Another great critique to come out today, with added discussions on how TFP failed autistic people who identified with the show as well as women and the LGBTQ+ community. And it mentions #Norbury.
My husband and I talked about what this meant for autistic Sherlock the night we watched it. I haven’t written about it because I am holding on to hope for ep4 fixing everything. But not only as this article mentions does it make female autistics into monsters that must be locked away while male autistics are heroes, but I felt that it made the evolution of Sherlock (to whom I very much relate), from great to good man actually be from autistic savant to being “cured” of his autism somehow.
I kind of immediately got caught up in the tin hatting on episode four, but it is quite possible that a fourth episode will fix the queerbaiting without fixing the negating of autistic representation that this episode represented.
“If this is the end, then it leaves the people who loved the show for its celebration of difference with a troubling message: that difference makes you a hero if you’re a white man, and an aberration if you’re anyone else.”
A saving grace? The show’s loyal fans. Whether from respect or kindness, some have actually theorized that this implosion of quality was really a self-inflicted, conscious sabotage to make a point; others suggest that there is a magical fourth episode waiting in the wings that will allow all of us to climb successfully out of the massive plot sinkholes. That is how much the audience cares about the show and respects its team: it looks for ways to bail them out, to pick them up when they seem to stumble. And it’s a good thing. If not for that dedication, Sherlock could figuratively suffer far worse than that decapitation in the sand.
I… don’t want to put a Tin foil hat on but in the same time… what the fuck
In that same article we get the gem above.
So they do, in fact, shoot actual fake scenes to confuse their fans. Hmm.. wonder how many other such scenes there might be out there.
Also, what the hell happened between writing S3 and S4 if, in TEH, they used external experts (I’m presuming a physicist of some sort, in this case), to ensure that the story makes logical sense that can be replicated in the real world, and then left TFP full of emmentaler-sized plot holes and things that make no sense whatsoever. Seriously, something dire must have occurred for such a drastic change to take place.
this is (imho) a really terrific review of the last episode.
it’s honest and direct about what didn’t work, but it also picks out a lot of lovely details from the mess. I
basically agree with every word of it, though my opinions on this
episode are changing from minute to minute.
This quote in particular: “Speaking of: It’s really disappointing that only Mrs. Hudson is the only female character to make it out of Sherlock without being completely defined by her relationship to the “Boys of Baker Street.” It’s even more disappointing that such a promising villain was somehow not enough for Gatiss and Moffat. Andrew Scott is great, but his tick-tock routine could never have been scarier than Sian Brooke’s flat voice and dead-eyed scare. Why exactly did they think she needed backup?”
Im sorry but what?? They have like the best friendship in the world???
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!!!??
It’s the Daily Fail, what do you expect? Someone somewhere is trying to pin the terrible ending on someone and they clearly don’t want to pin it on mofftiss. Cause obviously, it’s the fault of the actors why the episode and arguably the entire season was sub par.
“Why did the Joey spinoff from Friends never work? Why was Top Gear imminently watchable while The Grand Tour is imminently dire? Because just having a great character isn’t enough. You need to give them boundaries – try to make them work within a set of rules that rub up against them. It’s the mundanity of everyday life that makes Sherlock so fun: if you take him out of Baker Street and put him in this almost imaginary world, it just doesn’t work as well.”
The ratings for The Final Problem are likely to rise again when the on-demand audience is taken into account. The full consolidated ratings figures will be published next week.
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