I'm trying an easy post to try and get back into the habit of blogging, so here it goes.
WARNING: "SHERLOCK" SPOILERS!!!!!!
As most of you know, I am a big fan of the BBC series "Sherlock". Theses are my top 4 favorite theories about how he survived his "suicide".
Now, just to put a few things out there so that everyone is on the same page: 1) Sherlock faked his suicide by jumping off of a building because Moriarty threatened to kill his friends (John, Lestrade, and Mrs. Hudson) if he didn't. 2) John watched him jump and fall...but could not see him hit the ground from where he was standing. 3) As he was rushing to the spot where Sherlock fell, John only caught a brief glimpse of the body before he was knocked over by a bicyclist. This delayed him from reaching Sherlock and he also hit his head which causes his senses to be a bit off for the rest of the scene (the scene is shown from his point of view) and it is possible that he is affected by shock or even a small concussion. So when he reaches Sherlock's "body" he doesn't get a clear look at him except for a blurry glance of his blood-stained face. He also attempts to find a pulse at the detective's wrist, but this may also be unreliable. Now, the convenient cyclist is so obviously part of the scheme that I'm not even going to put it on my list. 4) Sherlock's "body" is put on a gurney and taken back into the hospital pretty quickly, before we get a really good look. 5) There is an earlier scene where Sherlock talks to Molly, a pathologist at Bart's hospital. He tells her that he thinks he's going to die. When she asks what he needs he simply responds with, "You." It's implied that however he faked his death, Molly helped him. She is the one friend of Sherlock's that Moriarty didn't threaten with snipers, which meant that she was the only one that Moriarty didn't know that Sherlock trusted her enough to help him. 6) One of the writers mentioned a long time ago that there was a hint to how Sherlock survived somewhere earlier in the episode. It supposedly had something to do with Sherlock doing something out of character.
Okay! Now that we are all up to speed...let's begin!
4. The Blue Ball
I like this one because I never would have thought of it. The theory with the blue ball is that if you place a small ball in your armpit, it will cause the pulse in your wrist to seem faint or even nonexistent. It's an old magician's trick. Now Sherlock IS seen fiddling with a blue ball earlier in the scene while he and John are in the hospital lab. While it is not unusual that Sherlock is fiddling with something while he thinks, we have never seen the blue ball before and have no idea where he got it. It's definitely an intriguing idea!
3. The Garbage/Recycling Truck
This is one that I believe in whole heartily! I just know that it is a factor in the trick somehow!
Basically, when John catches his brief glimpse of Sherlock before the bicyclist runs into him, the body is partially blocked by a garbage/recycling truck.
Then he is knocked over and we only catch one more glimpse of the truck from an above angle as it pulls away, JUST before people start flocking around the "body".
Highly suspicious!!! I'm not sure if there was a mattress or inflated bag that Sherlock landed on that was then taken away on the truck...or maybe the real Sherlock left in the truck and they took a body out of the truck and left it for people to find...or if it was simply used as a curtain to hide what they were really doing. But I'm sure it was NO accident!
2. The Second Body
Now this theory doesn't have a full explanation. It's basically a gif I found on Pinterest. I'm inclined to believe it since it IS actual footage of the real series. It could still play out several different ways though.
Firstly, we see members of what are probably Sherlock's Homeless Network dragging away another body dressed like Sherlock. Is it Moriarty's body that Sherlock just dressed in a coat and wig to look like him? Could be! That hair looks pretty fake to me. Or it could be just a random body that Molly found in the morgue.
Second, we don't know how Sherlock got to the ground so quickly. Fire escape? Rope? Was the Sherlock John saw on the roof simply a mirrored reflection of Sherlock standing somewhere else? I'm not sure.
Thirdly, did one of the people rushing over to Sherlock help him to cover himself in fake blood or did he do it himself?
1. Rhododendron ponticum
This picture was something I recently found on Pinterest (Yes, Pinterest...again! I'm on it WAY too much in case you haven't noticed.)
It talks about a plant mentioned in passing earlier in the episode called Rhododendron ponticum. Apparently it, like the blue ball, can cause a pulse to be undetectable. The second part to this theory that really gets me interested though, is the mention of a side effect. Watery eyes.
That might not seem like much, but to those fans who have sobbed over Sherlock Holmes' tearful farewell phone call to John right before he jumped... Well, it's not something you easily forget.
Crying IS out of character for Sherlock, just like the writer hinted. The only other time we see the detective tear up was on purpose when he was pretending to be a grieving friend of one of the victims. Perhaps Sherlock's tears on the roof were not an emotional reaction to saying good-bye to John...or at least not entirely. Perhaps they were also a side effect of a drug he had taken to make it appear as though he had no pulse!
WARNING: "SHERLOCK" SPOILERS!!!!!!
As most of you know, I am a big fan of the BBC series "Sherlock". Theses are my top 4 favorite theories about how he survived his "suicide".
Now, just to put a few things out there so that everyone is on the same page: 1) Sherlock faked his suicide by jumping off of a building because Moriarty threatened to kill his friends (John, Lestrade, and Mrs. Hudson) if he didn't. 2) John watched him jump and fall...but could not see him hit the ground from where he was standing. 3) As he was rushing to the spot where Sherlock fell, John only caught a brief glimpse of the body before he was knocked over by a bicyclist. This delayed him from reaching Sherlock and he also hit his head which causes his senses to be a bit off for the rest of the scene (the scene is shown from his point of view) and it is possible that he is affected by shock or even a small concussion. So when he reaches Sherlock's "body" he doesn't get a clear look at him except for a blurry glance of his blood-stained face. He also attempts to find a pulse at the detective's wrist, but this may also be unreliable. Now, the convenient cyclist is so obviously part of the scheme that I'm not even going to put it on my list. 4) Sherlock's "body" is put on a gurney and taken back into the hospital pretty quickly, before we get a really good look. 5) There is an earlier scene where Sherlock talks to Molly, a pathologist at Bart's hospital. He tells her that he thinks he's going to die. When she asks what he needs he simply responds with, "You." It's implied that however he faked his death, Molly helped him. She is the one friend of Sherlock's that Moriarty didn't threaten with snipers, which meant that she was the only one that Moriarty didn't know that Sherlock trusted her enough to help him. 6) One of the writers mentioned a long time ago that there was a hint to how Sherlock survived somewhere earlier in the episode. It supposedly had something to do with Sherlock doing something out of character.
Okay! Now that we are all up to speed...let's begin!
4. The Blue Ball
I like this one because I never would have thought of it. The theory with the blue ball is that if you place a small ball in your armpit, it will cause the pulse in your wrist to seem faint or even nonexistent. It's an old magician's trick. Now Sherlock IS seen fiddling with a blue ball earlier in the scene while he and John are in the hospital lab. While it is not unusual that Sherlock is fiddling with something while he thinks, we have never seen the blue ball before and have no idea where he got it. It's definitely an intriguing idea!
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| (It's hard to see, but he does have the ball in his hand in this picture.) Now just look at that oh so innocent face! It's like, "Me? Fake my death? Don't be absurd John! Look at these puppy dog eyes! How can you suspect me now?" |
3. The Garbage/Recycling Truck
This is one that I believe in whole heartily! I just know that it is a factor in the trick somehow!
Basically, when John catches his brief glimpse of Sherlock before the bicyclist runs into him, the body is partially blocked by a garbage/recycling truck.
Then he is knocked over and we only catch one more glimpse of the truck from an above angle as it pulls away, JUST before people start flocking around the "body".
2. The Second Body
Now this theory doesn't have a full explanation. It's basically a gif I found on Pinterest. I'm inclined to believe it since it IS actual footage of the real series. It could still play out several different ways though.
Second, we don't know how Sherlock got to the ground so quickly. Fire escape? Rope? Was the Sherlock John saw on the roof simply a mirrored reflection of Sherlock standing somewhere else? I'm not sure.
Thirdly, did one of the people rushing over to Sherlock help him to cover himself in fake blood or did he do it himself?
This picture was something I recently found on Pinterest (Yes, Pinterest...again! I'm on it WAY too much in case you haven't noticed.)
It talks about a plant mentioned in passing earlier in the episode called Rhododendron ponticum. Apparently it, like the blue ball, can cause a pulse to be undetectable. The second part to this theory that really gets me interested though, is the mention of a side effect. Watery eyes.
That might not seem like much, but to those fans who have sobbed over Sherlock Holmes' tearful farewell phone call to John right before he jumped... Well, it's not something you easily forget.
Crying IS out of character for Sherlock, just like the writer hinted. The only other time we see the detective tear up was on purpose when he was pretending to be a grieving friend of one of the victims. Perhaps Sherlock's tears on the roof were not an emotional reaction to saying good-bye to John...or at least not entirely. Perhaps they were also a side effect of a drug he had taken to make it appear as though he had no pulse!
And that's it. Those are my best guesses.
All or none of these may be true. Once the third season comes out and the great question is finally solved I might be completely embarrassed by how wrong I was and delete this post. But I think that there is a very good chance that at least one of these theories played some part in the detective's brilliant trick.
Many questions...and no answers yet.
(And you wonder why the Sherlock fandom is going a little crazy...)
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| I'll leave you with one last tear-jerking image of the great Sherlock Holmes plummeting to his "death". |
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