Actually, the biggest mistake that I made which no one has yet called me out on is the fact that in scenario one, Sherlock refers to John as Watson! In the BBC series, this does not happen. But I'm so used to thinking about him as Watson that it just slipped out in the dialogue sequence

I love him to bits too but if I were Martin Freeman, I would get very depressed at the stats I love this quote from Martin (on a chat show): No, the notion that he got me onto The Hobbit makes me want to kill everyone in this room (this bit is word for word). I got me on The Hobbit because I auditioned for it. He got himself on The Hobbit because he auditioned for it too (this bit is paraphrased).

*How will John react?*

Do you think the order of discovery would influence how he does react? Like if he gets it straight from Sherlock or through someone else (Moriarty for example). And the number, so if he's the first of the central characters to find out the truth, or not. Imagine if he's the last to find out

Possible scenario if John is the last to know:

Location: Bottom of stairs inside 221B Baker Street

Mrs Hudson: I've been telling you for weeks now - he's alive & he's back in London.
John: Now, it must have been someone else.
Mrs Hudson: But he's contemplating moving back to 221B
John: I saw him fall! I saw him land, actually. There's no way someone could survive that kind of fall.
Mrs Hudson: Oh, look he's back.
John (stares at Sherlock): You!
Sherlock: Good to see you too Watson.
John: You bastard! (punches Sherlock in the face) You made me buy all those flowers on the anniversary of your "death", walk through the rain & the "mud"
Sherlock (quiet voice): You cried in the rain.
John: You know what? I want a refund on the flowers I bought!

Possible scenario if John is the first to know:

Location: At a coffee cart on a busy street

John: Two sugars, thanks.
Sherlock (coming up behind him): You've never liked coffee much.
John (turns around): What... no...
Sherlock: You've started a new job & your girlfriend just broke up with you.
John: What? How did you?
Sherlock: Oh it was easy, you smell like methylated spirits & you've got a smidgen of lipstick on the side of your cheek just under the ear,
John: No I meant, how... How is it that you're alive?
Sherlock: I'll fill you in later. You don't wanna hear it now. It'll take me 90 minutes to explain.
John: I don't believe it. I've got a train to catch.
Sherlock: I'll walk you.
John: You know what? I think I always knew.
Sherlock: That she was going to leave you?
John: No, that you were still alive.

Banbha wrote:

For the life of me, I couldn't tell you what the plot of either movie was.

Movie 1 = save England (make sure parliament house doesn't get blown up)
Movie 2 = save Europe (make sure WW1 starts in 1914 like it's supposed to & not earlier)

not much mystery.thinking required

Scene set some time after Blind Banker but Before Great Game:

Setting: In Sherlock's study.

Sherlock: I'm bored!
John: Well have a look at the news, you'll find a case to work on from the papers.
Sherlock: More boring! Just opinion pieces they are, not really news at all.
John: Mugging at Central Park,
Sherlock: Next!
John: Dishonest banks,
Sherlock Next!
John: Asian woman found dead in her apartment,
Sherlock: Next!
John (shows Sherlock a photo from newspaper): Hang on a minute, is that... She looks like...
Sherlock: She's dead. The Black Lotus killed her. Case solved.
John: You're not the least bit curious to know "who" did the killing?
Sherlock: Nope.

Text on screen (actually, it's more like a thought bubble above John's head): What the?

SaturnR: My thoughts exactly, lol.

It's funny how you guys are arguing about whether or not Sherlock had the moral/ethical fibre to off her The real question should be: Why isn't he the least bit curious who did the killing?

This isn't strictly speaking an adaptation at all, but the main character from the Chinese series that I'm talking about is clearly based on Sherlock Holmes - & since I don't see a Chinese Sherlock Holmes series-proper coming out any time soon, this is the closest that we will get to the real deal. Detective Di uses reasoning and deduction to solve crimes and is an excellent medic himself (however, he's not a recluse or oddball).

He uses the word "logic" a lot, which sounds funny because in the context of the series (Tang Dynasty China, or AD late 600s to early 700s), the word "logic" had not yet entered into the Chinese vocabulary. Not that we are incapable of thinking logically, it's just that I don't think we had a word for it. Even in modern Chinese, "logic" is translated phonetically from English (pronounced luo ji).

So yeah, if there ever was a Chinese version of Holmes, Detective Di would be it. The series is mostly about conspiracy type plots because at the time, many members of the aristocracy were considering offing Empress Wu - so she got there first and offed a lot of the ones who were hostile to her or considered being hostile to her.

The reason his movements don't match the soundtrack is because the soundtrack was added later and he was playing without knowing what the soundtrack might sound like. They said on DVD that showpiece violins are silent - must be really weird playing on an instrument that doesn't actually make the sound that you expect to hear.

He's already got the mafia after him thinking that he's Holmes, would he actually take it that one step further & actually be Sherlock for a day, while the real Sherlock is in hiding? Would be case related & not for the fun of it