May 2013
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There has been people that have said that Sherlock threw Moriarty’s body off the building and she had a concussion and was shaken that’s why John saw Sherlock (personally I think this is false since John saw him jump), and we saw Sherlock (as in Hounds of Baskerville when we saw the creatures as the characters did). I have also seen other theories that Sherlock used the object in his...
Theory Time!
Okay, this is a long one, hold on to your death Frisbees…
Sherlock’s ‘death’: We saw a body on the ground identical to Sherlock: yes. John checked and there was no pulse: yes. However, there is no further proof that the body on the ground was Sherlock’s. No further mention of DNA tests or post mortems was given. And THERE is your answer. The body could not have been Sherlock’s. Nobody can...
Continuity? Or Clue?
Well this isn’t a theory at all, more a ‘pointing out’ of something. We’ve been told that we’ve missed something. We’ve been told that even the people who have seen the filming of the 1st episode of series 3 still won’t fully understand what has happened - even if they think they do…
The only thing that hasn’t been mentioned (that I can find,...
April 2013
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Sherlock Did NOT Fake His Own Suicide
A lot of attention has been focused on how Sherlock faked his own death. In my opinion, Sherlock did not fake his own death. However, Sherlock’s apparent death is not the main mystery - the main mystery is the meaning of the Final Problem. (I will come back to Sherlock’s apparent death.)
The Final Problem is the term used by Moriarty to describe the resolution of his relationship with...
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Sherlock used Prospect theory logic to outwit...
Sherlock is holding the little ball behind his back on Barts rooftop.
Sherlock filled it with Baskerville drug in the lab.
When Sherlock grabbed Moriarty and whirled him around, he squeezed the drug onto Moriarty’s coat and the drug can evaporate right into Moriarty’s nose (see pix on blog post).
Then Sherlock intentionally provokes a homicidal crisis in Moriarty using...
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Sarah's Silly Fall Theory
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Alright, here we go…
Remember: this is PURE Setlock, possible HOW HE DID IT stuff so click at your own risk! And dont tell me i didnt warn you!!!
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The Phone Call
Several people have pointed out that it was strange for Sherlock to call Watson rather than to text. Personally, I’m willing to accept that, half just because it would’ve been so much less dramatic in texts. Plus, Sherlock needed to be able to stress the importance of John standing in a certain place. What bothers me is most everything that was said in the conversation. So buckle up...
Move On
People, we need to move on from Moriarty. I’ve read a lot of theories on Reichnbach Falls and there are just as many about how Moriarty lived as there are about Sherlock! Don’t get me wrong, I loved Moriarty - brilliantly acted. And I’d love to bask in denial and hop on board that Jim really hasn’t been seen yet, or didn’t really kill himself, or some other theory....
Curious byline for Suicide Story
One would expect that the suicide story for the Sun would have been written by Kitty Riley, as she was the reporter interviewing Richard Brook. However, the byline for the story is “Luka Plumbelow” (as far as I can tell from the screen shot)- a rather uncommon name. Another curious thing is that the byline is not “by”, it is “from”. Could the name “Luka...
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Sherlock Switches Phones on Roof
Does Sherlock use his own phone when he calls John from the roof?
The phone that Sherlock uses on the roof has a camera. The phone that Sherlock uses in the lab when he texts Moriarty appears to NOT have a camera. See my post for the photos.
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Why Moriarty is NOT dead: my sister's theory...
Notice they keep saying in the newspapers that Sherlock is dead but NEVER say anything about Moriarty being dead because they didn’t find his body there! If they went up to the roof to see where Sherlock jumped from and investigate then they should have found his body, unless! he walked away after he saw Sherlock fall because he was never dead!!!
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Moriarty is not Moriarty
What is the one thing that a master criminal must keep secret? Just as a superhero must keep their face hidden, a criminal, in order to be successful, must be unidentifiable to everyone. So, why would Moriarty show his face quite plainly? Why would he show himself to Sherlock when he generally speaks to Sherlock through other people?
My theory is, and it might be a stretch but would be genius,...
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What about Jim?
Heads up, these are more questions than theories. So feel free to suggest what might happen because my brain’s not working very well right now. J
So I’ve read a few theories that Sherlock telling John that Moriarty was a fake as a final insult to the consulting criminal; they truly ‘die’ together, both physically and in regards to their reputation. However, I’m a little confused as to what they’re...
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How did no one else see this? Unless you did and I...
I agree that Molly had something to do with it, and perhaps so did Mycroft (even though he is cold, he would have had a stronger reaction to his brother’s death, and was probably merely reacting to Sherlock’s ruined reputation).
But here’s an explanation to how he survived the fall. When Watson goes to look at Sherlock’s body from afar (when there’s 6:54 left in the...
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March 2013
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Why only three assassins?
A thought has occurred to me while watching the episode again: why only 3 assassins? Why did Moriarty not target Molly? I mean, John and Mrs. Hudson are obvious, but can we really say that Holmes cares that much more for Lestrade than for Molly?
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so. am I the only person who still thinks there is a female master mind tied into this? back in the (1st season) with the speed solving of cases or else the civilians get bombed. The voice on the end of the phone talking to the civilians struck me as female with the use of “sexy” among other things. this was before M was established as a man, could the newspaper woman introudced in the...
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right as John’s about to turn the corner to see the body, there is also a truck in the shot. this truck seems to have a huge air mattress (used to catch people jumping off buildings). It’s actually quite easy to make out. Right as john’s about to see the truck/body, he gets hit by the cyclist. when he gets up, the truck is gone. I’m 90% sure this is the correct theory as...
This may be stupid...
So, this theory is very science fiction-y, and I don’t even really believe it, but I thought I’d throw it out there. So I noticed two separate things when he jumped….
1. He dropped his phone. Why? What purpose did that serve? To save it from being smashed? It didn’t have vital information on it. He barely even used it except to make his final call to john. It just seemed...
Speculation
It just occurred to me that Moriarty’s ‘IOU’ message is never fully explained during the episode (as far as I can remember; please correct me if I’m wrong). My theory: He owes Sherlock for the ‘game’.
Think about it. Every single crime, all the mysteries that Sherlock has had to solve, has somehow been tied to Moriarty. Whether he was a sponsor, an informant,...
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"I need you"
So, I first developed my theory when a friend (and fellow Sherlockian) brought up a line Sherlock says to Molly in the last episode; something along the lines of “I need you”. My theory is that Sherlock actually jumps, (obviously, as we see later) surviving the fall. We all saw him get wheeled into the hospital. St. Bart’s. Where Molly works. As a mortician. Where she would most...
My Sherlock Scream Theory →
No masks, clones, or doubles. Sometimes the simplest explanation makes the most sense.
brennanmerrill asked: Don't forget that the little girl screamed in fear at the sight of Sherlock, as if she had seen him, or someone that looked very similar to him. This would conclude that either Moriarty convinced the girl that Sherlock did it and showed her photos of him, or he hired a look alike to fool the girl. Therefore, if the latter is true, there is a Sherlock look alike out there. This would have...
The Wang to the Head
So we’ve established that Sherlock wasn’t actually dead on the pavement. And we’ve established that Molly helped Sherlock do whatever it is that he did to survive. But there are pieces missing, and they make Sherlock’s whole scheme all the more impressive (if I’m right).
The first thing (and I’m sorry if somebody has already made note of this, as I’m sure...
February 2013
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When Sherlock goes to see Molly for help, his last line is something like “I need you, Molly Hooper” or “I want you, Molly Hooper.” If you think completely outside the box as a romance novelist, this would be followed by a bedroom scene. Perhaps he slept with Molly! Why? because he knew he might die on the rooftop, and he didn’t want to go to his grave a virgin? This...
It's Not That Complicated
As I was watching the last sad 10 minutes or so, I thought, “Well there’s no way he could still be alive… no way!” Unless he did something ridiculous like dress up a cadaver like himself, alter it surgically to look like him and maybe even alter its blood to resemble his. Then stand it up on the edge of the building and tip it over. And then I realized that’s...
I’ve read a lot of theories saying the ‘Mrs Hudson’s been shot’ phone call was from Moriarty or his helpers.
But I always assumed it was set up by Sherlock, to get John away to give him time to go up to the roof to confront Moriarty.
I think he was being deliberately aggravating to get him to leave.
Sherlock: What is it? Watson: Paramedics. Mrs. Hudson’s been...
Just a thought, here.
When Sherlock was talking to John, and he started crying, I honestly think it was because he knew how much he was going to hurt John. He couldn’t protect him from this. John is his best friend and to fake your own suicide just to protect him would be so hard. And he most likely would’ve thought that of the possibility that John wouldn’t want him when he...
Anonymous asked: (youtube)/watch?v=aZ5DPxGNCEM - do you know which episode/scene is 1:02-03 from? Thanks!
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Sorry if this is the wrong place say this, but I noticed something about where Sherlock lands after his jump. When we see an above shot of his body, it appears to be just outside a rectangular shape of some sort marked onto the pavement. Perhaps a mattress or something was placed there before he jumped, then he rolled off it and it was removed? It may not mean anything, but it’s just an...
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Every time I watch The Great Game, one thing...
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There is no way a genius like Sherlock would treat a gun like that. I mean, he’s literally scratching his head with it. He may walk on the wild side, but he’s not an idiot.
I watched this again the other night to prepare myself for Reichenbach Falls, when suddenly it hit me.
Where on earth did Sherlock get a gun from,...
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29-- a new Reichenbach clue?
I recently found in some Reichenbach Fall screencaps what I think is a signal that somebody from the homeless network was flashing for Sherlock. On the ground when he looks over the ledge the second time, there is a figure with two bags and they clearly have a 2 & a 9 written on them in tape it looks like. II haven’t seen anything about this on the web— maybe I’ve missed it?...
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My "romantic" theory.
I call it “romantic” because it relies on the assumption that The Reichenbach Fall is not about how a clever man faked his death but how a good man was willing to die to protect his friends.
To start, in the Doyle stories, Sherlock Holmes was convinced he was going to his death when he met Moriarty at the Falls. It was only by chance that he survived, overpowering Moriarty and...
Binary to Morse Code
Somehow people have missed this but Sherlock tapped out something that we saw as binary code. However, looking back at it, it also could have been Morse Code. Going to a Morse code translator what (I think) he tapped out was .. —- ..- translating to IOU. Sherlock tapped this earlier in the episode too, when (I guess) he figured out Moriarty’s plan. IOU means that now Jim has to repay...
Lowering Sherlock's Pulse
I’m sure someone else has thought of this before,but I’m gonna throw it out there anyways:
Before Sherlock went to meet Moriarty,he was tossing a ball,letting it bounce off of the counter,and then tossing it again. Little known fact: this process is an easy way to lower your pulse A LOT very quickly. Obviously,Sherlock needed for John to to think he was dead,so he might have been...
I almost think that Sherlock was trying to tell John that he wasn’t really going to die. If you remember, “A Study in Pink” was their first case together, and it revolved around the fact that an apparent suicide victim left a note.
“That’s what they do, isn’t it? Leave a note.”
ALSO remember that Sherlock threw away his phone just before he jumped....
What about the truck?
Am I the only one who noticed the truck that pulls away from the curb immediately after John sees Sherlock lying on the pavement? It looks as if there’s a deflated airbag in the back of that truck — possibly how Sherlock survived the fall. The cyclist was used to keep John’s attention away from the scene while Sherlock scrambles out of that truck and positions himself to avoid...
January 2013
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So, I went through and watched the last twenty...
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Would you like know what I noticed?
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Everybody wants to believe it, That's what makes...
…I’m sure this has been mentioned before, but give me a second to blow your mind:
Earlier in “A Scandal in Belgravia”, Sherlock is reading the paper, wherein a front page article reads, “Refit for Historic Hospital”.
In the beginning of “Reichenbach”, John walks past a hanging dummy in the parlor of their flat and makes a quip about Sherlock...
December 2012
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Anonymous asked: Hi, I was just wondering: Sherlock was put on a stretcher and driven away in an ambulance after his fake suicide attempt. Well, they are all right outside of a hospital, right? Why would he need the ambulance? Also, there was a time gap between Sherlock choosing to meet on the roof and actually getting there, while he was in the same building. What did he do during that time? I think Molly got...
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I was looking back at the Blind Banker and noticed the eye that they spraypaint on a mailbox or something outside of the flat. It might be nothing but it was never explained and so I was just wondering about your opinion on it.
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i personally have not seen this. if anyone has any pictures of it, i would be glad to post them, though.
Sherlock's tears.
Think about Moffat’s clue… Something that Sherlock did that was completely out of character for him?? Obvious. Standing on the rooftop before he jumped, he was talking to Watson on the phone. And he cried. He cried. Sherlock. The one with no feelings or sentiment. Cried.
