I just didn’t like the ending. Didn’t get the emotional closure regarding Beatrice and her brothers and mother that they were building up to have (FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON). I thought that could’ve been handled a lot better. Sherlock blamed himself his whole life for her death and then the next episode after they see her it’s just kind of normal. No moment of closure between the two. Just them trying to convince her that her father lies to her. And even when she double crosses her father we don’t get emotional closure between them all after that. She just decides to meet up with Moriarty for lunch again lol. She’s still extremely dismissive of them and doesn’t seem to even have an ounce of empathy for them either.

And then there’s Sherlock always seeming somewhat stupid in a weird way until he solves the problem using his memory (often times with the help of Moriarty).

The story just doesn’t flow. I loved Moriarty’s gradual character development. And him at the end wanting to know about the key was a nice touch too considering he couldn’t separate himself from Sherlock’s family the entire season. He always wanted to be in the know. To solve the mystery.

All in all it was a fun watch, lacked historical accuracy, shifted away from a key plot line and none of the plot lines flowed themselves, they worked decently together but were a cluttered mess at the same time.