Sherlock 2x1: "A Scandal in Belgravia" | PREMIERE REACTION!!

[@iain9757]

I AM S H E R LOCKED Was all over everything after this episode aired and still is really

[@lawrencegough]

My favourite Sherlock episode. Lara Pulver is fantastic as Irene Adler. The original story is very slim, and effectively finishes at the moment Irene escapes after drugging Sherlock. Steven really added a lot to the original. And I love it. Just don’t think too hard about the details, e.g. Bond Air. The book is a Scandal in Bohemia, involving a minor royal, who is rather irrelevant as the story is really about Irene, and Sherlock’s admiration for her. So, the identity of the young female royal is...irrelevant. Watson’s girlfriend was Oona Chaplin, aka Talisa aka Robb Stark’s wife in GoT.

[@haddow777]

Ultimately he saved her. I think, he originally was going go let her win. Not so much out of love, but respect. She played an A level game and he knew that all of her maneuvering was for one simple goal, her safety. The moment she mentioned she had been in league with Moriarty though, he knew she would be under his thumb for the rest of her life. Now, it could also be that he knew she was in league with him and wanted confirmation, so his phony loss to her may have just been a fake out so she would be overly confident and let it slip. Still, having her "die" was the only way she would ever be safe. I love the use of the sound cue there at the end. So awesome.

[@hendricklamar6558]

Everytime I watch the Sherlocked scene, I get major goosebumps. Its just sooooo awesome.

[@jeanharris2408]

Ahh, Irene Addler! Whether she's an opera singer (in the stories) or be she a dominatrix, she seems to get the best of Sherlock, giving her the nickname, "The Woman."

[@starrkitty1]

Re: Watson’s familiar looking girlfriend at the beginning: Think of a man’s leg being sawed off on a battlefield and you might remember her 😉

[@TheHesK9]

Thank you! I knew I recognised her from somewhere

[@cicadadays420]

I still don’t know

[@adarsh_1211]

@@cicadadays420 she was in the worst wedding scene ever filmed. Enough said 😛

[@yellowlili221]

I LOVE this episode, I ship sherlock and irene's so much that time and had " I'm Sherlocked" lock-screen picture for a while lol

[@paulkennedy8701]

The police officer was Danny Webb. In loads of stuff, since the early 80s. You might remember him from Alien 3 or the 1st Ood story in Doctor Who.

[@AnnekeOosterink]

RE: John's many girlfriends afaik in the books John Watson has many female 'acquaintances'...

[@xXTheRedrubyXx]

Fan fact: they actually did steal that cup from the palace and at a party prince William had to ask them to return it back after the episode aired 🤣

[@adambesley4455]

"Don't worry; she's a dominatrix. That doesn't help!" hehehe!

[@cicadadays420]

I laughed

[@wardjunior1450]

Imitation game reference

[@evakrupka1563]

A returning boomerang is designed to return to the thrower. It is well-known as a weapon used by Indigenous Australians for hunting. Boomerangs have been historically used for hunting, as well as sport and entertainment.

[@paulkennedy8701]

The returning boomerang wasn't used for hunting, or at least not to hit prey. It was a toy, as you say. The ones used for hunting were the non-returning sort.

[@claraginevra6527]

I also would like to know who was the Royal person they hinted was with Irene...

[@adambesley4455]

The most likely candidates would be Princess Beatrice the oldest daughter of Prince Andrew or Zara Tindall daughter of Princess Anne. They would be in their twenties when this episode is set and being the Queen's grand-daughters they are definitely persons of significance. Given Zara is an equestrian that might lead extra credence to Irene using a riding crop.

[@JoshuaHillmanatorHillman]

The only things we know about her is that she's royal and young, so it could of been quite a few people. I.E. It could of been Princess Euginie. She would of been 21 when it aired, so that's another possibility

[@wardjunior1450]

Series 2 is the best All 10/10 episodes

[@SonOfEire3]

If you watch Game of Thrones that might be why John's girlfriend in this episode seemed familiar

[@elizabeths50]

I thought it was 2 years in between season 2 and 3. Benedict and Freeman were both filming for the Hobbit movies during all of that time, and also while Moffat was doing the 50th for Doctor Who as show runner. Things were moved around between the 2 shows.

[@jeanharris2408]

In the original stories, Watson begins writing and publishing their adventures (much to Holmes') disgust. You may want to take a look at the version of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring the wonderful Jeremy Brett. This one is taken from the original stores and are, therefore, taking place in Victorian London.

[@whobp8]

Yeah, making a Boomerang look like a bat makes it much less goofy 🙄

[@dogstar75]

Johns girlfriend is from game of thrones and is Charlie Chaplins granddaughter

[@mrsfahrenheit]

dogstar75 wtf 😳 charlie chaplin really ?

[@dogstar75]

@@mrsfahrenheit yep, her name is Oona Chaplin. named after Oona O'Neill, her grandmother.

[@lindseysquire8417]

Fun fact: when Irene says "Impress a girl", after Sherlock solves it, he looks at John, and THEN Irene. Really makes you think about who he was trying to impress subconsciously.

[@AnnekeOosterink]

The one thing that bothers me about this episode is that the point of Irene Adler in the books is that she gets away with it, she stumps Sherlock and he only figures it out once she's gone and she has won and disappeared with her blackmail material. And she was able to do so because Sherlock was arrogant and assumed he would be able to easily best her and he underestimated her. I don't remember if it was said outright but I think it was mentioned he underestimated her because she was a woman. In the end she has won, and he respects her. Here, she loses and doesn't get away with it at all, she needs his help in fact.

[@pepingrillin3995]

Yeah but she was the only one that fooled Sherlock, something no one did in this series until the Reichenbach Falls

[@wardjunior1450]

It was over 2 years between series 9 and 10 of who

[@paulkennedy8701]

Dec 2015 to April 2017. Considerably less than 2 years. Closer to 1 year. (1⅓ years actually.)

[@alex_gaimar]

I guess you managed to avoid memories of the Robb Stark's wife.

[@7thHourFilms]

It has been a year for me since The Red Wedding.

[@iain9757]

I think the boomerang is also dumb because we can’t Solve it, it’s a huge riddle and I do feel this is where the show just tries to do epic for the sake of epic

[@jannecapelle_art]

i really didnt like what they did with irene adler here, the whole point in the books was, that she DID outsmart sherlock, and she was just trying to marry the person she loved, and in the end sherlock recognized that and "admitted defeat", so to speak. and here, to make her a lesbian and still fall in love with sherlock and have sherlock have that "ha gotcha u were too horny for me" moment kind of rubs me the wrong way, especially since this show doesnt have any kind of other lgbtq representation in the first place anyway....i do still enjoy the episode, but as a former incredibly big fan, i just cant help being critical of these kinds of aspects of the show. sorry, im rambling, regardless of my feelings about the show, great reaction!

[@iain9757]

I think in hindsight the cop out cliffhanger is trash