Solenn wrote:

I suspect Sherlock to forget Lestrade's name on purpose . Sherlock is so obvious

Oh, yes, to me it seems obvious that Sherlock "forgets" Lestrade's first name because he thinks it's hilarious.

And of course there is Mycroft's weight:

Mycroft Holmes was a much larger and stouter man than Sherlock. His body was absolutely corpulent, but his face, though massive, had preserved something of the sharpness of expression which was so remarkable in that of his brother. His eyes, which were of a peculiarly light, watery gray, seemed to always retain that far-away, introspective look which I had only observed in Sherlock’s when he was exerting his full powers.

“I am glad to meet you, sir,” said he, putting out a broad, fat hand like the flipper of a seal. “I hear of Sherlock everywhere since you became his chronicler. By the way, Sherlock, I expected to see you round last week, to consult me over that Manor House case. I thought you might be a little out of your depth.”

(Didn't Mycroft in the show also say something about expecting to Sherlock to consult with him over a case?)

And then there is the young pageboy--Watson speaks of Billy the page in several stories.

Lilythiell wrote:

But in all seriousness, I think it shows his attachment to Lestrade as well as Lestrade's attachment to him, of which he's aware.

*giggle* But yeah, this. Agreed.

He trusts Lestrade to always help him. But then we knew that: Lestrade is the only person who reacted to his return with open delight (and a hug!), and Sherlock didn't miss that--he suggested him to John as a best man, even.

Mycroft wouldn't have to do more than a standard check to come up with everything about John, no effort required--the military keeps highly invasive records. The only thing he did extra was tell a minion to get hold of the psychologist's records, and that is explained by the fact that someone seeing a counselor was moving in with his brother--let's make sure it's the obvious and not something dangerous. He'd have no reason to do more than an equally cursory check on Mary--she wasn't moving in to Baker Street.

On the one hand, we don't know that Sherlock didn't start poking around after coming up with "liar" at first examination of Mary. Alternately, a regular background check might well have come up clean, but Sherlock bypassed all green lights, having seen Mary in full assassin mode.

Ariane DeVere wrote:

There are many reason why - despite what Mofftiss said in the DVD commentary - I'm not convinced that the Lazarus option was the truth any more than the other two options.  I think there are parts of it which are the truth, but not the whole thing.

This, exactly. 

nakahara wrote:

Mycroft has whole file on John (as we saw in TEH), so it´s very unlikely that he overlooked Mary who was directly connected, even intimate with John - Mycroft´s subject of observation.

But even if he by chance overlooked her before Sherlock was shot, I somehow doubt the same thing can be said after Sherlock was shot. Mycroft would move heaven and earth to uncover the identity of a dastardly shooter, IMHO.

Mycroft doesn't know as much as he thinks he does--he thinks Irene is dead, remember. He even knows--he said outright--that Sherlock can bamboozle him, he just thinks that in Irene's case he wouldn't want to. I'm sure he thinks the same about whoever shot Sherlock--but it seems clear that Sherlock does not in the least want Mycroft involved.

In general, a good production of a Shakespeare play is SO MUCH BETTER than reading it...so why do they teach Shakespeare in high schools by having students read the things? 

I only noticed it at the end of the intermission--the rest of the time they must have stayed on it, because they had had to speak firmly to the teens right in front of us and I definitely would have noticed if the screens had come back on, but I didn't notice the ushers more than once or twice, being engrossed in the show. So they must have the technique down to an art.

Right before the show started there was a warning that no recording was allowed and to please turn off your phones (which reminded me to turn off my--non-smart, non-recording--phone). There's been enough coverage of Broadway actors throwing fits from the stage that most New Yorkers, at least, know that theaters are taking a strong line against it.