The Dying Detective: Nothing New Under the Sun

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Dying Detective
Rating: Gen
Warning: POSSIBLE SPOILER: Based on speculation about Season 4 of BBC Sherlock based on trailers.
“I think the steak and kidney pie. What say you, Watson?”
“I say that you go directly from ‘miraculous recovery from melodramatic wasting disease’ to ‘death by grievous gastrointestinal assault.’ For goodness sake, Holmes, start with a consommé!”
“I shan’t. The claret and biscuits had a negligible effect. And you’re wrong.”
“About?”
“It being melodramatic. Melodramatic would’ve been going blind.”

Comments

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Could be worse - could be the old "the baby's real father is a space alien" plot line.

And I'm with Watson - get some broth inside before you start bolting down beef kidneys, idiot!

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Ha! So, you know what I'm talking about! I was raised, in part, by an evil grandmother who loved her 'stories,' specifically Days of Our Lives. And when I saw one tumblr analysis of one of the new S4 trailers, I had to admit the argument was a bit convincing, and I thought...really? In this day and age?! There is nothing new at all! Switched at birth! Demonic possession! All of it! I guess they already had their big wedding.

I've never seen a steak and kidney pie. But I didn't figure the kidney was kidney beans. It's the actual kidney, right? That's not going to put Holmes in the privy all night, no...!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Correct - beefsteak and beef kidney cooked in a pastry. Very filling for hungry people living on a cold island, but not so good for an invalid suffering from inanition.