Amy Ryan

Sherlock was with the Serbians long enough that Mycroft felt that he needed to intervene, and had time to work through their ranks. How much of that took place before Sherlock was captured and interrogated? We can’t be sure, but look at what we can see.

When Sherlock is running from his captors, they are well-prepared—night vision, assault weapons, multiple men on his trail, helicopters. The man who beats him mentions that Sherlock “broke in”. If Sherlock knew that the Serbians had this much power at their disposal, why was he careless with the break in? He’s already looking bedraggled when he runs from them, and when they have him surrounded, he sags with defeat. Have we ever seen Sherlock face an enemy with anything other than defiance before? It makes me wonder how much he may have been broken in by them at this point—whether his run for freedom came directly after the break in or was an escape attempt after being captured the first time.

Sherlock’s back is gouged. A great deal of it looks fresh. Some of it looks as though the blood has dried. At this point the detail is not so great that we can discern possible scarring, so how long he’s been beaten or whether it’s happened before is up to us to decide. What we do know is that he has enough beard growth to suggest that it’s been some time since he was able to shave (and we know that Sherlock prefers to be clean-shaven) and his hair has had time to become significantly dirty and matted.

However long Sherlock was at the hands of the Serbians, we do know that he was gone for two years (more than, considering that his “death” was June 15, 2011 and his return is days before November 5, 2013) and that Moriarty’s network was vast. This can’t be the first time that Sherlock has run into trouble as he was dismantling it. It’s possible that he’s been captured before and was able to get himself out of trouble—after all, he seems very confident that he could have managed this situation without Mycroft’s help.

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As for the code, It’s the one that Moran enters to ignite the bomb.

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Sherlock: The Sign of Three synopsis

The BBC have today released the synopsis for The Sign of Three which airs on Sunday 5th January at 21:00 GMT.

"Sherlock faces his biggest challenge of all - delivering a Best Man’s speech on John’s wedding day! But all isn’t quite as it seems. Mortal danger stalks the reception - and someone might not make it to the happy couple’s first dance. Sherlock must thank the bridesmaids, solve the case and stop a killer!"