Moffat and Gatiss had already plundered Doyles 'The Final Problem' back in Season 2, with 'The Reichenbach Fall.' So plot-wise, theres not much in the way. This was a story that needed to be told - and told it was, in the most magnificent and epic way possible - something that is well captured in the following quotes near the episode end: Police Officer - "He's a great man sir." Lestrade - "He's better than that. Lets start with that title: despite the obvious reference to perhaps the most famous of all Holmes stories in the Canon, this episode has little to do with Doyles story of the same name. There, from beyond the grave (again), Mary calls Sherlock and Watson her Baker. I ask them if they ever truly would have been satisfied with 'Sherlock' if there had been so many unanswered questions at the end of what could well be the last episode ever for the series. Instead, Final Problem concludes with 221B Baker Street fully reconstructed following the explosion that utterly destroyed it, Sherlock and Watson back to consulting, and Eurus no longer. The first 20 minutes of The Final Problem felt like a return to form, with smart, entertaining action replacing the surreal montages and over-abundant plot twists of the last two episodes. The most striking moment of Sherlock’s Season 4 finale, The Final Problem, came in its final moments. It's a shame that some people are criticizing it for being overtly about psychological twists and less about solving crime. The finale does a stunning job at giving us an insight into his past, and his troubled childhood, while at the same time giving us a glimpse of his genius intellect as in other episodes. Why then is he a sociopath and not a psychopathic villain like Moriarty or Culverton Smith? Because, he was always a good person deep down even though he did not know about it himself. Truly, as Mycroft explains - the man Sherlock is today, is a result of memories suppressed and modified and of deep seated psychological trauma. Watson and Mary, more so than ever in this season of this epic series. Watson (Bill Hurlbut) opens the story with some rather shocking news but quickly goes back to.
For fans of Sherlock Holmes stories, this play combines aspects of Doyle’s stories A Scandal in Bohemia and The Final Problem, both excellent examples of the Holmes oeuvre. But that humane aspect of Sherlock's character, though not superficially apparent, always found expression in his love for Dr. Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure is no exception.
In this mind numbing psychological thriller, the brilliant acting and inspired direction is only surpassed by the emotional undertone that makes Sherlock find his humane touch - something that he had locked away somewhere within his psyche since his childhood.
And I think one day - if we're very, very lucky, he might even be a good man." -Lestrade in 'A Study in Pink' This is what this season was about - Sherlock becoming human again, the only thing that was missing from a truly epic story told over the span of four seasons.
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