Even Increased Mycroft, who was, though goofier, much more like his canon version. Especially original character Molly Hooper, who does not show up in this era in canon–makes sense how she’d have to finagle things to have the same job she does in the modern era, and it was just heaps of fun to see Mary Watson retain her spy-assassin badassery in the older time period. The way-too-heavy-handed feminist message notwithstanding, it was charming, if a bit too fanservicey, to see the Victorian versions of all the characters we already know and love. Honestly, if they had kept to that premise, I’d have liked it a lot more. When pressed as to why they decided to do a Victorian era episode, they responded that there was no reason for it, that it was just fun, and that it wouldn’t have anything to do with the continuing longer arcs of the plot of the show proper. Back when Mofftiss announced this special, they declared it would be set in the “proper” era, and would be a fun one-off. Hudson, putting us right back in comfy territory as far our characters go, even if the clothing is a little stiffer. We have some lovely Victorian snowy London and some delightful banter between our heroes and beloved Mrs. Actually, nearly exactly like the Granada series, right down to its theme music. I’m a little exhausted.Ĭhristmas special 2016, aka Episode 4.0, aka ‘The Abominable Bride’, opens much the same way as the Granada series. Postmodern? Meta? As meta as meta can be. If you are reading these reviews without having seen the eps, a) what is wrong with you? Go watch them now! and b) these reviews are not for you till you’ve seen them.Īnd by interesting, I mean…I don’t even know. As a reminder: I am writing these as RETROSPECTIVE reviews, so I will be discussing reveals, revolutions of cliffhangers, ends of plots, etc.
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