It turns out, though, that our Dr Watson is alive and well – he was shot with a tranquiliser gun. She's the same person from the bus John smiled at, the woman who visited 221B to chat with Sherlock posing as the daughter of a magnate, and even assumed the role of John's therapist, at least until she shot him in the final moments. But at the centre of this 90-minute journey is the cliff-hanger from the previous one – the revelation that there was a third Holmes sibling, a sister in Eurus (Sian Brooke). The latest Sherlock episode is cheekily titled ‘The Final Problem', which is a direct reference to the famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story that sees both Holmes and Moriarty fall to their deaths. But as with everything else in Sherlock, that's merely the tip of the iceberg, which in this case involves a murdering child – an “era-defining genius” beyond Isaac Newton himself, Mycroft (Gatiss) tells us – with no friends, a burnt-down ancestral home, and a traumatised boy who taught himself to forget it all. Its roots lie in Sherlock's mysterious childhood, the glimpses of which we've been shown in seasons past, all seemingly about a beloved dog named Redbeard. In a way, Sherlock co-creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat are giving us the origin story of our “high-functioning sociopath”, as he once labelled himself, before shooting a man in cold blood. Note: spoilers below for the season four finale of BBC's Sherlock, ‘The Final Problem'. The Sherlock season four finale 'The Final Problem' probes the true depths of Sherlock's emotional core, in search of how he came to become the man he is. Because of it, he's caused great anguish for people closest to him, including faking his death and then abruptly reappearing in their lives without a word. Over six years and a dozen episodes, Sherlock has told the story of an intelligent junkie with a penchant for solving crimes, who more often than not appears out of touch with basic human emotions.
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