I think the problem with a lot of TV shows is they don't stand up to scrutiny.
For example, here's the central flaw with the Rich Brook lie. Why did no one recognize Moriarty?
The reporter has quite a substantial newspaper article about Brook's casting in a TV show. So, apparently Brook isn't supposed to be some obscure regional theatre actor from Outer Mongolia. He's supposed to have had a decent career. (He might moan about being out of work at the time, but really.. even the fake headline lists him as being an acclaimed actor.)
And yet in the aftermath of the Crown Jewels robbery and the trial, Moriarty's face was all over the front page of the papers. No one came forward then? Several million people saw those photos and news footage of the trial.
Or was Brook's acting career supposed to have took off in the two months after Moriarty's trial. (In which case, why wasn't he recognized as Moriarty?)
Moriarty can falsify all the records he likes, but his lie opens up too many questions. The police, editors, journalists should be able to smell that something isn't kosher.
And of course, Brook would be guilty of knowing aiding and abetting Sherlock's supposed crimes.
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Date: 2012-01-20 05:35 pm (UTC)For example, here's the central flaw with the Rich Brook lie. Why did no one recognize Moriarty?
The reporter has quite a substantial newspaper article about Brook's casting in a TV show. So, apparently Brook isn't supposed to be some obscure regional theatre actor from Outer Mongolia. He's supposed to have had a decent career. (He might moan about being out of work at the time, but really.. even the fake headline lists him as being an acclaimed actor.)
And yet in the aftermath of the Crown Jewels robbery and the trial, Moriarty's face was all over the front page of the papers. No one came forward then? Several million people saw those photos and news footage of the trial.
Or was Brook's acting career supposed to have took off in the two months after Moriarty's trial. (In which case, why wasn't he recognized as Moriarty?)
Moriarty can falsify all the records he likes, but his lie opens up too many questions. The police, editors, journalists should be able to smell that something isn't kosher.
And of course, Brook would be guilty of knowing aiding and abetting Sherlock's supposed crimes.