Mark Gatiss Tells Complaining Fans to 'Go Read A Childrens Book'

Good for Mark Gatiss!

I'll bet anything he would have loved to say a lot more.

:-))

"You're going into the water... short-arse!"
- Sherlock

RP,

To clarify your intuition, I would place a small bet that the article was highly edited by Mark as he offered his comments. My sense is that the charming Mr. Gatiss would be a devastating version of Oscar Wilde if he was not pleased with a person. He has the intelligence, wit, and kind spirit in every interview I watched.

Yet there is always that look on his face when he is faced with fools speaking heedlessly. The narrowing eyes, tightening facial features. One thinks of Zeus prior to releasing his lightning bolts. It is easy to imagine phrases worthy of Oscar Wilde being used to summary the scant thinking applied to Tumblr fans' ranting heresies about Sherlock.

The Final Problem was the Best Ever in all four years. He was stunning throughout. Of all the characters, he looked the most vulnerable for having borne the terrible secret and managed oversight in order to protect each member of his family. He spent years doing his best (from his dramatic introduction in S1E1) throughout the four seasons to watch out for his little brother. And the impossible, heartbreaking love he had for Eurus and their parents. It is painful to imagine such a tragedy in their family of gifted people and their father. What a blessing to be ordinary. Wanda's line: Mycroft! How could you have kept this from us all these years? Our daughter . . . ? And Mycroft having his heart broken for all his effort to protect the only people in his universe he was about to love.

Mycroft may be incapable of speaking love (yet); however, let's keep in mind that he was found out in the previous episode by the beautiful Lady Smallwood. She wasn't inviting him to stop by to discuss some boring report or her paintings. I saw the clear invitation in her admiring gaze as she mentioned the card on the desk. She had been on the receiving end of the Holmes brothers care taking (personally and professionally) and knew their hearts functioned as well as the brains, regardless denials on having organs in the middle of their chests useful only to pump blood.

This was such a difficult episode to watch because of the kaleidoscopic-roller coaster sensations. So deeply painful along with the horror, losses, and revelations! Nothing was out of place except for the audience being unprepared for the assault to mind and senses.

What a wonderful episode! Even better than The Lying Detective and that one was chilling with the saintly looking, sweet smiling, harmless Toby Jones reveling in gruesome talk during Sherlock and John's visit to the children's ward. Yuck! ,,,,,,,,,,,, and Bravo!!

So, Mark, I will go read a children's book because I need downtime to recoup from the ride.

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A Checkered Life speaks of myriad diverse adventures being the rewards of endless curiosity.

Hilariously, they've now determined that there's a fourth, secret episode which will air on Sunday! It will, of course, end with The Kiss. 😂

Good god. So they're going to be in even more of a froth next Monday than they are already???

Well, they were told that everyone always stops at three. So, yeah, I think there will be more sturm and drang.

Wouldn't that mean the series stops at three?

Arthur, put the kettle on and dig out those lemon hand wipes.

Frankly, I can't be bothered to follow their daisy chains of reason, lol. Bunches of them are convinced that Eurus shot John with a bullet, he's bleeding out and TFP is John's TAB.

Did they miss the big climactic montage at the end of TFP? 

Arthur, put the kettle on and dig out those lemon hand wipes.