9 Questions We Have After The Sherlock Season 4 Finale

Sherlock's fourth season came to an explosive end last week - and might just have taken the whole show with it. The episode, suitably titled "The Final Problem," endeavoured to wrap up every lingering plot thread the series had created and act as a possible end to the show, in the event that Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman's busy schedules - basically doing lots of Marvel movies - means that they're not free to do Sherlock again.

Christian Bone

Published: Jan 18, 2017 04:34 pm

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3) How Exactly Does Eurus “Recruit” People?

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While Sherlock is pretty damn smart and Mycroft is even more remarkable, their evil sister Eurus is said to be on another level entirely. Apparently, her mental prowess was professionally tested and she was described as an “era-defining genius.” Pity she’s a bad guy, ain’t it?

Her sheer brain power gives her the ability to “recruit” people – simply talk them into doing her bidding. This allows her to take control of Sherrinford and enact her revenge plan against her brothers. In effect, it acts like a form of super-charged hypnotism, but doesn’t seem to affect higher-minded people like her brothers or Moriarty.

“The Final Problem” asks us to accept this power at face value, but we really would have liked it to be explained a little bit. Is Sherlock falling back on the old “we only use 10% of our brain” myth? Like Matilda and Scarlet Johanson’s Lucy before her, does Eurus possess superpowers because she’s ‘unlocked’ extra portions of her brain?

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is The Incredibles.