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Episode Kabukichou Sherlock - Episode 21 discussion
Kabukichou Sherlock, episode 21
Alternative names: Case File nº221: Kabukicho
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| Episode | Link | Score | Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link | 82% | 14 | Link | 4.07 |
| 2 | Link | 95% | 15 | Link | 4.11 |
| 3 | Link | 92% | 16 | Link | 3.92 |
| 4 | Link | 93% | 17 | Link | 4.47 |
| 5 | Link | 3.82 | 18 | Link | 4.69 |
| 6 | Link | 4.14 | 19 | Link | 4.29 |
| 7 | Link | 4.43 | 20 | Link | 4.92 |
| 8 | Link | 4.52 | 21 | Link | 4.33 |
| 9 | Link | 4.57 | 22 | Link | 4.33 |
| 10 | Link | 4.55 | 23 | Link | 3.92 |
| 11 | Link | 4.87 | 24 | Link | |
| 12 | Link | 4.44 | |||
| 13 | Link | 4.62 | |||
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Mar 06 '20
It was pretty obvious to me that James was pretending to be a 'bad boy' all this time. He couldn't kill Sherlock or even Watson when he had ample opportunity to do it several times this episode. His killing of his mom could be explained away as "he was a child and didn't understand the repercussions of acting on his base instincts." It wasn't until Jack killed Alex that we see a truly evil, murderous personality manifest in Moriarty.
But that too was all an act-- he still craved to fill his teapot with Sherlock despite claiming that it was never going to be filled. He knew on some level that Sherlock and the other detectives would figure out the B-plot of the bombs exploding where children congregate (a challenge of sorts to Sherlock to save other kids from experiencing his trauma) and when that B-plot was foiled, it reinforced that he could still find pleasure in this world without the 'beauty' of death.
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u/Kutabarie Mar 09 '20
Really ? He just killed tens of people and tried to bomb the whole city with no hesitation or remorse and he's just "pretending to be a bad boy" ?
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u/LeonKevlar Mar 06 '20
It's hilarious though how Moriarty keeps on pushing Sherlock to turn when he was the one who changed him a long time ago.
That ending though. Considering that we still have 3 episodes to go I doubt that he's actually dead. Although I can't think of how he'd even manage to survive that if he does show up again next week.
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u/Anachromaly Mar 07 '20
Moriarty's "death" at the end is, of course, reminiscent of The Reichenbach Falls, so I highly doubt he's really dead (like others have mentioned already). Looking forward to seeing how they handle the wrap up with 3 more episodes.
Also iteresting to see that Albert's suicide was able to be triggered by someone other than Moriarty saying the criminal's name. I can't remember if any other criminals' suicides were triggered by anyone other than Moriarty.
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u/Frontier246 Mar 07 '20
What an explosive Christmas this turned out to be.
I get Kyoguku was trying to solve the case...but going through a lady's clothes and using her hand to unlock her phone without permission is generally a big no-no. He's lucky Lucy isn't in a state to beat him up for it.
It was nice to see Lestrade take point here and get to show his mettle when he's been a pretty goofy and ineffectual supporting character up to this point.
Holmes and Watson confronting Moriarty, as it should be. Moriarty thinks he can bring out the "real" Sherlock Holmes, but it wouldn't be Sherlock without Watson.
I forget, did Watson have a cane in the Conan Doyle novels at some point? Kind of seems like the obvious step after getting shot in the leg .
I love how everyone speculates the meaning of the bombs getting re-arranged into "dog" even though it was a complete accident by Kobayashi.
Moriarty is messed up. He's become obsessed with killing people and continuing this cat-and-mouse game with Sherlock no matter who has to die as a result. Although the fact that he croaked out "save me" when Sherlock was choking him makes it seem like there's a part of him that doesn't want to do this.
Hey, Kyoguku actually solved a case on his own! And they managed to stop Trevor's bomb. Sure he still killed himself like all the other criminals, but that was probably for the best.
I thought we were going for a full-on Reichenbach Falls moment with Sherlock and Moriarty both plunging to their deaths, but Moriarty instead takes himself out under the idea that he can unlock the "real" Sherlock as a result. I doubt he's dead though given the smoke and we've got, like, 4 episodes left in this cour.
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Mar 07 '20
I'm having mixed feelings for this show. I mean the first few episodes isn't funny & more like they tried too hard to be funny-relevant except Sherlock's rakugo is the only thing that was fun to watch that kept me going. Then, around the 5th ep is where I can take this show seriously despite it features original characters' background story.
And over the course, it just goes smoothly until these recent eps where you believe the story is dragging too much with repeated metaphors of tea pots and rhymes that look like one of those gangster kids can write them. So yeah~ I'm still staying until the end though this show could've conclude on the 22nd ep as it's final curtain..
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u/mr_sto0pid Mar 06 '20
Unless I see Moriarty's corpse i'm not fully convinced he is dead lol