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** The finale "The Final Problem" ''[[UpToEleven somehow manages to be even more polarizing]]''.
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** Aside from (possibly) "The Lying Detective", the first and final episodes of the series were ''polarizing'' at best, with critics and fans crying out about how the series became less of a detective series and more action-packed and obsessed with the mentality of DarkerAndEdgier. "The Final Problem" became the biggest polarizing episode however, with '''more''' fans and critics debating on whether the series ended on a good note or if it ended in a cop out, especially with the revelations involving [[spoiler: Eurus]]. And of course it lead to ''some'' fans attacking [[ScapegoatCreator Steven Moffat]] [[RunningGag for "ruining the show"]], like some do to the [[Series/DoctorWho other show]] he writes for.
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** Aside from (possibly) "The Lying Detective", the first and final episodes of the series were ''polarizing'' at best, with critics and fans crying out about how the series became less of a detective series and more action-packed and obsessed with the mentality of DarkerAndEdgier. "The Final Problem" became the biggest polarizing episode however, with '''more''' fans and critics debating on whether the series ended on a good note or if it ended in a cop out, especially with the revelations involving [[spoiler: Eurus]]. And of course it lead to ''some'' fans attacking [[ScapegoatCreator Steven Moffat]] Moffat [[RunningGag for "ruining the show"]], like some do to the [[Series/DoctorWho other show]] he writes for.
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Requires two sides, not just complaints.
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* The third season, however, sparked some heavy arguing over whether Mary was an enjoyable character, or a two-dimensional [[HetIsEw slash-wrecking]] MarySue who was too similar to other female characters in Creator/StevenMoffat's shows, and whether the explanation [[spoiler:(or not) of how Sherlock faked his death]] was well handled or tilted too far towards [[TrollingCreator trolling]] and [[TakeThatAudience mocking]] the fans.
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* The third season, however, sparked some heavy arguing over whether Mary was an enjoyable character, or a two-dimensional [[HetIsEw slash-wrecking]] MarySue slash-wrecker]] who was too similar to other female characters in Creator/StevenMoffat's shows, and whether the explanation [[spoiler:(or not) of how Sherlock faked his death]] was well handled or tilted too far towards [[TrollingCreator trolling]] and [[TakeThatAudience mocking]] the fans.
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** The finale "The Final Problem" ''[[UpToEleven somehow manages to be even more polarizing]]'' to the point of causing significant InternetBackdraft, with [[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38635953 the episode's ratings hitting an all-time low]] for the series:
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** The finale "The Final Problem" ''[[UpToEleven somehow manages to be even more polarizing]]'' to the point of causing significant InternetBackdraft, with [[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38635953 the episode's ratings hitting an all-time low]] for the series:polarizing]]''.
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*** [[spoiler:Some believe that it is by far the ''worst'' episode of the whole series, considering it to be a particularly edgy variation of JumpingTheShark. Why? The series makes a drastic {{genre shift}} to what may be considered an out of place ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' rip-off with newly arrived Holmes sibling [[DarkMagicalGirl Eurus]] serving as an improbable antagonist. She shatters viewers' [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief suspension of disbelief]] regarding what is humanly possible, even by the show’s already borderline-superhuman standards, with her superpowers including ''instant brainwashing of anyone she meets and predicting terror attacks in an hour based on Twitter patterns''. Like most antagonists of the series, she is obsessed with Sherlock and uses her [[InformedAbility alleged]] intellect to construct a clichéd slasher maze full of {{sadistic choice}}s. This whole incredibly {{complex|ityAddiction}} and [[CrazyPrepared well-prepared]] long-range plan, based on numerous [[GambitRoulette unpredictable]] variables, was forged by her and Jim Moriarty in '''''five minutes''''', breaking the suspension of disbelief even further. Unsurprisingly, both Sherlock and Mycroft look severely [[TheWorfEffect underpowered and helpless]] in this episode, playing by the villain's rules for quite some time. [[PlotInducedStupidity Mycroft specifically turns out to be an imbecile]] by letting a dangerously-psychotic genius mastermind have an unsupervised conversation with another dangerously-psychotic genius mastermind, who both openly obsessed over and directly threatened his little brother. Ultimately, Sherlock defeats his sister through equally-magical abilities and empathy, revealing the horrible truth about what happened to Redbeard in the process and learning about the undercooked [[DrivenByEnvy motivation]] of Eurus. Unsurprisingly, lots and lots of blatant {{plot hole}}s appear. Perhaps it is also not surprising that some people saw it as a bad fanfiction rather than a genuine episode.]]
*** [[spoiler:And after this entire bizarre plot, many fans expected Eurus to be decisively defeated, as the rest of the villains were, and face some sort of comeuppance. Instead she is EasilyForgiven by Sherlock -- despite her blowing up 221B with Mrs. Hudson inside, threatening to kill Molly, killing multiple people ''in that very episode,'' forcing Sherlock to choose between shooting John or Mycroft, almost killing John, and having it revealed that she killed Sherlock's childhood friend and tried to kill Sherlock himself by burning their family house down. All because of a slapdash motivation of her being DrivenByEnvy and wanting to be loved. It doesn't help that the writing skimped on giving her ''any'' sort of redeeming qualities outside of sort-of saving John (from her own trap), thus making many fans feel that Sherlock's abruptly brotherly reaction to a sister he only just knew existed bordered on, if not outright fell into, InsaneForgiveness with a touch of ThePowerOfLove. Plus Eurus faced no appropriate justice outside of what was already meted to her, even though her body count exceeded that of many other antagonists in the series, most of whom were killed off for doing far less than her.]]
*** [[spoiler:Not to mention how emotionally oppressive and uncomfortable to watch "The Final Problem" was. Witnessing [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Molly Hooper]] being humiliated ''yet again'' by being forced to confess her love to Sherlock ''by'' an equally-humiliated and unwilling Sherlock was an especially gruelling experience for quite a lot of fans.]]
*** [[spoiler:And after this entire bizarre plot, many fans expected Eurus to be decisively defeated, as the rest of the villains were, and face some sort of comeuppance. Instead she is EasilyForgiven by Sherlock -- despite her blowing up 221B with Mrs. Hudson inside, threatening to kill Molly, killing multiple people ''in that very episode,'' forcing Sherlock to choose between shooting John or Mycroft, almost killing John, and having it revealed that she killed Sherlock's childhood friend and tried to kill Sherlock himself by burning their family house down. All because of a slapdash motivation of her being DrivenByEnvy and wanting to be loved. It doesn't help that the writing skimped on giving her ''any'' sort of redeeming qualities outside of sort-of saving John (from her own trap), thus making many fans feel that Sherlock's abruptly brotherly reaction to a sister he only just knew existed bordered on, if not outright fell into, InsaneForgiveness with a touch of ThePowerOfLove. Plus Eurus faced no appropriate justice outside of what was already meted to her, even though her body count exceeded that of many other antagonists in the series, most of whom were killed off for doing far less than her.]]
*** [[spoiler:Not to mention how emotionally oppressive and uncomfortable to watch "The Final Problem" was. Witnessing [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Molly Hooper]] being humiliated ''yet again'' by being forced to confess her love to Sherlock ''by'' an equally-humiliated and unwilling Sherlock was an especially gruelling experience for quite a lot of fans.]]
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* The more bellicose fans were happy to feud with fans of other shows for the first two seasons. This was not true later, however.
* The third season, however, sparked some heavy arguing over whether Mary was an enjoyable character, or a two-dimensional [[HetIsEw slash-wrecking]] MarySue who was too similar to other female characters in Creator/StevenMoffat's shows, and whether the explanation [[spoiler:(or not) of how Sherlock faked his death]] was well handled or tilted too far towards [[TrollingCreator trolling]] and [[TakeThatAudience mocking]] the fans.
* The large amount of HomoeroticSubtext between John and Sherlock (which has even been {{lampshade|Hanging}}d multiple times) has caused many reactions by the fandom. Some viewers enjoy it or even believe it is genuine ShipTease to hint at John and Sherlock getting a RelationshipUpgrade while others believe that the writers have no plan on getting John and Sherlock together and simply added the subtext to attract more YaoiFangirls.
* Season 4:
** Episode 1, "The Six Thatchers", has been one of the most polarising episodes to date:
*** Some fans outright detested it for [[spoiler: focusing on drama rather than an actual case and for focusing too heavily on Mary and her super spy background. It goes without saying that a lot of fans disliked the fact that John, of all people, was unfaithful, and that he was ultimately pushed to the background by both Sherlock ''and'' Mary; the former stating that Mary was far better at helping him. Mary taking a bullet for Sherlock and dying was also disliked because it was poorly set up, and shot in a way that looked absolutely ridiculous. Some fans also disliked that Sherlock was made more 'human', to the point of seeing a psychologist at the end of the episode.]]
*** However, other fans thought it was a refreshing episode with a much needed change of pace. [[spoiler: They liked that Mary got some more backstory, and enjoyed that she was made into a badass super spy, rather than just sitting in the background with the baby. They liked that there was more action, as opposed to detective work, and liked seeing the dynamic of Sherlock and Mary working together. Fans also liked the implication that John isn't perfect, and did cheat on his wife, and they also liked seeing the more human side of Sherlock.]] In other words, most opinions on this episode are extremely contrasting in nature.
*** There is a third group which dislikes some things from the former points while enjoying others.
** The finale "The Final Problem" ''[[UpToEleven somehow manages to be even more polarizing]]'' to the point of causing significant InternetBackdraft, with [[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38635953 the episode's ratings hitting an all-time low]] for the series:
*** [[spoiler:Some believe that it was an intense, emotional roller-coaster of an episode and served its role as an exhilarating conclusion for the darkest and most tragic season of ''Sherlock''. [[EarnYourHappyEnding The ending of the episode]] is considered to be both a satisfying uplifting wrap up of the series, in case it is indeed the end, and a positive affirmation of [[AndTheAdventureContinues the immortal status of Sherlock Holmes’ legend]]]].
*** [[spoiler:Some believe that it is by far the ''worst'' episode of the whole series, considering it to be a particularly edgy variation of JumpingTheShark. Why? The series makes a drastic {{genre shift}} to what may be considered an out of place ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' rip-off with newly arrived Holmes sibling [[DarkMagicalGirl Eurus]] serving as an improbable antagonist. She shatters viewers' [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief suspension of disbelief]] regarding what is humanly possible, even by the show’s already borderline-superhuman standards, with her superpowers including ''instant brainwashing of anyone she meets and predicting terror attacks in an hour based on Twitter patterns''. Like most antagonists of the series, she is obsessed with Sherlock and uses her [[InformedAbility alleged]] intellect to construct a clichéd slasher maze full of {{sadistic choice}}s. This whole incredibly {{complex|ityAddiction}} and [[CrazyPrepared well-prepared]] long-range plan, based on numerous [[GambitRoulette unpredictable]] variables, was forged by her and Jim Moriarty in '''''five minutes''''', breaking the suspension of disbelief even further. Unsurprisingly, both Sherlock and Mycroft look severely [[TheWorfEffect underpowered and helpless]] in this episode, playing by the villain's rules for quite some time. [[PlotInducedStupidity Mycroft specifically turns out to be an imbecile]] by letting a dangerously-psychotic genius mastermind have an unsupervised conversation with another dangerously-psychotic genius mastermind, who both openly obsessed over and directly threatened his little brother. Ultimately, Sherlock defeats his sister through equally-magical abilities and empathy, revealing the horrible truth about what happened to Redbeard in the process and learning about the undercooked [[DrivenByEnvy motivation]] of Eurus. Unsurprisingly, lots and lots of blatant {{plot hole}}s appear. Perhaps it is also not surprising that some people saw it as a bad fanfiction rather than a genuine episode.]]
*** [[spoiler:And after this entire bizarre plot, many fans expected Eurus to be decisively defeated, as the rest of the villains were, and face some sort of comeuppance. Instead she is EasilyForgiven by Sherlock -- despite her blowing up 221B with Mrs. Hudson inside, threatening to kill Molly, killing multiple people ''in that very episode,'' forcing Sherlock to choose between shooting John or Mycroft, almost killing John, and having it revealed that she killed Sherlock's childhood friend and tried to kill Sherlock himself by burning their family house down. All because of a slapdash motivation of her being DrivenByEnvy and wanting to be loved. It doesn't help that the writing skimped on giving her ''any'' sort of redeeming qualities outside of sort-of saving John (from her own trap), thus making many fans feel that Sherlock's abruptly brotherly reaction to a sister he only just knew existed bordered on, if not outright fell into, InsaneForgiveness with a touch of ThePowerOfLove. Plus Eurus faced no appropriate justice outside of what was already meted to her, even though her body count exceeded that of many other antagonists in the series, most of whom were killed off for doing far less than her.]]
*** [[spoiler:Not to mention how emotionally oppressive and uncomfortable to watch "The Final Problem" was. Witnessing [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Molly Hooper]] being humiliated ''yet again'' by being forced to confess her love to Sherlock ''by'' an equally-humiliated and unwilling Sherlock was an especially gruelling experience for quite a lot of fans.]]
*** [[spoiler:Mary's narration at the end is seen as either a touching way to cover the ending montage, while others found it {{Narm}} and out of place. A fan edit was made removing the narration, which had many people feeling it made the ending a lot better.]]
*** [[spoiler:Some fans think that despite the episode’s plot being a mess, its emotional moments, especially the ending, as well as completed character arcs for Sherlock and John were more than enough to make up for its other shortcomings.]]
*** [[spoiler:Yet another group liked the episode fine despite its flaws, but disliked the GrandFinale-like ending, feeling it came out of ''nowhere'' after the whole Eurus story, thus ruining an episode that could have been fine on its own if not for it being treated as the very last.]]
*** [[spoiler:Other than the argument of whether or not it was a good finale, the fact that John and Sherlock are not explicitly in a romantic relationship at the end did not go over silently. One half of the fandom is enraged that the creators [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians queerbaited]] them for the entire series only to not go through with it at the end. The other half point out that the creators never said the relationship would happen, and that some fans looked way too deeply into John and Sherlock's relationship. The argument of whether the Johnlock ship is more appreciated than the show itself is a ''whole new war entirely''.]]
** Aside from (possibly) "The Lying Detective", the first and final episodes of the series were ''polarizing'' at best, with critics and fans crying out about how the series became less of a detective series and more action-packed and obsessed with the mentality of DarkerAndEdgier. "The Final Problem" became the biggest polarizing episode however, with '''more''' fans and critics debating on whether the series ended on a good note or if it ended in a cop out, especially with the revelations involving [[spoiler: Eurus]]. And of course it lead to ''some'' fans attacking [[ScapegoatCreator Steven Moffat]] [[RunningGag for "ruining the show"]], like some do to the [[Series/DoctorWho other show]] he writes for.
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* The more bellicose fans were happy to feud with fans of other shows for the first two seasons. This was not true later, however.
* The third season, however, sparked some heavy arguing over whether Mary was an enjoyable character, or a two-dimensional [[HetIsEw slash-wrecking]] MarySue who was too similar to other female characters in Creator/StevenMoffat's shows, and whether the explanation [[spoiler:(or not) of how Sherlock faked his death]] was well handled or tilted too far towards [[TrollingCreator trolling]] and [[TakeThatAudience mocking]] the fans.
* The large amount of HomoeroticSubtext between John and Sherlock (which has even been {{lampshade|Hanging}}d multiple times) has caused many reactions by the fandom. Some viewers enjoy it or even believe it is genuine ShipTease to hint at John and Sherlock getting a RelationshipUpgrade while others believe that the writers have no plan on getting John and Sherlock together and simply added the subtext to attract more YaoiFangirls.
* Season 4:
** Episode 1, "The Six Thatchers", has been one of the most polarising episodes to date:
*** Some fans outright detested it for [[spoiler: focusing on drama rather than an actual case and for focusing too heavily on Mary and her super spy background. It goes without saying that a lot of fans disliked the fact that John, of all people, was unfaithful, and that he was ultimately pushed to the background by both Sherlock ''and'' Mary; the former stating that Mary was far better at helping him. Mary taking a bullet for Sherlock and dying was also disliked because it was poorly set up, and shot in a way that looked absolutely ridiculous. Some fans also disliked that Sherlock was made more 'human', to the point of seeing a psychologist at the end of the episode.]]
*** However, other fans thought it was a refreshing episode with a much needed change of pace. [[spoiler: They liked that Mary got some more backstory, and enjoyed that she was made into a badass super spy, rather than just sitting in the background with the baby. They liked that there was more action, as opposed to detective work, and liked seeing the dynamic of Sherlock and Mary working together. Fans also liked the implication that John isn't perfect, and did cheat on his wife, and they also liked seeing the more human side of Sherlock.]] In other words, most opinions on this episode are extremely contrasting in nature.
*** There is a third group which dislikes some things from the former points while enjoying others.
** The finale "The Final Problem" ''[[UpToEleven somehow manages to be even more polarizing]]'' to the point of causing significant InternetBackdraft, with [[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38635953 the episode's ratings hitting an all-time low]] for the series:
*** [[spoiler:Some believe that it was an intense, emotional roller-coaster of an episode and served its role as an exhilarating conclusion for the darkest and most tragic season of ''Sherlock''. [[EarnYourHappyEnding The ending of the episode]] is considered to be both a satisfying uplifting wrap up of the series, in case it is indeed the end, and a positive affirmation of [[AndTheAdventureContinues the immortal status of Sherlock Holmes’ legend]]]].
*** [[spoiler:Some believe that it is by far the ''worst'' episode of the whole series, considering it to be a particularly edgy variation of JumpingTheShark. Why? The series makes a drastic {{genre shift}} to what may be considered an out of place ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' rip-off with newly arrived Holmes sibling [[DarkMagicalGirl Eurus]] serving as an improbable antagonist. She shatters viewers' [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief suspension of disbelief]] regarding what is humanly possible, even by the show’s already borderline-superhuman standards, with her superpowers including ''instant brainwashing of anyone she meets and predicting terror attacks in an hour based on Twitter patterns''. Like most antagonists of the series, she is obsessed with Sherlock and uses her [[InformedAbility alleged]] intellect to construct a clichéd slasher maze full of {{sadistic choice}}s. This whole incredibly {{complex|ityAddiction}} and [[CrazyPrepared well-prepared]] long-range plan, based on numerous [[GambitRoulette unpredictable]] variables, was forged by her and Jim Moriarty in '''''five minutes''''', breaking the suspension of disbelief even further. Unsurprisingly, both Sherlock and Mycroft look severely [[TheWorfEffect underpowered and helpless]] in this episode, playing by the villain's rules for quite some time. [[PlotInducedStupidity Mycroft specifically turns out to be an imbecile]] by letting a dangerously-psychotic genius mastermind have an unsupervised conversation with another dangerously-psychotic genius mastermind, who both openly obsessed over and directly threatened his little brother. Ultimately, Sherlock defeats his sister through equally-magical abilities and empathy, revealing the horrible truth about what happened to Redbeard in the process and learning about the undercooked [[DrivenByEnvy motivation]] of Eurus. Unsurprisingly, lots and lots of blatant {{plot hole}}s appear. Perhaps it is also not surprising that some people saw it as a bad fanfiction rather than a genuine episode.]]
*** [[spoiler:And after this entire bizarre plot, many fans expected Eurus to be decisively defeated, as the rest of the villains were, and face some sort of comeuppance. Instead she is EasilyForgiven by Sherlock -- despite her blowing up 221B with Mrs. Hudson inside, threatening to kill Molly, killing multiple people ''in that very episode,'' forcing Sherlock to choose between shooting John or Mycroft, almost killing John, and having it revealed that she killed Sherlock's childhood friend and tried to kill Sherlock himself by burning their family house down. All because of a slapdash motivation of her being DrivenByEnvy and wanting to be loved. It doesn't help that the writing skimped on giving her ''any'' sort of redeeming qualities outside of sort-of saving John (from her own trap), thus making many fans feel that Sherlock's abruptly brotherly reaction to a sister he only just knew existed bordered on, if not outright fell into, InsaneForgiveness with a touch of ThePowerOfLove. Plus Eurus faced no appropriate justice outside of what was already meted to her, even though her body count exceeded that of many other antagonists in the series, most of whom were killed off for doing far less than her.]]
*** [[spoiler:Not to mention how emotionally oppressive and uncomfortable to watch "The Final Problem" was. Witnessing [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Molly Hooper]] being humiliated ''yet again'' by being forced to confess her love to Sherlock ''by'' an equally-humiliated and unwilling Sherlock was an especially gruelling experience for quite a lot of fans.]]
*** [[spoiler:Mary's narration at the end is seen as either a touching way to cover the ending montage, while others found it {{Narm}} and out of place. A fan edit was made removing the narration, which had many people feeling it made the ending a lot better.]]
*** [[spoiler:Some fans think that despite the episode’s plot being a mess, its emotional moments, especially the ending, as well as completed character arcs for Sherlock and John were more than enough to make up for its other shortcomings.]]
*** [[spoiler:Yet another group liked the episode fine despite its flaws, but disliked the GrandFinale-like ending, feeling it came out of ''nowhere'' after the whole Eurus story, thus ruining an episode that could have been fine on its own if not for it being treated as the very last.]]
*** [[spoiler:Other than the argument of whether or not it was a good finale, the fact that John and Sherlock are not explicitly in a romantic relationship at the end did not go over silently. One half of the fandom is enraged that the creators [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians queerbaited]] them for the entire series only to not go through with it at the end. The other half point out that the creators never said the relationship would happen, and that some fans looked way too deeply into John and Sherlock's relationship. The argument of whether the Johnlock ship is more appreciated than the show itself is a ''whole new war entirely''.]]
** Aside from (possibly) "The Lying Detective", the first and final episodes of the series were ''polarizing'' at best, with critics and fans crying out about how the series became less of a detective series and more action-packed and obsessed with the mentality of DarkerAndEdgier. "The Final Problem" became the biggest polarizing episode however, with '''more''' fans and critics debating on whether the series ended on a good note or if it ended in a cop out, especially with the revelations involving [[spoiler: Eurus]]. And of course it lead to ''some'' fans attacking [[ScapegoatCreator Steven Moffat]] [[RunningGag for "ruining the show"]], like some do to the [[Series/DoctorWho other show]] he writes for.
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