While watching, I felt quite clearly that the scene which seemingly showed Sherlock as the guy with the sword was basically Irene's fantasy just as she was about to die. This was foreshadowed in the earlier segments that showed her having daydream sequences of her and Sherlock together (like at the scene of the dead hiker).
Then I read multiple synopses that take the ending literally, as though Sherlock was actually in Pakistan, somehow infiltrating a terrorist group. This seems completely absurd to me, and even more absurd that he could save her, spirit her out of the country (presumably), yet then make it so convincing that she was beheaded that Mycroft would be sure this time, after being "thorough", that she was definitely dead.
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I'm really surprised so many people take that ending literally
Date: 2015-03-23 10:21 am (UTC)Then I read multiple synopses that take the ending literally, as though Sherlock was actually in Pakistan, somehow infiltrating a terrorist group. This seems completely absurd to me, and even more absurd that he could save her, spirit her out of the country (presumably), yet then make it so convincing that she was beheaded that Mycroft would be sure this time, after being "thorough", that she was definitely dead.