I’ve wondered a lot why Sherlock chooses THIS MOMENT to lose
his cool. He is so even tempered throughout the entire episode – while his
reputation is tarnished, while he is suspected and arrested, even while he
plans his death – but it’s John potential doubt that makes him lose his edge.
Why? What has John ever done to lose Sherlock’s trust?
Then I remembered this:
Moriarty caused Sherlock to doubt. Moriarty successfully
played with Sherlock’s mind, just enough to make Sherlock doubt John, and think
that John was Moriarty. It was just a few seconds, but it happened. Sherlock
doubted John. And if a great mind like Sherlock’s can be tricked into doubt,
obviously so can John’s.
But the best part? John does not doubt. Not for a second.
Moriarty has beaten Sherlock, even if only for a second – but he never beats John.
