John’s hallucinating while bleeding out. This is how I read the events taking place in The Final Problem; it’s all a product of John’s imagination, which explains the theme, the odd characterization, and plot holes. That’s why they dangled three Garridebs before us, because the whole episode is happening during Garridebs. Therefore, John mixes real words Sherlock might be telling him, with his unconscious dream.
This one goes to the lovely Jacky, who @waitedforgarridebs and thought she’d lot it, but she proposed the dream theory and we started to talk about it in THIS POST. A spark which blew into a flame. I am absolutely sure of this reading, because imo, as Sherlock would say, it is the only explanation of all the facts.
You can consider this a trailer (or more of a spoiler) for “The Surprise Episode” I’m sure we’re gonna get. ;)
Enjoy!
this is so clever and beautiful and genuinely cathartic.. whatever happens this is gonna stay my favourite ending to the season, everything would make perfect sense this way and the emotional payoff would be immense, it’s just brilliant
silverliningjohn