Sherlock, Season 4, Episode 3 “The Final Problem” Posted by Sage I considered breaking with our recap naming convention to call this post an "in defense of" piece. I can't divorce my experience watching "The Final Problem" from the high rate of … [Read more...]
“Once more unto the breach.” – Sherlock Recap – The Lying Detective
Sherlock, Season 4, Episode 2 “The Lying Detective” Posted by Sage We are officially going around in circles. Then we are backtracking and going on random tangents and we don't even get the satisfaction of tormenting Mycroft while we do … [Read more...]
“The danger was the fun part.” – Sherlock Recap – The Six Thatchers
Sherlock, Season 4, Episode 1 "The Six Thatchers" Posted by Sage As dangerous as it is to hand too much of a popular series over to fanservice, so too is it to treat your audience like adversaries. That's the feeling I got when I watched … [Read more...]
“There’s always two of us. Don’t you read The Strand?” – Sherlock Recap, The Abominable Bride
Sherlock, New Year's Day 2016 Special "The Abominable Bride" Posted by Sage If you follow Head Over Feels on social media (and you'd better), you perhaps noticed that we didn't give off our usual hum of anticipation leading in to a brand new … [Read more...]
The Top 20 Television Moments of 2014 – Part One
Posted by Kim and Sage As all our shows go home for their winter breaks (with 60 pounds of laundry for mom!), it's time to embark on our annual year-end coverage! We kick off our celebration of all things 2014 with part one of our Top 20 TV … [Read more...]
“Here be dragons.” – Sherlock Recap
Sherlock Season 3, Episode 3: His Last Vow Posted by Sage Anxiety. Dread. Ice cream. Alcohol. These are what Sherlock fans usually bring with them to a finale episode. Especially after the relative lightheartedness of this season's first two … [Read more...]
“Did I say ‘murder’? I meant to say ‘marriage.'” – Sherlock Recap
Sherlock Season 3, Episode 2: The Sign of Three Posted by Sage Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today to watch this man, THIS man, and this woman firmly establish themselves as the finest adventuring trio since three little Gryffindors … [Read more...]
“Ooh, you bastard.” – Sherlock Recap
Sherlock Season 3, Episode 1: The Empty Hearse Posted by Sage God, I missed this show. This absurd, arrogant, UNREASONABLY fun show. #sherlocklives, readers. But we already knew that. What we didn't know was how he did it. Or maybe we did, … [Read more...]