2x03 The Reichenbach Fall

The best episode of the series. But, sadly, rewatching doesn't do it many favors - some of the flaws stick out more, once the original experience is out of the way. Why does Moriarty kill himself? To live up to his chaotic nature, sure. But why does he do it, actually? Sherlock made an empty threat. What could Sherlock actually do to Moriarty to make him send the stop signal? As Moriarty had just pointed out, even the government was incapable of making him submit under torture. Yes, the scene certainly has shock value, but it honestly doesn't hold up to scrutiny well. There's the aspect of wondering if it was all a ploy somehow and Moriarty is going to return, but as I said this is in the context of rewatching, so you know that isn't the case, and nope he's actually dead.

WOW?? Moriarty really was an interesting villain, so different of any other show’s villains, HOWEVER I never understood his reasoning? Or why the feud with Sherlock? They were amazing rivals but like WHY? I don’t know much of the sherlock saga, I haven’t even watched the movies so I guess there’s a lot of background context that I’m missing and it’s out there, but it doesn’t make sense to me, I can understand sherlock casually messing with one of moriarty’s plots but it feels like M chose S and that it become personal before S even knew. But still I’m gonna miss Moriarty! There was so much still left to be explored, it almost feels like he’s gone to soon, cause what’s the hero without his archnemesis?
I liked that Molly finally acknowledge that she went out with Moriarty, they were too casual about she dating a criminal mastermind. I’m starting to like her and she truly deserves better.