finalproblem:

(Warning for use of the N-word as part of a character’s name in the video.)

As I’ve pointed out, Gatiss did kind of an odd thing in The Empty Hearse and had Sherlock say Moran was “Minister for Overseas Development” when that job has had a different name since 1997.

Sure, Sherlock doesn’t care about politics, but this was information on someone he thought was important for a case. So what’s the deal?

Could’ve been a mistake. Could’ve been avoiding connecting any current real-world government official with terrorism. Could’ve been a lot of things.

But it also maybe maybe maybe could’ve been an obscure Easter egg?

Because Mark Gatiss is a fan of Monty Python. And they did a sketch where John Cleese played the Minister for Overseas Development and got to deliver the line, “Don’t be so sentimental—things explode ever day.”

And well…