SPOILER ALERT
Even though I live in the United States, I was lucky enough to be able to watch the Sherlock season 3 premier 18 days early. I mean I have waited 2 years, so why should I have to suffer 18 more days than my friends in the UK..am I right? So luckily, some of those friends provided me with a live stream. Thank you friends!! Now..onto the review :)
Now, we all know how season 2 ended. Sherlock jumped from St. Bart's hospital to his own death, but we saw at the end of the episode (that is if, you're anything like me, could see through the TEARS) that Sherlock was in fact ALIVE. So then..we waited two years to find out why. This wait resulted in many things, but to sum it all up..in the wise words of Colbert.
So, The Empty Hearse begins with what seems to be an explanation for how Sherlock faked his death. It shows that Sherlock was attached to a wire, jumped, then went through Molly's window (KISSING HER) then makes his escape. All the while, behind the scenes men take Moriarty's body and attach a mold of Sherlock's face and a wig, place the body on the street, and play it off as Sherlock. Seems logical right? Well it all made sense to me except the window part, but hey..what do I know. Well it appears that it was just a theory, made up by Anderson the used to be Sherlock-hater now turned Sherlock's number one fan.
We see how Mycroft retrieves Sherlock from his two year "voyage" or whatever you may call it. I must say, Holmes really let himself go. We see him tied up, shirtless, with a full head of hair (or wig) not quite sure. We also realize he had a beard. Interesting. Not attractive. Anyway, Mycroft saves Sherlock but only have he has let him be beaten a couple of times with a whip. I guess Mycroft needed the entertainment. After they return to London, Sherlock says one of my favorite lines in the whole episode. After he states that he is going to see John in Baker Street, Mycroft responds with the somewhat "shocking" news to Sherlock that John has moved on with his life and no longer lives in the infamous 221B Baker Street. Sherlock responds with "What life? Ive been away?"
On to the biggest hurdle that Gatiss and Moffat had to tackle with this episode..the reunion of Sherlock and John. After we find that John is going to propose to his girlfriend, Mary Morsten, at dinner that night, we also find that Sherlock is going to reveal his "not deadness" to John at the same time. Sherlock always seems to ruin Johns plans. Anyway, we see Sherlock as a waiter with an eyeliner mustache trying to offer John some wine. John never looks at him because he is trying to as Mary to marry him. Finally, Sherlock drops the French accent and reveals his voice. One that anyone could recognize because of its hallucinogenic qualities. When John realizes who it is..he goes quite.."mental" for lack of better words, attacking him several times. But we know the real John will come back around..he even ends up shaving his mustache for Sherlock.
We are also introduced to Mary Morsten, John's fiancé, played by Amanda Abbington who..in real life is Martin Freeman's wife, which makes it that much cuter. I really ended up liking her character. People were concerned that she would interfere with the whole "Sherlock and John team up against crime" thing but so far she hasn't. She actually is a huge asset and I can see her really helping out later in the show.
After the "reunion" we see the crime part of the show. Apparently there is a planned attack to blow up all of London, which may or may not be the ONLY reason that Mycroft brought Sherlock back in the first place. We don't really know. Since John is not talking to Sherlock, he resorts to asking Molly Hooper to help out on the case. She helps for a day, then reveals that she can't anymore because of work. She also reveals that she is engaged and completely over Sherlock...(yeah right).
On her way home from work Mary receives a text referring to John and hinting that he has been kidnapped. She immediately goes to Sherlock and they go on a wild goose chase to track him down while Mary continues to receive texts from the alleged kidnapper hinting on the location. (sounds a bit like Moriarty...eh? Could he be BACK?) They finally find John who has been drugged, tied up, and placed under a bonfire that will soon be lit in honor of Guy Fawkes night (British holiday where people light bonfires and shoot fireworks in commemoration of King James 1 survival). Mary and Sherlock pull John out right before the fire reaches him. The next day, John shows up at 221B to talk to Sherlock and ends up getting right back into his old ways; solving crimes with Sherlock Holmes.
After tracking down the placing of the bombs, the two travel underground to a secret car that had been taken off the tube. It holds the bombs. While in the car, the lights turn on and the bomb begins to countdown from..3 minutes if I remember correctly. Sherlock and John are frantic, with no time to escape they decide to wait it out and try to disarm the bomb. Sherlock begins to cry, John begins to scream and confess all types of things to Sherlock..little does he know, Sherlock had found and off switch and was fooling John into saying all of those things.. I think if i was John, I would be a little fed up with Sherlock's near death experiences aura that seems to hover around him. I would also be tired of his "games".
The episode ends with the reveal of Molly's boyfriend..Sherlock "dress-a-like" and the realization that Sherlock Holmes is back. Hat and all.
But that's not all...we see that there is a new mastermind behind all the crime, particularly the abduction of John. He is sitting in front of multiple monitors showing events from the day such as Johns near death bonfire experience. A new villain..
Overall the episode was fantastic. I left out a BUNCH of stuff in this post, but I put my favorite parts on here. There were a few more "theories", Anderson going crazy, John going crazy at work, etc. You will just have to watch it! I thought that the way that Moffat and Gatiss worked the fan fiction into the show was brilliant and very pleasing to viewers. Its like they sat down together, went through tumblr and said okay, they think this is going to happen..lets do it. It was awesome.
"The Sign Of Three" airs on January 5th (tomorrow)..so until then, I leave you with the best Sherlock gif ever created..ever.
As always, thanks for reading :)
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