Saturday, 23 August 2014

1.3 - The great game

Mycroft ask for his brother's help (sort of) in dealing with an affair of national interest.
While Sherlock affects to refuse, a bomb explodes in Baker street. That's the beginning of a game which will lead to a crucial meeting between Sherlock and his biggest fan...



This last episode of the season 1 ends on a dramatic cliffhanger ! 
Despite a noticeable amount of potholes and flaws, it is still a very good episode, to be seen like a cinema movie. Several Doyle's stories are mixed here (a bit too much ?), but the audience doesn't risk to get bored, thanks to a lot of action and a big number of good characters.

My favorite moments

  • Sherlock shooting on a wall in the night because he is bored, and the consecutive domestic with John
  • John removing the phone from Sherlock's pocket because the genius doesn't want to pick it up himself
  • Sherlock's diplomacy about Molly's boyfriend ("he is gay !")
  • John trying to lie to Mycroft : an innocent (with such a cute smile) versus a powerful mind (but with an acute tooth pain)
  • John and "Sekhmet" the cat
  • The James Bond fight against the Golem
  • The final at the swimming pool is brilliant ! At the end of the first episode, John saved Sherlock's life. Now it's Sherlock's turn to save his friend.

What do we learn ?

  • John has a blog about their adventures
  • Sherlock doesn't memorise "useless" data on his "hard drive": he doesn't know that the earth is moving around the sun.
  • There is a 221C Baker street
  • Home Office Secretary owes Sherlock a favour
  • Sherlock begins to use John as a valuable assistant

Characters

Lots of ! And good ones ! They are not all listed below. For more info, you may visit the casting.




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