#Inte talks about basic human decency

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No one wants to talk to me about Sherlock so I'm gonna talk about Sherlock

I have always had relationship goggles when it comes to this show. I have defended it to almost EEEEVERYBODY who, mind you, had very good reasons not to like it, but being the immature fangirl that I was I put my hand over my ears and loved it anyway. That being said, I was willing to forgive A LOT of shit this show pulled, but I couldn't ignore this. For those who TL:DR, my sentiments can be summed up in one line: WHAT WAS THE POINT? For those willing to listen, let me expound. *spoilers* What was the point of Mary's death? Like I said I can forgive a lot, and I can forgive the strange twists this episode took, with the faith that there would be a satisfying ending. It did not. Why was Mary dying essential to the plot? They pretty much threw that whole point away halfway through the next episode and there was little to now mention of it in the last, no meaningful one anyway. It was like oooh nooo my wife's dead huhuhu but Sherlock, but no my wife, but Sherlock, definitely Sherlock. That does not seem rational at all. And that videotape was a lame way to justify it. Mary was a great character and refreshing to the show. She would have done more good in it alive, then as a sad ghost. They didn't even have the decency to give her a good death scene or a respectable murderer! That must have been THE lamest death of the whole show, let alone a main character! I don't even remember the philanthropist's name. That's how little I think of him. An amazing actor, but a useless villain. A useless episode really. They just wanted one to show John getting over Mary, WHICH HE SHOULDN'T. An episode exploring his grief, as well as Sherlock's grief would have been better. I was willing to accept that Sherlock had gone into a drug induced psychosis after Mary died but the sad reveal that he was faking it just to have John save him just ruined that whole episode even more. It shouldn't have existed, basically. Why Euros? So she was a psycopath, ok. So she wanted attention, ok. They should have just stuck with one. Either she was a psycopath who had no rational reason for her action, in which case she would be dealt with like one, or she play the misunderstood sister and have a redemption ark. Mixing both made it utterly confusing what the hell she wanted and why they had to go through all the trouble. Also, did that mean she loved Sherlock but didn't give shit about Mycroft? (Given she expected him to die) But in the end he didnt hurt him so what was up with that? She was played by a brilliant actress but he character was shallow pretending to have depth. Why did they go? To figure out if she was there? Did they not own a telephone? Or a computer? Why did the guards send anyone in the cell? They were told, they have dozens of dangerous people in that prison, why were they stupid enough to play around with this one? Why would Mycroft who, according to even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was much smarter than Sherlock, think it was wise to consult her with anything? Her being smarter than him is not an excuse. If she could do it in 15 minutes, he could do it in half an hour and Sherlock in one hour. Seems a pretty good compromise than literally COMPROMISING EVERYTHING ELSE. What was the logic behind every decision made by every character in this episode? Why did they just leave Molly? No follow up, no nothing. You pretty much destroy the woman, a sensible, smart woman, then nothing? Dick move. Molly had so much more substance in the last season, why did they strip her of that in tis one? Was there only room for one powerful woman per series? I loved Sherlock's mini tantrum after the call. I thought it was brilliant and really showed is growth in terms of becoming more human and having feelings but it seemed to end with that scene. Molly, like all of us, deserves better. I don't see the point of the Redbeard twist. What did it matter? Greater impact? Not really. She killed him. Ok we get it. That fact was to solidify that she was a psycho. She is. Doesnt matter who or what she killed. It still drives the same point. So why? Where were the actual mysteries? One of the things I loved about the way Sherlock did tings was that it was still very heavily based on classic Sherlock adventures, given a modern twist. These adventures were all still cases. That's not what happened here. Except for the first episode, the story's main case had already essentially been pre-solved. Sherlock knew he was a serial killer from the beginning and he knew he had a sister by the start if the last episode. There were no real mystery! Redbeard is not a mystery. They knew whatever he was, he was dead. What he wasn't a mystery, or an important plot point for that matter. The only real sleuthing he did was int he first half of the first episode, and he solved the "main mystery" pretty early on. They lost what Sherlock was all about, which is being a detective, in exchange for what they thought would be character development, which didnt happen, because in the end they literally went back to normal. That was the literal ending "that will always be you???" And finally, to everyone who was "sad" that Johnlock didn't happen, this was the most upsetting of all because... IT DID. How many times did you all say "oh Mary has to die so that John and Sherlock can raise the baby together?" WELL THERE YOU ALL FREAKING GO. It played out basically verbatim! You're welcome shippers, you asked for the literal worst plot twist of the century and you got it, and in the most unsatisfying way possible. You're welcome. Be careful what you wish for. Now don't get me wrong I have nothing against gay couples, I'm just warning against the dangers of fan service. That whole bit at the end was fan service! Every time a show decides to go in the exact direction it's fans ask for, it begins to fail. When sexual tension is realized, when unlikely fandoms become canon, etc, everything plummets downwards because the show becomes a caricature. Fan service is wish fulfillment and wish fulfillment is, at least most of the time, unrealistic and makes for shallow story telling. All in all I'm just really sad about this series because I feel like it didn't evolve the characters in any way and I could literally ignore it without missing much. It was inconsequential and I just feel so bad I can't love it like I love the other seasons. I still do by the way. I always will love Sherlock seasons 1-3 (except Blind Banker, that can go suck it). I am sad because one of my favorite shows is officially failing and I can't defend it. I'm just... sad. Whew. Ok.

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