No worries, Tinks. Controversial discussion can be good. I don't know why I feel so protective of John all of a sudden. I guess it hurts just a little bit to realize a character you love made a grave mistake.

I get where you're coming from when you take Sherlock's "side" in this. And I agree that season 3 kept pointing out how isolated he feels. That really got me in TSoT, because despite all the comedic relief, the first time I watched it, the overall aftertaste lingering for me was, boy, was that depressing, or what?

Perhaps that's why I want to write a fanfic so badly where Sherlock and Mary get a little closer. I don't want her to be that cold-hearted, calculating assassin. I want her to be human, and realize that Sherlock is, if not in her own but in John's life, a very important person with feelings that should be acknowledged and respected.

@Teejay - enjoy writing your fanfic
@Willow - I like the garden scene too
Then Mycroft goes and spoils it all by sending Sherlock on his death mission

Does anyone know what hospital it was where Sherlock was treated the first time around? If I recall correclty, there was an exterior shot of a building with lots of colourful rectangles all over the facade. Was that a real hospital, or just a building they used for the exterior shot? I tried Google image search, but didn't get very far.

clareiow wrote:

I must admit the Baker St scene really gets me. Sherlock never looks more alone. John comes up first in a huff, Mary follows, Sherlock is last, grabbing at the bannister just to climb the stairs.

Then, as he's talking, he's getting out of breath, he goes a pallid grey colour, his eyes are blinking slower and slower, his mouth slows and he starts slurring. He's clearly in more and more trouble, and what gets me is that neither John nor Mary react. Look at their faces when Sherlock starts to collapse. Mary doesn't even flinch. Sure, she goes to grab him, but she's not got a look of worry on her face. And neither has john. Sherlock is groaning and crying out in pain, and john doesn't even look concerned.

I just felt so bad for Sherlock. So bad and so sad.

Yes, me too, and now I feel like crying again..

But I guess John was a bit numbed by all the blows he received lately..I feel for him, too.
 

TeeJay wrote:

Does anyone know what hospital it was where Sherlock was treated the first time around? If I recall correclty, there was an exterior shot of a building with lots of colourful rectangles all over the facade. Was that a real hospital, or just a building they used for the exterior shot? I tried Google image search, but didn't get very far.

Maybe The Royal London? It has rectangles on the building and it's a major trauma center.
 

The building used is not a real hospital, it's part of the university in Cardiff.