The Ending to Sherlock was bad

Challenge accepted! One thing that I feel like pointing out pointed out is that it isn't quite correct to call this the ending since season 3 has been confirmed, and as a result speculation on the events pertaining to Sherlock's can't really be called evidence. Now onto the argument. The conclusion to season 2 of the hit BBC mini-series can hardly be described as bad. Brief Summary and Refutation of Hypnosis Argument The first hour of the episode Riechenbach Falls is spent building a complex puzzle centered around the antagonist, Jim Moriarty. He has broken into three of the highest security buildings in London only to allow himself to be captured. As we learn at the end the entire episode was a game to Moriarty, a game of cat and mouse between himself and Sherlock Holmes. At the climax of the story a violent intellectual battle between Holmes and Moriarty ensues and Homes seemingly called Moriarty's bluff, but what he doesn't realize is that Moriarty has nothing to lose, his entire life is a game that Holmes has just won, so Moriarty kills himself. Holmes didn't want Moriarty to kill himself, he wanted to use him, torture him if need be to, call off the hit-men and save his friends lives. As we can tell be his desperation after Moriarty killed himself, Holmes didn't hypnotize Moriarty and had to adjust his apparent "grand plan" to prevent his own death and that of his friends. Refutation of Cadaver Arguemnt The assertion that it was simply a dead body that was throw off the building is false since Watson saw Holmes hang up the phone and then jump. Another argument against this flawed conclusion is that a body from the morgue wouldn't bleed as violently as Holmes' body did since blood is not being pumped out, but rather just leaking out due to gravity. The final nail in the coffin is that it takes at minimum 3 days for minimal plastic surgery to fully heal, and if the body was needed to be an exact replica of Sherlock's, the time needed would be far greater than the few hours portrayed in the episode. While some help from the local mortician, Molly, in faking Homes death likely this is not how it happened. Refutation of "YOLO 420 blaze it" Argument Unfortunately Sherlock won't be "blazing it" with Watson anytime soon, since his return after being pronounced dead will likely attract the mercenaries that were meant to kill his companions. Refutation of "Holmes the Megalomaniac" Argument Meh... It's possible. Refutation of "Freemasons" Argument As if Sherlock could be a Freemason, he would have figured out all their secrets the moment he joined and then left to do something else. Why the Episode was Good or at least not Bad Not only does the final episode of Sherlock Season two present many questions for fans to ponder during the break, but also culminates with the final,probably final, showdown between two of the most brilliant people in the realistic fiction genre. One of the greatest things about this engagement, is that it does not even end when Moriarty is dead because the mess he left will most likely follow Holmes for the rest of his life, and test the few relationships he had made. All and all it was a brilliant finale that leaves fans in anticipating the next season.