makokitten:

In the entire episode, there was only one thing that threw me off—yes, even more so than Sherlock’s faked death or the reporter believing that Richard Brook was the real thing.  One thing that seemed completely and utterly realistic to me.

How could the Chief Superintendent possibly not know about Sherlock Holmes’ involvement with the police?

This goes beyond the simple fact that, as Lestrade stated, “I’m not the only senior officer who did this.”  No, I could possibly believe that Sherlock was some sort of well-kept secret among senior officials—except.  I could believe that the Chief Superintendent saw Sherlock’s name “in the press” and glossed over him—except.

Except for the goddamned major press conference Sherlock was involved in with Lestrade at the beginning of the episode.

The Chief Superintendent makes sure to ask Lestrade, “Not used him on any proper cases, now did we?”  But if that wasn’t a proper case, then what was?  The press conference was on the capture of a major criminal wanted by Interpol (so we are talking major here) since 1982, and Lestrade explicitly states that they could only catch him because of Sherlock Holmes.  I find it impossible to believe that the Chief Superintendent would not know about something like that or watch the press conference on it—if not be there himself.

So, why would he pretend not to know about Sherlock Holmes?

1) He’s trying to cover his own ass.  Obviously the police force using a private detective would be frowned upon—he looks the other way while his senior officers use Sherlock so he can let the blame fall upon their shoulders when something goes wrong.  This would be a very neat explanation except for the press conference, which is basically a public acknowledgement that Sherlock Holmes was solving high-profile cases with the police.  Good job explaining that one off, bro.

2) He’s working with Moriarty.  This is the most interesting possibility, wouldn’t you think?  Note that I’m using “working with” very loosely here.  He could be taking bribes or having his children threatened—either way, it’s his job to make sure Sherlock Holmes gets arrested.  This theory is probably pretty appealing because, hey, guy seems kind of slimy and we already don’t like him, so why not?

3) He’s a bloody idiot.  This is also possible, of course.  From the couple of minutes we saw him, he didn’t seem like the sharpest tool in the shed.

4) Sloppy writing.  Valid, but speculating on the other possibilities is much more fun.  We say “sloppy writing” and that’s case closed—but this is Sherlock, we don’t want our cases closed that fast!

Whichever explanation is the proper one, this is certainly a point which begs further speculation.  Given the amount of exposure Sherlock has had, and how high-profile the cases he solved were, and how some of those cases had him publicly working with the police, there is no realistic way the Chief Superintendent would have remained unaware of his existence.

(Please bear in mind that I’m not an expert on the inner workings of the British police force, so if there is some way this guy could have remained unaware, let me know.)

So apparently there is white pride which is bad
Then there is patriotic pride which is probably American
And pride of your heritage which is a good thing
And German pride
Haha j/k no

Speaking of Reichenbach and the Fairy Tale- let’s see if I get this straight.

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Am I the only one who thought that the biggest unsolved controversial in Reichenbach was actually the Fairy Tale?
“Hansel and Gretel. Two children led into the forest by their evil father.”
But just so you know- the one who wanted the children dead was never the father, it was his wife and the children’s stepmother. She convinced her husband that it was the only way they’d all survive.

beyoncebeytwice:

i don’t think we’re using this site the way it was intended to be used

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