Reactions to The Empty Hearse (SPOILERS)

Hi guys! I know, try not to die of shock from me posting on a Wednesday morning. (Deep breaths, in through the nose, out through the mouth. I think.) Our school district has a two hour delay this morning, but I didn't find out until after I had already gotten dressed and such.... so I decided not to waste my extra time. Anyway.

This post isn't going to interest you if you're not a Sherlockian or if you for some reason haven't been able to watch The Empty Hearse yet. Basically when I was watching it on the 19th I had a little notebook and I wrote down what I was feeling as I watched. I started a few minutes beforehand, so there's a bit in response to the commercials that were playing before the actual episode. Now I've used those notes to write down some of my favorite things about the episode.

• First I was basically just raging over having to wait, like when Mark said the suspense was killing him I may have actually yelled at the screen.... And then there was a commercial about marijuana, and then Ralph Lauren, and I really just didn't care but I may have scared my family.
• During the first scene, I was so excited, and I was freaking out, and I screamed out loud at the kiss, and then it was taken from me and I was quite upset. Then I got a lot of feels from Anderson and Lestrade (thanks guys), and then I was really happy to see that Sherlock's reputation had been fixed.
• During the scene(s) with Mycroft, I was basically just sitting in a pool of emotions. It was really annoying that Mycroft let Sherlock get beaten, and it gave me sibling-feels when they were arguing about it, and the whole time I was just really distracted by Sherlock's hair (and the brief interruption by Khan).
• I would just like to say that I wrote down, "I'm not actually gay" about 3.2 seconds before John said it. Psychic?
• I have to admit, I got really upset when I realized that Sherlock was going to be crashing John's proposal. I mean, after leaving him for two years, he finally decides to come back, and that's when he does it? Gah! Also I thought it was really interesting how he kind of pauses when he walks into the restaurant, just before he starts putting together his disguise. I was thinking, "yes Sherlock, those are called emotions," and I think Benedict really did that scene well,
• The entire sequence in the restaurants may have been my favorite part, because, let's face it, we have all kind of been John for the past two years (me only for seven months), and in that moment, Sherlock was Moftiss, and if you say you haven't wanted to punch them at least once since the Fall, you're lying. I also loved the French accent, and the whole thing with the champagne, and that Sherlock said the hashtag. 
• The bit with him returning to all his friends was great, but my favorite was definitely Greg. You've probably seen a lot of predictions for Series 3 that talked about John using his cane again, right? Well remember how in ASiP Lestrade showed Sherlock his nicotine patches? My headcanon is that he started smoking again after the Fall because he felt guilty and I just had SO MANY FEELS!
• Another favorite was the scene in 221B with Mycroft and Sherlock. First of all, OPERATION???? Also, they PLAY Deductions?? I think my inner fangirl may have lost it! (Also my outer fangirl, but we don't need to talk about that.) I loved that glimpse into their childhood, too; I think it explained a lot about their relationship.
• I just want to talk about Molly for a second. Molly who we all know has had feelings for Sherlock since before ASiP, who helped him fake his own death and keep it a secret, who is the only person (besides John) who can get him to apologize with just a look, who has tried SO HARD to get over him but keeps getting screwed over, who thinks she's really moved on but hasn't. Just, Molly.
• I don't really remember what I was thinking after that, because I basically spent the entire rest of the episode almost hyperventilating. First because of the bonfire, then the bomb, then the real solution, then just everything!

I hope you enjoyed this look into my crazy brain! It's honestly a miracle that I managed to pull something coherent out my notes, since I was flipping out the entire 90 minutes. I have seen The Sign of Three, and I absolutely loved it, and it gave me at ton of new feels, and I'm learning the waltz on piano. So yeah, I really think that Series 3 is going great!

I'm not sure if I'll have another post this week, but I will definitely try. I do have my first guard competition on Saturday, which will occupy me from 9am to about 11pm, so I probably won't be posting then. I guess it'll just be a surprise!