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New episode about the famous detective shocked all fans of the series. But, firstly, Sherlock suddenly showed up with a sister ... And secondly, in last minute she shoots Dr. Watson. And the question of whether he is alive still torments everyone.
So it is not surprising that an unexpected relative caused a real stir on the network. So who is Ever Holmes and who played her Sian Brooke? We took the liberty of delving into her biography.
Sian Brook
In the series, we saw Ever for the first time in the 2nd episode of the 4th season, but the actress Sian Brook could be found in the TV series "Doctor Martin", "Detective Jack Frost". One of the authors of the series, Mark Gatiss, says that when choosing an actress for the role of Ever, he "instructed to find someone who is not yet known, but should have been a world-famous star for a long time."
“We looked at a few more actresses, but the choice of Sian Brook was unanimous,” he later noted.
Little is known about Sian. She is 37 and was born in Litchfield, Staffordshire, England. And she was the youngest of the children: she has three brothers and sisters. acting career Sian started at the National Youth Theatre.
By the way, real name girls - . But she adopted a pseudonym so that she would not be confused with actress Sian Philipps. Brooke is the surname of an English general of the times civil war who served in her hometown Lichfield.
Film career
Brooke made her film debut in 2002 on Dinotopia: The New Adventure. Appeared in the series Purely English Murders, Hotel Babylon, The Punisher, Badass, Silk. In total, Brooke starred in two dozen films, and also made her debut as a host of several shows.
The actress met Cumberbatch in 2015. Starred in new version Hamlet directed by Lindsey Turner. The production was a great success at the London Barbican Theatre. Brooke played Ophelia, and Benedict played Hamlet himself.
Sian and Benedict in Hamlet
The ability to transform
But Sian's most valuable talent turned out to be the ability to imitate different accents and generally play different roles. Recall that in the 1st series she wore a red wig, portrayed a Scottish accent, flirted and practically became a woman with whom John almost had love relationship. And already in the second episode, she appears in the form of a northerner, the daughter of Calverton Smith named Faith, and spends the evening with her drug-addicted brother (and he, with all his amazing powers of observation, did not even recognize his sister). And in the same episode, she is (according to her) 20 years old and she is John's German psychotherapist, and all this without a new nose and any other visible changes on her face. Impressive!
Unlike the first episode of the fourth season of the series "Sherlock", which was "Sherlockomaniacs" to the nines, the final episode of the season aroused strong emotions among fans. However, as they say "the taste and color", there were those who 3 series last season did not like it, the site reports.
Initially, it was noted that the series "The Last Case" would be the final episode of the entire story about the adventures of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. However, there have been no announcements from series creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat so far, so fans are hoping for a continuation of this story, calling the wait an "emotional meat grinder". The Sherlock fans have suggested that the new season could see more of the character of the Holmes brothers' sister, Ever.
Ever Holm, not only became "Moriarty in a skirt", but also kept everyone on their toes throughout the series. The game of 37-year-old Sian Brook was rated at highest level. Fans couldn't find fault with her looks, or her plasticity, or her game, or anything.
"Ever Holmes - well, just space! I'm her fan now. She would have made a chic couple of Moriarty and then the whole underworld would have won" (Orff and Paragraph of the author saved, approx. ed.), wrote one of the fans.
The actress could also be seen in Hotel Babylon, Silk, Bullies and Purely English Murder.
Many came to the conclusion that the episode "The Last Case" was the most emotional in all seasons. Indeed, in the last series, the creators decided to reveal the other side of Sherlock, which fans of deduction really did not like.
With the help of a sister whom the detective had no memory of, Sherlock's emotionality was revealed, his love for his friends and desire to protect them, as well as the incredible brotherly love between Mycroft and Sherlock.
All this could make even the most severe "Sherlocoman" cry.
This, according to blogger Danila Poperechny, ruined the final series. In his new video, the guy advised all fans of the series for deduction and logic, why not watch the finale. The blogger questioned the intelligence of Sherlock's sister, noting that she is not at all brilliant and not mysterious. But it's true, the girl was crazy, locked in a kind of prison.
JoInfo journalist Anna Ash recalls that the day before big premiere, the last episode of the 4th season of Sherlock. This was warned on Sherlock's official Twitter channel, urging fans if they stumble upon episode 3 on the web not to share it.
Fans noted not only the amazing game of Ever, but also of Sherlock, as well as the villain Moriarty who appeared for a moment under the hit Queen"I want to break free".
// Photo: frame from the series "Sherlock"
The fourth season of Sherlock has become the most emotional in the history of the popular project. Fans of the serial film produced by the BBC will remember the series "The Last Case" for a long time, because in it the famous detective revealed himself from a new side. By the way, Dmitry Medvedev also appreciated the transformation of Sherlock, who marked “I like” the post of blogger Ruslan Usachev dedicated to the popular series.
There are rumors that there will be no more continuation of the adventures of the famous detective, however, the creators of Sherlock, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, have so far refrained from commenting on this matter. In a recent interview, they hinted that the filming of the fifth season could still take place.
Meanwhile, fans of the peculiar Baker Street detective are discussing the finale on social media. Many of them are waiting for the development of a new character - Sherlock's sister Ever, who kept the audience in constant suspense. StarHit studied the reactions of fans of the series, and also learned more about the actress, who brilliantly coped with the role of Moriarty in a skirt.
FANS REACTION: "EVER HOLMES IS JUST SPACE"
Fans staged a "Sherlock Night": they watched the latest episode of their favorite series and shared on social networks their emotions after the end of the season. Most of them found it too dramatic.
“I did not shed so many tears even over the cartoons “The Lion King” and “The Lion King 2”! What do screenwriters do with the hearts of "Sherlockomaniacs"? - with such words one TV viewer expressed her emotions.
Everyone who has been following the adventures of Sherlock Holmes performed by Benedict Cumberbatch for a long time did not stay away from the "return" of Jim Moriarty, who effectively appeared in the frame to the hit of the Queen group "I Want To Break Free". For the sake of this episode, many fans have forgiven the series for its obscure and too gloomy beginning. “The best moment of 2017”, “Amazing”, “King”, “Legend”, “Very cool actor, Freddie Mercury repeated the plastic so well”, “Oh yes!”, “Daddy is back”, “Ready to watch this passage for hours” , “How I missed him”, “It doesn’t matter what the villain is”, “The scene is incomparable”, “I can’t convey all the emotions,” they discussed on social networks.
Sherlock fans have found that new season turned out to be very catchy, largely due to the new negative character Ever Holmes. The girl prepared a series of trials for her brothers and John Watson, which made the audience shrink back into their chairs and empathize with the characters. Some fans of the series believed that the writers would "finish" one of the main characters - John Watson or Mycroft Holmes.
“The season was very good: the script, the direction, and the perspective, but most importantly, it was emotionally beautiful, turned all the heart and nerves inside out. I bow to the undeniable talent of Benedict Cumberbatch - only the god of acting can play like that! – wrote one of the fans of the series.
Another viewer called the episode chic and especially noted Sherlock's sister. In addition, she thanked the creators of the serial film.
“Guys in their own way! No snot and no saliva. No strife, as it was before. Separately, I want to say that Ever Holmes is just space! I am now her fan. She would have made a gorgeous couple of Moriarty and then the whole underworld would have won. I liked everything about her: both appearance and behavior, there’s not even anything to complain about. And I feel sorry for her, really sorry. I don’t know, maybe Mycroft did the right thing, but it seemed to me that he and his brother themselves gave birth to her demons. And they created this “monster”, but you could have gone the other way,” shared a fan of the series.
Discussing the final episode of Sherlock, many fans of the series agreed that the expectations were not in vain. They were also upset that the continuation of the serial film could be released in a few years. “When you wait for the new season for years, and it flies by unnoticed, seizing the psyche and leading to a nervous breakdown”, “It was a hellish two weeks, honestly. He left, leaving behind the question: “How to continue to live?”, “What a pain”, “Sherrinford is surrounded by tears of fans”, “Well,“ Sherlock fans ”. We turn on the “Hachiko” mode and go to sleep”, “Mood: crushed by the east wind”, “Emotional meat grinder,” they wrote.
THE SHERLOCK MYSTERY: WHO IS BEHIND THE CHARACTER EVER HOLMES
The sister of the famous detective was played by 37-year-old actress Sian Brooke, who appeared in such series as Purely English Murders, Hotel Babylon, Silk, Badass and Dinotopia: New Adventures. The creators of Sherlock wanted to cast a little-known actress with great promise for the role of Ever. As a result, their choice fell on Brooke.
It is noteworthy that Sian knew Benedict Cumberbatch before filming the BBC series. The actress became Ophelia in Hamlet at the London Barbican Theatre. Danish prince in that production, Cumberbatch himself performed.
CRITIQUE OF "SHERLOCK": "NOTHING IS REVEALED"
However, not all users social networks love the new series. So, video blogger and stand-up comedian Danila Poperechny shot a video called “Why Sherlock is fucked up ***”. The young man admitted that he is a big fan of the series, but the fourth season finale disappointed him. Cross was dissatisfied with the plot of the serial film.
“This is the worst episode in history. Please, if you love this series for its deduction and logic, do not watch the finale!” the comedian tweeted.
I tweeted about one of the main issues of the series (the main villain), and now I'm a sexist who cultivates gender prejudice. Che
Danila Cross (@Spoontamer)
BEWARE, SPOILERS! We have been warned. But everyone already knows thanks to the second episode of the fourth season: the third Holmes is a girl. Many were outraged by this turn and accused the creators of lying - but we note this: in the original, they never said that Sherlock has a brother. Yes, at the end of the third season in the Russian version, we heard this word - Mycroft stated: “You know that feelings are alien to me, you remember what happened to the other brother”. How about in the original? "You know what happened to the other one". Other one! So no quibbles.
According to the showrunners of the series, the theme with the sister was planned a long time ago. “The scene when Ever finally reveals his true face, we came up with back in the production trailer, when we were filming“ His Last Vow ”( 3 episode 3 season - approx. THR )» , confessed Stephen Moffat. The very same idea originated even earlier. “It all started as a joke a few years ago, is already Mark Gatiss. - We wrote a line for the first season's dialogue when we were describing the Holmes family, and then we decided there wasn't going to be much of it. And thank God, because now we had room to maneuver.".
In another interview, Moffat confirms: "We wrote the reference in 2010 in the episode" Big game» ( 3 episode 1 season - approx. THR ) ... when Mycroft explained that he was smarter than Sherlock, and then said: "My sister, of course ...". Thank God we cut it out later... so we were able to extend the secret. Crazy that we managed to pull this off: imply that Sherlock has a brother, and then arrange this one twist with a sister. ”.
Sian Brook as Ophelia
Sian Brook, who played Ever, has already crossed paths with Benedict Cumberatch professionally: in 2015 at the Barbican Theater in a production "Hamlet" he played Hamlet, she played Ophelia. Despite a good theatrical and serial career, the actress, consider, is little known to the general public - and this was decisive for her choice for the role. “Choosing Sian to play Ever was a great decision., says Gatiss. - We asked to find us a big star, which would not be famous at the same time. And in the end she played Ever epochally ". At the same time, the actress and other candidates (Gatiss categorically refuses to name their names) were not told what role they were auditioned for. All they knew was that they would have to play the girl on the bus or the psychotherapist Watson. “When I found out that I was taken, I felt lucky - I became part of the project that I adored long years , - shares Sian. - And only then they told me who I would actually play. I didn't believe it at first! Then I couldn't tell anyone. But I had to tell my husband. And now I'm fed up with all these lies and feel incredibly relieved that everything was revealed!
AGAIN SPOILERS, IF WHAT!
It turns out that Sister Ever is pretty damn smart - smarter than Mycroft. Smarter than Moriarty (nothing to say about Sherlock). It turned out that Redbird, that is, Redbeard, that is, Redbeard, is not Sherlock's dog at all, but his childhood friend Victor Trevor, whom Ever lured into a trap. The ingenious and cruel girl wanted to play with her brother and came up with a riddle-song - if he were smarter and guessed it, he would save his friend, but alas. Redbird, by the way, also started as a joke: it was after the scene “What happened to the other brother”: Mark Gatiss thought: what if Redbird is not a dog?
Sherlock eventually replaced all the terrible events from his halls of memory with a dog, and completely erased his sister. Instead, Sherlock had a saying about the east wind in his head - this is how the name Ever (Eurus - or even Εὖρος, in Greek) is translated. The east wind also figured in Conan Doyle's story "His farewell bow". On the eve of World War I, Holmes warns Watson: “... Yes, such an east wind will soon rise, which has never blown on England before. Cold, prickly wind, Watson, and perhaps many of us will die from its icy breath ... ". The show made a reference to this line in the Season 3 finale, when Mycroft says to his brother: "The east wind is coming, Sherlock. He's coming to take you". Later, Sherlock tells Watson that they scared each other with this saying in childhood, and the east wind is a terrible force that sweeps away everything in its path.
So what exactly is "The Last Case" for Sherlock? According to Moffat, the final episode was supposed to show whether Sherlock could succeed among relatives. “He finally realized that in his way he was smarter and stronger than Mycroft - but not because he was really smarter, but because he was just not so smart. He is made stronger by emotions, human connections and the wisdom that he has gained from communicating with the world. Sherlock understands this also because he sees Ever - pure mind, with no connection to anyone, who does not understand what it is - to be human. It became clear to Sherlock that everything he went for, everything he avoided and denied about himself, made him stronger. Yes, he is not as smart as Ever and Mycroft, but he will always defeat them, as he is better and stronger. That's what made him the Sherlock Holmes played by Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett that we're used to - the wise old Baker Street man who's still terrifying, still rational, but he's got a heart that can't be questioned.".
Sherrinford, in the end, was never the brother's name: it became the name of the prison where the most dangerous criminals in Great Britain are kept (there is even a couple of cannibals). And the phrase in Mycroft's notebook "Call Sherrinford" meant "Call Sherrinford", not Sherrinford as everyone thought.
The showrunners perfectly confused all the traces: in July 2016 at Comic-Con for the first time they gave a beacon to Sherrinford and did not resist the rumors (or maybe they themselves launched them) that the third brother would play Tom Hiddleston. At least at the same Comic-Con, Gatiss posted a photo with Amanda Abbington and Hiddleston, signing it "Blud", which can be read as the English "blood" - that is, not water!
I that am lost, oh who will find me?
Deep down below the old beech tree
Help succor me now the east winds blow
Sixteen by six, brother, and under we go!
Be not afraid to walk in the shade
Save one, save all, come try!
My steps - five by seven
Life is closer to Heaven
Look down, with dark gaze, from on high.
Before he was gone - right back over my hill
Who will find him now?
Why, no one will
Doom shall I bring to him, I that am queen
Lost forever, nine by nineteen.
Without your love he'll be gone before
Save pity for strangers, show love the door
My soul seek the shade of my willow's bloom
Inside, brother mine
Let death make a room.
Ever lyrics in the original. Found on the English Internet in a post by a fan of the series.
Noteworthy brother mine, "my brother" ( obsolete form, ironically, that's how Sherlock and Mycroft call each other).
An answer to how Sherlock finds it, and an explanation of where the "swindle" is here (one additional line, about love, according to the author, is not restored from tombstones, and this indicates, again according to the author's theory, that Sherlock took "love" from his own head / soul, and not from the song Ever)
http://sherlock-overflow-error.tumblr.com/post/156017276908/lost-without-your-love
But still beautiful.
On the screen in the dubbing of channel 1, it turns out something like this (it is sung a little differently: "you trust the wind, it will lead to the goal", and then I cannot hear, unfortunately). I also found the text of verses 3-4 on the Internet, I could not read it.
I was lost somewhere, go look for me
Dig a hole where the old beech grows.
The east wind itself wants to help me.
Always trust the wind - it leads to the goal.
Go, brother, into the shade.
Without your love, he will completely disappear.
Save your soul to grieve for him.
Look for my door you are in the shade under the willow,
But do not go inside, brother (my brother), there is your death.
Try to save everyone
Sixteen by six, look into the darkness.
Recognize my walk, hear my steps.
You are on high, do not be afraid - life is near paradise.
Walk around my hill before you leave
Five by seven steps, where can I find it?
He won't come again, forever lost.
Fate is not a queen, her castle is not her home.
The literal translation will be as follows (it is more understandable in general and more structured):
I'm lost (lost), oh who will find me?
Below, under the old beech.
Help, come to my aid now, when the east winds are blowing.
Sixteen by six, brother, and let's go down!
Don't be afraid to walk in the shadows
save one, save all, let's try!
My steps are five by seven
life is closer to heaven.
Look down with a dark gaze from above.
Before he disappeared (disappeared, died) - right behind my hill.
Who will find it now?
No one will find.
I'll bring fate on him, I'm the queen.
lost (lost) forever, nine by nineteen.
Without your love, he will die before then.
Save pity for strangers, show love the entrance (door)
My soul seeks the shade of my willow in bloom
Inside my brother
let Death settle down.
There are three characters in the song: "I", "you" (= my brother) and "he". Moreover, it is immediately laid down that it is impossible to find "him". Even without a cipher, one can understand that the one who sings must be saved. In the original, the east wind does not want to help, you need to save when the east wind blows - even the winds.
Back to Conan Doyle and "The Rite of the House of the Musgraves" which inspired this plot twist. It says this:
"Who does this belong to?"
"To the one who left."
"Who will it belong to?"
"To the one who will come."
"What month was that?"
"In the sixth, starting from the first."
"Where was the sun?"
"Over the oak".
"Where was the shadow?"
"Under the Elm".
"How many steps do you need to take?"
"North, ten and ten; east, five and five; south, two and two; west, one and one, and then down."
"What will we give for this?"
"All we have."
"For what shall we give it up?"
"In the name of duty."
In the story, the treasure was the crown of the ancient kings of England. Probably, this is where the queen came from in the song Ever.
I remembered another case when there was a song in the plot. It's from "The Ugly Bride"
THE MAID OF THE MILL.
Golden years ago in a mill beside the sea.
There dwelt a little maiden, who plighted her faith to me;
The mill-wheel now is silent, the maid's eyes closed be,
And all that now remains of her are the words she sang to me:
chorus.
Think sometimes of me still
When the morn breaks and throstle awakes,
Remember the maid of the mill.
Don't forget me! Don't forget me!
Remember the maid, the maid of the mill.
Leaden years have past, gray-haired I look around,
The earth has no such maidens now. such mill-wheels turn not round
But whenever I think of heaven and of whut the angels be,
I see again that little maid and hear her words to me:
chorus.
This is a real song from the late 19th century. A song from the 1st person of a man who remembers a girl who died, only the words that she sang were left of her (and this is the refrain:
"Don't forget me, don't forget me!
Think of me sometimes
When the morning comes and the song thrush wakes up
think of the girl from the mill."
Movie translation:
You will not forget,
no you won't forget
me never.
How ironic this echoes the fact that Sherlock has completely forgotten his sister!
