Ivy: I watched bits of TEH yesterday, and they really did drop that anderson reveal in the absolute wrong place
destinationtoast: that was totally bizarre!
Ivy: weirdly, there was another place they could have put it, I think, that would have made sense
destinationtoast: oh?
Ivy: right at the end, when John finally says, “are you going to tell me how you did it?” we could have had the whole flash
Ivy: and then return to Sherlock saying, I’m indestructible.
airynothing: oh Ivy
airynothing: that would’ve been so awesome
destinationtoast: Ah! Nice. I thought it would be good to bookend the show with two explanations, but I like that even better, I think.
Ivy: it just doesn’t belong on the train
airynothing: no it sure doesn’t
Ivy: it’s completely irrelevant there
destinationtoast: It’s the reddest of herrings. except I guess really more of a non-sequitur
destinationtoast: but nonnest of sequiturs
airynothing thinks video files can be edited
Ivy: lol
airynothing: we could experience this alternate version for ourselves
Ivy: you’re right
destinationtoast: oooh
I actually experimented with this! Watched the episode through a couple of times and then watched/skipped that scene. It DOES work where it is—for maybe the first couple of minutes. Once Sherlock ceases to be a talking head on video, it feels like the scene is wandering off, getting lost, stopping at a bar and having a couple of martinis because it likes the ambience, and then going “OH SHIT THE TRAIN” and running back as fast as its drunk ass can manage.
(Also, funny story: Tumblr apparently spells ‘ambience’ wrong.)