Two years. We
have been waiting for two blessed years. They knew we’d wait. They knew we’d
“do the time” so they took their own sweet time planning practising and
filming. But oh… Oh what an end result. The one thing that really frustrates me
about this series is that how quickly it’s all over. I mean, especially for me,
because I waited for the whole series to be finished (skilfully avoiding any
spoilers pertaining to the finale) and “marathoned” the whole series in a day
(at the time this article was written it was still available on BBC I-player
for UK residents). And now… Well I have
to wait for another two years I guess… Which reminds me, I should really check
if there are any clues circulating as to when the next series will be
broadcast… But anyhow. Before we turn
our eyes to the future, let us dwell on the recent past. What did we make of
season 3?
So, the
first thing we find out – I’m sure it’s not a spoiler at this point – is that
Sherlock Holmes is alive. The cynics among us will mumble something about “killing
the goose that lays the golden eggs”. We can’t actually say that this is
unfair. That said, we all need a superhero of some sort in our lives (and those
claiming that “no, we don’t” are actually in denial). Now, some superheroes
are, you know, your average superhero:
Handsome, inherently good, superpowers, saving the world, all that
malarkey. Others are well adjusted sociopaths with off-the chart IQs and very
poor interpersonal skills. My kind of superhero tends to be the latter. And
that says something or other about my subconscious or my childhood but let’s
not go there now. Anyway, long story short, superheroes never die. So Sherlock is back. And he is mildly surprised
that actually, life has gone on without him. But once both Sherlock and Watson have
got over the shock; there is work to be done; there is serious evil afoot in
London. Which is basically why Mycroft had him shipped back to London, I mean,
why else would he bother, right?
Basically,
what can I say? The series exceeds itself once again in my view. And we have
the classic Sherlock tropes running through the tale. In the second series it
was Sherlock’s death in a face-off with Moriarty. Ok, there were no waterfalls
involved but they are in rather short supply in London. This time round its
Watson’s wedding. Now, hand on heart, I was a bit worried about that. I mean,
injecting a bit of comedy into an otherwise rather dark and cryptic series is
well and good, not to mention necessary, but still. You don’t want it made into
a laughing stock. I was, I need to confess especially worried about the wedding
episode. I mean ok, for those who haven’t watched yet, one of the three
episodes actually takes place at Dr Watson’s wedding. It starts off looking as
if it’s going to be one of those epic failures when a very serious series tries
to be a comedy for one episode and fails miserably. It’s just a smoke-screen,
trust me. Just trust me. Trust Sherlock.
And the
finale… Oh my goodness. I don’t want to give you too many details. You know
that the whole point of this series is the surprise factor. But there is a
truly odious arch-villain that will try Sherlock in ways he has never been
tried yet. And you better watch all three episodes very, very closely. Because
there is a point in the third episode where you are going to have to trace your
way back to little bread crumbs dropped in the first episode. I mean, obviously
the series does it for you complete with flashbacks but you know… Just so you
know… There is a massive bigger picture. And more than one plot-twist.
All that
not enough to tickle your fancy? How about
if I told you we meet Sherlock’s parents? That we get a glimpse at his
and Mycroft’s early childhood? What if I told you that, for one split second,
we actually see his inner sociopath face to face? I’m telling you… This season
is good.
The one
thing that might get you slightly is that they do a wonderful, emotionally
charged finale. You’re left with literal
tears streaming down your face… Only to find, minutes before the end credits
roll down, that they haven’t even waited for the next season to conjure up
Sherlock’s “miracle return”. I found it destroyed the flow of the piece
slightly but then again… I mean come on. We knew he’d be back. Call it golden
eggs, call it superheroes… I guess it was pointless to pretend he was gone for
good – because emotionally charged as the finale is, at the end of the day,
none of us is really going to “believe” it, are we? So you might as well use
the opportunity to give us a taster of what is coming next. And incidentally,
judging purely by the little breadcrumb dropped, I’m very curious as to how
they are going to “pull that one off”. Oh well. We just have to wait another
two years or something to find out…
Kayıtlar
Hiç yorum yok:
Yorum Gönder