BBC's Sherlock: Series 2

[mr. peasant]

He hated being a celebrity though, so I doubt he'd care about going back to being the PRIVATE detective.

Except faking his death and reemerging alive would make him a huge celebrity.

Then that finale episode left me very disappointed. On a superficial level, I was upset there was no waterfall. Moving on from that though, the set-up of the episode was great with Sherlock's fame and ego growing bigger and bigger. Then how Moriarty set Sherlock up to look responsible for that crime was superb. Even Sherlock becoming a victim of media shark frenzy was interesting. However, that ending was just all sorts of a mess. There is no conceivable or believable way that Sherlock, clearly speaking and talking to Watson on top of the building, could fake his death when in the same moment he jumps from the building and has his body identified on the spot by Watson AND the audience. And, assumedly, DNA tests confirmed that. There's no way out of this corner.

I don't think they would have bothered confirming Sherlock's identity using DNA since he was known to them and hence they (as well as Watson) were able to identify his body, and considering the death was a witnessed suicide. Granted, they would have kept genetic samples of him for potential future reference but I don't think it's standard procedure to run a DNA profile of it. It wouldn't be worth the time and money (think it's about half a grand per test).

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Except faking his death and reemerging alive would make him a huge celebrity.

I'm not sure celebrity is the right word. More like pariah.

Remember. His reputation is in shambles. People still believe him a fake.

Just like James Frey(?) when he was revealed to be a fake. He was spurned and no one pays attention when he releases books.

This won't be a comeback story.

 

[mr. peasant]

Not quite the same. Yes, he would still be seen as a fraud. But resurrecting yourself from the dead makes you Jesus.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Not quite the same. Yes, he would still be seen as a fraud. But resurrecting yourself from the dead makes you Jesus.

More like fake detective. Fake death. Fake.......

They'll think he did it to escape scrutiny.

Sherlock Holmes = A-hole.

Which he already was to people who knew him. lol

 

[Rob Lobo]

Andrew Scott as Moriarty won the Best Supporting Actor for BAFTA 2012

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

I think he deserved it, I really enjoyed his Moriarty, he was (is?) a great foil to Cumberbatch's Sherlock. Apparently I'm in the minority on that though.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I wasn't sure what to make of his appearance in season 1, but by season 2, he'd definitely found how to pull it all together.

Very deserved win.

 

[Rob Lobo]

During his debut in season 1, I never thought the scrawny looking guy in the lab would turned to be Moriarty. It was a surprise. But in season 2, he was creepy yet displayed the charm and it did reminds me of Heath Ledger's Joker in lots of ways.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I didn't really like his Moriarty until the last episode this season. Still could have gone for something different, but it ended up fine for me.

 

[dark_b]

i watched S2 in one day. woow fantastic.

but i dont understand why they are shooting in 2013. i thougt the reason S2 came out so late was because Freeman was filming 2 Hobbit movies together . if i understand right Cumberbatch finished Star trek 2 and Freeman only has reshoots for Hobbit. couldnt they do Sherlock S3 in 2012 ?

 

[TheComicbookKid]

i watched S2 in one day. woow fantastic.

but i dont understand why they are shooting in 2013. i thougt the reason S2 came out so late was because Freeman was filming 2 Hobbit movies together . if i understand right Cumberbatch finished Star trek 2 and Freeman only has reshoots for Hobbit. couldnt they do Sherlock S3 in 2012 ?

Moffat still has the second half of Doctor Who to shoot in the fall.

 

[DACrowe]

I didn't like his Moriarty at all. He was bratty and annoying to me instead of being brilliant and menacing in some way.

I will say that if any of the actors from S2 deserved a supporting win, it was the actress who played Irene Adler in the first episode.

 

[TheVileOne]

They tried to do something a little different with Moriarty in this series. And credit to them for doing so, but I don't think they really pulled it off very well. They didn't want Moriarty to be "reptilian."

 

[Infinity9999x]

They tried to do something a little different with Moriarty in this series. And credit to them for doing so, but I don't think they really pulled it off very well. They didn't want Moriarty to be "reptilian."

I think it worked in the final episode of S2, but I agree that all the other times...it just seemed a tad off. I wasn't crazy about it either.

 

[jonathancrane]

I actually enjoy their take on Moriarty. While he does not have the reptilian nature that Harris had in Game of Shadows, I found him to be quite demonic, especially in S2. The video he recorded for the cab and his grin before his departure still chill me.

 

[Hush]

Great Season Finale, see you all in 3 years! Haha.

 

[obin_gam]

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Mmmm... So! The Giant Rat of Sumatra, Watson marrying Mary Morstan and, most interestingly, His Final Bow... Which would seem to indicate that this will be last series.

 

[Dr Lee]

That'll be a shame if it was... though i guess with the popularity of the actors now, it's going to be more difficult to get them together to film

 

[obin_gam]

Ah I was wondering about the rat word. So are they going to do a version of The Sussex Vampire or do you think theyre going to come up with the rat story by themselves?

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Well, so far they've quite nicely managed to take inspiration from the source material whilst largely doing their own thing, so I would guess they're going to go ahead and explain what The Rat actually is.
That's a total guess, though!
Whatever they do, it's gonna be great.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Y'know, if they go ahead and actually do end the series, His Final Bow is the perfect story to adapt.
The tale of an elderly Holmes and Watson coming out of retirement to solve one last case whilst the world stands on the brink of war has 'eye-blisteringly brilliant finale' written all over it.

 

[Crockett]

I thought "Boscombe Valley Mystery" and "Noble Bachelor" when it comes to rat and wedding, thought the latter story like Holmes pointed out, it was easy to unravel having solved many similar cases like that but despite that even the most simple stories Moffat & Gatiss would do great since it's interesting how they decide to approach and updating it and incorporating new elements to the story.

 

[chamber-music]

Japans doing a Sherlock Manga so I'm guessing the show is pretty popular there too

 

[Riptor]

Totally digging this new Sherlock Holmes series. Really was the best adaptation in the modern era (definitely better than this mediocre Robert Downey Junior ones)