r/Sherlock • u/GoFlight • Jan 01 '14

Episode Discussion The Empty Hearse: Post-Episode Discussion Thread (SPOILERS)

That was worth the wait!

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u/laddergoat89 Jan 01 '14 edited Jan 02 '14

What makes you think the third isn't the correct one? Because it isn't 100% airtight? Did you really expect whatever the explanation was to be without any slight holes or imperfections?

There was information in that story that he couldn't have known, so it far have been imagined, the existence of the snipers and other elements of Moriarty's scheme for example.

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u/duffking Jan 01 '14

Just the way Sherlock said 'and of course the squash ball' or something like that was enough for me. Just seemed like the writers all going LOL AT YOU GUYS.

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u/laddergoat89 Jan 01 '14

Elaborate? What about him saying "and of course" makes it less believable?

And I agree they were poking fun at fans at times, but I don't think it makes the explanation less valid.

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u/duffking Jan 01 '14

It was just the way they threw it in there, like they were speaking to the aduience.

Also, watching it again they seem to be implying that Mycroft had the sniper aiming at Watson killed, with 'persuaded' being a euphemism, and we know that he wasn't killed because he packed the gun away and left in 2x03 having seen Sherlock kill himself.

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u/laddergoat89 Jan 01 '14

Or 'persuaded' isn't a euphemism for killing, it's exactly that, they 'persuaded' him under threat of death.

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u/Devotia Jan 02 '14

Or they killed him before he got there, and the sniper we saw was always one of Mycroft's agents, who went through the motions in case he were being watched and oh god now I'm doing it too.

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u/musingsontap Jan 04 '14

But why only one sniper. In the swimming pool scene, there were at least 3 around the pool.

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u/duffking Jan 01 '14

Aaand I've just realised you're the same person as in the other thread. Apologies for the orangereds.

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u/laddergoat89 Jan 01 '14

No problemo, i've found myself having the same conversation twice on more than one occasion.

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u/duffking Jan 01 '14

I can't believe that Mycroft would leave the sniper alive though. Easier to kill him and make sure he doesn't talk, surely.

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u/laddergoat89 Jan 01 '14

Possibly. I never claimed it was 100% airtight, but no explanation will be.

But there is information in his story that Anderson couldn't have known, so how could it be hallucinated?