Overall, I really liked the Gothic portions of this episode, and overweight Mycroft was very entertaining. I expected this episode to be a one off, and I was disappointed to see that it wasn't. The direction was great, and the story was good, but the Mind-palace twist was unnecessary. The episode became hard to follow and messy. I really was enjoying the mystery, but all of it being in Sherlock's head seemed like a way to justify the episode being in the 1800s, which didn't need justifying. It ruined the great mystery we had that was hugely entertaining. The back and forth from the 1800s to modern Sherlock was disorienting. The Abominable Bride would have been much better as a standalone episode. I appreciate the Gothic portions, as they were a good kind of weird, but the ties into last season were unnecessary and unexpected (not in a good way). It was billed as a one-off, but it wasn't. Overall- 6/10
Review of The Abominable Bride
