


There is no supernova whose light reached the Earth in 1858 and was visible to the naked eye (at least not in this universe). The Van Buren Supernova is completely fictional.It's actually Jupiter's diameter that's 11 times Earth's, not its volume (which is about 1,300 Earths). The snippet of a planetarium show we see says the Earth would fit into Jupiter 11 times.Sherlock and John look up at a sky that one would only see in the very best viewing conditions (like in a park on a clear night out in the middle of nowhere)certainly not in the downtown area of modern, light-polluted London.Granted, he is having a bit of an emotional meltdown at the time, what with his only real friend at that time being wired with explosives and all. Bear in mind the gun is loaded, no safety, and cocked, with his finger still on the trigger. During the poolside confrontation, Sherlock waves the gun around for emphasis, before SCRATCHING HIS HEAD WITH IT.Not only that, but in the commentary for this episode, Benedict Cumberbatch mentioned that he had managed to shoot a hole in the dressing gown that was his costume for that scene. This is incredibly reckless and dangerous because it would only take one resilient bullet to make it through that wall and hit someone on the other side one of the reasons it's against the law to practice shooting in a residential area outside of a shooting range. At the beginning of the episode, Sherlock is so bored he's using a handgun to shoot holes into the wall to form a smiley face.Sherlock discovers one victim had mud on his shoes from London and Sussex - whilst the results on the map flag London and Suffolk - 137 miles away.Sherlock removes John's bomb and it looks like everything's going to be alright, but then -Ĭut to the next scene with John at Mycroft's office collecting more clues. With that cheery message delivered, he swaggers off and takes his snipers with him. However, if Sherlock keeps interfering in his affairs, he will do worse than kill him.

He fully intends to kill Sherlock someday, but doesn't want to end his fun just yet he's saving that up for something truly special. All of this has been for his own amusement, and to show Sherlock exactly what he's capable of. A "consulting criminal" who's spent years solving other people's problems, he's delighted to have found a proper challenge, and couldn't care less about the missile plans. We finally meet the mysterious Moriarty, who turns out to be Jim from IT. Of course, it's not all that straightforward - first it seems that the bomber is John, then that John's been stuck in a bomb. John goes out to Sarah's place while Sherlock, being Sherlock, decides to arrange a meeting with the mysterious bomber. Sherlock solves the problem and another two, along with recovering the missile plans on the side.
