The wait was long, very long. Expectations were high, we all knew that Sherlock didn't die, but for us - the audience, unlike John, the question was how, and not why . And the episode offered just that - the various plausible explanations of the fake death - the Reichenbach fall. The expose of the imminent terrorist attack on London, that goes on parallely , was slow, and substandard when compared to benchmarks set by Sherlock in the earlier episodes. Every bomb has an on and off switch!Come on, it could have been better! A few good moments in this relatively empty episode - the game between the Holmes brothers(Mycroft was simply amazing); Mr. Watson was definitely not joking and more humane in his reflexes on seeing his buddy ,Sherlock, alive, and Benedict's Cumberbatch's parents themselves playing Sherlock's parents. However, the loose ends rather the open ends that keep us anxious and wanting for more: now that Moriarty is dead, why did Sherlock escape, and from whom? And surprising it was that Mycroft despite knowing that Sherlock was alive didn't know where he went and why! Why John is made the target during the ritualistic burning of the wicker man? Perhaps these are the things to watch out for in the coming episodes, apart from the hopefully hilarious speech that Sherlock will be giving as the Best Man!
Review of The Empty Hearse
