Sherlock Holmes wrote:

And I really do think Sherlock will have to do SOMETHING. Even if three years have past, he can't just come back and just stroll into the police station, start working with Lestrade and taking on cases again like nothing ever happened.

But remember he doesn't have to be working on a police case. There's quite a few cases that have nothing to do with the police, some even where it's good that he'd be in hiding & undetected by police (eg Abbey Grange).
Mycroft also would have cases for him to work on. Eventually he would 'resurface' into public life, but surely not on such a grand scale.

Well, Sherlock said, that he doesn't need a public image, but that doesn't mean, it's strictly true. If he wants to have customers, it won't do to be considered a fraud. And some PR can't hurt either, as    John's blog demonstrated.

I was reading A Study in Scarlet when I thought of the idea of newspaper articles. Just small ones, but quite a few of them. Just about deductions and that sort of thing. Therefore, when Sherlock turns out to be alive, everybody will believe that it is possible to deduct.

He does however need to convince Moriarty's clients that there is no key code hidden at 221B otherwise John and Mrs H could still conceivably be in danger. I wondered if that was part of what was going on on the roof culminating in "There is no code DOOFUS". Not sure how a verifyable recording could be made or distributed to potential assassins, but hey like Moriarty and Sherlock I'm enjoying the game too!

I was talking about the assassins (hired by Moriarty's clients - think back to the conversation between Mycroft and John at the Diogenes Club) who thanks to Moriarty believed that the key code was hidden at 221B, rather than snipers (which were Moriarty's own men '...3 bullets...John, Mrs H and Lestrade'). I was pointing out that clearing his name was only part of what he needs to do before he can return. His friends would not be safe until the assassins were convinced that the key code did not exist.

While only partly to do with the thread here, I felt that it was relevant enough to mention.

If not, I'm sure Moffatt and Gatiss will have something up their sleeves to help him 

I predict that Sherlock won't clear his name for awhile. He will work underground for most if not all of Season 3. He wants and needs to get out of the limelight to be effective in cleaning up remnants of Moriarty's network as well as working undercover for Mycroft. Having to hideout as a fugitive while still solving crimes adds to the story. Once he and Watson make up I can even see Watson acting as the new front man and getting credit as Sherlock feeds him solutions from behind the scenes. This will make all of Scotland Yard and Kitty's tabloid pals furious because they will know Sherlock is not dead but won't be able to prove it.

He has to convince his strongest doubters first before it will treacle down to the public. So maybe a case will threaten Donovan (which Sherlock has to get her out of) & Kitty will be the one to report it. I don't think Anderson should be involved because it's too much fun watching him and Sherlock not get along - Anderson should remain his one biggest skeptic. Then John & Molly (maybe Mrs Hudson) can testify how their lives were torn apart by Mr Holmes's apparent suicide (torn apart by just how boring life was in the interim without Sherlock).

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kazza474 wrote:

Ah yes, I knew someone would say that. Do you do so deliberately? No, but if you had stored some supposed recording/data that would basically save your life......... would you risk damaging it in any possible way? Of course not.

Look honestly, when I say fanciful, I mean it's 'too much'/too complicated and yet it's way too ordinary. None of which is Moftiss's style at all.
The simplest things are the best, and they only make the best. We'll have a lot of Red Herrings leftover when S3 comes out.

Sherlock will come back and be 'in the shadows' for a while. And that is where he will be able to work best from. No-one taking his picture, no-one asking for interviews. Probably no-one even recognising him, he's a dead washed up has-been.

Thank god for the iCloud service... I'd like to think that's how John eventually recovers Sherlock's 'note'; not from the phone itself but from a backup service via his own laptop. That way it wouldn't matter who had possession of the phone (police, Molly, Mycroft etc.) But rather who had the login details for the phone's account.

S3Ep1: John's spends most of it trying to hack Sherlock's iPhone... not a very promising sleuthing career but I guess, for him, it's a start... although knowing Sherlock he'd probably leave a trail of clues as a sort of 'Idiots Guide To Working Out I'm Not Actually Dead.' 

As for Sherlock clearing his name... I hope they don't do it all right away. I like your idea of him laying low because it helps his career and he doesn't care anything for fame (or being handed tie pins, cufflinks or 'death Frisbees.')

The people that matter already know he is innocent .
The Judge ordered the jury to find Moriarty guilty.

The police have to find Something to charge Sherlock with , and it's likely an inquiry took  place into his involvement with NSY and they discovered how effective and cheap he actually is ,so no worries there.  Theres also the problem of his wrongfull arrest , no warrant ,  no charges , not read his rights and them thinking all  this led to the suicide of an innocent and very helpfull man.......likely the DCI John punched got fired isn't it ? tut tut they were naughty wern't they?

Not to mention Mycrofts wrath / influence.

So if you mean in the media ? Then the Q is Why would he bother ? He doesn't care and as a private detective he doesn't need/ want a public profile ........ oh didn't he say that ?

As for Kitty , well he would have no problems making her write a retraction and an apolgy , if he wanted , after all everything the paper printed was libelous lies .
A potentially very expensive mistake......

As for the people talking about evidence against Moriarty , he is dead , there will be no trial , so whats the point of it ?.

It is not innocence that needs to be prooved , it is guilt . 

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