That's what I mean though. The way they reshot Sherlock standing on the ledge, who's to say they don't have M

I liked this second episode much better than the first. The mystery itself is a bit weak, but everything else was great. I was laughing my ass off for much of it.

I would really like to know at what point Moffat decided to turn this show into a sitcom.

This felt like a bad episode of Psych. Why would Sherlock ever care about Women who were sleeping with a guy that was "dead"? Luckily it had something to do with Watson's Wedding. PHEW!

The murder plot was pretty ingenious, though.

I was really waiting for Shawn and Gus to pop up at some point.

Good murder idea, sure. But the overall episode was just all over the place. Coming off a strong episode from last week to this?

I hope next week's is better because I'm sure it'll be another year before we get another Season.

As far as "middle" Sherlock episodes go I liked it a lot better than Hound.

And Sherlock has broken its sophomore slump streak, what a knockout episode. Hilariously funny, Cumberbatch and Freeman continue to be a perfect pair, their friendship was genuinely touching, Sherlock was actually given some character development and humanity, and LMAO at the Irene cameo. "Woman, I'm working!" Was hoping Holmes might finally get lucky at the end , sad that he's such a loner . Still wonder who the mystery man who was orchestrating Watson's Clive Barker death in the last episode was, Sebastian Moran, maybe? God, this is great stuff. And the sign of three reference was a nice in-joke for longtime Holmes fans plus a great payoff for the end of the episode. Drunk Holmes and Watson and the scrambled text were hilarious. Here's to the Greatest Detective Who Never Lived, may he live forever.

Tough crowd. I thought it was clearly the best middle child of the series.

What did Watson say to his woman about her stopping him from crying? I could not catch it.

I loved the second episode. The murder was interesting, if not a little too neat how it tied together, but the character stuff really worked for me. I think it's commendable how well Mary has been folded into the show, and I like that she, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade are being shown to be a pretty supportive and loving group to our heroes.

I do think it's a bit of a stretch to assume the victims wouldn't know they've been stabbed. Not enough to ruin the episode though.

Well definitely another cliffhanger.

Sigh. The wait begins. A bit of a WTF cliffhanger.

Wait after the credits so you don't miss it. Then wait for 2 years for the season to pick back up.

Cliff-hangers within a season,fine.

Cliff-hangers to end a season...

Kind of a weird episode. It was hard to see where it was all going, which I guess is a good thing. Not sure how I feel about what Sherlock did--seems a bit out of character. But he did it for John and Mary, which justifies it somewhat.

Throughout these three episodes, I've been waiting for a certain thing to happen, and it did happen in the last couple of minutes of this one. Can't wait for the next season!

These type of cliffhangers don't bother me as much. Now the season two cliffhanger are the type I don't like for a number of reasons. As long as the current story is tired up and it's just an opening for a new story it's not too bad.

I loved that episode. Gonna watch it again tonight.

Hound is still the only ep to disappoint me.

I dont understand why

That wasn't a cliffhanger. It was just a preview for the next season.

A cliffhanger would have been if they ended it a few minutes earlier and left you wondering how Holmes/Watson were going to get themselves out of that mess. But instead everything is cleared up, everyone is happy, and they're off to another adventure. How is that a cliffhanger?

A cliffhanger is plot device that introduces a unresolved situation designed to get the viewers to return to the next installment of the show. There is a large unresolved situation. Everything is not cleaned, everyone is not happy, and the introduction of the new adventure is the cliffhanger.

It's more of a tease than a cliffhanger. No one is in imminent danger.

I don't think cliffhangers require imminent danger. The term may have originated with Captain America dangling over a cliff in serial movies but that is only a type of cliffhanger. Many soap operas end on a emotional entanglement where no one is in danger. The only real requirement is did the show leave a situation that the audience wants to see resolved. Unless you think no one wants to see the latest situation resolved and that the show can cleanly end here I don't see how you can say that isn't a cliffhanger. It is fine if you feel that way of coarse but I'll respectfully disagree.