Confusing Point That Should Have Been Explained

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

I believe that Watson is shown to be impressionable. The cunning rogue literally 'bombs' him with so many jovial recollections of their alleged past encounters that the good & artless Doctor becomes convinced that they are old pals.

The answer is partially in the nature of the genre - it's a who done-it . It's supposed to be tough for the viewer to guess the answer, from the available clues. There are red herrings spread all over this film.

The film perhaps should have had Sherlock detected a falsehood in what Watson's 'friend' was saying about India. There weren't too many points on which to accuse him of the crime. I suspect there might have been clues in an earlier draft of the script which were edited out, to speed things along. Just a guess.


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I think the reason Watson believes it is, is because Moran has set himself up with a false identity or two all over London. He is known in Watson's club as retired Army officer Duncan Bleek. That's really who Watson thinks he is. Now if Moran had tried to get into the Holmes' brother's club, the Diogenese Club, it would have been a different story!



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