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Having posted before about how awesome "Elementary" is and how the writers have excelled at writing strong female characters, I feel like I should really say something about series 3 of "Sherlock". Because this is where the writers, Moffat and Gatiss, learn how to do it too. The first episode of series 3 was weak for all the reasons ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
glvalentine described in her writeup for the A.V. Club. The one thing I did like about "The Empty Hearse" (ep 1) is that when Mary Morstan, John Watson's fiancee, meets Sherlock, she does not have the reaction of Mary in the Downey Jr. movies. She *likes* him. And she sees Sherlock as being good for Watson, aside from the pretending to be dead part. I am so tired of the wife-as-wet-blanket dynamic.
So anyway, episode 1, not so great. But then in episode 2, "The Sign of Three," we get some great payoff. The Man and I were flinching through most of it and actually started covering our eyes during a particularly embarrassing moment, but by the end, Sherlock finally makes up for the crap he put Watson through. And we get a great throw-away line from Mary: "Sherlock, I'm not John. I can tell when you're lying." And she continues to support Sherlock and Watson's relationship.
I want to avoid saying much about episode 3, "His Last Vow," so I don't spoil it for those who haven't seen it. But wow, is Mary a powerful character. I like to imagine that the British writer, Moffat and Gatiss, have been hearing about the other Sherlock series, and thinking about how they can one-up the Yanks. "His Last Vow" was my favorite episode of the BBC show so far. Well done, Moffat and Gatiss.
glvalentine described in her writeup for the A.V. Club. The one thing I did like about "The Empty Hearse" (ep 1) is that when Mary Morstan, John Watson's fiancee, meets Sherlock, she does not have the reaction of Mary in the Downey Jr. movies. She *likes* him. And she sees Sherlock as being good for Watson, aside from the pretending to be dead part. I am so tired of the wife-as-wet-blanket dynamic.So anyway, episode 1, not so great. But then in episode 2, "The Sign of Three," we get some great payoff. The Man and I were flinching through most of it and actually started covering our eyes during a particularly embarrassing moment, but by the end, Sherlock finally makes up for the crap he put Watson through. And we get a great throw-away line from Mary: "Sherlock, I'm not John. I can tell when you're lying." And she continues to support Sherlock and Watson's relationship.
I want to avoid saying much about episode 3, "His Last Vow," so I don't spoil it for those who haven't seen it. But wow, is Mary a powerful character. I like to imagine that the British writer, Moffat and Gatiss, have been hearing about the other Sherlock series, and thinking about how they can one-up the Yanks. "His Last Vow" was my favorite episode of the BBC show so far. Well done, Moffat and Gatiss.
