I was watching a bts for series 3 on Netflix, and at the beginning they claimed that the secret of how Sherlock survived in TRF would be revealed, but looking back, did we ever find out? I know there were many theories in the show, but it was kind of left as a mystery wasn't it? Why is that, and do you think they'll ever explicitly explain how? Thanks!
Well based up upon what’s happening now, I think it’s entirely intentional that they never cleared up exactly how Sherlock did it. I think they intended Sherlock’s explanation to Anderson to be the “real” one, but they way they left it (”I’m the last person you’d tell the truth to”) made us doubt everything we’d been told. On purpose. In order to draw that comparison between the Theorists on the internet and Anderson in real life and have the actual show “Sherlock” take the Reichenbach Fall.
I don’t think they’re going to actually tell us for real how he did it, partly because it’s old news, partly because it doesn’t really matter. What matters is why he did it, which I hope we’ll get to see John realize soon.
