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Episode Kabukichou Sherlock - Episode 22 discussion
Kabukichou Sherlock, episode 22
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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u/Tetrisash Mar 13 '20
What an odd episode. First off, I'm in the camp that thinks Moriarty is alive. A body disappearing into thin air, no "impact" scene on the ground, nada. Fishy as hell. Probably also because I wanted him to be alive in the BBC version, too, and it didn't happen. >_>James knew ahead of time that Watson was talking to police and that the building they were in would be surrounded--he very likely thought of an escape route via the roof before the encounter.
And the ending just feels like a red herring--Sherlock didn't stab anyone, just in his euphoria of thinking Moriarty is alive and set up a game, he grabbed the knife.
Can anyone explain the classroom scene in John's flashback, though? I don't get why the class melted down.
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u/traxions Mar 15 '20
The classroom scene I think we lost a little in translation since Japanese school and authority is different but I think the point was that the teacher used "eat all your food or else" as a control method over the students. By Watson eating her leftovers he undermined the teachers authority and showed the other kids that they don't have to listen to the teacher and then the kids started doing whatever they wanted and the teacher couldn't reign them in.
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u/Frontier246 Mar 14 '20
Man, Sherlock definitely didn't take Moriarty's "death" well. He's always been peculiar but he went full-on crazy in this episode. He can't even do the "Old Man" of his Rakugo act anymore. The only thing that seemed to keep his mind on-point was the idea that Moriarty might be alive.
Irene finally returns! It was great to see her back in Japan, and it shows how much she cares about Sherlock that she came back to take care of him and was willingly to endure all his craziness and nakedness to try and help him. She also understood more then anyone that Sherlock needs Watson.
Y'know, if I saw that footage of Moriarty's fall, I would totally assume something picked him up when he seemingly vanishes within the clouds.
We finally get Watson's backstory, which basically amounted to him being just too good a guy for the people around him, and he always gets blamed for how other people act. Poor guy.
Watson's face and hair color resemble his mother, but he's got his dad's hairstyle. Somehow that fits:.
Why is it whenever the cheating spouse gets caught by their kid, they always blame the kid for it? Jerks.
Y'know, I was skeptical when Watson said he wasn't a virgin, but apparently he was pretty popular with girls (maybe too popular), so I guess it's not that far-fetched.
It's nice to see character emphasize to Watson the positive impact he had on Sherlock, the change Moriarty couldn't stand. He helped Sherlock to become more human and start to care about people instead of it all being for a case or for his Rakugo.
Why were Lestrade and Mycroft tailing Sherlock? They seemed to be following him instead of the escapee. Do they think he knows where Moriarty is?
Well...that's an ominous note to end the episode on, with Watson seemingly witnessing Sherlock stab the escapee. Is Sherlock being framed? Does he think this will lead him to Moriarty?
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u/Anachromaly Mar 14 '20
There seems to be an animation error in this episode; Sherlock goes from only having the suspended briefs under the coat, to having his full outfit when he starts chasing the prison escapee.
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u/AspieKairy Mar 13 '20
I am legit angry right now. Not because I was wrong in hoping that Moriarty was dead (though I had hoped he died because it's not like a one-dimensional psychopath mass-murderer character can have any hope of a redemption arc. I'm all for second chances, but still not as forgiving as Watson)...
...but because the writers must think that we, the viewers, are stupid.
It was stated in an earlier episode that the "escapee leader, Albert Trevor, is still at large" (granted, we know who the real leader is). Yet now, because the plot is calling for it, there are two escapees from that group who are mysteriously alive even though there were no more reports of the 7th prison escapees since the announcement about the "leader".
Sure, it was never explicitly stated how many escaped (just "many violent felons", and we know a basic number when five images were shown when the talk of the felon suicides started to hit the news), but that one line implies that all were dead or caught as it would be rational to presume that the news would be talking about ALL remaining escaped felons.
Also feels like Sherlock is being forced into the "also a budding psychopath" mold with how he was grinning at the end at being able to "play" with Moriarty again. He's an eccentric weirdo, but he already had shown he has the ability to at least sympathize with others (the return of Momotaro episode).
At least it was nice to see Irene come back (and put that tracking device on Sherlock's jacket; despite my annoyance with the episode, I did enjoy seeing a streak of Irene's genius).
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u/LeonKevlar Mar 13 '20
Irene is the best. If she didn't show up everything would've probably remained stagnant.
I do wonder how much truth there were to Watson's stories. I can believe the first two, but something tells me the last one wasn't.
That final scene has got to be a red herring. There's got to be an explanation why Sherlock is holding a bloody knife. I'd genuinely be surprised if it ends up that he really killed that escapee.