@kharis
Don’t worry, I totally get what you mean “WTF” was frequently mentioned by us during the watch. The way to analyse it, is I think, two – fold. See it as a perfectly set of tight stories which probability can be explained or, as a ‘dream fugue’ in the so called mind palace of Watson. Either way works. What I found interesting personally is that commentators said, “look, if Watson’s drowning and suddenly he’s discovered and they’re throwing him a bone (rope) how does he detach himself from the wire or chain?”
Story telling these days has to show us A, through B, though C. In the Final Problem we saw A -the rope, and B, the chain, yet as he was rescued we must KNOW he was able to detach from B, the chain but didn’t necessarily need to see it to be convinced. The same goes with Eurus shooting Watson -yes, it could’ve been an almost fatal shot (dream/drug fugue) or, easily an attempt at a shot and he managed to run clean, OR even that he was ‘knocked out’ temporarily. As for the other issues, such as not being able to ‘see’ the glass (something Sherlock could ordinarily do), we can safely assume he was mildly preoccupied 🙂
To me, the story works on every level or just one simple level for the average, chip eating viewer (nothing wrong with ratings) but there’s a whole lot available on psychotherapy in this episode to mine with extraordinary perspicacity. Or not! 😉
But I loved it. And was also deterred, a touch, from the lack of bravado that always made me feel safe -that Sherlock and Watson are always on the prowl, successful at every turn =Study in Pink/Scarlet etc. And yet we were given that as they ran out of Rathbone House (another successful call out by @pedant) so all was fulfilled, all bases covered.
All our best, Kharis,
Puro and Thane
The entire episode can work like that, I think, but I get your “head fuck” type thing (Puro speaking, not Thane).
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