In the commentary for HLV, Moftiss say something about wishing they'd made it clearer that Sherlock had returned to the flat.  So yes, I think he did.  

Makes me wonder if John had some kind of niggling suspicion somewhere in the very back of his brain already, that he would think, "Why does Sherlock think I'm moving back in?" rather than just, "Oh, good, he put my chair back."  And the combination of chair and cologne definitely set him thinking.  I don't really think Mrs. Hudson is complicit either, but it's hard to imagine how she couldn't be.  I'm going to assume Sherlock had help from Billy Wiggins, now that I think about it, as we know he is involved in the evening.  Maybe he met Sherlock outside the hospital with a wheelchair and took him to Leinster Gardens, picking up cologne on the way.  That part's not too hard.  It's just the chair.

Last edited by cmb711 (October 15, 2016 7:30 am)

Ariane DeVere to the rescue!  From the commentary:

STEVEN: Can I point out a mistake? This scene, I think, doesn’t play quite as strongly because we cut the bit from the beginning where it’s been clear that Sherlock has been to the flat. It says that there’s some food missing, and by cutting that it’s not as immediately impactful that he’s left the perfume bottle. I regret that; I wish we’d kept that. That didn’t occur to me until the screening. So, I resign.

I don't think he actually shinned down a drainpipe outside the hospital.  I imagine he would just have walked out (Billy or whoever, could have brought him clothes, perhaps, but he seems to manage to walk out later, complete with drip attached, so it wouldn't be that hard.  He's not a prisoner).  I'm a bit concerned that the staff didn't notice the heart monitor being disconnected, but that's the NHS for you.
 

Last edited by Liberty (October 17, 2016 12:31 pm)

Ah, always lovely to see that the transcripts come in helpful!

And one day maybe people will learn how to spell my name. ;-)

So Sherlock did return to the flat from the hospital, without Mrs. Hudson noticing.  Not that hard, I guess; it's not like she never leaves.  And if Billy was with him, Billy could have moved the chair for him.  Sherlock never moved it himself; he has a hard enough time bending down to pick up a coin.

Thank you!