, yes."
Aa: "Bored!"
Aa: "A study in pink." References the real title of the episode.
Aa: Lol. Sherlock didn't know or possibly remember that the Earth revolves around the sun. But Sherlock takes the approach of not filling his head with frivolous details. There's some truth in Holmes philosophy.
Aa: I never thought about how Sherlock's puzzle-solving ability creates the problems.
Aa: "Gay." Aww.
Ab: Resumed the show at 28 minutes.
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| Mycroft Holmes (Mark Gatiss) |
Ab, B: I love that, "You see, but you don't observe!"
B: Investing
B: Watson: "S-so, you scratch their backs and..." Holmes: "Yes, and then disinfect myself."
B: The women tells Sherlock the name: Moriarty
B:
Oh, it's Jim.
Ab: Ah, clever portrayal of Moriarty.
B: Exciting cliffhanger. I don't remember the resolution.
[Later I gave it some thought and figured the most likely resolution is that Sherlock called Inspector Lestrade, or better yet Mycroft, to provide backup.]
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Series 2 Episode 1: A Scandal in Belgravia [loosely botn A Scandal in Bohemia]
Instant Comments:
Aa: Wow, the ending of the last episode was just too big a cliffhanger not to watch the first episode of the next series.
Aa: But after watching the first couple minutes. I happily paused it.
Ab: Ha! "I think my husbands having an affair." "Yes."
Ab: "All live end. All hearts are broken. Caring is not an advantage, Sherlock."
Ab: Meh. That's what Mycroft gets for not giving his brother all the information.
B: I didn't remember the ending (in particular, the fate of Irene Adler). As such, I read this on StackExchange:
Is Irene Adler alive?. After I got the answer, I watched
it on YouTube.
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| Irene Adler (Lara Pulver) presents herself in the nude, rendering herself unreadable to Sherlock, S2E1. |
Series 2 Episode 2: The Hounds of Baskerville [botnotsn]
Instant Comments:
A: "Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"
A: Ha. He's observant, but unaware of his own habits.
A: A couple. Crash landed here in the '60s. We call them Abbott and Costello.
A: I didn't quite follow why John hallucinated if it wasn't the sugar. After some searching, it seems that there might have been pipes leaking the gas.
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Series 2 Episode 3: The Reichenbach Fall [inspired by tn The Final Problem]
Instant Comments:
D: Huh. I don't remember this. "Sherlock... he's dead." Unless it's just the opening to an episode that will be told as a flashback.
D: "Three months earlier..."
D: Hehe. The classic Sherlock look
D: Wow. So cold. "You repel me."
D: "Two minutes would have made me an expert. Five was ample."
D: Lol. Put in jail for contempt
D: WTF. It's only obvious to Sherlock that Moriarty is in jail on purpose?
D: Watson's worry doesn't make sense. Prior to committing the crimes, Moriarty was a free man and could have already gone after Sherlock. Part of the whole situation should in part be putting Sherlock into the news in a bad light
D: "IOU"
D: What exactly is it that has her stay and help Sherlock?
D: Interesting. Lol. Molly pulls a little bit of Sherlock. Identifying that Sherlock stops pretending to look happy when John isn't looking
D: Homeless people network.
D: Sherlock smiles at the clever use of mercury
D: "No charge"
D: "Watch out" (dies)
D: Wow. Very clever of Moriarty.
And I would say I was right in that his aim was ruining Sherlock from a media point of view - but I'm sure most viewers would have guessed the same because that was the direction of the plot
D: Huh. Didn't see that as being part of the story.
Mycroft was responsible for divulging secrets about Sherlock to Moriarty.
D: I'm not sure this part of the game makes sense. At this point he's just blackmailing Sherlock into commiting suicide, and there's nothign clever about that.
D: Um... wow. That was something...
Moriarty shoots himself. Does it make sense? Sherlock has a strong reaction so... I feel that unlikely it is fake. Though I suppose even Sherlock is susceptible to being tricked.
D: Based on the beginning of the episode, John says Sherlock is dead. He could have meant it figuratively, but let's assume he meant it literally. Sherlock couldn't really be dead. So if Sherlock can fake his death (especially because he asked Molly for help), I don't see why
Moriarty also couldn't fake his death.
D: I'm wondering if it's possible for Sherlock to survive that fall and for Molly to assist in helping him afterwards.
D: "Say it now." "No."
D: Hehe. "Don't be dead." While for a normal person that'd be wishful thinking, perhaps there's a part of him that suspects it would be the case.
D:
The camera pans to Sherlock! (I thought he would have showed up behind John or something. That would have a much different effect.)
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| A visualization of how Sherlock thinks. S2E2 |
Season 3 Episode 1: The Empty Hearse
Instant Comments:
D: Huh. That wouldn't make sense that Sherlock only needed to fool John. I thought he had to kill himself for the assassins who were watching.
D: Smile. Oh okay.
It appears we just watched a theory of how Sherlock must have pulled it off
D: "Took me a couple of hours." "You're slipping."
D: Hahaha. Mrs. Hudson and Watson conversation ending with "Sherlock was not my boyfriend."
D: Hehe. "Well surprise me." "I'm certainly endeavoring to, Sir."
D: Somewhat out of range for Sherlock, but perhaps a fitting change: "Are you really going to keep that?" (even Watson's significant other breaks a smile)
D: Smile. Twenty-five at most.
D: I had to go back. Words I really saw: "only child," "shortsighted," "nurse," and "secret tattoo". Words that I didn't see: "clever," "part time," "linguist," "liar", "lover," "guardian," "own," "Dem," "12", "disillusioned," "Lib," "bakes," and "romantic."
D: How could Sherlock get a name wrong? (he said "Graham" instead of "Greg")
D: Hehe. This theory was funny
D: Hmm. I get the outcome Sherlock was going for with the game of deduction, but the conversation went so fast I didn't fully follow it logically. Perhaps it was less logical anyhow
D: Haha. "Have dinner" vs "Solve crimes."
D: Hahaha. He whispers to himself something John would have said. Poor Molly.
D: Molly says, "Why would someone go through all that trouble?" and Sherlock replies "Why indeed, John."
D: Sherlock sifting through his photographic memory is a neat visual
D: "After all, not all the men you fall for can turn out to be sociopaths."
D: Oh he ended up proposing after all ("I'm his fiancee")
D: His parents? [Yes]
D: Is this finally it? The reveal?
D: I don't quite get it. Who was monitoring to see if Sherlock died (to inform the people who would be shooting John and Mrs. Hudson) and wouldn't that person have been the one Sherlock would need to convince?
[Smile. It seems Anderson is going crazy][So I looked up if the show would ever reveal what happened and it seems the answer is no.]
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Season 3 Episode 2:
Instant Comments:
Seems like... he should have just called Sherlock (the progression is these bad guys keep alluding him)
hehe... I feel like if it's Sherlock calling... there's no situation
hehe. just asking for help with a speech.
smile. "High functioning sociopath. With your number."
It's interesting how he has almost supernatural powers of deduction but certain types of logic (such as Mycroft suggesting Sherlock not get involved or John asking him to be his best man) elude him
Ha. He has a list of who hates her ready
Haha. Mary gives a thumbs up to them both, with neither seemingly aware that she kind of double ran them
Oh no! Unsolved
Smile. Scheduled, but Watson tips the scale
Wait. Did she say she just dated him once?
Chuckle. "The game is something." "On"
huh. wonder if Mrs. Watson's bad marriage is foreshadowing
This presentation of having women sit down and how it reveals itself to be him chatting to multiple people is cool
No solution to the ghost mystery?
Huh. Why did he drop the glass. Solving a mystery? Maybe he identified the photographer
Hehe. Three
Hehe. This episode was like Sherlock at his nicest
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Season 3 Episode 3:
Rather strange exposition. It shows he can find pressure points with his glasses but he doesn't use the informaiton during the opening
Chuckle. Sherlock is there
HAHA! "And I further deduce..."
Hehe. Janine
Sheryl
They flashed Watson's profile too quickly. Porn Preference: Normal. His siter and wife are listed as his pressure points.
Sherlock has a list of pressure points
Ruthless.
Hehe. A lot of thinking to decide to fall backwards (mind palace)
Moriarty in his mind palace. Runs to it to help deal with the pain
Huh. Why didn't Mary go through with killing Magnussen
Wow. What a trick. (the "dummy")
"Lord Smallwood suicide"
Kind of strange how Sherlock is the one calming Watson with Mary not saying anything
Oh right. He left the hsopital
Wow. What a twist. In his eyes. Either built in or contacts
But if Sherlock knew he was reading with his stare, then he should have deduced this instead of simply being surprised about the spectacles
Wonder what Sherlock would do after gaining access to Appledore
It's revealed that Magnussen
Wow. What a twist. Mind palace.
Somewhat unexpected. And yet a straightforward answer.
Lady Smallwood...
Smile. "Sherlock is actually a girl's name"
Hehe. The reveal at the end of the episode. ("Did you miss me?")
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Season 3 Episode 4:
Hehe. Votes for Women. For or against
Hehe. "It is never twins."
Hehe. Watson reveals that he knows she's a woman pretending to be a man, and he also implies that Sherlock is oblivious to it.
Did people have these mazes for entertainment?
Hehe. Tricked him. "Never mentioend she was a woman."
Smile. "The game is afoot."
Chuckle. "I'm sure he was exaggerating."
"It's not the fall. It's the landing."
Sherlock says he went back to 1985 in order to help solve the case; 1985
"Did you make a list?"
Hehe. Now it's been flipped. Past Sherlock is suggesting he imagined himself in the future
hehe. "You're Sherlock Holmes, wear the damn hat."
smile. Just runs right in
Hehe. Mary Watson finds the location on her phone despite Mycroft saying it would take a long time
Sherlock alludes to Molly Hooper finding a substitute body for him!
"Between you and me, John, I always survive the fall." "But how?" "Elementary my dear Watson."
Hehe. So many layers of Mind Palace. He went to dig up Emelia and then was actually still on the plane.
Hehe. Back in the past.
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Season 4 Episode 1:
I relistened to the story and it made more sense. Some element of fate where in the merchant thought he was able to escape his fate but just ran into it. Initially I didn't understand how that relates to Sherlock, but I think Sherlock realizes rather than to run from "Death" (i.e., Moriarty), he can just wait for the appointment [I looked it up and the telling of the story is a little different]
Hehe. "It's never twins."
I shook from the broken glass after Sherlock left Mycroft's office
I don't understand what Sherlock was telling this guy about being on the run
Holy shit. He thought the bust would be hiding the black pearl and instead finds Mary's thumb drive (which we saw John burn in the other episode). Six also these busts were supposedly made a long time ago...
So he hid in the bust, but who wuold have filled the bust with the drive in it...
Well the positive twist is that he meant by "Tell her she's a dead woman walking" in that someelse is after her and in fact Ajay is trying to protect her... Though why would he be so aggresive if that wwas the case
I'm curious in theory how does one run by going through different identities; I imagine Sherlock would find Mary
Right. That was the dice. She was changing randomly.
He talks about loyalty but wants to kill her
Interesting. Wouldn't think he'd have been that kind of person
The thing is though... Sherlock would likely pick up on John having an affair so
I guess a possible twist is the person who is trying to meet John is a bad person
Hmm. John didn't get a text from Sherlock... that could be his undoing
She stuck her hand in the purse
Huh. Mary took the bullet.
Oh what. John did get a message from Sherlock to come to the aquarium.
What is Norbury again?
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Season 4 Episode 2:
trippy. he sees Mary
this therapist is a bit spooky.
chuckle. "well now. wont you introduce me"
my feeling as he gathers them is he'll koll them
how deranged. he wants to tell them something only to have them forget... what's the purpose
huh we are seeing her write stuff down... seems like a flaw with his plan for them to forget
huh. I guess the reason is probably he has to tell them so they can respond and interact with him on something he needs
smile. in the trunk
hehe watson questions how mrs hudson has a nice car
hehe sherlock anticipated watson would require molly
mrs hudson said game is afoot
ha! she thought it was sherlock's blog written by sherlock. and when sherlock confirms its by watson she throws in a jab about the decline in quality
i wonder if sherlock would risk actually having the tube run into his arm and dying for john to save him or if well he would have the tube not in his arm
ha! saline. ok well that's also a good switch. I was close.
ha. "why not? given your alternative"
whoa. triple reveal. the therapist first lets on she was the fake faith, then reveals she was the one who he was having an affair with, and finally that she was the secret sibling. I think I did call that the person meeting Watson was up to no good [yes, I wrote "I guess a possible twist is the person who is trying to meet John is a bad person"]
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Season 4 Episode 3:
Smile. "Still had 10 minutes to go."
Baker Street will be the answer of course. [yes]
Redbeard is revealed here
In previous episode Sherringford was on his notepad
Mycroft claims whover they met it can't have been Eurus
Epic escape through the windows.
What? He asks "Where is Sherlock Holmes?" only to soon after say "No, he's not. He's here."
Sherlock disguised. Does this agent know?
Huh. Watson figured out this agent has been compromised by Eurus
This Eurus doesn't have differently colored eyes. Or is it that she only removed the contacts from one eye and not yet the other?
Wow. No glass.
Moriarty. Is this a flashback or the present? I would think the past
The rules were clear. The governor killing himself invalidates saving his wife.
Yeah. Eurus sticks to the rules.
Hehe. "She's very clever." "I'm beginning to think you're not."
Intense. Well done tension. ("I love you")
I would interpret shoot as injure or nick, doesn't mean kill? I don't think she specified kill. Let me rewind [She did say kill the other]
I'm trying to think if he has a way out of killing his brother, even though it seems both have come to the conclusion that should be the case. Because the previous experiment suggested that when Sherlock played the game, that Eurus deemed he lost. But in that case she sees he lost on account of his emotions. I wonder if kill can be interpreted differently. Or perhaps this situation could have been anticipated and Mycroft could be rigged with a vest that will fake bleed.
Holy shit. The reveal on Redbeard
Wow. The plane
Smile. "Thanks, Greg."
I wonder if they're just playing or if they're speaking through their violin playing
Hmm... well... not quite a bang. But... I suppose no better way to wrap up the show.
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