[Sherlock] Season 2 Episode 1 A Scandal in Belgravia (Part Two)-- "Goodbye, Mr. Holmes."

"This is how I want you to remember me...the woman who beat you."
She just said this to Sherlock, and now she's dead?!!!

Sherlock, Mycroft and Molly went to the mortuary to check the corpse, confirming Irene Adler was dead as dust.

After coming back from the hospital, Sherlock seemed to be in a trance, he replied nothing to John's comforts and kept playing sad music. Once again, John couldn't bear the incomprehensible Sherlock, so he left the flat to get some fresh air. However, once he stepped down the staircase, a mysterious woman called him and asked him to have a ride.

Okay, so she wasn't dead after all...
(One rule of this show, do not believe in anyone's death, cauz it's probably 99.99999%... a fake.) 

Well, John was really angry!!! He lost his temper almost because of Sherlock every time! XDD

Actually I can't get it why she was so determined to ask Sherlock for dinner... The sentence "let's have dinner." appeared about a hundred times in this episode...

For some reason, Sherlock was in a haze after knowing that Irene was alive.

Sherlock found some unusual signs when he got home, true, 221B was intruded by the bloody FBI guy who was after Ms. Adler. He had kept Mrs. Hudson as hostage to force Sherlock to give out the camera phone.  I have to say that this guy was a bit too persevering... Fortunately, that dude was a moron who was extremely easy for Sherlock to defeat.

The hilarious note Sherlock left on the door:
"Crime in progress, please disturb."

John went home and instantly shocked to see the intruder tied on the chair. From the following conversation between Sherlock and Lestrade, it seemed Sherlock just PUSHED the FBI guy out of the window?!!! OAO

Sherlock tried every method to break the code of the phone, including X-ray scanning or considering it as a riddle, but failed every time. It showed that Irene indeed had enough intelligence to compete against Sherlock.

 Next, the second "battle" between Sherlock and Irene!!!

Hahahaha John was definitely JEALOUS (and outrageous)!!! XDDD

Wow, Jim looked hot with that sunglasses! XP

UH!!! Enough of dinners!!!! That's very disturbing!!!!
On the other hand, was Sherlock out of his mind, or...?

The grand final-- in the end, who was the one being deceived???

The flight of the dead, that's what those three cases I mentioned before indicated. Though, this was smart but extremely GROSS!!! (Arghhhh I'm gonna puke!!!!)

Though she denied it 'til the end, I can say that she must have paid lots of sentiment...that code!!! "I am SHERLOCKED", both clever and foolish at the same time. 

That tear...QAQ

This part was so intensive and emotional, I felt thrilled from my head to toe every time I watch it. Despite that I didn't like Irene at first, I felt so sorry for her. She was a dominatrix, she was strong, clever and even treacherous, still, she gave her mind to a man who seemed to have no feelings and became so desperate... I think why Sherlock "won" wasn't because that he was smarter, but it was love that fooled Irene's eyes, making her believe that Sherlock wouldn't really break her secret (which also symbolized her heart).

The ending was out of my expectation, how did Irene Adler end up...?

Sherlock asked for Irene's phone as sort of a keepsake. (In the original story, Holmes had her photographs.) It seemed, though we're not certain about whether Sherlock liked her or not, he obviously respected this woman a lot.

XDD It was funny to see Sherlock wearing that head cloth LOL.
When she sent that "Goodbye, Mr. Holmes.", my heart almost broke and I thought she was gonna die!!! Thank God that Sherlock save her life, it was such a comfort to see Irene alive and Sherlock doing good deed. That was a little sad but beautiful ending!!!!!

In the original story, "the woman" Irene Adler was the only female who Holmes truly admired, which would make her be remembered forever, I think.
See you next time~~~

THE END

For your information-- the original story "A Scandal in Bohemia", which this episode was adapted from:

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/ScanBohe.shtml#3

[Sherlock] Season 2 Episode 1 A Scandal in Belgravia (Part One)-- "The Woman"

Um, I can tell you that her career is called "dominatrix"...... Google the term yourself ="=

Last episode we stopped at the point where Sherlock and John's lives were threatened, let's see how the story went!!!~~

"I'll make you into shoes..." What kind of threaten was that?!
First, Jim's ringtone was a song called "Stay Alive", totally sarcastic...
Second, so Moriaty just simply went out the door??? I can't believe it!!! Who's this "somebody" that changed his mind?!

The princess had met a woman called Ms. Adler for a special service...

Anyway, Sherlock and John were back to their daily life, however, Sherlock seemed dispirited without an insane criminal who had a crush on him. 

"Leave." "Boring." Sherlock rejected almost every case, even mocked his clients. Indeed, compare to a crazy game in which innocent people died, these cases were nothing. Though, notice the third man who declared that his aunt being replaced, this ridiculous case actually implied an important truth afterwards.

OHO Sherlock, why did you have to do this to these lovely little girls... BTW, this case also indicated that important fact afterwards.

Lestrade had again asked Sherlock for help, this case was about a dead man who had died in a plane crash a day before found in the trunk of a car. However, Sherlock had got totally baffled this time. NOTICE again, this case is also important...

  

Poor John had to bring around the computer
to show Sherlock the crime scene

Er...Sherlock just got up from bed wearing nothing but
a sheet... It seemed Sherlock tended to sleep NAKEDLY?!

Life had become more and more boring (without a lunatic criminal), Sherlock even couldn't manage to move his legs to the crime scene, he just sent John there and asked him to use something like Skype to make contact.

Two strangers broke in Sherlock and John's flat halfway through the investigation, forcing Sherlock to go with them (and get dressed ="=). At the same time, John was also asked to get on a helicopter which just appeared in front of him.

John was shocked when he suddenly realized where he was "invited" to-- the Buckingham Palace!!!! Though he would soon find out that his brilliant roommate just did something even shocking...

John: "You wearing any pants?"
Sherlock: "No."
John: "OK."
When you live with Sherlock, you would think wearing a sheet in the Buckingham Palace is surely nothing weird. 

Let's watch Sherlock doing more weird things in the palace from the video hahahaha~~~ XDDD

There MUST be something wrong with the Holmes brothers!!!! It seemed Mycroft was as childish as his little brother... And that "I'll just walk away." OAO Please don't tell me Sherlock would really walk away if Mycroft didn't let go...

  
What? Dominatrix? Though I think Irene was undeniably sexy!!!

By the way, Sherlock just STOLE an ashtray from the PALACE... Seriously, how did he get this terrible habit?!!!!

 Next, the craziest part of this episode!!! Including naked woman, blood-thirsty FBI dudes and Sherlock being beaten...LITERALLY.

First, I have to explain the idea that Sherlock pretended to be a priest being attacked was from the original story. Though in the novel, Watson described Holmes that he thoroughly changed himself into the role which he was playing, however, Sherlock simply changed...nothing (even his clothes).

(John: I've waited so long for this day to punch you!!!!!!!)

I have to say, I was more shocked to see her naked than seeing a head in a fridge... That's was quite a bold thing to do (both the actress and the director. = =) 

This episode was certainly full of shocking scenes... In the original story, Irene Adler was the woman who beat (defeated) Holmes, in the TV series, they let Sherlock literally be beaten by a WHIP. In fact, they didn't fake this scene at all, the actor who played Sherlock was actually slapped...OAO

After Sherlock's tragic meeting with Irene, Mycroft told his brother that the woman was no longer his business, since Sherlock not only failed to retrieve the photographs, but also utterly defeated and embarrassed.

Sherlock played "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."
I think it was the first time that Sherlock played something normal...

Time moved on to Christmas Eve, everyone gathered at 221B Baker Street, including Lestrade, Molly and John's new girlfriend. (Uh...) Everything went as usual at first, Sherlock talked irritatingly, the others chatted happily. Then Sherlock found out one of the gifts was sent by "the woman"-- Irene Adler, he started to seem uneasy.

Inside the gift box was the phone which everyone fought over, this was indeed very odd, remember how Irene protected it like her own life. Then Sherlock made a phone call to Mycroft, told him he would find Irene that night. Why did Sherlock say that? What did it mean?

"You're going to find her DEAD."
That, was when everything really started to go wrong...

To Be Continued