I rewatched the first episode of season 1 last night, and I have a question about the murderer’s methods. Spoilers for that episode follow, although I think everyone in this thread should have already watched the episode.
The murderer tells Holmes that he just talked to the victims, and convinced them to take the pills. Holmes went with the murderer because Holmes was curious about what the murderer said to the victims. However, the method that the murderer showed us was to play a game with the victims, to see whether the victim or the murderer was the more intelligent person. This barely worked on Holmes, and I doubt that it would have worked on anyone else. The murderer even resorted to pulling out a fake gun, which I suspect was how he coerced the other people to take the pill. So was the murderer lying when he said that he just talked to people, and that he did not just use his gun to force them to take the pill?
Yes, he was lying. Of course, it’s true that he never actually shot anyone (how could he, with a fake gun?) but he did use it to, er, “persuade” people to accept his challenge.
And, you can argue, Mary. Sherlock was actually dead on the table until his Inner Moriarty (chained in the dungeon of his mind palace) told him that John Watson was in danger, and Sherlock kickstarted his own heart to come back.
I’m fascinated to find out someday what Mary’s real intent was, and exactly how much Sherlock and Mycroft knew about her before that moment.
The Sign of Three aired state-side last night. Question regarding Mayman (Mayfly). Did the 5 women not recognize each other from working at the soldier’s house? Cuz that was the connection, right?
John’s soldier friend lived. But the palace guard died (the younger one, who was a “test run” for the murderer to see if the stabbing through the belt method worked - the one who was found dead in the shower).