The Reichenbach Fall Game
Honestly, all I can think about when I see this is The Reichenbach Fall.Â
Snipers having their eyes on John, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade. The reticle of the sniper rifle, the human eye.
And while it makes me think of the Reichenbach Fall, it leads to me to suspect the transmission to be from around that time as well.
âThe Game Is Nowâ also reminds me of the fact that there have been (and still are) things happening in the show that we canât see, because either Sherlockâs been in extended mind palace since HLV or at some point John changed the narrative.
And if weâre to follow the nature of the Sherlock hashtags theyâve given us in the past, perhaps we can understand what this oneâs about:
#SherlockLive (The live game they played on Twitter, in which Sherlock took over a BBC account and gave the public a mystery to solve.)
#Sherlocklives = #JohnWatsonlives (taken from Johnâs blog)
#TheGameIsNow
The first few relate to the word âliveâ, one as a play on words. #TheGameIsNow doesnât seem to fit the pattern. Maybe it doesnât at all, but if it does, it would imply that we might finally be shown whatâs going on under the surface, and Sherlockâs real health state. If Sherlock is in his mind palace for season four, and the last half of season three (starting at His Last Vow), then just as the characters (Charles Magnussen [especially in deleted hospital scene on youtube], Janine)Â have told us, heâs been unable to solve cases for awhile. Heâs been in the hospital for most, if not all of this time.Â
#Sherlocklive, #Sherlocklives = #JohnWatsonlives can apply to this, because right now, if EMP (extended mind palace theory) is right, John and Sherlock are still in danger of Mary, Sherlock being physically unwell. And while season four seems to forgive Mary, I believe the narrative is very much played around with, as a way to imply to John (or someone) that Mary didnât have ill intentions.
Sherlock lives, survives the fall(s) (Reichenbach, being shot by Mary,) John Watson lives (revived from grief, saved from Mary.) #TheGameIsNow
They told us to look elsewhere other than Johnâs blog now that itâs done, and we have. Now theyâve given us this. It seems likely that this is truly a legitimate game that theyâre making, since the company theyâve made five-six months ago (The Game Is Now Ltd) is a gaming company..
But I have a hard time believing itâs that simple when theyâve given us the hashtags, and are expecting us to play the game. Unless perhaps, itâs going to be a long ongoing game. An AR game like people have said, where theyâll find clues.
If itâs a game like the past game they had, it will follow the Reichenbach pattern too, because the previous game was called The Network. The use of the word ânetworkâ as a collective would usually refer to Moriartyâs network, which Sherlock had to dismantle during his time away from London after the fall. This leads back to the transmission again and the patterns mentioned before with the hashtags.
