Some friends and colleagues claimd the falling man was really Moriarty, who moments earlier had himself committed suicide on the rooftop by putting a gun in his mouth. They suggested Holmes had wrapped his nemesis in his overcoat and tipped his body over the ledge. Dr Watson is hit by a cyclist and tumbles dazed to the pavement, as he runs to reach his apparently dying friend. Sherlock had enough time to run from the rooftop to the street and pretend to be fatally injured before being whisked away....
I have also read that some viewers suggested the suicide act Dr Watson had witnessed never took place. In the episode before, The Hounds of Baskerville, a hallucinogenic drug was used to trick the pair into seeing a terrifying wild dog. Could Sherlock have used a similar chemical agent to trick his friend?
The mystery is thickened by the fact that in the book by Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes actually dies in the short story on which the episode was based.
I was very happy last week when co-creator and co-writer Steven Moffat tweeted the following:
"Yes of course there's going to be a third series - it was commissioned at the same time as the second. Gotcha!"
If anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about at all, it's my pleasure to introduce you to Benedict Cumberbatch, the 21st century Sherlock:
I could spend hours talking about Benedict Cumberbatch's blue eyes, the amazing storytelling, witty references, how Holmes uses his iPhone to solve his cases and Dr. Watson writes a blog, but I suggest you just watch it yourself!
