And the whole delete anything not Cyberman is a sort of Dalek thing to begin with.
I wish they'd go right back and explore the idea of them augmenting so much they're less than human, and don't realize it idea. Or just reintroduce the Mondas version again and keep the 'Cyberborg'.

Don't forget Invasion.
The big problem is lack of consistency and an overarching idea of what they're about.

If the opinion's just wrong it deserves NO upvotes.

I want a divorce.

That's the charm of it, so you can both sod off.

I am not excusing that, it seemed to me like they had a really interesting idea they didn't really think through until they had to end the story.

I definitely think that was the idea, just based on the reveal of the 'vault' and going into Sherlock's 'mind palace'.

I was struggling with his overall goal too. Is it just absolute power? Well ok, but the ability to take down anyone via spreading scandalous information seems a case a bit above Sherlock taking on, particularly when it comes to toppling governments.

It suddenly clicked in me this episode, and yup it really is so damn similar.

I can agree with that. The first slightly fizzled from having too many loose ends to tie up, and the other two seemed more like fully thought out scripts.

I am so against the Moriarty is Sherlock and Mycroft's brother, and they just never knew idea.
Twists are good and all, that one would be stretching things to weekday soap levels.

That's my take on it as well. I may actually prefer that depending how they handle it. Could be a great mystery on it's own to crack.

I wonder if it really is him. Things seemed off with his reveal, it felt more like somebody had created a Moriarty .gif to me, as opposed to the wordy taunting he employed before.

I love when the show reminds us just what a tough guy John can be.

I agree. She played it subtly, but there was a sense of her knowing what Sherlock was all about and what he meant to John, without outright saying so to either of them.

I liked it better than series two. Perhaps it didn't have one episode that approached Reichenbach Fall, but the characterization I felt was spot on and it took chances. Say what you may, it was never dull or short of inventive, and mixing up the formula generally worked well for me.

Insane theory: Janine is Moriarty's sister, as hinted by her attempts to integrate herself into Sherlock's world (to gain information for revenge) and her very similar accent.
Moriarty is in fact dead, but being used as figurehead to inspire loyalty from what is left of his criminal network.

I really like her as, just for the chemistry between her and Freeman, and that they resisted making her the wet-blanket who keeps Watson from sleuthing, in fact the opposite.
It's not as if this wasn't original canon anyway.

I hadn't, but it's super-genius!

Hush you!