The Sign of Three

Enjoyed it so much, a really perfect episode classic Sherlock in his best good acting, good script, good directing loved it and it was so refreshing and funny.

The best episode, in my opinion. My favourite by an obscene amount. The acting is supreme, the dialogue impeccable, the writing on another level. Hooked the entire way through, on the edge of my seat. Incredible.

I m just apprehensive of this new approach , focusing more on characters and their side stories and the main mystery and thriller element missing throughout most of the episode. Yes , it was going to be about John's wedding and Sherlock delivering his Best Man's speech(it was quite fascinating) but far too stretched at times. The case was desperately tried to fit in between the wedding thing and lacked the quality .The fast-paced , thrilling case solving is missing . It looked to me like a filler episode aired to just soothe the fans. Despite all this , there were good bits here and there . The acting was superb as ever. As a devoted fan of the series , I still rated it 8 . Just wished it could be more awesome. The direction and writing could be way better. Overall , I felt kind of unsatisfied after watching it .

I loved this episode. It gave some depth to both main characters and provided a glimpse into how Sherlock thinks. This is one of their better episodes. The dialogue, acting and cinematography was excellent. The breakaway to Sherlock's mind was a great way to ferry the audience along his thought process instead of giving us a play by play after the fact. It made the moments thrilling to watch and adding a certain intensity that was missing in some other episodes. It was an episode that won't set a standard for his character, but will probably be a temporary trip we took in his head. I do hope they continue to show his thought process in this way, but I don't see how they could keep him so emotional.

I never thought I'd say that i'm happy see the human side of sherlock homes. But the portrayal was too good to say otherwise. Last two seasons were basically cliff hangers, full of suspense that got us on toes. As per the novels, the last story of sherlock adventure was "His Last Vow". That's the season ender here as well. I won't spoil anything here, but remember sherlock's vow made at the final minutes of this episode. Since the directors already announced that the finale will be mesmerizing, imagine the setup created here in this episode 2 and what effect would it have if the finale had to have a tragic ending.

In my plain opinion, the point of this episode was to make a contrast before grand finale. Just as the calm before storm. If sherlock died/got defamed before, it would be a death/defamation of a brilliant detective. Now the director added the human element too, and did so skillfully. Here you see a tormented person, troubled by his own brilliance. I found this episode to be a very unexpected variation to the main structure of storyline. And it worked for me very well.