Sherlock
Again, the spoiler ratings guide is here.
"A Study in Pink"
(or: Death Cab for Serial Killer)
A 100 year old
story is adapted to the modern day with questionable results, but there’s so
much ho yay and smart dialogue that nobody cares.
Spoiler rating:
1(4)
"The Blind Banker" (or: The Honeymooners)
Sherlock and Watson investigate the deaths of some British members of a Chinese
mafia ring while bickering like a married couple. Also, John finds a beard.
Spoiler
rating: 1(3)
"The
Great Game" (or: Demented Foreplay by Proxy)
Moriarty threatens to blow people up if Sherlock doesn’t solve a few choice
cases, which somehow involves a lot of truly deranged flirting. John seriously
questions why he’s living with an emotionless lunatic and Chrissy and I have
trouble keeping our roles straight.
Spoiler rating:
1(4)
"A
Scandal in Belgravia" (or: The Virgin and the Lesbian)
Irene Adler the dominatrix messes with Sherlock for the better part of a year
and it’s all a whole lot creepier than I remembered. Also, there’s a lot of
nudity.
Spoiler rating:
1(3)
"The
Hounds of Baskerville" (or: Of Rockets and Recreational Drugs)
Mark Gatiss tries to adapt a hundred year old horror
story that barely featured Sherlock at all and is mostly successful. Chrissy
and I have way too much fun with Sherlock’s brief mention of rockets.
Spoiler rating:
1(3)
"The
Reichenbach Fall" (or: Dueling Psychopaths)
Moriarty returns for the most famous story of the original cannon in which
Arthur Conan Doyle tried very hard to kill Sherlock Holmes. Mofftis
confuse the hell out of Sherlolly fans by teasing
them while laying out all the reasons that ship is never gonna
sail.
Spoiler rating:
1(5)
"The
Empty Hearse [with Many Happy Returns]" (Now With 100% More Nepotism!)
Sherlock returns after two years spent dismantling Moriarty’s criminal network
to find John has moved on with his life and now has some ridiculous facial
hair. And a beard.
Spoiler rating:
1(4)
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"The Sign of
Three" (Weddings and HoYay)
John and Mary get married and Sherlock works through his abandonment issues. Also,
there's a case in there somewhere involving John's former boyfriend
sergeant. But basically if there was a song to represent this
episode it would be this.
Spoiler rating:
1(3)