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[[WMG: It wasn't Irene Adler that drove Holmes to his breakdown in London.]]
* It was genderswapped!Moriarty. Because genderswapping Moriarty and Adler would be interesting.
** They already GenderFlipped Watson, so sure, why not?
*** [[spoiler:{{Jossed}} as of "M." Moriarty had Irene killed, which led to Holmes' breakdown.]]
**** [[spoiler: Not Jossed, if Irene Adler and Moriarty are the same person. And remember: there was no body.]]
***** [[spoiler: Confirmed, since Irene and Moriarty are the same.]]

[[WMG: Moriarty will not be an EvilBrit on this show.]]
* Instead he will be an evil Yank to contrast with the classic formula.
** Possibly {{Jossed}}; the man claiming to be Moriarty has a British accent.
** [[spoiler: Played with.]] Even bigger spoilers: [[spoiler: Irene IS Moriarty, but Irene Adler identity is American. Moriarty is British. She was just pretending to be American]]

[[WMG: "Mycroft" is Sherlock's sister.]]
* Possibly not named Mycroft. Speculation comes from the fact that Creator/JonnyLeeMiller has a tattoo that says "Mother Father Sister Brother". This has been seen on-screen. Of course, it's also possible that Sherlock has a brother Mycroft ''and'' a sister. Literature/EnolaHolmes anyone?
** Jossed. Mycroft is played by Creator/RhysIfans in season 02.

[[WMG: Adam Kemper will become Moriarty.]]
* We saw his StartOfDarkness in "Child Predator." [[spoiler: He's a sociopath, he's brilliant, and [[ObfuscatingStupidity we've already seen him fool Holmes once]].]] He even says at the end that [[spoiler:he'll be out of prison soon enough]] and Holmes will see him again.
** "M" reveals that Moriarty has existed for several years prior to the beginning of the series, but Adam Kemper could always become a copycat Moriarty...
*** [[spoiler: Jossed.]]

[[WMG: Irene Adler was a cop who underwent a FaceHeelTurn.]]
* She and Sherlock may have had a working relationship similar to Gregson's relationship to him and she probably betrayed his trust and turned to a life of crime. He went spiraling down because she was an excellent cop and he couldn't fathom why she'd turn to crime.
** [[spoiler:Jossed. The events of "Risk Management" reveal she was an artist.]]

[[WMG: Irene is alive.]]
* When Sherlock says that she's dead, he does so only after a very long pause, and seems as if he's trying to very carefully pick his words-- furthermore, if he did indeed receive those letters while he was in rehab, she would have to have still been alive. Rather, she did something so unspeakable as to render her a complete non-person to him, and when he said she died, he meant it in more of a "[[ThatManIsDead she's dead to me]]" kind of way.
** Alternatively, Irene [[FakingTheDead faked her death]], and it possibly had something to do with Moriarty. Whether or not Sherlock knows Irene is NotQuiteDead is up for debate.
*** Even "M." doesn't necessarily discount this theory. While Irene's blood was found at the crime scene, Holmes does mention that a few of the victims were a case of NeverFoundTheBody. Adler or Moriarty could easily have taken pints of her blood away over a long period of time and simulated her death.
**** Furthermore, the same episode revealed that everything Sherlock thought he knew about Irene's death was wrong-- Moran wasn't involved, and who knows what kind of trickery Moriarty himself could have pulled?
*** Irene Adler's claim to fame in the books is that she's the one who tricked Holmes. What better trick than convincing the Great Detective that she's dead when she's really alive?
** CBS has announced that Irene will appear in the show, being played by Natalie Dormer. However, they have not said whether she will appear in the show's present or just in flashbacks. Her first appearance will be May 9.
** [[spoiler:Confirmed. In "Risk Management" she's shown to be very much alive and in "The Woman/Heroine" we discover that she is, in fact, Moriarty.]]

[[WMG: This version of Moriarty will be related to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westies#The_Return_of_the_Westies the Westies]].]]
* Moriarty is an Irish surname and the Westies are an Irish gang that operates in New York City.
** [[spoiler: Jossed.]]

[[WMG: Marcus Bell is Moriarty]]
My reasoning:
* The writers will most likely do what ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' did, make Moriarty [[spoiler: someone who's already appeared in the show before being properly introduced]]
* Something wasn't quite right about the phone call he took in Sherlock's apartment.
* The fact that he doesn't quite fit into the typical Sherlock Holmes mythos. Typically, the detective working with Lestrade will be cynical of Sherlock's motives (Anderson and Donovan, for example); aside from a brief moment in episode 1, Marcus has almost no skepticism of Sherlock's methods.
** Arguably, they could have just given the 'Anderson and Donovan' aspect to Gregson and made Marcus the one who often agrees with Sherlock
* [[spoiler: Jossed.]]

[[WMG: O'Brien, the suspect from "You Do It To Yourself", is Moriarty]]
* Sherlock's reaction to him at the end of the episode after working so hard to [[spoiler: get him cleared of the crime]] was extremely out of place.
** [[spoiler: Jossed.]]

[[WMG: Irene Adler is/was Moriarty]]
* There's already speculation that they'll do a GenderFlip with Moriarty just as they did with Watson. Combining two of Sherlock Holmes's greatest adversaries into a single character would add a new dimension to the FoeYay already extant in original stories. Yes, Sherlock believes she's dead, but it was stated in "M." that some of the bodies were never found. Irene's death [[FakingTheDead could've been faked]] by drawing her own blood over time and planting it at the crime scene so they would assume she died of blood loss even they didn't have a body. This way she could go back in hiding and continue her work in the shadows, so to speak.
** [[spoiler:Confirmed]]

[[WMG: Moriarity is "Le Chevalier" from "The Leviathan"]]
* Stay with me here. Moriarity is "Le Chevalier". Not the guy that Holmes and Watson recovered the loot from, but the guy who approached the member of the original crew and bought the secret, using the alias "Le Chevalier". The true Chevalier obviously wasn't behind the copycat crime, having been in the hospital at the time, but assuming the guy in prison wasn't lying his ass off, someone ''did'' approach him and buy the secret. Using a fake name that belongs to a legendary thief? Buying the secret to cracking a supposedly uncrackable safe? Tell me that doesn't sound like a Moriarity-ish thing to do.
** Sounds right. Why take the time to say a "Le Chevalier" contacted them? The man seemed honest. When Moriarty does show up, this will be a call-back.
*** [[spoiler: Jossed. Even though Moriarty has similarities with Le Chevalier (both are art thieves), it only works as {{Foreshadowing}}.]]

[[WMG: "M" from the episode of the same name will be Sebastian Moran, not Moriarty.]]
* Vinnie Jones is playing M, and he appears to be a man of action, or at the very least a leg man. This isn't to say that Moriarty isn't active, but Sebastian Moran is always the man doing most of the leg work for the criminal network. And Vinnie Jones, while a talented actor, is more of a Moran type. If anything, there will be a reference to Moriarty, but not Moriarty himself.
** The only other major villain named M in Holmes cannon is Charles Augustus Milverton, and his M.O. does not fit with this M. It is likely Moran.
** [[spoiler:Completely and utterly confirmed, to the last detail.]]

[[WMG: In contrast to Sherlock's Moriarty, ''Elementary'''s shall be decidedly less obsessed with Holmes.]]
* The initial murder of Irene was a calculated move to throw Sherlock off his game and into drugs so he would stop investigating the murders. When Sherlock failed to be completely destroyed by the drugs (either through overdose or permanent addiction and fall into obscurity) and begins re-emerging in New York, Moriarty planned a pretty brilliant XanatosGambit that was upset just barely. By sending Moran into Sherlock's turf and ensuring their collision course, Moriarty hoped to have Holmes kill a loose end and get himself thrown into jail for murder if he didn't get killed by [[EliteMook Moran]] himself. This only fails because Holmes is "not an average man," and neither is Moran. So instead, of actually eliminating his greatest foe, Moriarty has given Holmes his first real clue as to his existence. This suggests that instead of being a ''bored'' criminal consultant like Sherlock's Moriarty, this Moriarty is more of a ''business-like'' mastermind.
** This would also explain the working arrangement between Moriarty and Moran. The people he had Moran kill probably stood in the way of Moriarty's criminal enterprise somehow.
*** [[spoiler:Jossed. While the speculation of trying to throw Sherlock off his game is true, in this series Moriarty ''is'' Irene, and she loves Holmes in spite of herself. And just as Irene used Holmes' feelings against him, Watson realizes this and uses the same gambit to defeat her.]]

[[WMG: Holmes will figure out that Watson wasn't being paid by his father any more.]]
* Holmes has a habit of using Watson's phone without her permission. He might come across the email and deduced that she lied about his father agreeing to extend her service.
* Not to mention, he's probably been around her long enough to [[YouCanAlwaysTellALiar figure out her tells.]]
* Confirmed.

[[WMG: Irene Adler is Moriarty.]]
* Moran doesn't know anything about "Moriarity" except "his" name, so it is quite possible that "he" is a woman. When Holmes started getting to close too "Moriarity", she inserted herself into Holmes's life using the alias "Irene Adler" in order to learn more about him. For whatever reason, instead of killing Holmes she decided to destroy him by making him fall in love with him then faking her own death. Assuming they NeverFoundTheBody, she could have easily faked her own death either by collecting her own blood over a long period of time or else murdering some other woman and planting that woman's D.N.A. in her own hairbrush, so that when the police got a sample to compare D.N.A. to the blood at the crime scene they would misidentify it.
** [[spoiler: Confirmed.]]

[[WMG: [[LukeIAmYourFather "M." Holmes is Moriarty]]]]
* Both Moriarty and M. Holmes communicate with their employees solely through text messaging. M. Holmes is distant, yet manipulative, seemingly playing TheChessmaster. Plus, both characters are introduced in the episode "M". Most likely, "Moriarty" is the [[SecretIdentity nom du crime]] he uses to interact with his criminal empire and his real name is Mycroft.
** [[spoiler: Jossed.]]

[[WMG: Moriarty is a girl.]]
Why not? They gender-swapped Watson for this adaptation, why not do the same for Moriarty?
* [[spoiler: Confirmed.]] To whit: [[spoiler: Irene Adler is Moriarty.]]

[[WMG: Kathryn Drummond is Moriarty.]]
* Think of it. Drummond manipulated evidence in the Martin Ennis case so it would fit her profile of him. So what if she tries to do the same to Sherlock, just on a larger scale? In "The Deductionist", Drummond predicted Sherlock's self-destruction. So what if she tries to ''push'' him into that direction in order to make her predictions come true? And what better method would there be than to kill his beloved Irene Adler and send him on a drug and revenge trip? Also, Irene Adler, the woman Sherlock loved, already contradicts Drummond's claim that Sherlock is incapable of having authentic relationships with other people long before Joan Watson even appears on the stage. Definitely another motive for Drummond to kill her and let her disappear from the views as "just another" M victim.
** [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

[[WMG: Dr. Candace Reed, Watson's therapist, is Irene Adler/Moriarty.]]
* She's turned up in several episodes so far, her actress (Linda Emond) has been given AndStarring billing in the individual episodes' guest starring credits, and we know next to nothing about her. Reed could very well be a ChekhovsGunman, someone who'll turn out to be more important than she now seems. The most likely candidates remain Irene Adler, or Moriarty, or both if the Irene-is-Moriarty theory is true. She might be playing Watson's therapist so she can check up on Holmes. If she is Irene and not Moriarty, she could be doing this out of benevolent concern for her former lover. If she's Moriarty/both-Irene-and-Moriarty/Irene-as-a-guilty-crook-who's-not-Moriarty-but-still-evil, her intentions could be more malevolent.
** And if none of those pan out, she could always be someone who works for Moriarty, with much of the malevolent possibilities still there.
*** [[spoiler:Jossed. Reed is not Adler or Moriarty.]]

[[WMG: Since Captain Gregson is playing the InspectorLestrade role in NYC, the actual Lestrade is still there in London and will eventually make an appearance.]]
It's also worth remembering that while literary!Holmes considered literary!Gregson to be the finest and most intelligent of the Scotland Yard Inspectors (an appraisal this Holmes seems to share of his own Gregson), he considered literary!Lestrade to be somewhat lazy and dull, content to allow Holmes to solve the crimes and then take credit, which Holmes was okay with. Given that characterization, Elementary!Lestrade will probably be sent over for some international case, come off as arrogant and boorish with how "he" solved so many of their old cases, then be humbled when he needs Holmes to straighten out his mess -- again.
* Confirmed. Lestrade is played by Sean Pertwee in season 2 and his role involves UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard.

[[WMG: Moriarty will drug Holmes.]]
* Related to the above theory that Moriarty will force Sherlock to relapse. What if the two finally meet, and Moriarty gets the upper hand, drugging Holmes with cocaine/heroin/whatever other drugs Holmes used to take?
** [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

[[WMG:Irene faked her death as part of a deal with Moriarty to spare Holmes]]
* Gottlieb revealed in "A Landmark Story" that Moriarty hired him to kill Holmes, but then abruptly called it off, the only time Moriarty ever did that with Gottlieb. Perhaps Irene figured out that Moriarty was targeting Holmes and made the deal with Moriarty.
** [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

[[WMG: Mycroft will be revealed to be morbidly obese.]]
He could still be able to control the British government but he would be housebound and be surrounded by servants and physicians.
** Jossed. Rhys Ifans is thin as paper, though from comments made by Holmes, Mycroft had ''been'' obese before a serious illness caused him to lose a considerable amount of weight.

[[WMG: Sherlock made a fortune in the stock market when he was younger.]]
Holmes has come from a rich family. But, he might use a small amount of funds to invest in companies that he deduced will become huge.
* In the season 2 premiere, we found out Mycroft invested in some restaurants and businesses; it stands to reason Sherlock would do something similar.

[[WMG: Moriarty's employing Irene as a forger.]]
* She's still painting when Sherlock discovers she's alive, but is clearly slumming it in the house she's at. Moriarty made a deal with her to spare Sherlock's life in exchange for her permanent employment as a member of his organization. Being a MagnificentBastard, Moriarty observed that her "death" would derail Sherlock anyway, and figuring that he could always play Holmes as a violin and make money off of Irene, Moriarty avoids WhyDontYouJustShootHim because of MoneyDearBoy.
** [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

[[WMG: Moriarty had nothing to do with Irene's "death."]]
* Like the source material, she herself is a skilled criminal and will be the first person to outsmart Sherlock Holmes. She faked her own death for some reason and unknowingly got Holmes targeting Moriarty after Moriarty targeted Holmes. The reason Moriarty spared Holmes? The ability to continually sic Holmes on his employees if they fail him. No one said caution was a common virtue of the DiabolicalMastermind.
** [[spoiler:Jossed, since Moriarty and Irene are the same person.]]

* It's plausible, isn't it? He adopted a personality (brash and too cheery but still retained some of his JerkWithAHeartOfGold traits but used them openly; the sincerity are genuine) that is too unlike his canon self nor any versions of Franchise/SherlockHolmes in fact. It's heavily implied that he isn't well-liked by New Scotland Yard and his "friends" are Lestrade and Gregson. In London, smoking is banned and the use of drugs isn't heavily enforced. Taking that he might be depressed before meeting Watson, it's very likely he tried to commit suicide because he doesn't think his life is worth living. People hates him and nobody, ''nobody'' appreciates him for his genius nor his willingness to solve the crime. He decided to [[StepfordSmiler hide himself behind a smile]] and tried to convince himself and Watson that he is in fact quitting drugs. I believe he was quick to drop the drugs after meeting Watson because he believed that he finally can have someone who can appreciates him for who he is. Watson was amazed after all and he really believes she can be his friend after the maltreatment and unappreciation. The move to New York might even scare him because he knew nobody there but Gregson and afraid NYPD might react the same way New Scotland Yard did. In fact he might be "recovering" to say to speak since he met Watson. Watson, despite trying to get him out of his "rehab" and "babying" him, seems to treat Holmes as a person she wants to help and treats him like a person. Gregson seems to treat him like a person that he dearly wants. Keep in mind that it implies Watson only knew he's in "rehab" because of drugs and doesn't know the exact details but rather help him. She only seems to know that it's addiction (which isn't far off from the Franchise/SherlockHolmes characterization) but this could provide a much deeper reason for the modernization and characterization.

* Confirmed. Lestrade will be played by Sean Pertwee in season 2 and his role involves Scotland Yard.

Which is how Sherlock knew his father wouldn't show up. Mycroft has been trying to 'Dry out' Sherlock, because he needs him.
* Jossed, Elementary!Mycroft is a restauranteur.

[[WMG: Sherlock's father will be named Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (or a variation).]]

*** [[spoiler:The episode [[PlayingWithATrope plays with]] this plotline. Sherlock fakes a relapse as part of his plan to trap Moriarty.]]

[[[WMG: The person that [[spoiler:Mycroft]] is revealed to be working with at the end of "Blood Is Thicker" is Moriarty.]]

** Played with. Moriarty was ''referenced'' by another name before [[spoiler:she]] was first mentioned, but Moriarty's first actual appearance was only one episode before being identified as Holmes' archnemesis.

[[WMG: At the end of "Step Nine", [[spoiler:Mycroft didn't really blow up Sherlock's possessions]].]]

[[WMG: When Sherlock was on heroin]]
he had the illusion he was an American lawyer called Series/EliStone and has musical visions from God.
* Of course, this was before his addiction spiraled completely out of control and he began hanging [[Literature/{{Trainspotting}} round railway yards]] with Creator/EwanMcGregor.

* Of course, this was before his addiction spriraled completely out of control and he began hanging [[Literature/{{Trainspotting}} round railway yards]] with Creator/EwanMcGregor.

** Robert Doherty actually wrote Watson's role as a woman thanks to a conversation he had with a friend about Sherlock's misogyny in the canon and how cool would be if the person he is most close to was a woman.

* The actor playing Gregson, Aidan Quinn, is the same guy who played the husband in the 1999 movie ''In Dreams'', so my theory is that Paul wasn't killed, he was just given a concussion. He woke up at the hotel probably a few days later not remember anything up so he stated walking down the road. Someone later picked him up and was nice enough to help him. How he got to London perhaps that person was from London and he/she offered him to come stay until he gets better after getting an idea on how bad of amnesia he gotten. Either Paul or the person chose the new name Tobias Gregson and he then decided to take up police work at Scotland Yard. That's where he met Sherlock who in no time deduced that Tobias Gregson wasn't his real name and such. Sherlock then didn't confront him on the insisting on the other person stating that Paul seemed happy being Tobias and that he was having a better life compared to his old one.

** Jossed. Mycroft will be played by Rhys Ifans in season 02.

[[WMG: Tobias Gregson is an amnesiac Paul Cooper.]]
* The actor playing Gregson is the same guy that played the husband in the 1999 movie In Dreams so my theory is that Paul wasn't killed, he was just given a concussion. He woke up at the hotel probably a few days later not remember anything up so he stated walking down the road. Someone later picked him up and was nice enough to help him. How he got to London perhaps that person was from London and he/she offered him to come stay until he gets better after getting an idea on how bad of amnesia he gotten. Either Paul or the person chose the new name Tobias Gregson and he then decided to take up police work at Scotland Yard. That's where he met Sherlock who in no time deduced that Tobias Gregson wasn't his real name and such. Sherlock then didn't confront him on the insisting on the other person stating that Paul seemed happy being Tobias and that he was having a better life compared to his old one.

he had the illusion he was an American lawyer called Eli and has musical visions from God.
* Of course, this was before his addiction spriraled completely out of control and he began hanging [[{{Trainspotting}} round railway yards]] with EwanMcGregor

** Jossed. Rhys Ifans is thin as paper.