Sherlock/Recap/S02/E03 The Reichenbach Fall: Difference between revisions

* [[Actor Allusion]]: John shows up in one scene [[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (film)|in a dressing gown, with a towel thrown over his shoulder]].

* [[As You Know]]: Lampshaded and justified during Sherlock's confrontation with Moriarty after the trial, when they both know what Moriarty's up to but somebody needs to explain it for the audience.

'''Moriary:''' No, I want you to prove that you know it. }}

* {{spoiler|[[Ate His Gun]]: Moriarty}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Bad Guy Wins]]}}: {{spoiler|[[Faking the Dead|...except for one tiny hiccup]].}}

* [[Badass Boast]]: Sherlock tells Moriarty in no uncertain terms that if he harms his friends, Sherlock will burn him right back.

'''Sherlock:''' [[Anti-Hero|Oh, I may be on the side of the angels. But don't think for one second that I am one of them.]] }}

* [[Big Bad Friend]]: It's revealed that Moriarty got his information about Sherlock from {{spoiler|Mycroft}}.

** Sherlock's earlier attempt to do this was, sadly, a lot more successful. John receives a phone-call telling him that Mrs. Hudson {{spoiler|has been shot}}. Sherlock refuses to go with him to see her and acts as if he doesn't care about her when previous events have clearly shown otherwise. Throughout the episode, people have been slowly turning against Sherlock, all except John who has been fighting his corner all the way until this moment which causes him to snap and call Sherlock a 'machine' before [[Tear Jerker|abandoning him as well]]. It turns out {{spoiler|Mrs Hudson was fine all along and the whole thing was a ruse set-up by Sherlock to get John to leave him so he could face Moriarty alone}}.

* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: All Sherlock's put-downs of Anderson and Donovan finally come back to bite him.

* [[Call Back]]: While handcuffed and and forced to hold hands with Sherlock, John mutters "Now people will definitely talk", referencing his line in " The Great Game"

** Sherlock learned back in "A Study in Pink" that cabbies can hide in plain sight because no one pays attention to them. Hoo boy, did that come back around.

* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Donovan and Lestrade are driving to the Tower of London where a break-in has occurred. They have also heard since leaving the station that the Bank of England has been broken into. When Lestrade finds out Pentonville Prison has ''also'' has a security breach, his response is "Oh ''no!''" Season 2 may have more cursives than season 1 but the language is still very mild.

* [[Holding Hands]]: Sherlock and John, while handcuffed together. To the sound of exploding squees of slash fangirls everywhere.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]

* [[Hero Syndrome]]: Moriarty frames Sherlock as being one of these.

* [[Occam's Razor]]: {{spoiler|There is no supercode for hacking into all of the world's systems; Moriarty simply used expertly-placed inside men}}.

* [[Please Wake Up]]: {{spoiler|John to Sherlock's grave. After his goodbye monologue about his undying faith in Sherlock, he turns around and...}}

* [[Reality Ensues]]: Sergeant Donovan makes Lestrade take her doubts to the [[Da Chief|Chief Superintendent]]. He's under the impression that Sherlock has only helped on a few minor cases. The reveal that Sherlock (a civilian) has been given unmitigated access to sensitive data and cases leads him to tear Lestrade a new one and order him to bring Sherlock in.

* [[Rooftop Confrontation]]:

* [[Wham! Episode]]

* [[Wham! Line]]: John ''opens'' the episode with one.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] Why the little girl was so terrified of Holmes was never addressed.

** The implication is that {{spoiler|Moriarty somehow made himself look like Sherlock when he abducted the kids}} but exactly what he did isn't mentioned.

** [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: Sherlock and Moriarty are playing like nobody's business.

* [[You're Insane!]]

* {{spoiler|[[Zero-Approval Gambit]]}}: The crux of Moriarty's [[Evil Plan]] is to force Sherlock to do this.