It was interesting thinking about what the finale of this series would be like given the information at hand. The Reichenbach Fall, based on The Final Problem, written by Steve Thompson. I remember watching the last series and thinking that of the 3 episodes Steve Thompson's was the weakest, to be honest I still think The Blind Banker is the weakest of the 6, but The Reichenbach Fall is by far the strongest.
Anyone who has read The Final Problem or has enough interest in Holmes to know the story will be aware of the significance of the Reichenbach Falls, a giant waterfall in Switzerland where Holmes and Moriarty fought and eventually both fell from. Needless to say there was a precedent set that this episode would take on the possibility of the death of the worlds most dangerous criminal and the foremost champion of the law of their generation.
The story is set as Moriarty's great comeback, making a series of "robberies" and intentionally getting himself caught. From there the plot thickens and Moriarty's plan for the fall of Sherlock is slowly poured out. The plot in itself is one of the best I have ever seen, from what I remember the last time I can recall having such admiration of the genius plans of a villain was when watching The Dark Knight. Although it has to be said that The Joker's plot to unmask Batman and destroy his reputation pails in comparison to Moriarty's plot to "burn the heart" of Holmes.
As always the acting is top class, not just in the spectacular performances of Freeman and Cumberbatch but the often forgotten Una Stubbs continues to provide the best ever Mrs. Hudson, Mark Gattis continues to show why he is one of the most talented men in England, and whoever's idea it was to hire Andrew Scott as Moriarty deserves a medal. The perfect combination of genius and psychotic, wrapped into one package by an actor so unknown I have to use wikipedia to look up his name every time I want to write about him.
If you have a TV and you didn't watch the episode on Sunday, you are an idiot. If you live in the UK and have access to the internet and you STILL haven't seen it, you are an even bigger idiot. An hour and a half of perfection, waiting for you to watch it and fall in love with it and your sitting here reading this instead!
Anyone who has read The Final Problem or has enough interest in Holmes to know the story will be aware of the significance of the Reichenbach Falls, a giant waterfall in Switzerland where Holmes and Moriarty fought and eventually both fell from. Needless to say there was a precedent set that this episode would take on the possibility of the death of the worlds most dangerous criminal and the foremost champion of the law of their generation.
The story is set as Moriarty's great comeback, making a series of "robberies" and intentionally getting himself caught. From there the plot thickens and Moriarty's plan for the fall of Sherlock is slowly poured out. The plot in itself is one of the best I have ever seen, from what I remember the last time I can recall having such admiration of the genius plans of a villain was when watching The Dark Knight. Although it has to be said that The Joker's plot to unmask Batman and destroy his reputation pails in comparison to Moriarty's plot to "burn the heart" of Holmes.
As always the acting is top class, not just in the spectacular performances of Freeman and Cumberbatch but the often forgotten Una Stubbs continues to provide the best ever Mrs. Hudson, Mark Gattis continues to show why he is one of the most talented men in England, and whoever's idea it was to hire Andrew Scott as Moriarty deserves a medal. The perfect combination of genius and psychotic, wrapped into one package by an actor so unknown I have to use wikipedia to look up his name every time I want to write about him.
If you have a TV and you didn't watch the episode on Sunday, you are an idiot. If you live in the UK and have access to the internet and you STILL haven't seen it, you are an even bigger idiot. An hour and a half of perfection, waiting for you to watch it and fall in love with it and your sitting here reading this instead!