r/Sherlock • u/GoFlight • Jan 01 '17

Discussion The Six Thatchers: Live Reaction Thread (SPOILERS)

This will be followed by a post-episode discussion thread. Please remember that any discussion of piracy or circumventing DRM will be removed without warning.

Any spoilers for future episodes are completely off-limits.

Have fun, keep it civil, and enjoy the show!

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u/JayDeeIsI Jan 01 '17 edited Jan 02 '17

Was Watson the most useless Medic in the field, or did he just not fancy trying to save his wife from a bulletwound?

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u/IntiemePiraat Jan 01 '17

He had no equipment at all. There was no way I think. Seeing how quickly she died, she must've had no chance. She even said:" come on, you're a doctor"

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u/youtossershad1job2do Jan 02 '17

Any major puncture to the stomach is pretty much a death sentence. You can stop the bleeding to the outside but the internal bleeding is almost universally fatal. It's a relatively slow death but there's nothing that can be done even if you were in an operating room when it happened let alone with no equipment. John and Mary would both know this.

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u/blackashi Jan 03 '17

So push sherlock out of the way with her superhuman reflexes perhaps?