Sherlock *Spoilers* For "The Empty Hearse"

Sherlock is completely blowing my mind right now especially since Mycroft was in on the whole thing. I thought it was really freaking amazing how the first episode of season 3 started, titled "The Empty Hearse" it truly was a great premiere for the series. Sherlock goes and works underground so that he can take out all of Moriarty's work he left behind. It is still unclear as to how Sherlock pulled off the fake suicide, but there were a few people in on it, and when John finds out it was way better than I could have imagined. John grieved for Sherlock so when he finds his friend posing as a waiter on the night he was going to propose to Mary, he was less than thrilled. They get into a bit of a fight, well a few fights throughout the night. Sherlock kept making jokes about John's mustache and of course John the next day shaves it off. Mary tells Sherlock that she will talk to John about going back to work alongside Sherlock yet again, and eventually John goes to him. Only when John does this he get kidnapped and put in the middle of a huge bonfire. He is almost burned alive but Sherlock gets there just in time to pull him out of the fire.

To me it seemed like we saw a more human side of Sherlock, especially when he is telling Mycroft that he seems too lonely. Also when he tells his brother that he needs some friends, and I think Sherlock having such close relationships with John, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade make him more human. It was really funny at the end when Molly brings by her new man and says she's moved on, but the guy looks so much like Sherlock. The way he is dressed and his appearance just shocks everyone, even Sherlock but he says nothing. I still think him and Molly would be rather cute as a couple, but this show has so many things going on that a relationship between Sherlock and Molly is not high on the list.

We got to see Sherlock and his parents together, but when John showed up he escorts them out. John asks if they are clients and Sherlock says "Just my parents." When John makes the comment on how ordinary they look Sherlock tells him that is his cross to bare, and they have a laugh about it. Everything in this episode was just mind blowing, and made me love and hate Steven Moffat a bit more, but that is what makes him such an amazing writer. Between Sherlock and Doctor Who my mind is just exploding with awesomely complex, amazing story lines.

Thank you for reading and I will have another Sherlock post for the episode "The Sign of Three" where Sherlock gives his best man speech at John's wedding. I cannot wait to watch the episode for myself, and I will have that post done by Wednesday at the latest.

Keep Dreaming and Scheming! Till Next Time!