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Dark_Falcon12/29/2012 6:47:53 pm PST

re: #12 Vicious Babushka

I didn’t understand why they killed of Rachel McAdams right at the beginning. Although Noomi Rapace was terrific.

I agree with TP that her character’s death is not entirely certain, but removing her from the equation in the way Moriarty did served two purposes for the story:

1. It made the pursuit and exposure of Moriarty personal for Holmes, giving it added intensity and justifying Holmes being willing to die to take Moriarty down.

2. It cleared the way for Rapace’s character and also kept intact the diad relationship between Holmes and Watson. To keep McAdams’ character in the mix would have changed it to more of a triad at best and at worst would have left Watson as the 3rd wheel.