![]() ![]() ![]() The whole case is there to soak up twenty minutes and set the episode off in a very different direction. Sherlock is intrigued, but sadly Sherlock – the show – no longer cares about such trivial cases, and so Sherlock apathetically rattles off the solution five minutes after meeting the grieving parents. That said, it starts off promisingly, with Lestrade snaring Sherlock with the impossible death of a young man outside of his parents’ home when he was seemingly halfway around the world in the mountains of Tibet. But what follows isn’t Holmes and Watson slowly unravelling one of those intriguingly titled cases, like the good old days, but a short mystery followed by rambling tangent of revelations, flashbacks, and altercations, culminating in a dramatic yet strangely underwhelming climax. Through a couple of breathless sequences, Watson and Mary have a baby and Sherlock tackles numerous problems, including The Circus Torso and The Canary Trainer. In fact, "The Six Thatchers" spends its opening ten minutes rolling back the consequences of that excellent finale, with Sherlock being absolved of murder and reinstalled within British society, no questions asked, thanks to Mycroft and the British government.Īlthough this totally undercuts the drama of Season 3’s standout episode – whatever – it neatly returns Sherlock to 221B Baker Street where he can resume work as a consulting detective and impatiently await Moriarty’s next (posthumous) move. ![]() If you’d forgotten any of that, don’t worry – the show pretty much does, too. ![]()
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