Question about the mother?
I am sorry, I might have dozed off...but what was the deal with the mother? What did she disappear? Why did she come back?
Thanx.
I am sorry, I might have dozed off...but what was the deal with the mother? What did she disappear? Why did she come back?
Thanx.
The way I analyzed stuff and summarized it. She disappeared to help Enola become more independent. Then once the mother felt Enola was independent enough, she returned, although I think she was taking off again because Enola wouldn't need her anymore and stuff. Enola was pretty much a woman now. So yeah. That's how I analyzed stuff. I even think the mother explains everything. I just don't remember the mother's exact words. I only watched the movie once.
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The mother left to pull off whatever disruption she needed to get women the right to vote.
She didn't actually come back, she was just checking up on Enola. She can't officially come back at this point because she is hiding from the authorities.
Judging by the stockpile of explosives she and the black kung fu lady had accumulated, they are terrorists and have good reason to hide from the authorities. Oddly, however, the film's makers encourage us to see them as heroes worthy of immortalization on postage stamps or coins.
shareShe can't officially come back at this point because she is hiding from the authorities.
Actually my post explains just about that: https://moviechat.org/tt7846844/Enola-Holmes/5f728f27005241318af3b64b/The-background-plot-hidden-in-the-movie
shareThanks - I did actually read your post when I was looking through the board looking for an answer.
However, I didn't see an answer to my question in what you've written. Yes, I think you've covered what she was up to but not that she (or her group) had been found out and the authorities were on to them.
So at the end when Enola walks in and her mother says "I don't have much time" or suchlike, I couldn't work out why Enola wasn't saying "Why? What happened to you, is someone after you? Is that why you disappeared?" or something to reveal that to us, the audience. Similarly when Enola at the end says "You'd better go", I was thinking why is she saying that.
Hence my assumption that I must have missed a scene while not paying attention?
As I mentioned in my post the mother was conspiring to commit assassination or terrorist act, but Enola exposed her armory and bombs so their actions, which most likely were to assassinate the lords planning to cast the "wrong" votes, were stopped.
So the mother technically was not a criminal yet in the sense it is hard to prove without criminal activities being committed. She is still a criminal and I am sure authorities are on to their organization due to the busted armory (the explosion should have alerted the authorities, and Sherlock Homes was there most likely because police was involved). But I don't think they are onto her as yet. I think that was why she can show up but not staying long.
And because her daughter's action helped them winning the vote, Enola became an useful asset. I think the mother showing up also to see if they could recruit her, but Enola basically refused by keeping distance from her mother. That is the hidden exchange never clearly stated.
In the end Enola says her mother found her purpose, and she will find her own. That basically implies she is not going to join her mother.
Thanks again for the reply. I understand and agree with what you are saying re Enola knowing about her mother and what she was up to - I think that was very clearly shown. However:-
I am sure authorities are on to their organization due to the busted armory (the explosion should have alerted the authorities, and Sherlock Homes was there most likely because police was involved). But I don't think they are onto her as yet. I think that was why she can show up but not staying long.
We have seen there were at least 10 women in that organization and the armory should be linked to one of the women. Someone owns the property contains all the explosives and that someone is very likely either one of these women or have links to one of these women. Also someone must have procured all the explosives and equipment for making bombs, and there are very few channels you can get these things. There are too many clues for even average police to trace to at least one of the members of that organization. I'd say one or more of these women are already arrested or became fugitives.
Now clearly that organization is not a, shall we say, a professional intelligence organization, being that they all know each other's identity, even where they live. So if one of the women is arrested then it is not that difficult to find the next, and the next. Just one of them talking then the identities of all of them could be compromised.
So the mother is already at risk, now it depends on how far Sherlock and Mycroft are willing to go to protect her and the Homes family name, since Sherlock already knew what his mother was up to, very likely informed Mycroft as well. That is too important to keep it from Mycroft since it is just matter of time police will be on her trail.
We already know Mycroft was someone important in government and we know he has influence over police, so he could choose to contain their mother, to keep the matter properly under wrap, which means the mother is not just running from the law, she is also running from her sons. Mycroft already tasked Sherlock to find their mother, so she could live the rest of her life with dignity, maybe in an isolated "resort", with guards of course in light of her actions.
So now it depends on Sherlock, we know he is more than capable of finding their mother if he chooses to or help her covering her tracks. It could go either way.
So the mother is already on the run, at least from her sons, that is for sure. Whether she is running from authorities that would depend on Sherlock and Mycroft.
Enola experienced someone just like her mother. The grandmother killed her son and trying to kill her grandson.
I think Enola realized what her mother was doing and that poured some cold water on her desire to join her mother.