I think no one on the web put the plain truth just as clear in a few sentences as you. And I mean it!

There was a story involving the three Garrideb brothers.

I don't know how big of a fan you are, but I distinctly remember Queen in the original works.

Molly was also invented for the show, Irene was destroyed for the show, Microft graduated to "silly ol' brother", John turned into "I can't stand life" and Sherlock went to what people think is "human", but it's actually "whimpy man who thinks he's clever".

And I think the Musgrave Ritual was adapted very loosely in the final act (where something is hidden and the clue to find it is in a song)

And a bit of Death in Heaven with the whole 'I want my best friend back'...

TheJaviferrol Exactly my thoughts. An amazing episode followed by the second part that fucks everything up. I mean do Moffat and Gatis have multiple personalities or something?

Well it didn't piss over anything The Lying Detective did.

Oh don't worry. This isn't nearly as bad as that travesty...

Hell Bent was brilliant

Jumped ship? I never even got on the ship. Or more accurately I got OFF the ship at The Six Thatchers. :/

How is Apple tree yard? People keep talking about it. Am I missing one of those cult hit things again?

Stubagful I'm not one of the aforementioned conspiracy theorists who bothered to watch any of it, so I wouldn't know, but from what I've heard it's super cringey with long unnecessary sex/rape scenes and forced drama.

I've mentioned this elsewhere but this had nothing on the likes of Dexter or HIMYM. And at least there might be a possibility of a stronger ending down the road. That Apple tree yard thing sounds pretty weird.

moriarty was a great adversary

Pay up

Tbh a bunch of reptiles rocking up to reclaim their planet is more believable than a crazy woman who can supposedly brainwash and control anyone she comes into contact with.

Stubagful draw my life pls

79.03.13 but he has none

fucked if I know

To blow up Baker Street for reasons of 'raising the stakes'... for some reason. The fact it's his own sister apparently doesn't make it personal enough.

Padaster cool promo image

and also to give us that decent building back up montage.

P a d d i n g

Yeah. Original idea for Sherlock's name that was thrown out, then picked up by fans as an idea for the name of a third brother.

thought about it a little while later and it's kind of similar to the CAL stuff in Silence in the Library.

I was thinking Oswin in Asylum of the Daleks while watching it

that works too. though I think the little girl makes it more close a connection.

Chained. They show it.

@@doloresjohnson3242 and then the chains magically disappear when he's saved by Sherlock

I only disliked lying detective because I thought there was no mystery. I think it was too obvious that culverton smith actually was the murderer

He was chained to the bottom. But Sherlock magically managed to make the chains evaporate. You know, he has the Hug-of-Redemption after all - certainly he can make metal evaporate. John was filled with guilt; Sherlock hugged him; all of John's doubts and self-hatred disappeared. Eurus was a psychopath who has been killing people since she was a little girl, Sherlock hugged her and all her psychopathic behaviors were gone. Series 5 will just be curing super-villains by hugging them.

Not about the "characters". About Sherlock only. Sherlock (against his will, I'll agree) was cruel to Molly, but apparently she didn't care about it. John is suddenly a jerk, without any explanation of why. Mycroft suddenly admires soldiers without explanation. What happened to "a soldiers courage, another name for stupidity"? There's no explanation except that Mycroft is suddenly more obviously self-sacrificing. But then that's the point of every character. The function for each character - sacrifice their jobs and lives for Sherlock, because they love him and his verbal abuse. Don't get me started on Eurus. I hate that a person who rapes and murders is supposed to be a sympathetic character.

I should add in the way that it is a stupid storyline with all sorts of odd twists and turns.

next in my schedule after random one on valentine's day

***** Will you review season 4 episodes of Bojack Horseman when they come out?

I will definitely at least do a season review video. I also wanna do one on stranger things. I've really got into netflix's original series since they bought black mirror

sounds cool. still hoping for that Don't Hug Me video though. I mean the other two get enough main stream attention as it is but there's still more to exploit on this one. plus you can make a joke about exploiting a market since that's what the Stu bag do. though regarding Bojack (and I'll probably go into this further when the video arrives) I'm a bit concerned with how they actually plan on wrapping up the show and whether it will be a solid ending just given how deep the whole subject matter is and if they mess up it's gonna hurt a lot of people given da feels.

Not a reference (as far as I'm aware) - meant as in - I am He Who Moans - i'm a bloke who moans about dr who

SouthPark333Gaming predictability is the least of its problems tbh

Elementary is bloody brilliant, and I'm glad other people think so.

It's Schrodinger's Show. It's both dead and alive until proven otherwise. Kind of like Arrested Development.

+defrostedrobot77 How dare you insult Arrested Development by comparing it to this dumpster fire?

Nicole Richwine what ??? I've never seen A D

huh, somehow the comment was a reply to you instead of to +defrostedrobot77. Sorry!

Sorry bro but Arrested Development Season 4 wasn't exactly a grand piece of art either. Though HELLO DARKNESS is great. Either way both shows had a lot of good stuff.

Hey go for it, I ain't gonna stop you. I don't claim my opinion's more important than anyone else's, I'm some twat on the internet with a youtube channel, what do I know? Go for it, I'm interested. I wouldn't say I discredit differing opinions, opinions on art don't need discrediting, its all subjective. As you said, it was just a joke at the expense of something I see online a lot (people pointing to certain critics giving something a good review as evidence that a bad review is wrong, which just seems silly to me. If you like something surely you should offer your own justification as to why instead of pointing at other people's as if the fact people agree with you is proof of anything) Do I need to mild myself down a bit, maybe? I want people in my comment section to feel like they can express whatever opinion they have on something without having their head bitten off Get some sleep man. Sleep is good :p

also as I mentioned, I did enjoy the episode in the same capacity as I enjoy some of the more ridiculous episodes of Jonathan Creek :)

Stubagful After a night's sleep and a day to think it over, god I acted like a bit of prick with that comment. Sorry about that. In regards to thinking you don't value other people's opinions you've actually never given me that vibe, honestly (there are plenty of reviewers who do give me that vibe, which may have been stoking that flame). Thanks for responding, I think it's awesome that you read comments and interact with your audience. That's really cool of you! As for what I thought of the episode, after rewatching your review I don't think my opinion is actually all that different from your's. The major thing I liked about it was how weird it was (mainly because it was dark in a really bonkers way) and you also mentioned enjoying that weirdness. You're also dead right about the third act reveals (about Euros' motives and the plane thing being in her mind palace) being off. I'm not sure if they bothered me that much, but they definitely bugged me the more I thought them over afterwards. Especially because they were a lot of tell with little show, in my opinion. I also really didn't like that scene of Sherlock unlocking the song's code by the gravestones. It was so rushed and came out of nowhere. But I'm focusing on the bad when I really did love this one. I thought Euros was great, really scary and intimidating in a way that other major villains haven't been in this show. Not that she's better than them, just different which is nice. Honestly Charles whatever of series 3 just sorta felt like he came out of nowhere to fill in the same role as Moriarty. Anyway, onto Moriarty. That's one area where I actually do go the total opposite direction, I loved his inclusion in the episode. That whole helicopter scene and walk through the prison, to me, was awesome. And then the reveal that it was taking place in the past and that he was Euros' Christmas Treat, I loved it. I gotta admit my bias though, I love Sherlock's version of Moriarty and even though I didn't want him to come back to life (he died and death has to matter) I loved seeing him, especially for what could be the final episode. I hated his inclusion in The Abominable Bride (that episode stinks) because he was WAY over the top, but I thought this was perfect. As for the Saw stuff, I can see that the 'whose the better person to kill' thing is overdone, but I couldn't help feeling tension during those scenes. Maybe it's because I haven't seen that much media with those mind torture scene ideas (I've actually never seen a Saw movie, I just know about them) but I thought it was done really well to get the emotion to shine through. I loved the line 'we're viewing science from the perspective of lab rats,'. It just sorta hit me and made me uncomfortable. Overall, I might look back and see The Lying Detective and The Final Problem and Sherlock's version of Heaven Sent and Hell Bent, but I feel like The Final Problem is WAY better than Hell Bent. It's not as good as The Lying Detective though, I will concede that, haha.

Don't worry about it :) I do have a bit of a confrontational tone in videos like this one. I try and read as many comments as I can and respond if I have something of value to say. I get so many these days that it is difficult, cause, y'know, work and commuting's pretty time-consuming. But I do really like it when people post their own reviews in the comments, and I have learnt a lot from them over the years. Sian Brooke was bloody marvellous! I kinda wish she'd been cast as Missy tbh, I did get some master vibes from her. I'd have loved it if she'd been in a different episode and under different circumstances, I felt she was a bit weighed down by the ridiculous island prison stuff. We can agree to disagree on Moriarty in this one. I do like Andrew Scott in the role, but I feel Gatiss and Moff have probably been regretting killing him off so early in the series' life and haven't been able to let him go. Its more a plotting and script thing than just the idea of him and the performance. I will agree final problem is nowhere near as bad as Hellbent. Its just a similar situation whereby the jump from Heaven sent to hell bent is really jarring because they're such different episodes

Oh man, if Michelle Gomez had been the Rani (or a whole new character) and then later on Sian Brooke hade been cast as a female Master, that would've been amazing! She is very Master-y! You're definitely right about Gatiss and Moffat regretting the decision to get rid of Moriarty so early. If they had known earlier on that the show would be as successful as it has become, they may have waited a few years to do his storyline, but I'm glad they didn't because to me, series 1 and 2 are so brilliant that I wouldn't want them any other way. It's just a shame about series 3. As you said in the review The Lying Detective is held back by context, it needs the surrounding episodes to make complete sense which is the EXACT problem Heaven Sent had (but to an even greater degree). I would've loved to tell my film buff fans who don't watch DW to watch Heaven Sent like a short movie, but it's so necessary to the plot that you know about the Hybrid thing, the Confession Dial, and what happened in Face The Raven, and then if you want the episode to be explained you have to watch Hell Bent. Because this problem is stuck to The Lying Detective as well, it can't just be watched at one's leisure, which is a shame but also connected to the idea of Sherlock just doing detective one offs that you can enjoy without a major story arc, which would be very nice if they do make more Sherlock.