Sunday night saw the finale of Sherlock Season 3, "His Last Vow."
Needless to say, Twitter was not emotionally prepared.
Everyone knew this episode was going to be, well, intense.
In "His Last Vow" we are finally introduced to the big Series 3 baddie, Charles Augustus Magnussen.
Who quite reminded Twitter of a certain someone.
A certain someone wearing Google Glass, to be precise.
And after meeting Drunk Sherlock in the last episode, in "His Final Vow," we get to meet High Sherlock.
Who has a new nickname.
Which John is not impressed by.
Neither is Molly.
And Twitter quite fancies the (disheveled) High Sherlock.
Yet the attraction swiftly turned into rage and confusion at Sherlock's relationship with Mary's bridesmaid, Janine.
But some (correctly) had their suspicions about their relationship.
But then THIS happened.
&%@£! #sherlock
SHERLOCK ARE U KIDDING ME
When Mary shot Sherlock i just
But some people were all like, "Yeah, totes saw that coming."
That moment of I KNEW IT! #sherlock Mary Watson!
I knEW IT WAS MARY JUST BEFORE SHE TURNED AROUND I WAS LIKE OH CACK
Had to sound like a know-it-all but I knew there was something not quite right about Mary #soundslikeafilmtitle #sherlock
I TOTALLY saw it coming with Mary... #Sherlock
And we're once again given a fascinating look inside Sherlock's Mind Palace, where we see an old friend.
can my mind palace be like this please please please
And the whole process made people a bit...emotional.
IM ACTUALLY SITTING HERE SOBBING IM NOT JOKING YOUNG SHERLOCK AND MOLLY AND MYCRODFT AND SHERLOCK DYING WHAT THE HELL
IS THIS SERIOUSLY GOIMG THROUGH HIS HEAD AFTER GETTING SHOT BC I WOULD PROBABLY JUST CRY OMG SHERLOCK DONT DIE.
Like, ALL CAPS EMOTIONAL.
THE THING THAT TRIGGERS SHERLOCK HOLMES
Which raised a very important question.
WHY IS EVERYONE TWEETING SHERLOCK IN CAPITAL LETTERS ?
Along with confusion.
well my mind palace for one is confused #sherlock
And self-doubt.
My mind palace contains nothing other than a recipe for an excellent clementine martini #sherlock
Inside the Mind Palace we also get to meet Steven Moffat's son Louis, who plays a young Sherlock.
baby sherlock
little Sherlock is played by Moffat's son and he is so adorable
And throughout the whole WTF MARY ordeal, we got to learn quite a lot about Martha Louise Hudson.
Can we all appreciate that Mrs Hudson's pressure point is marijuana hahaha
Such as the fact that her pressure point is marijuana, and she used to be an exotic dancer.
MRS HUDSON'S PRESSURE POINT
But mostly everyone was stuck in a vortex of emotions and confusion.
SHERLOCK IS MYCROFT'S PRESSURE POINT JOHN IS SHERLOCKS PRESSURE POINT MARY IS JOHN'S PRESSURE POINT
But then, it appeared everything might be OK.
MARY AND JOHN GET THEM AWAY THEY HURT ME
Mycroft and Sherlock turned into teenagers again.
And Mycroft was being NICE!
Mycroft showing he has feelings. Sherlock's reaction. THIS IS PRICELESS
"Your lost would break my heart." Mycroft, don't say things like this! #Sherlock
BUT OF COURSE, everyone was soon back to being confused/shocked/WTF.
did sherlock just drug his whole family
SHERLOCK DRUGGED EVERYONE NOW HES THE ASSH OLE????//
HE JUST DRUGGED HIS LOVED ONES AND WE ALL THOUGHT HE HAD CHANGED OH SHERLOCK
And people weren't entirely impressed with Magnussen.
so... this guy is scary because he has a... photographic memory???? #sherlock
Or his vaults.
Raise your hand if you think #Sherlock can store the entirety of Magnussen's Vaults in the Mind Palace. #CAMknows
Isn't Appledore a kind of cheese? #Sherlock
And then there was the face flicking.
im guessing someone said can i flick your face on sherlock
BUT THEN Sherlock said this.
I'm a high functioning sociopath merry christmas #Sherlock
And did this.
did he just shOOT HIM FUCK FUCK FUCK SHERLOCK JUST KILLED SOMEONE IN FULL VIEW OF LIKE 500 POLICE MEN
And everyone was like this:
OH FUCK NO SHERLOCK NONONONONONON
SHERLOCK NO
SHERLOCK WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE
HOLY SHIT SHERLOCK WHAT THE FUCK MAN
And just when everyone thought they were 100% dead from all of the shooting, THIS HAPPENED.
"Did you miss me?" #Sherlock #Moriarty
And Twitter was beyond itself.
How I feel right now. SO MUCH going on. 'Did you miss me?' Ah mind explosion. Can't wait two years!! #sherlock
WH-WH-WH-WHAT JUST HAPPENED!!? #Sherlock
I JUST DONT. #Sherlock #SherlockLives
And we realized that death means precisely NOTHING in Sherlock.
Does anyone in Sherlock ever really die though?
Oh for gods sake make up your mind! #sherlock
IDEA: next series of Sherlock, let's let people actually stay dead for a change.
And once again, Sherlock fans have been left with a massive, confusing cliff-hanger that's broken them emotionally.
My face after watching #Sherlock
There are a lot of questions.
THEY MADE US WAIT TWO YEARS TO SEE HOW SHERLOCK SURVIVED AND NOW WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER TWO TO SEE HOW JIM MORIATY SURVIVeD
And some plot holes.
Points for dialogue. Plot holes as big as a mind palace #Sherlock Mind you, if Moriarty's return heralds a proper story then yes, #missedyou
Sherlock drinking game: Drink until the plot holes disappear.
But, in perhaps the biggest twist of all, it would appear that for the time being, Moffat is forgiven.
I THINK I ACTUALLY ENJOYED A MOFFAT SCRIPT (OH MY GOD THAT DIALOGUE) (OH MY GOD)
They unnecessarily broke my heart for a while. But it's okay, I forgive Moffat.
@BBCOne #SherlockQA AFTER THIS EP I HAVE TO SAY THAT I FORGIVE YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID WITH THE DOCTOR, MOFFAT
Or maybe not.
I'm never going to forgive Moffat