# sherlock series 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312 "2013-03-18T23:15:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/121 "2013-12-20T04:20:08Z")
Here’s a cool new BBC [interview](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nq0bw) with Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. They’re discussing aspects of the new series, and I’m happy to hear that the Charles Augustus Milverton adventure will be the basis of one of the new episodes. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/122 "2013-12-24T15:06:28Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > The Sherlock mini-episode will definitely be on the website/Youtube channel etc too. Someone sure posted it fast! [Mini-episode.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwntNANJCOE) Anderson isn’t such a dope after all! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/123 "2013-12-24T19:49:59Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Someone sure posted it fast! > > [Mini-episode.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwntNANJCOE) > > Anderson isn’t such a dope after all! Yay! That’s a nice wee teaser. I’m glad to see the BBC didn’t region-lock it either - they’re getting smarter about that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/124 "2013-12-25T01:33:53Z")
a nice little holiday treat. a good lead up to the series start in just a week. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/125 "2013-12-25T05:02:16Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Yay! That’s a nice wee teaser. I’m glad to see the BBC didn’t region-lock it either - they’re getting smarter about that stuff. Indeed they are, since the video from that link is region-locked now. ☹ I was looking forward to it too. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/126 "2013-12-27T04:26:52Z")
OK, I guess it’s too long since I saw series 2. Who is the beardie guy in the pub talking to Lestrade? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/127 "2013-12-27T04:48:33Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > OK, I guess it’s too long since I saw series 2. Who is the beardie guy in the pub talking to Lestrade? Perhaps it’s been too long for me. I thought he was introduced in that mini-episode and was simply a guy who was a “conspiracy theorist” that had been, correctly of course, tracking Holmes path. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/128 "2013-12-27T07:59:53Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > OK, I guess it’s too long since I saw series 2. Who is the beardie guy in the pub talking to Lestrade? That’s Anderson, who formerly did forensics for the police. Sherlock always considered him a fool & he returned the dislike. In the last episode we saw, he and Sally tried to convince Lestrade that Sherlock was a fake & a criminal–who had actually done most of the crimes he had “solved.” Of course, the Anderson “theory” disappeared under scrutiny–just like “Richard Brooks” was, no doubt, soon discovered to be a fake. But this was _after_ the deception had driven Sherlock to “suicide.” My theory: Anderson went nuts because of the guilt. He lost his job & devoted himself to proving that Sherlock had survived. Anderson had a beard in the never-broadcast pilot. And, damn, his current beard is really ugly… ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/129 "2013-12-27T16:41:18Z")
Damn Anderson looks like hell with a beard. I’m imagining a teary confession scene when Anderson finally realizes the whole thing is hollow, and that he hounded a guy to death on the basis of (hindsight-obviously) planted evidence. Poor asshole. Now I’m a little worried about Sally. If Anderson’s gone the “oh god what have I done” route, then Sally is more likely to be the “conspiracy theorist” with her eyes and mind closed to alternatives because she doesn’t want to deal with what she’s actually done. That’s going to be… unpleasant. On to another related topic: Who is “theimprobableone” from the blog that helped unlock the deleted material from Facebook? I’m thinking right now that it might be The Woman, which would explain John’s being protective of her. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/130 "2013-12-27T16:58:07Z")
I’m thinking that “theimprobableone” is Anderson as well. Doesn’t John ask how things are going with Ella, who is John’s therapist and who maybe has been seeing Anderson since he lost his job, too? John isn’t really supposed to know that Irene is still alive, is he? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/131 "2013-12-27T17:13:59Z")
The brief glimpse we get of the inside of Lestrade’s box of Sherlock’s stuff reveals: A mask of a yellow face - ha The pink phone Nicorettes Some sort of device printed with “LMS” and “16032” - can’t see what it is ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/132 "2013-12-27T17:23:07Z")
The other thing in the box is a model train engine. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/133 "2013-12-27T17:35:30Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Some sort of device printed with “LMS” and “16032” - can’t see what it is It’s one of these [HORNBY LMS 0-4-0ST LOCO NO16032 BEATTIES SPECIAL EDITION 1983 R770 | #293065616](http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/hornby-lms-4-0st-loco-no16032-293065616) a model steam train. ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/134 "2014-01-01T11:44:05Z")
so … anything worth watching on telly tonight? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/135 "2014-01-01T13:58:38Z")
> [@BrokenBriton](#): > > so … anything worth watching on telly tonight? 🙂 I’m seeing Desolation of Smaug today and Sherlock tonight. Martin Freeman, here we come! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/136 "2014-01-01T16:36:13Z")
What time does Sherlock air? ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/137 "2014-01-01T16:53:36Z")
9.00pm ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/138 "2014-01-01T18:39:57Z")
I wish you folk in the U.K. would post live as you watch it, preferably drunk, kind of like these guys did: [Drunk reaction to mini-episode](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNfB5BBzNo0) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/139 "2014-01-01T21:19:57Z")
20 minutes in! what is going on over there in london town? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312/140 "2014-01-01T21:46:01Z")
What channel or stream are we watching this on in the US? I don’t see it on my satellite feeds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-series-3/653312.md?page=8)