Did you miss me???
Of course not. Only my sister is reading these.
It's just a magic trick. I think we all can agree on that.
Sherlock positions John exactly where he wants him - there's a building and a lorry in his way. The cyclist also deliberately knocks John down and discombobulates him. No drugs needed - just a little shock and a minor head injury.
Sherlock preps John for what we will see: "keep your eyes fixed on me" (which, of course, John doesn't because Sherlock designs it so he can't. But that's the point. John will feel as if he had). He needs John to serve as some kind of witness, but not the one John has prepped in his mind.
Sherlock also throws down his phone. I found this particularly interesting considering his sentimentality surrounding phones (he keeps Irene Adler's and the pink phone from The Great Game is among the possessions of Sherlock's Lestrade returns to Watson in the minisode). Sherlock doesn't want to risk the phone getting squished. Why? Whatever message he left on it has to be preserved for someone. He can't take any chances and tosses it aside.
The ball theory loses a bit of traction for me when Sherlock spreads his arm and flies off the roof. The way that works is if he sandwiches the ball in his armpit to cut off circulation. Certainly, flapping your arms around would a. dislodge the ball and b. get that circulation pumping. If Sherlock wants the ball for after he lands, perhaps he moves it somewhere advantageous for when he's on the ground. But that, too, seems overly complicated. Rubber balls bounce. They can fall out of pockets. There's definitely something in his hand on the rooftop, something that will help him with his plan, but the likelihood of it being a ball is slim when you think that out. Sherlock likes plans that are elegant. Everything hinging on a rubber ball isn't anything but.
I keep looking at this picture.
Sherlock seems to be wearing a white undershirt of some kind (we know he's got a purple shirt on) and there's also a string or a band or something in his coat. I'm guessing these things are part of the actual shoot (the harness and the cord) and not part of the solution, but there you go anyways. We also know from Dan Brown that one square yard of fabric can slow a fall down 20%. How many yards do you wager Sherlock's coat is?
There won't be any jetpacks and I doubt Sherlock managed to convince someone else to jump for him. It would not shock me if the body is already waiting on the ground once Sherlock jumps, but it's tough to deny that's the real Benedict Cumberbatch dead-eyeing us as Sherlock when John checks his pulse.
I think what we basically have to acknowledge is that Sherlock jumps. He is able to slow his fall down and his homeless network takes care of the rest (there's a girl crying who looks vaguely like Wiggins as John approaches). There's a bald man who also looks pretty familiar - a face you'd lose in the crowd if you weren't paying attention.
There are also some huge loose ends. Why is the jury forewoman also in the first press conference from A Study in Pink? Why do her children look very similar to cabbie Jeff Hope's kids? How will they bring back Sherlock, considering he probably still is wanted for resisting arrest? And where has Sherlock been hiding? Besides Germany.
Fucking Germany.
What did all the fairy tale references mean? And IOU? anything? Nothing?
Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing the answers. I know Mycroft was in on the joke already (he figured out Rich Brook way in advance of Sherlock's telling us the joke's punchline on the roof). With Mycroft and Molly, anything is possible for Sherlock.
Catch U later.
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