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'Sherlock' Season 4, Episode 3 Recap: If this is how the series ends, what a way to go
The lingering question for Sherlock fans — every year, it seems — is whether the series will return for another season. Indeed, it's difficult to mitigate when there's several years in between seasons, but if fans just witnessed the final episode of this iteration of the famous detective, the show ended on a positive and fulfilling note.
Episode three of season four, "The Final Problem," pitted Sherlock, John Watson and Mycroft against the Holmes family's long-lost sister, Eurus. Why Sherlock didn't remember her, and where she'd been this whole time, were questions the show needed to address; lest Sherlock divulge into its increasingly farcical logic (see: the entire plot of "The Abominable Bride"). Thankfully, Mycroft provided a somewhat believable answer: Sherlock had forgotten about his sister, the result of the trauma he endured as a child from her.
We get it in bits and pieces at first, and yes, she sounds awful. She drowned the family dog, Redbeard, who Sherlock was attached to, and subsequently set their house on fire. It was then that Mycroft faked her death for the sake of his parents and covertly sent Eurus to a very isolated facility called Sherrinford. It's essentially Alcatraz on steroids: an isolated supermax prison in the middle of the ocean where the worst people imaginable are kept. That's where Mycroft assumed she was the whole time, though that was obviously called into question earlier in the season when we learned that she had posed as several different people, including John's therapist.
A good chunk of "The Final Problem" takes place at Sherrinford, where we saw not just the best parts of the episode, but also of the entire season.
Mycroft explains that Eurus' extreme isolation doesn't — or at least, shouldn't — include conversations with people because she can "reprogram" them to become her mindless followers. Her capacity for persuasion included convincing a doctor to kill his family, before killing himself. But the facility's supervisor still allowed people to speak with Eurus — including himself. He and the facility become compromised; a chilling example of inmates running the asylum, with Eurus at Sherrinford's helm. This is confirmed with a fun cinematic trick: Eurus, seemingly behind a wall of glass, stretches her hand to meet Sherlock. It was an illusion (and a really clever one), and revealed that she had the upper-hand, while the guards apprehend Mycroft and John.
This scheme ostensibly started when Mycroft gave his sister a "Christmas gift" several years ago: Five minutes of unsupervised conversation with Jim Moriarty, who, while not back from the grave, was a looming, ethereal presence in "The Final Problem." He and Eurus are formidable adversaries on their own, but with five minutes alone, they set up a world of problems for Sherlock from within the walls of Sherrinford.
What followed was an enticing, Saw-like set of puzzles for Sherlock, John and Mycroft to solve. The biggest one featured a little girl in a plane — the only person on the flight awake for some unknown reason — with Sherlock given small windows to chat with her and help her somehow land the plane. All the while, the trio had to solve in-room puzzles from Eurus that led to an ever-increasing body count. In the most gripping sequence, Sherlock has three minutes to chat with Molly and convince her to say "I love you" over the phone, otherwise her apartment would detonate with explosives. Naturally, it came down to mere seconds.
The puzzles continue until Eurus abruptly ends the game — tranquilizing the trio — after Sherlock nearly shoots himself in the head, instead of playing by her rules and choosing to kill either John or Mycroft. It leads to Sherlock finding his way back to the burnt down family home, where Sherlock learns the truth about Redbeard, and the girl on the plane. Redbeard wasn't a dog but a person: Sherlock's childhood best friend, who you might have guessed, enjoyed dressing up as the pirate Redbeard. Eurus left him to drown in a well, which is unequivocally messed up.
The girl on a plane? A metaphor for Eurus' intellect being on a higher plane than everyone else's, thus feeling extremely isolated (OK, that was a bit of a stretch, Sherlock). Unfortunately, this was where "The Final Problem" falls into a brief rut, with the girl on the plane reveal and Eurus' subsequent surrender, which amounts to Sherlock acknowledging that she deserved to have a friend and more attention growing up. Suddenly, she's willing to be apprehended by the police and sent back to a now-secure Sherrinford.
A most pensive Cumberbatch Source: BBC
The sentiment from Sherlock is nice, though ultimately implausible considering how quickly he was willing to forgive his sister for — we remind you — drowning his best friend in a well, plus almost getting Molly killed (while killing other characters in the process!). That she's returned to Sherrinford to live out her days satisfied with regular visits from her brother, amounts the entire plot of "The Final Problem" to a bit of inconsequential hogwash.
Any issues with the culmination of the Eurus plot are assuaged by a final, hopeful message from Mary, which, between her and Moriarty, means a lot of characters on Sherlock enjoy recording messages before their deaths. Mary lovingly sums up the reasons why John and Sherlock enjoy solving crimes — for a junkie like Sherlock, the thrill of crime-solving is a natural high, while John still has a war mentality from his service in Afghanistan. "Who you really are, it doesn't matter," she says. "It's all about the legend."
"The Final Problem" ends with a montage of Sherlock and John solving crimes, before a freeze-frame of the duo running out of a building precedes the end credits. It has all the makings of not just a series, but season finale for Sherlock, which would appear to have run its natural course as a TV drama. The increased stardom of its leads, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, would indicate they'd each be hard-pressed to find time in their schedules for another go-around, and from the perspective of the show, it's hard to top what they've already accomplished. No new villains could follow Moriarty and Eurus in scope.
Sherlock diehards will certainly clamor for more, but anything beyond season four would feel like unnecessary fan service. That's not this Sherlock's style — no matter how much Sherlock-John fanfiction is created in their honor.


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Brown's Olivia Pichardo becomes 1st woman to make D1 baseball roster
Brown University freshman Olivia Pichardo is making history as the first woman to make a Division I baseball roster.
Brown coach Grant Achilles announced Monday that Pichardo made the varsity roster for the upcoming season as a walk-on utility player, saying she had the most complete walk-on tryout he'd witnessed as a coach.
Pichardo was a pitcher and outfielder for the USA Baseball Women's National Team and played club baseball in New York. She spent two weeks with the Brown program this fall, going through practice and workouts with current players, and working out as a middle infielder, outfielder and pitcher.
"Olivia put together the most complete walk-on tryout I have seen from a player since becoming a head coach," Achilles said in a press release.
HISTORY! The first female NCAA Division I baseball student-athlete is Brown's own Olivia Pichardo
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—@BrownU_Baseball
A native of Queens, New York, Pichardo played varsity high school baseball at Garden School in seventh and eighth grade. As a member of Team USA this summer, she participated in the Friendship Series against Team Canada in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Pichardo also interned in the New York Mets Amateur Scouting Department.
The 18-year-old Pichardo said it was "a surreal moment" when she was told she made the team during a hitters and pitchers meeting.
"I'm living out my dream right now and the ideal college experience that I've always wanted, so that's really cool," said Pichardo, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the New York Mets on Women's Day at Citi Field in August.
Brown noted nearly 20 women have been members of college baseball rosters, with at least eight currently slated to suit up this season, but none at the NCAA Division I level.

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Exploring other countries through culture, education and business – this is the goal of Spokane Sister Cities. You don't have to be Japanese, Irish, Korean, or Chinese to experience Sister Cities.
You are visiting the website of the Sister Cities Association of Spokane, a non-profit organization supported by the City of Spokane and volunteer citizens. We are the umbrella organization that supports the activities of Spokane's four Sister City Societies.
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Sister Cities International is based in Washington, D.C. This international organization helps support the development of Sister Cities between US cities and cities around the world.
In 2005, Spokane was honored to host the international conference for Sister Cities International. This brought hundreds of visitors to our city, many from around the world. We were proud that Spokane could be showcased as a model city and a model Sister City program to the rest of the world!
During the 2005 conference, the Sister Cities Association of Spokane launched the Dragon Boat Festival. Eleven teams participated the first year and the Festival is now operated by the Spokane Parks Foundation. We are pleased that the conference was able to leave a lasting legacy to the city through this spectacular, international event!
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Gov. Kathy Hochul during her wide-ranging, first State of the State address Wednesday.
In First State of the State, Gov. Hochul Pledges 'New Era for New York'
Ese Olumhense | January 5, 2022
Hochul, who became the state's first female governor after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned in 2021, has worked hard to distance herself from her predecessor, and from what she has described as a toxic working culture in the Capitol.
Brooklyn Developer's Rezoning Proposal Would Add 400-Foot Towers to Broadway Junction
David Brand | January 5, 2022
The project would create about 664 housing units, two commercial towers and a new park in place of vehicle lots and low-rise buildings in an area that city officials have been eyeing for years for potential economic and real estate development.


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Alida  is a feminine given name, a common Dutch version of Adelaide until about 1960. It is a compound word: adal 'noble' + heid 'gleam, glitter'. The name was also common in Norway between 1860 and 1910 when immigration was frequent.

Notable people with the name include:

 Alīda Ābola (born 1954), Latvian orienteering competitor
 Alida van der Anker-Doedens (1922–2014), Dutch canoeist
 Vija Artmane (1929–2008), Latvian actress
 Alida C.M. Besseling (1944–2014), Dutch politician and activist known as Alice Besseling
 Alida Bolten (1903–1984), Dutch swimmer
 Alida van den Bos (1902–2003), Dutch gymnast
 Alida Bosshardt (1913–2007), Dutch Salvation Army officer
 Alida Brittain (1883–1943), British musician and journalist
 Alida Chelli (1943–2012), Italian actress, singer, and TV hostess
 Alida Chen (born 1996), Dutch badminton player
 Alida Cosijn (1931–2016), Dutch ceramist known as Lies Cosijn
 Alida Garcia, American social activist
 Alida Gray (born 1977), American judoka
 Alida Hisku (born 1957), Albanian singer
 Alida Malkus (1888–1976), American writer of children's novels
 Alida Marcovici (born 1973), Romanian volleyball player
 Alida Morberg (born 1985), Swedish actress
 Alida Neave (fl. 1929), South African tennis player
 Alida Rockefeller Messinger (born 1948), American philanthropist
 Alida Rouffe (1874–1949), French actress
 Alida Schuyler (1656–1727), New Netherland businessperson
 Lidy Stoppelman (born 1933), Dutch figure skater
 Alida Valli (1921–2006), Italian actress
 Alida Vázquez (1929–2015), Mexican composer
 Alida de Vries (1914–2007), Dutch sprinter
 Alida Withoos (1661–1730), Dutch botanical artist and painter

See also
 Alide (disambiguation), another feminine given name
 Alida (video game)

References

Dutch feminine given names

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Brit Floyd landed at the Florida Theater, and for a few hours, a packed house was transported through time with a performance to be remembered.
To not simply refer to Brit Floyd as Pink Floyd after experiencing their show took an almost conscious effort. The performance at the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville was more than a concert. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Florida Theatre was the perfect venue to showcase nearly four decades of music from the 1996 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Pink Floyd. In a theatre that first opened its doors in 1927 and has been the location of historic performances ever since, Brit Floyd gave the audience an event, a performance, a concert, and an experience no one will soon forget.
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Photography has always been part of my life. From the days of film back in the early 80s to present day digital. The view has always been the same...to capture an emotion, a moment, a feeling, or provoke a thought. Since the early days I've had the opportunity to capture sports, weddings, architectural details, wildlife, automobiles, landscapes, concerts, and portraits. Be it an album cover, advertisement, newspaper, magazine, gallery, or social media, my greatest joy comes from knowing someone loves my work enough to place it in their own home. That is true satisfaction...knowing that I have touched something deep inside another person's soul. I am a native Floridian currently residing in St. Augustine, Florida. A proud graduate of Flagler College and a lover of music and small details that go unnoticed by most, I continue to explore the reaches of my own mind through writing, photography, and constant introspection.
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