I've honestly tried

[wiseheart]

...watching Series 4 of Sherlock, that is. Granted, with Hungarian dubbing, which rarely helps, but still. At the behinning of The Six Thatchers there were a few scenes I actually liked (Sherlock and Mycroft snapping at each other, for one), although I found John's new hairdo horrible and Sherlock's deductions seemed closer to the ramblings of a mentally ill person than the brilliant thinking of the early seasons.

However, I draw the line when Sherlock went off investigating with Mary, leaving John be hint with the baby. I mean, WTF? Aside from the fact that Ms Abbington's acting fails to impress me - of course, playing such an idiotically written character must be a hard thing for an actress to do; she was magnitudes better in The Empty Hearse, when Mary still made sense - that was the moment when Sherlock stoppef to have anything to do with ACD's concept of a friendship based on mutual respect between Holmes and Watson. And don't tell me that the original Watson was merely a funny sidekick for comic relief. Because I read the original stories, nearly all of them, and I know he wasn't.

So, at that point I switched off my telly. And I don't intend to switch it on again when Ep 4.02 will be shown next week. From now on I'll stick to pre-series 3 fanfic - and AUs. Including my own ones.

Comments

[saki101.livejournal.com]

So, you didn't make it to the end of TST? What did you think of the cinematography?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I didn't consciously mark it, which means it must have been a lot less annoying than in Series 3 that nearly caused me an epileptic petit mal. The constant background fish tank was a bit tedious, though.

And no, I didn't make it to the end. Thanks to you I knew what would happen, and if I had to watch the Scarecrow (=Mary) five minutes longer I would have cause my beloved old telly permanent damage. I like the old think too much for that.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

She really did dominate that episode. I kept waiting for Sherlock and John to have some time together, but there was precious little of that. I'm glad you weren't driven to damaging your television.

The more I think about it, the more I'm inclined to agree with the people proposing that everything after Mary shot Sherlock is in Sherlock's head as he is unconscious or semi-conscious in the hospital.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Makes you wonder what the Moftiss were smoking when they came up with the whole Season 4 concept. I mean, Mary-the-assassin was bad enough, the Holmes parents were worse, but what does the latest season to do with Sherlock Holmes, beyond the familiar names?

And the person who came up with Watson's looks ougjt to be shot. Martin Freeman didn't age well since Series 3 anyway, but the current hairdo makes him look like a funeral home clerk. A particularly depressed one. Of course, his ex looks like a mental patient with serious anorexia, so...

If I think how much I actually liked Mary in The Empty Hearse, I could cheerfully murder TPTB for turning her into this ridiculous, two-dimensional cliché. Too bad she doesn't have a moustache. Twirling it would complete the picture.