I firmly believe(d?) that Molly had something to do with a body swap between Holmes and Moriarty. I've read this week about theories of stopping heartbeats with a squash ball and/or a rhododendron chemical.
But if these are the same theories which Mr Moffat is stating are incorrect and missing important details, then I think it's one of three things.
One: Moffat is antagonising us for shits and giggles. Naughty Steven, tut tut.
Two: I haven't the fucking foggiest and will not be looking forward to the predicted TWO YEAR WAIT for series three.
Three: there's something wrong with the timeline. The episode opens with John Watson in a counselling session with a therapist. After the titles, a caption on screen says 'Three months earlier' (sorry if this wording isn't verbatim). Moriarty's trial occurs six weeks later.
If the trial lasts at least two days (the jurors return to a hotel room at least once where they're blackmailed), then Moriarty visits Sherlock at the earliest six weeks, two days after the three break-ins.
We are now five weeks, five days before Watson's counselling session.
The next time indicator on screen, bringing us up to Watson being delivered to Mycroft's club, reads 'two months later'.
That would mean we're a little shy of three weeks AFTER the counselling session.
So. I've either misread the times on screen or the timeline in the narrative is screwed.
What say you, Mssrs Moffat and Gatiss? Am I on completely the wrong track and even more off-course than those theories already hammered out on myriad message boards across the Sherlock-obsessing world?
Re: number 3, no, you read correctly. I have seen it suggested that perhaps it was a nod to ACD's squiffy timelines, a theory which I rather like.
ReplyDeleteAs for Sherlock's survival, I have no idea. But since they knew even before series 2 was written that there would a be a third, part of me hopes maybe we won't have to wait as long this time. But the rest of me knows we probably will (if not longer), not least because Messrs Cumberbatch and Freeman are likely to be rather busy. Ah well, it will undoubtedly be worth it.
(Also, it's just occurred to me that even if any one of the popular theories is correct, Moffat and Gatiss could hardly say 'actually some of the fans have worked it out', could they?)
I'm glad I didn't misread the times but now I don't know what that does for the events in the episode. Buggeration.
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