“But what could that dialogue have been? Was it between Sherlock and John? Given that Rathbone Place is a reference to an earlier incarnation of Sherlock Holmes, could it have echoed that and given us some kind of classic Holmes reference? And would it have told us any more about what happens next to our partners in crime solving? Sadly, Gatiss is staying tight-lipped about that but he did point out that as the duo leap from Rathbone Place into their futures “we don’t know if they made that last step”.
What exactly does he mean by “that last step”?
This is a-grade trolling, in my opinion. The closing montage is a clod of lazy, predictable tropes that tell us precisely nothing, and reeks of a pair of writers who lost interest in their story years ago. What kind of dialogue could they have written? John threatening to beat Sherlock if he doesn’t baby sit? Mrs Hudson reciting Sweet Child of Mine to her kitchen appliances? Molly squeaking “Okay!” about the telephone scene, like she did in series one when Sherlock orders her to get him some coffee? Lestrade asking why he didn’t get some more substantial scenes? The ghost of Mary reminding then that she can access courier services from the afterlife?
There was never any closing dialogue. This is just another ham-fisted attempt by two mediocre male writers desperate for the last word, desperate to maintain control over their (largely female) fandom who they resent and envy in equal measures. Mofftiss need to get some hobbies.
steven my mansplaining buddy my patronizing pal if you could take just one (1) of the countless opportunities you’ve had to shut the fuck up i guarantee sir arthur conan doyle himself will rise from his grave and thank you for it
“He added: “The last Sherlock episode was a massive hit on any viewing metric scale. You can’t take a few commentators to be the voice of the audience.”
You tell yourself that.
When nobody praises your female characters or your show, do it yourself.
Kind of clever to do it by drawing attention to the negativity around the show and say that the criticism was about Mary dying. That makes it look like feminism is about not letting female characters die, which makes feminists look like a bunch of overreacting weirdos. And of course it sounds like that’s the only issue anyone had with the show. Are there even people who complain about Mary dying? I thought her fans were of the opinion that she was awesome. Even awesome characters die sometimes. What does that have to do with feminism?
Also, it’s cute how he keeps comparing his writing to someone’s from a century ago and seems to think that’s the thing he needs to improve on in order to make his female characters look good today. And for some reason he even thinks he succeeded at it.
Then he says Mary had to die because she died in canon. 😀
I thought they’d be thoroughly bored with more discussion about Sherlock. Apparently not.
I gotta say, the first reaction I had when reading the headline was, “BWWWHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!! SERIOUSLY????? AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!”
Then I went, “Oh my Goddess, he IS serious!”
And deluded.
In the words of (some of) my ancestors– “Lawd JEEZUS!”
The quote below confirms a general vibe I was getting from the closing montage of TFP.
John WAS NOT back living at Baker St..
He was still wearing his wedding ring in that scene, and we never saw him move in. So apparently, like in the later ACD canon stories, he was keeping his own flat, and just joining Holmes for cases.
“The reason we [ended with] Rathbone Place is that, actually, if we do come back – and we would love to come back – we could absolutely very easily start with a knock at the door and Sherlock saying to John ‘Do you want to come out and play?’. They have become the two heroes that we always knew them to be.“
They wouldn’t even give us that. They wouldn’t even give us crumbs…
Not even living together at 221B?! This makes me so angry.
This was a quote said on the panel by Moffat. He made it clear John wasn’t living back at 221B.
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