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An important commentary on Season 4 of Sherlock (SPOILERS!)

Right then, I'll get straight to the point. There's a lot that needs to be ironed out after that insane fourth season of Sherlock! I've been sitting on all of this commentary for weeks, but I just have to say this because even now I keep seeing some really contentious posts regarding it.

Please, please--if you agree with what I'm about to say, share this on your social media! It's very important to me that this gets said to as many people as possible.

On to the grievances:

"Sherlock Season 4 was so bad!"

Well, no. Everyone loved some of it, even if there were parts that bothered you or you didn't like. It's totally unfair to expect that a show is made to please and fulfill every single one of your own expectations, when in reality it has to continue along the lines of the show as well as coordinate with what the writers have in mind. Not to mention everyone's different opinions, could you imagine having to include all of that?

There were some truly amazing scenes in the entire season. Just to name a few:

The Culverton Smith and Sherlock interactions, which were very well done.

"Hey, Bro!"

Mycroft has a sword in his umbrella! and watches black and white romances in his basement!

There was John talking to Mary in his mind.

There was Sherlock fiercely defending John as family!

Everything with Ms. Hudson, naturally.

There was the Sherlock-hugging-John scene (still everyone's favourite, I'm sure!).

And Sherlock remembered Lestrade's first name!

"My Baker Street Boys"

Sherlock and John raising Rosie together, presumably.

That's not nearly all of them--there were so many wonderful scenes scattered throughout the series, truly. It would be a disservice to focus only on the negative aspects of it and forget the value of the amazing cinematography and acting, as well as all the parts that made us laugh, cry, or simply stare at the screen in disbelief.

Which brings me to my next point: the pointing out of plot holes. Yes, there were several plot holes, but many of them are purposely left unsolved. Sherlock is a show for smart people, and smart people usually can put two and two together. For example:

"Why did Mary have to get killed?"

She died in the books, too, and it didn't specify how. It added an interesting twist to have her die for Sherlock in front of John, and although nobody likes when Sherlock and John are angry with each other, it truly accentuated how much they needed each other in the end to help them get through the pain.

"Nobody even cared that John got shot!"

Yes, that was glossed over. However, it made a great cliffhanger for the end of TLD, which is the point. We know that Euros didn't want to kill John them because she needed him later, to play "the game" in TFP. Remember, Euros is smarter than both Sherlock and Mycroft in the way of mental capacity, organisation, and planning. She's already had this planned out for years, and shooting John with a tranquiliser was the bait she needed to get Sherlock and John onto her trail.

Also, I'm sure Sherlock cared very much that Euros shot John, but wasn't there. Not even Sherlock Holmes could predict that John's therapist, secret crush, and "Faith" were the same person, or that any of them could turn out to be his psychopathic sister.

He's not psychic, Sherlock. In The Lying Detective, it rather sets him up to be, with him predicting what John, Ms. Hudson, and Molly would do, but that is because he's known them for so long that with his deducing skills he is able to estimate what they will do. This is not the case with Euros; he doesn't know her at this point. Thus, he would have no possible idea what had happened to John until he got a call/visit from him once he woke up. Of course, he'd be concerned then, but by that time, Euros had presumably fled the scene.