What is truly shocking is the revelation that Redbeard is not a dog! Instead, a childhood friend of Sherlock’s that Eurus disposed of purely out of spite and jealousy. It was too convenient for her to have held it together up to that point. The grave stone bit was smart but went by too fast, we didn’t have time to enjoy it before Sherlock was rushing off to find Eurus having a breakdown in her bedroom. Sherlock has three mysteries to solve: Where is the well? Where is Eurus? How do you teach a little girl to land a plane on the phone? Now this is where the episode really picks up. Well, at the family home, burned down by a young Eurus. John finds himself chained to the bottom of a well and Sherlock wakes up in a cell. How often can one be tranquilised and transported around before it leaves permanent damage? Sherlock knew the only way to stop the experiment was to take himself out of the equation, but little sister was not finished playing with him. He only needed to say it once and yet he repeated himself and sounded sincere enough to make Molly believe him. Good play on her for twisting it around, making Sherlock say it first. Those three little words that could destroy a person. The cruellest test was surely the call to Molly Hooper. But it soon becomes apparent her other favourite hobby is messing with people’s minds until they are slaves to her whims.Īnd her whim is to have her brothers and Watson scurry around the prison like lab rats, passing one test after the other. Sian Brooke dazzles as the unhinged Holmes sister Eurus, living in a cell with a glass wall and only a violin to play with. If Mycroft ran the place, why would he need to sneak in? Looking for a cheap thrill? While it looked spectacular on screen, this entire sequence took far too long, the build up drowning under its own hype.
Sneaking into the prison seemed ridiculous after surviving the bomb blast in the apartment.
The Holmes brothers do love their dramatics. Heck, a whole season devoted to Moriarty and Eurus sounds like a good time.īut let’s look at the start of the episode Mycroft’s love of femme fatale noir seems too good to be true and in all honesty, who wouldn’t almost succumb to a heart attack at a clown chasing them through their house? Nicely played, Sherlock. In terms of Moriarty and Eurus – the modern day Bonnie and Clyde, or would Sid and Nancy be more appropriate? Madness attracts madness and I would have paid good money for even a glimpse at their five minute conversation. This ate up valuable time, causing the second half of the episode to feel rushed. The first half of the show seemed to lag, with conclusions being reached by the audience long before Sherlock’s eyes widen with comprehension. And all because she wanted her big brother to play with her. Eurus is a truly terrifying character, showing us how genius morphs into madness. Talk about being inundated with exposition.
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