Sherlock’s obsession with pulling the rug from underneath its fans is inevitably going to leave a few disappointed on each occasion.
Though the episode turned out to be a little too much for some viewers.
What follows is Sherlock and Mycroft’s involuntary participation in Eurus’ ruthless mind games; torturing the pair with videotaped threats from a still-dead Moriarty, and forcing Sherlock to solve elaborate murders before killing all its suspects anyway.
Plenty of fans, however, did find emotional closure with the episode; especially considering Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman may never again return for another round as Holmes and Watson.