The Final Problem – Meta Masterpost

the-sign-of-tea:

A collection of meta people have written on Sherlock S4E3: The Final Problem. Wank-free and conspiracy-free, not focused on
shipping.

Riddles and explanations

“The song is the answer.” by finalproblem

“Sixteen by six, brother.” by finalproblem

Eurus’s
messages were pre-recorded

by urbanhymnal

How did John get out of the well?

by madeinrome

John and
the bones in the well – comments by several people

Why were there no bombs in Molly’s
house?

by theleftpill

Relationships

Mycroft
and Sherlock in TFP by earlgreytea68

Sherlock isn’t actually a girls’ name and Mycroft wasn’t a rubbish Lady Bracknell by anarfea

The Holmes siblings in TFP (Sherlock, Mycroft, Eurus) by mizjoely

How Mycroft addresses John

by thediogenes and codenameantarctica

Eurus and Sherlock’s Relationship
and the Game by strawberrypatty

Play you, but who is Sherlock Holmes? (Sherlock and Eurus) by impossibleleaf

The violin duet (Sherlock and Eurus) by brokenwings221b

Eurus and Moriarty by weweremadeforeachothersherlock

Molly as Sherlock’s escape by fangirlhani

Sherlock
and John in the final scenes of TFP by chitarra10

Characterization: Motivations

John’s behavior when
Sherlock threatened to shoot himself by areteisjohnlocked

An analysis of Eurus

by urbanhymnal

Why Mycroft decided to sacrifice himself by almecria

Eurus’s influence on
Moriarty

by dynamics-of-an-asteroid

Two meta in one (about Eurus and Moriarty) by solrosan

Why Eurus didn’t kill Mycroft by theleftpill, anarfea and
rectorredux

Mycroft and legwork by dawningday84

Eurus can’t deviate from her
“script” by notagarroter and anarfea

The violin scene – comments by several people

Why did Sherlock hand the gun to
Mycroft first? – comments by several people and more comments here

Why did Mycroft continue to lie about Victor Trevor? – comments by several people

Reasons for Eurus’s silence by notagarroter

Characterization: Psychology

Psychosis as
a diagnosis for Eurus by
sweeter-than-cynicism and fffinnagain

Sherlock and autism

by chitarra10

Moriarty’s behavior in TFP by dynamics-of-an-asteroid

Eurus’s
feelings about Sherlock and Mycroft after TFP by eastwiind

Sherlock’s first cases by likingthistoomuch and mychakk

Deeper meanings and analysis

The Final Problem: Making Sherlock Holmes a good man
by
fffinnagain

and
an addition to the post by vulgarweed

Wilde At Heart, or, I Thought You Liked My Lady Bracknell (subtext/coding)

by plaidadder

“I made me” vs. “Eurus made you”: some rambling and likely incoherent thoughts on this apparent contradiction by

unreconstructedfangirl and
What this says about Mycroft by anarfea

Plane metaphor vs. water metaphor – comments by several people

Parallels between TFP and other episodes

The Landing (TAB) by doctorstrangebatch

Henry and the Hound (THoB) by the-consulting-strange-vidder

Bond Air and the airplane metaphor

(ASiB) by notagarroter

Filming and cinematography

Visualizing emotion with light and shadow by half-past-chaffinch

Sherlock Four (report of the violin
coaching)

by earthobservingsystem

Funny stuff and crack meta

The unfuckable rug – comments by several people

“Christmas present” or “Christmas Present”? by finalproblem

“She just locked him in her old cell.” by finalproblem

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My other meta masterposts:

• The Abominable Bride
• The Six Thatchers
• The Lying Detective