A Better Story: [Part Three] Series Two

This video is the third installment of a larger retrospective series. Click the link below to be taken to the full playlist! Part Three looks back at Series Two of BBC Sherlock, along with the minisode Many Happy Returns.
A Better Story
• A Better Story
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:42 A Scandal in Belgravia
23:00 The Hounds of Baskerville
37:52 The Reichenbach Fall
56:41 Many Happy Returns
01:04:28 Conclusion
From a Drop of Water
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Billy Wilder on Private Life as quoted in in Brief Encounters: Lesbians and Gays in British Cinema 1930-1971:
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A Chat With Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss 2010
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Sonnet 57:
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[@nictelahumana4018]

I still have not gotten over the potential of the show had. In the end, it was the fandom interpretations that made me really appreciate the show

[@giannarotunno8866]

I'm at the point where I think that was intentional. If the show reached its potential, there would be nothing to correct, and the story might die.

[@carpefuego]

Ditto

[@sofivear]

"So someone misremembering a childhood trauma as a dog would be boring, would it?" BYE, losing my entire mind over this one. Revising the show through this series has me feeling a bit little Charlie it's all sunny, because of all the allusions pre-S4 that seem to indicate one shouldn't take series four at face value. Can't wait for the part when you get to that proper, it's still such a source of cognitive dissonance for me, lmao. I guess my brain cannot give up on trying to make sense of things!! Thank you for these videos, it's been such fun coming home to these every day this week.

[@benjalucian1515]

Oooooh, great catch on Sherlock texting Irene after he overhears the conversation between Irene and John. Irene thinks she may be 'special' to Sherlock because he DOESN'T respond to her texts as he does to everyone else. Sherlock promptly texts her. Misconception corrected!

[@butterflymilk6240]

Thank you so much for doing this. It finally makes sense and I feel so in peace with myself, knowing that (for so many of us) the subtext is and was always there and it doesn't make much sense without it. TJLC came quite naturally to me. I had not read about it anywhere when I already knew that in my opinion, there was a story going on in the background. I finally feel like this actually had a reason and was not me "making everything gay"

[@Mel-zl2pz]

Great as always. Can't wait for series 4 analysis, and I absolutely love the aproach you're employing in this retrospective. I'm so glad I get to watch this as it's being realesed. I aprecciate your work so much, this reading just betters the experiencie of watching this show tremendously.

[@TJLCExplained]

Thank you very much, I’m glad you’re enjoying!!

[@bluecladchipmunk]

I had so much fun in the fandom theorizing about BBC Sherlock when people were trying to read the show with TJLC as the main driving force. The show in so many places did not have any explanation other than queer. And I'm so glad that people still are seeing that as a valid reading. It might not have been the story we got but I'm glad that people still see it. Thank you so much for sharing this video series with everyone.

[@KatzePiano]

These videos continue to be a delight. You're sparking in me a desire to rewatch the show, which I didn't think would ever happen. I can't wait to see what you do in the rest of this series, and I'm having to curb my impatience that it's not all out in one go. :D

[@benjalucian1515]

I rewatched this episode and the look on John's face after he and Irene realize that Sherlock overheard their conversation is really telling. It looks like his mask has slipped as he realizes Sherlock now knows his true feelings and John's ready to run after Sherlock - to...what? They had a chance, finally!, to talk and then...they don't and the kidnapping of Mrs. Hudson suddenly pushes that moment away. Then John is drinking on New Year's Eve (he's not an evening tippler), which usually means he's upset about something. And then - I thought I was the only one who noticed this - at the end of Belgravia episode, John gives Sherlock the phone and then starts to leave, but then stops in the doorway, really looking like he wants to turn and say something but then doesn't. Sherlock is watching him.

[@priusrascal]

omg I love the way you’ve arranged your pop figures throughout the episodes so far LOL i’m looking forward for it in the next few episodes!

[@trutrustories5223]

I can´t believe, I never made connection between The Hound and Sherlock´s own childhood trauma! Also, more I think about it, more it occurs to me, that your version of Reichenbach fall with code actually existing and Moriarty lying about it makes much more sense. Well this one was fun! great as always :D Thanks to your videos, I´m really enjoying this week. So that even with a depressive work I have to do (editing reports about a war), I have something amazing to look foward to. Your videos are like warm rays of sunlight in an ugly rain 💛☺ Can´t wait for tomorrow because I'm going to play your videos on Sherlock s3 and s4 in one go. Make myself a little marathon. And it´s gonna be epic!

[@howlynnmartin1356]

Yes, it is the ultimate question. What was it about, if not love...in whatever form. I know widows, married for 30 years who remarried within 2 years. What does that say? Thanks again for an entertaining and thoughtful look at whole thing.

[@lenaschubert5533]

can i just say how much i am loving this series right now? your videos are giving me so much nostalgia, it reminds me of coming home from school and being so excited to watch your new videos back in 2016. These days, I come home from work and look forward to your videos haha :) I also love your updated takes on what this show meant and it's significance.

[@TJLCExplained]

Thank you so much!! I'm glad you're enjoying and that it's bringing back fond memories

[@onlyireneadler]

Sometimes I just have to stop watching your videos to breathe because I'm too busy smiling like an idiot whenever you make a point and cleverly address it, with great examples and clarity. You're absolutely wonderful to listen to. Thank you so much for your thoughtful work. 💜

[@annatevka8830]

I get so much nostalgic from watching these 🥹💕

[@user-cg6nd6pc4k]

So many years later I am still here and enjoying your analysis 🤍 Thanks for putting this series together, I do need a closure as well and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about the next seasons.

[@jamesofglory]

On another rewatch of this series and I just realised when Mark said 'eye-watering' wrt Johnlock fanfiction I think he might have meant it in the British sense which means 'shocking in a vulgar or garish way' so he's almost definitely talking about smut lmao

[@TJLCExplained]

Good info to have, thank you!

[@notimportantn1301]

OMG! I just re-discovered your channel last month, watched some old tjlc for the nostalgiam forgot about it again and now youtube recommended me this! im stunned :D

[@KajsaBernhardina]

Thank you for a great commentary on series 2! These new videos are so enjoyable. It’s amazing how that qoute from Wilder (about how he wanted to make Holmes gay in his adaption but couldn’t) would make just as much sense had it come from Gatiss or Moffatt today.

[@lydiahunterdurham7588]

You’ve been releasing these and it’s my birthday today! The best present, thoroughly enjoying and so happy there will be 7 long parts!

[@TJLCExplained]

Very Happy Birthday to you!!! ✨🎂

[@xFadingStarsx]

Another excellent installment in this series! Thank you for making it!

[@saucy4379]

These videos have made my week thanks a lot!

[@mrlnxf8455]

25:50 - this is hilarious, i love you!

[@benjalucian1515]

I never thought Mycroft's "Might we expect a happy announcement..." comment was a serious opinion on the possible relationship between Sherlock and John, but simply a mocking of their sudden interactions.

[@azamboknee7322]

you're hyping me the fuck up for knowing what's up with mark and trains

[@luanasilva7341]

Your videos are better than the show itself sometimes 😆

[@zoetevka4653]

♥️🙏🏻♥️

[@susyycarlyle]

💗💗💗💗

[@noahatlas5240]

Back when I watched Sherlock, I had not yet developed a psychotic disorder. It's so strange to have a show you're so emotionally attached to become a pit of unreality triggers. I'll return tomorrow when my brain is less of a mine field. Thank you for your work 💗

[@TJLCExplained]

So sorry the video was triggering to you! The unreality stuff is going to come up in the rest of the videos (obviously for TAB, and then that technique does get used in TLD and BBC Dracula as well).

[@noahatlas5240]

@@TJLCExplained thank you so much for the warning!! I'll tread where I can. You are such a brilliant, introspective creator. I do not want to miss out on what you have to offer. Thank you again!💗

[@noahatlas5240]

@@TJLCExplained *I would like to follow up and add this video in particular didn't trigger me - I'm okay right now! It's just this specific episode of Sherlock that tends to do a number on me, so I have to dip unfortunately, but I look forward to when I get grab more bits and pieces of your work. Thank you again for the TW!

[@TJLCExplained]

Completely understandable! Sorry again I didn't think to include a content warning for it in the first place. I hope you enjoy the rest if/when you watch.

[@loner844]

the framing of the dialogue between Irene and John at Battersea always struck me as odd, tbh. John was always on the left, and Irene on the right. The right side of the human brain stands for emotion and creativity, and the left for logic and reason. Odd, then, that John would be on the left given he's the one acting emotional and Irene's the one who's collected, and seeing clearly. Doesn't that seem like a contradiction?

[@zoetevka4653]

Love this ♥️🏳️‍🌈♥️ Thank you! 🤗

[@NotUlpoadingAnything]

1:54 I think there's actually a fanfic where Sherlock is a ballet dancer but can't remember the name of it.

[@zoetevka4653]

Im sooo hyped for s4!!!! ♥️🙏🏻🏳️‍🌈😂

[@evesherlocked]

Johnlock