Do you remember, Holmes asked Watson to look straight at him and nowhere else. And Holmes does not jump, he falls. I'm not sure about the paramedic crew, where do they took him, that's really interesting. And finally the corpse have long wavy hair, because when they turned Holmses body, we can see that the hair of ''Holmes'' much longer, than they really are. That the things I have noticed. And I'm pretty sure that Molly helped him to make fake body, just like Irene did.
Do you think Sherlock might've had Moriarty pushed off or brought down by the accomplice too? He'd been shot previously so that explains the blood and he is an extra body... Maybe I forgot something about the episode if that doesn't make sense to you.
hahawell yes, most of my friends thinks the same way....the lorry and stuff..but the only thing that we cannot agree on is the dead body...I mean it would be so easy if Molly was able to 'change' a body into sth that looked so much as Sherlock [even with Mycroft's help] but then if M was the one who helped in some super-druper knowledge from his employees that would be just...well...not so mysterious anymore I suppose:D well but it is only me being a bit over-sensitive on that particular matter♥
But, Moriarty says that "his people" need to see Sherlock jump, implying that they were at different angles or views to see Sherlock fall to his death. They would have seen him land on the truck and thus know that he was alive. However, in the program we see a sniper take his sights off Watson as it is confirmed that sherlock is dead. This idea works only if the people like Watson were viewing the death around the same place as Watson.
And where did they get another set of sherlock's clothes to put on the body? No time to switch clothes with the corpse in this scenario. To me, it seems more plausible that Sherlock does land on the truck, but then rolls on to the pavement, puts some blood on his face and pretends being dead. His pulse could be surpressed using the small rubber ball we see him having earlier in the episode, and anyway John only checks the pulse very briefly.
Thank you for taking the time to explain because I have been wondering about this for ages and coming up blank. You are super smart... like Sherlock! :)
There are three things that bother me- Why did he react so surprised and upset when Moriarty shot himself? That was very uncharacteristic of him, plus, he is ahead of M most of the way, and in the end,his "suicide" goes off without a hitch, so what was the problem? Second,in the shots while SH is talking to W, the background changes from spires to a round dome. Different camera angle, possibly. Third, SH asking for a moment alone at the edge. Odd.
And I think, producers don't even think about how Sh faked death. They are waiting. Fans create more and more versions. So they will choose the goos one later)
That. Sounds. BRILLIANT!!!! I cried so hard at the death when I watched it last night, that I didn't take notice of anything.
As you said, John could've been drugged. What if it was that fog stuff from the last episode? Making you see what you think you're going to see? That would explain why we all saw Sherlock's body. I did happen to notice Sherlock's body fall quite a far way from the building, so landing in the truck is more of a possibility. You are amazing to point all these things out!!
What if I say James Moriarty isn't dead but Richard Brooks is? Yeah that's how Moriarty faked his death, by faking his identity, all along. And Sherlock deduced this and that's why he asked John to tell everyone he was a fake, so that he could go after the real Moriarty. Not his stupid left-over goons.
The actor who played Jim Moriarty in the earlier seasons isn't returning? Now we all know why.
Wouldn't work. You're forgetting that John wasn't the only one Sherlock needed to fool - the assassin needed to see Sherlock fall. He was on a roof and would have seen the switch.
Absolutely genius, except for a rather minor detail:
When John finds the body, it is bleeding from the ear and forehead and blood is spattered over a large part of the pavement.
Dead bodies do not bleed when they're not fresh, though, and the body Molly's aquired may not be older than two hours or so. It must also have fallen from a higher spot than a bench, since the blood is spread widely over the pavement.
You are all forgetting a really REALLY important clue - the rubber ball that Sherlock is bouncing in the lab. Never seen him do that before, and it was shown twice. If you press a rubber ball in your armpit you can stop the pulse in that arm temporarily. I agree with most of this - but I think it was Sherlock on the ground, and all of the passers-by were Irregulars (the homeless network) who'd been told to try and keep John away...which they did.
@Ellie8969 Fair point, I agree with you about the homeless network, to make the audience below look natural and yet still have them in on the act. But the ball thing seem a bit too obvious, I mean they clearly focused on it; maybe to draw attention away from what he was really going to plan. Plus there was an article about it ages ago, and the producers still said everyone was missing the big trick :)))
@Gleek312 Yes...I am confused about what Moffat said. Apparently, Sherlock did something VERY out of character and we've all missed it. All I can think of is that he cried while talking to John and that he got something wrong (he didn't realise that Moriarty was lying about the codes) - both of which would be out of character, but can't see how they tie in!
@Ellie8969 Hmmm, I'm not sure, I mean I can believe him crying to John because he was about to convince his best friend he was going to die and put him in tremendous pain or maybe it's because he was telling John to tell everyone he's a fake - therefore ruining his reputation and making him appear stupid? Yeaaah, the code thing is a possibilty! :) I can't wait to have it all explained though! XD
I think the real question is why Sherlock asked John to tell everyone he was a fake. Also, why did he say: "This phone call - it's my note. It's what people do, don't they? Leave a note."
Is there a secret message hidden in the phone call or did he want John to figure something out? >_<
@scribbleshere Yes, I wondered why he asked John, of all people, to tell everyone he was a fake; maybe to play up to Moriaty's story? Because I don't believe that Moriaty is really dead either; because I don't think that he would have thought that he'd beaten Sherlock that easily; although I do think he's both manic and nutty enough to shoot himself :S
I've heard another theory where no "second" body would necessarily be needed. We see Holmes playing with a small ball in another scene. It's an old magic trick that if you put a small ball under your arms then it stops the blood flow and you'll have no pulse. I think that's what happened there. Sherlock jumped on the truck with the garbage on and simply rolled over to the street. John couldn't feel his pulse because he already had the ball in his sleeve when he jumped.
Disagree. Tell you why: If there's a dead body, you have to wait 'till a judge lets you move it. They took Sherlock's body too far because he was alive! There were 3 1/2 floors, he could have survived
Me and my friend were watching the Reichenbach Fall again the other day and we also came up with the faked body/garbage truck solution! :) Yours is much more detailed, it seems to make the most sense out all the other theories I've heard anyway. :)
@kingbarneyoflondon I dunno man, but theres a difference between being able to fake jumping off a building (as complex as it may be) and shooting yourself in the head in front of someone. If he does come back, I'll be impressed as to how they explain it :/
@Spore6001 Easy...you can fill a water balloon with fake blood and make it so it lays flat on your shoulder blades or you can use a clear tube connected to a pump that depresses once you land on it (which costs more money and I'm sure Moriarty could afford the very best) As for the Gun.. he could have used blanks or even a custom made prop gun that makes the sound of a gun going off but doesn't actually fire bullets. There should have been a lot more brain splatter had he really shot himself.
Great stuff; I'd forgotten about the garages, and they way you point them out really makes a lot of sense. One question, though... what about all the blood and the warmth of the body? I can imagine fake blood, but a person who's been dead for mere minutes must still have some residual warmth, no? the paramedics should've noticed that....... (unless the paramedics were all part of the plan, in which case, forget everything I've just said ;) )
Wow wow i have to take everything back. I was for the truck theory but yeah, i completely forgot about the sniper. I wonder why this guy in the video didn't mention anything about him. So i really take it back. I'm sure the truck played a part somehow, but can't figure out what.
I wonder if it's even possible that he was drugged by a similar drug to the type found in the Hounds of Baskerville episode - thus, the suggestion that the body on the floor is Sherlock's tricks him into believing it is so. Great theory, thank you for sharing!
There's something that everyone is forgetting, and I haven't read all 396 comments, but I haven't heard anyone say this yet... There is already a prosthetic or something that looks exactly like Sherlock out there (probably that Moriarty made) because remember the girl that was kidnapped is terrified of Sherlock. Sherlock could have used that to fake his death.
@TheSherlockhound Hmm good point. But how would Sherlock go about getting that off of Moriaty? Because if he did, they would know he was going to fake his death and the people that he loved would have still been shot. I think it was more likely that he had Molly make him a prostetic; and how do we know that Moriaty used a prosthetic into tricking the girl that it was Sherlock that kidnapped him? They could've been wearing masks and said their name was Sherlock Holmes. :)
@Gleek312 The only explanation is that Molly or Mycroft somehow got it off Moriarty because they are the only two that weren't being followed by hitmen, which I still think is possible. However, others have since suggested that perhaps Moriarty used video survellience footage of Sherlock to scare the kidnapped girl, which I think is also very possible (and renders my theory useless).
This can't be the full explanation, as there is a split second of footage of Holmes hitting the ground on the sidewalk, not on the truck. Also, the truck is too far away from the building for him to jump to. Remember, he didn't jump outwards, but dived straight down the side of the building. More curious is the death of Moriarty.
@dafangjia True, but what we see hitting the ground can still be just the body but not Sherlock himself. It's a fact Sherlock didn't die so it makes sense to believe that what we, the audience, see hitting the ground is the fake body. Watson didn't even see that. As for the truck, i say it makes sense to believe he landed there. It looked kinda far the moment we see it in the scene, but we don't see exactly where the truck is the moment Sherlock supposedly lands wherever he landed.
the sniper needs to watch Sherlock die. so what if sherlock made watson kept his distance, its just a gimmick by moffat to fool us all! stop thinking its a conspiracy, the trashbags, S.I.S and all. THE SNIPER WOULD HAVE SEEN IT ALL -.- he has a clear view, he aimed at watson when he was in devastation remember? the exact spot where sherlock supposedly died.
there has gotta be smth way smarter, not conspiracy theories!
Looking back at the Irene Adler death she also faked her own death but then sherlock saved her. She owed him so she told him how she did it. he needed a dead body so molly cam in handy there. in the book that Irene was in the whole street was in it so the people on the ground could use a net to catch sherlock, replace the body with the other and there sherlock survives and he dropped the phone at the top of the building because he recorded Moriarty so that everyone knows he lied
Looking back at the Irene Adler death she also faked her own death but then sherlock saved her. She owed him so she told him how she did it. he needed a dead body so molly cam in handy there. in the book that Irene was in the whole street was in it so the people on the ground could use a net to catch sherlock, replace the body with the other and there sherlock survives and he dropped the phone at the top of the building because he recorded Moriarty so that everyone knows he lied
@Urielese The sniper would see that it was a dead body and kill Watson. Plus, even if he didn't see the body fall, Watson would, and his reaction of knowing that Sherlock is alive would make the sniper shoot him anyway.
I still reckon that it was actually Sherlock's body. I just think he took something (a drug) that made him seem dead. They did a similar thing on 24 (end of season 4) if my memory serves me correctly
I dont think he did fall on the plastic bag lorry, because if u look closely, sherlock is wearing a purple shirt, but whoever is falling is wearing a white shirt
A possible extension to this theory. The body was using the mask of Sherlocks face that one of Moriaty's men was using when they kidnapped the children. This is why she screamed at the sight of him in the police station.
This is a pretty good theory, but it doesn't account for the fact that Moriarty had people watching Sherlock to ensure that he jumped. Doing a body switch would fool John, who had an obstructed view and was disoriented, but not one of Moriarty's people who probably had a much better view.
Sherlock let himself fall, he never jumped, the building is only 20 m high, he would never ever get into the truck. That was my theory at first sight as well but my 8 y.o. daughter pointed out immediately that the distance to the truck is too big for a falling (not jumping) body to reach. As well, we definitely saw the body fall from above, not being rolled by anybody from the bench to the spot.... And it's hardly possible to fake a fresh dead body so similar looking to Sherlock in 1 night...
I think this is all well and good bar the body switching. The squash ball that he had was a rather obvious point. Intentionally left as a clue to look at, the squash ball could have been used to mask his pulse, and if John was concussed (or even drugged) it isn't a stretch to say he would have though him dead if Sherlock could lay still. I think that a fake body would be a little bit far-fetched when he could play dead with the evidence, and Molly could pronounce him dead in the morgue.
just want to say that for me this theory is perfect exept one thing, john tries to feel the pulse of a dead body who isn't Sherlock, he can't feel any pulse, this man is dead. john is really shocked or maybe on sedatives but isn't it strange about the temperature of the body? if it was sherlock who just killed himself, his body would still be hot, but for a man who died let's the day before, his body would be cold, and john would notice,wouldn't he?
I don't think he jumped onto the truck, though. He didn't jump as much as he fell, he didn't push off from the building at all, and even if he had, it would be pretty hard, if not impossible, to make it that far. I do think it's possible that the bags in the truck were filled with poly foam and placed on the sidewalk for him to land on, then tossed into the back of the truck after he landed. It would be easier to fit with him falling and prevent the sniper from seeing the landing at the same tim
You make many good points, but that wasn't a dead body, Sherlock's or otherwise. The medical professionals must have had a reason to think that he was still alive, otherwise, they wouldn't have moved him. No one could make a mask that fast, but I could imagine Moriarty having one made before that he used to make the girl afraid of Sherlock, that Sherlock somehow got hold of. I also believe rhododenrun ponticum had something to do with John not finding a pulse.
The dead body 'they' used would have to be warm to the touch. I suppose they could've lined the clothing with sodium-acetate heat pads to raise the temperature.
I agree with your theory my friend. I fyou look at the bodys fingernails they are flat but are neatly cut. There is still some dead nail at the ends howver. This is in conflict with the nails of sherlock holmes as you can observe in other episodes. Also the way he landed is odd. He fell dead straight but landed sideways with the wound of the right side of his head! All this and the fact that the building was in the way leads one to believe that a swap body was rushed into position!
I think that the camera man throw the double of sherlock from the roof, who really diead, and then Benedict Cumberbatch went to hide out somewhere LOL!
@CoolCartoonsGuy Oh, that´s a great news! But the waiting for it will be very, very long! Such a torture!!! :-) Especially for us, who don´t live in the UK.
The first time I watched it, I thought there was a lower roof below Sherlock (NOT the "garages") in several shots, and he landed there instead of on the street. Then there was the fake body being hidden there (against building) in case Moriarty looked over. Sherlock would then jump to the lower roof, and his crew would dump the body over at the same time, faking his fatal jump. I do agree that anyone milling about below was part of Sherlock's "staging crew" and helping him pull the stunt off.
@brainlock72 As for John, I think he was intentionally hit by the cyclist and was meant to be disoriented by being knocked to the pavement. His possibly being drugged by HOUND is an added bonus, as it would increase his fear/paranoia about the events and he would not be able to recall what happened clearly, afterward.
@brainlock72 Everyone misses the fact that HOUND is a vapor, yet there was no vapor seen around the bike nor was Watson still in the area for long enough to be really exposed to it. Although I think it would be great to use HOUND, it's more of a fog or enclosed area thing.
Except that we SEE Sherlock land. He HITS the ground. I doubt he could have landed on the truck because then there would have been two thumps, one when he landed in the truck and one when the fake body was dumped on the ground. The time between the fall and the landing doesn't correspond to a landing in the truck either.
i dont know how he survived the fall but as the biker hits john (who i believe could be a part of the homeless network) sherlocks body dissapears completely
Very interesting. My theory was that Sherlock somehow drugged Watson with the H.O.U.N.D experiment. That would enable Watson to see only what he feared to see. However, I couldn't figure out what happened to Sherlock after he actually jumped, or what the body was. After watching this, your theory seems more plausible.
Look at the chalked out area next to where the bus pulls up. Sherlocks people get out and put a cushioning in th area. Sherlock jumped and landed on it. Maybe a few broken bones, no big deal. He couldnt have jumped onto the truck without a run up.
@wavesmag I thought that aswell, he's not stupid enough to kill himself that quickly. But he's clever enough to make Sherlock thinks he's done it; even though Sherlock's still the most clever one out of the 2 :)
i thought about too at first but that sidewalk is wide i think.. i know he is a brave and genius one,but he could have missed it-most likely, if the truck wasnt on the sidewalk. he jumps in a straight angle he doesnt push himself much, no running before jump or something. and the bags on the truck doesnt seem safe, they arent enough. .i dont think thats the place he landed but i think the truck was an another part of the plan
Is anyone else confused on how the children confused Sherlock with their kidnapper?! If a body double was found and used than how come the shooter didn't notice the switch? He could still see Watson when he stood next to the body!
There's also this trick to stop your pulse. You take a small rubber ball and hold it in your arm pit for a while, and then you lose that pulse in that arm until the blood flow picks up again. It's actually kinda freaky.
Earlier in the episode, we see Sherlock bouncing a small rubber ball against the cabinets in the lab
Why was it so important to fool Watson, making him believe that Sherlock died? I understand why the sniper had to be tricked, but why Watson? Why couldn't he be a part of scam as well as Molly or the mysterious people in the street?
Following on from my earlier 'alternative' theory that the object on the bench is a firemans' safety net - to be held open by the ground crew - then the truck no longer becomes the safe landing area, but a physical barrier to block the sniper's view. Also there have been some comments on the web about a 'chalked-out' area on the ground. On Streetview however it is apparent that these are in fact cobble-stones held together with white cement and are unlikely to be relevant to the events.
my theory: sherlock jumps, lands softly & safely and then puts himself on the ground, fake blood and all that, slows down his pulse either with some kind of bandage around the arm or maybe some kind of drug, the med's haul him away and then molly confirms his death and takes care of his "body". the end.
ok ok, it kind of makes sense. but there are one, maybe two things that don't add up. 1. even if molly were to build a prosthetic - i'm sure she wouldn't be able to prepare such an accurate prosthetic of sherlock's face in the matter of minutes (between the moment when sherlock asked for her help and the grand finale). 2. and more importantly: the hand watson is holding to take the pulse is without any doubt sherlock's. so the body is not any body but sherlock himself.
@IcarusAnderson He was able to stop his pulse by using the ball he was playing with before he went to the rooftop. You can put it under your armpit and your pulse will "stop". A nurse friend told me this.
Watson was drugged by cyclist with the drug on the fog that appears on "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" that makes that Jhon see what he want to see,Sherlock's death,and that's explains why "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" was an episode before "The Final Problem"
This is all so fascinating :) Every theory I had has really all ready been discussed...Somehow I didn't think about prosthetic though and wondered how they got an EXACT body double. I do agree there's a lot that's problematic with the body being pre-dead, but then Watson was confused and maybe the medical team was semi in on it? So much confusing. I'm ready for this all to be explained for real :)
Marvellous! Except for just one tiny little thing - Sherlock's body seems to be falling from a bit up, judging by the clip at 1:21:20 (when we get to see him hitting the ground). And - it seems to me that he's falling from straight up, in a straight angle, rather than from the side (which would have been the case had he been pushed off/thrown from the bench).
This would lead us to the conclusion that Molly threw the dead body out from a window of Barts, upon seeing Sherlock fall.
i think the body was really him. faking the pulse wouldn't really be a problem because john didn't get a good grip on sherlock's wrist, he was in shock aand the paramedics kept trying to pull him away the whole time.
also i'm sure john would realize being injected with sth by the biker and there is no way sherlock could predict how john was going to fall and whether it would cause him a concussion or not. so the biker must have been a distraction. but then why did john need to be distracted...?
@mariah20rox Plus during his and John's phone call you hear him say "It's all just a magic trick". He may have been refering to this tick, no tryingto convince John about him being a fake.
@mariah20rox he probably could have i'm just saying in all the commotion i don't think he had to. I keep remebering our first aid teacher who said pulse is unreliable if you're worked up, which john even though he's a doctor definitely was. He didn't have enough time to concentrate and to take it properly is what i think. AH i wan't season 3... now!
This does make a lot of sense because we never saw Sherlock land and when he appears at the end of the ep he isn't injured at all....conclusion he never actually hit the ground.
@hk1998dx I believe Morarty i still alive it'snot that hard to fake shoot yourself in the mouth. Ge tsome blan bullets and some speciel effect blood (likebood vesels that will pop when
@mariah20rox *Get *Like Blood *it's not. that wil pop when hit against somtig hard or a tube thing with fake blood) or somethig like hat. Mainely becaue you didn't even see hisdad bod at th end.
@cadankid Not necessarily, since there was a truck parked there at the time that could have obstructed his view. It's probably just a continuity error, but the truck is there in one shot, then gone the next, then you see it leaving in the overhead shot. Not really important, just mentioning it.
You mentioned that the "audience" members were being employed by Holmes to help plant the body and all that. You also mentioned that the impact Watson had with the cyclist was deliberate, in order to disorient him in some way. In this same vein, I think it is important to note that the supposed passersby held back and pushed back Watson when he got near the body, as if to not allow him a close inspection. Suspicious behavior indeed.
Do you remember, Holmes asked Watson to look straight at him and nowhere else. And Holmes does not jump, he falls. I'm not sure about the paramedic crew, where do they took him, that's really interesting. And finally the corpse have long wavy hair, because when they turned Holmses body, we can see that the hair of ''Holmes'' much longer, than they really are. That the things I have noticed. And I'm pretty sure that Molly helped him to make fake body, just like Irene did.
DeeLil911 4 hours ago
A very sound theory. Good job
MrAmritasya 8 hours ago
This /does/ all make sense... Hmm.... I wish we could just see season three and check already...
avaz400 18 hours ago
Sherlock Holmes would have been proud of you for your astound deductive reasoning.
JustinMacauley 18 hours ago
i mean that mrs. hudson helped him, lol... i'm sure she wasn't the caller lol
BlackRose2354 19 hours ago
not microft, it's the mrs. hudson. i'm so fucking sure it's mrs. hudson.
microft wouldn't life a finger for sherlock... and if so, then he's got a heart to burn too (you better take note of that moriarty)
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But your theory seems a lot more likely and much more thought out.
TimothyMably 1 day ago
But your theory seems a lot more likely and much more thought out.
TimothyMably 1 day ago
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Do you think Sherlock might've had Moriarty pushed off or brought down by the accomplice too? He'd been shot previously so that explains the blood and he is an extra body... Maybe I forgot something about the episode if that doesn't make sense to you.
TimothyMably 1 day ago
hahawell yes, most of my friends thinks the same way....the lorry and stuff..but the only thing that we cannot agree on is the dead body...I mean it would be so easy if Molly was able to 'change' a body into sth that looked so much as Sherlock [even with Mycroft's help] but then if M was the one who helped in some super-druper knowledge from his employees that would be just...well...not so mysterious anymore I suppose:D well but it is only me being a bit over-sensitive on that particular matter♥
TheOldSpinster 2 days ago
But, Moriarty says that "his people" need to see Sherlock jump, implying that they were at different angles or views to see Sherlock fall to his death. They would have seen him land on the truck and thus know that he was alive. However, in the program we see a sniper take his sights off Watson as it is confirmed that sherlock is dead. This idea works only if the people like Watson were viewing the death around the same place as Watson.
CustomKid1990 2 days ago
And where did they get another set of sherlock's clothes to put on the body? No time to switch clothes with the corpse in this scenario. To me, it seems more plausible that Sherlock does land on the truck, but then rolls on to the pavement, puts some blood on his face and pretends being dead. His pulse could be surpressed using the small rubber ball we see him having earlier in the episode, and anyway John only checks the pulse very briefly.
mabuse1976 2 days ago
You, Sir, are a genius.
CatxXxBlack 2 days ago
There is no key doofus...!
SLBLACKLIFE 2 days ago
I wonder if its possible for Moriarty to have faked his own death too o.o
thedeathskittle 2 days ago 14
Thank you for taking the time to explain because I have been wondering about this for ages and coming up blank. You are super smart... like Sherlock! :)
crisscross1985 2 days ago
There are three things that bother me- Why did he react so surprised and upset when Moriarty shot himself? That was very uncharacteristic of him, plus, he is ahead of M most of the way, and in the end,his "suicide" goes off without a hitch, so what was the problem? Second,in the shots while SH is talking to W, the background changes from spires to a round dome. Different camera angle, possibly. Third, SH asking for a moment alone at the edge. Odd.
TheCeramicGoddess 2 days ago
And I think, producers don't even think about how Sh faked death. They are waiting. Fans create more and more versions. So they will choose the goos one later)
Vuivr 2 days ago
That. Sounds. BRILLIANT!!!! I cried so hard at the death when I watched it last night, that I didn't take notice of anything.
As you said, John could've been drugged. What if it was that fog stuff from the last episode? Making you see what you think you're going to see? That would explain why we all saw Sherlock's body. I did happen to notice Sherlock's body fall quite a far way from the building, so landing in the truck is more of a possibility. You are amazing to point all these things out!!
1gallifrey1 2 days ago
Amazing! Very Clever!! You genius, you!!
kellykuk 2 days ago
I need Moriarty to be alive to!
ebbatalulah 2 days ago
OK, but Moriarty is probably still alive as well, so how would he have faked his death?
PedophileOstrich 2 days ago
Oh man I hope you are right , and it sounds about right. Can't wait till series 3 , and it has been picked up .
bedillman 2 days ago
What if I say James Moriarty isn't dead but Richard Brooks is? Yeah that's how Moriarty faked his death, by faking his identity, all along. And Sherlock deduced this and that's why he asked John to tell everyone he was a fake, so that he could go after the real Moriarty. Not his stupid left-over goons.
The actor who played Jim Moriarty in the earlier seasons isn't returning? Now we all know why.
virajvoditel 2 days ago 3
A.M.A.Z.I.N.G
chaz2041 2 days ago
Wouldn't work. You're forgetting that John wasn't the only one Sherlock needed to fool - the assassin needed to see Sherlock fall. He was on a roof and would have seen the switch.
goodfellow2424 3 days ago
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Absolutely genius, except for a rather minor detail:
When John finds the body, it is bleeding from the ear and forehead and blood is spattered over a large part of the pavement.
Dead bodies do not bleed when they're not fresh, though, and the body Molly's aquired may not be older than two hours or so. It must also have fallen from a higher spot than a bench, since the blood is spread widely over the pavement.
Other than that, your theory is flawless.
13mungoman13 3 days ago
You are all forgetting a really REALLY important clue - the rubber ball that Sherlock is bouncing in the lab. Never seen him do that before, and it was shown twice. If you press a rubber ball in your armpit you can stop the pulse in that arm temporarily. I agree with most of this - but I think it was Sherlock on the ground, and all of the passers-by were Irregulars (the homeless network) who'd been told to try and keep John away...which they did.
Ellie8969 3 days ago 2
@Ellie8969 Fair point, I agree with you about the homeless network, to make the audience below look natural and yet still have them in on the act. But the ball thing seem a bit too obvious, I mean they clearly focused on it; maybe to draw attention away from what he was really going to plan. Plus there was an article about it ages ago, and the producers still said everyone was missing the big trick :)))
Gleek312 3 days ago
@Gleek312 Yes...I am confused about what Moffat said. Apparently, Sherlock did something VERY out of character and we've all missed it. All I can think of is that he cried while talking to John and that he got something wrong (he didn't realise that Moriarty was lying about the codes) - both of which would be out of character, but can't see how they tie in!
Ellie8969 3 days ago
@Ellie8969 Hmmm, I'm not sure, I mean I can believe him crying to John because he was about to convince his best friend he was going to die and put him in tremendous pain or maybe it's because he was telling John to tell everyone he's a fake - therefore ruining his reputation and making him appear stupid? Yeaaah, the code thing is a possibilty! :) I can't wait to have it all explained though! XD
Gleek312 2 days ago
This man, both in appearance and in deductive skills, seems to be related to the actual Sherlock Holmes. It all makes perfect sense. Well done!
Participativa1 3 days ago 2
Was this the end? 3rd season's not coming?
uyan93 3 days ago
@uyan93 third season will come.
Rocksolid88 3 days ago
@uyan93 Season 3 was commissoned at the same time as season 2. The Beeb know when they're on to a winner!
Ellie8969 3 days ago
@uyan93 Oh no, there's defintely going to be a third season! :)))
Gleek312 3 days ago
I don't know why but when you pulled that marker out and started drawing the events I was in tears of laughter, you really thought about this a lot!
seancoco 3 days ago
I'm liking this theory. My mam and I thought of the bin truck but we couldn't figure out the next part =P x
Emmie3303 3 days ago
I think the real question is why Sherlock asked John to tell everyone he was a fake. Also, why did he say: "This phone call - it's my note. It's what people do, don't they? Leave a note."
Is there a secret message hidden in the phone call or did he want John to figure something out? >_<
scribbleshere 3 days ago
@scribbleshere In the book, he wanted everyone to know he was dead because then he can safely track down his enemies with out them knowing.
WhoTookMyPen 3 days ago
@scribbleshere He meant a suicide note
KisameFishieman 3 days ago
@scribbleshere Yes, I wondered why he asked John, of all people, to tell everyone he was a fake; maybe to play up to Moriaty's story? Because I don't believe that Moriaty is really dead either; because I don't think that he would have thought that he'd beaten Sherlock that easily; although I do think he's both manic and nutty enough to shoot himself :S
Gleek312 3 days ago
Loved this explanation.
I've heard another theory where no "second" body would necessarily be needed. We see Holmes playing with a small ball in another scene. It's an old magic trick that if you put a small ball under your arms then it stops the blood flow and you'll have no pulse. I think that's what happened there. Sherlock jumped on the truck with the garbage on and simply rolled over to the street. John couldn't feel his pulse because he already had the ball in his sleeve when he jumped.
Nyah86Production 3 days ago
@Nyah86Production But what about the blood that covered his face? Surely if he jumped safely down himself there would be no blood? :)
Gleek312 3 days ago
@Gleek312 Oh, I think the blood was poured on him by an Irregular. Knocking John over would have bought them time to do that.
Ellie8969 3 days ago
@Ellie8969 Yeaaah that would work :)
Gleek312 2 days ago
AHHHHH! My mind has been blown @_@
wintersfire 3 days ago
i figured it was something like that. i thought it was rather suspicious that he cared a bit too much about where watson was standing.
13thVulture 3 days ago
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I always thought that cyclist was weird....
benzlover55 3 days ago
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Disagree. Tell you why: If there's a dead body, you have to wait 'till a judge lets you move it. They took Sherlock's body too far because he was alive! There were 3 1/2 floors, he could have survived
NellieLovet 3 days ago
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@NellieLovet Indeed, he survived. The change was made INSIDE the hospital, not out.
NellieLovet 3 days ago
I CLAPPED IRL
PeppermintNachos 3 days ago
Me and my friend were watching the Reichenbach Fall again the other day and we also came up with the faked body/garbage truck solution! :) Yours is much more detailed, it seems to make the most sense out all the other theories I've heard anyway. :)
maeubhXD 3 days ago
Great explanation! Probably the most accurate I've heard so far.
SvartElric9 3 days ago
there's no need to work out how faked his death because we already know he did. The real is did Moriarty faked his death ?
kingbarneyoflondon 4 days ago
@kingbarneyoflondon Pretty difficult to fake shooting yourself in the head i think. But i guess there is always hope.
Spore6001 4 days ago
@Spore6001 so who will be sherlock's rival in the new series ?
kingbarneyoflondon 4 days ago
@kingbarneyoflondon I dunno man, but theres a difference between being able to fake jumping off a building (as complex as it may be) and shooting yourself in the head in front of someone. If he does come back, I'll be impressed as to how they explain it :/
Spore6001 3 days ago
@Spore6001 Easy...you can fill a water balloon with fake blood and make it so it lays flat on your shoulder blades or you can use a clear tube connected to a pump that depresses once you land on it (which costs more money and I'm sure Moriarty could afford the very best) As for the Gun.. he could have used blanks or even a custom made prop gun that makes the sound of a gun going off but doesn't actually fire bullets. There should have been a lot more brain splatter had he really shot himself.
nazariosam 3 days ago
@nazariosam im sorry to sound like a douche. but the actor of moriarty said he is not planning on returning to sherlock.
he's dead, jim.
torchdexto 3 days ago
Great stuff; I'd forgotten about the garages, and they way you point them out really makes a lot of sense. One question, though... what about all the blood and the warmth of the body? I can imagine fake blood, but a person who's been dead for mere minutes must still have some residual warmth, no? the paramedics should've noticed that....... (unless the paramedics were all part of the plan, in which case, forget everything I've just said ;) )
Chasingxtheair 4 days ago
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Wow wow i have to take everything back. I was for the truck theory but yeah, i completely forgot about the sniper. I wonder why this guy in the video didn't mention anything about him. So i really take it back. I'm sure the truck played a part somehow, but can't figure out what.
mfletes 4 days ago
I wonder if it's even possible that he was drugged by a similar drug to the type found in the Hounds of Baskerville episode - thus, the suggestion that the body on the floor is Sherlock's tricks him into believing it is so. Great theory, thank you for sharing!
Sephirona 4 days ago
There's something that everyone is forgetting, and I haven't read all 396 comments, but I haven't heard anyone say this yet... There is already a prosthetic or something that looks exactly like Sherlock out there (probably that Moriarty made) because remember the girl that was kidnapped is terrified of Sherlock. Sherlock could have used that to fake his death.
TheSherlockhound 4 days ago 54
@TheSherlockhound you're right! That must be part of the explanation...
SvartElric9 3 days ago
@TheSherlockhound Hmm good point. But how would Sherlock go about getting that off of Moriaty? Because if he did, they would know he was going to fake his death and the people that he loved would have still been shot. I think it was more likely that he had Molly make him a prostetic; and how do we know that Moriaty used a prosthetic into tricking the girl that it was Sherlock that kidnapped him? They could've been wearing masks and said their name was Sherlock Holmes. :)
Gleek312 3 days ago
@Gleek312 The only explanation is that Molly or Mycroft somehow got it off Moriarty because they are the only two that weren't being followed by hitmen, which I still think is possible. However, others have since suggested that perhaps Moriarty used video survellience footage of Sherlock to scare the kidnapped girl, which I think is also very possible (and renders my theory useless).
TheSherlockhound 2 days ago
@TheSherlockhound Brilliant ! never thought of that. very clever.
knoxvillehill 2 days ago
@TheSherlockhound People haven't forgotten that. I doubt it's true though.
Lumastarr 2 days ago
This can't be the full explanation, as there is a split second of footage of Holmes hitting the ground on the sidewalk, not on the truck. Also, the truck is too far away from the building for him to jump to. Remember, he didn't jump outwards, but dived straight down the side of the building. More curious is the death of Moriarty.
dafangjia 4 days ago
@dafangjia True, but what we see hitting the ground can still be just the body but not Sherlock himself. It's a fact Sherlock didn't die so it makes sense to believe that what we, the audience, see hitting the ground is the fake body. Watson didn't even see that. As for the truck, i say it makes sense to believe he landed there. It looked kinda far the moment we see it in the scene, but we don't see exactly where the truck is the moment Sherlock supposedly lands wherever he landed.
mfletes 4 days ago
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the sniper needs to watch Sherlock die. so what if sherlock made watson kept his distance, its just a gimmick by moffat to fool us all! stop thinking its a conspiracy, the trashbags, S.I.S and all. THE SNIPER WOULD HAVE SEEN IT ALL -.- he has a clear view, he aimed at watson when he was in devastation remember? the exact spot where sherlock supposedly died.
there has gotta be smth way smarter, not conspiracy theories!
MRmctan 5 days ago
You are so wrong about this.
sarahwalters88 5 days ago
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okay ,my view...
Looking back at the Irene Adler death she also faked her own death but then sherlock saved her. She owed him so she told him how she did it. he needed a dead body so molly cam in handy there. in the book that Irene was in the whole street was in it so the people on the ground could use a net to catch sherlock, replace the body with the other and there sherlock survives and he dropped the phone at the top of the building because he recorded Moriarty so that everyone knows he lied
ihateharibos 5 days ago
okay ,my view...
Looking back at the Irene Adler death she also faked her own death but then sherlock saved her. She owed him so she told him how she did it. he needed a dead body so molly cam in handy there. in the book that Irene was in the whole street was in it so the people on the ground could use a net to catch sherlock, replace the body with the other and there sherlock survives and he dropped the phone at the top of the building because he recorded Moriarty so that everyone knows he lied
ihateharibos 5 days ago
I only hope they make another Sherlock series even if that may be kind of dumb. Still this series is awesome!
Shyguy825 5 days ago
@Shyguy825 They are going to continue with the series.
MysMultilanguagesFav 4 days ago
@MysMultilanguagesFav Good.
Shyguy825 4 days ago
STOP U IDIOT
MegaNakku 5 days ago
it does sound possible but I hope this is not how it happend all the fun of Sherlock explaining woude be dull then
silke16907 5 days ago
You, man, are. a. genius. I love you. Ps. my friend loves you too.
hazanabejardin 5 days ago 46
Interesting! I've another theory, but this is possible
Tatioski84 6 days ago
At that point Moriarty is already dead. Why not throwing directly the fake body from the roof?
Urielese 6 days ago
@Urielese The sniper would see that it was a dead body and kill Watson. Plus, even if he didn't see the body fall, Watson would, and his reaction of knowing that Sherlock is alive would make the sniper shoot him anyway.
MrGaruko 6 days ago
I don't think he landed on plastic bags, I think they are fabric laundry bags
notLola 6 days ago
I still reckon that it was actually Sherlock's body. I just think he took something (a drug) that made him seem dead. They did a similar thing on 24 (end of season 4) if my memory serves me correctly
TheKing2494 6 days ago
I agree with you completely. This ties in just about exactly with what I was trying to figure out as I watched it.
CorwynCelesil 6 days ago
Well, as attested by the 98% approval rating, I'd say this is a sound theory. Let's see what Moffat has to say in his script next year.
VobisPacem 6 days ago
I dont think he did fall on the plastic bag lorry, because if u look closely, sherlock is wearing a purple shirt, but whoever is falling is wearing a white shirt
tixyalice 1 week ago
@tixyalice and also, adding to this, whoever is falling cannot be moriaty as they are moving their arms, so are alive...
tixyalice 1 week ago
A possible extension to this theory. The body was using the mask of Sherlocks face that one of Moriaty's men was using when they kidnapped the children. This is why she screamed at the sight of him in the police station.
vx9357x5 1 week ago
This is a pretty good theory, but it doesn't account for the fact that Moriarty had people watching Sherlock to ensure that he jumped. Doing a body switch would fool John, who had an obstructed view and was disoriented, but not one of Moriarty's people who probably had a much better view.
SandNin 1 week ago
Sherlock let himself fall, he never jumped, the building is only 20 m high, he would never ever get into the truck. That was my theory at first sight as well but my 8 y.o. daughter pointed out immediately that the distance to the truck is too big for a falling (not jumping) body to reach. As well, we definitely saw the body fall from above, not being rolled by anybody from the bench to the spot.... And it's hardly possible to fake a fresh dead body so similar looking to Sherlock in 1 night...
sashasmith50 1 week ago
I think this is all well and good bar the body switching. The squash ball that he had was a rather obvious point. Intentionally left as a clue to look at, the squash ball could have been used to mask his pulse, and if John was concussed (or even drugged) it isn't a stretch to say he would have though him dead if Sherlock could lay still. I think that a fake body would be a little bit far-fetched when he could play dead with the evidence, and Molly could pronounce him dead in the morgue.
shmoolness 1 week ago
rhododenrun ponticum > its the key !!
RubinhoasRuby 1 week ago
just want to say that for me this theory is perfect exept one thing, john tries to feel the pulse of a dead body who isn't Sherlock, he can't feel any pulse, this man is dead. john is really shocked or maybe on sedatives but isn't it strange about the temperature of the body? if it was sherlock who just killed himself, his body would still be hot, but for a man who died let's the day before, his body would be cold, and john would notice,wouldn't he?
Liafujioka 1 week ago
Easy, Sherlock is a highlander
GeorgePennellMartin 1 week ago
Is it just me or does the daughter of the ambassador screaming when seeing Sherlock for the first time have something to do with his death?
vaughanpanthers14 1 week ago
I don't think he jumped onto the truck, though. He didn't jump as much as he fell, he didn't push off from the building at all, and even if he had, it would be pretty hard, if not impossible, to make it that far. I do think it's possible that the bags in the truck were filled with poly foam and placed on the sidewalk for him to land on, then tossed into the back of the truck after he landed. It would be easier to fit with him falling and prevent the sniper from seeing the landing at the same tim
fuhqtoo 1 week ago
You make many good points, but that wasn't a dead body, Sherlock's or otherwise. The medical professionals must have had a reason to think that he was still alive, otherwise, they wouldn't have moved him. No one could make a mask that fast, but I could imagine Moriarty having one made before that he used to make the girl afraid of Sherlock, that Sherlock somehow got hold of. I also believe rhododenrun ponticum had something to do with John not finding a pulse.
fuhqtoo 1 week ago
Great theory, except for the fact that we did see the body land....?? >.>
Fettyblue 1 week ago
The dead body 'they' used would have to be warm to the touch. I suppose they could've lined the clothing with sodium-acetate heat pads to raise the temperature.
jamieleng 1 week ago
I agree with your theory my friend. I fyou look at the bodys fingernails they are flat but are neatly cut. There is still some dead nail at the ends howver. This is in conflict with the nails of sherlock holmes as you can observe in other episodes. Also the way he landed is odd. He fell dead straight but landed sideways with the wound of the right side of his head! All this and the fact that the building was in the way leads one to believe that a swap body was rushed into position!
TheAlllseeeingFish 1 week ago
good but you o see him hit the floor
MrMCFC1993 1 week ago
@MrMCFC1993 No, you don't. :/
Oridrag91 3 days ago
I don't think there was a staging crew. Only one person. Otherwise too many witneses who could reveal the secret.
dacat 1 week ago
I think that the camera man throw the double of sherlock from the roof, who really diead, and then Benedict Cumberbatch went to hide out somewhere LOL!
(I am not a native speaking, sorry =P)
Great job, I think is a really good hypothesis!
dkccerbero 1 week ago
@dkccerbero *native speaker.... =P
dkccerbero 1 week ago
Interesting theory, thank you. I look forward to the 3rd series, in which, I hope, we will learn how it all has happened.
Kojcha 1 week ago
@Kojcha apparently they've already started filming the "resolution"
CoolCartoonsGuy 1 week ago
@CoolCartoonsGuy Oh, that´s a great news! But the waiting for it will be very, very long! Such a torture!!! :-) Especially for us, who don´t live in the UK.
Kojcha 1 week ago
The first time I watched it, I thought there was a lower roof below Sherlock (NOT the "garages") in several shots, and he landed there instead of on the street. Then there was the fake body being hidden there (against building) in case Moriarty looked over. Sherlock would then jump to the lower roof, and his crew would dump the body over at the same time, faking his fatal jump. I do agree that anyone milling about below was part of Sherlock's "staging crew" and helping him pull the stunt off.
brainlock72 1 week ago
@brainlock72 As for John, I think he was intentionally hit by the cyclist and was meant to be disoriented by being knocked to the pavement. His possibly being drugged by HOUND is an added bonus, as it would increase his fear/paranoia about the events and he would not be able to recall what happened clearly, afterward.
brainlock72 1 week ago
@brainlock72 Everyone misses the fact that HOUND is a vapor, yet there was no vapor seen around the bike nor was Watson still in the area for long enough to be really exposed to it. Although I think it would be great to use HOUND, it's more of a fog or enclosed area thing.
jsspoppy464 1 week ago
@jsspoppy464 Aerosol, like for asthma? biker could have sprayed it on John as they collided.
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CleoLamora 1 week ago
Except that we SEE Sherlock land. He HITS the ground. I doubt he could have landed on the truck because then there would have been two thumps, one when he landed in the truck and one when the fake body was dumped on the ground. The time between the fall and the landing doesn't correspond to a landing in the truck either.
CleoLamora 1 week ago
i dont know how he survived the fall but as the biker hits john (who i believe could be a part of the homeless network) sherlocks body dissapears completely
randomsambob 1 week ago
But surely if the body was faked why was there blood all over it.
HA DEAL WITH IT GIRLFRIEND.
jakeytaylor 1 week ago
Very interesting. My theory was that Sherlock somehow drugged Watson with the H.O.U.N.D experiment. That would enable Watson to see only what he feared to see. However, I couldn't figure out what happened to Sherlock after he actually jumped, or what the body was. After watching this, your theory seems more plausible.
PrOdIgAlTiMmEh 1 week ago
Thank you for making the pain more bearable. ;3;
shelbel1212 1 week ago
as logical and well planned this is...its just not...sherlock.
from watching the series,sherlock is a magician of his own
i beleive that what we see in this scene is made to make us beleive what we see.
BUT then moriarty appeared in my head.
''you always look for the most complicated answer''
HandHeldOnly 1 week ago 4
this is the most logical explenation I've heard. I really can imagine that THIS really happens.
Mangagirly1 1 week ago
Look at the chalked out area next to where the bus pulls up. Sherlocks people get out and put a cushioning in th area. Sherlock jumped and landed on it. Maybe a few broken bones, no big deal. He couldnt have jumped onto the truck without a run up.
Thenewzboyof2000 1 week ago
Moriarty isn't dead either, doesn't that just blow this shit out the window...
wavesmag 1 week ago
@wavesmag I thought that aswell, he's not stupid enough to kill himself that quickly. But he's clever enough to make Sherlock thinks he's done it; even though Sherlock's still the most clever one out of the 2 :)
Gleek312 2 days ago
Whats the name of the song that moryarty is listening to at the begining of the episode?!?!?
gatuno96 1 week ago
@gatuno96 Stayin' Alive by The Beegees.
CleoLamora 1 week ago
@CleoLamora hahaha not that one x) the one he is listening to when he is doing the hack thing by the jewels
gatuno96 1 week ago
i thought about too at first but that sidewalk is wide i think.. i know he is a brave and genius one,but he could have missed it-most likely, if the truck wasnt on the sidewalk. he jumps in a straight angle he doesnt push himself much, no running before jump or something. and the bags on the truck doesnt seem safe, they arent enough. .i dont think thats the place he landed but i think the truck was an another part of the plan
ecnali 1 week ago
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ecnali 1 week ago
Is anyone else confused on how the children confused Sherlock with their kidnapper?! If a body double was found and used than how come the shooter didn't notice the switch? He could still see Watson when he stood next to the body!
Kjleed13 1 week ago
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There's also this trick to stop your pulse. You take a small rubber ball and hold it in your arm pit for a while, and then you lose that pulse in that arm until the blood flow picks up again. It's actually kinda freaky.
Earlier in the episode, we see Sherlock bouncing a small rubber ball against the cabinets in the lab
tjacoolvidsdotcom2 1 week ago
Why was it so important to fool Watson, making him believe that Sherlock died? I understand why the sniper had to be tricked, but why Watson? Why couldn't he be a part of scam as well as Molly or the mysterious people in the street?
SolitaryHousehold 1 week ago
@cadankid But his eyes were trained on John the whole time, and was waiting for Moriaty's to call to shoot him.
sexyfriday11 1 week ago
1:28 "We know that the call that Watson got was a fake, so that means it's a fake call" :)
KimbobCraig 1 week ago
2 items
item one- why are there cars on parking labled AMBULANCE ONLY?
item two- what did Sherlock mean when he said in his text to M "PS i have something of yours you might want back?"
mrmemanme 1 week ago
Following on from my earlier 'alternative' theory that the object on the bench is a firemans' safety net - to be held open by the ground crew - then the truck no longer becomes the safe landing area, but a physical barrier to block the sniper's view. Also there have been some comments on the web about a 'chalked-out' area on the ground. On Streetview however it is apparent that these are in fact cobble-stones held together with white cement and are unlikely to be relevant to the events.
BeeonUtube 1 week ago 11
my theory: sherlock jumps, lands softly & safely and then puts himself on the ground, fake blood and all that, slows down his pulse either with some kind of bandage around the arm or maybe some kind of drug, the med's haul him away and then molly confirms his death and takes care of his "body". the end.
IcarusAnderson 1 week ago
ok ok, it kind of makes sense. but there are one, maybe two things that don't add up. 1. even if molly were to build a prosthetic - i'm sure she wouldn't be able to prepare such an accurate prosthetic of sherlock's face in the matter of minutes (between the moment when sherlock asked for her help and the grand finale). 2. and more importantly: the hand watson is holding to take the pulse is without any doubt sherlock's. so the body is not any body but sherlock himself.
IcarusAnderson 1 week ago
@IcarusAnderson He was able to stop his pulse by using the ball he was playing with before he went to the rooftop. You can put it under your armpit and your pulse will "stop". A nurse friend told me this.
nkkdlrsr 1 week ago
Brilliant!
Lightislord1 1 week ago
Watson was drugged by cyclist with the drug on the fog that appears on "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" that makes that Jhon see what he want to see,Sherlock's death,and that's explains why "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" was an episode before "The Final Problem"
LUXO2 1 week ago
I feel like I've been SPOILED for the grand reveal now, so sure am I that this is right. Brilliant :)
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LUXO2 1 week ago
This is all so fascinating :) Every theory I had has really all ready been discussed...Somehow I didn't think about prosthetic though and wondered how they got an EXACT body double. I do agree there's a lot that's problematic with the body being pre-dead, but then Watson was confused and maybe the medical team was semi in on it? So much confusing. I'm ready for this all to be explained for real :)
UnconventionalAqua 1 week ago
wouldn't a pre-dead body be stiff with rigor mortis? unless it were 3+ days old, but then it'd have a noticeable smell...
MinuteOrMinute 1 week ago
Marvellous! Except for just one tiny little thing - Sherlock's body seems to be falling from a bit up, judging by the clip at 1:21:20 (when we get to see him hitting the ground). And - it seems to me that he's falling from straight up, in a straight angle, rather than from the side (which would have been the case had he been pushed off/thrown from the bench).
This would lead us to the conclusion that Molly threw the dead body out from a window of Barts, upon seeing Sherlock fall.
Thoughts?
SanneVonBarku 1 week ago
i think the body was really him. faking the pulse wouldn't really be a problem because john didn't get a good grip on sherlock's wrist, he was in shock aand the paramedics kept trying to pull him away the whole time.
also i'm sure john would realize being injected with sth by the biker and there is no way sherlock could predict how john was going to fall and whether it would cause him a concussion or not. so the biker must have been a distraction. but then why did john need to be distracted...?
xkittybluex 1 week ago
@xkittybluex He could of easly of faked his pulse by putting the ruberball (you see him playing with early in the eisode) underhis armpit.
mariah20rox 6 days ago
@mariah20rox Plus during his and John's phone call you hear him say "It's all just a magic trick". He may have been refering to this tick, no tryingto convince John about him being a fake.
mariah20rox 6 days ago
@mariah20rox he probably could have i'm just saying in all the commotion i don't think he had to. I keep remebering our first aid teacher who said pulse is unreliable if you're worked up, which john even though he's a doctor definitely was. He didn't have enough time to concentrate and to take it properly is what i think. AH i wan't season 3... now!
xkittybluex 5 days ago
@xkittybluex Probily not, ayways Johndidn't have enough time to check Sherlocks pulse right. Oh, I can't wait till season 3! :)
mariah20rox 4 days ago
This does make a lot of sense because we never saw Sherlock land and when he appears at the end of the ep he isn't injured at all....conclusion he never actually hit the ground.
Good deduction! ^^
lijana 1 week ago
Brilliant theory, it all adds up
The903Doctor 1 week ago
And what about Moriarty? If Sherlock Holmes is alive and who died Mriarti will now be the enemy of Sherlock?
This would be the question we have to do.
hk1998dx 1 week ago
@hk1998dx I believe Morarty i still alive it'snot that hard to fake shoot yourself in the mouth. Ge tsome blan bullets and some speciel effect blood (likebood vesels that will pop when
mariah20rox 6 days ago
@mariah20rox *Get *Like Blood *it's not. that wil pop when hit against somtig hard or a tube thing with fake blood) or somethig like hat. Mainely becaue you didn't even see hisdad bod at th end.
mariah20rox 6 days ago
@mariah20rox * his dead body
mariah20rox 6 days ago
@mariah20rox a blank bullet at that range would still kill you
ImogenMarshflower 14 hours ago
The Real Sherlock explaining the fictional Sherlock's death! But this is more likely: t. co / zypugkbr
axellennox 1 week ago
What about the sniper? I think he had a direct view of where Sherlock jumped to his death. Surely he would of seen something suspicious?
cadankid 1 week ago 14
@cadankid Not necessarily, since there was a truck parked there at the time that could have obstructed his view. It's probably just a continuity error, but the truck is there in one shot, then gone the next, then you see it leaving in the overhead shot. Not really important, just mentioning it.
fuhqtoo 1 week ago
@fuhqtoo But he would of seen sherlock jump into the rubbish truck then ,no?
cadankid 1 week ago
Jim moriarty probubly already had a sherlock mask that he used to scare the children.
jisobelw 1 week ago
@jisobelw
which explains why the little girl screamed at him when he went in to interview her!
vocalist92 1 week ago
You mentioned that the "audience" members were being employed by Holmes to help plant the body and all that. You also mentioned that the impact Watson had with the cyclist was deliberate, in order to disorient him in some way. In this same vein, I think it is important to note that the supposed passersby held back and pushed back Watson when he got near the body, as if to not allow him a close inspection. Suspicious behavior indeed.
xyqxyq 1 week ago 3
The TARDIS took him
Adlerings 1 week ago 3