I liked it – I’d have been disappointed had there been anything other than daft plots and hammy acting from Benelux Cambersands

We watched the last of the previous series before the new one, was much betterer.

Bendmeadick Cuminmysnatch.

martinhutch – Member
Nice jolly filming about 20 different foreign locations for her ‘travel montage’ I wonder how much that cost per second of transmitted footage.

IIRC an hour of high quality drama costs £300,000-400,000.

Nice jolly filming about 20 different foreign locations for her ‘travel montage’ I wonder how much that cost per second of transmitted footage.

Contract crew on location shoots a few minutes of footage, with a double in it. Editing team stitch it together.

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Forgot about this – caught it on the telly this afternoon… much more enjoyable.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wwkx6d6_AI[/video]

Good grief, it’s only telly.

It was ok, too much focus on Mary IMHO throughout the series she’s been in, and as has been mentioned, not the most convincing casting for the background…

Given, that Mary had been shot in the chest but was still breathing without significant difficulty conscious and had no obvious exit wound , you would think the least combat Dr Watson would do was lay her flat stick his finger in the hole and try and keep her going till an ambulance arrived.

As above, smartarse solving mysteries is what we need.

True but that gets very 1 dimensional when they have no life around them, part of the character is the difficulty existing with the normal real world.
Personally rather enjoyed it.

Perhaps…but given in real-time they are separating it makes sense that in the made-up world he also kills her off…

Given, that Mary had been shot in the chest but was still breathing without significant difficulty conscious and had no obvious exit wound , you would think the least combat Dr Watson would do was lay her flat stick his finger in the hole and try and keep her going till an ambulance arrived.

I thought something similar.

you would think the least combat Dr Watson would do was lay her flat stick his finger in the hole and try and keep her going till an ambulance arrived.

He was distracted by thinking about the woman he met on the bus….

a few good bits, a few clever bits, all wrapped up in a great big stodgy layer of bilge. My ‘watch-again-ometer’ gives it a big fat zero.

hummernunk rumblepatch.

It was a bit to noisy at times, ad to keep turnin it up then down.

Dr Watson would do was lay her flat stick his finger in the hole and try and keep her going till an ambulance arrived.

😯

Did they not teach you that one at paramedic school Drac? 😉

I must have skipped school that day.

Nam?

In the intro of it, Mycroft mentions that he isn’t into brotherly misgivings and we know what happened to the last one…what was that referring to?

Sherinford. I reckon third brother, “put me through, yes I’ll wait” so, institutionalised? “We know what happened to the other one”

Having given up all hope after the last few, I didn’t think it was too bad.
Lots of geeky references for Holmes nerds, and they managed to get much of the original story in there.

Don’t think the latter part of the Mary storyline worked at all.
Agree with the Dr Who comparisons, last Sherlock series reminded me of the worst of the Who reboot.

Self Indulgent piffle.

Benedictine Slumbersnatch,

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Benzedrine Cucumberpatch

Bandersnatch Cumberbund.

I enjoyed the first series, the second series wasn’t quite as good, third series was dire, can’t be bothered with this one.

Michael Bentine’s Cumbernauld

Well I’ve just watched it, whilst the cimematography was intriguing, set design and scope exquisite, the story was irritatingly bland.

Cumberland SausageBreath.

I like the fact there wasnt a “mega” baddie … just a little old lady

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crankboy – Member
Given, that Mary had been shot in the chest but was still breathing without significant difficulty conscious and had no obvious exit wound , you would think the least combat Dr Watson would do was lay her flat stick his finger in the hole and try and keep her going till an ambulance arrived.

That only works with dikes.

palmer77 – Member
It was ok, too much focus on Mary IMHO throughout the series she’s been in, and as has been mentioned, not the most convincing casting for the background…

Given the details are key to Sherlock, i was also disappointing with the casting. In the flashback in this episode the way she held a gun was unconvincing (to my very untrained eye).

Watson’s bus-girl = Moriarty’s sister out for revenge. You heard it here first.

I turned over and watched Jaws 2 instead…..much better. But then again what could be worse…..Mmmm Sherlock I think.

Good grief, it’s only telly.

Exactly.
I enjoy it for exactly the same reason I enjoy Elementary, and the Jeremy Brett Sherlock, it’s escapist nonsense and requires suspension of disbelief, like any other police procedural, or other drama.

Watson’s bus-girl = Moriarty’s sister out for revenge. You heard it here first.

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Damn you, I was about to post the same. Irish accent, ‘chance’ meeting on bus…..it’s Moriarty’s revenge.

The casting of Mary was odd, until you realise that the lady who played Mary is also Martin Freeman’s (Watson) other half . Actor nepotism strikes again

On a random note, I got drunk at a festival with Martin Freeman’s brother (whose band had played before us). Nice bloke.

The casting of Mary was odd, until you realise that the lady who played Mary is also Martin Freeman’s (Watson) other half .

Was…not now.

Was…not now.

Indeed. Maybe MF stipulated she got killed off in the first episode to avoid further awkwardness.

So, seconds anyone?

Toby Jones has never failed me yet…..

We’re watching.

Hopefully this one won’t have all the identifying a cat’s parentage from a distance of 100m stuff in it.