SHERLOCK: THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE — What Did You Think?

It's been almost two years since fans have seen a new episode of the fantastic BBC series Sherlock, and on New Year's Day, we were finally able to see the highly-anticipated Sherlock: The Abominable Bride. I'm creating this post largely as a place for you, the readers, to discuss your thoughts about the episode in the comments, but I'll toss out a few of my brief thoughts to get things started. (Obviously, spoilers are going to be all over the place from here on out.)

I liked how the concept of taking a modernized Sherlock and putting it in Victorian times played out as a drug-fueled trip through Sherlock's Mind Palace. Considering this was supposed to be a holiday special, I was wondering if they would basically ignore the revelation at the end of last season in order to simply provide a fun one-off story that wouldn't have any relevance to the series as a whole. That would have been fine, but I think I preferred the way they handled it here; instead of just a fun diversion, we got an episode that is absolutely crucial to seeing how Sherlock deals with the apparent return of Moriarty. I enjoyed the duality of the Ricoletti case and Moriarty's suicide, the ghost story vibe, Sherlock and Watson's banter (with Mrs. Hudson, as well), the suffragette subplot, and little touches like the envisioning of the Reichenbach Falls, an important location to the lore of the literary character. Fat Mycroft? Eh, not so much.

What did you all think about The Abominable Bride?