Hype Mode: Activated.

 

Additionally, he's going to kill Mary Watson and she's a person in a hospital bed in the trailer. Two reasons. One, they may be creative with the canon, but they tend to keep key points of it and John being alone again could be considered this. Other reason is drama. I mean, if you want to make a rift, even if just temporal, between Holmes and Watson, this is a sure way to do it.

 

I actually didn't mind the Christmas special. I'll watch this, but I think the time when Sherlock was the best thing ever has passed. For me at least.

 

Did anyone else feel that the season 4 trailer was just disappointing for how long we have been waiting?

 

I didn't find the trailer disappointing although they could have made it longer without giving too much away and as for waiting, everyone including the actors have been wanting to film season 4 for ages its just a matter of scheduling as all the actors are in constant demand.

 

It was not bad. It was very dark and it actually gives you a feel that nobody knows whats happening. Aldo i think this series os going to have more action that the one before

 

Since Season 4 is gonna premiere next week we might as well resurrect the thread.

Any predictions?

Here's the trailer for those who may have not seen it yet:

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This link will take you to the bbc page which has the title and a scant few details about the first episode,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0881dgp

 

I'm a little wary - I really didn't like the last episode - but I'll see how this series goes. I'm reasonably confident, because on the whole it's been great.

 

The third season already was a small disappointment when compared to the second one, but it could be blamed on high expectations. My main problem with it was lack of a balance between the characters and their adventures. Too much Sherlock/Watson fanservice, not enough engaging detective games. Not to mention lack of new characters that could rival Irene and Moriarty.

 

Third season was crappy but hopefully they'll pull it back for this one

 

Well, it was an improvement over 'The Abominable Bride', but nothing special.

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Crucially, I was completely uninspired by the whole relationship drama between Watson and Mary. His emotional affair via text prompted little more than an eye-roll, and Mary's death was super lame. I won't say predictable, because I didn't expect it until the secretary fired the gun, but still, lame. They might still have pulled it off, but I was sniggering at Freeman's OTT emotional grunting. As for the tension about whether Holmes and Watson will patch things back up...well, they're both working together in the trailer for the next episode, so maybe half an episode - maybe a full one - of them gritting their teeth before they're the best of friends again?

 

I liked this episode.

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I'm glad Mary is dead, I never liked her character. Watson blaming Sherlock is predictable, but also understandable and entirely justified. It is, after all, Sherlock's fault.

 

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his fault she jumped in front of a bullet for him? He did everything bar shooting her with his non-existent gun to make sure she was pointing her gun at him...?

Hasn't this 'blame Sherlock' shit happened before too? Whatever.

As for the episode, eh. I find it extraordinary how much more I enjoy Elementary to this, even with the far less impressive Sherlock and lack of any true overarching plot to speak of...

 

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Watson's emotional affair would have worked a lot better if they'd used the flashback to show a second meeting, after Mary buggers off 'for his own good', and framed it as a reaction to her abandonment rather than...well, whatever the reason for it actually is (unless, as various fans have claimed, it's all going to turn out to be part of the arc plot, either for Moriaty or Toby Jones' character). It would still have been a disappointing move, but at least it would have made sense.

On a lighter note, Mark Gatiss penned a fun response to a critique of the last episode - one that I think made a fair point, if a little too strongly - which is worth a read.

 

CheddarTrek

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It's his fault because she only shot at him because he kept pushing at her insecurities with his usual I'm-better-than-you speech. If he just had any degree of self control she wouldn't have shot at him and Mary wouldn't have to sacrifice herself.

 

That's still only a portion of the blame though. How big a portion will be down to individual viewers, agreed, but some blame has to be laid out to the other players in the scene.