SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERSI just watched a repeat of the show. Somehow, Sherlock faked his suicide, with the help of Molly.
Another small thing. Moriarty shakes hands with Sherlock before shooting himself. The assassins that saved Sherlock's life both touched him before they were shot.
Rumors have been flying since the show aired in the UK in January.
In his live chat, Moffat has been hinting that Sherlock has all he needs in the episode to show how he saved himself. But people have also said Moffat is a troll and likes to mislead fans. Still no one can figure it out without jumping the shark. Rumors are about dopplegangers, a switch with Moriarty's body, landing on a cushion on a truck roof parked in the bus lane 20 feet away, while Molly dumps a dead body dressed like Sherlock out the window where John and the sniper can't see, just ridiculous stuff that I'd hate to think will actually prove to be the case.
Why couldn't they have just used a waterfall like in the original ACD story?
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I can't imagine how the body got ID'd as Sherlock's without Molly doing the post-mortem, though she's not a pathologist and is just a lab tech and would have no way to fix the records. Unless Mycroft helped, since he would be the next of kin to ID the body and claim it at the morgue. But considering how he completely fucked up his brother's life, I wonder that he would dare show his head.
Anyway, lots of questions, don't see much of a way out without it being a groaner.