![]() ![]() whatever the show has up its sleeve next.īut will the major change in plot direction the show sprung on us in this episode be worth it? Her last words to John: "You're my whole world." I'm still crying.Unfortunately, the season four premiere has revealed that Sherlock’s most promising and divisive element in the wake of the season three finale - the evolving three-way relationship between Sherlock ( Benedict Cumberbatch), John Watson ( Martin Freeman), and John’s mysterious wife, Mary ( Amanda Abbington) - is little more than a giant distraction, a red herring for. She's aiming for Sherlock, but at the last second, Mary throws herself in front of him-perhaps because the case is so deeply entwined with her own history. When the trio confront her, she takes out a gun and shoots. Sherlock deduces that the person responsible for betraying Mary's unit was actually Vivian Norbury, a humble government secretary. ![]() Mary dies, putting herself in the way of a bullet meant for Sherlock. Did the flirting ever become more than just that? Did they ever meet up? Sleep together? We don't know, and might not ever find out: When John is about to confess what he's done to his wife, Sherlock sends an urgent summons. But we never find out just how far the dalliance went. Then, it gets even more complicated: We learn that he starts a relationship of some kind with her over text message. This doesn't seem like the John we know and love-loyal to a fault, and a very new father to boot. He's clearly flattered-and while he immediately goes to throw it out, at the last second, he holds on to it. John might have cheated on Mary-and at the very least, he considered it.Ī pretty girl smiles at John on the bus, and gives him her number written on a slip of paper. He's convinced Mary betrayed him, which means Mary is in danger. But one other agent survived, and he's out for blood: specifically, hers. On a mission that went awry, her colleagues all died-or so Mary thought. We learn that six years ago, she was in a small, highly specialized cell of agents. It turns out someone is tracking down the statues in order to unearth a thumb drive that holds all the secrets of Mary's past. At first, the statues seem to be related to a high-profile jewel theft, but the real significance ends up being something much closer to home: Mary Watson's (Amanda Abbington) past. A broken bust of Margaret Thatcher from the bereaved family's home turns out to be just one of six that are being systematically found and damaged. But that's small fry compared to a tiny detail that draws Sherlock's attention. In typical Sherlock fashion, Sherlock quickly solves the case of a politician's son whose skeleton mysteriously appears in a fiery car crash. Mary's spy past is way more complicated than we thought-and it's come back to haunt her. It's like asking a turtle to play tennis. He spends Rosie's whole christening sending text messages, for goodness' sake. But we do question her parents' wisdom at asking Sherlock to be her godfather. If having Sherlock Holmes' closest associate and a superspy for parents isn't enough, we can tell she's smart because she throws her rattle at Sherlock. Rosamund Mary Watson, Rosie for short, enters the world while her father is off solving mysteries with his weird genius BFF. ![]()
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