#John Turner

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John Turner (1916–2006)- Self portrait

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Letters From Watson Liveblog - Apr. 23

The Boscombe Valley Mystery, Part 2 of 3

First "rat-faced," then "bulldog features," and now "ferret-like." I can't wait to see what animal Watson will use to describe Lestrade next.

The use of a "women's intuition" as an explanation gets funnier the more simple and obvious the action is. Last time, it was used to describe a woman being able to recognize her own brother, something men would obviously be unable to do.

Here, Miss Turner is already familiar with Lestrade, and since she probably knows he called for Sherlock, she's probably read about him and would have some knowledge of his appearance.

This is a funny line if you remember that in the first letter young McCarthy was going rabbit hunting. That's why he had a gun with him.

Sherlock Holmes giving a young, distressed woman hopes is an established motif throughout these stories, so take that Lestrade.

Poor Watson, but this is what you get for comparing Lestrade to an animal in almost every case he's involved in.

Look at that, Watson using his medical expertise to help in the case. Although he's only doing so because he has nothing else better to do, it's nice to see him apply his skillset to solving the mystery instead of just observing Sherlock's.

Is this the British equivalent of getting blackout drunk and waking up married in Las Vegas? If so, I like to think getting "into the clutches of a barmaid in Bristol" was as common a trope back then as it kind of is today.

There's a whole other British drama occurring in the background of this case. McCarthy gets married young and foolhardy, meaning he can't marry the woman he actually loves, only for it to turn out that his wife isn't his wife at all and was already married, so he can marry the woman he loves, but her father doesn't like him and doesn't want the marriage to happen.

And also his dad is dead and he's in jail.

Throw in some classism and period-accurate clothing, and you've got yourself a series on the BBC.

Damn, looks like Charles McCarthy isn't the only one getting killed tonight.

This reads less like Sherlock investigating the scene of the crime and more like he's turning into a werewolf. Has that ever been done before? Sherlock as a werewolf? Adaptations have made him a mouse, sent him to the future, be into women, but I don't think there's one where he's a werewolf, which is a shame considering how well it fits here.

Turning back to human, you mean.

So he was killed with a stone.

Now that I think about it, considering that the elder Turner and McCarthy came back to England from Australia, that the killing blow was to the back of the head, and the lack of any other weapon at the scene of the crime, you know what would have been a cool murder weapon?

A boomerang.

Or you could do your job and catch a murderer. The information Sherlock gave was so specific I can't imagine Lestrade would have that difficult a time catching the guilty party.

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Tony Settember & John Turner (Chevrolet Corvette C1 #20867S101261) Scuderia Scirocco - 24 Heures du Mans 1962. © David Phipps / Motorsport. - source Carros e Pilotos.

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John Turner

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Marie Laveau Casting a Spell by John Turner

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GOOOO ROCKETTSSSSSS

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The Saint: The Master Plan (6.8, ITC, 1968)

"You have the key to the whereabouts of a million pounds worth of heroin."

"Interesting, isn't it?"

"You will tell us."

"Oh, I doubt that."

"I do not."

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aren't you married

Yeah my husband is a character in my vtuber series lol

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I don't understand how political debates don't turn into fist fights more often.

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Escape of the Amethyst by C.E. Lucas Phillips

Petticoat Pirates

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Any of you know if Buck made it?

MASTERS OF THE AIR Part Six

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Letters From Watson Liveblog - Apr. 23 Again

The Boscombe Valley Mystery, Part 3 of 3

Victoria, Melbourne, the Cooee call, Ballarat. I bet any Australian reading this story was having a blast with all the local references. If Sydney and Canberra were mentioned, the story would have the whole set.

I'm surprised by how cinematic this reveal is. And when I say cinematic, I mean that it feels more like a scene you'd see in a movie or TV show rather than in a book, or letter in this case.

Good on Sherlock for being so willing to help the old guy out, before even hearing the whole story too. For all he knows, maybe he's faking the despair.

Bushrangers, as they were called, were a real historical group of wild criminals in Australia. Apparently they were analogous to "British 'highwaymen' and outlaws of the American Old West," so that's pretty neat.

To be fair to the elder McCarthy, Turner here did hold a gun to his head and steal his gold. And afterwards he was a poor, single father with a son to support. From the perspective of Turner, I'm sure McCarthy did seem like the devil, but we really only get his perspective of things.

I think it's fair for Turner to not want his daughter to marry the son of the man who's blackmailing him, though I don't know about this whole "cursed stock mixed with mine" thing he's saying. Turner even admits that the younger McCarthy isn't even that bad a guy.

Honestly, I'm surprised Conan Doyle wrote this in. It's a bit more vulgar than what you would see in the average Sherlock Holmes story. But it does get the point across, and I do feel less bad about the elder McCarthy's death.

Sherlock is talking about the phrase "There, but for the grace of God, goes I." The phrase is commonly attributed to John Bradford, however here it is apparently credited to Richard Baxter. I say this based on an explanation I found here, so I can't say much about accuracy.

A happy ending for everybody! The younger McCarthy gets acquitted, lives happily together with the younger Turner, and the elder Turner dies without having to face his daughter about his past.

And I'm sure that for this story Watson changed the names and details, but I feel like it's a bit too specific that the happy couple might realize the truth regardless.

Still, it's basically a happy ending, so I'll take it.

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mota 1x02 / 1x04

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MASTERS OF THE AIR — part 2

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GOOO TURNERRRRRR