*This is a recap, so DUH there are SPOILERS!*
Whereas last week’s episode of Sherlock was a wink times a billion at it’s audience, this week’s was only a half blink times a million. We see you Sherlock creators, we got it, you’re on to us. We’re finally settling into the third season and we’ve reached the moment all the Sherlock fans have been waiting for: the Sherlock wedding!!!! Ok, it’s not Sherlock and John, it’s the wedding of John and Mary.
The Gist:
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It is wedding planning time at 221 B Baker Street and Sherlock has hit the Pinterest boards hard with his napkin designs (no really) and his man-to-man talks with the ringer bearer and his ability to help John and Mary whittle down the guest list like a ninja wielding a throwing star of disappointment. Really, Sherlock might consider a career change from detective to wedding planner, he’s that good. Of course we should have known someone with high functioning sociopathic tendencies would be good at wedding planning. Bridezilla, anyone?
Sooooo whilst John and Mary… and Sherlock plan the wedding John is quickly trying to find a mystery him and Sherlock can solve since EVERYONE has been telling him that friendships change after people get married (duh) and he doesn’t want to believe it. Believe my friend circles as I march on towards thirty something… something, John. Believe it! Anywaaaaay two mysteries come up, first a hot dude in the British military who wears the beef eaters uniform and looks hot thinks he’s being stalked by a weirdo tourist. No really, if you can look hot with one of those hats on, you’re really kind of set of life, no? So that guy mysteriously dies in the shower with no clues as to how or why.
Cue Sherlock throwing the dorkiest bachelor party night for John wherein he has an app and beakers to measure their alcohol intake to optimize them getting pissed and not hung over. Of course, it doesn’t work. DUH.
Cut to the next day when they’re laying in a drunken pile on the stairs (#Johnlock) a new client shows up and thinks the guy she’s been dating is a ghost. Cut to Sherlock and John hunting for clues at the ghost’s apartment and then promptly puking all over the rug. Oops. That’s gonna be a bad Yelp review, guys.
Turns out lots of ladies have met up with a guy who became a ghost and Sherlock is going to get to the bottom of it! Only he can’t figure it out before the wedding.
The Twist:
Sherlock turns out to be the best wingman ever!
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Like, he might have a career in it if the detective thing stalls, and the wedding planner thing falls through. Women would line up to take this guy to parties and bars and events with them. A totally unbiased assessment of a guy based on logical deduction? Sign us up! Though, I’m pretty sure every lady would just wind up super in love with Sherlock and he wouldn’t even know it.
ANYWAY, the real twist is in the mystery, there’s going to be a murder at John’s wedding if Sherlock can’t figure it out (whilst giving a toast, mind you). Turns out John’s combat commander is the target and turns out it’s the same creepo who killed the super hot guard earlier. And how did he do it?! By a built-in KNIFE in their uniform BELT. So here’s where I have to suspend my disbelief because… THE HALE??!?!?! Um, sure?
The Important GIFs:
Could You or I Solve This Mystery?:
F*ck NO. All I have to say is if a knife was attached to the belt you were putting on and it went into your body enough to kill you, I would NEVER guess these guys wouldn’t have felt that the second they put them on, so uh, NO I don’t think you or I could have solved this mystery. But we could definitely have danced with the groom and best man.
Have you been watching this season? Thoughts? Did you heart break during the best man speech? Did you believe that knife in the belt storyline? I meaaaannn…
