Friday 18 October 2013

Re-watching 'A Study in Pink'

Statistically speaking, Sherlock may be the most watched TV series on earth. Seriously. Just start to imagine how often you can finish watching all Sherlock seasons in one year. And it's been three since 'A Study in Pink'. 

Watching an episode again and again and again has side effects. And I'm not only referring to the irresponsible amount of Sherlock references on tumblr or pinterest, by which one may assume that Sherlock does not have only 6 episodes by know, but six seasons. At least. But, I'm rather trying to hint at the many many details to which you start paying attention when watching an episode a second time. And frankly, most Sherlockians have seen the complete series a bit more than that. In fact, most may say they've lost count.

So, to cut a short story even shorter, here is a list of a few things which struck me as odd when re-watching Moffat's masteripeice 'A Study in Pink'.
  • Why did the bottles of the other victims contain more than one pill?
     
  • Sherlock and Watson leave 221b Bakerstreet at daylight to visit the crime scene. And all of a sudden it turns dark. Sure, it's winter, but how far can Brixton Lauriston Gardens be? I know, according to Google Maps, about 30 minutes... My point is, however, still standing.
     
  • Why should Anderson be wearing a different deo when Sally is the one who did not make it home last night?
     
  • Why is the pink lady's umbrella white when she has a pink suitcase. Come on. It's more difficult to get a pink suitcase than a pink umbrella. Have you never been shopping?
     
  • I love the fact that Anderson (well, Jonathan Aris) can pronounce the German word 'Rache' correctly.
     
  • And, I also love that Sherlock, the big genius, follows anyone's first instinct, and 'decides' not to trust the cabbie when taking the bottle the cabbie apparently wanted to take himself, i.e. the one he did not offer to Sherlock. According to Sherlock it was not a double bluff. Just a bluff.  It's either that or he is the one having trust issues and not John. Then again, anyone would find it difficult to trust a murderer. 

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