How Sherlock Faked His Death In The Reichenbach Fall

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BBC’s Sherlock adapted some of the detective’s most memorable moments, including his apparent death in «The Reichenbach Fall». As in the source material, Sherlock returned after that, but how? The adventures of the world's greatest detective have been adapted to film and TV multiple times. One of his latest TV versions was Sherlock, with Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular character and Martin Freeman as John Watson. Even though it's been ten years since the Sherlock season 2 finale aired, many fans are still asking how did Sherlock fake his death?

After the successfulSherlock pilot premiered in 2010, season 2 arrived in 2012 and left fans with a significant cliffhanger: in order to save John, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade, Sherlock had to die by jumping off the roof of St. Bart’s Hospital. This was the series’ version of the short story “The Final Problem,” in which Sherlock (and Moriarty) also died only for Holmes to come back years later, and that’s what he also did in the series.

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TheSherlock season 3 premiere “The Empty Hearse” gave three different theories on how Sherlock survived the fall in the Sherlock season 2 finale. The first two were brought by Anderson, who lost his job at the Metropolitan Police’s Forensic Services and became an avid fan of Sherlock and the biggest theorist about how he faked his death. The third theory, however, was given by Sherlock himself to Anderson: the genius Holmes siblings, Sherlock and Mycroft, had everything planned, way before the meeting with Moriarty in St. Bart’s. Mycroft gave Moriarty information on Sherlock, and in return, he gave them “hints” so they could measure the extent of his plans. That way, they figured there were 13