The finale to series 2 of Sherlock posed viewers one or two head scratchers.
Luckily, the internet has risen to the challenge and provided these answers.
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you’re free to say that again.
And by Jove, I think theyve got it.
Here goes then, just how did Sherlock pull off the mother of all fake-outs?
We can assume then, that Molly Hooper is in some way instrumental toSherlocks false ending.
Or to Sherlocks content, we should say.
But which was it?
Filled with rubbish bags (but is that all its filled with?
Thats some damning evidence right there.
Its got plan written all over it.
The cyclist
This was no accident, our commenters screamed.
Were yet to be convinced this last point isnt one complication too many.
The screaming girl
Now this is an interesting point.
Part of Moriartys plot to discredit Holmes involved framing him for the kidnap of the ambassadors children.
It wouldnt be the first creepy video Moriarty had knocked together in that episode…
It just doesnt seem, whats the word?
Mycroft
Mycroft, remember, practicallyisthe British government.
But Mycrofts involvement rests on this: would Holmes have gone to him for help?
No, Moriartys not just resting, we know a dead parrot when we see one.
But is his the corpse that gets lobbed off the building in Sherlocks coat?
), before he eventually reaches the body.
How then, could a medical doctor be fooled into thinking he had no pulse?
So there we have it.
The curious case of the rubbish truck, the well-timed cyclist, and the faked coroners report.
Any advance on that?
