I've always thought that was a weird line too.

They both hear Sherlock's text tone go off, and both realise that he must be in the building. John automatically goes off to try and find him, Irene stops him. But why? 

What like...he just needs to be on his own right now kind of thing??

He has also heard John deny he is gay and Irene assert that she is gay. He also overheard John declare that 'we are not a couple' and Irene refute that with ' yes you are!'. Apart from learning that Irene is alive, which must be a shock, even for Sherlock, he also hears other things that may be a surprise to him. He also hears Irene say about look at the both of 'us', showing the effect Sherlock has had on both of them. Frankly this may also be a surprise to him as most people remember just tell him to 'Piss off!'

Irene clearly understands that Sherlock needs to be left alone to sort himself out over what has just happened.

He doesn't really have much time to think about it though because when he gets back home he has to deal with the Mrs Hudson situation.

Quite helpful to the CIA guys that both John and Sherlock are out of the building. Bet they wish Sherlock didn't come back!

Well, they were in the middle of torturing Mrs Hudson, I'm not sure they were waiting for Sherlock...he just turned up at the right time.

During this episode which involves the flight of the dead the conspiracy theory surrounding the bombing of Coventry during the second world war by the Luftwaffe is mentioned.
 

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tobeornot221b wrote:

I don’t know yet what to make of Irene’s sentence.
How do you understand it?
What does it refer to?

John says, "I don't know about Sherlock, but..." and goes on to say he isn't gay.
Irene says that she is gay.
Then the phone goes off and she says, "I don't think so, do you?"

She's obviously talking about the question of Sherlock being gay.

I don't really understand why there is any speculation about that line.
I simply thought that Irene knew that Sherlock must be upset after when he had just heard. He'd thought Irene to be dead and John had just told Irene about Sherlock not eating and hardly saying a word for days - she knows how her apparent death had affected him, then she notices that he's there and has probably heard everything they had said, and then he just storms out of the building. He clearly is in shock, probably angry, disappointed, confused - Irene sees that and understands that he now would need some time for himself. So she tells John to give Sherlock some time to calm down.

I agree with you, Lily. Well said.