Eurus is also very good at using emotion to get others to do her bidding. In fact, Eurus Holmes kills without thought or concern the therapist she impersonated, the three brothers hanging in front of the window (a clever reference to Arthur Conan Doyle’s 'The Three Garridebs'), the prison governor (by default) and his wife, all ran afoul of Eurus’ penchant for ending other people’s lives, and yet she can seemingly integrate into society as needed. It should also be noted, though, that she seemed entirely okay with the potential demise of her eldest brother, Mycroft even asking Sherlock to kill either him or John, the latter of whom she never mentions in regard to their illicit dalliance. Despite that, though, we did get glimpses (thanks to Siân Brooke’s brilliant portrayal) of emotion where Sherlock was concerned, though the writing made it difficult to ascertain whether this was because things weren’t going according to her plan - such as when Sherlock turned the gun on himself - or whether it came out of genuine concern.īy the end of the episode, though, Eurus refused to speak to anyone, she would play violin duets with her brother, which hints at there being some kind of bond between the pair. Aged just five, she had to ask big brother Mycroft what pain was. As many had suspected, Eurus’ intellectual capabilities far outweigh Sherlock and Mycroft’s, and she is clearly lacking any ability to feel emotion. Eurus didn’t though, and that’s when she became panicked.Īfter the big reveal at the end of ' The Lying Detective,' we already knew that Eurus Holmes was not of sound mind. As it happens, Moriarty obviously knew Sherlock far better than Eurus does he worked out that Holmes will indeed kill Holmes, because he knew Sherlock, when faced with choosing between John or Mycroft, would rather shoot himself. According to Eurus, she is Moriarty’s revenge, so in essence, her games are all part of his posthumous plan. In turn, Eurus had obviously been sharing family secrets with Moriarty, better allowing him to get inside of Sherlock’s head. ![]() ![]() Still, it was interesting to see that Eurus had requested a meeting with him as one of her "gifts" from Mycroft.Ĭlearly, Eurus used Moriarty to get to know Sherlock’s weaknesses, with John being one of them, which is presumably why she had posed as the mysterious E and started a text affair with him. “And Holmes kills Holmes,” he mused on screen, followed by endless “Tick-tock’s” that make you wonder what the world’s evilest mastermind really did with his time. Given the way 'The Final Problem' played out, it would have been more believable to see Moriarty come back from the dead than it was to believe he had taken the time to record several video messages for Eurus to use sometime in the future. ![]() Surely Sherlock would have noticed there was no glass? Surely setting up room after room of Moriarty video messages and strange little games would have taken a great deal of preparation? Or is Eurus just brilliant at absolutely everything? The one purpose the institute did serve well, was that of a red herring by using the name associated with the third Holmes sibling, Gatiss and Moffat ensured that many were taken in by the “Call Sherrinford” references dropped in throughout season 4. The biggest trouble with Sherrinford is that the concept itself was rife with implausibilities. Certainly, she knows enough of the world to be able to play a convincing therapist, ingénue, and daughter of a psychopath. Weirdly, or perhaps in keeping with the rest of the episode, Eurus seemed to be remarkably well adapted for someone who had been incarcerated in more or less solitary confinement since childhood. Still, anything to see Mark Gatiss dressed as a fisherman works for us. Such secure institutes do indeed exist, though it seems realistic to expect (or hope) that they might be harder to infiltrate than Sherrinford was. For all the speculation over who Sherrinford was, it turns out it was the name of the place where Eurus was being held.
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