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In order to achieve their goal of “darker,” the writers seem to have decided that the plot of season 4 should be “make John and Sherlock suffer as much as possible, in every way, conceivable or not.” This goal then trumped all other considerations, including (in my opinion): plot, characterization in general, meaningful character interaction in many cases, and proper closure of various storylines. None of that was a problem, because they still felt like Sherlock Holmes stories.įor whatever reason, Moffat and Gatiss decided that that was no longer good enough, and that season 4 needed to be “darker.” I strongly believe that this was a mistake, and indeed will always be a mistake for any story that is not already set up in a darker world or universe.
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It is more realistic, in a way, being set in modern times, and there were certainly dark parts in the first three seasons (again, murders, plus a crazy criminal mastermind).
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But as a whole, the Sherlock Holmes universe is not a brutally dark universe, and that is not the tone that the stories take.īBC Sherlock has been, from the beginning, probably a bit darker take on the series than the original stories were (although not by much, from my memory of reading them some years back). There are dark moments, and dark things that sometimes happen, in any incarnation of the Sherlock Holmes stories – obviously, since they are detective stories often centered around trying to solve murders. The Sherlock Holmes stories do not fall into this category. Here again, the darkness of the story is expected, and fitting. The characters are fighting a brutal dictatorship, and must become brutal themselves in many ways, in order to survive and accomplish their goals. In the realm of movies, V for Vendetta comes to mind. For both of those series, the characters are fighting civilization- or world-destroying levels of evil, and so the fact that a great deal of suffering occurs is expected and makes sense in the context of the story. I would categorize much of Anne Bishop’s writing (the Black Jewels series, the Ephemera trilogy) as darker stories, albeit set up so that any happy endings which do occur are earned and make sense in the context of the story. From what I know of it, Game of Thrones probably falls into this category. I may not have a lot of really good examples here, since I do not myself prefer dark stories and don’t tend to watch/read many of them. I would contrast this with a story that is and is meant to be a dark story.
There is nothing in the first nine episodes of the series which necessitates the events of the last three, which is very problematic for the story as a whole. The problem is that, at least for me, the previous three seasons do not set this up. Season 4 of Sherlock certainly fits this definition. By this, I would generally mean a story where the plot or overall context of the world the story is set in necessitate that bad things are going to happen to many of the characters: some of them may die or be killed many will suffer violence, possibly very brutal violence, either physical or mental they may have to make choices or do things that go against their beliefs a happy ending is not guaranteed.
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Some stories (whether books, movies, or TV shows) are dark stories. Let me see if I can articulate what I mean. To be honest, I was worried about this season from the moment that Moffat and Gatiss started making public comments that season 4 was going to be especially “dark.” My worries were not unfounded. Ultimately, I am disappointed in the writers for not really living up to their own standards, which they set quite high during the first three seasons. But once I had seen them all and had a chance to step back and look at the season as a whole, I had more and more problems with it. The acting was still excellent, and there were certainly scenes and parts of episodes that were fantastic. I will say upfront that I was able to largely enjoy each episode of Season 4 as I was watching it. TL DR – As a long-time BBC Sherlock fan, I am disappointed with Season 4.
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