tobeornot221b wrote:

If only...

Oh, yes, he could solve his cases much faster with our help.
It might take the show into strange directions though.

I feel a bit differently about the situation with Irene. It's not so much the question in which way they feel attracted to each other. For example, if Sherlock slept with her after rescuing her in Karachi doesn't really matter because it wouldn't change anything about the story. The point is that he came back to London (meaning to Baker Street, and to John) immediately afterwards.
Sherlock and Irene are fascinated with each other, but their ideas of what life should be like are too different. Irene would never stay in Baker Street to live with Sherlock like John does. She would want to be the dominant one in the relationship, and Sherlock would have to follow her into a wild life where they would go to strange places all over the world and do all sorts of dubious things. In some part of his soul Sherlock is adventurous enough to want that, and then he considers leaving John behind to be with Irene. That was the actual "seduction" Irene probably had in mind. But in the end Sherlock decided against that because ... well, he's really more the stay-at-home type. It's important to him that he can always come home after every adventure, back to the surroundings and the people he's used to. Living with Irene is perhaps something he does in his dreams but not in reality. Only under certain circumstances like in TSOT, where Sherlock fears his connection with John could be in danger because of John's marriage, the thought of Irene comes back because then she suddenly seems "attractive" again.

Why Sherlock and John fit together just perfectly

Adrenaline
Beautiful, they look beautiful together!
Clever
Damn good friends (and more)
Even when they're not together they still hear each other's voices
Feel incomplete without each other

Gay subtext follows them everywhere

Why Sherlock and John fit together just perfectly
Adrenaline
Beautiful, they look beautiful together!

Clever
 

SusiGo wrote:

The mind palace symbolism is very strong and shows how much John has become part of Sherlock. And that may be a reason why he does not appear in the palace sequence - he does not provide knowledge or drive Sherlock to do better, he is in his heart. And it is his heart, not his mind, that tells him to go back. 

 
Last time I watched it I got the impression that when Sherlock is looking for something to calm him down, he was trying to find John at first? Because he opens a door but then there's Mary behind it in her wedding dress with a gun, as if she's keeping him away from John. But that's only one possible interpretation of course.

Especially that Sherlock uses the word "love" at all is interesting. Or that John uses it to decribe his relationship with Sherlock. I always wonder if that could be called "progress" or if it's something that can only happen as long as John is married.

What a nice summary. I didn't notice the one with the nurse and the Mayfly Man's first name.

I was on a business trip yesterday and one of the train stations was called "Esch" (pronounced "ash"). When they announced it I just thought of TSOT and "I know ash!" The other passengers were probably surprised that I suddenly started to giggle.

Something dreamy.

You're all lovely! Thank you.