and that is saying something considering the fact that Sherlock and Joan didn't work together once during it

LUCY LIU DID A GOOD JOB WITH DIRECTING, though sometimes the camerawork was a bit shaky for my liking? but it was mostly easy for me to ignore so eh

I AIN'T NO FILM CRITIC

I was meh on the villains, but I looooooove the twist

Mycroft actually having a super good reason for his behavior and all that

you thought he was a scummy asshole TURNS OUT HE WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE LAW AND COULDN'T EXPOSE WHAT HE WAS DOING

I'm looking forward to the next episode (when am I not)

I hope they actually show him explaining things and don't just go "SO MYCROFT TOLD ME...."

I mean. they probably won't do that but.

anyway, good episode, got a lot of vocal reactions out of me