I forget where I read this, but maybe  Tom was in competition with Sherlock, so to speak. He felt Molly was still hung up on Sherlock, and wanted to prove he was "just as good" in the same way? Molly does seem a bit preoccupied with Sherlock, but then again, he's got the floor.

In HLV, when Molly goes off on Sherlock, and he responds with, "I'm sorry your engagement is broken," obviously he thinks that that's at the root of the anger she's got built up.

But I wonder if (and I just thought of this), she noticed his flirtation with Janine at the wedding, and that also played a role in her getting so angry at him? After all of this time of his being nicer to her, then he suddenly takesn an interest in another (sexy) woman.

This Is The Phantom Lady wrote:

*sticks her fingers in her ears*

Gosh, I do like that line as it always cracks me up... but I don't really want to know more... and no; I don't think they're still together. I bet Anderson got too freaky for her.

Yeah, she probably went, "You love the freak now?"

I have to say that, as much as there is that I don't like about this Sherlock, he has 1) stopped Moriarty, 2) pulled off faking his death, 3) stopped the destruction of Parliament, 4) brought down CAM...I would think Scotland Yard and/or the British Government would be going, "Oh, we're so sorry we treated you so badly."  And we see some of that with Anderson.

But no sign of it with Donovan?

nakahara wrote:

When we are reading canon, one thing is immediately clear to us: Dr. John Watson is an unreliable narrator. He edits the facts of Sherlock′s cases and embellishes them to make them more suitable for the Victorian audience. He sometimes omits certain facts or downright censores some events to avoid unnecessary scandal.
 
So, what if he keeps quiet about some thing which would be unpalatable for the prudish Victorians? Like his relationship with Holmes, for example? What if their adventures took place in a different manner than we think? Hmmm....  

No doubt the mores of the times were part of it, but he also wants to glofiy Holmes! And how about his descriptions of Holmes' physical attributes and physical...prowess?

Doesn't he seem excited in Solitary Cyclist by the fact that Holmes has been involved in a boxing match? 

Read the blog called "With Love S.H." by Nekosmuse: she "decodes" all of the stories for "subtext."

And for still more Johnlock in the Brett series: at the beginning of EMPT, Watson says that "every corner of London" reminded him of Holmes. And he's now a police surgeon! The man is CLINGING to his life with Holmes...there is NO "moving on" here.

Realistic or not, I did NOT like how John's reaction to Sherlock's return in the BBC series was so dominated by anger. Especially since I felt like, at least up until he got together with Mary, John almost behaved liked he was waiting for Sherlock to come back.

Sherlock does say he's against marriage in general...based on canon when he criticizes Watson for proposing to Mary OSTENSIBLY because "love is an emotional thing that gets in the way" or something like that. 

And some people think it would be in character for Sherlock to oppose an institution he might see as, not slavery exactly, but people belonging to each other. (In stories written in the original canon-verse, but NOT by Doyle, Holmes often rants about classism and patriarchy; not quite sure what the basis is in Dyle for that.)

But I've always felt that if Sherlock Holmes (either in canon or BBC) could bind Watson to him in some legal way, such that the ladies would know Watson was off-limits, he (Holmes) would do that!

Which is actually why Sherlock at the wedding impressed me so much. When you think that there were so many ways he could have tried to come between John and Mary...especially once he found out, you know...but he facilitated them being together, yet in such a way that made it clear he loved John. He turned it into him marrying John, without ruining the wedding (which is what makes me feel like Mary agreed to Sherlock being part of the marriage.)

I also think that sometimes Sherlock, in his own social naivetee, doesn't realize the subtext of some of his own dialogue. I could imagine some homophobic guy making fun of Sherlock's wedding speech, and Sherlock not even understanding why.

Or a line like, "the blood pumping through your veins, just the two of us." WE hear the Johnlock in that; Sherlock might not.

Willow wrote:

nakahara wrote:

Willow wrote:

 
I know! On the other hand, it was a great scene for Mycroft, revealing once and for all that he spoke the truth to Sherlock in the garden...

I agree. “The Iceman” is a big softie handling the business in which his little brother is involved.
(And I cannot express how I love Mark Gatiss in the role. He is the best Mycroft ever! )
 

He does it wonderfully well; it's a hugely difficult part because we have to believe that there is one person who can not only keep up with, but frequently overtake, Sherlock, who is the epitome of intellectual brilliance. And our Sherlock is played by an actor of great charisma, which ups the ante, so Mark has to pull out all the stops to avoid fading into shadow, and he not only does it every single time, but he makes it look easy.

The fact that he co-writes the scripts is also pretty awesome  

Actually, I think there's a risk of Mycroft upstaging Sherlock. To have someone more brilliant than Sherlock appear in most episodes, and be "directing" Sherlock a lot of the time (i.e., the plan to trap Moriarty), makes Sherlock stand out less as a genius. He becomes "the younger Holmes brother" who helps the older one, instead of "THE Great Detective." Gatiss may not have charisma, but he's...formidable.

He's also gay. Which shouldn't matter to his performance, but given that he's a writer, might have implications for the use of gay characters and gay jokes.
 

SusiGo wrote:

Yes, that is true. As if John started having one of his usual nightmares which suddenly changed to the positive dream of Sherlock. Well, there seem to be some hidden desires in there. 

It's a great point that John asks Kate if she needs Sherlock before Kate has really asked for anything. Of course, for what Kate wanted, Sherlock might have been useful...but it was JOHN who first brought up Sherlock. Because John had Sherlock on the brain! (Much like when Mrs. Hudson was talking about sex in the last episode.) And "I haven't seen him in ages" could express John's frustration.

What first struck me was that John had suddenly started dreaming about Afghanistan again. The worst surface-symptoms of the effect of the war on John (I'm not sure it really is PTSD) are always "cured" by Sherlock: first, the limp, of course. Remember how John's therapist said in RF that she hadn't seen John in months, and asked why he was back? It was because there was suddenly no more Sherlock.

And now that he is separated from Sherlock, he's dreaming about the war again. It's like John goes through withdrawal when he's not with Sherlock! Or at least relapses to where he was just after coming home from Afghanistan.

Except that now, Sherlock is alive, and Mary is understanding, so John is still "allowed" to work with Sherlock...so his dream reflects that Sherlock is there.

Reenacting the "would you like to see more" conversation reflects that John wants to do more of his work with Sherlock.

And of course, in bed with Mary, dreaming of Sherlock...there is, of course, fanfic where Watson calls out Holmes' name in bed with Mary...(and in a few cases, the result is that Mary offers to, er, involve Holmes in their private life! As of TSoT and before all the revelations, I could see this Mary doing that.)

nakahara, you and I are really those strange minds that think alike.
 

The Johnlock implications of this just began to sink in for me. It's not the fact that he really wants Sherlock to be a part of the wedding...of course straight people who are getting married can have friends whose participation in the wedding as best man, bridesmaids, or whatever, is very important.

It's not even the fact that John uses the word "love."

It's the way he lumps Mary and Sherlock together.

"up there with the two people I love most in the world." Not,"the woman I love and my best friend."

He's putting them in the same category, and making their roles in the wedding sound alike. Like he's marrying them both (or wants to.)

And Mary's having abilities much like Sherlock's, in some ways, reinforces this.