Rhododendron ponticum. During the search for the missing children, Sherlock identifies the vegetation sample from a footprint as belonging to the same plant that can induce a death-like sleep, reducing a hearbeat to almost nothing. It can also result in watery eyes, if Sherlock crying on the rooftop is what Moffat describes as ‘out of character’.
OH MY GOD.
OH
MY
FUCKING
GOD.
WHAT IF THAT WAS IT.
WHAT IF THAT WAS THE DETAIL THAT WE’VE ALL MISSED.
GUYS
Um…
Wow.
Whoooooooa.
I…I think that might be it.