@ptolover7 I think the Albulm is coming out sometime this month. Not sure what countries and stuff though, but that's what I read. Either way I think the music is awesome!
Does anyone know what the name of this song is in the background? I'm trying to get my favorite bits of the Sherlock soundtrack but I don't know what this one's called.
He jumps and he lands. I re-watched the episode and realized that John's assassin has a clear view of where Sherlock lands. It might be a mistake in editing, but he does fall on the ground. I'm going with a theory that he's half cat, half Vulcan.
Did anyone notice that this is the second time Sherlock tries to kill himself, and the second time John calls out his name from afar? Only this time, John can't do anything to save him. I know that Sherlock survives in the end, but this thought still makes me sad.
@Jemmhful It's called "prepared to do anything." It's on the Sherlock season two soundtrack that was released on the 27th of February. (Which is when I got it. And according to iTunes, I've already played that song 64 times in two days. The whole album is brilliant.)
The final episode airs here this Wednesday. Everybody in my class is raving about the series so far, and it's been unbearable to have to keep THIS from them!!
@AuditoryEden THE SUMMER!!!???? DEAR LORD! I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MAKE IT!!!!!! DX DX I WANT THE NEW ONES NOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW. DX I WANT TO SEE JOHN'S REACTION WHEN HE FINDS OUT THAT SHERLOCK ISN'T DEAD!!! DX Okay...sorry about the yelling. I knew it was coming out in 2013, but I thought it would be in January. *le creys*
The earpiece is definively strange... He isn't wearing it at any other moments in the series. Is this the famous detail that Moffat was talking about?!
@pokemaniac321 Did you see the thing on tumblr too? I had to come here to check if the earpiece really was there or not. I hope it means something, but I have no idea what.
Holy crap! did anyone else notice the earpiece in John's ear at 00:20!!! It falls out of his ear when he gets knocked over so i think it's part of the story and not just a mistake!!
oh god, when john yells "sherlock" up at him. they are both so amazing in this scene, but martin really shows watson's desperation and terror. Brilliant.
Benedict's eyes are blue (google it), but they can vary in the color they appear to be from dark green to light grey. Either way I think we can all agree he has gorgeous eyes. Now excuse me while I crawl into a corner from this clip.
Winterwhisper- I believe his eyes are blue. I saw pictures of him on imdb, and his eyes were blue. (But then, they looked gray in "The Blind Banker.") So, I guess it depends on the light...
This episode is so angsty, I'm glad I got to see it. (And the soundtrack for season one is being released in the U.S. On March 27th. I have no idea at this time of the release date in the U.S. for the season two soundtrack).
Sherlock had his friend Molly use the corpse Moriarty used to scare the children thrown out of a van that was passing by, he fell inside the van and his friend Molly pushed the corpse out of it to make it seem like he had died...
@cerise333 Actually to ruin YOUR fun, Steven Moffat said that people are off when they are talking about body-swapping, so Sherlock may actually have been injured, but not fatally enough so that he couldn't recover.
@spideyfanatic93 no, that cellphone thing isn't really suspicious. What would have been suspicious is if he had PLACED the phone down carefully, but he just tossed it.
Okay. Here's my theory. In the episode, Moriarty uses a Sherlock mask in order to turn the kidnapped children against him. So I'm guessing that Sherlock found the mask, took a bag of blood that he got from Molly, taped it to the side of his head, then slipped the mask over it. Then, when he jumped he landed on something soft, and then proceeded to roll off of or out of hit, hitting the ground hard enough that the blood bag bursted. Then, the biker hit John to disorient him.
@spideyfanatic93 While John was disoriented, the people gathered around Sherlock to prevent him from getting too close to the body. Now, John does check his pulse and finds that he can't detect it, but this could be explained by several things. Firstly, I've heard theories that Sherlock used the ball he was playing with, tucking it under his arm to cut the circulation from the arm that John would check his pulse from. I'm not sure if that could actually work.
@spideyfanatic93 But it could've also been some sort of medication to slow his pulse that Molly could've had access to that was administered either before the fall, or whenever Sherlock landed on whatever he landed on before hitting the ground. Then, Sherlock was carted into the hospital and Molly declared him deceased. But later she helped smuggle him out of the hospital. That's my theory anyway. I'm probably way off, but that's the only way I can figure it out.
@spideyfanatic93 Another interesting thing that seems suspicious to me is when he throws his cell phone aside before jumping. I feel like that's definitely a giveaway that he was going to survive, because he obviously didn't want the cell phone breaking during the fall. I'm not sure how it connects to the rest of it though.
@spideyfanatic93 i think he left it there for john to find it. that there is some kind of explanation on the phone, maybe he recorded his dialogue with moriarty or typed a message or anything.
At 0:24, it seems that his body hits the ground different from the way he was falling from the roof. Also, the way his body seems to move at 0:24 makes it look like he rolled off of or out of something, and maybe the cracking sound was the sound of a blood bag being broken.
this scene was made so much more amazing by john's line earlier in the show, correcting Sherlock by saying "friends protect people." this proved that Sherlock really does have people that he counts as friends, in his own bizarre way - and he jumped to protect them.
sherlock throwing away his mobile phone just before he jumps - the one gadget he´s never without - what a powerful, meaningful gesture. good-bye to life. (at least to the one he was leading up to this point.)
do you remember there was a man hanging in john and sherlock's house, when john takes sherlock's phone and tells him moriarty's back? well i'm now wondering if it has anything to do with sherlock faking his death. because i cant help but still dont know what it was doing, hanging in their apartment, just like it was a decorative object!
@imcitizenginsburg It was explained in the dialogue - Sherlock took John's advice to solve "a little case", and was proving that someone from the 20th century never committed suicide by hanging.
The dummy could come back in the next episode, if they base it off "The Empty House"...
Below is my theory of how sherlock survived if you don't want to read it and want to wait and see then scroll down
I think Sherlock threw moriartys body off the building and somehow replaced him on the ground when people came over then he got Molly to help him leave the morgue and change the paperwork coz he said he "needed" Molly in this ep
Last night I had a dream that Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat told me the secret to how Sherlock survived - I don't remember much of it, but when I woke up this morning, I screamed, "HE HAD A HARPOON!!!!!!!" .......
Imagine if the world did end in December 2012 like they predict & no one ever found out how this was done....Man would I be pissed, ok I'd be dead, but y'know...
When I first watched this scene, I felt the greatest feeling of dread well up inside of me. I starting crying cause I knew what was going to happen, but what really got me was when he started telling John he was a fake. I literally said, out loud, "Please no. Stop. Stop! Oh God please! Nooooooo!" and started sobbing. I HATE when, not only does a hero give up his life to save the people he cares about, but also destroys all the good memories of himself before he does it. WHY????
But has anyone noticed that when he's falling, you can see a white shirt from where his jacket opens from the wind, but he was wearing 'The Purple Shirt of Sex' before his fell/when he was on the floor?
"That's what people do, dont they?....Leave a note?" Thats the line that got me. It was so sad. I cried within the first minute of this episode. It was horrid, but the best Sherlock episodes out of the 6. Hounds of Baskerville was REALLY good too. <3 #IBelieveInSherlock #MoriartyWasReal
@ultamatefrogmaster .....or DID he but we didnt see that yet? possibly to his ground crew below to catch him: NOW! drops phone jumps to truck of bags..molly throws random corpse outta her morge into the street with a sherlock plaster face on it & random bloody areas so when john looks for a pulse it s dead. meanwhile the flat truck iwth garbage bags rolls away with sherlock alive & well lying in it to hide.
@ultamatefrogmaster I seriously think hat this is important. I thought they would transmit that letter that Holmes left Watson in the original to a text message, but they didn't. What do you think it means?
@MyLillteFallenAngel Well, a theory that my friends have come up with is that John has actually been exposed to the gas that he was exposed to in Hounds of the Baskerville. So because John expected Sherlock to jump off, he actually saw him jump off. Sherlock probably phoned him instead of texted because he wanted to create a scenario so visual that John would actually think he's dead.
Also, earlier in the episode he asks Molly to help him out but we never find out what with.
The papers have actually had Detectives, Scientists & Doctors trying to work this out. They've even measured the building, worked out the speed he would fall etc. They've all established no one would survived that fall. So to those saying he survived using drugs etc i think its safe to say experts have said he wouldnt and im sure the writers can come up with something better than him simply suriving the fall...
This is the best wire rig in the history of film and television. It's better and more realistic than the ones in Mission Impossible! (and the ones in M:I are very good!)
the only explanation i can think of is the fact that he mentioned that rhododendron leaf earlier in the episode (which makes ur heart rate go down) AND the little girl screamed when she saw him, but he didn't commit the crime. so a combo of those 2. in the mean time....HOW THE HELL?
Every time I watch this; my eyes widen and my hands go to my mouth and I kind of whimper XD Better than the first time I saw it. I seem to recall literally screaming at the telly "YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!" like a deranged ol' spinster :')
Is playing with a ball unusual for Sherlock? Because in one scene, just before he went to the roof, he was bouncing a ball, while thinking...It seemed unusual, though easy to look over...
@MrNonsensicle Doesn't a ball in armpit make it seem like your pulse had stopped? When Watson checks Sherlock's pulse, he could have had the ball in his armpit....
See, I read an interview with Steven Moffat and he said he's read the theories flying around and said that we're missing something. Something that Sherlock does that is completely out of character. Any ideas?
@evilbonni don't think that's it. He doesn't like the way John reacts to what he said. ("Nobody could be that clever"-"You could.") John trusts him so much and he knows he's going to betray him.
He did not jump into a truck. When he asks Moriarty for a minute they show a view of the street below from Sherlock's perspective. If he was to jump into any truck parked on the road he would have to leap across approximately 5 metres, which he did not! But that being said, it is quite likely that the truck had something to do with it because a truck driver wont just casually drive off after something like that happens.
True, but where could he have gone O.o? If he was to jump into the truck he would have leapt a considerable distance away from the building! Where else could he go though?
I take it you've never watched Death Note, have you?
(Not that I'm saying he could have used the same trick, because he coudn't, he was falling to far to be caugh on a mattress and snuck inside through the window of the first floor.)
The truck could have been on the sidewalk. (Doubtful)
There also could have been an inflatable mattress that was quickly deflated and put IN the truck to be taken away, possibly with Sherlock also. (Hmmmm.)
This is so heartbreaking...(( But I can't really understand why there is a shadow of Sherlock in the window on 0:22 if he falls above that window... How is this possible? (Anyone as paranoic as me??)
I've watched this so many times and when the body hits the ground it sounds to me like when you break or squeeze a plastic bottle...he lands on something....?
HOW CAN HE POSSIABLY SURVIVED! Ok now that thats out the way obviously glad he did but I never really noticed the angles it was shot from first time round and they made it pretty clear he fell and there was no where to make a quick escape. Now I shall just be driven mad with curiously all year thank christ I'm not a cat
@MCaRmy2006 If you watch the whole scene, you see that at where Sherlock jumps there is also a rubbish truck parked. And as Sherlock is falling, John is knocked over by the cyclist, probably dazing him. This could've been used as a distraction to dump another body while Sherlock landed in the truck? And as John's vision would have been blurred from knocking his head on the ground, he wouldnt have been able to see the body's face clearly? Just a theory!
"The Final Problem" was a very straightforward entry in the original Holmes canon. it was basically just a chase scene, short, sweet, and to the point. It gives much room for interpretation and the makers of this show did a fantastic job in capturing the intensity of the feud, the intelligence of Moriarty, the craftiness of Sherlock, and the relationship between the two. If you haven't seen this full episode then gtfo with ignorant comments kthxbye
@JamieHowitt Actually, in the books Sherlock never fell - that's just what Watson thought happened. In The Empty House, Holmes reveals only Moriarty ever fell into the Reichenbach Falls, while he managed to escape.
Not that I'm saying they ruined it - they didn't! I loved this episode/ending! :)
CRYING EVERY TIME.
atarashi26michi 1 day ago
@ptolover7 I think the Albulm is coming out sometime this month. Not sure what countries and stuff though, but that's what I read. Either way I think the music is awesome!
Bigmc712 2 days ago
SHERLOCK! •,__,•
MissSherlocked 2 days ago
Does anyone know what the name of this song is in the background? I'm trying to get my favorite bits of the Sherlock soundtrack but I don't know what this one's called.
ptolover7 2 days ago
He jumps and he lands. I re-watched the episode and realized that John's assassin has a clear view of where Sherlock lands. It might be a mistake in editing, but he does fall on the ground. I'm going with a theory that he's half cat, half Vulcan.
TheNeiraaa 4 days ago
0:08 - DOM DOM!!!!
fofofinnie 4 days ago
Did anyone notice that this is the second time Sherlock tries to kill himself, and the second time John calls out his name from afar? Only this time, John can't do anything to save him. I know that Sherlock survives in the end, but this thought still makes me sad.
arahavez08 5 days ago 2
Even though I knew what was going to happen, I cried like a baby!!!
9501kagu28 6 days ago
Could anyone tell me what's the song that starts when Sherlock aims to jump?
Jemmhful 1 week ago
@Jemmhful It's called "prepared to do anything." It's on the Sherlock season two soundtrack that was released on the 27th of February. (Which is when I got it. And according to iTunes, I've already played that song 64 times in two days. The whole album is brilliant.)
BananasAreEvil66 1 week ago
@BananasAreEvil66 Thank you so much, I think I'll go and listen that album. (:
Jemmhful 1 week ago
HOW? HOW DOES HE SURVIVE?!
toxicmustardwasabi 1 week ago
The final episode airs here this Wednesday. Everybody in my class is raving about the series so far, and it's been unbearable to have to keep THIS from them!!
MrWhiggy 1 week ago
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"Because Sherlock Holmes is a great man, and one day, if we're very very lucky, he might even be a good one." -Lestrade
Mutank97 1 week ago
... Ok, now back to cheerier clips so I won't have to cry myself to sleep tonight.
xPyTTiPaNNax 1 week ago
:'(
IamTJanzen 1 week ago
So sad when Watson yells "SHERLOCK" in vain :(
Barzhan13 1 week ago
You can see Sherlock really doesn't want to leave John. It's so heartbreaking!
Eriks0Angel 2 weeks ago
What happened:
1. Sherlock organises Molly and Irene to drive the truck to the place where he jumps.
2. M+I put out a crash mat behind truck so John and snipers cant see.
3. Sherlock jumps into crashmat and puts a ball under his arm+fake blood
4. Holmeless society member crashes into watson on bike and gives john baskerville drug
5. Molly organises paramedics to come instantly and take Sherlock away so he can make it escape.
RoziBadgerNinja24842 2 weeks ago
It was the best episode :D Now I waiting for new season :)
SuperKubson 2 weeks ago
That has to be one of the most helpless feelings in the world, watching someone fall. D:
DanaReboe 2 weeks ago 12
I AM SHERLOCKED FOREVER !!!!
SHERL221B 2 weeks ago
I think I just died.
CallMeVicto 2 weeks ago
... Now we have to wait until next year for the new season. I'm not surviving :'(
AnnoyedGirlKami 2 weeks ago
@AnnoyedGirlKami Summer of '13. Meanwhile Martin and Benny are off in Middle Earth together.
AuditoryEden 2 weeks ago
@AuditoryEden THE SUMMER!!!???? DEAR LORD! I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MAKE IT!!!!!! DX DX I WANT THE NEW ONES NOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW. DX I WANT TO SEE JOHN'S REACTION WHEN HE FINDS OUT THAT SHERLOCK ISN'T DEAD!!! DX Okay...sorry about the yelling. I knew it was coming out in 2013, but I thought it would be in January. *le creys*
12depp 1 week ago
SH: Goodbye, John.
JW: Nope.jpg
Vix847 2 weeks ago 2
I hope the make another season! Well if you want to call a 3 part series a season. And YES i know there was 3 part earlier then this as well.
Shyguy825 2 weeks ago
The earpiece is probably something they just used on set to communicate as this scene was in such a big area...easier for the director etc..?
LetMeFlyFreeFromYou 2 weeks ago
JOHN HAS AN EARPIECE?!?!?! 0:19
BluePanda13971 2 weeks ago 3
@BluePanda13971 WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!?!?!
hihosilver45 2 weeks ago in playlist The Reichenbach Fall
The music is killing!
And I love John's "Sherlock!" <3
pineswithapples 2 weeks ago 6
I cannot get enough of this scene...I love how at 0:08, the epic suspenseful music comes on.
MartinShortLover 2 weeks ago 3
The earpiece is definively strange... He isn't wearing it at any other moments in the series. Is this the famous detail that Moffat was talking about?!
:mind blown:
AmeliaLigabue 2 weeks ago 3
Didn't he have a hearing aid from his time in afghan? Or am I getting confused? :s
Meg91xx 2 weeks ago
0:20 WHY IS JOHN WEARING AN EARPIECE?
jordanstrul 2 weeks ago
0:20 WHY IS JOHN WEARING AN EARPIECE?
jordanstrul 2 weeks ago
@pokemaniac321 Did you see the thing on tumblr too? I had to come here to check if the earpiece really was there or not. I hope it means something, but I have no idea what.
SideshowMomo 3 weeks ago
@SideshowMomo The world of Sherlock Tumblr has brought me here also...
Horses0rats0peace 3 weeks ago
Holy crap! did anyone else notice the earpiece in John's ear at 00:20!!! It falls out of his ear when he gets knocked over so i think it's part of the story and not just a mistake!!
pokemaniac321 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos 21
@pokemaniac321 u seriously might have just found a missing piece of the puzzle that is sherlocks fake death.....or a gadget error.
TheVenerated 9 hours ago
0:05: Sherlock's sad little nod. As if to say; "I'm ready now." Jesus. ;_;
RoseNoir90 3 weeks ago
i am crying now! (even when i know he's alive) And i am ELEVEN !
iamverysherlocked 3 weeks ago
"In your last few seconds, what would you say?"
"Goodbye, John."
TT.TT
MissTJOwnz 3 weeks ago 2
oh god, when john yells "sherlock" up at him. they are both so amazing in this scene, but martin really shows watson's desperation and terror. Brilliant.
Skeew1 3 weeks ago 3
@cerise the trucks below might have had something to do with it
XXxshaboomxXX 3 weeks ago
@cerise333 hey that actually makes sense... Nice theory, i thought the
XXxshaboomxXX 3 weeks ago
Remember David Burke yelling after Holmes, now this guy after Sherlock. Cruel.
111kallas 3 weeks ago
Benedict's eyes are blue (google it), but they can vary in the color they appear to be from dark green to light grey. Either way I think we can all agree he has gorgeous eyes. Now excuse me while I crawl into a corner from this clip.
forbidden2012x 3 weeks ago
Winterwhisper- I believe his eyes are blue. I saw pictures of him on imdb, and his eyes were blue. (But then, they looked gray in "The Blind Banker.") So, I guess it depends on the light...
chbell613 3 weeks ago
This episode is so angsty, I'm glad I got to see it. (And the soundtrack for season one is being released in the U.S. On March 27th. I have no idea at this time of the release date in the U.S. for the season two soundtrack).
chbell613 3 weeks ago
teehee I just want to ruin your fun ....
*SPOILER ALERT*
Sherlock had his friend Molly use the corpse Moriarty used to scare the children thrown out of a van that was passing by, he fell inside the van and his friend Molly pushed the corpse out of it to make it seem like he had died...
*END OF SPOILER*
cerise333 3 weeks ago
@cerise333 Actually to ruin YOUR fun, Steven Moffat said that people are off when they are talking about body-swapping, so Sherlock may actually have been injured, but not fatally enough so that he couldn't recover.
MsDanioDanio 3 weeks ago
@MsDanioDanio Well then what is your theory ms Danio? Is he a clone???
cerise333 3 weeks ago
I never thought that a telephone conversation could be so emotional... It's incredible!! Extraordinary actors!!
TheHappyWinkle 3 weeks ago 6
Jesus. That *crack* when he hits the pavement. 0_0
RoseNoir90 3 weeks ago 4
QUESTION: What colour are Benedict's eyes! Seriously! Gray? Blue? I swear I've even seen them when they were closer to green too!
WinterWhisper 3 weeks ago
@WinterWhisper They're probably gray, since gray eyes tend to look like they change color depending on the light.
GhostWolfGlowStick 3 weeks ago
Oh look!! A Phonebooth!!! OH Steven we love you!!
cailinfia16 3 weeks ago
@spideyfanatic93 no, that cellphone thing isn't really suspicious. What would have been suspicious is if he had PLACED the phone down carefully, but he just tossed it.
39ocean 3 weeks ago
"falling is just like flying, exept there's a more permanent destination."
although it's from moriarty, this line is kinda beautiful.
quotecat7 4 weeks ago 6
*sniff*
Baikanure 4 weeks ago
Okay. Here's my theory. In the episode, Moriarty uses a Sherlock mask in order to turn the kidnapped children against him. So I'm guessing that Sherlock found the mask, took a bag of blood that he got from Molly, taped it to the side of his head, then slipped the mask over it. Then, when he jumped he landed on something soft, and then proceeded to roll off of or out of hit, hitting the ground hard enough that the blood bag bursted. Then, the biker hit John to disorient him.
spideyfanatic93 4 weeks ago
@spideyfanatic93 While John was disoriented, the people gathered around Sherlock to prevent him from getting too close to the body. Now, John does check his pulse and finds that he can't detect it, but this could be explained by several things. Firstly, I've heard theories that Sherlock used the ball he was playing with, tucking it under his arm to cut the circulation from the arm that John would check his pulse from. I'm not sure if that could actually work.
spideyfanatic93 4 weeks ago
@spideyfanatic93 But it could've also been some sort of medication to slow his pulse that Molly could've had access to that was administered either before the fall, or whenever Sherlock landed on whatever he landed on before hitting the ground. Then, Sherlock was carted into the hospital and Molly declared him deceased. But later she helped smuggle him out of the hospital. That's my theory anyway. I'm probably way off, but that's the only way I can figure it out.
spideyfanatic93 4 weeks ago
@spideyfanatic93 Another interesting thing that seems suspicious to me is when he throws his cell phone aside before jumping. I feel like that's definitely a giveaway that he was going to survive, because he obviously didn't want the cell phone breaking during the fall. I'm not sure how it connects to the rest of it though.
spideyfanatic93 4 weeks ago
@spideyfanatic93 i think he left it there for john to find it. that there is some kind of explanation on the phone, maybe he recorded his dialogue with moriarty or typed a message or anything.
Or he wants to lead john to moriarty's body.
quotecat7 3 weeks ago
At 0:24, it seems that his body hits the ground different from the way he was falling from the roof. Also, the way his body seems to move at 0:24 makes it look like he rolled off of or out of something, and maybe the cracking sound was the sound of a blood bag being broken.
spideyfanatic93 4 weeks ago
@spideyfanatic93 That's why he needed Molly's help, to get a bag of his own blood. And also to declare him dead even though he wasn't.
spideyfanatic93 4 weeks ago
Until the next season, all we can do is rewatch this scene hundreds of times, analyze every second and theorize how Sherlock survived that jump.
GamagothRULES 1 month ago 86
@GamagothRULES my theory is, it has something to do with Molly or that screaming girl XD
IriaMo 1 week ago 2
this scene was made so much more amazing by john's line earlier in the show, correcting Sherlock by saying "friends protect people." this proved that Sherlock really does have people that he counts as friends, in his own bizarre way - and he jumped to protect them.
justalittlebookworm 1 month ago 6
sherlock throwing away his mobile phone just before he jumps - the one gadget he´s never without - what a powerful, meaningful gesture. good-bye to life. (at least to the one he was leading up to this point.)
FirstLifeFan 1 month ago
even though i know he lives, this whole scene is so heart wrenching! T_T
bookmaniac2013 1 month ago 4
@bookmaniac2013 isn´t it? i nearly stopped breathing. i´m so, so, so sorry for both of them.
FirstLifeFan 1 month ago
where can i find the music when he drops the phone?
RukiaWrath13 1 month ago
@RukiaWrath13 The soundtrack for series 2 is suppose to come out on the 27th Feb I think :)
Eriks0Angel 3 weeks ago
music?
SamJ0n3s1 1 month ago
do you remember there was a man hanging in john and sherlock's house, when john takes sherlock's phone and tells him moriarty's back? well i'm now wondering if it has anything to do with sherlock faking his death. because i cant help but still dont know what it was doing, hanging in their apartment, just like it was a decorative object!
imcitizenginsburg 1 month ago in playlist The Reichenbach Fall
@imcitizenginsburg It was explained in the dialogue - Sherlock took John's advice to solve "a little case", and was proving that someone from the 20th century never committed suicide by hanging.
The dummy could come back in the next episode, if they base it off "The Empty House"...
JamieHowitt 1 month ago
* then don't scroll down I mean
spanishmonkey55 1 month ago
Below is my theory of how sherlock survived if you don't want to read it and want to wait and see then scroll down
I think Sherlock threw moriartys body off the building and somehow replaced him on the ground when people came over then he got Molly to help him leave the morgue and change the paperwork coz he said he "needed" Molly in this ep
I love Sherlock !
spanishmonkey55 1 month ago
"I want to wait a few years before going back to Sherlock..." - Steven Moffat.
For your sake, I hope you don't because the fans will murder you in your sleep... twice.
MrWhiggy 1 month ago 21
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Psilcu 1 week ago
i know how he survives heheheheh
SamJ0n3s1 1 month ago
I used to be a consulting detective. Then I took a sidewalk to the face.
MysteriousBrownEyes1 1 month ago 5
Can't believe Benedict actually did this fall himself and didn't have a stunt double do it. Such dedication. 3
NataliexK 1 month ago 4
Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, you better hurry (tf) up, or else----------
sweetlolamara 1 month ago 4
Last night I had a dream that Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat told me the secret to how Sherlock survived - I don't remember much of it, but when I woke up this morning, I screamed, "HE HAD A HARPOON!!!!!!!" .......
What??!
daffodil977 1 month ago 110
@daffodil977 thank u so much for posting that...
i am in the PUBLIC CROWDED LIBRARY watching this, nearly crying that sherlock did that, and u got me 2 laugh instead....
THANK U SO MUCH!!!!!
ichinezabushigo 2 weeks ago
@ichinezabushigo Aww you're welcome honey. I definitely needed a laugh after watching this episode too :'( oh sherlock why do you do this to us?
daffodil977 2 weeks ago
Oh, Jesus... this next year is going to be hard. I want answers so bad.
WinterWhisper 1 month ago 8
Imagine if the world did end in December 2012 like they predict & no one ever found out how this was done....Man would I be pissed, ok I'd be dead, but y'know...
LetMeFlyFreeFromYou 1 month ago 3
@LetMeFlyFreeFromYou oh god i think i would come back from the dead and die again.
juliaw4 1 month ago
Does anyone know the name of the soundtrack playing in this scene?
PinkSwoonDust 1 month ago
When I first watched this scene, I felt the greatest feeling of dread well up inside of me. I starting crying cause I knew what was going to happen, but what really got me was when he started telling John he was a fake. I literally said, out loud, "Please no. Stop. Stop! Oh God please! Nooooooo!" and started sobbing. I HATE when, not only does a hero give up his life to save the people he cares about, but also destroys all the good memories of himself before he does it. WHY????
Raine20oo 1 month ago
It was the music before this scene that made me cry. When he's lying to John and telling him he's a fake. Wept. Like. A. Baby.
LovinTheDharma 1 month ago
That sickening crunch when he lands gets me every time
mymz01 1 month ago 3
"Goodbye John." - Gets me every time! :'(
But has anyone noticed that when he's falling, you can see a white shirt from where his jacket opens from the wind, but he was wearing 'The Purple Shirt of Sex' before his fell/when he was on the floor?
Eriks0Angel 1 month ago 4
WHY WOULD YOU POST SOMETHING LIKE THIS
bumble1233 1 month ago
"That's what people do, dont they?....Leave a note?" Thats the line that got me. It was so sad. I cried within the first minute of this episode. It was horrid, but the best Sherlock episodes out of the 6. Hounds of Baskerville was REALLY good too. <3 #IBelieveInSherlock #MoriartyWasReal
OliverTwist2013 1 month ago
For once Sherlock didn't text.
ultamatefrogmaster 1 month ago 149
@ultamatefrogmaster .....or DID he but we didnt see that yet? possibly to his ground crew below to catch him: NOW! drops phone jumps to truck of bags..molly throws random corpse outta her morge into the street with a sherlock plaster face on it & random bloody areas so when john looks for a pulse it s dead. meanwhile the flat truck iwth garbage bags rolls away with sherlock alive & well lying in it to hide.
mystiquesword 1 month ago
@ultamatefrogmaster I seriously think hat this is important. I thought they would transmit that letter that Holmes left Watson in the original to a text message, but they didn't. What do you think it means?
MyLillteFallenAngel 1 month ago
@MyLillteFallenAngel Well, a theory that my friends have come up with is that John has actually been exposed to the gas that he was exposed to in Hounds of the Baskerville. So because John expected Sherlock to jump off, he actually saw him jump off. Sherlock probably phoned him instead of texted because he wanted to create a scenario so visual that John would actually think he's dead.
Also, earlier in the episode he asks Molly to help him out but we never find out what with.
ultamatefrogmaster 4 weeks ago
@ultamatefrogmaster exactly the kind of OOC thing that shows it was fake.
frizzboo123 2 weeks ago
Why is Sherlock's face sort of flat before he jumps? Maybe it's not even Sherlock jumping and he's just wearing a mask!
ActionEditor3 1 month ago
@ActionEditor3 Ive been thinking the exact same thing, his face looks weird there doesnt it.
Charlieparliee 1 month ago
Hmm, am i the only one who thinks he is higher off the gound in the shot before he lands than he should be? Let me know what you think.
00420433 1 month ago
The papers have actually had Detectives, Scientists & Doctors trying to work this out. They've even measured the building, worked out the speed he would fall etc. They've all established no one would survived that fall. So to those saying he survived using drugs etc i think its safe to say experts have said he wouldnt and im sure the writers can come up with something better than him simply suriving the fall...
LetMeFlyFreeFromYou 1 month ago
I'm sorry but when I saw him fall, I thought of the Leap of Faith. .-.
ZexionOblivion 1 month ago
lol
georgeproctor7 1 month ago in playlist Sherlock
This is the best wire rig in the history of film and television. It's better and more realistic than the ones in Mission Impossible! (and the ones in M:I are very good!)
ActionEditor3 1 month ago
Oh God, this part makes me so sad :( there are so many versions of this scene, but this one makes me cry the most
MyWilliam1996 1 month ago
If you read the next story it tells you what happens to sherlock and how he faked his death.
THE STORY IS...THE EMPTY HOUSE
mrchriswho 1 month ago
God. I hate John's face when Sherlock is falling. Its like No. Its not possible. Sherlock cannot be falling. No.
ScienceOfDeduction1 1 month ago 6
@ScienceOfDeduction1 It is very much a kind of "No, this isn't happening, I don't wanna see what happens next" look...
slightlyinsaneFTW 1 month ago
Jesus,I had no idea it was going to be so...graphic. Oh....the crunch when he hit the pavement.
AuditoryEden 1 month ago 5
I can't stop thinking that the words IOU got some meaning that all of us keep missing...
zlatickoxt 1 month ago 5
@zlatickoxt
Exactly what I was thinking!
But maybe as an abbreviation, like H.O.U.N.D.?
Zilverlover 1 month ago
@zlatickoxt
An IOU (abbreviated from the phrase "I owe you") is usually an informal document acknowledging debt, And a debt is something you have to pay (for)
Therefore i assume Moriarty uses this as a threat against Sherlock, because he has beaten him a few times, now M wants to beat him.
13Psycho13 1 month ago
the only explanation i can think of is the fact that he mentioned that rhododendron leaf earlier in the episode (which makes ur heart rate go down) AND the little girl screamed when she saw him, but he didn't commit the crime. so a combo of those 2. in the mean time....HOW THE HELL?
pinkjaguar12 1 month ago
People can try and figure out how he lived and such but I know one thing for sure (I stopped trying only because it was driving me up the wall),
The first episode in Series 3 is going to be such a mindf***k!!
HiShampoo 1 month ago
@HiShampoo
My thought is that he calculated the risk of jumping there, and what it would do to him.
and since he was in front of a hospital.. he could go to IC right away.
13Psycho13 1 month ago
Whats the music at 0:10?
xGummiBearsx 1 month ago
what the soundtrack??
francesco50305 1 month ago
can i just take a moment to say that the music gets unbelievably epic when Sherlock puts down the phone?
HBearAA 1 month ago 140
@HBearAA I think the drum beats are representing his heartbeat. I agree it's AWESOME! XD
WolfWithGoldenWings 1 month ago
@HBearAA yep got the heart going big time
thebearbaiter1 1 month ago
@HBearAA Does anyone have an mp3 for it? I would love you forever!
HBearAA 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
How he survived: lets see if u clever clogs can understand this for i will give you two clues...
Muscle relaxants and sherlock was the one to choose the roof for the showdown...
Guywiththetypewriter 1 month ago
@horesybabe12 I think it was ok the roof with moriarty he acted dumb
thecrazyevilleaf 1 month ago
@thecrazyevilleaf Ah, quite possibly!
HorseyBabe12 1 month ago
Every time I watch this; my eyes widen and my hands go to my mouth and I kind of whimper XD Better than the first time I saw it. I seem to recall literally screaming at the telly "YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!" like a deranged ol' spinster :')
Kagaminshi 1 month ago
Is playing with a ball unusual for Sherlock? Because in one scene, just before he went to the roof, he was bouncing a ball, while thinking...It seemed unusual, though easy to look over...
MrNonsensicle 1 month ago 2
@MrNonsensicle
lol, makes me think of G. House. xD He sometimes plays with things while thinking. (completely unrelated, sorry~ xD)
MicukoFelton 1 month ago
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pixiegurl88 1 month ago
@MrNonsensicle Doesn't a ball in armpit make it seem like your pulse had stopped? When Watson checks Sherlock's pulse, he could have had the ball in his armpit....
TheDechoi 1 month ago
See, I read an interview with Steven Moffat and he said he's read the theories flying around and said that we're missing something. Something that Sherlock does that is completely out of character. Any ideas?
HorseyBabe12 1 month ago
@HorseyBabe12 him crying maybe?
evilbonni 1 month ago
@evilbonni That's what I thought. But I don't know how it would affect things..
HorseyBabe12 1 month ago
@HorseyBabe12 yes that's the problem! MOFFAT! *shakes fist*
evilbonni 1 month ago
@evilbonni don't think that's it. He doesn't like the way John reacts to what he said. ("Nobody could be that clever"-"You could.") John trusts him so much and he knows he's going to betray him.
quotecat7 1 month ago
here's a clue, methinks.
at 0:19, 0:21 and 0:23 of this clip, you can see that the person falling is wearing a light-coloured shirt.
in that scene at bart's lab where john calls him a machine and where jim texts him to say that he's there, sherlock was wearing his purple shirt.
if you go to the "god, no" vid by MsSherLocked, you'll see that the body that gets flipped over on the ground is also dressed in a purple shirt.
DancingArtemis1 1 month ago 3
The noise of bones cracking... eek!
jessthebulletbill 1 month ago
@amirizar2012 I don't recall any cracking skulls in Empty Child.
You know what that means?
IT MEANS I HAVE THE PERFECT EXCUSE TO WATCH IT AGAIN. And then watch reichenban too, for science!
aureusyarara 1 month ago
what's the soundtrack?
AceInTheHat2 1 month ago 3
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He did not jump into a truck. When he asks Moriarty for a minute they show a view of the street below from Sherlock's perspective. If he was to jump into any truck parked on the road he would have to leap across approximately 5 metres, which he did not! But that being said, it is quite likely that the truck had something to do with it because a truck driver wont just casually drive off after something like that happens.
YerFaceMateZz 1 month ago
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YerFaceMateZz 1 month ago
@amirizar2012
(psst, you shouldn't tell people that you know what a cracking skull sounds like. It might lead them to the right conclusions....)
aureusyarara 1 month ago
He jumped in a right angle to the building ( facing forward ) but he landed parallel to the building. Why?
YerFaceMateZz 1 month ago
@YerFaceMateZz EXACTLY.
aureusyarara 1 month ago
@YerFaceMateZz You are assuming the Sherlock we see falling and the Sherlock we see on the ground are the same.
Hint: we never see him land. (We see him fall, and we see him bouncing on the ground, but not all in one take.)
Make what you will from it.
aureusyarara 1 month ago
@aureusyarara
True, but where could he have gone O.o? If he was to jump into the truck he would have leapt a considerable distance away from the building! Where else could he go though?
YerFaceMateZz 1 month ago
@YerFaceMateZz
I take it you've never watched Death Note, have you?
(Not that I'm saying he could have used the same trick, because he coudn't, he was falling to far to be caugh on a mattress and snuck inside through the window of the first floor.)
The truck could have been on the sidewalk. (Doubtful)
There also could have been an inflatable mattress that was quickly deflated and put IN the truck to be taken away, possibly with Sherlock also. (Hmmmm.)
Any ideas?
aureusyarara 1 month ago
@aureusyarara
Yeah maybe. But I feel we are both wrong. It would be something very simple I think.
YerFaceMateZz 1 month ago
This is so heartbreaking...(( But I can't really understand why there is a shadow of Sherlock in the window on 0:22 if he falls above that window... How is this possible? (Anyone as paranoic as me??)
Tatiellaify 1 month ago
Look, it's Bilbo Baggins!!
idksmyst 1 month ago
I've watched this so many times and when the body hits the ground it sounds to me like when you break or squeeze a plastic bottle...he lands on something....?
kateris1976 1 month ago
There is simple and elegant answer how did he survived. But we don't see it and we look like idiots. I love Show for this.
MultiPAVEL86 1 month ago
HOW CAN HE POSSIABLY SURVIVED! Ok now that thats out the way obviously glad he did but I never really noticed the angles it was shot from first time round and they made it pretty clear he fell and there was no where to make a quick escape. Now I shall just be driven mad with curiously all year thank christ I'm not a cat
MCaRmy2006 1 month ago
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illogicalpotatoe 1 month ago
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@MCaRmy2006 If you watch the whole scene, you see that at where Sherlock jumps there is also a rubbish truck parked. And as Sherlock is falling, John is knocked over by the cyclist, probably dazing him. This could've been used as a distraction to dump another body while Sherlock landed in the truck? And as John's vision would have been blurred from knocking his head on the ground, he wouldnt have been able to see the body's face clearly? Just a theory!
illogicalpotatoe 1 month ago
then maybe I have not watched the whole episode
the last scene I saw him falling and remaining lands :)
RenamonIntergirl87 1 month ago
@RenamonIntergirl87
"The Final Problem" was a very straightforward entry in the original Holmes canon. it was basically just a chase scene, short, sweet, and to the point. It gives much room for interpretation and the makers of this show did a fantastic job in capturing the intensity of the feud, the intelligence of Moriarty, the craftiness of Sherlock, and the relationship between the two. If you haven't seen this full episode then gtfo with ignorant comments kthxbye
Jdunnuck2 1 month ago
never committed suicide and never Moriarty was shot in the head
RenamonIntergirl87 1 month ago
@RenamonIntergirl87 In the original story Moriarty died and Sherlock faked his own death by falling.
In the show Moriarty died and Sherlock faked his own death by falling.
I don't see how they ruined it :P
JamieHowitt 1 month ago 62
@JamieHowitt Actually, in the books Sherlock never fell - that's just what Watson thought happened. In The Empty House, Holmes reveals only Moriarty ever fell into the Reichenbach Falls, while he managed to escape.
Not that I'm saying they ruined it - they didn't! I loved this episode/ending! :)
CaptainAndyman 1 month ago