# Sherlock - The Abominable Bride (spoilers as it airs) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-the-abominable-bride-spoilers-as-it-airs/741895 "2016-01-01T13:46:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-the-abominable-bride-spoilers-as-it-airs/741895/81 "2016-01-11T22:31:42Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Moriarty showing up as the Bride and making snarky remarks about the costumes and Gothic atmosphere suggested that this was just a product of Sherlock’s imagination. Yeah, I also think that was an attempt to lampshade the hoods so they could keep them in as a reference. The details are a combination of Sherlock’s flair for the dramatic and his trouble trying to understand women. Even if Sherlock correctly “solved” this old case, he has no reason to think there were actually hoods, fires, and a gong involved. > [@cher3](#): > > Sherlock says something to the dog like “They’re putting me down now, too.” > > I think you’re right that it refers to something more than a dog now, though. Definitely setting up for something. “Redbeard” was also on Magnussen’s list of pressure points for Sherlock, but it was never really explained why. ---
**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 11, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-the-abominable-bride-spoilers-as-it-airs/741895/82 "2016-01-11T23:07:13Z")
> [@vd](#): > > Definitely setting up for something. “Redbeard” was also on Magnussen’s list of pressure points for Sherlock, but it was never really explained why. Also on the list Sherlock gave to Mycroft were the words “Scarlet Roll”. I froze the picture to try to make out what drugs Sherlock took, but didn’t see any named; just the words “Redbeard” and “Scarlet Roll”, and some series of numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-the-abominable-bride-spoilers-as-it-airs/741895/83 "2016-01-11T23:47:37Z")
When Holmes said, “It’s never twins!” I thought of Dr. House on **House** saying, “It’s never lupus!” By the way, when Mycroft told his brother and Watson about the people trying to overthrow their way of life, Watson starting guessing. “Anarchists? The French?” and ended with “Suffragists?” I laughed. But he was right, essentially. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-the-abominable-bride-spoilers-as-it-airs/741895/84 "2016-01-12T05:05:57Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > Speaking of Moriarty as campy and tart, as some were upthread, does anyone else think that his “oral” with the Victorian pistol was SO over-the-top that it fell on the other side and turned cool? No. I really, _really_ don’t like their Moriarty. 'Way too over the top, shrill and silly (and John Malkovich already did that with a pistol in _In the Line of Fire_). > [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > …By the way, when Mycroft told his brother and Watson about the people trying to overthrow their way of life, Watson starting guessing. “Anarchists? The French?” and ended with “Suffragists?” I laughed. But he was right, essentially. Throw enough gum against the wall, something sticks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-the-abominable-bride-spoilers-as-it-airs/741895.md?page=4)