Did not like. Tried way, way too hard to be clever, which I guess was partly just to bring Moriarty back.
I remember reading somewhere about a good mystery being one that the audience can solve. They really should stick with that formula, rather than becoming a mediocre thriller.
So basically Sherlock's a genius, Mycroft's a super-genius and Euros is a super-awesome-genius the likes of which has never existed? This is like watching a superhero show. I sorta liked it but can't help thinking that it's really just "high-concept" masturbation, designed to wow the pliable minds of comic-book fanboy denizens of internet forums who will insist that it's too sophisticated for the rest of us, and spend ages discussing its meaningless implications.
so when Sherlock was young, his sister pushed his best friend Redbeard down a well and refused to tell anyone where he was. Nobody thought to look down the well, so the kid died. Sherlock was so traumatised by this that he removed his sister from his memory, and mentally replaced his friend with a dog. The family went along with this, even going so far as to buy a dog bowl with the name REDBEARD on it, and sent the sister to a secret mental prison island which she eventually took over by manipulating the minds of the guards. She was then free to come and go as she pleased, flitting in and out of Sherlock's life via a series of elaborate disguises and mind tricks so he'd eventually discover her existence and head to the prison island where she'd be waiting with a collection of random people bound and gagged and ready to be killed if he failed to complete a series of mental challenges. She then headed back to their original home, chained Watson to the bottom of the well and began to flood it, and retreated to her old bedroom until Sherlock figured it all out and gave her a hug.
I agree, the last couple have not been able to make me suspend disbelief. I'm watching last night, and trying to figure out how (in a real world) Eurus could not only have taken advantage of the governor of the prison, but pulled off the physical changes needed to set up the maze or whatever that she sent Sherlock, Mycroft, and John through.
Did not believe, couldn't work past.
On the other hand, I'm very much enjoying the bits afterward when they show some of the behind-the-scenes bits.
Let's see what the next season has to offer, I guess.
ah yeah the whole redbeard actually being his friend was incredibly irrelevant to me. I dont care if it was a human or a dog. That's not a big reveal shocker its just a reveal about someone we dont know or care about.
moriarty ****ing killed it in his 5 minutes or wahtever. Goddamn they need to make a show all about him.
I dont know what that tells us about humanity (or me/most people) that villains are so much more compelling in just about every series or movies.