The new Sherlock

I will put most of my comments below the cut, but I'm curious for those of you who did watch it last night, what did you think?

Things I can say above the cut.
I have never believed in Mary's backstory, so this episode was particularly suspender stretching.No matter how cool camera work is, it is no substitute for storytelling, IMHO.Neither are montages. (Unless they are training montages, I would much rather live all the moments, thank you very much. I am literally here for the story, so, like, story please?)I don't understand why people get mad when unreasonable promises get broken.
Okay on to the things I can't say without spoiling... Okay, seriously, what the fuck. I spent much of this episode wondering what the hell was even going on. I mean, yes, I understood the actual plot and stuff, but I honestly had no idea what the point of any of it was. I still don't. I guess the point was to kill off Mary and break-up JohnLock.

Misson accomplished.

But it was boring. And a big Moriarty tease, so screw you.

I don't understand John at the end either. Sherlock did not kill Mary. He can also not possibly be held responsible for her death in any way. She literally threw herself on a bullet. That was her choice. Her life as an assassin did not "catch up with her;" she literally went out a HERO, doing good for the right reasons, her own reasons, for the first time in her life.

So, what the fuck? Why is John mad at Sherlock? Yes, he sent John off in a different direction, on purpose. But so? Mary would have CHOSEN to sacrifice herself even if John was standing there, because she's that sort of person. She's the sort of person who has the reaction-time and skill set to actually take a bullet for someone else. John was not delayed so much that his medical skills could have saved her. No one could have "saved" her, because she didn't need rescuing from THE CHOICE SHE MADE.

It's kind of annoying actually, to blame the man she chose to save.

It not only makes her heroism into weakness, it literally makes it seem like Sherlock failed in some chivalric duty that really was stupid-ass sexism to begin with. How can a man like Sherlock be held accountable for a personal choice? He "kept" her safe; SHE CHOSE NOT TO BE SAFE. BECAUSE SHE'S A FUCKING HERO.

It's also a stupid vow. Sherlock is not a superhero. He's got an extraordinary mind and is a high functioning sociopath. None of those make him able to stop a bullet. Literally, Mary was the only legitimate superhero in the room and she acted in accordance of her abilities. She chose to save Sherlock's mind with her body.

Maybe John is mad about that, but that's not what got said. What got said was all that ridiculous stuff about promises and vows to keep people safe. I wish Sherlock had been more his old self. I wish he'd looked at John, helpless to understand this nuance, and just said, "The vow should be nullified when someone choses to die, John." And let that sit there, and let John be mad about that. Let us all be mad about that, if we want, because at least it's more honest and HONORS Mary's sacrifice.
So that's my rant. Thoughts?