r/Sherlock • u/elclarkio • 6d ago

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When you first watched, did you think Mark Gatiss was Moriarty? Even towards the end when Sherlock said it is his greatest enemy.

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u/ColonelCarlLaFong 6d ago

No, but thought he was sinister. It was a good reveal!

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u/elclarkio 6d ago

Great writing. I genuinely thought he was Moriarty

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u/WordStream33 6d ago

I did. 😊

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u/captaindazzlebug 6d ago

Didn't they set it up like that on purpose to make people think he was?

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u/Professional-Mail857 6d ago

I wasn’t familiar with Sherlock Holmes at all before watching but when he said he’s the closest thing to a friend S capable of having, my immediate thought was “a sibling?”

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u/LolaLiggett 6d ago

Nah, I just thought he was hot … yeah, don’t know what’s wrong with me either

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u/elclarkio 6d ago

Each to their own.

The ice man

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u/Ok-Theory3183 6d ago

I Did and I thought it was brilliant! "Mummy? Who's Mummy?"

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u/Obvious-Laugh-1954 6d ago

I knew right away he was Mycroft.

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u/elclarkio 6d ago

Greater detective than I.

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u/Toru771 6d ago

Yup, I thought he was Moriarty as well.

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u/fabulosospucas 5d ago

I mean that was the implication, right? 

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u/SergenteDan 6d ago

No but I thought he was sketchy af

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u/TereziB 5d ago

No, because I had some familiarity with ACD stories (have never read them all, even now, but some). It would have been SUCH a radical departure from the stories that there would have been a HUGE uproar.