It is impossible for me to place an arbitrary number on each of the Sherlock series. Example: my mother's mother was one of 82 cousins who were born before, during, and after the Civil War with most of them living the southern border of Pennsylvania.
My grandmother was one of four (all daughters) in her family; the other family had from four to sixteen children. I can't imagine anyone in those families coming to America nine generations ago from The Netherlands to discover they would need to rank their children in order of whom they loved best.
When a person's heart is able to love, the more that it gives its heart away, the more that it has love for all. People who do not understand that love grows believe that there is never enough to go around and feel very careful about how they measure, believing that it might run. I tell my daughter's 8-year old son that he is my favorite grandchild and he responds that he's my only one, so he 'gets all' of my love. He knows about love multiplying, yet feels special because there no competition. Since my elder daughter died the year he was born, he genuinely has no concern of this ever happening.
Every episode in the Mofftiss opus is a complete part of Steven and Mark's love for their child from his first steps as the immature, thoughtless adolescent; they ensured him numerous opportunity to face disparate challenges. They gave much of themselves in this creation, enduring the increasing desire of others to kidnap their boy for personal and somewhat nefarious reasons. Now their child is a mature, with each stop along the paths revealing the incumbent strengths and weaknesses (that provided Sherlock with awareness of necessary growth and development).
Everything that we learned in the 13 episodes provided reasons to care deeply about Sherlock and John. Every minute of the total lead us forward and were the building blocks. When I have read arrogant viewers saying things like "that was not an important episode; it needs to be deleted so the rest will improve by its removal," I wondered how to invite a Bene Gesserit nun to test the individual on the Gom Jabbar.
There is no perfection anywhere on our planet; yet striving for personal bests is what drives our growth forward. If we learned anything about Sherlock, one of the takeaways ought to be that our amazing co-creators gave us more and better than most. They taught us what it means to develop and grow characters, even if strange or bizarre instances are part of it.
The past three days, the episodes playing out in my mind because each was so amazing and vivid to me. Point in fact; I adore The Blind Banker from the moment it aired and removing it from the canon is unthinkable. It was crucial in advancing character development between John and Sherlock. Each show was a gift of something unique and rare from the creators. Watching the results of Ben's and Martin's corporate energy on screen lit an unexpected adventure for us as fans that is not over.
I cannot imagine Steven, Mark, Sue, Ben, and Martin leaving this door closed forever. If it has been addictive for us, just think of what total withdrawal will be for them. And - sure - ITV, the BBC, and PBS (to name a few) must be ecstatic over the prospect of their most popular (in the world/China?) TV show disappearing. Nope, I just can't believe that it all has been buried along with Victor Trevor's frail bones.
Eventually, some years forward, we will see Sherlock's handsome face on screens asking: Did you miss me?
A Checkered Life speaks of myriad diverse adventures being the rewards of endless curiosity.
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