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Sherlock

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sunseeker Thu 02-Jan-14 09:43:31

Anyone else as confused as I am? I enjoyed the programme but think we still haven't been told how he really faked his death, and since when did Sherlock Holmes go around kissing women?

Pittcity Thu 02-Jan-14 09:55:15

Glad I'm not the only confused one.
It was made worse by my DH coming home from his night shift on the London Underground and pointing out the numerous mistakes.... confused

merlotgran Thu 02-Jan-14 10:02:06

I can't get my head around it either.

Grannyknot Thu 02-Jan-14 10:08:39

Nor me. But then I was knitting at the same time and paying more attention to that! grin

ninathenana Thu 02-Jan-14 10:32:52

Well, there were three of us sat in silence and full concentration and non of us is any the wiser !

sunseeker Thu 02-Jan-14 10:52:32

I think it is being repeated on BBC3 in the next few days so I may watch it again and see if I can make more sense of it!

threesugars Thu 02-Jan-14 11:13:40

Oh, I really enjoyed it! Farfetched death, yes, but they made it seem vaguely plausible I thought. Always have to suspend belief just a little with these programs I think!

Though if I'm going to nitpick, I do wish they'd shown it at the right season - would have been more appropriate to show it near Guy Fawkes surely? What did you DH say Pittcity. Be interested to know what they got wrong!

Ariadne Thu 02-Jan-14 12:09:25

Loved it, but cannot say that I fully understood all of it!

Flowerofthewest Thu 02-Jan-14 12:19:44

Yes a bit confusing. Several different ideas of how he 'did it'. Will watch again on catchup. Maybe today. I DO love Benedict Cumberbatch though.

soop Thu 02-Jan-14 12:57:57

Marvellous! grin

janerowena Thu 02-Jan-14 16:06:37

I just thought it was a double bluff, that he told the nerd the truth knowing he wouldn't believe it.

janerowena Thu 02-Jan-14 16:06:57

Maybe I watch and read too many thrillers?

rosesarered Thu 02-Jan-14 16:15:22

Yes, it was a bit confusing [am easily confused!] Enjoyed it nevertheless, and loved the bit about the 'off button' on the bomb.Glad Watson got rid of the moustache [is that the correct spelling?]Though I can't see that actor now without thinking of The Hobbit [saw the film last week.]

MamaCaz Thu 02-Jan-14 16:38:30

Three of us started watching, but we turned off after 30 mins as none of us knew what the hell was going on.
Apart from it being confusing, DH couldn't make out what was being a lot of the time due the sound quality. We know his hearing isn't perfect, but there were quite a few times when the other two of us didn't know what had been said either!
What a shame, as I had been looking forward to it. sad

Flowerofthewest Thu 02-Jan-14 16:44:44

Have you seen him in Worlds End rosesarered? I think of him as a David Jason type actor. He can take on may different parts and do them really well. BTW Worlds End was filmed in my home town (Garden City)

jinglbellrocks Thu 02-Jan-14 16:55:46

At one point I thought he was going to kiss Watson. That bit was very sweet. smile

Grindos Thu 02-Jan-14 17:20:51

I was furious with Sherlock for what he put Watson through on the underground, with the bomb business, having switched it off. How cruel! Especially after he knew how W had suffered when he thought he'd died!
I also missed quite a lot of the dialogue, but didn't know what was going on anyway, even though I was trying to concentrate.

mollie Thu 02-Jan-14 18:21:51

I tend to watch the best programmes on the iPad with headphones specifically so that I catch everything that is said. My hearing is a bit duff but actors get away with mumbling and something gets muffled in transmission. Headphones pick everything up and lifts my enjoyment... but I still couldn't work out which version of the faked death was real! Who cares...is Moriarty dead or not? And is Mycroft more nasty than we already know? Time will tell...

sunseeker Thu 02-Jan-14 18:42:20

My hearing isn't 100% so I use the sub-titles. Flower what did you think of "Worlds End"? I'm a big Simon Pegg fan and am thinking of buying the DVD

DeeTales Thu 02-Jan-14 18:55:44

Thought Sherlock was a wonderful concoction, a combination of Harry Potter and James Bond, Clever, comedic and, yes, confusing but I guess that's the idea...brilliant script and acting though I found some lines were delivered at such speed making them indistinct (slightly better on iPad). Sundays episode should be just as entertaining. Or will it?

nuttynana Thu 02-Jan-14 20:00:29

Never seen it before but heard lots of good reports so decided to start with the new series. Oh dear , couldn't make head nor tail of it. Thought I may have drifted off, hang on--- I've seen this bit before. What's happening ,darling ??
Well of course he had no idea either . "It's very good acting though" Another hour of my life I'll never get back, as my son would say!

Judthepud2 Thu 02-Jan-14 21:57:09

Great stuff! Loved the idea of 13 different permutations of how his 'death' was faked. Much more intriguing than just one answer. But ....... Who is the man with the glasses at the end? Hm?

Deedaa Thu 02-Jan-14 22:34:06

With Mycroft being played by Mark Gattis I imagine he could get very nasty indeed grin
I shall really miss Moriarty, I thought he was wonderful.

Flowerofthewest Thu 02-Jan-14 23:06:15

sunseeker because it was filmed in Letchworth Garden City and Welwyn GC mostly I loved it. It was good to see our local town on the big screen even though they did massacre the World's First Roundabout in the process. They did apologise profusely and paid for it to be replanted. Three of the guys including Simon Pegg and Martin Freeman switched on our Christmas lights in 2012. We saw the film in our local cinema which was used as the frontage of the Mermaid pub - Worth a look even though there is an awful lot of F's and other expletives in it. I am proud to live in Newton Haven.

Flowerofthewest Thu 02-Jan-14 23:07:16

I Moriarty REALLY dead though. Probably but I did like the character.