So we reach the end of season 2 of Sherlock (so soon). But it goes out with a bang.
As I’ve mentioned before I was worried about this episode. To an extent the whole season hinged on it due to the prominence of Moriarty, again wonderfully played by Andrew Scott.
The Reichenbach Fall is heavily based on the Conan Doyle story The Final Problem. To the extent that the phrase is used multiple times in the script. For perhaps the first time it seems that Holmes is in out of his depth and out thought at every turn. This gives us another great performance form Benedict Cumberbatch with an unusually vulnerable Sherlock.
The reason I was worried was that the writer of this episode, Steve Thompson was the writer of the disappointing The Blind Banker from the first season and the rather average Curse of the Black Spot from last year’s Doctor Who.
While I was confident of the performances, and yes Martin Freeman was excellent as well with a convincingly grieving Watson, I was worried the script would not match. But in fact it held up well. In fact it effectively tied together elements and characters from both seasons of Sherlock turning the separate stories into a convincing hole.
In my mind the portrayal of Moriarty makes perfect sense when you see all the stories strung together. He is absolutely the evil opposite of Sherlock. Driven insane by a mind that can’t turn off and an inability to interact with normal people. Like Sherlock he can’t help but show off. He wants people to know how clever he is. He wants challenges. Defeating Sherlock left him with nothing to do and no purpose in life.
But what does the ending mean? Who is alive? Who is dead? And how?
If we’re speculating that Sherlock may still be alive, do we at least have to consider the possibility that Moriarty faked it as well? And how is Sherlock alive?
I can’t wait to see how they explain it all. There are plenty of possible solutions, but very few satisfyingsolutions.
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