![]() ![]() It's thrilling to see, but at the same time it underlines the need for consistency in terms of how the show represents its main character. Watching Sherlock interact with Faith it's like the series rediscovered a part of itself that had gone missing amidst the demands of delivering feature-length spectacle three times every few years. Like a number of the detective's deductions throughout the episode, it borders on supernatural, though that is perhaps the most consistent element 'The Lying Detective' shares with the series as a whole.Īnd as entertaining as it can be to see Sherlock throwing around outlandish deductions to a captive audience (the viewer and Faith… or Euros, but more on that later) with a multitude of visual aids all while telling Mycroft off, it really shouldn't require a life-threatening drug addiction in order to make Sherlock fun again. ![]() Sherlock waives away imagined chalk lines denoting little clues he's picked up on, and at one point explains how he knows little details about Faith's life simply by scrutinizing (through sight, smell, taste, and touch) a single piece of paper. To do this, the episode includes a lengthy sequence where it's genuinely a treat to be in Sherlock's presence, as he breaks down a multitude of detective-y things to Faith Smith, a woman convinced her father, guest star Toby Jones as Culverton Smith, has killed someone. Hurran uses a number of visual tricks to make Sherlock's various analyses something more than just a narcissist explaining the plot to characters who don't process information like he does. ![]() And yet, through the emotional desperation and a life-threatening smack habit Sherlock manages to do something that it hasn't in quite a while: make his deductions (no matter how outlandish they might seem) as fun for the viewer to watch as the show insists it is for him to demonstrate. ![]()
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