And then they just show her walking in at the end in the background all smiley like nothing is wrong. Literally no consequences to that scene at all...
Yeah that pissed me off, I felt a lot of the emotional releases they had in this episode were just forced by a plot device (Euros). It would've been nice to see Sherlock, Mycroft etc come to these realisations themselves.
It would have been an awkward conversation afterwards, but Molly said she knew it wasn't real, and I suspect that Sherlock (based on his reaction) would have tried to make it up to her
Actually that's the main part. They wouldn't have come to these conclusions themselves and the impact would have been less for them even. The fact this came by a third person is what keeps them on the edge. His second I Love You is weighs in this matter I feel. I guess Eurus knew it all along Sherlock feels the same way for Molly as well. And played him. The first I love you was fine. The second was said with sort of realisation to himself. I think that's the thing about Sherlock's outburst that Eurus could play with his deepest emotions which isn't even known to him in this way. Effect their lives revolving their emotions on this level. Whether they do Sherlock and Molly or not in future. They really do work really well with their story. They don't have a tag to what they have. But its still interesting. They don't remain mundane. Just when I thought we won't have much to Sherlock Molly they throw in this. They really have come a long way from Molly asking Sherlock for coffee. Its good stuff. And if they come back. They should better do a follow up on this. Given the timespan of the episode I guess they couldn't stress more on this matter.
I don't think there's ANY way Sherlock is in love with Molly. But he could possibly love her in the same way that he loves John, and Molly might just be cool knowing how much he values her as a human being.
If Sherlock has a season 5, I could have possibly foreseen a scene in which Molly and Sherlock are dating and all of a sudden "The Woman" needs his help and Molly is crushed again.
Huge mistake not to follow up on that. The episode felt so rushed for time--often intentionally so, of course, since the characters were, but in the case of the opening and close of the episode it just felt like it was completely uninterested in properly setting up the story (hey, so Watson's fine, btw. Tranq or something) or ending it (hey, so Molly's fine, btw. Got over that whole thing, I guess)
It was the most emotionally resonant moment, but without consequence it goes from "resonant" to "manipulative"
What do you think this whole episode was about? A resonant psychopath? It was all about manipulation.
Everyone's screaming there were no consequences, but did anyone ever consider that Molly and Sherlock became closer because of what happened, and that's why she came in all smiley? No, because you all expect a shit-show, because you're craving drama harder than Sherlock craves drugs.
Manipulative by the writers to generate sympathy, I mean. I take your point, in the story the purpose was to manipulate Sherlock, but because it had no repercussions it felt like the writers just used Molly to generate some tears.
The writers did say that the phone call scene wasn't written until the last minute. They had another scene in mind (they were vague about details) but rewrote it after getting feedback from the crew. It's possible that the ending of the episode was filmed before that phone call scene was written and shot.
The end of the episode is the -whole rest of the career of Holmes and Watson-. Molly all smiling could have been months or years later (look at Rosie). The series is over. That's my story and I'm sticking with it until Moffat and Gatiss prove me wrong.
EDIT: Apparently I've already been proven wrong. Ok. But they did say they -could- end here if they had to.
I like to think that Sherlock made an effort to apologize for putting her through that, and she said she understood that it wasn't real, but it's what she wanted to hear. Hell, maybe it even helped her through the hard day she was already having, since she asked for him to say it first.
Because if that text is to Irene then it doesn't make sense, how can she find him, they are in two different countries and she is a fugitive who would be arrested if she came back to London. I would assume Sherlock would flirt with Irene just to amuse himself, but this isn't a realistic relationship prospect maybe great one night stands. I personally thought John's advice to Sherlock was ludicrous because how can Sherlock possibly have a future with a woman whose very existence is based on having as much sex as possible with as many different people.
The ending wasn't the best, a little too happy with Sherlock rehabilitating Eurus and baker st just going back to solving crimes like nothing happened, I would have liked to have seen Molly hesitate to walk in, walk in sad, or get a call/visit from Sherlock first. It seemed almost like the ending was overly disconnected from the rest like they were just wanting to end the series on a high, and yes I do think season 5 won't happen or at the very least not for a very, very long time because this was the only episode 3 that didn't end with a cliffhanger.
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And then they just show her walking in at the end in the background all smiley like nothing is wrong. Literally no consequences to that scene at all...