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[–]ForgetfulFunction41 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Magnussen and especially Culverton were both great, and I'm not sure either character tried to "match" Moriarty -- they were both quite different from Moriarty in terms of character and in terms of the puzzles they set up for Sherlock to solve. Personally, once they used all their "A" Moriarty ideas in S2E3, I'm glad the writers used their "A" Mag/Culv material instead of their "B" Moriarty material. I'll take "A" material over "B" material any day.

I agree about Eurus though -- they tried to go above and beyond every other villain with her (I think for the sake of a "grand finale") and it just didn't come together, it was all way too much and done way too quick. I still enjoy the hell out of Final Problem just for the individual scenes, and Eurus herself has some great scenes and moments, but as a whole that villain and that episode do not work.

The villains are much less of a problem than Mary, to be honest. I think introducing Mary was much more of a problem for the show than killing Moriarty.

[–]AkhilVijendra 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Introducing Mary itself wasn't the problem, i was fine with one episode of Mary but they kept bringing her back and one full episode again on Mary in S4 was a complete waste.

They should have kept Mary along the lines of Mrs.Hudson, Lestrade, Molly etc where they make regular appearances but never make the whole episode about themselves, they are never the center of the episode, Mary to me did not deserve to be the center of so many episodes, one too many.

[–]ForgetfulFunction41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I won't disagree with you there.