Re-Watching 'The Reichenbach Fall'

Yes, there may be better days to re-watch an episode like that. 

Anyway. Here are some things which came to my mind while watching Thompson's masterpiece. 

• You know you're a Sherlockian when you know that it wasn't 18 months since John's last appointment. Well, at least not in *real* time. The BBC was kind and did not make us waiting 18 months. Not quite.

• Come on, there are TWO people all these people should be thanking for. Sherlock for solving the case, and John for keeping people from killing his rather annoying friend. 

• Just in case you didn't know, that thing with the gum, the diamond and the fire-extinguisher doesn't work in real life. Sadly, up to my  knowledge they haven't featured this in Mythbusters yet. Feel free, to correct me if I'm wrong; not about the not working, but about the Mythbusters bit. Does anyone feel like giving them a call?

• When the little girl starts screaming at Sherlock... It get's me. Every time.

• How can Moriarty be sure that Sherlock won't share the cab with John this time?

• Sherlock uses a Mac? Thompson, why are you doing this to me? It muse be Sherlock's as in season 1 John's laptop used IE to open a page. This couldn't have been possibly any worse.

• Watching John's struggle in Kitty's flat when Moriarty makes him listening to his part of the fairytale is so painful.That moment John cannot help himself but to consider the odds. At the same time he hates himself for doubting his friend. That's why he is so upset. He hates that this man makes him doubt Sherlock's loyalty for a splitsecond. By the time he flickers through Kitty's scraps of *evidence* he has made up his mind of what's going on. And now he is only afraid that this time Sherlock may not escape this web Moriarty has created for him. Because he, John Watson, has no idea what Sherlock could do.

• The fact that after the big showdown at Kitty's flat Sherlock decides to leave John on his own without giving a convincing explanation shows how much he trusts him.

• The only thing Sherlock does out of character in 'The Reichenbach Fall' is him asking Molly for help. Taking Moffat's level of trolling into account and the fact that it's so obvious, it may not be wrong to assume that that is what he referred to as the clue to how Sherlock survived the fall. Oh, and it being so obvious is the reason why everyone is 'missing' it. We are rather speculating about rubber balls (possible) and Rhododendron Ponticum (wrong, come on, just look at the other side effects) than accepting the obvious: it was Molly and apart from that we don't know.

• I'm sorry, but am I the only one bothered by Sherlock and Moriarty wearing their winter coats while the broad-leafed trees are standing beautifully green in the background? Not to mention the sun beaming from the sky? Hold on is this a clue?

• And we present the only correct way to respond to someone saying 'you're insane': 'You're just getting that now?' Awwww, Moriarty. I'm going to miss you. 

• After reading about Sherlock's suicide Mycroft takes the same thinking position as his brother used to do... they are brother's after all. And some part of him knows it's a fake.

• Oh_my_dear1#: John's 'I'm actually not that angry' when Mrs Hudson is going on and on about Sherlock's bad habits, which he is all probably missing now really badly, made me smile.