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I've just realised the series's writers think the audience is stupid.

posted 8 years ago by edgar1975
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This last season is been just a mess. It seems the writers have decided common sense didn't matter, and just aimed for show and surprises, even if that means terrible plotholes and characters acting unrealistically.

It all went terribly wrong in the last episode:

- What the hell was the plane scene about? Eurus having dellusions about being in a crashing plane?
- Sherlock parents forgiving her so quickly even though she killed one of their children
- Moriarty cringeworthy appearances throughout the episodes.
- Eurus plot, including mind controlling the entire staff in the facilities without anyone seeing that in the surveillance cameras.
- The pointless tests and games.
- Sherlock's trick on his brother at the beginning (with the clown and the girl).

I didn't think I'd say this years ago, but I'm happy this mess is over.

[–] exatera 8 years ago

I opened a topic on here a while back, asking why exactly this series is considered so great (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475582/board/nest/261745224), and I got repeatedly attacked for it.

Now, though, after this downright embarrassing series ending, I think only the total fanboys and girls could possibly disagree. It's like you have to just turn your brain off to enjoy this. But go figure, the series is still #11 on the Top 250. 

[–] kwestmo (4385) 5 years ago

The show went south early. Rather than be content with successfully bringing Holmes into the 21st century (no small feat), the producers decided to go bigger (not better). Shame.

[–] CarolTheDabbler (576) 2 years ago

I've just realised the series's writers think the audience is stupid.

I definitely see your point, but think the situation may be more like this: The writers were getting bored with doing clever-but-recognizable adaptations of the Holmes stories, so they became more and more inventive, to the point that they alienated a large portion of their original fan base.

Writers Moffat and Gatiss generally blame the current long hiatus on Cumberbatch and Freeman's busy schedules, but there's no indication that the actors have even been approached about doing more. In my opinion, the delay is due to the writers moving on to other projects, to give themselves more variety than they could fit into the Holmes universe. However, the writers and actors have repeatedly expressed an interest-in-principle in doing more episodes.

The writers have also said (as someone already mentioned) that what we've seen so far are the young, immature Holmes and Watson, but what they've been through has now transformed them into the classic characters. And the writers have also been saying from early on that they would never recast those two characters, and would like to revisit them when they're older and more mature. So as long as Cumberbatch and Freeman are still acting, we could eventually see a new episode or three.

I'd like that -- assuming that the writing is back to the quasi-Conan-Doyle style and tone of the first two seasons.