Review: Sherlock: Part Three

An exciting if manic episode, "The Great Game" saw the culmination of this short series, and the reveal of Sherlock's man enemy Proffessor Moriaty. It was more a cluster of mini-mysteries than one long story, although I expect that this was the point, demonstating how Moriaty works.
        A series of victims, attatched to ticking bombs, contact Sherlock. Each time they do so, they indicate a case which they have to solve and submit to the victim before the bomb goes off, to save their life and the lives of the people around them. At the end, Moriaty was revealed, and we were harshly given a cliffhanger as Sherlock threatened to kill him.
        It's got all of that detective skill, as well as some growing-up by Watson, but it wasn't as energetic as the previous two episodes, despite the fact that timers made up most of the episode's structure. It all worked, but since most of it was crucial to the particular mystery it was solving, it became very easy to miss important details.
          That cliffhanger is one of a worrying number, tacked on to British dramas to try and get another series. It's a shame that Sherlock resorted to this, as it didn't need to in the long run.

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