Thats two years of pining for Baker Street and agonizing over last seasons cliffhanger.
At least, thats what we were promised.
Instead, we got something so much better and so much weirder.
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Then, well dive into that big reveal and what it might mean for season four.
Good to know some things never change.
Not a plot machine.
Shes discussing the suffragette movement when good ol Inspector Lestrade shows up, sporting some pretty epic sideburns.
A zombie bride shooting her husband in the street, with dozens of witnesses?
How can a consulting detective resist?
But hes not in charge here: Hooper is.
These enemies are everywhere, undetected and unstoppable.
We most certainly lose to them.
Because they are right and we are wrong.
Its our first inkling that theres more to this case than meets the eye.
Emilia doesnt shoot Carmichael then and there, but she promises to do so soon.
What made you like this?
Nothing made me, Holmes replies.
Fortunately, its Mary to the rescue, as even 19th-century Mary Watson is a spy.
Shes been tailing them for Mycroft, and she leads them to a top-secret meeting of badass suffragettes.
Thats when it all falls into place.
See, Emilia Ricoletti didnt actually shoot herself the first time around.
The women we have ignored and disparaged.
Once the idea exists, it cannot be killed.
But heres the thing: Everything weve just watched didnt actually happen.
Thats right, Moriartys back at least in Sherlocks mind.
There are ways to act from beyond the grave, especially when youve got accomplices.
More importantly, Sherlock adds, I know exactly what hes going to do next.
Now we go back to waiting patiently for season four.
All in all, its an incredibly ambitious episode, asSherlockusually is.
Is this silly enough for you yet?
