#Review sherlock season 3 series

It also turns out that Sherlock has a girlfriend (!), but the truth comes out that this is a ruse in order to get to the villain of the episode. Sherlock’s friends are worried for him, thinking he is on drugs. He has to help a neighbour retrieve her son from a drugs den, where he happens to also find Sherlock, claiming to be undercover on a case. It is a month on from the wedding, and Watson is settling into married life. His Last Vow shows the relationship between Sherlock and Watson seeming to be strained. I was left wondering how they could possibly top off and end season three, given the epic mystery that rounded out season two. Another new development to threaten the friendship of Sherlock and Watson? The episode ended with the wedding party dancing into the night whilst Sherlock left early (but not before deducing that Mary was pregnant, of course). We learnt a bit more about Watson’s past, and were treated to some great scenes between Sherlock and his brother Mycroft, played by the fantastic Mark Gatiss, who also writes and co-created Sherlock. There were some parts where it was hard to figure out why they were included in the story-telling, but if we stuck with watching the episode we were rewarded with why they were there. I found this episode the funniest of season three. This episode is set mostly at the wedding, but is told in flashback sequences throughout Sherlock’s speech as the Best Man.

Watson has nowproposed to Mary and is to marry her. Continuing on the emotional side of things, Sherlock realised that he would have to share Watson’s attention with his new love, Mary.Įpisode two, The Sign of Three, moves on some months from the first one. To sum up episode one, Sherlock realised how much he cared for Watson when he had to rescue him from danger (Watson had been kidnapped to get to Sherlock). Unfortunately, it did feel that it took nearly half the episode to get to the action of the story. Sherlock and Watson patched up their friendship and the story continued. Watson had moved on with his life and was now in a loving relationship. The time span of two years was kept in the episode, and it had been believed that Sherlock was dead. The first episode of season three had to re-establish the relationship between Sherlock and Watson (played by Martin Freeman). This led us to a new chapter, and of course, new enemies. Moriarty ( Andrew Scott), the main enemy from the first and second series, was gone. The explanation revealed answers, just more confusion and doubt, however I like that they retained a certain myster,y and chose not to reveal everything.

#Review sherlock season 3 series

The opening five minutes tantalised us with a possible explanation of the solution behind the cliff-hanger from series two. The first episode of this new series, The Empty Hearse, was shown on New Year’s Day 2014. After an agonising hiatus, season three has finally been broadcast. Seasons one and two were originally aired in 20, the second season ending with a massive twist of a cliff-hanger leaving the audience confused. The format for each series has stayed the same: three episodes at a one and a half hour length. As a child I did read some of the original novels of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and watch the black and white films featuring Basil Rathbone. I have watched many programmes through the years that have had a creative helping hand from Mr Steven Moffat, and I think he is a genius writer and show runner. Many new followers have jumped on the Sherlockian band wagon – God knows how they have avoided spoilers by watching from this point…Įver since the new adaptation of Sherlock Holmes (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) started, now called Sherlock, I have been hooked on how they would bring such a classic character and series of stories alive. It has been two years since the epic finale of series two. The current season of the new version of Sherlock is the third made up of three feature length episodes.