{"id":119780,"date":"2016-01-05T15:43:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T15:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/01\/05\/urbanhymnal-urbanhymnal-i-know-we-are-all-on\/"},"modified":"2016-01-05T15:43:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T15:43:47","slug":"urbanhymnal-urbanhymnal-i-know-we-are-all-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/01\/05\/urbanhymnal-urbanhymnal-i-know-we-are-all-on\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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I know we are all on a\u00a0\u201cMycroft is doomed\u201d kick, but after thinking about the scene in which Mycroft and Sherlock are discussing their bet, I can\u2019t help but wonder if this scene was actually all about Sherlock. We are told to focus on Mycroft and his overindulgence; John says that if Mycroft keeps this up that he will be dead in five years. Sherlock says three and then two, if Mycroft just indulges a little bit more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And what has Sherlock been doing this entire time? Indulging in his habit. It\u2019s possible this scene is nothing more than foreshadowing Mycroft\u2019s untimely demise, but all I can see is Sherlock telling himself what he already knows: if he keeps this up, if he doesn\u2019t stop taking drugs, he\u2019s got two years at the most. In his mind palace, John (his heart and steadfast companion\u2013 always there when he needs him) and Mycroft (meddling, but ultimately always knows what Sherlock needs to do in time of crisis) tell him what he doesn\u2019t want to hear or really acknowledge. It manifests as Mycroft going for one more pudding, but then the waiter pulls back the lid and it is revealed that it\u2019s never just *one* more pudding. With Sherlock, it\u2019s never just *one* more high. He can\u2019t be satisfied with just one. He has to keep chasing the high.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What does it say, then, that mind palace!John can actively see\u00a0\u201cMycroft\u2019s\u201d problem, but our real John keeps overlooking and pretending that Sherlock\u2019s problem isn\u2019t as bad as it actually is? Is it Sherlock wishing that John could see to the heart of the issue (after all, mind palace!John is so worried about \u201cMycroft\u2019s\u201d heart)? So much of the narrative of this show is about Sherlock\u2019s heart, his sentiment, that I can\u2019t read this scene as just being for laughs or a nod to what awaits Mycroft in series 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an interesting echo of the mind palace scene from HLV; Sherlock actively seeks out Mycroft and John in that episode because he knows he is dying, but wants to live. In the special, he knows he is dying, but doesn\u2019t want to hear it. He needs someone to see to the heart of the matter. He needs his doctor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This also gives the whole \u201cman out of time\u201d a very different read. <\/p>\n

You\u2019re running out of time, Sherlock. Tick tock.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

urbanhymnal: urbanhymnal: I know we are all on a\u00a0\u201cMycroft is doomed\u201d kick, but after thinking about the scene in which Mycroft and Sherlock are discussing their bet, I can\u2019t help but wonder if this scene was actually all about Sherlock. We are told to focus on Mycroft and his overindulgence; John says that if Mycroft … <\/p>\n

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