While Brooke is genuinely heartbreaking as the two sides of her personality collide — the icy manipulator and the frightened child who can’t connect with anyone — it’s a disappointing step down from the Machiavelli we’d been led to expect. Although Euros in villain mode can be truly horrifying, At least she had power. At least she had agency. Then again, so did Mary once — as did Irene Adler and Molly Hooper. Every woman on the show has been systematically defanged and no amount of Mrs. Hudson driving a sports car can erase that.
Katie Welsh, indiewire.com review of The Final Problem (via havetardiswilltimetravel)
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